In this battle, Mototanaka finally realized his wish and died heroically... However, Mototanaka's body has never been found. Many people believe that Mototanaka has been blown into pieces by the fierce artillery of the Zhongzhao team at the airport, but no one can verify whether the fact is so, because no one knows which corpse or limb is his.

After that, Tadao Kuribayashi sent a telegram to Kenya Sato: "Thanks to the care of General, he tried his best to organize the rescue of Iwo Jima, but now... the Chinese have controlled Iwo Jima Airport. General, please give up, otherwise it will only increase the losses. We will do our best to hold the Central ** team on Iwo Jima!"

Ken Sato hasn't responded for a long time.

Tadao Kuriraba knew that Kenya Sato was considering his suggestions.

But what surprised Tadao Riribayashi was that just when he was planning to rely on the tunnel to hold the enemy as much as possible, he received a call from Kenya Sato two hours later: "Be prepared for a counterattack, we are not without a chance to win!"

Tadao Li Lin couldn't help but get surprised when he saw the telegram...

Counterattack? What kind of counterattack?!

If the Japanese Joint Fleet will still reinforce or the No. 1 Airport is still under the control of the Japanese army, it may still have the ability to counterattack.

But now... not only are these gone, but the troops also made the bent on suicide killer, and the man who was determined to commit suicide, consumed more than 3,000 people.

If Li Lindao knew what China was swearing, he would definitely sigh: "I'm not afraid of enemies like gods, but I'm afraid of teammates like pigs!"

So, Tadao Riribayashi sent another inquiry telegram to Ken Sato with doubt.

Kenya Sato didn't say much, there were only two words on the call back: "Return to Heaven".

But Li Lin Tadao understood the words as soon as he saw them, and then nodded slowly.

"Returning the sky" may be very familiar to us modern people, but in that era, basically no one understood what this thing was.

It is a torpedo developed by Japan, a torpedo operated by humans... This is actually a reflection of Japan's insufficient military and scientific research capabilities.

At this time, the Japanese military needed various equipment with high accuracy, such as torpedoes, bombs, etc. A considerable number of Japanese officers believed that only by developing high-precision equipment in a short period of time could it be possible to save Japan. The reason is very simple. Japan's resources are seriously lacking. Not to mention warships and fighter jets, even torpedoes and bombs are seriously insufficient.

On the other hand, American industry can almost be said to be inexhaustible.

So where is Japan’s hope?

There is definitely no hope for this to continue. Unless two or three torpedoes can destroy a US warship or even an aircraft carrier, then there is still hope for this battle.

This method of measuring war from the material aspect is strictly correct, but in fact, everyone knows that even if Japan can really do this, it means using two or three torpedoes to exchange for an enemy warship or aircraft carrier, they still cannot escape the fate of defeat because the United States will develop a killer weapon in a year...atomic bomb.

Of course, the Japanese military was still ignorant of the atomic bomb at this time, so they seriously implemented the plan they thought was possible, that is, to improve the accuracy of torpedoes and bombs as much as possible.

But Japan's military industry and technology have not reached the point where it can do this. So Japan made an invention that shocked the world... torpedoes and bombs operated by humans.

If ordinary torpedoes and bombs are not equipped with artificial intelligence and guidance technology, they cannot correctly correct their own angle to achieve the goal of hitting the target after being fired. But... if there is one person in this torpedo and bomb, and the person is still manipulating the torpedo and bomb to keep approaching the target, that is another matter.

This is the "Return to the Sky" torpedo and the "Sakura" bomb.

This does not require too much technology, and can even be described as rough. It almost uses the human brain to replace artificial intelligence, and then an ordinary torpedo and bomb will basically become a missile that can automatically track targets and hit them in modern warfare.

Kenya Sato's idea is very simple.

The current situation in Iwo Jima is not good for Japan in any aspect... The ground forces were defeated, the airport was lost, the sea was controlled, and the air supremacy was hopeless because of the airport's loss.

but……

One of the weaknesses of the Chinese team is that the navy is too weak, they only have one aircraft carrier and twelve old destroyers.

If Japan can severely damage the Chinese navy and make them unable to ensure supply and fire cover to Iwo Jima, it will pose a great threat to the Chinese troops' offensive plan and even force the Chinese team to withdraw from Iwo Jima.

This is not a mirage. As mentioned earlier, once the navy's reinforcements are lost, all landing troops will become an isolated army trapped on the island, and then the Japanese army will have great potential.

So Kenya Sato immediately ordered the "I 368", "I 370" and "I 44" that were operating near Iwo Jima to carry five, five, and four "Hua Tian"-style human-killing torpedoes code-named "Chancao" to attack the Chinese fleet.

A few hours later, Ken Sato felt that the strength of these submarines was not enough, so he sent additional submarines "Lu 43", "I 58" and "I 36" to each carried four human torpedoes "Shenwu" special attack team to Iwo Jima to reinforce the "Chiancao" special attack team.

Kenya Sato's idea was that the "Chancao" special attack team could carry out the first wave of attacks on the Chinese Navy, and it was initially estimated that it could sink four to five warships of the China Team, and it might also cause severe damage to the China Team's aircraft carrier.

In this way, the Chinese fleet can only temporarily leave the battlefield to avoid Japanese submarines. When the "Shenwu" special attack team arrives, it can make up for the "Qiancao" special attack team's lack of torpedo consumption and completely block the Iwo Jima waters.

However, Kenya Sato felt a little worried, so he gave Colonel Ishida an order to prepare for his "Second Imperial Shield Special Attack Team".

Colonel Ishida is the commander designated by Ken Sato to collect available shore-based fighter jets to reinforce Iwo Jima.

The so-called "Second Shield Special Attack Team" in his hand is actually a suicide plane... Kenya Sato, including any Japanese pilot, knew in his heart that the air superiority of the Sino-US coalition forces was becoming more and more obvious at this time. If the fighter still fought with the enemy in the air as before, he would basically be killed.

Rather than doing this, it is better to let the fighter planes loaded with bombs and rush towards the enemy's warships.

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!