This tacit understanding was maintained for a long time afterwards.
For example, when Wang Xuexin wanted Mao Xiong to put some pressure on the Japanese in the Far East, the Supreme Deputy Commander would ask the Far East Front to fire a few shots at the right time, and even organize an exercise, or send a few bombers to fly in the air.
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This greatly reduced the pressure on the Eighth Route Army to attack Fengtian and made it possible.
When Wang Xuexin successfully roped in Mao Xiong to deal with the Japs together, the status of Yingjiang and the Japs on the other side showed new changes.
The admiral sat in the rocking chair at the headquarters and read the newspaper leisurely, holding his favorite cigar in his mouth. The rocking chair swayed gently under his movements and made a regular "creak" sound.
The admiral liked the sound because it solved his long-standing insomnia problem.
However, just when the admiral threw away his cigarette butt and covered his chest with the newspaper and planned to take a nap, Doolittle walked in inappropriately. He hesitated for a while and then cautiously called out: "General?"
"What happened, Harold?" The admiral's tone was a little unhappy.
Doolittle hesitated for a moment and then replied: "No, General, nothing happened!"
"In that case, why are you still here?" Until now, the admiral has not opened his eyes.
"General!" Doolittle said, "Just because nothing happened... I mean, shouldn't we do something? The Japs seem to be gathering strength to make another preparation!"
"What do you think that could be?" the admiral asked again, "tell me about your worries!"
Doolittle replied: "I heard that the Japanese want to use mainland China to fight our army instead of at sea! This is the main reason why the Japanese have been avoiding fighting our army recently but have stepped up their offensive against China!"
The admiral suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Doolittle, asking: "Who did you hear from this? Is the news reliable?"
Doolittle shook his head: "This is just hearsay, General, but... I think it is very credible!"
"What do you mean?" the admiral asked seriously.
"First of all, this can explain the transformation of the Japanese army during this period!" Doolittle said: "Although we regained the islands occupied by the Japanese one after another, the Japanese navy always avoided fighting, and even the battles were limited to small
In such a large-scale encounter, it is obvious that their navy is conserving its strength!"
The admiral sat up and said, "That's because they know they are no match for our army, and our intimidation strategy worked!"
The admiral was talking about intentionally revealing a little information about the proximity fuze, which made the Japanese realize that they could not compete with the Eagle Navy for air supremacy unless the Japanese also developed a proximity fuze.
However, the Japanese's lagging behind in radar technology makes it difficult to achieve this.
"Perhaps you are right, General!" Doolittle said: "But precisely because the intimidation strategy worked, the Japanese were more likely to change their strategic direction and instead hope to fight our army on land!"
The admiral stood up from the rocking chair and took a few anxious steps back and forth.
He knew that what Doolittle said was right. If the Japanese realized that it was impossible to defeat the Eagle Navy at sea, they would certainly seek to defeat the Eagle Navy on the ground.
In fact, this is the only way the devils can go.
The reason is that Japan is an island country, surrounded by sea.
The characteristic of an island country is that if its navy cannot defeat the enemy, it will be surrounded and blockaded by the enemy's navy at sea. At that time, it will only be beaten, and failure will only be a matter of time.
Then, in order to survive, the devils can only seek to use the land of China to fight against Eagle Sauce... China is the mainland, and no matter how powerful the navy is, it cannot penetrate deep into its hinterland, so it is equivalent to nothing.
What will happen then?
If Yingjiang wants to defeat the Japs, it must send a large number of soldiers to land in China to fight the Japs on land, and once it goes deep into its hinterland, it will not be able to get naval cover.
This is not what the admiral wants to see, because it will cause heavy casualties to the soldiers.
This can be concluded from the battle to seize the island on the Pacific battlefield... When the Yingjiang Army was covered by warships, in fact, this cannot simply be said to be "covering", but rather the warship operation ended with the army landing on the island.
Because the warships turned over and over to bomb the target islands several times before the war started.
However, even so, the Yingjiang Army still suffered heavy casualties after landing on the island, and sometimes the casualties were even several times that of the enemy.
The reason is that the Japanese have learned to build underground fortifications on the islands to preserve their strength and fight a war of attrition against Eagle Sauce.
If Wang Xuexin knew this, he would be surprised to find that the Japanese's tactics for defending the island have changed earlier than expected.
In history, the Japanese probably changed their island defense tactics only during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
Prior to this, most of the Japanese soldiers set up defense lines along the coast of the island in the hope of wiping out the enemy on the beach... This is a very tempting idea, and it is also the iron law of anti-landing operations adopted by many countries.
The reason is that it is the most difficult moment for the enemy to land: the beach is a shoal, making it difficult for the enemy's landing troops to move and being unobstructed, they are almost a target.
Therefore, most tacticians will take it for granted:
Isn't the best way to destroy the enemy not to set up defense lines along the coastline?
If you add hidden piles, rocks, mines, barbed wire, mines, etc., it will be a nightmare for the landing troops, right?
Would anyone be stupid enough not to take advantage of such a huge advantage?
But the problem is...
How many times can Yingjiang's warship bomb the island?
Therefore, in principle, all the fortifications, obstacles, troops, etc. deployed by the Japanese along the coast will not work in actual combat. They are all targets, targets for naval guns.
Therefore, when Tadamichi Kuribayashi was guarding Iwo Jima, he would think about another kind of law-abiding: directly abandoning the coastline and allowing Taika-chan to land. However, it was only after Takara-chan soldiers landed that they discovered what was waiting for them... The Japanese moved the tactics of the Eighth Route Army to the island.
They built countless tunnels on the island and used these tunnels to consume Yingjiang's troops.
This tactic was a full year ahead of schedule.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense why it would be a year in advance:
The Japanese Navy in history did not give up the decisive battle with the Eagle Navy. The Japanese Navy fought until the last moment and even had battleships launch a suicide attack.
At this time, since the Japanese navy has given up the idea of a decisive battle and does not reinforce the island, it means that the Japanese army on the island can only be left to fend for itself.
In this case, will the Japanese guarding the island still deploy defenses along the coast as before?
They didn't even have the conditions to set up defenses along the rocks because they didn't have enough food, nor enough equipment and ammunition to support such a line of defense.
All they can do is dig deep underground to protect themselves like the Eighth Route Army engaged in tunnel warfare!