Geiger became an army officer, which was actually an attempt by the U.S. military to coordinate the army, navy, and air force...... Geiger's experience as a pilot made him particularly familiar with the cover of ground forces by air power, as evidenced by actual combat, and Geiger was particularly adept at commanding fire support, including artillery, navy, and air force. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From this point of view, the US military has grown rapidly in actual combat, especially in modern operations...... This is the strength of the U.S. military in World War II, they have a strong learning ability, they can always attract lessons on the battlefield, and then use their industrial capabilities to constantly improve their equipment and tactics, so there are many equipment and tactics that have never been seen before in the battle.

But the U.S. military has a hard wound, and that is the human ...... Although there is no shortage of brave and desperate soldiers on the battlefield, they generally do not have the courage and spirit to fight close combat and hard battles with the enemy, which makes them more and more dependent on equipment.

War has always been a combination of man and equipment, and the US military is sufficient in terms of equipment, but people have always been its shortcoming, even in modern times.

That's why Zhang Chi needs to use landmines...... In fact, with the equipment and physical conditions of the US military, fighting hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat with the enemy will definitely make little Japan powerless, but melee combat and hand-to-hand combat are not only about physical and equipment, but also about psychology and courage.

Zhang Chi's mine tactics were soon used on the battlefield by Geiger.

As soon as this tactic was implemented, the situation of the battle was really different......

The last thing the Yankees lack is money, not to mention that landmines are still very cheap things, and their cost is almost the cost of freight.

Therefore, every time the Yankees attacked a high ground and occupied the hilltop position, the first thing they did was to lay mines in the direction of the other end of the hilltop position, that is, the "anticline...... This mine is actually very simple, that is, it is rotated to the detonation state and gently thrown forward, and it is also laid.

This time the Japanese army will have a headache.

Under normal circumstances, the way to deal with this kind of widespread minelaying is to use artillery to clear mines, but the problem is that the Japanese artillery will be easily suppressed by US fighters and artillery during the day, and the artillery will not be accurate at night...... What was worse was that the Japanese army was trapped on the island of Okinawa and blockaded by the US fleet, and if the shells were fired once, there would be one less shell, so I was afraid that the shells would be finished in a few days.

But if it is not demining, the Japanese army's close combat and hand-to-hand combat can almost be said to be impossible.

Of course, the Japanese still found a way to charge the American troops with their "bushido" spirit...... Their method is to use grenades and explosives packs at close range to clear mines.

This really works, the shock wave of the grenade will detonate nearby mines, not to mention the explosives pack.

However, first, this demining method will not be cleanly cleared, and second, this demining will give the US military a wake-up call and prepare for combat in advance...... Sometimes the U.S. troops even had flamethrowers ready and waited on them, and as soon as the Japanese rushed up, the flames burned like a fire dragon to the Japanese soldiers.

After the Japanese retreated, the U.S. troops continued to lay mines forward...... Of course, before that, they had to clear the mines they had planted, but this was not a problem for the US military, the minefield was in front of them, grenades, mortars, explosive packs and flamethrowers were all over in a few clicks.

In this way, it didn't take long for the U.S. military to take several heights one after another.

The morale of the US officers and men could not help but be boosted, and they all preached:

"This Chinese general really has two fucking hits, and it will be much easier for him to fight after he becomes a staff officer!"

"It seems that it is still a tactical problem, and the people we sacrificed before died in vain!"

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Geiger said to Zhang Chi, "You know what? You're embarrassing me! ”

"Why?" Zhang Chi was a little puzzled.

"I should thank you!" Geiger said, "Because you have made us victorious and lightened our casualties." But I should hate you too, for making us look like fools! ”

Zhang Chi understood what Geiger meant, because as soon as Zhang Chi came, the situation of the battle improved, which made Geiger and other US commanders look useless, and even the US soldiers said so.

"So......" Zhang Chi quipped, "I can pretend to be stupid!" ”

"Forget it!" Geiger rolled his eyes: "I'd rather be a fool, that's better than dying!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help laughing, Zhang Chi admired Geiger's sense of humor and self-ridicule, which was much better than facing some officers who were pretentious and desperate to save face.

But this did not solve all the problems of the US military.

First of all, although the tactics of the US military using mines to propel are effective, the speed is still too slow, and the US Navy fleet is still bearing the visible and invisible suicide attacks of the Japanese army at the cost of one and a half sunk every day, which makes the naval commander Turner cry out to Zhang Chi: "Rear Admiral, I heard that you have made progress in the army and have been well received, but unfortunately the navy does not seem to have felt it!" ”

"Don't worry, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "You must know that my army has not even arrived in Okinawa yet!" ”

Secondly, the U.S. military is still being harassed by Japanese guerrillas, and although the front line has improved due to the laying of a large number of mines, the rear has never been able to solve the problem...... The rear is full of people transporting supplies, and it is impossible to lay a large number of mines on their own territory.

However, this was also resolved with the landing of the new 1st Division.

Guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare should have been difficult to deal with...... Because you can't know where the enemy is, in the jungle, among the people, in the caves...... Any place could be an enemy hideout, and what's even more terrifying is that sometimes the enemy is right in front of you and you can't be sure of his identity.

But it's not that hard to deal with.

On the night of the arrival of the new 1st Division, Zhang Chi assigned the map, and the entire division was dispersed in companies and platoons according to large and small roads or key points...... It goes without saying what to do, to fight an ambush.

Zhang Chi borrowed from the tactics of the self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam.

During the war against Vietnam, the Vietnamese devils also hid among the people or in the jungle, and then came out to assemble and carry out sneak attacks and infiltrations with the People's Liberation Army at night.

And the way our army dealt with them was to ambush them......

During the day, you can't find it among the people who hide in the jungle, and if you come out and assemble at night, you don't need to look for it, as long as the soldiers lurk on the main communication routes, and then impose a curfew on your own troops, then it goes without saying that the enemy must be the enemy who appears in sight.