He was succeeded by Brigadier General Villitt of the 3rd Marine Division. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Compared to Johnson, Villit has several advantages...... He was an outstanding officer who graduated from the West Point Military Academy, and also participated in World War I, and during World War I, he was said to have launched a general attack on Germany with the British and French forces in the war, breaking through the Hindenburg Line and finally forcing Germany to surrender.

The soldiers also nicknamed Willett "Strict Smith" because of the strictness of his military appearance and discipline to the point of being unbearable. He believes that the difference between a soldier and a militia lies in whether or not there is a strict military appearance, and only with a strict military appearance can regular soldiers fight like that and can they achieve victory on the battlefield.

This time, though, Willett's rush into battle clearly didn't quite do what he had asked of his subordinates in the past.

Veterans like Villitt who have actual combat experience, especially on the battlefield, are more likely to be accepted by American soldiers, which is also determined by the greater personal heroism of Americans...... Individual heroism does not mean that everyone hopes that they can trample others under their feet and strive to be heroes, but another meaning of individual heroism is that from a collective point of view, they will support heroes, which is not contradictory, because the country supports heroes, so as an individual in a country will strive to be heroes. Otherwise, there is simply no soil for individual heroism to survive.

As soon as Brigadier General Willett came up, he made an American-style concise and eloquent speech.

"Boys!" Villitt had a straight waist, a shave in his uniform, and several medals hung on his chest, and his demeanor meticulously appeared in front of the officers of the 3rd Marine Division: "I know that your previous performance was not satisfactory, and I believe that you yourself are not satisfied with your own performance. On the contrary, the performance of the Chinese army is very surprising, and we have to admit that they are good, they are doing better than us...... To be exact, they do so much better than we do! ”

Speaking of this, Villit paused, glanced at the embarrassment on the faces of the officers, and then continued: "General Halsey once asked me if I wanted the Chinese army to continue this battle, that is, to drive the Japanese out of Kwajalein Island completely? My answer is 'no'! ”

"Any idea why?" Villit raised his fist: "Because we left behind the lives of many of our comrades, their blood, and shame when we attacked Kwajalein, we have to ...... Wash everything away, and we want the Japanese monkeys to pay with their lives! Do you agree? ”

"Agreed!" The officers of the 3rd Marine Division responded.

"That's what they owe us! Isn't it? ”

"Yes!" The officers replied loudly.

"We don't need the Chinese army to do it for us, we have to do it ourselves, are you right?!"

"Yes!" The officers responded with indignation.

This is the brilliance of Villitt, his speech not only won the approval of the soldiers of the 3rd Marine Division, boosted morale, but more importantly, ...... Villitt skillfully turned the disgraceful act of the U.S. military robbing the Chinese army of the credit into "revenge with his own hands".

Therefore, if you want to be a successful American general, fighting war is one thing, and eloquence is also indispensable.

Villit didn't have much time to prepare, because he feared that if it dragged on, the war would likely take a new turn.

This change includes two aspects: on the one hand, the Chinese army realized that its credit was about to be robbed, so it privately decided to launch an attack on the Japanese, so the "merit" of the 3rd Marine Division could not be robbed.

On the other hand, as a general from World War I, Villitt knew that he should attack the Japanese as soon as possible...... In fact, ordering the Chinese to stop the offensive is already to give the Japanese a chance to breathe, and if it is delayed any longer, it will be to give the Japanese a chance to defend or even counterattack.

So Velite organized a large number of equipment and personnel to land on Kwajalein Island that night.

This was not difficult at all for the US military: the Chinese army occupied the "Wolf Horn", and at night the tide was rising, and the US military had a large number of Higgins ships...... As a result, a large number of strategic materials, including dozens of howitzers and 76 tanks, were transported to the "wolf's horns" one after another.

Seventy-six tanks were a standard tank battalion of the U.S. Army in World War II, of which there were 59 "Sherman" tanks (5 at the battalion headquarters and the rest were divided into three tank companies with 18 tanks each) and 17 "Stuart" light tanks.

It makes sense to have light tanks in tank companies, because light tanks are more suitable for reconnaissance, fire testing, and other tasks.

As a result, the "Wolf Horn" did not stop unloading all night, because the unloaded equipment was too large and the area of the "Wolf Horn" was not large, so that in the second half of the night, Villit had to order a part of the American troops to go forward and camp in front of the Chinese troops' defensive line.

Originally, Villit hoped that the Chinese troops would advance the defensive line, but Zhang Chi refused.

Zhang Chi's answer to Villitt was: "General, we have been ordered to defend the 'Wolf's Horn' to ensure its safety, and General Halsey has been telling me that this is important, because it will be the basis for us to continue our attack. But...... If I obey your orders to push the line forward, on the one hand I will not know whether I am attacking or defending, and on the other hand, it will be contrary to the orders of General Halsey! In this regard, I think it is necessary for us to report to General Halsey and ask for his opinion! ”

As soon as Zhang Chi said this, Villit had nothing to say.

Zhang Chi is right, the current task of the Chinese army is defense, if the defense line is pushed forward, is it still called defense? On the other hand, if the 3rd Marine Division of the US Army can't even push the defense line forward by a mile, then what kind of offensive is there to talk about?!

So Villitt gritted his teeth and asked the two battalions of the American army, which had just landed at the "Wolf's Horn", to push the defensive line forward......

The reason why Villitt gritted his teeth was because he knew that the American army had never been good at night fighting, and this was what the Japanese were good at, so there was no night operation in his plan.

However, this was not difficult for the American troops: piles of shells blew up, sweeping the ground two miles in front of the line back and forth several times, and then firing pieces of flares...... This was actually a night as if it were day, and then the infantry, under the cover of the "Sherman" tank, pushed forward and successfully advanced a mile.

Then the officers and men of the 3rd Marine Division let out a burst of cheers, and the Chinese soldiers were puzzled...... They don't understand what is there to be happy about advancing a mile forward with such a battle! (To be continued.) )