To put it simply, the Americans were actually too conservative in the Battle of Kuah Island.

In fact, they have every chance to take Kuah Island with superior forces, and even drive all the Japanese out of Kuah Island, and take the airfield on Kuah Island as their own...... In this way, the Japanese army built a free airfield on Kuah Island for the American army. (Note: When the U.S. Army launched an offensive against Kuah Island in history, the 1st Marine Division had a total of 20,000 men.) The Japanese army had less than 4,000 men, and most of them were Korean engineers recruited from Korea. ）

However, the U.S. military missed this opportunity, so that Japanese reinforcements landed on Kuah Island one after another, and finally fought a stalemate that lasted for several months.

Of course, it is understandable that this battle will be fought like this, and the reason is that the US military intelligence is wrong and the estimate of the strength of the Japanese army is biased, and the US 1st Marine Division has just been formed at this time, and the US military does not dare to use these recruits to go into the jungle to confront the Japanese army, so it is almost always defending, advancing and then defending, until finally the Japanese army is really unable to exhaust and evacuates Kuah Island before achieving the final victory. (Note: The 1st U.S. Marine Division was formed in 1941, and this unit had not yet completed basic training when it participated in the Battle of Kuah, and the unit was originally planned to enter combat in 1943.)

"I stand by my opinion!" Zhang Chi said: "I still think it is more appropriate to land from Cape Lunga!" ”

"Why?" William asked.

Zhang Chi was speechless when William asked him this, he couldn't have told William that the Americans' intelligence was wrong, or that the Japanese who were now on the island were just Korean sappers...... You must know that Zhang Chi was still Burma not long ago, and it is impossible to know the situation of the Japanese army on Kuah Island.

"Let me tell you something, Colonel!" William said to Zhang Chi: "What I said is an order, not a request!" ”

Wang Mazi also couldn't stand William's domineering attitude, and he interjected: "If that's the case, you can just give us time to attack, there's no need to hold this meeting!" ”

"Tomorrow night!" William replied, "That's why I'm here." I just don't want the battle to start, and I don't know who I'm commanding. But now...... I'd rather not know myself. ”

"Tomorrow night? You mean attacking at night? Wang Mazi asked in surprise: "General, don't you know that the Japanese are good at night fighting?" ”

This is no secret to everyone who has fought with the Japanese or even spent time in Burma, but it seems that the US Navy does not know about it, because the US Navy fights against Japanese warships and aircraft, and Kuah Island is the first amphibious landing of the US Navy against the Japanese army.

From this point of view, it is really not a good idea to have the Navy in command of the battle.

In fact, there was a fierce debate among the U.S. military over the command of the campaign, with the Admiralty believing that the Marines and the Chinese forces deployed on the islands were an expansion of their maritime combat power and therefore still had to be under the orders of the Navy. Therefore, the Admiralty should not only direct the landing combat mission, but also draw up the operational plan after the landing.

And the Army, and even the US Marine Corps themselves, do not agree with this subordinate relationship in command...... They think. Once the landing was successful and the situation on the island was stabilized, then the command should be transferred from the navy, because at this time the island operation was closer to land warfare than naval warfare, and it was absurd to have naval officers who were not familiar with army tactics in command.

However, in the end, the command still fell into the hands of the navy, because the US military considered that the land forces on the islands would always have to rely on the navy to supply, reinforce, and even dispatch the air force on the aircraft carriers to cooperate.

William was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Of course we know that the Japanese are good at fighting at night......"

That being said. But the embarrassment on William's face revealed that he was lying.

After thinking about it, Brigadier General William continued: "But you must know that our focus is on landing on the beach, and there is no cover at sea. I don't want the landing craft to be blown up by Japanese planes and artillery one by one before they even reach the shore! ”

Brigadier General Willian's excuse is not bad, and it does have this problem if he attacks during the day.

"So......" Brigadier General William finally said, "get ready for battle, all you need to do is carry out the order, and we'll take care of the rest!" ”

After Brigadier General William and his party left. Wang Mazi couldn't help but scold: "****** Yankee, you really take yourself seriously!" ”

"Shizuo ......" The head of the second regiment asked Wang Mazi: "Then the Yankees said that he was ...... Deputy Commander of the 1st Marine Division, what is this Marine Division? ”

"How do I know what it is?" Wang Mazi replied angrily: "Why didn't you ask when the Yankees were here just now?" ”

The head of the second regiment is named Wu Yuhang. is a college student, thin-skinned, and he doesn't dare to speak up anymore when he is pushed by Wang Mazi like this.

But don't look at this Wu Yuhang usually behaves like a little girl, as soon as he goes to the battlefield, he will die, which is why he was able to rise all the way to the regiment commander...... It is said that this is all because his girlfriend died tragically at the hands of the Japanese, and he was killed by a group of Japanese ****.

So this is also the environment creates people, a college student who doesn't seem to have a temper at all like this, just let the devil force another opposite character.

The head of the third regiment also said curiously: "I also think it is strange when the second regiment commander says this, how strange is this name." Which troops are not all fighting on land, they are still called marine divisions......"

"The full name of this Marine Division is the Marine Corps!" Zhang Chi replied: "They are subordinate to the navy, and they are mainly used for landing operations and island battles like the current Dagua Island. ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

"It's still a head of the regiment who is well-informed!" The third regiment commander came up: "I heard that the first regiment commander can also speak fluent American, and the first regiment commander also traveled across the ocean!" ”

"Uh...... This one! Zhang Chi replied a little embarrassed: "I used to stay in Myanmar for a while, and the English I learned from the British is not a foreign study!" ”

"No wonder the head of the regiment is so familiar with the terrain of Burma!" The third regiment commander asked again: "I don't know where the first regiment commander has been in Myanmar?" It must be a lot of time! I have a relative who has been in Myanmar for many years, and I don't know if I am in the same place as the head of the regiment......"

Then he said a lot of "let's go", and even Wang Mazi rolled his eyes when he listened.

This third head named Lin Zuowang is good at everything else, but he likes to break the sand pot and ask the end, so he fell into the nickname of "asking the end". (To be continued.) )