Until now, Zhang Chi is a little unwilling to worry about the development of the subsequent battle, because if one word is used to describe the situation at this time, it is "the overall situation has been decided."

The US military's advantage in naval and air force was destined to have won the Okinawa Battle on the United States from the beginning.

But victory comes from victory, it is unknown how long it takes to win and how much casualties it takes to achieve victory.

If the Japanese army kept defending according to previous tactics, the Chinese and American coalition forces would have to pay considerable price and casualties to take Okinawa.

but……

After the Japanese army launched a counterattack and was defeated by the Sino-US coalition forces, the situation of the war suddenly became clear for the Sino-US coalition forces.

This is mainly because the living space of the Japanese army was further compressed, and even the command center of Niujima Man could only be set up in a cave next to the cliff.

The point of "compressing living space" does not seem to be anything on the surface, but it is very important in actual combat.

First of all: the Japanese army lost Shuri Castle and Naha City... The day after the US captured Shuri Castle. Shuri Castle is the nominal capital of the Ryukyu Islands, and Naha City is the capital and commercial center of Okinawa. These two cities concentrated the majority of the population of Okinawa, with a total of more than 100,000... At this time, the total population of Okinawa was 435,000.

In other words, as soon as Shuri Castle and Naha City fell into the hands of the US military, the Japanese army lost a considerable number of Okinawan people who depended on for survival and combat. Even because many Okinawan people fell into the hands of the US military, the Okinawan soldiers who were forcibly recruited into the Japanese army were distracted.

Of course, Americans have a relatively poor sensitivity in this regard. They even saw that the Okinawan people's dress and living habits were similar to those of the Japanese, and that the Okinawan people also helped the Japanese army fight, so they took it for granted that the Okinawan people were assigned to the Japanese camp.

But Zhang Chi doesn't think so...

Even if the people of Okinawa are more like Japanese? That is forced out by Japan's long-term colonization. What's more, "unity of all forces that can be united" is the principle of unchanging on the battlefield.

Therefore, after taking Naha and Shuri, Zhang Chi immediately brought Chinese troops into the two cities for publicity and comfort work... This is beyond doubt. Both Asians are yellow-skinned, and the most important thing is that they are all victims of Japanese invasion. Moreover, Zhang Chi's team also has many soldiers who can communicate with the people of Okinawa in Japanese. This work is obviously the most suitable for the Chinese army to do this.

Of course, Zhang Chi is willing to do this work, because it is actually a matter of "the US military beats dogs and the expeditionary army eats meat"... The US military worked hard to fight Japanese soldiers on the front line, and the Chinese army established a "military-civilian relationship" with the people of Okinawa in Shuri and Naha.

Then, Zhang Chi conducted a census and statistics on the people of Okinawa, and listed all the families who served in the Japanese army on a table. Then, he asked these families to shout in the direction of the Japanese army in front of the horn...

The effect of this shouting is different from before. In the past, Okinawans called Okinawans. Although they had similarities, their connections were smaller and relatively empty. Now they were parents and brothers calling for relatives and persuading relatives... It would be strange if the Okinawans in the Japanese army were not moved.

To be precise, even if the Okinawans are unmoved, the Japanese don’t believe it... Who dares to believe it? If this happens to me, I will also wonder if this battle can be fought!

So the Japanese army quickly became suspicious of the Okinawa soldiers, staring at this and that, guarding this and that... There is a saying in China that "does not doubt people without doubting people." The Japanese soldiers did this in fact, forcing the Okinawa soldiers to rebel. Zhang Chi knew, but the Japanese soldiers might not know.

What Zhang Chi wanted to do was to continue to make the Okinawa people shout, especially those scenes where the Japanese army forced them to commit suicide or burn, kill and loot the Okinawa people.

Attacking one's heart is the best!

Secondly, the more direct function of "compressing the living space of the Japanese army" is to reduce the combat complexity of the US military in a series of ways...

You should know that the Japanese suicide attack aircraft need space to take off, and the defense line is compressed to the line of Ito Port. There are almost only a few roads and spaces suitable for takeoff... This is determined by the more complex terrain in the south, so as long as the US reconnaissance aircraft and bombers focus on these limited locations to bomb, it is easy to suppress the Japanese suicide attack aircraft.

This is a good thing for both the US Army and the Navy. The US Army does not need to worry about threats from the air, but the Navy only needs to pay attention to threats from the Japanese mainland.

Therefore, according to Zhang Chi's idea, the Sino-US coalition forces do not need to be anxious in this battle. The Sino-US coalition forces only need to continue to maintain this way. The Japanese army will soon collapse due to internal contradictions, supply issues, ammunition issues, etc.

The Japanese army should be anxious at this time.

In fact, the Japanese army was indeed anxious...

Utsushima Man sent telegrams to Japan again and again, while Utsushi Mijiro could only comfort Utsushima Man again and again: "Nitsuma Jun, if you persist for a few more days, we will soon organize reinforcements!"

Even Mijiro Umezu himself doesn't believe this.

Reinforcements? What reinforcements are used?

Without an aircraft carrier, the warship would die if it was on the way, just like the battleship "Yamato" that was used to reinforce.

The fighter plane is no match for the enemy at all... Could it be that the infantry swims?!

But Mejiro Umezu really organized a whimsical reinforcement.

This reinforcement was part of the first Japanese Air Support Brigade (Japanese Paratroopers). Dalei had a squadron of two and three hundred Japanese troops departed from Japan on more than a dozen transport planes, attempting to launch an airborne attack on Doguchi Airport.

This move by the Japanese army surprised everyone, including Zhang Chi... What are the Japanese doing?

This reinforcement operation can be said to be a helpless move by Umezu Mijiro. If you agree to reinforce, you must take some action! The only ones who can reinforce are paratroopers, but the location of Umejima Man is not suitable for paratroopers to airborne, so you can only use the paratroopers to try it out or simply use the lives of these paratroopers to exchange for an explanation and psychological comfort to Umejima Man, so you launched an airborne battle at the Dokuya Airport.

Needless to say, most of the dozen transport planes were shot down before they even flew over Okinawa. In the end, only one transport plane flew over the Dogu Airport, and the paratroopers actually parachuted.

Thousands of US troops in Dugu Airport, plus a large number of tanks, anti-aircraft artillery, etc., watched the twenty parachutes in the air slowly descending...

After a long time, an American soldier cursed: "Damn it, the Japanese are getting more and more stingy!"
Chapter completed!