Knowing that the Japanese built an airport on New Georgia Island, the US military would not dare to neglect it anymore... Once the Japanese were completed at the airport on New Georgia Island, it would take less than 200 kilometers to fly over Gua Island in less than half an hour, which would undoubtedly be a huge threat to Gua Island.

Of course, at this time, the US military was no longer worried about losing air supremacy. A large number of various fighter jets were placed there, especially the Japanese army had lost a large number of experienced pilots, while the US pilots had become more and more experienced. As one attacked, the gap became bigger and bigger.

However, in order to avoid threats and to better break through the Japanese defense line, Halsey and MacArthur decided to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army as soon as possible.

After three days of discussion, Zhang Chi was also involved in this. After all, this plan was formulated by Zhang Chi.

But to be honest, Zhang Chi does not like this kind of debate on details, especially MacArthur who has different opinions... So Zhang Chi just listens more often and then occasionally expresses some opinions.

Finally, MacArthur and Halsey finally developed a "wheel plan".

The basic idea of ​​the "Wheel" plan is: with Rabaul as the center of the war, Halsey led his troops to attack from south to north in the Solomon Islands, and MacArthur's troops attacked the southwest of New Britain along New Guinea. Then, the Japanese army's maritime reinforcements and air supply lines were cut off, and the Japanese army's threat to the Allied forces attacking the Philippines.

According to this plan, MacArthur's troops should conquer Woodrack Island, and then push forward with all their might from the direction of New Guinea to Lai City and Saramoa, and then launch a full-scale attack on Madang and Huong Peninsula.

Halsey's troops are directly targeting a series of islands such as New Georgia, Schotland, and Boon Island.

Of course, all of this is actually just a cover. The purpose is to make it difficult for the Japanese army to take care of the beginning and end. In a short period of time, most of the garrisons located in Rabaul were sent to peripheral islands or New Guinea to fight, making the fortress Rabaul a vacant city.

However, the Allies had the capital to make the momentum so great... At this time, air supremacy was basically controlled by the Allies, and the Allies had much more logistics supply and military strength than the Japanese army, so launching this feint attack to lure out the hole for the Allies was just a matter of firing more shells and sending more planes to bomb.

But at this time the Japanese army was in a very embarrassing situation.

Zhang Chi believed that even if the Japanese army knew that the Allies were doing this to take time out Rabaul's troops, the Japanese army had no other choice.

If you don't send troops to reinforce these islands and areas, you can only allow the Allies to capture these important places step by step and then surround Rabaul and isolate them.

Send troops to reinforce, Rabaul will face the dilemma of having no troops to defend again.

It’s just a wonder that after the Battle of Midway, the Japanese did not realize that the military strength between them and the Allies had already taken a turn. They still believed that they were the overlords of the sea, so they continued to expand their territory, so when the Allies launched a counterattack, they suddenly realized that the power balance between the enemy and us was so great that all the land they occupied did not have enough troops to defend. What’s worse is that the Japanese army was still unwilling to give up any piece of land even in this situation...

However, objectively speaking, even if the Japanese army is willing to give up the land and concentrate its troops to defend, it will be useless. The reason is that the Japanese army has fallen into a paradox at this time: Japan's local resources are insufficient, and their war is supported by the resources plundered by the occupied colonies. If they give up these land, it means that they will eventually fail due to insufficient resources.

Therefore, Zhang Chi was not worried that the Japanese army would not be deceived.

The attack on New Georgia Island was the US Marine Division 2... The US Marine Division 1 had gathered in Guadalam for rest. According to the US military's combat tradition, the First Marine Division had fought on the battlefield for so long, and at this time it should have returned to China to enjoy it for a while. A considerable number of soldiers would even receive assistance or treatment from psychologists. However, because the Allies had already entered the counterattack and the Allies had extremely lacked troops to land on combat, they could only extend their combat time.

Of course, the Chinese team is not treated so well.

In addition to the Chinese team, there is another army that should be said to be even more difficult, that is, the Japanese army... At this time, the Japanese army also knew about the US military's enjoyment. They learned from the US prisoners. It is said that when they heard about this, the Japanese army was extremely envious. You must know that they had a rare holiday after fighting on the battlefield for several years, and even if there was a holiday, it was not enough for them to go home.

No wonder most Americans at this time have a sense of superiority... These are people, and they are fighting on a land, so why are they so much less treatment?!

The battle situation was indeed as Zhang Chi thought. As soon as the US military launched an attack, it reinforced a large number of troops to New Georgia. Originally, there were only 3,000 Japanese troops on New Georgia. After the US bomber bombed them, the Japanese army quickly increased to 8,500. Then, the Japanese army ordered a rebel reinforcement, which eventually reached 11,000.

It is not surprising that the Japanese army would increase their troops like this. They suffered enough losses when they were in Guadalam... Guadalam initially fell into the hands of the Sino-US coalition forces because of insufficient garrisons. Therefore, the Japanese army, which was originally in a favorable defensive position, turned into an attack. Next, due to the lack of troops again and again, it led to failures again and again, especially because of the restrictions of Henderson Airport, they had to adopt the supply method of "rat transportation"...

Japanese generals believed that these were the main reasons for the failure of the Guadalam Battle.

As the saying goes, "Getting from one mistake and wisdom", after the failure of the Guadalam Battle, the Japanese generals felt that after the battle started, they must resolutely and quickly increase troops, and replenish these troops as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once the battle becomes fierce, it will be very difficult to increase troops and replenish supplies.

These ideas and practices are of course correct, because after the battle begins, both sides will do their best to strike and block the other party's supply line.

But what the Japanese army didn't know was that their current approach was just in line with Zhang Chi's wishes... Just one island in New Georgia, the Japanese army invested more than 10,000 Japanese troops, so naturally there would be no shortage of New Guinea and other islands.

Such a result must be that Rabaul's military strength is empty.
Chapter completed!