The impact of the Japanese aircraft carrier's southward movement on Kuah Island is ...... Japanese fighters appeared frequently during the day.

Obviously, the mission of these Japanese fighters was to blockade Kuah Island so that the Sino-American coalition forces on Kuah Island could not be supplied and reinforced, so they often flew around the waters around Kuah Island when they reached the sky above Kuah Island.

However, when they do not find a target at sea, they will drop their bombs on Kuah Island...... The bombs were brought anyway, and it would cost fuel to bring them back, so it was better to throw them on the enemy's position and blow something up.

This once made the Yankees stationed on Kuah Island scold.

On the other hand, the Chinese army is accustomed to fighting battles without air supremacy, so whether it is artillery or tanks, it is always carefully camouflaged so that it is difficult for Japanese pilots in the air to find out. But the American GIs are the opposite, they are not well trained, even experienced veterans, they are used to fighting with air supremacy, so they have not been very concerned about the camouflage of heavy equipment, so that the Japanese pilots often find targets for the US military.

This left the American GIs somewhat puzzled...... Why is it that the Japanese are like distinguishing which tanks are driven by the Americans and which are driven by the Chinese, picking up American tanks and artillery bombing.

Of course, in fact, there is no difference between them, they are all American tanks and artillery.

Later, Clifton walked to the artillery position in the Chinese, and soon found out the reason...... Even if Clifton was standing in the artillery position of the Chinese troops, it was difficult to tell where the artillery was, and they were all cleverly hidden in the grass.

So Clifton didn't say a word, and asked the American artillery and tank crews to learn camouflage in the Chinese troops.

Clifton also sighed in front of Zhang Chi: "It's hard to imagine, how can Chinese soldiers still do such meticulous camouflage work under such circumstances?" My soldiers are starting to complain about when they will be able to leave this damn island! ”

Zhang Chi just smiled. The reason for this is actually very simple, Chinese soldiers are not born to do this, they are forced out by death on the battlefield.

In addition to sending bombers to bomb Kuah Island during the day, the Japanese army bombed Kuah Island with naval guns with the cooperation of seaplanes in addition to the "Tokyo Express" at night, and of course, a noise offensive against Kuah Island was indispensable.

When the Sino-US coalition forces were suffering from the Japanese naval and air forces, Kiyoken Kawaguchi, who had just landed on the island, was not having a good time.

Kiyoken Kawaguchi is a major army general. He came to command the 35th Brigade and the 4th Special Marine Regiment Mixed Unit.

What made Kawaguchi Kiyoken unhappy was that the army did not know anything about the Japanese Navy's actions on the island before landing on the island...... You must know that there is a clause in the regulations of the base camp: "The occupation of a new area must be jointly discussed by the army and navy." This time, the navy occupied an island without saying a word, not only occupied an island, but also built an airfield on it, not only built an airfield, but also "gave away" the airfield to the enemy.

In fact, it is not a fact to say that the Japanese Navy deliberately concealed the army, and there is nothing to hide from Kuah Island, a place where birds do not lay eggs. Hiding from the Army is not beneficial to the Navy at all.

The Japanese Navy felt that this was an insignificant desert island, and when they were just occupying Tulagi and establishing a seaplane base there, they stumbled upon an area of Kuah Island suitable for building an airfield, so they built it, and they also patted their chests and said to the army staff officers at that time: "We have built an airport in a place called Guadalcanal, and then the Solomon Islands will be ours!" ”

The army staff had no idea what Guadalcanal was, and they had no idea where it was or how big it was. So I listened to it as a story or a boast of the Navy, and I didn't pay attention to it at all. Listen to it and forget about it.

Who would have thought that this "Guadalcanal" island would make such a big fuss.

However, it is not surprising that Kawaguchi Kiyoken would think so, on the one hand, because Kawaguchi Kiyoken had indeed not heard of this so-called Kuah Island before, and on the other hand, the Japanese Navy and Army had a long-term discord and blamed each other, just like Vice Admiral Onishi Takijiro, who is also the founder of the "kamikaze special attack team", said before committing suicide by caesarean section: "The Japanese Navy fights the Japanese Army with its main forces, and then fights the enemy!" ”

That is, the Japanese Navy considered his main "enemy" not to be an enemy. Rather, the Japanese Army.

Similarly, the Japanese Army has a deep opinion about the Navy.

Kiyoken Kawaguchi and others believed that the Battle of Midway was the most stupid and unforgivable mistake made by the Japanese Navy, and if it were not for the defeat of the Battle of Midway, then the Japanese Navy at this time should have overwhelmingly taken this so-called Kuah Island or even the entire Solomon Islands, so it is the Navy's fault to let these land forces stand on this island now.

This idea is not just the idea of Kiyoken Kawaguchi. Most of the Japanese Army had this in mind.

However, this idea is objectively reasonable, and the Battle of Midway can be said to be an eternal pain in the heart of the Japanese Navy, which lost three aircraft carriers in the face of a strong military superiority...... If these three aircraft carriers are not lost, then the Japanese army still has an overwhelming advantage in the Pacific Ocean, and now they can easily take Kuah Island.

In fact, in the Battle of Midway, it was not the aircraft carrier that really suffered heavy losses, the aircraft carrier could be rebuilt if it was sunk, and it could be rebuilt with warships if the resources were insufficient.

What was truly irretrievable was the 110 excellent pilots who died in the Battle of Midway...... The sacrifice of these 110 pilots caused the Japanese Navy, even if it had aircraft carriers, to greatly reduce its combat effectiveness because of the lack of experience and training of the pilots, so that the Japanese army basically did not bargain in the aircraft carrier battle after the midway battle.

This is also one of the reasons why Hyakutake Haruyoshi has never dared to send aircraft carriers south to fight a decisive battle with US aircraft carriers.

Of course, as a soldier, Kawaguchi Kiyoken also knows that now is not the time to dwell on these things, he must face the reality, that is, how to lead his subordinates to occupy Kuah Island.

(To be continued.) )