In fact, there is nothing to formulate in combat plans.

Because you can guess it, the combat plan is to first use warships, fighter jets, and artillery fire to rush along the island of Kwajalin, and then use amphibious landing vehicles and amphibious tanks that are supposedly successfully developed. If conditions permit, that is, before the sea water level retreats to 910 mm in the early morning, the Higgins ship landing equipment and personnel will be supplemented with Higgins ship landing equipment and personnel.

What you need to be careful in the air is that you can no longer give the Japanese Flying Division a chance to attack.

Of course, Zhang Chi believes that the Japanese flight division will be unlikely to appear this time... The little Japanese are not stupid either. They know that after the Americans are beaten once, they will be prepared for the second time. So the more than 100 fighter jets of the little Japanese will not be able to match the large number of US destroyers and four aircraft carriers. In particular, the Japanese side also knows that the American ghost animals have equipped new fighter jets with comprehensive performance exceeding Zero fighter jets.

Therefore, it can be predicted that the Japanese will make full use of this period to consolidate the defense of Kwajalin Island in order to use infantry to resist the US troops outside Kwajalin Island.

The Japanese did make some preparations on Kwajalin Island, but what Zhang Chi did not expect was that the Japanese defense was not that simple.

The reason is that Koga Feng has no confidence in the combat effectiveness of the 61st Japanese garrison stationed on Kwajalin Island.

In other words, on the battlefield, both sides of the war were actually showing a sense of lack of confidence... The US military did not believe that the existing equipment could break through the Japanese defense line, and the Japanese army did not believe that the US military could block the attack on its own conditions.

It makes sense that Koga Fengichi doesn't believe that the 61st garrison can keep the US troops out of the beach, because he knows that the 61st garrison has never experienced war. Any breakthrough in such a force may have a scene of defeat on Kwajalin Island, similar to the scene of defeat on Voje Atoll and Maloerap Atoll.

What's more, the fortifications on Kwajalin were almost gone under the bombing of the US military for many days. At this time, most of the Japanese troops were defending with field fortifications along the coast. Moreover, under the bombing of the US military, casualties continued to increase, morale continued to decline, and even on the verge of collapse... In fact, it cannot be blamed on these Japanese troops, because Kwajalin Island was surrounded by the US military at this time, and there was no hope of victory and because there was no retreat on the island, the Japanese troops on the island knew in their hearts that it was only a matter of time before this small island without reinforcements was captured by the Americans. If it weren't for the beautiful battle of the US Flight Division not long ago, I'm afraid many soldiers would not be able to hold on.

But the Japanese "Bushido Spirit" is an advantage when they are in desperate situations. It gives the Japanese army a great ideal of "glorious dedication", especially Kwajalin Island is still a small island surrounded by the sea. What can you do if you don't "glorious dedication"?!

So after brainwashing, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was discovered again.

On this basis, Koga Fengichi decided to implement a combat plan called "defense and Counterattack" on Kwajalin Island.

This combat plan is actually divided into two levels, namely, one is "defense" and the other is "counterattack"...

The so-called "defense" means to defeat the enemy on the beach as much as possible along the coastline. Of course, it is good to do this, but Koga Fengichi knows that it is not realistic to completely defend the enemy.

So he had another preparation, which was to "counterattack".

The tactical idea of ​​"counterattack" is to not directly confront the US military when it breaks through the coastal defense line, but adopts a guerrilla hidden strategy to deal with it... This is obviously a targeted strategy made by the US military's previous performance on Makin Island. Koga Fengichi believes that if the US military only encounters a few snipers, they will be blocked until they use artillery fire to level it. Then he can easily use a few scattered forces to block the US military's advance, and the main force of the Japanese army is hidden in the tunnel and cave. When it is waited until the evening to launch a counterattack, it will cause severe damage to the US military.

Of course, Koga Fengichi's tactic is correct. It can even be said that if the US military finally attacked Kwajalin Island, this situation might have really happened, but at this point, Koga Fengichi was wrong.

Zhang Chi did not have much interest in making plans with Halsey and others. He flew to Bito Island with the invitation of Wilson at the same time with Halsey's consent... The reason why Halsey agreed to Zhang Chi to leave was mainly because the most important thing at this time was whether the amphibious tank based on "Sheerman" could be successfully modified in time, and Zhang Chi was the one who proposed this idea, so Halsey felt it was necessary to let Zhang Chi communicate with Wilson and get this amphibious tank out of time. Otherwise, Halsey would not be willing to let talents like Zhang Chi get out of the formulation of the plan.

At this time, Tarawa had been transformed by the US military into a frontier base for attacking the Marshall Islands. When Zhang Chi walked down from the plane, he found that it had completely changed from the first time he set foot on the island. Fighters were parked neatly around the wide airport, with busy logistics personnel everywhere. From time to time, there were fighter planes rising into the air with a harsh roar. Further to the distance were wooden houses for repair or residence.

"Sir!" While Zhang Chi was still surprised by the US military's transformation ability, a jeep stopped in front of Zhang Chi, and a US military officer jumped off the top and saluted Zhang Chi, "I am Sergeant Doug, Colonel Wilson sent me to pick you up!"

Nodding, Zhang Chi stepped onto the jeep. All the way they saw cranes, bulldozers, and even Zhang Chi saw the same four-story building built of cement concrete.

This is the charm of industry... With a strong industry, you can easily build a paradise in a ruin, which allowed Zhang Chi to see the gap between China and the United States at this time.

What makes Zhang Chi feel gratified is that in modern times, the crown of the world's largest industrial power has been transferred from the United States to China... Due to the abundant life of the United States, the labor cost is too expensive, so industries have been transferred to countries with low labor cost. Capitalists only have money in their eyes, and they will always pursue interests, otherwise capitalists will not be able to survive.

At this time, China was reforming and opening up. A large number of low-cost labor, good infrastructure and security environment attracted capitalists from all over the world to invest and build factories in China. What followed these capitalists into China was funds and technology. (Note: Implementing severe crackdowns and improving public security during the reform and opening up period)
Chapter completed!