Chapter 422: Defending instead of Attacking
An hour later, it wasn't until sixteen "Hellcats" landed on Iwo Jima's No. 1 airfield in turn that Zhang Chi was completely relieved. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the "Hellcat" landed, the Japanese only occasionally fired a few shots, and even ignored them later.
It is clear that this is what the Japanese know...... If even such a large B29 could not be hit, then it would only be a waste of shells to hit the "Hellcat", and at the same time, the Japanese shells were very precious, so they simply chose to give up.
In fact, after all, this is because the Japanese artillery shells are insufficient and the bombing density is not large enough, otherwise there will be pieces of shells coming over, and there will be shrapnel, craters and smoke everywhere, and there will be room for fighters to land.
With the stationing of the "Hellcat" fighters, Zhang Chi was relieved to let the third regiment land, so the first regiment was stationed at Zhebo Mountain, the second regiment was stationed on the 382 heights, and the third regiment was stationed on the beach and served as the reserve at the same time as the iron triangle defense, and the No. 1 airfield was surrounded in the middle of this iron triangle.
"Master!" Li Huakun, the commander of the 50th Division, couldn't wait any longer, he called Zhang Chi and asked, "Now it's our turn!" Even now, we are still blowing the sea breeze on the boat, and the brothers can't sit still! ”
The fact is that it is ...... Li Huakun himself is a landlubber, rocking seasick on a transport ship.
"No hurry!" Zhang Chi replied: "Let the soldiers practice more on the ship to maintain their physical strength, and wait for orders!" ”
"Yes!" Li Huakun replied helplessly.
Staff Officer Liang was a little puzzled when he heard this.
"Master!" Staff Officer Liang asked: "The three regiments of the new 1st Division have been used up, and now is the time to transfer the 50th Division to pursue the victory, how can it still ......?"
"The devil is hiding in the tunnel, is it easy to fight?" Zhang Chi did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Of course it's not easy to fight!"
"Do the devils hiding in the tunnels have any effect on us?"
"It doesn't seem to have any effect!"
"So what are we going to do with them?"
Staff Officer Liang was speechless for a while, but after thinking about it, he felt that what Zhang Chi said was right, after taking control of the airport, the fighters and bombers of the Chinese army could freely take off and land on the island, and the Japanese troops on the island could be said to be nothing.
"So!" Zhang Chi concluded: "It's not us who are in a hurry now, but the devil...... The longer this continues, the more the Devil's supplies will be consumed, and as long as the Devil's transportation line is not restored, their supplies and ammunition will always run out one day. It will be much easier to let another 50 divisions go by then! ”
Staff Officer Liang couldn't help but sigh: "This is called anti-guest-oriented, defensive attack, if the devil can't wait, he can only drill out of the tunnel and attack us...... That is to say, to wait is to die, and not to wait is also to die! ”
Zhang Chi nodded.
If it were the U.S. military, they would never choose to do so.
Because the US military prefers absolute security...... In fact, this is also a manifestation of lack of confidence in their own combat effectiveness, and the US military knows that its combat effectiveness is to a large extent based on superior equipment and powerful supplies, while the Japanese army is a real combat strength.
Therefore, if the U.S. military encounters such a situation, it will coexist with the Japanese army on the same island, and the Japanese army may even launch an attack on the U.S. military position at any time...... Then they will be like thorns in their backs, because they know that those rat-like Japanese will look for any possible opportunity to infiltrate them and cause chaos, and even the possibility of collapsing the American army and rewriting the tide of the war.
Indeed, in the historical Battle of Iwo Jima, the Japanese army took advantage of the darkness of the night to penetrate through the US defense line and infiltrate the rear of the US army, where the US army's land service units, artillery units and "Sea Bee" units were stationed.
(Note: Sea Bee is the nickname of the Marine Corps Engineer Unit, because its logo is a worker bee wearing a sailor's hat, holding a 'Thompson' submachine gun in the front two hands, and a variety of engineer tools in the back, referring to the characteristics of the engineer corps that is both construction and combat)
These troops were all asleep "whirring", not knowing that the Japanese army had infiltrated in front of them.
Then, tragedy inevitably struck, the Japanese attacked from three sides, they used knives to split the barracks, stabbed bayonets at sleeping American soldiers, some threw grenades directly into the tents, and others took pistols and rifles to fire at the sleeping American soldiers.
The U.S. troops were awakened by the sound of gunfire and engaged in a melee with the Japanese in the dark, so bullets flew everywhere, fists and kicks were added, and hand-to-hand combat began...... After dawn, the camp was a mess and full of corpses, and the American troops paid heavy casualties, but fortunately, the Japanese troops who infiltrated only more than 200 people, so it did not cause much chaos.
To be honest, the Chinese army is also afraid of such a thing.
But the Chinese army will be much tighter in defense and organization than the American army...... More often than not, American soldiers are very arrogant, and they will have their own ideas and propositions about the tasks assigned by their superiors, and sometimes they even think that the actions of their superiors are wrong and choose their own way. The Chinese army, on the other hand, said that one is one, and that the assigned tasks must be carried out unconditionally.
Therefore, it is clear that the defense line of the US military is more likely to be penetrated in comparison, which was verified in the subsequent US-Vietnam War and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
But the Chinese military isn't just about defense.
There is a saying that "there is no such thing as an airtight line of defense"...... As soon as the defense line is long, problems of one kind or another will inevitably appear, and then there will be loopholes of one kind or another, and then the enemy will see the seams.
Therefore, it can almost be said that it is inevitable and impossible to prevent the infiltration of the enemy, and the US military is often overwhelmed by this kind of infiltration by the Japanese army.
However, the Chinese army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force to be exact, has a kind of arrogance that the American army does not have...... Since the beginning of the fight into Burma, the expeditionary force has been fighting under the pressure of devils, and many of them are still the elite troops of devils, and now the Japanese 109th Division is only a type B division, and after fighting a few battles and capturing some Japanese prisoners, I also learned what their establishment is and what kind of mixed brigade and mixed wing.
Of course, the Chinese army, which had fought with the Japanese army for several years, knew what the role of this mixed brigade and mixed wing was, so it immediately had a condescending posture psychologically.
Sometimes, it's good to have this kind of posture on the battlefield, because it can at least do "strategically look at the enemy."
The Chinese military's approach is to "treat others as they would like to be treated...... drip! Just rely on the devil's mixed brigade and play infiltration with Lao Tzu, you infiltrate us? We're still infiltrating you!
As a result, the Chinese army infiltrated the devil's defense line in addition to defense, that is, to infiltrate and counter-infiltration. (To be continued.) )