The more Kuribayashi talked, the more energetic he became. He felt as if he had found his destiny. The more he talked, the more open his mind became. Many places could be found at his fingertips, as if God had helped him.
Captain Panasonic was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"Just do as I say. Remember, you must dig more holes to hide soldiers. Your place is too important. It guards the air passage in Tokyo. I will transfer another division and 20,000 civilians to you later to make up eight Ten thousand troops."
Unknowingly, Tadamichi Kuribayashi raised Iwo Jima's defense strength to another level.
More than four times higher than in history.
It can be imagined what kind of casualties the American army will encounter when they set foot on this land.
After leaving behind the transformation plan, Kuribayashi hurriedly boarded the plane and flew to the next island.
In just one month, Tadamichi Kuribayashi traveled to all the Japanese islands in the South Pacific.
Defense measures were customized according to the actual situation of each island.
And additional troops were added to each island.
In order to cooperate with Tadashi Kuribayashi, the base camp urgently recruited two million civilians. After simple training, they were sent to these isolated islands.
From the base camp's point of view, it is enough that they are just line-filling soldiers who can shoot and can consume the American army's artillery shells.
Can't expect too much.
When Tadamichi Kuribayashi visited many islands in the South Pacific.
Wei Wu sent a telegram to Nimitz, claiming that according to reports from his friends in the base camp, the base camp was strengthening the defense forces on the Pacific islands.
The defense strength of each island is at least doubled, hoping to increase concentration. It is best to knock down important nodes before Japan's defense is completed.
Nimitz took one look at Wei Wu's intelligence and threw it aside.
At this time, the American army had achieved a comprehensive victory in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
The Japanese's Banzai Charge left a deep impression on them.
So much so that Nimitz felt that the Japanese were just a bunch of fools who could only charge mindlessly.
A kind of arrogance grew from their hearts.
Nimitz felt that even if the Japanese increased their troops, they would only add some corpses.
Just prepare more bullets.
Now that the American army has just captured Guadalcanal, it still needs some time to rest.
Many war heroes also went back to sell war bonds.
He also needs to cooperate with domestic propaganda activities and fight a war to boost morale when necessary.
Therefore, Nimitz made the decision to wait and see.
Nimitz's inaction made Jonathan very angry.
He had experienced the Battle of Bataan and knew how powerful the Japanese were.
He was furious in his office, scolding Nimitz for wasting the opportunity.
Wei Wu snickered when he saw this.
This is the effect he wants.
It is to arouse the arrogance of the American army.
If you don't beat them painfully, they won't know their own importance.
Wei Wu continued to drink tea leisurely while organizing personnel to evacuate from northern Thailand.
At this time, Lao Li had completed the preparations and entered Southeast Asia from Laos.
Because most of the troops were transferred to the shore to build fortifications and the defending US troops landed, the interior was very empty.
Lao Li and his special expeditionary force effortlessly penetrated Laos and northern Thailand and headed straight for the Andaman Sea.
Just cut the Southeast Asian in half.
Several divisions stationed in the local area, especially those that purchased properties, were anxious.
I want to mobilize troops to stop the attack.
In their impression, the mainland army was still a force lacking weapons.
As long as the Type A division is a little serious, it can be beaten to ashes.
However, what they didn't expect was that the opponent's weapons were even more advanced than theirs.
A round of artillery fire hit them so hard that they couldn't even lift their heads.
Then came the heavy tank charge.
Crush their defenses directly into pieces.
Several divisions that tried to use their arms as chariots were all beaten and fled.
Several regiments were eliminated organically.
This time, the base camp was shocked.
They never expected that the country they looked down upon had grown to this point.
However, before they had time to feel sad about their defeat in the Southeast Asian land battlefield, Nimitz and his Pacific Fleet rushed to the battlefield immediately.
In order to cooperate with the domestic war bond issuance, Nimitz accepted a mission, requiring a victory in the war to cooperate with the propaganda.
Nimitz took a map and looked at it, and he spotted an archipelago - the Northern Mariana Islands.
This archipelago is located in the middle of the Western Pacific, halfway between Japan, Borneo, and Luzon.
The distances in several directions are about the same, just right enough to be used as an outpost and transfer station.
If you defeat it, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.
The core of this island is Saipan.
"This is it."
Nimitz said, pointing to Saipan on the map.
The mighty fleet headed towards Saipan.
One afternoon later, a huge fleet of more than two hundred ships arrived at Saipan.
Nimitz ordered aircraft to conduct a reconnaissance of Saipan.
However, the news returned from the plane was that no traces of military targets were found on Saipan.
"Why would the Japanese not defend such an important strategic hub?"
Nimitz obviously didn't believe it and sent a second wave of planes to conduct reconnaissance.
However, the reconnaissance results still showed that no military targets were found.
Not even trenches.
Apart from a few villages and towns, no human structures are visible.
"Could it be that the Japanese were scared away?"
Nimitz ordered the Marines to begin landing.
The fourth-class soldiers boarded Saipan on a landing ship.
At first, they were still very nervous. Everyone hid nervously behind the machine gun, holding the gun tightly in their hands, guarding against possible attacks at any time.
However, until the landing craft rushed to the beach and the ship door opened, there was still no attack.
Just vast beaches and felled palm trees.
At a glance, there is no cover.
There are no enemies in sight.
Except there are no beauties in swimsuits, this place seems to be no different from Hawaii.
"Could it be that all those Japanese Japs were scared away?"
Many Ma Run relaxed their vigilance and patrolled back and forth with guns in hand.
Many people began to deliver supplies to the beach.
More and more people gathered on the beach.
The beach gradually became crowded.
At the same time, on the stone mountains not far away, Ohba Sakae was leading several machine gunners to hide behind a bunker made of rocks.
The soldiers quietly pushed aside the camouflage net, revealing the dark shooting holes.
The muzzles of the guns slowly stretched out.
at the same time.
From the gaps between the rocks, the muzzles of the guns were quietly stretched out, aiming at the unprepared American troops on the beach.
"Don't shoot yet. Let them come up with more people. We will have one chance. We must seize this opportunity and kill them on the beach as much as possible."
Ohba Sakae suppressed his restless subordinates.
At this moment, more and more Ma Run boarded the beach.
Some of the vehicles were even transported to the beach, and some of Ma Run boarded the vehicles, seemingly preparing to go deep into the interior for reconnaissance.
Ohba Sakae estimated that the beachhead had reached its limit, so he immediately picked up a machine gun and pulled the trigger.
Da da da……
A series of bullets swept towards the American army like raindrops.
