The plan is on track.

First of all, the line of defense of the 1st Marine Regiment advanced a few miles to the position of "Jack's Helmet".

Perhaps because the Chinese had fought a battle here before, and they also used tanks to defeat the Japanese, the United States was not averse to this small hill that was previously considered "easy to attack and difficult to defend", and they even felt that they could use the same method to repel the Japanese.

Of course, this kind of thinking is unacceptable, and things on the battlefield are often used once and cannot be used a second time, because the enemy is not a fool, and after suffering a loss, he will suffer a second loss.

The Americans, however, knew that the Japanese lacked heavy equipment, so they immediately built several pillboxes on this small hill...... These bunkers were built by Japanese prisoners of war, and they were Japanese sappers, and it was a matter of minutes for them to do this kind of fortification.

However, the Japanese prisoners of war had to do more than that, and soon they were assigned to build roads near the airport.

It's not difficult for them, because there is a plain near the airport, and building a road means using a bulldozer to knock down a few trees and grass in front of them, and then fill in the uneven areas.

Along the side of the road, there is enough space for fighter jets and bombers.

Since the aircraft to be hidden is a carrier-based aircraft...... The carrier-based aircraft itself requires a small size, and it is easier to fit into the hangar of the aircraft carrier if it is small, so it is not difficult to find these hiding places, at most it is to let the fighters cut down some branches or some small trees according to the required size (the wingspan of the Wildcat fighter is 12 meters), build a bunker with the shade of the trees, and then prepare some ponchos to waterproof.

Clifton then sent a "cactus" signal to the headquarters.

Needless to say, what does this "cactus" mean, it means that everything is ready on Kuah Island.

I would think of using this word as a signal because there are many cacti growing on Kuah Island, so American GIs used to use "cactus" to represent Kuah Island. Later, the aviation unit stationed on Kuah Island also continued to use this nickname, calling itself the "Cactus" air force.

About an hour later, the first transport planes landed at the airport without incident.

Of course, in order to confuse the Japanese troops, these fighters and bombers also carried out a small horizontal bombing and strafing in the direction of the Japanese positions when they arrived over Kuah Island, and the infantry on Kuah Island also fired smoke bombs in the direction of Austin very cooperatively. At the same time, two transport planes and more than a dozen fighter planes landed on the airfield one after another, and the infantrymen who had been waiting at the airfield for a long time moved the supplies on the transport planes to the cars as quickly as possible and quickly evacuated.

This will undoubtedly create a false impression for the Japanese that the Chinese and American forces are feintifying against them in order to use transport planes to transport supplies, but in fact...... Transporting supplies was secondary, and the important thing was that in the process, five Wildcat fighters had been secretly towed into the shade bunker next to the airfield and hidden.

After such a toss, some of the fighters took off from the airport with the transport plane again and disappeared from everyone's sight.

There was a cheer from the U.S. position, but the Chinese army did not react.

The American GIs thought that the U.S. Navy had succeeded in bringing them supplies...... Because of the fear of leaks. Therefore, not too many people were told about the hidden fighter plane, except for the troops directly involved in this matter, the American soldiers and Chinese soldiers stationed on the front line did not know, and they also thought that the US Navy was only doing this to send them supplies.

But for the American GIs, it was not just a matter of supply, but they knew that the US Navy had not abandoned them, so they were all excited.

And the Chinese army ...... It's a bit of a back-to-basics feeling: it doesn't matter how the Yankees toss, how to fight us anyway!

This may be one of the differences between a veteran and a recruit. After fighting too many battles, veterans will enter the realm of "not being happy with things and not being sad about themselves".

And that's just the beginning. Soon, transport planes landed on Kuah airport one after another, and continued to bring supplies to the Kuah garrison.

Of course, along with the transport planes, there were also fighters and bombers, but including the soldiers of the Chinese and American coalition forces, they all thought that these fighters and bombers that landed at the Kuah Island airport were for fuel replenishment...... The Yankees' fighter planes have a short flight range and a combat radius of only 500 kilometers, and it is normal to land and refuel.

And who's going to count how many planes have landed and how many have flown up at the airport? They are more of a glance at the airport...... Empty. So I took it for granted that the plane must have all flown away.

But this is not the case.

In just one day, twenty planes were hidden on Kuah Island.

Mr. Zhang and Mr. Clifton saw the planes in the woods next to the airport, and they met with two men.

"Colonel!" The two American officers stood straight in front of Clifton.

As can be seen from the military ranks, one of them is a major and the other is a lieutenant colonel.

Clifton casually picked up the papers in his hand and flipped them open, and said to them, "Major Smith?!" ”

"Yes sir!"

"Lieutenant Colonel Manrum!"

"Yes, sir!"

Clifton then handed the file to Zhang. said: "Major Smith is in command of the fighters, and Lieutenant Colonel Manrum is in command of the bombers!" There are ...... follow-up Fifty fighters, thirty-seven bombers, and fifteen torpedo planes arrived. ”

"I'm right, Major?" Clifton turned his head to Smith.

"Yes, sir!" Smith hurriedly stepped forward to answer.

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded.

This means that there will be nearly 100 fighters hiding near the Kuah airport, which is completely beyond Zhang Chi's expectations, and it seems that the US Navy is desperate to give the Japanese Navy a good look.

The two new American officers were surprised by Clifton's move, because they had always thought that the war on Kuah Island was led by the United States, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Clifton seemed to see through the thoughts of the two American officers, so he introduced to them: "This is Colonel Zhang Chi, the commander of the new Chinese regiment, and you must obey his orders in the future, understand?" ”

"Understood, sir!" Although the two American officers responded with their mouths, the expressions on their faces were not like this.

Zhang Chi just smiled and didn't mind.

He knows that most American pilots have a bit of an arrogant temper, and they will not obey you because of their high rank.

(To be continued.) )