Tadoro Riribayashi's performance may be a typical Japanese contradictory character.

Not long ago, Tadao Kuribayashi had a premonition that Iwo Jima would lose, and that he and his subordinates would die under the Central Team, and he was depressed because of this. But now, when he knew that there was a reinforcement of the fleet, his attitude immediately turned 180 degrees... It was no longer a concern for the loss, but to find a way to keep the Central Team and make it "pay the price", and then he had a kind of spirit of showing off his hands and feet.

But I am afraid that Tadao Riribayashi never dreamed that the Zhong** team was already planning to send a fatal blow to Iwo Jima with lightning speed.

It should be said that the key point of this attack, Tadoro Ririhara had considered it from the beginning, that was the airport.

However, Tadao Li Lin thought that he had set the airport as a trap, or it could be said that he controlled it with an anti-aircraft gun arranged in the tunnel, so he ignored it himself.

This mistake will soon bring painful lessons to him, his subordinates and even the entire Japan.

The Chinese troops launched bombings on the Japanese army since the second day, targeting several highlands of Zhebo Mountain, 382, ​​362a, 362b, 362b, and 362 under the control of the Japanese army. The bombing intensity was not high, just like the Japanese bombing of the Chinese landing troops, there were no shots.

The purpose of this is to do so is no need to say more... prepare for the upcoming attack by the Expeditionary Force.

There are two aspects of preparation mentioned here. One is to use artillery shells to destroy possible landmines at important landing sites to open up the road for troops' sneak attacks, and more importantly, to use artillery sounds to cover the possible sounds during sneak attacks.

The second preparation was to learn from the lessons learned from the Japanese sneak attack... The Japanese army suddenly increased the cannons before the sneak attack, so Wu Yuhang was suspicious of the Japanese attack at the first time. Wu Yuhang was like this. Of course, experienced veterans in the expeditionary army also smelled the unusual smell, so they were actually mentally prepared for the Japanese tanks that appeared later from top to bottom. This is also one of the reasons why the Chinese team was able to successfully block the Japanese army from the line of defense.

Of course, there is also an objective reason for this, that is, Japanese artillery shells are very precious and Tadakusa Li Lin dare not use them randomly.

In fact, there were still enough Japanese artillery shells... As mentioned before, many of the Japanese strategic materials were originally used to confront the Mariana Islands and the Sino-US coalition forces. As a result, the rapid defeat of the Mariana Islands made the Japanese army able to throw all the collected strategic materials to Iwo Jima.

But what war often tests more is the commander's psychology and expectations.

In Tadao Kuribayashi's idea... the US military has already gained all the advantages of sea and air, so it will be difficult for Iwo Jima to get supplies. It is difficult to get supplies, that is, it is just a waste of money. The ammunition and materials reserved in Iwo Jima will always be exhausted. One day after the ammunition and materials are exhausted, it is the moment when the 109th Division is "breaking".

People always hope to live longer and stay longer, so Li Lin Tadao will of course "saving it out".

But Chinese troops do not need this... Although Halsey said that only a small portion of transport ships could provide supplies to Chinese troops, this so-called "small portion" is also dozens of transport ships, which are enough for Chinese troops to support such low-intensity bombing.

Ironically, the warships escorted by the US military to transport ships were even Fletcher-class destroyers that were more advanced than Chinese troops.

From this we can also see that the US military is not completely unable to support the Chinese troops in attacking Iwo Jima at this time, but the US military is unwilling to support or support so quickly.

Roosevelt was very clear about the purpose of the Chinese team's attack on Iwo Jima... that is, to "surround Wei and save Zhao", and to force Japan to transfer more troops used to attack China to the Pacific direction by attacking Japan, but this is not what Roosevelt wanted to see.

At the same time, Roosevelt did not want the Japanese army in Iwo Jima to build too strong fortifications.

Zhang Chi didn't know at this time that Iwo Jima was no less important to the US military than the Mariana Islands.

Iwo Jima is located just between Japan and the Mariana Islands... It is more than a thousand kilometers away from both ends.

Roosevelt received information again, knowing that the Japanese were building radar monitoring stations and airports in Iwo Jima. Once these were completed, it would have a great hindrance to the US military's plan to use the Mariana Islands to bomb Japan's mainland... Shortly after the US bombers took off from the Mariana Islands, Japanese radars could be monitored, and at the same time the fighter took off and intercepted it.

Although the Japanese radar and fighter jets were almost unable to pose a threat to the US b29 bombing agency at this time (Note: The US b29 bomber ceiling is more than 10,000 meters, while the Japanese Zero fighter maximum ceiling is 5,000 meters, so it is impossible to intercept the high-altitude bomber b29 at all. The fighter jets used by Japan to intercept the US high-altitude bomber are mainly the first-type falcon battle and the second-type dragon slaughter). However, even so, the Japanese army's radar station and airport at Iwo Jima will cause great trouble for the US b29 bombing the Japanese mainland. For example, a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers will take about two hours for the B29, which also means that the Japanese army has two hours of preparation time.

This is also one of the reasons why Roosevelt agreed to let the Chinese team attack Iwo Jima.

But on the other hand, Roosevelt was worried that the Chinese team would attack too hard and too fast in the direction of Japan, which would affect the Japanese army's battle in the direction of China, and then transfer too much troops to the Pacific... This is obviously not in the interests of the United States.

Therefore, Roosevelt's real idea was to let the Chinese troops drag their bodies to the direction of Iwo Jima. The Japanese army was unable to build fortifications on the island, and the Chinese team could not win. Let's wait until the US military breathed from the Philippines.

But Roosevelt's idea itself has misjudgment.

First of all, the hatred between the Chinese and Japanese armies is not like that between the US and Japan. The US and Japan armies often fight for the sake of fighting and are still in a more rational state, while the Chinese and Japanese armies are more likely to fight to the death. Therefore, the state of immortality that Roosevelt hopes will basically not appear.

Secondly, Roosevelt underestimated the China-* team or it can be said that underestimated Zhang Chi's ability... In the eyes of Roosevelt and the US military, he thought that the China-* team had only more than 50,000 people and had very limited equipment and supplies, so it was unlikely that it would take Iwo Jima in a short time.

Here, Roosevelt and the US generals have added the combat effectiveness and combat experience of the Chinese troops, but they still do not think that the Chinese team can do it.

But the facts prove that Roosevelt and the US generals were both wrong. (To be continued.)
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