After finding an excuse to get rid of the entanglement of "asking the end", Zhang Chi returned to the Quincy with a heavy heart.

Pete, who lived in the same cabin as Zhang Chi, saw that Zhang Chi's face was a little wrong, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Sheet? ”

Zhang Chi casually threw the pillow on the bed to the head of the bed, and asked instead of answering: "Are you Americans so conceited?" Or do you want to look like a hero? ”

Pete understood what was going on as soon as he heard it, so he smiled and said, "It's the Navy guys who gave you a problem!" In fact, it's not just you, the navy and the army are fighting each other in peacetime, and they don't have a good face. ”

"Why is that?" Zhang Chi was a little strange about this, he had only heard of the discord between the Japanese Navy and the Army, but he had never heard that the US Navy would be like this.

"There's nothing strange about that!" Pitt said: "There is only so much military spending, but the army has sea, land and air, so although these three branches of the military must cooperate closely when dealing with the enemy, they are competitors internally, understand?" Each branch of the military wants to be the dominant player on the battlefield, or it can be said to be meritorious, so that it is possible to grab more money and status. ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but suddenly realize.

In fact, Zhang Chi had already felt this when he was on the battlefield in Burma, for example, Chennault of the Flying Tigers had a very bad relationship with Stilwell, and Chennault even threatened that as long as he was given enough planes, he could use the air force to repel the Japanese in Burma. The U.S. military believed Chennault's words and even began to prepare...... However, it soon became clear that this method of warfare was not feasible, because according to Chennault's plan, they would need to spend more fuel and supplies on one sortie than a year's volume of the Hump Route.

This is not to say that Chennault did not consider this problem, but as an Air Force he was competing with the Army for the control of the war.

Similarly, at this time, the U.S. Navy was also competing with the Army for dominance.

It should be said that the US Navy has seized the leading position, and both the strategic policy and the command are the US Navy's, but what makes them very helpless is ...... Because the Marines did not have time to assemble, they eventually had to give part of the "credit" to the Army.

Zhang Chi thinks. This is one of the reasons why the U.S. Navy does not take the Chinese military seriously and does not listen to the Chinese military at all...... Of course, there are elements of big countries looking down on weak countries, but there are also deliberately looking at restricting the space for the army's activities, and then after conquering Kuah Island, they say: "Look, the army won this battle under our command!" ”

"Zhang, let me give you a suggestion!" Then Pete said, "Do what you want." Although I don't know what your plan is, I believe you are right, and you have always been right. You can save a lot of people's lives, don't care what bullshit orders are, the Americans are very practical. If you win a battle, then they tend to look for reasons and mistakes in the navy...... Moreover, the battlefield is a realistic place, isn't it? What's more, this can also help the Army slap the Navy hard, and I think General Stilwell will support you too! ”

Zhang Chi nodded.

But he also knew that it was easier said than done.

The reason is simple, if you disobey the military order and lose the battle, you will undoubtedly be sent to a military court.

Moreover, even if he wins the battle, can the navy give himself a good look?!

But Zhang Chi doesn't care about it, just like Pete said. This could save many lives, especially if these people are still Chinese, and Zhang Chi must be responsible for his subordinates and comrades, rather than obeying Yankee orders without choice.

William, of course, on the other side, did not know that the Chinese army had already "disagreed". He still worked out his plan step by step:

In the naval fleet at this time were the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Marine Division of the United States...... The other three regiments were still in the process of being assembled or on their way. (Note: The 1st Marine Division had five regiments, and later the 4th Regiment was assigned to other regiments)

William planned to use the 1st Regiment as the main force for landing on Kuah Island, and the 2nd Regiment to capture the Japanese troops on the small islands on the outskirts of Kuah Island. As for the Chinese army, of course, as he said. After the successful landing of the first regiment on Kuah Island, it was deployed on Kuah Island.

The time soon came by the next night.

As soon as the pointer pointed to twelve, Brigadier General Wilhelm gave the order to attack.

This time was chosen because according to observations. The Japanese continued to build the airfield until nine o'clock at night...... From this point of view, the Japanese are also rushing to build an airfield, hoping that the airfield can be put into use as soon as possible, which shows that the decision to launch an attack as soon as possible is right.

Brigadier General Wilhelm made an estimate of the Japanese army's routine: the construction was stopped at nine o'clock, an hour was devoted to food and rest, and then it was time to sleep, so twelve o'clock was the time for the attack, when the exhausted Japanese had just hid in bed for a while and were about to be woken up, and they must have been very annoyed.

Dozens of U.S. amphibious landing craft quietly sailed to Kuah Island in the dark, and soon split into two: the 2nd Marine Regiment was rerouted to Tulagi Island, the 1st Marine Regiment continued to sail to Kuah Island, and a regiment of Chinese troops was prepared for battle on transport ships...... Needless to say, which regiment this Chinese army is, of course, it is a regiment led by Zhang Chi.

The battle soon began, and the landing did not go smoothly due to the fact that the US Navy provided fire cover for the landing force with naval guns when the Marines were about to go ashore......

On the one hand, naval artillery can destroy the fortifications laid along the coast of the Japanese army, and on the other hand, it can also indicate the direction of the landing force so that it will not go to the wrong position in the dark, and more importantly, the bombardment of artillery fire can drown out the sound of the motor of the landing craft, so that the Japanese army does not realize that the American army has launched a landing operation.

But then there was an accident...... A shell inadvertently hit the Japanese fuel depot, which was supposed to be used by the Japanese army to resupply ships docked on Kuah Island, so it was not far from the sea. The loud explosions and the dazzling light of the fire soon lit up the sea, and to make matters worse, the leaked and burning fuel oil floated on the surface of the sea and continued to burn...... Although this did not cause much burns to the landing marines, the light of the fire exposed them to the guns of the Japanese.

As a result, the Japanese guns and artillery soon rang out, and the American troops of the 1st Marine Regiment were quickly and fiercely blocked by the Japanese army, and many American troops were knocked down by Japanese machine guns before they could get off the ship.

(To be continued.) )