As Zhang Chi and others saw, the second phase of the Japanese counterattack started from the sea.〔＜(??

This should be said to be the cleverness of the Japanese army. This is because the Japanese army has advantages in fighting night wars, while the US Navy has natural phobia in night wars.

On the other hand, the combat equipment used by the Japanese army was submarines, which were easier to hide in the darkness. In particular, the Japanese army was very familiar with the hydrology of the Marshall Islands, knowing where there were reefs and where there were shallows. However, because the Marshall Islands have been Japanese colonies for decades, the US military knew nothing about the hydrology of this area, and in the darkness they dared not easily search for Japanese submarines... The US military did not realize this, but just a few hours ago, two US destroyers searched and pursued a Japanese submarine who was sonared by sonar, but were taken into the reef group and caused a sinking and injury.

So some US generals speculated that the Japanese submarine was likely intended to appear in the sight of the US military.

However, Zhang Chi believes that the Japanese army is more skilled in using submarines to deal with the US fleet... If they use similar equipment to fight head-on, that is, using fighter jets to fighter jets, warships to warships, then the Japanese army is obviously not an opponent. There are only more than 100 Japanese fighter jets, and the US military also has an advanced "Hellcat". If the Japanese joint warship is dispatched, it will undoubtedly be defeated by US warships and fighter jets.

On the contrary, using submarines, such as ghosts lurking underwater, can cause great trouble to the US military, especially at night... The US Navy has many ships, in order to avoid collisions or identification problems, most ships have to turn on lights, and destroyers even have to turn on searchlights to search at sea. These lights will undoubtedly indicate the targets for Japanese submarines, and the periscope of Japanese submarines is difficult to be seen in the dark.

What's even more amazing is that Japan's submarine patrol submarine can also carry small water reconnaissance aircraft... This kind of water reconnaissance aircraft can play a great role at night, making the US Navy unpredictable because it can be assembled and taken off at any place on the sea, and then after the submarine is ready, the US warship group is fully exposed to the firepower of the Japanese submarine group.

Therefore, the originally weak Japanese Navy took the initiative, which forced the powerful US Navy to temporarily stay away from the "Wolf Corner" area to avoid possible sneak attacks from Japanese submarines.

This is actually the "asymmetric warfare" theory that was later praised by the US military, but the "asymmetric warfare" mentioned by the US military is more based on air supremacy.

Of course, this tactic is not something Koga Feng thought of his intelligence or extraordinary talent. A large part of it is because the Japanese joint fleet has returned to the local area and is unable to fight the US Navy.

But in this battle, there are more than one thing that is remarkable.

While the Sino-US coalition forces were busy organizing defense and counterattack at the "Wolf Horn", Koga Feng urgently summoned Yamada Donoyu to his command center.

"Yamada-kun!" Koga Feng patted Yamada-doji's shoulder and said, "Whether you can defend Kwajalin Island or even win the entire battle, maybe it's right in front of you!"

"Yes!" Yamada Daoyu stood up and responded.

The next second, Yamada Daoyuki promised: "Please rest assured, General, even if we try our best, we will sink the aircraft carrier of the American ghost animals, so that they will not be able to attack us again!"

"Aircraft carrier?" Koga Feng was stunned when he heard this, and then he smiled and shook his head, "No...Yamada Jun, you misunderstood! The focus of our attack is not the American aircraft carrier!"

"Isn't it an aircraft carrier?" Yamada Doyu was full of doubts: "That's..."

"It is the tank deployed by the Chinese and Americans in the 'Wolf Horn'!" Koga Fengichi replied.

"tank?"

"Yes!" Koga Feng nodded: "Sinking the American aircraft carrier may be a great result, but this will not have much impact on the entire battle. In fact... the American aircraft carrier has no effect at this time!"

Upon hearing this, Yamada Moyu nodded. There were too many aircraft carriers in the US, and the effect of these aircraft carriers on island bombing was actually not ideal, so sinking them was indeed not helpful to the battle in the Marshall Islands.

"It's those tanks..." Koga Fengichi said: "Our troops lack anti-tank weapons, but the Chinese used these tanks to build a steel defense line. If it weren't for this line of defense, Nakatani's troops would have driven the Sino-US coalition into the sea! What we want is this, a large number of active forces of the Sino-US coalition forces, so that they have no troops to continue to board the 6th battle. Do you understand? The Americans do not lack aircraft or aircraft carriers, but they lack people!"

"So that's how it is!" Yamada Daoyu nodded.

"So!" Koga Fengichi continued: "Early tomorrow morning... After our submarine force forces away the American fleet, you will be divided into two teams, one team attracts the attention of American fighter jets, and the other team launches a comprehensive bombing of the "Wolf Corps" stationed by the Sino-US coalition forces, especially to blow up their tanks and cover Nakatani's troops to launch a general attack on the "Wolf Corps". Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Yamada Daoyu responded, and at the same time, he secretly admired Koga Fengichi's strategy.

This is really not easy for Koga Fengichi, because Japanese generals basically have common problems of being very fond of merit, which is particularly prominent in the Japanese Navy. The main manifestation is that the Japanese Navy is more willing to attack warships and aircraft carriers than to attack transport ships. For example, in the Battle of Tiedi Bay, Mikawa's fleet suffered heavy losses and chaos in the first round of the US fleet. It was already revealed that there were a large number of unprotected transport ships in Tiedi Bay. These transport ships were loaded with a large number of strategic materials needed by the Sino-US coalition forces that were not too late to be unloaded. If these transport ships were sunk or caused heavy losses, it would obviously have a significant impact on the Guadalam Battle, and the Pacific Navy would likely change as a result.

But the Sanchuan Army did not attack these merchant ships.

The same is true for the Japanese Navy's application in submarine ships. They generally only attack warships and aircraft carriers. They even make rigid regulations on transport ships and the upper levels of the navy: at most one torpedo used on transport ships.
Chapter completed!