After the war, many people only focused on the strategic decision-making level when evaluating the Battle of Guadalcanal, but ignored tactical issues. Therefore, many people believe that when there are problems with strategic decision-making, it is impossible to win at the tactical level, and regard this as the direct cause of the Chinese Marine Corps' tragic battle on Guadalcanal, resulting in the casualties of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.

In fact, strategic decision-making mistakes are definitely not the fundamental reason for the bloody battle in Guadalcanal.

To be precise, not the only reason.[..com]

In the history of war, there are many cases of failure due to wrong strategic decisions, but many battles were won under wrong strategic decisions, and more battles suffered inexplicable defeats when the strategic decisions were completely correct.

Judging from the situation at that time, improper tactics were the main reason for the bloody battle in Guadalcanal, at least the number one factor.

At that time, the main reason why the Marines left the set position was that a large number of shot down transport planes landed in areas controlled by the US military. As a result, the Marines had to take a great risk to rescue the pilots, and they had to fight the US military in an unfavorable situation, which led to the tactics originally formulated by Sima Wenzheng were useless. In the end, Sima Wenzheng did not seek more effective tactics, but completely revised the combat plan!

It can be said that such things will only happen in the first half of 2054.

The reason is very simple: After the bloody battle in Guadalcanal, the Chinese Marine Corps mastered various tactical techniques to use airlift power. The probability of transport aircraft being shot down above the position was greatly reduced, and the rescue tactics were more effective, so there was no similar situation again.

In fact, Sima Wenzheng's correct approach at that time was to explore more effective tactics.

There are many tactics against sneak attack transport aircraft, which can be said to be very many, and many tactics can be implemented, and the actual combat effect will not be bad. For example, when the transport aircraft takes off and land, shells are carried out on peripheral positions near field airports, and attack aircraft that specializes in battlefield suppression missions can also be dispatched to attack the US troops ready to sneak attack transport aircraft at any time. In addition, seduction tactics can be used, that is, deliberately arranged for the transport aircraft to take off and land, luring the US troops to the ground, and then use the strike force that has been ambushed nearby nearby to eliminate the US troops. Even if the transport aircraft is shot down, there are many rescue methods. For example, as long as the transport aircraft does not happen to fall near the entrance and exit of the US underground bunker, it can be blocked with artillery fire, and then the Marines can rescue the pilots in a vertical way under the cover of the barrage.

In later battles, the Chinese Marine Corps often used similar tactics.

To this end, the Marine Corps also purchased a large number of combat equipment dedicated to these missions. For example, at the end of 2054, the Marine Corps ordered more than 100 "super air gunboats" modified with dy-1, allowing them to patrol high altitudes near field airports and specifically attack enemies who attack field airports. These air gunboats that can carry hundreds of tons of ammunition and fly at high altitudes for more than ten hours have very terrifying strike capabilities and amazing combat efficiency. Only two aircraft are needed to protect a field airport uninterrupted for twenty-four hours. Later, the Marine Corps also adopted the air charging technology developed by the Air Force, extending the air patrol time of large air gunboats to dozens of hours, and specially equipped two or even three units for each air gunboat to ensure that they patrol in the air for a long time.

The problem is that in early 2054, Sima Wenzheng did not do this.

By the end of April, the Marines had lost more than 100 tactical transport aircraft, and more than a dozen large electric transport aircraft were shot down.

At the beginning, these "accidental" attacks did not attract Sima Wenzheng's attention.

Of course, it is not very accurate to say that it is "accidental". After all, on average, ten tactical transport aircraft and a large electric transport aircraft are shot down every day.

However, compared with the mainland battlefield, the loss speed is not very fast.

You should know that during the Battle of Volgograd, the Army and the Air Force lost dozens of transport aircraft every day.

It was not until April 30 that the US military launched its first large-scale sneak attack that it truly attracted Sima Wenzheng's attention.

Interestingly, during this sneak attack, the US military did not achieve the expected results, and only shot down two large electric transport aircraft and four tactical transport aircraft. Instead, the US military, which was about twice as high as usual, was shot dead, and caused three well-hidden underground bunkers to be exposed and destroyed by the strategic bombers of the Chinese Air Force, resulting in the death of about 5,000 US officers and soldiers and the loss of a large amount of material resources.

At that time, there were two reasons for Sima Wenzheng paying attention to this attack. One was that these two large electric transport aircraft were shot down when they landed, while the US military only attacked the takeoff transport aircraft. The other was that there was a special Marine on one of the large electric transport aircraft, namely Captain Pang Zhengyang, the youngest son of Pang Yuelong.

When Sima Wenzheng received the news, the Marine Corps officers and soldiers who went to rescue had already found Captain Pang Zhengyang's body.

