The 3rd Marine Division's operation began that night, mainly because it was high tide at night, and the 3rd Marine Division would certainly not miss this great opportunity to transport strategic supplies to Kwajalein Island in preparation for the next day's attack. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, before the 3rd Marine Division landed, the first thing to do was to replace Johnson, the division commander, otherwise it would not be enough to calm the anger of the soldiers of the 3rd Marine Division and mobilize their morale and confidence to continue fighting.

Just like the soldiers of the 3rd Marine Division...... "If we let Johnson, a fool, command us to fight, then he will only plunge us into another 'fighter fiasco' again!" ”

(Note: Soldiers of the 3rd Marine Division referred to the battle in which they were massacred by Japanese fighters during the landing on Kwajalein Island a few days ago as a "fighter defeat")

In fact, any admiral, including Halsey, thinks that there is not much suspense about this battle now, because it is well known that the most difficult thing in the battle for the islands is to rush to the beach, and once the beach-grabbing landing is successful, then the rest of the matter is not a big deal for the US military, because the US army has much more advanced equipment than the Japanese army and can almost be said to be inexhaustible ammunition, even with tanks and ammunition piles can pile up the Japanese to death.

The most difficult beach-grabbing landing battle has already been completed by the Chinese troops, and no matter who is sent now, even if Johnson is allowed to take the 3rd Marine Division, theoretically speaking, there will be no difficulty.

But the problem is that soldiers generally do not trust Johnson, that is, Johnson has lost the prestige that he should have as a division commander, so he will greatly affect the morale of the 3rd Marine Division, and there will even be many officers who are unwilling to carry out Johnson's orders.

This is not what Halsey or even Nimitz is willing to see, so it is natural that a division commander needs to be replaced, which can be regarded as regaining confidence for the 3rd Marine Division, and it can be regarded as giving the 3rd Marine Division a new start.

Johnson had actually expected this for a long time, so when he received the notice of dismissal and returned home to explain in detail, he accepted the order very calmly.

However, when Johnson stepped onto the plane in the direction of the United States, he said to Halsey, who came to see him off: "General, I don't want to explain anything for myself, I brought all this on myself today." However, I still want to remind you...... That Chinese named Zhang Chi is very dangerous, we can't control him, he will be our trouble in the near future! ”

Halsey just shrugged his shoulders and replied, "I'll take care of all this, take care!" ”

Johnson knew that Halsey didn't listen to his words at all, and at the same time knew that anything he said would be superfluous, so he only sighed, shook Halsey's hand, and said, "Take care! ”

Then he turned around and walked into the cabin.

Johnson may not be a smart general on the battlefield, but his political vision is quite unique, and he has long guessed from a series of actions of the US military that the US military wants to win the battle on Kwajale...... This may be a favorable decision for other admirals of the U.S. military, as Nimitz said, which can change the status of the U.S. military and even the United States in the international arena, and at the same time save the 3rd Marine Division.

But at this time, Johnson was very aware of the horror of Zhang Chi, and Johnson even thought that ...... This kind of behavior of the US military to grab merit is very dangerous, and although it can get some small benefits in the moment, it has offended the Chinese army, especially this Zhang Chi, and thus will plant a dangerous seed for the US military and even the United States.

Johnson kept shaking his head on the plane and said to himself: "They don't know, they don't know at all...... What a mistake that was made! But...... I can't do anything! ”

Indeed, Johnson couldn't do anything, because everyone, including Halsey, thought that Johnson would say these things because of jealousy, because Zhang Chi embarrassed him on the battlefield, and even lost the position of division commander because of Zhang Chi, so he would try his best to slander or drive a wedge between the United States and Zhang Chi.

On the other hand, it is also because of the arrogance of the United States, believing that they have always controlled the equipment and supplies of the Chinese army, so they also indirectly control the Chinese army...... This is actually true, because if the equipment and supplies are provided by the United States, then if the Chinese army is disobedient or the United States is dissatisfied with something, it only needs to cut off the supply of materials and equipment to the Chinese army.

It was precisely during World War II that the United States tasted the sweetness of this kind of indirect control, and before World War II, the United States basically held an attitude of "nothing to do with it" to the outside world, believing that it was someone else's business for others to fight, and that Americans would do business and make money...... Not only do business with the Chinese and British, but also do business with the Japanese, and many of Japan's strategic materials are imported from the United States, so it will not enter the war until after the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.

There is such a statistic, that is, during World War II, Japan's domestic oil reserves were only half a year, and Japan is a country with extremely poor resources, if the United States had not been selling oil to Japan under various pretexts...... Then there would be no eight-year war of resistance at all, and it would only take half a year, and Japanese planes would not be able to take off, cars and tanks would not be able to drive, and the battle would not be fought.

In other words, in fact, behind Japanese militarism there is still the United States, the culprit, but the United States did not expect that Japan would bite him in turn if it was forced to be in a hurry.

After World War II, the United States was surprised to find out that the United States was surprised to find out that it was because of the continuous assistance of other countries in the war...... It turns out that aid equipment can not only stimulate the military industry, but also allow other countries to be experimenters with new equipment, and can also achieve the purpose of controlling a country through these equipment aid.

It's a very simple routine, if a country is mostly equipped with American-style equipment, then once she is disobedient...... The immediate cessation of the supply of arms and even the cutting off of "GPS" navigation led to the immediate obsolescence of precision positioning equipment such as missiles, and the accumulation of other equipment over time...... This is almost equivalent to dismantling the country's national defense, and any country can abuse her like a dog.

Of course, that's all for later.

Now the United States is using this set of the New Seventh Army, but this set is not very mature at present, but Zhang Chi is very clear about the routine.

Therefore, in the end, Johnson was right, and the United States could not control Zhang Chi at all. (To be continued.) )