So on the first day after Zhang Chi arrived in Okinawa, the relationship between the army and the navy, which had already reached a deadlock, improved... Of course, this cannot be said to be completely free of rifts, but just "improvement".

This is actually not a difficult problem to solve. The army and navy have common interests themselves. As soldiers, interests should be put first, especially when wars are in progress.

Any soldier can understand this, but sometimes he is really angry and makes a fuss. To put it bluntly, it is not a big deal. Even if there is something, he should wait for the post-war settlement. It is absolutely not allowed to be unwilling to cooperate on the battlefield.

Zhang Chi actually forced Geiger to face these problems by not reinforcing Okinawa Island.

"The problem that makes us a headache is that our firepower cannot be fully utilized!" Geiger said: "The Japanese always hide in the back slope. Our shells, tanks, and machine guns cannot pose a threat to them. If we seize the commanding heights, the first difficulty is that we cannot maneuver the heavy equipment to the high ground, and the transportation of ammunition is still very difficult..."

Zhang Chi expressed his understanding that the US military was using ammunition to pile up in wars, and now that the ammunition was transported from the foot of the mountain by manpower, the US military could not use ammunition to pile up as usual, so it needed to save ammunition, so it was discomfortable.

Geiger then talked about a series of difficulties encountered by the US military on the battlefield and the tactics of the Japanese army. Zhang Chi finally knew almost the same about the Japanese army.

To be honest, the Japanese army's tactic really surprised Zhang Chi.

This is not to say that Zhang Chi does not know about the "reverse slope" tactic. On the contrary, Zhang Chi is still very familiar with this tactic, but he always believed that the "reverse slope" tactic only appeared in the era of resisting U.S. aggressing and aiding Korea, but he did not expect it to exist at this time...

Later, when Zhang Chi turned around and asked his subordinates, he realized that he was ignorant and that this tactic was invented by the brothers of the National Army, but it was not commonly used on the battlefield.

"We need mines!" After hearing Geiger's words, Zhang Chi said: "A lot of mines!"

"Landmines?" Geiger was a little puzzled: "Major General, maybe you misunderstood. We are attacking the side, and mines will cause us more trouble!"

Geiger's words make some sense, because the attacking side often advances forward. If a large number of mines are buried in front of the front... won't it be impossible to attack?

But Zhang Chi didn't think so...

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "We should realize that the Japanese used the 'reverse slope' tactic... The fundamental purpose is to fight close combat with our army and fight attrition."

"Yes!" Geiger nodded, "but we have no choice. We cannot build lines of defense with tanks and advance forward like before!"

"This may be possible for mines!"

"How is that possible?" Geiger looked at Zhang Chi with disbelief.

"We in China have a saying, "attack instead of defense," and "attack instead of defense"!" Zhang Chi explained: "Just now, the Japanese are 'attack instead of defense'. They use the offense of the counter-sloping melee battle to defend, and we... should adopt the strategy of using defense instead of attack, that is, pushing the front line forward step by step!"

"Every step by step?" Geiger was a little confused when he heard this word.

"It's just pushing the front line forward step by step!" Zhang Chi replied: "Push one step forward and guard one step, as long as you ensure that the enemy does not attack!"

"Oh!" Geiger understood Zhang Chi's meaning a little: "That's why we need landmines?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Whenever we capture a place, we lay a large number of mines, barbed wire and build fortifications in front of the position. If the Japanese want to fight us in close combat, they have to pay a heavy price to cross the minefield. At the same time, the Japanese do not have too many artillery and shells to clear mines... This is a headache for the Japanese army!"

Of course, this method is only effective for the "reverse slope" tactics of the Japanese army in this era. When the "reverse slope" tactics were used by the volunteers... If there is also a large area of ​​mine laying, the happiest thing is the volunteers, because they can even maneuver to the rear of the enemy through the tunnel, easily cross the minefield and then make dumplings from the enemy.

"So...what if we want to attack?" Geiger asked.

"Simple, after we are fully prepared for the offensive, if we want to attack, use artillery or incendiary bombs and other mines to clear the mines!" Zhang Chi replied: "In this way, we can choose our own attack time, and the initiative is in our hands rather than the enemy!"

"On the other hand!" Zhang Chi continued: "The Japanese also used the forests in the north and the cover of the people to fight guerrillas and harass and sneak attacks... They can also be solved by laying landmines!"

Geiger was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement, and immediately asked the staff to send a telegram to request the transportation of large quantities of mines to Okinawa... The US military did not prepare much for landmines when fighting Okinawa. This was because the US military did not expect that there would be such a great difficulty in fighting Okinawa. Secondly, it was because of the fact that there were not many landmines available in offensive battles. Now, after Zhang Chi reminded him, he found that there was such a shortcoming in supply.

What made Geiger even more angry was...

Navy commander Turner also called back to confirm when receiving the telegram: "Landmines? Whose idea is this? Is the Chinese major general's idea?"

"Yes!" Geiger replied.

As a result, Turner did not say a word and immediately organized personnel, transport ships and transport planes to collect mines from the islands. In less than a few hours, dozens of C47s loaded with mines were unloaded on Okinawa Island.

In the eyes of the 10th Army and Geiger, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed and helpless... If this was the request of the 10th Army, including Geiger, I was afraid that the Navy would not know when it would be transported.

"General!" Geiger held Zhang Chi's hand and said, "Thank you for staying and helping us. Actually, we have fought together before, but maybe you don't know!"

"Oh, I really don't know!" Zhang Chi replied.

"On Guadalcanal!" Geiger replied.

"Oh, you've fought in Guadalam too?"

"No!" Geiger said: "It can be said yes, or it can be said not... because at that time, I was commanding the 1st Marine Flying Team and I was responsible for air combat!"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this. It turned out that Geiger was a pilot.
Chapter completed!