Judging from the position of Captain Pang Zhengyang's body, when the transport plane crashed, he was trying his best to keep the Marines in the cabin calm and take safety measures, but he did not sit in the seat. However, there was no difference between whether to sit in the seat, because there was 220 tons of fuel for tactical transport planes in the cargo hold of the transport plane. When the crashed, the fuel exploded. The Marines who went to rescue only found more than 100 burnt bodies, and could only identify the identity of the officers and soldiers through special ID cards.

This incident directly led to the Marine Corps' modification of transportation standards, that is, when transporting troops, the transport aircraft can only carry materials that are not prone to explosion or burning. If explosive and flammable materials are needed, such as ammunition, fuel, lubricating oil, special coolant, etc., they cannot carry troops.

However, the more direct result was that Sima Wenzheng was determined to wipe out the US military on the island.

Of course, explaining Pang Yuelong the cause of Pang Zhengyang's death is one aspect.

You should know that Pang Zhengyang is Pang Yuelong's youngest son. As the saying goes, the emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son. Pang Zhengyang is Pang Yuelong's favorite son.

Of course, Sima Wenzheng doesn't have to be responsible for this.

In this war, almost all generals over the age of fifty in the Chinese army had children, some of whom served in the army, and the proportion of serving in front-line troops was very high. Sima Wenzheng's two sons served in the navy and the air force respectively, one was a navigator on the destroyer and the other was a fighter pilot. They were all in combat troops and could die at any time.

In fact, after receiving the news of Pang Zhengyang's death, Pang Yuelong stayed alone for a few minutes and then continued the work at hand. It was not until a few months later, when the US troops on Guadalcanal Island walked out of the underground fortifications and surrendered to the Chinese army, Pang Yuelong made a special trip to the place where Pang Zhengyang's death was. Later, the Marine Corps built a monument here, with Pang Zhengyang's name being the third.

At that time, among the officers and soldiers who were killed, there was a Marine Colonel and an Air Force Major.

Pang Yuelong did not hold Sima Wenzheng responsible, but Sima Wenzheng was under great pressure because he had to be responsible for so many casualties of Marine officers and soldiers.

The result was that Sima Wenzheng decided to systematically eradicate the US military underground fortifications on Guadalcanal Island.

As a result, the Battle of Guadalcanal entered a new stage.

During this stage, the Marine Corps no longer guarded the set up defensive positions and waited for the US military to come to the door, but instead took the initiative to search and destroy the US military's underground fortifications.

It can be said that the battle became tragic.

At that time, it was useless to find the underground fortifications of the US military and block the entrances and exits, because the US military had already prepared a special underground drilling equipment that could open up new channels at any time. More importantly, the US military had sufficient power supply, which not only ensured the normal operation of the drilling equipment, but also used to purify the air. In other words, even if the Marine Corps blocked the entrances and exits and vents of all the underground fortifications of the US military, it would not be able to suffocate the US military, and it would only become more unprepared because the US military might emerge from any location at any time.

That's why the Marines gave the US military on Guadalcanal a nickname: Mole.

However, this is 300,000 "mole" armed with only high-tech weapons.

In order to attack the US military, it must completely destroy its underground fortifications. Because the US military can no longer discharge earth and stone for underground fortifications to the outside world, as long as it is completely blown up, the US military cannot repair it. Even if the US military finds ways to repair it, it will be immediately bombed retaliatoryly.

The problem is that this requires sending Marines to enter the underground fortifications of the US military, understanding the structure of the underground fortifications, and then destroying them by blasting. Other methods, such as pouring flammable and explosive gas into the underground fortifications of the US military, finding ways to detonate, or using unmanned combat vehicles to transport explosives, will not destroy the underground fortifications of the US military, and at most it can only blow up a part of them.

You should know that most of the underground fortifications of the US military are reinforced with reinforced concrete, and have extremely high explosion resistance.

It can be said that only by destroying all the main bearing structures can the underground fortifications of the US military be completely destroyed. These bearing structures are carefully designed and cannot be completely destroyed in one or two large-scale explosions. The Marines can only be allowed to enter and destroy them by blasting.

In this way, Marine officers and soldiers must be allowed to fight in an environment familiar to the US military.

The result is conceivable, it is strange that this battle does not flow into blood.

It can be said that this battle has not evolved into the Battle of Iwo Huang Island, which is already very good. The Chinese Marine Corps can capture Guadalcanal at a cost of only one-third of the casualties of the US military. In addition to the advanced weapons and equipment of the Marine Corps, the main reason is that the quality of the Marine Corps officers and soldiers is relatively high. Even new recruits have to stay in the training camp for a year before they can be assigned to combat troops. You should know that the training cycle of the Army recruits at that time was less than half a year, while the training cycle of the US Marine Corps was only about half a year.
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