As a result, the battle, which should have ended long ago, lasted until the early morning of the next day.

Originally, the battle should have continued the next day, but when it was dawn, the Japanese guerrillas ambushed in the jungle in the north looked down from a high place with a high-power telescope. They unexpectedly found that Putian Airport was not under the control of the Japanese army. Several American soldiers were playing music on the roof while leisurely shaving in the mirror... If Zhang Chi knew this, he would probably kill these American soldiers who were busy with "furying in pain".

Only then did Niujima Man realize that he had been fooled, so he sat on the chair and felt as if dead.

All he could do was to order weakly: "Retreat, retreat immediately!"

"Lieutenant General..." Chief General was still a little unwilling to accept it.

"No need to say anything more!" Niushima Man interrupted Changyong and said, "If we continue to fight like this, we will not even have the ability to defend, which is much better than surrendering immediately!"

So, an offensive plan carefully planned by Niushima Man ended in such a bleak way.

During this attack, the Japanese army suffered nearly 20,000 casualties... The casualties of the interspersed troops reached about 5,000, and the other thousand survived were missing, but they could not play much role in the battlefield. There were more than 10,000 casualties in the frontal attack, mainly in the steep slope of Pengyuan.

You should know that the total Japanese regular army was only more than 60,000, and one-third of the battle was consumed, and the casualties were even several times greater than the casualties in the defensive attrition war in the previous weeks.

This is only one aspect. What's worse is that the Japanese army invested a large number of suicide attack weapons and almost all artillery and tank troops on Okinawa in this battle, and the artillery and tank troops were almost wiped out... This has led to a huge reduction in pressure from the US military, both the army and the navy in future wars.

When the Second War stabilized, Turner called Zhang Chi.

"Major General!" said Turner: "I heard you had another beautiful battle last night, congratulations!"

"Thank you, General!"

"You did a good job!" Turner continued: "I believe that last night's battle was a turning point for us, whether it was the Navy or the Army, because... we have to face a lot less suicide attack aircraft today, and the most difficult period has passed, right?"

Turner was right, because the unwise attack by the Japanese army last night caused the Japanese army to consume a large amount of living forces and artillery and tanks that had always threatened the US army, so the most difficult period was indeed over.

But this does not mean that the battle will be smooth sailing.

Niujima's next strategy is generally to shrink the defense line...

It is correct to shrink the defense line. The Shuri defense line is wider. The Japanese army needs more troops to garrison and have a larger contact with the US army. Therefore, there will be more casualties every day. For the Japanese army with insufficient troops, it is obviously a wise choice to retreat to the narrower "Itogang Defense Line" (Itoman City to Kokawa).

The reason why we use "general" here is that Ushima Manta did not completely give up the Shuri defense line.

The strategy he adopted was to kill seriously injured people, leave behind minor wounded people and those who can act, and direct or force the temporarily recruited Okinawan people to defend.

Of course, these defenses are just some remnants, and there are even only a few people in some places.

But the problem that the "master soldiers" of the US Army were accustomed to being developed again... There are often only a few people shooting guns in a trench, but they need to use cannons to level them before they dare to move forward.

Zhang Chi had no choice but to do anything about this. The whole front is so long, it is impossible for the Chinese army to go up and fight for them, let alone there is no need... The lives of Chinese soldiers are also life, so Zhang Chi is unwilling to commit the stupid life to show how powerful the Chinese army is.

So the front line moved forward little by little.

From this point of view, Niujima's strategy was very successful because he understood the US military and used space and a small number of remaining soldiers to delay the US military's attack and gave himself a rest time.

Among them, there were even some conflicts within the US military...

While attacking Shuri, the 5th Marine Regiment of the US Army seized the opportunity and crossed the defense zone of the 77th Infantry Division of the Army to seize Shuri Castle first... This aroused great indignation from the Army.

Major General Jaber, the commander of the 77th Infantry Division, even came to the command center.

Zhang Chi treated this matter as if he didn't know it, and Geiger coordinated it all.

To be honest, the Marine Corps does have the intention of taking credit. The 77th Division of the Army fought well and each had its own offensive targets. Your Marine Corps suddenly occupied the target of the 77th Division... Isn't it that someone beats a dog and eats meat?

but……

You should know that this is the offensive target of the entire 77th Division. If the army had not been progressing slowly and had only a few people on the other side, they would have to use cannons to blast forward. How could "part 5th Land Regiment" pass through its defense zone and occupy the Shuli first?!

Fortunately, this debate is not a big problem, so Geiger each gave some rewards to his military achievements and resolved it.

What really touched Zhang Chi was the information about the suicide of the Okinawa people coming from the battlefield...

Zhang Chi visited this scene and was organized in batches and the suicide groups are often clearly defined.

It is conceivable that the Japanese army drove the Okinawan people out of their homes and sat in a circle one by one... Because men have often been requisitioned by the Japanese army, the families left behind are often elderly, women and children.

Then, the Japanese army distributed grenades to them. Due to the shortage of ammunition, the whole family divided one. After igniting, it made a "boom" sound...

What's even worse is that the lethality of the grenade is not certain when it explodes. Some people are not hit by the explosion shrapnel, and some are just injured by shock waves. However, the Japanese army believed that this has achieved the effect, so they ignored them... Anyway, those who are injured will die sooner or later.

So, when Zhang Chi and others arrived at the scene, they saw the bodies of old people, women and children, including the moans and moans of many injured people, as well as the hoarse crying of the children.

The US military still maintains humanitarianism in this regard and chooses to rescue the injured as soon as possible.

But Zhang Chi knew that doing so was just a matter of doing his best, and not many people could be rescued... The injured were too severe and delayed for too long.
Chapter completed!