The advantage of the U.S. military was that they would not insist on rushing forward knowing that the battle was not in their favor, so the 1st Marine Regiment quickly retreated temporarily.

At this time, the American fleet made a clever move, they shifted the main forces to Cape Veli in the other direction and organized a landing battle against Cape Veli...... This, of course, was to confuse the Japanese army, and Cape Willy was too small to accommodate a division of Chinese troops. So it can't be the place where the U.S. troops actually landed.

But the Japanese did not know this, they did not even know the strength of the American army, so of course they could not determine where the American troops had landed, which made them dare not easily move their forces.

In fact, the U.S. Navy is overly concerned at this point, because the island is inaccessible, the terrain on the island is complex, there are crisscrossing rivers everywhere but there are no bridges in sight, there are primeval jungles everywhere, but there is not even a mountain road, especially the Japanese army is not enough, so even if the Japanese army knows that the landing site of the U.S. Navy is Cape Esperance, it will not be able to send reinforcements in a short time.

So, when the U.S. Marine Regiment attacked again in an hour, that is, when the fuel on the surface of the sea went out, it went much more smoothly.

Under the bombardment of naval guns, the 1st Marine Regiment successfully ascended Cape Esperance and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese.

At this time, Zhang Chi received an order from Brigadier General William.

"Colonel!" William said on the walkie-talkie: "The 1st Marine Regiment has successfully landed on Kuah Island and paved the way for you, now ...... It's time for you to play your little cleverness! ”

"Yes, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's indeed my time to be smart!" ”

Brigadier General William, of course, didn't know that Zhang Chi was thinking about "cleverness", which meant disobeying his orders and acting according to his own ideas, and he even smiled on the other end of the phone: "Good luck, Colonel!" Hopefully, your cleverness will help you win! ”

After putting down the phone, Zhang Chi ordered Pete beside him: "Let's go!" ”

"Yes!" Pete answered, and immediately passed the order on.

Having been trained while in Burma, the fighters quickly climbed along the net ropes of the warship to the landing craft under the warship.

Only one battalion of troops participated in the first operations...... This was due to the fact that Brigadier General William allocated only fifteen landing craft to the Chinese troops. This is indeed a little less for the personnel and equipment of a regiment.

Brigadier Wilhelm's idea was that these Chinese soldiers were following the butt of the 1st Marine Regiment to occupy positions and build defensive lines anyway, and at the same time, due to the lack of naval preparation, there were not so many landing craft, so only fifteen landing craft were allocated to the Chinese army.

The Yankees' landing craft could each carry 36 heavily armed soldiers, or a tank or jeep.

Zhang Chi's assignment of the 15 landing craft was: 10 of them were loaded with a battalion of soldiers, three were loaded with the ammunition and supplies needed by the first battalion, and the other two were loaded with two tanks.

The landing craft were commanded by a major named Miller, with whom Pitt had already established a good relationship with him, and even hinted that he would most likely change his destination if he encountered an unexpected situation during the battle...... This is a common occurrence in combat, so Miller is not surprised.

The formation of landing craft drove all the way to Cape Esperance amid the sound of artillery. After a while, Zhang Chi saw the flames exploding on the Guah Island in front of him and the dazzling light emitted by the flares rising into the air, and even some members of the US Marine Corps kept signaling in the direction of the landing craft on the shore, which was to inform Zhang Chi and others that the front was safe and that the Chinese troops could land with confidence.

In the next second, Zhang Chi glanced at Pete.

Pete nodded knowingly, then took a map out of his pocket and said to Miller, "Hey, Major...... We received an order to change the place of landing and now go to Cape Lunga! ”

"Lunga Point?!" Hearing this, Miller felt a little strange: "There are no Marines there!" ”

Pete laughed, "Look at us. Do we need the Marines? ”

"Okay!" Without much thought, Miller gave the order to change the destination of the landing craft formation, and the fleet quickly turned around and headed towards Cape Lunga.

Since the landing craft were turning in the dark sea, neither Brigadier General William nor the soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment on Kuah Island noticed this situation, and the landing craft formation was not hindered in any way.

On the way to Cape Lunga. Suddenly, there was another torrential rain in the air...... The weather in the ocean is like this, it can change.

However, Zhang Chi soon discovered that this was a good thing for the landing force, because the heavy rain reduced visibility and the thunder would drown out the sound of the landing craft's motors. It is possible that this will allow the Chinese troops to ascend to Cape Lunga without the Japanese being aware of it.

Sure enough, just as Zhang Chi estimated, when the landing craft drove to Cape Lunga and landed on the shore. There was no resistance from the direction of the Japanese, even after the two tanks "rumbled" and the landing craft sailed onto the beach.

This made Zhang Chi feel a little hairy...... Not encountering any resistance also meant that you didn't know where the Japanese line was, and it was dangerous to grope your way in the dark, because you could plunge headlong into the enemy pile without knowing it.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi ordered the landing craft to leave first, and then ordered all the troops to do a good job of concealment, especially the two tanks...... At this time, Zhang Chi regretted bringing a tank a little, knowing that he could easily land without the Japanese army noticing, and would rather take a jeep than a tank.

However, it turned out that it was necessary to bring tanks, because the Japanese troops concentrated in the vicinity of the airport were Korean engineers, they only had light weapons in their hands, and they had no effective equipment to deal with tanks, and because they were Korean Japanese soldiers, they would not rush forward with cluster grenades or explosives bags like the real Japanese soldiers, so these two tanks played a considerable role in the subsequent battles.

Then, Zhang Chi ordered the mortar gunner to fire a shell in the direction of the Japanese army.

"Boom!" With a bang, a shell exploded in the direction of the Japanese army.

The shell immediately stabbed a hornet's nest, flashlights and searchlights shone in the direction of the shell's explosion, and the shouts of Japanese soldiers could occasionally be heard in the thunderstorm, and then several searchlights shone towards the sea...... Of course, by this time the landing craft had already been withdrawn, so the Japanese did not find anything at all.

After a while, the Japanese were quiet again, and they thought that this shell was inadvertently hit here by the direction of the American army.

The difference is only that Zhang Chi and the soldiers have figured out the location of the Japanese defense line. (To be continued.) )