"I didn't say I was going to land and fight!" Zhang Chi replied.

"It's not a landing operation, does the colonel still want to use the bombing of aircraft to bring the Japanese to their knees?" MacArthur said with a smile: "The colonel has been fighting the Japanese for a long time, not to mention that there are so many anti-aircraft bunkers on Rabaul, just with the tenacious combat style of the Japanese, the colonel knows that it is impossible!" ”

"Zhang ......" Halsey asked, "Say, what the hell do you do?!" ”

"We can use the Japanese transport ships to sneak in!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Transport?" MacArthur and Halsey were stunned when they heard this.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded and continued: "When we are advancing towards Rabaul step by step from both land and sea, it is the time when the Japanese are stockpiling up a large amount of ammunition, and this time is likely to be their last time, so there will definitely be a large number of cargo ships and oil tankers sailing to Rabaul!" ”

"That's right!" Halsey agreed: "Rabaul's fighters must take off, warships must have a lot of gasoline, and the Japanese also need ammunition, so this should be the busiest time for Japanese cargo ships and tankers!" ”

"You're going to disguise yourself as Japanese?" MacArthur shook his head and looked at Zhang Chi, with a hint of disdain still hanging on the corner of his mouth: "Although you look the same as the Japanese, do you know Japanese?" ”

"No!"

"In case you don't know, Japanese is the hardest thing to imitate, and it's easy for them to tell if you're not Japanese!"

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied.

Of course, Zhang Chi knows this, being able to speak Japanese and being able to speak Japanese like a Japanese are completely different things, not very proficient in Japanese, and the Japanese can still easily hear whether the other party is Japanese from the accent after a few words.

"So......" MacArthur waved his hands at Zhang, meaning that the plan was over.

However, Zhang Chi replied with a smile: "I didn't say that we would disguise ourselves as Japanese!" ”

The triumphant look on MacArthur's face quickly turned to bewilderment.

"Oh. I understand! At this time, Halsey couldn't help but suddenly realize: "You want to disguise yourself as a North Korean, right?" Awesome, that's a great idea! ”

Zhang Chi nodded slowly, looked at MacArthur who was a little shocked on his face, and said: "Yes, maybe General MacArthur doesn't know that Japan itself is a country with extremely scarce resources, so the resources transported to Rabaul usually do not start from Japan itself, but from Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines and other regions, and are responsible for these transportation tasks." Most of them are still North Koreans. ”

MacArthur was still a little unwilling, and he pretended to be relaxed and said, "Well, even if that's the case, you don't need so many people to transport goods, don't you?" It's hard for you to infiltrate Rabaul in large quantities, too! ”

"The Japanese need sappers!" Zhang Chi replied: "If we start a war with the Japanese around Rabaul for the islands, then the Japanese will need a lot of sappers to build these islands, and they will even plan to build airfields on these islands, just like they built airfields on Kuah Island!" ”

"That's right!" Halsey said: "The Japanese sappers we captured on Kuah Island...... They are actually North Koreans! ”

"So, we don't need to know Japanese." Zhang Chi said: "Or just a few simple words of Japanese...... Of course, you don't need to know Korean, and Japanese people don't know Korean anyway! Do you say yes? General MacArthur! ”

A flash of anger flashed in MacArthur's eyes. But he quickly put on a smile and praised: "Good idea, Colonel!" General Halsey is right, your suggestion is truly unique! ”

"No, it's not just unique!" Halsey was like discovering a New World: "This plan is simply amazing!" You know, we're sappers in disguise...... Sappers who construct fortifications and carry materials. Sappers can easily penetrate into strategic locations, such as underground anti-aircraft bunkers, airfields, ammunition stocks, etc., and all we have to do is capture a few Japanese cargo ships and oil tankers! ”

Halsey then asked MacArthur, "General MacArthur." I think you don't have a problem with this plan! ”

"Of course!" MacArthur nodded: "That's a good plan, but before you make a decision." We're going to have to do a more detailed reconnaissance because ......"

As he spoke, MacArthur turned his gaze to Zhang Chi and said, "Because many of the colonel's plans are based on 'conjecture'!" ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi naturally will not object to this.

In fact, Zhang Chi is still very confident, because only he knows that his plan is not based on "conjecture", but on "history".

Soon, Halsey and MacArthur gathered intelligence from all directions and from all sources.

The Halsey Navy's method of collecting intelligence in this regard is relatively simple, that is, sending submarines and reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter and take pictures on the sea surface, or it is to decipher the Japanese army's code and do everything possible to dig out some intelligence from it.

MacArthur's army had far more intelligence channels, mainly because the Allies had the support of the local people and even the natives, who could use money to obtain information from the people, and even bribe the natives to act as spies for the U.S. military...... Anything that can be done with money is not a problem for the US military.

The results obtained quickly verified Zhang Chi's various "conjectures":

The Japanese have been farming in Rabaul for a long time, and now it is even almost harvest season, so the Japanese in Rabaul will not have to worry about lack of food, and the Japanese are indeed stockpiling a large amount of ammunition, and the port is jammed with cargo ships and oil tankers coming from all directions, and there are ships and people loading and unloading everywhere, and the scene is very chaotic. And this is very beneficial to Zhang Chi's plan, because it means that Zhang Chi and others can easily blend in.

On the other hand, it was the Japanese who seized the islands everywhere around Rabaul, and US reconnaissance planes even discovered that the Japanese were building an airfield on New George Island, 110 nautical miles from Kuah Island......

This could not help but surprise Halsey and MacArthur...... If this airport had been repaired by the Japanese, then New George Island would have been another Kuah Island.

After hearing the news, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Wouldn't it have been nice if the Japanese had used this method earlier, that is, to build an airfield on an island not far from Kuah Island and then use it as a base to launch an attack on Kuah Island?!

If the Japanese army had done this earlier, I am afraid that Kuah Island would not have fallen into the hands of the US military at all. (To be continued.) )