The Battle of Tarawa was completely over two days later.

However, the end of the battle means the beginning of the "interrogation" of the generals participating in the war.

This kind of "interrogation" is a bit like a post-war summary of the Chinese troops. This is actually a good habit. After each battle, we summarize the problems and performance of the enemy troops, as well as the problems of our own troops and the areas that need improvement. Only in this way can we quickly absorb the experience and lessons from the battle and avoid the same mistakes that will occur on the battlefield for the second and third time.

It’s a pity that the post-war summary of the Kuomintang troops is more formal.

Zhang Chi didn't have a deep understanding of this, because he participated in the battle in Myanmar from the beginning and the troops were trained and reformed by Stilwell not long after.

But Wang Mazi and others had a deep understanding. When talking about the differences between the current expeditionary army and fighting in China, Wang Mazi and others sighed:

"It's so frustrating to fight in the country. Sometimes, even though you know something is wrong, you just can't tell me!"

"Why can't you say it?"

"Just kidding, like multi-head command, like surveillance and interference from the Military Control Commission, and"

I dare not say anything else, but everyone knows it in my heart that Principal Jiang always likes to remotely control commands to demonstrate his power.

Just like the first battle of the Expeditionary Force in Myanmar, it could have made a great deal of form, but it was restrained everywhere due to various problems, and finally caused a big disaster. Note: It has caused disaster in history.

So, do you dare to tell the truth when summarizing this after the war?

When summarizing it, do you still say that it is a system issue, and you should delegate power to the troops to loosen the troops, so that the troops can be commanded more flexible and freely, and that Principal Jiang and others are commanding randomly without knowing the situation on the peak, etc. Isn’t that true, isn’t it just that life is too long?

So after summarizing it up, it will eventually hit people who are really fighting on the front line. For example, Du Yuming will take the blame for the defeat in the Battle of Myanmar.

It is obvious that this will form a vicious cycle. Not only will it not really summarize useful things, but it will also make people feel that fighting to the death on the front line is useless. The important thing is to play power tricks around Principal Jiang.

The result is that the same mistake happened again and again on the battlefield, sometimes making the opponent, the Japanese army, feel incredible.

And what is accompanied by these mistakes is the meaningless sacrifice of batches of war warriors in the War of Resistance.

The US military at this time was obviously much better than the troops in this regard.

The "interrogation" about the Battle of Tarawa mainly points to three aspects:

The first is the problem with communication equipment.

Battleships are considered inappropriate as communication centers and command centers. For example, the battleship cabins are too much to accommodate all personnel of the formation command, which requires that the various combat rooms of the command headquarters are forcibly separated and cannot communicate. Sometimes it takes a while to convey an order or find a person in charge. Especially when the battleship's artillery fires, the communication equipment will not be used normally.

The portable radio carried by the Marine Corps should be effectively waterproof. This should be said to be a shame for the US Marine Corps, because radio waterproofing is not a high-tech. It can even be said that as long as the sealing work is done well, it will be almost done. However, in actual combat, such a serious situation occurs that almost all radios cannot be used after wading.

The second is about intelligence.

This is mainly about Major Haaland’s warning about “avoiding” the tides being unattracted, and everyone thought it was an unforgivable mistake, and the result was that a large number of American troops were shot and killed by the enemy without cover when they rushed to the coast.

Finally, the large and long-lasting bombing is considered not as effective as imagined.

This is considered the main reason for the troubles of the Battle of Tarawa, because almost all naval generals thought that the Japanese fortifications were few left under the fierce bombing of the US Navy. But the fact is that the army still had to face a large number of unspoiled bunkers, bunkers and forts that withstand the navy's bombing.

Almost all US military generals made wrong judgments on the battlefield based on this and finally formulated a wrong offensive plan.

This puts the entire tactics of the US Navy into a crisis. The tactics of the US Navy and even the Army are all, with heavy firepower to suppress and naturally collapse the Japanese defense line, and then the US military will occupy it at a very small cost.

But now it is discovered that heavy firepower cannot effectively destroy the enemy's fortifications, so the US military does not know how to fight!

"You know, these are just two small islands in the Pacific!" Nimitz looked at the US generals attending the meeting and said in a heavy mood: "And the Japanese army occupied countless small islands like this. If each island needs to be taken so many casualties to take it down, do you know what this means? Perhaps the Americans have already fought before the war ends!"

After a long silence, Halsey interrupted: "A Chinese colonel once warned us about this, but we still ignored it!"

"What did he say?" Nimitz asked.

"He firmly believed that our bombing could not destroy the Japanese fortifications!" Halsey replied: "So, he also refused to perform the offensive mission that we originally handed over to him, which he considered to be wrong. It turned out that he was right!"

"Who is he?" Nimitz asked again.

"His name is Zhang Chi!" Halsey replied.

"Zhang Chi?" Nimitz looked at Halsey in shock: "Is Zhang Chi who performed well on Gua Island?"

"Yes!" Halsey nodded.

"Unbelievable!" Nimitz, who has always been gentle, punched the table: "General Halsey, you didn't report this to me?"

"General, I think"

"Why?" Nimitz interrupted Halsey and said, "Before you say this word, you should think about it carefully. Those who say these words are the Chinese who have fought with the Japanese for more than ten years, especially these Chinese have defeated the Japanese with American equipment on the battlefield in Myanmar. What is particularly important is that Zhang Chi commanded the Battle of Guadalam, so he understands the power of the US Navy bombing and the Japanese fortifications. I can't believe you actually ignore his warning!"

Halsey was criticized by Nimitz so much that he didn't dare to answer a word. At this time, he knew how stupid he had made.
Chapter completed!