The U.S. offensive went unusually well, and they met with only a handful of Japanese snipers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In fact, the U.S. military could not find the Japanese at all, and advanced a kilometer in one day without encountering organized resistance or counterattack by the Japanese army.

This is exactly the strategy of Koga Fengichi's "defensive counterattack".

The Americans will learn from the war, and so will the Japanese.

Kogamine's first lesson was Makin Island...... A few snipers can withstand the attack of dozens or even hundreds of times more American troops!

This is a bit unimaginable for the Japanese, who can't figure out why the U.S. army doesn't directly attack with infantry, so that it may be easy to kill the Japanese snipers and push forward, and sometimes even the Japanese snipers are stupid, not believing that they can hold off the U.S. military for so long.

However, the tactics of the US military are sometimes excessively "people-oriented", and as long as there are uncertain dangers ahead, they generally prefer to use tanks and artillery fire to remove these dangers before moving forward.

So Koga thought that he could actually accomplish what a single army could accomplish with a few snipers...... Anyway, the enemy will carry out several indiscriminate bombardments of this area, so there is not much difference between the number of people and the number of people.

He was obviously right in thinking this way, and the US military advanced one kilometer in a whole day, which seemed to be a remarkable achievement...... Kwajalein Island is only four kilometers long, and the "Wolf's Horn" and the one mile advanced by the US troops overnight are one km in total, and the US forces attack during the day are two kilometers long.

In other words, the U.S. military can be said to have occupied half of Kwajalein Island so far.

But in fact, the U.S. military at this time only killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers...... The vast majority of these Japanese troops hid in caves, houses, woods, and ruins to shoot at the American troops, and when the American troops encountered such a situation, they often thought that they had encountered the enemy's main force, so they brought in tanks and artillery to attack their positions.

Zhang Chi heard about this situation from Wu Yuhang, and Wu Yuhang heard about this from the wounded soldiers of the American army who came down from the front line...... At this time, the U.S. military did not even share intelligence with the Chinese military.

This is not to say that the U.S. military does not trust the Chinese military, but the U.S. military does so with the ...... If the Chinese army knew the real situation, then the US military would not be able to exaggerate the results of the war and compare the Chinese army with the Chinese army.

So Zhang Chi and Wu Yuhang got the news from Villit: "The war went well, we broke the Japanese resistance again and again, they left a large number of corpses, and their end has come to ......"

But Zhang Chi was more willing to believe what Wu Yuhang said.

"What did Villit say?" Zhang Chi asked.

"I don't know!" Wu Yuhang replied: "They didn't let us participate at all, they just said that we should take care of our own affairs!" ”

"They should stop advancing!" Zhang Chi said: "It is very likely that the Japanese are hiding somewhere, if these devils are not eliminated, their attack will have problems!" ”

"At least until now......" Wu Yuhang replied, "they are still attacking!" ”

"These idiots!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but curse, he knew that Willett was completely unaware that the 3rd Marine Division was jumping into the trap of the Japanese.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, although Villitt also felt a little surprised, but he explained this phenomenon as possible for two reasons:

One: The Japanese may have suffered heavy casualties in the previous bombing, which is why the resistance is so weak.

Two: The Japanese may have concentrated on building fortifications somewhere behind Kwajalein Island, which is why the Japanese arranged snipers in front to block the advance of the American troops, and the Japanese were playing the trick of "exchanging space for time" in order to get more time to organize defense.

If you think about it in the context of Villitt, combined with the behavior of the Japanese, it really looks a bit like that.

Therefore, sometimes subjective consciousness is very important, once some things are subjectively determined, they will do everything possible to find some evidence to support their views, and what is even worse is that it seems to be very reasonable and logical, so they are even more convinced of it.

The American offensive finally stopped at five o'clock in the evening.

Originally, Vitley wanted to continue to advance, because Kwajalein Island was not dark until seven o'clock, and he thought that the American troops still had two hours.

But looking at the map, the U.S. military advanced exactly to the bottleneck area in the middle of Kwajalein Island, where the width is only six hundred meters...... Obviously, this is an easy area to defend and difficult to attack.

If you push further, the width will increase and it will be more difficult to defend, and Wheatley knows that the Japanese will most likely take advantage of the darkness of the night to fight back...... This is what all American and Japanese soldiers know is that American soldiers are afraid of death and are not good at night fighting, and they tend to be chaotic when they are attacked at night, while Japanese soldiers will launch a crazy attack at night, and once they enter the enemy camp, they will be like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Because of these considerations, Villitt ordered the U.S. troops to be stationed in place.

Of course, the garrison was still oriented to the Japanese army...... At this time, Villitt's meticulous and stern character was fully manifested here, and he implemented the mines, barbed wire, and sentries on the defensive line one after another, and even sent staff officers to the front line to inspect twice, and when he found that he was not satisfied, he immediately called the relevant officers and scolded them, and ordered them to improve immediately.

There's nothing wrong with what Villett did, but what he didn't know was that the real danger didn't come from the outside but from the inside.

Zhang Chi could have reminded Villit...... Even if Willett and even Halsey were unwilling to let Zhang Chi know the real combat situation of the US military, Zhang Chi could still contact Halsey and warn him.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Chi didn't do it in the end.

Because this does not do any good to the Chinese troops...... The reason why the Chinese troops are important now is because there is no US military that can replace them, and if one day, which US army's combat effectiveness has reached the current level of the Chinese troops, then the Chinese troops will become dispensable and even become real cannon fodder.

So Zhang Chi waited quietly on the "Pinghai" aircraft carrier, leisurely drinking coffee and reading the newspaper...... He hadn't had time to read the newspaper for a while.

On the other side, Villitt rushed to the front line before dark to comfort the soldiers who had fought hard all day, and he believed that part of the reason why the 3rd Marine Division was so smooth today was the result of his own morale, so he had to make persistent efforts.

(To be continued.) )