"Oh!" Hearing this, Clifton couldn't help but be stunned, nodded and said, "Damn, how could I not think of this!" ”

In fact, this is not surprising, American GIs never have to worry about drinking water, so they rarely think about whether the enemy lacks drinking water. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The reason why Zhang Chi was able to think of this was only because he remembered "the story of an apple" on Shangganling.

Then Clifton searched the map for a moment and said, "Here...... Grielinton Pond! I think that's where the Japanese drinking water comes from! ”

"So......" Rupertus interjected, "we could have given up on all the high ground and just had to take this Grilinton Pond, right?" ”

"Theoretically, it is!" "But," Clifton said, "...... It was not easy to occupy this pond, because it was in the hinterland of the Japanese lines, not to mention its high altitude, our tanks could not go up, and its position was very critical...... It is surrounded by the Five Brothers and the Walz Ridge, forming a horseshoe shape, and to capture it it is necessary to penetrate deep into enemy-occupied territory and occupy the surrounding highlands. ”

Clifton was right, the Grilynton Pond was almost right in the middle of Mount Ummerbrog, if it could be reached...... That's basically half of the heights of Mount Ummerbrog.

Rupertes couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, the look of disappointment on his face was like telling someone else...... I just found a shortcut, but I didn't expect it to be a dead end again.

But Zhang Chi said: "Actually, we don't need to occupy this pond!" ”

"Don't need to occupy this pond?" Clifton looked at Zhang Chi suspiciously: "Then ......"

"The first thing we need to do is to take control of the airport!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said, "So, we must at least take down the high ground around the airport that can suppress the airport!" ”

"I ...... Don't understand! Clifton asked, "You know, the Japanese are mostly hiding in the tunnels, and I don't think it will be of much help to us if we take the airfield!" ”

"Colonel!" At this time, Rupertes also sided with Clifton: "In fact, if we need the help of the planes, we don't need to seize the airfield at all, and the navy under the command of General Halsey will provide us with strong support." But alas, the pilots could hardly find targets to bomb from the air, so I thought that Colonel Clifton was right, and seizing control of the airfield would not solve the problem. ”

Zhang Chi fully believes this, because the fighters of this era do not have high-tech things such as ground-penetrating bombs, precision-guided bombs or laser guidance, and the larger the bomb in this era, the more powerful it is. However, such a bomb can hardly play a fundamental role in the destruction of underground tunnels.

Zhang Chi shook his head and said, "When I said control the airport, I didn't bomb the Japanese fortifications and tunnels!" ”

"Why is that?" Clifton and Rupertes looked at Zhang Chi in unison.

"For this ......," Zhang Chi pointed to the Grilynton Pond on the map.

"Ponds?" Clifton and Rupertes couldn't help but look at each other.

"Let me say that!" Zhang Chi explained: "First of all, the Japanese concentrated their anti-aircraft fire in fortifications and tunnels for ground attack, which means ...... The Japanese completely abandoned air defense, so our fighters can almost say that there will be no threat to bomb the Japanese at will, and that's no problem! ”

Clifton nodded.

"Then we won't have a problem throwing incendiary bombs!" Zhang Chi asked again.

"Of course there will be no problem!" "In fact, Old Bald Ridge is called Old Bald Ridge because our bombers dropped incendiary bombs and burned it to the point of bald...... But this is not a good thing, the vegetation is burned so that we have no place to hide, while the Japanese can hide in caves and tunnels! ”

"What if ......," Zhang Chi said, "what if we throw incendiary bombs into the pond?" ”

Clifton and Rupertes couldn't help but let out an "oh".

Then Clifton exclaimed, "Wow, man! The idea is so great, we can bake this pond dry! Do we have that kind of ammunition? You must know that the area of this pond is not small, and it has been raining lightly recently! ”

"The rain will stop soon!" Rupertes replied: "The rain was brought by a typhoon, and it will be sunny again after the typhoon!" ”

After a pause, Rupertus added, "As for the ammunition...... That's just a matter of transportation, rest assured, we have countless ships that can bring incendiary bombs from the United States and Austria to this island! ”

"So it's necessary to control the airport!" Clifton said: "We can't just rely on carrier-based aircraft from aircraft carriers to bomb, which is undoubtedly much less efficient!" ”

"That's right!" "I immediately contacted General Halsey and asked him to organize the delivery of a large number of incendiary bombs to the island," Ruperst said. Colonel Clifton, you can discuss with Colonel Zhang Chi how to seize control of the airport! ”

"Yes, General!" Clifton replied.

When Ruperst left, Clifton exclaimed, "You know what? Dude, sometimes, I hate you guy! ”

"Why?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Because ......," Clifton replied, "if you had shown up earlier, perhaps my men would not have suffered such many casualties!" You know? Our regiment alone had thousands of casualties......"

Zhang Chi can understand Clifton's feelings, you must know that this is the 1st Marine Division...... In the U.S. Marine Corps, the 1st Marine Division can be regarded as a "veteran" Marine Division, but it is such a unit that has suffered heavy casualties on this small island with a total area of only 12.8 square kilometers.

In this battle in history, the casualties of the US Marine Corps reached more than 6,500, and the casualties of the 81st Infantry Division, which later participated in the battle, reached more than 2,700, and the total casualties reached more than 9,000. And the death toll of the Japanese army was only a little more than 10,000...... In fact, the death toll of the Japanese army was about the same as the number of casualties, because the Japanese army was basically not injured and survived, and only 202 people were captured, and only 19 of these 202 people were Japanese, and the rest were Korean and Okinawan laborers.

The reason why Okinawan laborers are not classified as Japanese is because Japan did not treat Okinawa as an equal to the Japanese, who occupied Okinawa in 1879 and was still called the Ryukyu Kingdom at that time, so the Japanese have always regarded Okinawa as a colony, just like Korea and Taiwan.

"That's war, isn't it?" Zhang Chi said.

"Yes, this is war!" Clifton nodded.

(To be continued.) )