As a test of the training of the Fourth Marine Division of the United States, it was a confrontation drill between the two armies. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the fact that this confrontation drill doesn't say anything...... This is because the casualties of the confrontation drill are all judged on the basis of an advisory group set up by the US military as the director group.

For example, when the U.S. military launched an artillery bombardment, the director team easily determined how many casualties the "Japanese army" had. The "Japanese army" launched a Banzai charge, and it was easy to judge that the Japanese army could not break through the American defense line, and so on.

Perhaps there is some basis for these judgments of the director team, for example, in World War I, there were many examples like the Japanese army's "Banzai Charge", and most of the results were that the charging troops suffered a large number of casualties and collapsed...... With the advent of machine guns, the tactics of the sea of people have been proven to be ineffective tactics, but as the so-called "one foot high and one foot high", advanced equipment is indeed suppressing the tactics of the sea of people, but the tactics of the sea of people have also undergone a series of changes in order to adapt to the development of the battlefield.

For example, the Japanese army's "Banzai Charge" is often not simply aimed at breaking through the enemy's defense line like the crowd tactics of World War I, but is aimed at being able to wrench itself with the enemy and render the advanced equipment of the US military useless, and it can even be said to be a suicidal charge, which is essentially different from the "crowd tactics," and the operability has increased to a great extent.

The purpose of the "crowd tactics" is to break through the enemy's defense line, so it is often a group of people charging at the enemy's organized machine gun position, which has no operability, only a tactic, line up and then rush forward, and what can be operated is only a dense or loose lineup.

But if you can get tangled with the enemy...... There are various ways to achieve this, such as using darkness, tunnels, camouflage, or a sudden counterattack when the enemy is attacking.

Of course, the US military director team did not understand this.

Zhang Chi sometimes thinks that if the battle was really as simple as the director team thought, then the island battles in the Pacific Theater would not have been fought so hard.

On the other hand, it is also due to the fact that the exercise equipment of this era is not advanced enough...... It can be said that it can be said that it is an empty cartridge, and the sound of the fight enhances the realism of the exercise, and as for whether the marksmanship is accurate or not, it cannot be reflected at all in the exercise, most of them need to be inferred by the director team, and the inference of the director team is naturally biased towards the side of the US military, and the reason for the director team is also very good...... The level of equipment and firepower of the US army is not known how many times higher than that of the Japanese army, so it will naturally be able to gain the upper hand.

Therefore, Zhang Chi actually did not have much hope for the exercise, and this kind of confrontation should be to let the Chinese Expeditionary Force have a deeper understanding of the tactics of the Japanese army, and at the same time, to allow the US Fourth Marine Division to systematically feel what the situation is like when facing the Japanese army below.

Other than that, there is no more.

Zhang Chi is also very helpless at this point, there is a good saying, the training ground can never simulate the real battlefield, especially the training ground in this era...... Modern exercises are equipped with a variety of electronic equipment, which at least accurately simulates who is hit and exits the battlefield.

Therefore, Zhang Chi also agreed with Halsey's approach, that is, to let the 4th Marine Division participate in the clean-up operations on the Marshall Islands first, these clean-up operations are low-intensity wars, although casualties are inevitable, but they are the best training ground for the 4th Marine Division.

At this time, Major General Jack also had such thoughts, and Major General Jack still had the intention of verifying whether the training of the Chinese troops was effective.

It's just that he hesitated a little when it came time to send troops into battle.

"General!" Major General Jack asked Halsey on the phone, "Are we ...... Let the Chinese participate in the operation with the troops? ”

"What?" Halsey asked rhetorically, "Don't you know that we're doing this to be able to we're out of dependence on Chinese troops?" ”

After a pause, Halsey asked again, "Danny, what's going on?" Not so long ago you were not even willing to be trained by the Chinese troops! ”

"General!" "I don't know whether to call the clean-up of the Marshall Islands combat or training or both," Jack explained. As far as the current situation is concerned, although we have some knowledge of the tactics and coping methods of the Japanese under the training of the Chinese troops. But who can tell you about the battlefield? In case something unexpected happens and we don't have experience, I think it's safer to have Chinese troops involved, who can be advisors to our military, just as they have American advisers in their troops! ”

Halsey was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "What you say makes sense, we need Chinese advisers." This will obviously help us reduce casualties and risks in battle, but on the other hand, our commanders will also need to learn how to command! As for foreign journalists...... We can explain that the Chinese understand the Japanese better, and we need Chinese advisers only from a tactical point of view! ”

"That's what I think, too!" Jack replied.

Then Halsey was considering a consultant...... For the majority, let the Chinese troops choose for themselves! It's just this first battle...... You have to get off to a good start, otherwise it will be difficult to continue your training because of problems.

After thinking about it, Halsey called Zhang Chi.

"Colonel!" Halsey said: "In a few days, we are going to put 185**** on the battlefield to carry out the operation of clearing the remnants of the enemy on the island, I don't know what you think of this regiment?" ”

"General!" Zhang Chi said honestly: "This still depends on the test of actual combat, I can't easily draw conclusions!" ”

"Hmm!" Of course, Halsey knew that what Zhang Chi said was right, and that wasn't Halsey's point.

"Since that's the ......case," Halsey continued, "you know, this is arguably the first battle since we officially executed our training plan, and I won't say much about the importance of this battle, and I hope it will serve as a good example for the subsequent training of troops." For this reason, I would like the Chinese troops to form an advisory group to continue to guide the regiment in the battle of the 185 regiment, what does the colonel think of this idea? ”

"I have no opinion!" Zhang Chi replied.

This is also how it should be, training this thing is not something that can be left behind after training, but also a period of tracking, and in the process of tracking, point out problems until it can fight independently.

"If I can ......," said Halsey, "I would like you to be the head of this advisory group, and the colonel will have no opinion!" I promise it won't be long before you're even free to fly back and forth between Rabaul and the Marshall Islands! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly, it turned out that this was Halsey's real purpose. (To be continued.) )