Since Zhang Chi is willing to take on this task, of course there will be no problem on the Halsi side, in fact...... Halsey was also eager to let the Chinese troops go, I don't know when, maybe it was the Battle of Rabaul, or maybe the Battle of Tarawa, Halsey was used to thinking of the Chinese troops when he encountered a problem, and this time was no exception. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the reason why Zhang Chi is willing to take on this task also has his own considerations......

On the one hand, Zhang Chi believes that if the war continues like this, it will not be good for the Chinese troops.

At this time, the Sino-US coalition is a community of destiny, simply put, in the same boat, if the US military continues to be in crisis in the Marshall Islands, not only the Chinese army in the Woje Atoll will be in danger...... At this time, the battle on Woje Island was not over, and the Japanese army was stubbornly resisting on the last line of defense, and Zhang Chi had reason to believe that the Japanese fighters would turn their target to Wojie Atoll at any time, which was the Maloelap Atoll.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi also knew that in fact, the "Donald Duck" was not as useless as the US military thought, and in fact...... the defects of the "Donald Duck" had long been expected by Zhang Chi, but Zhang Chi still put forward this idea.

Zhang Chi is not stupid enough to come up with a useless idea, the fundamental reason is that this is a brand new equipment.

The appearance of a new piece of equipment, regardless of whether it can play a substantial role on the battlefield, will have various degrees of shock to the enemy's psychology.

For example, the amphibious landing vehicle that appeared in the Battle of Tarawa, the Japanese originally thought that their fortifications could block the landing craft of the American army, and they even prepared firepower for this, but they did not expect that the obstacles they set up were completely ineffective under the landing vehicle.

The panic and shock this brought to the Japanese army cannot be described in words, and it can even be said that if it had not been for the Japanese to "avoid" the tide and do the Japanese a great favor, the Japanese army's defenses would have collapsed in this shock.

"Donald Duck" also has such a role, especially "Donald Duck" is still the "Sherman" who has a psychological shadow in the Japanese army.

"Donald Duck" is so unbearable in the eyes of the US generals, a very important factor is that the US generals know what the "Donald Duck" is, and they are also clear about its defects, and it can even be said that the test is also done when they know the defects, so there are all kinds of disapprovals.

But on the battlefield, the Japanese army may not know this, and by the time they do, they are afraid that it will be too late.

Then the troops quickly entered the preparatory stage.

This preparation is still mainly in the area of amphibious tanks...... As for the Higgins ship, amphibious landing vehicles, etc., the Chinese troops were involved in the previous training, although it cannot be said that it is completely in place, but the US military is about the same...... The landing vehicle is also new equipment, and the US military is also unfamiliar with it.

Wilson mobilized all the forces of the American army on Beato Island and converted 60 "Sherman" tanks in one day.

Wilson then made some improvements to Donald Duck.

A big improvement was the addition of a cylindrical additional cover over the tank hatch...... This is because Wilson found that once the tank sank into the water, the water pressure would cause the tank hatch to be unable to open, and the tank hatch could not be broken, so the crew of the tank could only sink to the bottom of the sea with the tank.

The addition of an additional cover will not only make it difficult for seawater to enter the tank bay, but more importantly, it will give the crew more chances to escape if the tank is sunk.

Another improvement was the addition of watertight compartments to the pontoons...... Needless to say, a pontoon without a watertight compartment will completely lose its buoyancy due to water seepage after being hit by enemy fire, and a watertight compartment will have several more layers of insurance.

Zhang Chi still admires Wilson very much in this regard, especially when he sees Wilson make the direction of the watertight compartment longitudinal...... Although the longitudinal and transverse are similar, it is only a matter of the direction of the partition, but the difference in actual combat is very large, because most of the bullets are fired from the front, if it is a transverse partition, there may be a situation where one bullet will penetrate all the partitions, but if it is a longitudinal partition, such a probability is obviously much smaller.

When Zhang Chi thanked Wilson, Wilson replied, "Dude, this is what I should do...... I should even say thank you to me for not only coming up with such an idea, but also being willing to use it on the battlefield to make it useful. All I can do is make them as safe as possible and make your troops suffer fewer losses, right? ”

Of course, Zhang Chi knew that what Wilson said was right, things on the battlefield were more about mutual benefit, everyone came together because of common interests, and what feelings and the like were all false, so there was really no need to thank them. Once the foundation of "common interests" is lost one day, even the best emotional foundation will become an enemy.

This is a simple truth, but in modern times it has been exploited by many cents, with statements such as "What would China have done without the help of the United States in World War II?"

This also sounds true, the United States did help China a lot during World War II, such as arms aid and the like. But here's the problem...... The same can be said in the opposite way: "What would have happened to the United States if China had not helped in World War II, had not sent as many people from China to drag down Japan's million-strong army, and Japan had successfully joined forces with Germany in the Middle East and thus mastered the energy lifeline?" What will happen to the world? ”

According to this statement, is it true that the United States and even the whole world should be grateful to China, otherwise it would be "ungrateful"?!

The relationship between countries can only be analyzed by interests and explained by personal feelings...... It's always a ledger that doesn't make sense.

After that, batch after batch of Chinese tank crews were sent to Beato Island for training.

However, the so-called training is actually to familiarize them with the use of some of the new equipment on the "Donald Duck", such as how to operate the thrusters, how to use the drains, etc.

As for what you need to pay attention to if you use it for actual combat...... Sorry, this is a brand new piece of equipment that no one has ever used, so these aspects need to be explored by the Chinese army itself.

"Donald Duck" really exposed many problems during training, such as the tank compartment is not well sealed, easy to get into water, ammunition is damp, etc...... After all, this is an amphibious tank that was converted in a day, and there will always be problems of one kind or another.

However, fortunately, the Yankee industry was strong, and with the seriousness of Wilson and other engineers, the problems that arose were quickly dealt with as they should be.

So it only took two days...... Although not yet very well prepared, the amphibious tank was ready. (To be continued.) )