One of the advantages of dealing with the Yankees is that they talk about ruthlessness, but even if you talk back to him, they won't do anything to you, at most they will scold you for a few laps, and you may even think that this soldier has courage and personality because you dare to talk back, and this is very much in line with the appetite of Americans.

If this is a Chinese officer, if he encounters such a situation as Zhang Chi, he is afraid that he will be locked up and even demoted directly on the charges of "disobeying military orders" and "disrespect", and what is even more terrifying is that many Chinese officers will behave nothing on the surface at that time, but they will come to the shadow behind their backs.

Brigadier General William is a typical American, so he didn't take the "bickering" with Zhang Chi just now, his thoughts were...... This is just the arrogant and frivolous performance of the Chinese after defeating the Japanese, and the battlefield will teach them a lesson.

On the other hand, it was also because of the urgency of the war at this time, and William did not want anything to affect the cooperation between the Chinese and American armies.

So William took out a map and unfolded it on the table, pointed to the location of Guadalcanal on the map, and said: "This is the target we want to attack, Kuah Island, as you can see, although it is called Guah Island, it is not like a melon, it is more like a lentil, just a large lentil with a length of 150 kilometers and a width of 48 kilometers......"

Listening to William's humorous American profile, Zhang Chi felt a little fresh, at least it could reduce some of the tension before the war.

"Our plan is to ......," and then William pointed to the end of Kuah Island and said, "Let's start with the head of the lentils, Cape Esperance, our Marines will attack this corner first, and your task is to climb this corner and build a defensive line along these two nameless rivers and terrain, understand?" Then we will advance to the Japanese airfield......"

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning.

William's plan was not problematic on the surface. The first is the option of landing from Cape Esperance...... The taboo of the beach landing battle is that it cannot be held after landing on the shore, that is, it is beaten into the sea before it can gain a firm foothold. Therefore, the landing site often chooses the salient of an island, that is, what is the corner.

The advantage of choosing the salient as the landing point is obvious, and the landing force can cut the salient like a cake after landing...... This was very convenient for defense, and the salient was surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the landing force only had to concentrate its forces to hold one side.

On the other hand, if you choose a depression, you will not only be unable to defend yourself, but you will also put yourself under the enemy's crossfire.

And the Cape Esperance that William is talking about is the most prominent salient on the whole Rengua Island, in other words, it is the most suitable for defense...... The Chinese army only needs to follow William's plan. After landing, with two nameless rivers and a few high ground in between, you can bite a large piece of land from Kuah Island as a base area.

But here's the problem...... The Japanese airfield was located west-central of Kuah Island, and while it would allow it to land on Kuah Island and occupy an advance base, it would not threaten the Japanese airfield.

Even Zhang Chi knew that this was not how the US military attacked Kuah Island in history, and the 1st Marine Division landed at Cape Lunga in the center.

Although Cape Lunga would be more difficult to defend, and the terrain it seized was not open enough to deploy more troops, and it was easy to be driven back to the sea by a Japanese counterattack, it could directly threaten the Japanese airfield...... This has been proven to be the right thing to do. Most of the battles on Kuah Island revolved around the battle for the airfield and the suppression of the airfield, which put the Japanese in a passive position, and they had to attack the defensive line built by the American army.

Why did the Americans change their plans and choose the Cape Esperance landing instead of Cape Lunga, as in history?

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi quickly understood: because the main force of the attack now is the Chinese army, not the US Marine Corps.

The arrogant US Navy believes more in the combat effectiveness of the US Marine Corps than in the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. So they chose Cape Esperan, which was easier to land and more suitable for defense.

"General!" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically: "If we land at Cape Esperance, how can we threaten the Japanese airfield in the short term?" ”

"Here's the plan!" William continued: "In the early stage, we will bombard the Japanese airfield on Kuah Island with naval guns, which will definitely cause some trouble for their airfield and slow down their progress. On the other hand. Our warships and carriers will also cover you to advance along the coast as long as you advance to this ......"

William pointed to a dot on the map and said, "Mataniko." There is a Matanicau River here...... It's only about 20 kilometers away from the Japanese airfield, and you can build a defensive line on the Matanicao River and block the Japanese airfield with artillery, and then even if the Japanese build an airfield, you can't use it, understand? ”

It should be said that this plan is indeed feasible, but ironically...... Historically, this was the Japanese offensive plan, which is why the Japanese and American armies fought back and forth on the Matanicao River.

"Can we change a landing point?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Oh......" Brigadier General William smiled at Zhang Chi and said, "Is it time for you to use your cleverness again?" So Colonel, if you could change the landing point, where would you choose to land? ”

"This ......" Zhang Chi pointed to the map without hesitation and said: "Lunga Cape!" ”

Hearing this, William couldn't help but be stunned, because the location Zhang Chi was referring to was indeed the landing point they had originally set, but later changed the plan because the 1st Marine Division had no time to assemble and changed to Chinese troops.

William couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, it seems that the Chinese in front of him may not just be a little clever.

But of course he didn't admit it on the surface, he chuckled and shook his head and said, "No, no...... According to our intelligence, there are 8,400 Japanese in this area, including 1,400 in Tulagi and its nearby islands, and the remaining 7,000 are stationed on Kuah Island, and the focus of its defense will definitely be the airport, you will rush headlong into the Japanese encirclement and be flanked by the Japanese on both flanks! ”

Zhang Chi just smiled, from history he knew that the Americans did not have enough information about Kuah Island, the fact is that the actual number of Japanese in this area is less than half of their estimates, and most of these Japanese troops are not Japanese...... They were actually engineering units, and these engineering units were Koreans recruited by the Japanese army from Korea, and only a few of them were small units worthy of the name.

This is one of the reasons why the U.S. military, which has no combat experience at all in history, will build a defense on Kuah Island so smoothly.

(To be continued.) )