So far, Zhang Chi has not cared about the development of the next battle, because if there is one word to describe the battle situation at this time, it is "the overall situation has been decided". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The superiority of the US military in the navy and air force doomed the victory of the Okinawa campaign to be on the side of the United States from the very beginning.

But victory is victory, and it is unknown how long it will take to win, and how many casualties will be paid to achieve victory.

If the Japanese army had been on the defensive according to their previous tactics, the Sino-American coalition would have to pay considerable costs and casualties to take Okinawa.

But......

After the Japanese launched a counteroffensive and were thwarted by the Chinese and American forces, the situation of the war suddenly became clear for the Chinese and American forces.

This was mainly due to the fact that the living space of the Japanese army was further compressed, and even Ushijima Man's headquarters could only be set up in a cave next to the cliff.

As for the "compression of living space", it may seem like nothing on the surface, but it is very important in actual combat.

First of all: the Japanese army lost Shuri Castle and Naha City...... The day after the capture of Shurijo Castle, the U.S. forces captured Naha City. Shurijo Castle is the nominal capital of the Ryukyu Islands, and Naha City is the capital and commercial center of Okinawa, and the two cities are home to most of the island's population, totaling more than 100,000 people...... At this time, the total population of Okinawa was 435,000.

In other words, as soon as Shurijo Castle and Naha City fell into the hands of the U.S. military, the Japanese army lost a considerable part of the support of the Okinawan people who relied on it for survival and warfare, and even because many Okinawan civilians fell into the hands of the U.S. military, the Okinawan soldiers who were forcibly recruited into the Japanese army by the Japanese army were discouraged.

Of course, the Americans were a little less sensitive in this regard, and they even saw that the Okinawan people were similar to the Japanese in terms of dress and living habits, and that the Okinawan people were still helping the Japanese army in the war, so they assumed that the Okinawan people were on the Japanese side.

But Zhang Chi didn't think so......

What if the people of Okinawa are more like the Japanese? It was also forced out by Japan's long-term colonization. What's more, "uniting all forces that can be united" is the unchanging principle of the battlefield.

Therefore, after taking Naha and Shuri, Zhang Chi immediately led the Chinese troops into the two cities to carry out propaganda and pacification work...... There is no doubt about this, both Asians are yellow-skinned, and the most important thing is that they are all victims of Japanese aggression, and there are many soldiers in the team who can speak Japanese and can communicate with the people of Okinawa, and this work is obviously the most suitable for the Chinese army to do.

Of course, Zhang Chi is very willing to do this work, because this is actually a matter of "the US army beats dogs, and the expeditionary force eats meat...... The U.S. military worked hard to fight the Japanese soldiers on the front line, and the Chinese army established a "military-civilian fish and water relationship" with the people of Okinawa in Shuri and Naha.

Then, Zhang Chi conducted a census and statistics of the people of Okinawa, listed all those whose family members were soldiers in the Japanese army, and then asked these family members to shout in the direction of the Japanese army one by one in front of the loudspeaker......

The effect of this shouting is different from before, in the past, it was Okinawans who called Okinawans, although there were similarities, but the connection was small and relatively empty, and now it is parents and brothers who are calling their relatives and persuading their relatives...... It is strange that the Okinawans in the ranks of the Japanese army are not impressed.

To be precise, even if the Okinawans are unmoved, the Japanese don't believe it...... Who would dare to believe it? If this happens to me, I will also wonder if this battle can be fought!

As a result, the Japanese army soon became suspicious of the Okinawan soldiers, this one stared at that, and this one guarded against that...... There is a saying in China that "suspicious people do not need to be employed, and people are not suspicious", and the Japanese soldiers were actually forcing the Okinawan soldiers to rebel by doing so.

What Zhang Chi has to do is to continue to make the people of Okinawa shout, especially those where the Japanese army forced them to commit suicide or burned, killed and looted the people of Okinawa.

Attack the heart!

Second, the more direct effect of "compressing the living space of the Japanese army" is to reduce the operational complexity of the US military by a progressive level......

You must know that the Japanese suicide attack aircraft need space to take off, and the defense line is compressed to the line of Itoko, and there are almost only a few roads and spaces suitable for takeoff...... This was determined by the more complicated terrain to the south, so as long as the US reconnaissance planes and bombers kept an eye on these limited positions to bomb, they could easily suppress the Japanese suicide attack planes.

This is a good thing for both the US Army and the Navy, since the US Army does not need to worry about the threat from the air, and the Navy only needs to pay attention to the threat from the direction of the Japanese mainland.

Therefore, according to Zhang Chi's idea, there is no need to rush the Sino-US coalition forces in this battle, and the Sino-US coalition forces only need to continue to maintain it in this way, and the Japanese army will soon collapse due to internal contradictions, supply problems, ammunition problems, and so on.

At this time, it should be the Japanese army that is in a hurry.

In fact, the Japanese army was really in a hurry......

Ushijima sent telegrams for help to the Japanese mainland again and again, and Umezu Mijiro could only comfort Ushijima again and again: "Ushijima-kun, hold on for a few more days, and we will soon organize reinforcements!" ”

Even Umezu Mijiro himself didn't believe this.

Reinforcements? With what reinforcements?

Without aircraft carriers, warships are sent to death when they go up, just like before with reinforcements from the battleship "Yamato".

The fighter is not at all a match for the enemy...... Do you want the infantry to swim over?!

But Umezu Mijiro really organized a whimsical reinforcement.

This reinforcement was the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Air Force (Japanese paratroopers), and a squadron of 200 or 300 Japanese troops set off from the Japanese mainland on more than a dozen transport planes in an attempt to launch an airborne attack on the Yomitan airfield.

This move of the Japanese army surprised everyone, including Zhang Chi...... What are the Japanese doing?

This reinforcement operation can be said to be a helpless move by Umezu Mijiro, and it is said that there must be some action to reinforce! The only ones who can be reinforced are the paratroopers, but the location of Ushijima is not suitable for paratroopers to be airborne, so they can only use the paratroopers to hold the psychology of giving it a try or simply use the lives of this group of paratroopers in exchange for an explanation and psychological comfort to Ushijima Man, so they launched an airborne operation on Yomitan Airport.

Needless to say, most of the dozen or so transport planes were shot down before they could reach Okinawa, and in the end, only one transport plane flew over Yomitan Airport, and the paratroopers even parachuted.

Thousands of U.S. troops at Yomitan Airport, plus a large number of tanks and anti-aircraft artillery, watched as 20 parachutes slowly descended in the air......

After a long time, an American GI scolded: "Fuck, the Japanese are getting stingy!" ”