With the deepening of the training and integration of the Sixth Army in Rabaul, the last division of the Sixth Army, the provisional 55th Division, also arrived at Rabaul. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When the provisional 55th Division fought against the Japanese army in Burma, it was defeated by only one charge from the Japanese vanguard, and even allowed several Japanese tanks to directly rush into the regimental headquarters and seize its radio station.

Of course, there are many reasons for this, such as insufficient intelligence, low morale, etc., the most important thing is that Gan Lichu, the army commander, is selfish...... The 93rd Division, which is the 93rd Division, was placed behind the safest and the newly formed 55th Division, which did not have much combat effectiveness, was placed at the forefront of the defensive line, thus causing the officers and men of the 55th Division to have no intention of defending.

However, when Zhang Chi lectured this division, he was unceremoniously: "I want to emphasize one point: In our 21st Group Army, there are no so-called descendant troops and non-descendant troops, and we will not rank them according to their combat effectiveness. I know that there is only one thing, that the tasks given to you must be completed at any time and in any place, and there is no other reason or excuse! Because the enemy will not listen to your reasons and excuses, neither will bullets and shells! So, don't let me see the situation on the battlefield in Burma again, otherwise it will be done by military law! ”

This is also a normal requirement for an army...... Although it is true that there was an element of leadership and command in the defeat of the provisional 55th Division, this style of consideration must not spread among the army, because if they were allowed to give reasons once, there would be a second and third time, and even other units would follow suit.

After a few days of training, the Sixth Army took a C47 transport plane to Iwo Jima.

This process will be much simpler than the "ant move", which is not difficult for the US military...... Each C47 can carry 28 people, of course, it will not be a big problem to stuff a few more, because the fighters often do not need to carry much equipment, just a gun and a few magazines, and other equipment has long been prepared on Iwo Jima.

As a result, the more than 300 C47s allocated by the US military to the Chinese army can transport 10,000 people in just one trip, and it only takes about three trips to transport troops of one army.

One of the troublesome places here is that the C47 has a maximum range of only 2,600 kilometers, so it needs a transfer station to stop for refueling on the way.

The other is that it needs to be accompanied by fighter planes, so the organization and coordination aspect is a rather large process. However, most of the main combat strength of the US military is fighting against the Japanese army in the Philippines, so the fighters who serve as escorts for the transport aircraft fleet often have a gap, and sometimes there are no fighters escorting them for a whole hour.

Fortunately, at this time the Japanese air power was either routed or in the Philippines...... In fact, the most important thing is that all the islands occupied by the Japanese army in the Pacific Ocean have been taken by the Sino-US coalition forces, and if the Japanese want to be unfavorable to the C47 transport group, they can only send aircraft carriers to attack with carrier-based aircraft, and at this time, the Japanese naval aviation has been basically completely annihilated, and even to the point that the aircraft carrier has no carrier-based aircraft available, and of course it will not be able to launch an attack on the second-line transportation of the US army.

As a result, the soldiers of the Sixth Army were transported to Iwo Jima without any problems.

After that, Rabaul would then receive the 53rd Army and the 54th Army, and transport them to the front in turn.

Zhang Chi arrived at Iwo Jima with the 93rd Division in the second shipment, and the island, which was only 22 square kilometers in size, was slightly crowded to accommodate the New Seventh and Sixth Armies, and the ports, airports, and newly opened roads were full of soldiers coming and going, as well as military vehicles full of supplies and ammunition.

This made Zhang Chi feel a little puzzled, in history, the US military invested more than 70,000 people on this island to fight more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, that is, on this small island, there were enough 100,000 people to tear each other apart, and it was not densely packed everywhere. Of course, there are many dead people, tens of thousands of dead people...... It must have been a terrible battle, but fortunately I had already taken the island.

"Hey, Zhang ......" When Zhang Chi's jeep stopped in front of the command department, Halsey, who was chatting with several American officers at the door, waved his hand happily to Zhang Chi.

"You know what?" Halsey's first words were, "I can't believe this is the one who held you!" ”

"How?" Zhang Chi asked.

"They surprised me!" Halsey replied.

It turned out that when the first batch of troops of the Sixth Army, the 49th Division, arrived at Iwo Jima, Halsey, who had always been uneasy about the Sixth Army, conducted a confrontation exercise...... Halsey has reason to be suspicious of this force, not only because it was once a defeated army, but also because the recent "mutiny" was followed by "major surgery", which will bring a series of unstable factors to the troops, such as whether the officers can effectively command their subordinates, whether orders can be carried out unswervingly, and so on.

But Halsey was relieved after training.

"Their morale is better than expected!" Halsey commented: "The tactical aspect is not very familiar, but it is quite good! ”

Zhang Chi just smiled, this is Halsey's evaluation by the standards of the US military...... You must know that the US military, including the Marine Corps, is a stunned young man who only trains for a few months before going to the battlefield, and the Sixth Army, which has been trained and rectified, will be stronger than the US army in any case.

However, if we evaluate it by the standards of the Chinese army, or more precisely by the standards of the expeditionary force, the Sixth Army is far from sufficient.

But there's not that time anymore, and you still have to do it when it's time to go.

The two walked into the command headquarters and sat down in front of the map, and Halsey asked, "Are you all ready?" ”

"Sort of......" Zhang Chi nodded.

"So...... What about your plans? ”

"Here's the master plan!" Zhang Chi looked at the map and said, "Although we may have an overall advantage in equipment and quality......

The reason why I say "maybe" here is because the estimate of the quality of the Japanese army is only an estimate. Never underestimate your opponent on the battlefield.

"And we're still centralized!"

At this point, as I said before, the Japanese army scattered its limited troops in all corners of the puppet Manchurian state to achieve the goal of controlling the people.

"But ......," Zhang Chi continued, "the enemy still has a clear advantage in terms of strength comparison, and more importantly, ...... The enemy occupied the fortifications and waited for work. This will create two problems, one is the rapid build-up of the enemy's scattered forces, which may be able to block our attack. The other is that as time drags on, we don't have enough time to organize defenses, so we can't resist the Japanese counterattack! ”

(To be continued.) )