Chapter 431 The Japanese Army's Plan
Zhang Chi pulled the Chinese Navy to a sea area of 100 kilometers away from the Iwo Jima Sea.&Chinese&Novel..
One hundred kilometers seems not far, but Zhang Chi is not worried that the Japanese army will discover the Chinese fleet... The reason is that the Japanese army had almost no air force at this time. If they had air force, they were also on Hazhang Island, eight or hundreds of kilometers away, so it was difficult to conduct reconnaissance on such a faraway airspace.
It should be said that more importantly, the Japanese radar system is far behind that of the Chinese team, which makes the Japanese fighter jets or ships that come to reconnaissance appear first on the Chinese Navy's radar, so the Chinese team can make some moves to confuse or even shoot down the enemy planes directly.
What Zhang Chi needs to worry about is the Japanese submarine... If this thing is in a submarine, the radar cannot detect it, but the problem is that if the Japanese submarine is submersible, its speed is only about seven knots, and it will take more than eight hours to reach this 100-kilometer sea area. At that time, the sky was already dark. As long as the Chinese Navy carried out light control, even if the Japanese submarine hit the Chinese ** ship, I am afraid that it would not be able to find anything.
Of course, Zhang Chi still didn't dare to be careless. On the one hand, he ordered the destroyer to search everywhere to prevent Japanese submarines from spying around, and on the other hand, he let the "Pinghai" fighter jet take off and reconnaissance everywhere.
Of course, Zhang Chi didn't need to worry too much about these things, so he focused on the reaction of the Japanese army in Iwo Jima.
"Teacher!" Wu Yuhang, who was stationed on the 382 high ground, called Zhang Chi and said, "The mouse didn't respond?"
"No response?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but frowned.
Could it be that Tadao Li Lin saw some flaw?
There is no reason... Zhang Chi has been thinking about it but hasn't been exposed at all.
In fact, the Chinese Navy did not show any excuses, but Tadao Li Lin became more cautious after suffering several losses.
After the Chinese Navy withdrew, Horie Yoshitaka suggested that Tadao Riribayashi launch a counterattack immediately, but Tadao Riribayashi shook his head.
"Hori E!" Tadao Riribayashi replied: "The enemy left three regiments of more than 10,000 troops on the island, and their navy withdrew from the battlefield with such fearlessness, which means that their supplies are quite sufficient! In addition, the airport is in their hands, they have dozens of fighter jets, and they also have geographical advantages... Do you think it is suitable to launch an attack on them?"
Hearing this, Yoshitaka Horie couldn't help but remain silent.
Li Lin Zhongdao was right. The Chinese Navy withdrew, but a batch of fighter jets remained. That means... the firepower of the China ** team is actually less than the warship's naval guns, and its overall strength has not been much weakened. So if you rashly attack the high ground where the China ** team is stationed, you will probably suffer a loss.
"Then we..." Horie Yoshitaka asked: "Are we just waiting for nothing? Lieutenant General, their navy may be back soon, this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"Of course we won't just wait like that!" Li Lin Tadao said: "But we must be fully prepared to win with one blow!"
After pausing, Li Lin Zhongdao sighed: "We can no longer bear another failure, otherwise no one would guard the tunnels in Yuanshan!"
Then, Tadao Kurirabashi quickly contacted Shizuo Taro and pleaded with a very humble tone to ask Shizuo Taro to work together with the 109th Division to defeat the enemy troops stationed on the island... The reason why Tadao Kurirabashi wanted to be "humble" was because at this time, the life and death of him and the 109th Division could be said to be in the hands of Shizuo Taro. On the other hand, it was because the Japanese Navy and the Army had always been in disagreement, Tadao Kurirabashi was worried that Shizuo Taro, who was a navy, would still play tricks secretly.
But Shiina Taro's reply reassured Tadao Kurirabayashi.
"Lieutenant General!" Shizuo Taro replied: "Please rest assured, this may be related to the life and death of my great Japanese Empire. Even if I asked Shizuo Taro to fly a fighter plane to rescue myself, I have no choice but to do so!"
Shiini Taro was born in the Air Force and was also a fanatical militant. If it weren't for the need to command all the reinforcements, he would have really hoped that he could fly a fighter plane over Iwo Jima himself.
Tadao Kurirabayashi was so relieved that he could hear Shiinataro's passion and sincerity when he said these words.
This is exactly the saying "Brothers play on the wall and guard the outside". To a certain extent, it is the pressing step by step of the Chinese team led by Zhang Chi, which temporarily puts the contradictions aside and unites together.
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What Kurirabayashi Tadao and Shiinyutaro didn't know was that this was exactly what Zhang Chi wanted, because Zhang Chi believed that the Chinese team at this time had the strength to defeat the Japanese army's unity of sea and land, so as to maximize the goal of eliminating the Japanese army's vitality.
So a combat plan was quickly formulated during the exchange and discussion between Tadao Kurirabayashi and Shiinyataro.
Tadakami Li Lin set the battle time at five in the morning the next day.
The reason why he set it at this time... was to learn from Zhang Chi's experience of sneak attack on Zhebo Mountain, that is, to use the turning point between darkness and dawn to make the battlefield situation as beneficial to the Japanese army as possible.
Tadoro Riri Lin’s idea is:
The main core of this battle is to suppress the airport controlled by the China Team, so that its fighter planes cannot take off. Once the China Team's fighter planes are suppressed, the Japanese Navy's warships can appear on the Chinese Team without pressure, forming a situation of attacking the China Team on both sides with the 109th Division.
At that time, the Japanese army can fully suppress the Chinese team on the island from three branches of sea, land and air, and then the moment of victory will be not far away.
But suppressing Airport No. 1 is easier said than done.
The reason is that the Chinese team has a good geographical location... The 382 highland is the highest elevation on Iwo Jima, and Zhabo Mountain occupies the cape. The Chinese team only needs to arrange an artillery position in the crater of Zhabo Mountain, and its firepower can control a large area of sea surface and beach, making it difficult for the Japanese Navy to get close. At the same time, the Chinese and American fighters at Airport No. 1 are the nemesis of Japanese warships... The Japanese fleet theoretically cannot get close to its combat radius.
This is why Tadami Kurirabayashi had to launch an attack at night... Fighters cannot play a role in the dark, but warships can sail at sea and approach Iwo Jima.
Then, while it was not dawn, that is, when Chinese fighter jets were unable to take off to fight, the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on Airport No. 1 from two aspects, namely on land and ocean.
After an hour of fighting like this, the airport of the China Team should have been almost blown up and it was dawn. At this time, Japanese fighter jets could be put into the battlefield to provide firepower reinforcements for the Japanese offensive.
Chapter completed!