This idea of the Japanese Navy's Special Marine Corps proved to be wrong, and the airfields they built eventually became excellent bases for the US military to bomb the Japanese mainland...... The Liuhuangdao airfield shortened the distance of the US bombing of the Japanese mainland by nearly 1,000 kilometers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The three days passed quickly.

The readiness of the Chinese army is not ideal, to be precise, it is seriously underprepared.

The Air Force may be okay, the "Pinghai" has about 70 fighters of various types...... the "Pinghai" carrier-based planes lost in the Battle of Tinian Island have been quickly replenished, at this time the US military has already been equipped with a large number of "Hellcats," "Wildcats" have been gradually retired, and the US military is happy to replace these "Wildcat" fighters with good performance for the use of the Chinese troops.

Of course, the Chinese Air Force is not short of pilots for now...... The Chinese Air Force has had redundancy of pilots from the very beginning of training, and the casualty rate of Chinese pilots in air combat is very small, so the supplementary "Wildcat" fighters have formed combat effectiveness after only a few days of familiarization with the pilots.

What's more, the Japanese air division had collapsed at this time, and the U.S. airfields on Guam, Saipan and Tinian Island would still provide fire cover for the Chinese troops, so there was basically no need to worry about the Japanese air power.

It is the Navy that is worried.

Since the six Fletcher-class destroyers were still in training at this time and had not yet formed combat effectiveness, the Chinese Navy had only twelve Clemson-class destroyers.

This is not to say that the air defense is insufficient, in fact the main air defense is still fighters.

At the same time, it is not because the anti-ship force is insufficient, because in order to attract the US military to change its strategic focus, Vice Toyota has placed the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Philippines.

What's more, even if they encounter Japanese warships on the sea, the Chinese army can rely on air superiority to suppress the Japanese warships.

Zhang Chi was worried about the Japanese submarines......

At the same time, Japanese submarines often target aircraft carriers, especially the aircraft carrier of the Chinese army is still the former "Xianghe".

And the Chinese army can use only twelve destroyers for anti-submarine purposes.

On the army side, the new 1st Division plus the 50th Division has a total of more than 30,000 people.

Zhang Chi still has confidence in the army, the new 1st Division is not comparable to those US troops who have almost only fought one or two battles, and even if the 50th Division does not have the capability of landing operations and island operations, it is also a unit that has experienced a hundred battles, and its military quality cannot be underestimated.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi knew that the quality of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army garrisoning Liuhuangdao was actually not very good......

Of course, this 109th Division was also transferred from the direction of China, and it was a type B division, which could be said to be mediocre when it fought in China, and its main task was to guard the northern section of the Shanxi Tongpu Railway...... If it had been very combative, the Japanese army would not have used it to defend the railway.

But it was such a Japanese army that was very ordinary for the Chinese army, but after being transferred to Liuhuang Island, it shined and became famous in the first battle.

The reason is that it created a battle in which the American casualties exceeded the Japanese army on Liuhuang Island...... Historically, the battle damage of Liuhuang Island was more than 21,000 Japanese casualties, while the American army suffered more than 28,000 casualties, and the US army attacked Liuhuang Island with more than three times the strength of the Japanese army.

In China, the troops who were only responsible for guarding the railroads were able to inflict heavy casualties on the Pacific theater of operations...... It can also be seen from this that the US military has not played very well in the Pacific theater.

Of course, there are many objective reasons for this, such as the fact that the commander of the Japanese army, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, was a very good commander, while the U.S. military was extremely unsuitable for the combat environment of Ryuhuang Island and the tunnel tactics that Tadamichi Kuribayashi learned from Peleliuu Island.

Therefore, in terms of quality alone, the Chinese army is no worse than the Japanese army. If you really want to compare, then the Chinese army has an advantage in numbers and equipment, while the Japanese army has an advantage in terrain.

What really gave Zhang Chi a headache was that Halsey told Zhang Chi helplessly: "Colonel, you know...... The main forces of our navy and even the transport forces are fully supporting General MacArthur's offensive in the direction of the Philippines, so ......"

Before Halsey finished speaking, Zhang Chi understood what Halsey meant: "General, what do you mean...... Do you have a problem with our supplies? ”

"Yes!" Halsey replied, "I'm sorry, but trust me...... I'll do my best to provide you with enough supplies! ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning, you must know that this is a landing battle, Zhang Chi knows what kind of trouble the lack of supplies will bring to the attacking troops, it is very likely to cause the Chinese troops to fall into a trap similar to the one encountered in the Battle of Kuah Island.

However, Zhang Chi later discovered that in fact, the problem was not so serious, because the "insufficient supply" that the Americans called and the "insufficient supply" that the Chinese troops usually think are completely different ideas.

The "undersupply" of the Chinese troops, that is, the real undersupply, sometimes even to the point that each person has only a few bullets to fight hungry, but the "undersupply" of the United States only means that it is impossible to pour shells at the enemy's position at will, just like in the most difficult time on Kuah Island, it only turns three meals a day into two meals a day.

"So!" Halsey then said to Zhang Chi: "I suggest that you postpone the attack on Liuhuang Island, and you can wait for our war in the direction of the Philippines to stabilize, and then you can allocate some troops to provide support for you or allocate some more transportation forces to transport supplies for you." But now ......"

"No, General!" Zhang Chi shook his head and said: "The preparation is on both sides, and when we are preparing, the Japanese are also preparing." In other words, now we are ill-prepared, and the enemy is also under-prepared, so it is better to fight late than early! ”

In fact, Zhang Chi has another reason, that is, he hopes to launch an attack on Liuhuang Island as soon as possible to reduce the pressure on the Chinese side...... If we wait for the US military to get out of the Philippines, I am afraid that the Japanese army's "Operation No. 1" will almost be over.

But at this point, Zhang Chi was wrong, the Japanese army at this time was not as ill-prepared as Zhang Chi imagined, at least in terms of materials.

The reason is that the Japanese army was ready to defend the Mariana Islands before, so they collected supplies everywhere to prepare for a big fight with the Sino-US coalition forces in the Mariana Islands, but they did not expect the Mariana Islands to be taken by the Sino-US coalition forces in a few days, and there was no protracted war as the Japanese army imagined.

As a result, the materials originally collected for the Mariana campaign were transferred to Liuhuang Island.

(To be continued.) )