Two days later, the Battle of Tarawa was over completely.

However, the end of the campaign meant the beginning of the "interrogation" of the generals who participated in the battle.

This kind of "interrogation" is somewhat like a post-war summary of the Chinese troops...... This is actually a very good habit, after each battle, summarize the problems and performance of the enemy troops, as well as the problems of your own troops and the areas that need to be improved, only in this way can you quickly absorb the lessons from the battle, and avoid the same mistakes on the battlefield for the second and third times.

It is a pity that the post-war summary of the Kuomintang troops was more of a formality.

This is not a deep understanding of Zhang, because he had been fighting in Burma from the beginning, and it was not long before the troops were trained and reformed by Stilwell.

But Wang Mazi and others have a deep understanding, and when talking about the difference between the current expeditionary force and the war in China, Wang Mazi and others sighed:

"Fighting in the country is called aggrieved, sometimes you know what is wrong, but you just can't say it!"

"Why can't you say that?"

"Just kidding, such as multi-headed command, such as the surveillance and interference of military commanders, and ......"

……

I don't dare to say anything more, but everyone understands in their hearts that Principal Jiang always likes to remotely control and skip the command to show his power.

Just like the first battle of the expeditionary force in Burma, it was clear that it could play a good form, but because of such and such problems, it was restrained everywhere, and finally almost caused a catastrophe (note: it has already caused a disaster in history).

So, in a battle like this, dare to tell the truth in the post-war summary?

When summing up, could it be said that it was all a matter of the system, that power should be delegated to the troops, that the troops should be loosened, that the command of the troops should be more flexible and free, and that President Jiang and other superiors should command in a disorderly manner without knowing the situation, and so on...... If that's true, isn't that too long?

So to sum it up, in the end, it will hit the board on the people who are really fighting on the front line, such as the defeat in the Burma campaign, which is a black pot that Du Yuming will have to bear.

Obviously, this will form a vicious circle, not only can not really summarize useful things, but will also make people feel that it is useless to work the front line, and the important thing is to play power tricks around Principal Jiang.

As a result, the same mistake appeared again and again on the battlefield, and sometimes it made the opponent, the Japanese army, feel incredible.

And along with these mistakes, there are groups of warriors who have made senseless sacrifices.

The US army at this time is obviously much better than the **** troops in this regard.

The "interrogation" about the Battle of Tarawa is mainly directed to three aspects:

First of all, there is the problem of communication equipment.

For example, the battleship's cabins were too small to accommodate all the personnel of the formation headquarters, which forced the various war rooms of the command headquarters to be forcibly separated and could not communicate, and sometimes it even took a while to convey an order or find a person in charge. In particular, when the battleship's guns fired a salvo, the communication equipment could not be used normally.

The portable radios carried by the Marines should be effectively waterproof...... This should be said to be a shame for the US Marine Corps, because radio waterproofing is not a high-tech, and it can even be said that as long as the sealing work is done, it is almost the same, but in such a serious situation in actual combat, almost all radios cannot be used after wading in water.

The second is the question of intelligence.

This was mainly about the fact that Major Haraland's warning about "avoiding" the tides was not heeded, and everyone considered it an unforgivable mistake, with the result that a large number of American troops were shot by the enemy completely uncovered as they rushed to the coast.

Finally, the massive and prolonged bombing was not considered as effective as it could have been.

This is believed to be the main reason why the Battle of Tarawa bore up, as almost all the admirals thought that the Japanese fortifications would be left under heavy bombardment by the US Navy. But the fact is that the Army still has to deal with a large number of undamaged pillboxes, bunkers and artillery batteries that have withstood the indiscriminate bombardment of the Navy.

And almost all the US generals made a wrong judgment of the battlefield situation based on this, and finally formulated a wrong offensive plan.

This has put the entire tactics of the US Navy in a kind of crisis...... The reason is that the tactics of the US Navy and even the Army are to suppress and naturally collapse the Japanese defense line with heavy firepower, and then the US military will occupy it at a very low cost.

But now it was found that heavy fire could not effectively destroy the enemy's fortifications, so the American army did not know how to fight!

"You know, these are just two small islands in the Pacific Ocean!" Nimitz looked at the American generals attending the meeting and said with a heavy heart: "And the Japanese army has occupied countless islands like this. Do you know what that would mean if we needed to pay so many casualties to take each island? Maybe the war is not over yet, and the Americans have already been defeated! ”

After a long silence, Halsey interjected: "A Chinese colonel warned us about this, but we ignored it!" ”

"What did he say?" Nimitz asked.

"He was convinced that our bombardment could not destroy the fortifications of the Japanese!" Halsey replied, "Therefore, he also refused to carry out the offensive mission that we had given him, which he considered to be wrong." It turns out he was right! ”

"Who is he?" Nimitz asked again.

"His name is Zhang Chi!" Halsey replied.

"Zhang Chi?" Nimitz looked at Halsey in shock: "Is it Zhang Chi, who performed well on Kuah Island?" ”

"Yes!" Halsey nodded.

"Unthinkable!" Nimitz, who has always been mild-mannered, slammed his fist on the table: "General Halsey, you didn't report this incident to me?" ”

"General, I thought ......"

"Why do you think so?" Nimitz interrupted Halsey's words and said: "Before you say the word 'you think', you should think about it, but the people who said these words are Chinese who have fought with the Japanese for more than ten years, especially since these Chinese have also defeated the Japanese with American equipment on the battlefield in Burma, and it is especially important that this Zhang Chi ...... He had commanded the Battle of Kuah, so he understood the power of the U.S. Navy's bombardment, as well as the Japanese fortifications. I can't believe you're ignoring his warnings! ”

Halsey was so criticized by Nimitz that he didn't dare to answer a word, and then he knew what a stupid mistake he had made.

At this time, Halsey cursed in his heart: if he hadn't been influenced by that MacArthur, he would not have made this mistake, but MacArthur stayed out of it because he was not an admiral. (To be continued.) )