Knowing that the Japanese were building an airfield on the island of New Georgia, then the US military would not dare to slack off any longer...... Once the Japanese airfield on New Georgia Island is completed, which is less than 200 kilometers away, it will only take more than half an hour for Japanese fighters to fly over Kuah Island, which will undoubtedly be a huge threat to Kuah Island.

Of course, at this time, the US military was not very worried about losing air supremacy, and a large number of fighters of all kinds were placed there, especially since the Japanese army had lost a large number of experienced pilots, while the US pilots were becoming more and more experienced in fighting, and the gap between the two was getting wider and wider.

However, in order to avoid the threat of Kuah Island and better break through the Japanese defenses, Halsey and MacArthur decided to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese as soon as possible.

After 3 days of discussion, Zhang Chi also participated in it, after all, this plan was formulated by Zhang Chi.

But to be honest, Zhang Chi didn't like this kind of argument over details, especially when he had to deal with MacArthur's inconsistencies...... So Zhang Chi was more often just listening, and then occasionally expressing some opinions.

Eventually, MacArthur and Halsey came up with a "wheel plan."

The basic idea of the "wheel" plan was to take Rabaul as the center of the war, Halsey led the army to attack in the Solomon Islands from south to north, MacArthur's forces attacked along New Guinea to the southwest of New Britain, and then cut off the sea reinforcement and air supply lines of the Japanese army in Rabaul, eliminating the threat of the Japanese army to the Allied attack on the Philippines.

According to this plan, MacArthur's forces were to capture Woodrack Island, then advance with all its might from New Guinea to Lae and Salamoa, and then launch a full-scale assault on Madang and Huon Peninsula.

Halsey's troops were directed at a series of islands, including New Georgia, Shortland, and Bouin.

Of course, all this was a pretense to make it difficult for the Japanese to send most of the garrison at Rabaul to fight in the outlying islands or in the direction of New Guinea in a short period of time, so that the fortress of Rabaul would become an empty city.

It's just that the Allies have the capital to make such a big noise...... At this time, air supremacy was basically in the hands of the Allies. In addition, the Allies had much more logistical supplies and troops than the Japanese army, so launching this feint to lure the snake out of the hole was just a matter of firing more artillery shells and sending more planes to bomb the Allies.

At this time, the Japanese army was in a very embarrassing situation.

Zhang Chi believed that even if the Japanese knew that the Allies were doing this to drain Rabaul's forces, the Japanese had no other choice.

If you don't send reinforcements to these islands and regions, then you can only let the Allies capture these important places step by step, and then surround and isolate Rabaul.

Send reinforcements, Rabaul will face the dilemma of having no troops to defend again.

Blame it. After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese were completely unaware that their military strength with the Allies had taken a turn for the better, and they still believed that they were the supremacy of the sea, so they continued to expand their territory, so that when the Allies launched a counteroffensive, they suddenly found that the balance of power between the enemy and us was so great, that all the land they occupied was not enough to defend, and even worse, the Japanese were still unwilling to give up any piece of land even in this situation......

However, objectively speaking, even if the Japanese army was willing to give up the land and concentrate troops for defense, it would be useless, because the Japanese army at this time had fallen into a paradox: the Japanese mainland was short of resources. Their wars were underpinned by the plundered resources of the colonies they occupied, and to abandon them would mean that they would eventually lose due to lack of resources.

Therefore, Zhang Chi was not worried that the Japanese army would not be fooled at all.

The attack on New Georgia was launched by the 2nd Marine Division of the US Army...... Originally, according to the combat tradition of the US army, the 1st Marine Division had been fighting on the battlefield for so long, and it should have returned to China to enjoy a period of time at this time, and even a considerable number of soldiers would receive assistance or treatment from psychologists. However, because by this time the Allies had switched to a counteroffensive. The Allies also desperately lacked habitat troops capable of landing operations, so they had to prolong their combat time.

Of course. The Chinese army is not treated so well.

In addition to the Chinese army, there is another army that should be said to be more bitter, and that is the Japanese army...... At this time, the Japanese army also knew about the enjoyment of the American army, they learned about it from the American prisoners, and it is said that when they heard this, the Japanese army was very envious, you must know that they have fought on the battlefield for several years and rarely have a holiday. And even if there is a holiday, it is not enough for them to go home.

It is no wonder that most of the Yankees at this time have a sense of superiority...... This is the same people, the same fighting on the same land, how can the treatment be so bad?!

The battle situation was exactly as Zhang Chi thought, as soon as the US army launched an attack, the Japanese army reinforced a large number of troops to New Georgia Island. The Japanese army on New Georgia Island was originally only 3,000 men, but American bombers bombed it, and the Japanese army soon increased to 8,500 troops, and then the Japanese ordered an additional wing of reinforcements, which eventually reached 11,000 men.

It is not surprising that the Japanese army will increase their troops in this way, they have suffered enough losses when they were on Kuah Island...... Kuah Island originally fell into the hands of the Sino-American coalition because of the lack of garrisons, so the Japanese army, which was originally in a favorable defensive position, turned into an attack. Then, because of the lack of reinforcement again and again, it led to failure after failure, especially because of the restrictions of Henderson Airport, which had to adopt the "rat transport" supply method......

According to the Japanese generals, these were the main reasons for the defeat in the Battle of Kuah.

After the defeat in the Battle of Kuah Island, the Japanese generals felt that after the battle began, they must resolutely and quickly increase their troops, and provide supplies to these troops as quickly as possible, otherwise, once the battle enters the white heat, it will become very difficult to increase troops and provide supplies.

Of course, these ideas and practices are correct, because when the battle starts, both sides will do their best to attack and block each other's supply lines.

It's just that what the Japanese army doesn't know is that what they are doing now is exactly what Zhang Chi wants...... On the island of New Georgia alone, the Japanese army invested more than 10,000 Japanese troops, so the direction of New Guinea and other islands will naturally not be less.

The result of this is inevitably the emptiness of Rabaul's forces.

(To be continued.) )