Zhang Chi pulled the Chinese navy to a distance of 100 kilometers from the waters of Iwo Jima. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A hundred kilometers did not seem to be far, but Zhang Chi was not worried that the Japanese would discover the Chinese fleet...... The reason is that the Japanese army at this time had almost no air power, and if it had air power, it was on Hachijo Island, which was 800 kilometers away, and it was difficult to carry out reconnaissance in the airspace so far away.

It should be said that the more important thing is that the Japanese radar system is far behind the Chinese army, which makes the Japanese fighters or ships that come to reconnoiter appear on the radar of the Chinese navy first, so the Chinese army can make some moves to confuse or even directly shoot down the enemy plane.

What Zhang Chi needs to worry about is the Japanese submarines...... This thing cannot be detected by radar if it is in a submarine, but the problem is that if the Japanese submarine is diving, its speed is only about seven knots, so it will take more than eight hours to reach the sea area of more than 100 kilometers, and the sky will already be dark at that time, as long as the Chinese Navy carries out light control, the Japanese submarine will not be able to find anything even if it hits the Chinese warship.

On the one hand, he ordered the destroyers to search everywhere to prevent Japanese submarines from prying eyes, and on the other hand, he let the fighters of the "Pinghai" take off to reconnoiter everywhere.

Of course, there was no need to worry too much about these things, and he focused his attention on the reaction of the Japanese troops on Iwo Jima.

"Master!" Wu Yuhang, who was stationed on the 382 heights, had just come down from the position on the top of the mountain, and he called Zhang Chi and said, "The rats have no reaction? ”

"No response?" Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning.

Could it be that Kuribayashi Tadamichi saw some flaws?

There's no reason for that...... Zhang Chi thought about it and didn't show his feet anywhere.

In fact, the Chinese Navy did not show any horses, but Kuribayashi Tadamichi became more cautious after suffering several losses.

After the withdrawal of the Chinese navy, Horie Yoshitaka suggested that Kuribayashi Tadamichi immediately launch a counterattack, but Kuribayashi Tadamichi shook his head.

"Horie-kun!" Kuribayashi replied, "The enemy has left three regiments of more than 10,000 troops on the island, and their navy has withdrawn from the battlefield so fearlessly, which shows that their supplies are still quite sufficient!" In addition, the airport is in their hands, and they have dozens of fighters, and they also have a geographical advantage...... Do you feel the right thing to do to attack them? ”

Hearing this, Horie Yoshitaka couldn't help but be silent.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi was right, the Chinese Navy withdrew, but a number of fighters remained, that is...... In fact, the firepower of the Chinese army is only less than the guns of the warships, and the overall strength has not weakened much, so if you rashly attack the high ground where the Chinese army is stationed, I am afraid that you will still suffer.

"Then ...... we," Yoshitaka Horie asked, "are we just waiting and doing nothing?" Your Excellency, their navy may be back soon, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

"Of course we won't just wait!" "However, we must be fully prepared to win with one blow!" ”

After a pause, Kuribayashi Tadamichi sighed: "We can't afford another failure, otherwise the tunnels in Yuanshan will be guarded!" ”

Kuribayashi Tadamichi then quickly made contact with Shiina Taro and implored Shiina Taro in a very humble tone to cooperate with the 109th Division to defeat the enemy forces stationed on the island...... The reason why Kuribayashi Tadamichi wanted to "humble" his "plea" was because the life and death of him and the 109th Division at this time could be said to be in the hands of Shiina Taro, and on the other hand, because the Japanese Navy and the Army had always been at odds, Kuribayashi Tadamichi was worried that Shiina Taro, who was in the navy, would secretly play some tricks.

But Taro Shiina's reply reassured Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Shiina Taro replied: "Please rest assured, this may be related to the life and death of my Great Japanese Empire, even if I let Shiina Taro personally fly the fighter plane to the rescue, I am duty-bound!" ”

Shiina Taro was an air force veteran, and an avid militant, and if it weren't for the need to command all the reinforcements, he would have liked to have flown a fighter plane over Iwo Jima himself.

Tadadao Kuribayashi could hear the passion and sincerity of Taro Shiina when he said these words, and he couldn't help but feel very relieved.

To a certain extent, it was the Chinese army led by Zhang Chi who pressed forward step by step, so that the Japanese navy and army temporarily put aside the contradictions and united.

It's just that......

What Kuribayashi Tadamichi and Shiina Taro didn't know was that this was exactly what Zhang Chi wanted, because Zhang Chi believed that the Chinese army at this time had the strength to defeat the Japanese army, so as to achieve the goal of destroying the Japanese army's living forces to the greatest extent.

So a battle plan was quickly drawn up in the exchange and discussion between Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Taro Shiina.

Tadamichi Kuribayashi set the time for the battle at five o'clock in the morning the next day.

The reason why it was set at this time...... On the contrary, he learned from the experience of Zhang Chi's sneak attack on Oribo Mountain, that is, using the transition between dark and dawn to make the battlefield situation as favorable to the Japanese army as possible.

Kuribayashi's thoughts were:

The main core of the battle was to suppress airfields controlled by Chinese troops, preventing their warplanes from taking off. Once the fighters of the Chinese army are suppressed, then the warships of the Japanese Navy can appear on the back of the Chinese army without pressure, and form a situation of attacking the Chinese army on both sides with the 109th Division.

At that time, the Japanese army will be able to comprehensively suppress the Chinese troops on the island from the three arms of the sea, land and air forces, and the moment of victory will not be far away.

The suppression of Airport No. 1 is easier said than done.

The reason for this is the geographical position of the Chinese army...... Heights 382 is the highest elevation on Iwo Jima, and Mt. Oriba occupies the cape, and the Chinese army only needs to place an artillery position in the crater of Mt. Oriba, and its firepower can control a large area of sea and beach, making it difficult for the Japanese navy to approach. At the same time, the Chinese and American fighters at the No. 1 airfield were the nemesis of the Japanese warships...... The Japanese fleet was theoretically simply not able to approach its combat radius.

That's why Kuribayashi had to attack at night...... Fighter planes could not function in the dark, but warships could sail at sea and approach Iwo Jima.

Then, before dawn, when the Chinese fighters could not take off for battle, the Japanese launched a full-scale attack on the No. 1 airfield from two sides, that is, the land direction and the sea direction.

After an hour of fighting, the airfield of the Chinese army should have been almost bombed, and the sky was bright, at which time the Japanese fighters could be put into the battlefield to provide firepower reinforcements for the Japanese attack.

(To be continued.) )