The Chinese Expeditionary Force broke through the Japanese defense line from the rear and met with the US army successfully, which was very meaningful to Tarawa's battle.

The reason is that the Chinese Expeditionary Force is insufficient, with all its forces of only more than 1,000. The two subsequent batches were unable to be replenished in time because the Japanese army used artillery to block the entrance to the atoll.

The Japanese army had suffered more than 5,000 casualties with one thousand people on Bito Island. At this time, the Japanese army had suffered more than 1,000 casualties, so although the Chinese team caught the Japanese army off guard, there was still a considerable gap in overall strength.

Although the US military has the strength and the number of more than 3,000 people, they were forced to play a role by the movements that were pressed against the coast.

Until the Chinese team rescued them and as soon as the two armies gathered, they communicated with each other whether there were more than 4,000 people to deal with about 5,000 Japanese troops. In terms of military strength, it can be said that it was one to one.

But fellow villagers know that the more they are at this time, the less they cannot relax, because the Sino-US coalition forces are facing at least the following problems:

First of all, it is the issue of command.

The total strength of the Sino-US coalition forces is more than 4,000, but who will follow the command of these more than 4,000 people?

Are you obeying the American command? Colonel Shopp of the US military didn't even know which areas the Central Team occupied. In other words, he knew nothing about the battlefield situation, so he had no way to talk about command.

Do you follow the Chinese command? My fellow villagers also know nothing about the situation of the US military, such as how many troops there are in the 2nd Marine Regiment of the US Army, how many troops are there in a built-in system, how many equipment are there, etc.

So it seems that everyone can only fight on their own!

The second is the issue of combat effectiveness of the US military.

The 2nd Marine Regiment of the US Army had been lying beside the coastline for a day due to severe water and bomb shortage. It may not be anything to the Chinese team, but for the Americans and the veterans, it almost killed them.

People from the country who fought with the Americans knew that it would be good if the 2nd Marine Regiment of the US Army did not ask for a evacuation on the spot under such circumstances, and it would be basically impossible to ask them to work together with the Chinese troops or play a role.

Again, it is the problem of identifying difficulties between China and the United States.

This is what fellow villagers are most worried about and is likely to be used by the Japanese army, especially when China and the United States meet in the dark.

Fortunately, this did not appear, because the Japanese army Fukatanaka Sa was stunned by this slap from the Zhong** team.

"What? The Zhong** team has already been played?!" Fukatanaka Sa said in disbelief: "How is it possible? What about Fukuyama Team? Where is Domoto's defense line?"

"Hissar Nakasa!" The staff officer holding the microphone replied: "The Fukuyama Brigade is missing, and the Chinese figure has been lost in the direction of Domoto's defense line."

"What's going on?" Fukatanaka Sa roared in a hoarse voice: "What does it mean to be missing? It's a brigade with more than a thousand people!"

"Report!" At this time, a communication soldier walked into the command center with a wounded soldier and shouted: "Master Nakasa, we have found a soldier from the Fukuyama Brigade."

Without waiting for the report from the communications soldier, Fukatanaka Sa walked to the wounded soldier and grabbed his bloody collar and asked, "Tell me, where is your captain? And your comrades? The location of Fukuyama Brigade!"

"The Fushan Brigade is gone!" The wounded soldier replied intermittently: "We were ordered to rush to the Domain defense line to reinforce, but unexpectedly we encountered the Fushan Brigade with the Zhong** team halfway."

Then the Japanese wounded soldier couldn't help crying. He couldn't imagine that a large group of more than a thousand people were beaten and wiped out in a confused manner.

"Bastard!" Fukatanaka Sa pushed the backless wounded soldier to the ground, and the communication soldier tactfully brought the broken wounded soldier down.

"On the Nakasa" staff member said carefully from the side: "It seems that the Zhong** team crossed the Domoto defense line and quickly defeated the Fukuyama team that was rushing to reinforce, and then attacked the Ono defense line from the rear."

Fukatanaka Sa nodded heavily, and the staff officer said the same as he thought.

To a certain extent, the Japanese's combat thinking was still too rigid. They always thought that the enemy would definitely break through one line of defense and walked forward step by step, but they did not expect that the Chinese would cross their defense line and go straight to Huanglong Mansion.

This made Fukatanakasa realize one thing: it is impossible to defend Bito Island.

At this time, gunfire and explosion sounded outside the command center, and a correspondent rushed in and reported: "Hissar Zhongzuo, the Chinese have already reached this point, retreat quickly!"

"Retreat?" Fukatanaka Sa smiled bitterly: "Where can you retreat? Don't forget that this is an island!"

"Hissar Nakasas!" advised: "We can retreat to the Nagasawa line of defense."

Upon hearing this, Fukatanakasa was stunned and nodded immediately.

Although the Nagasawa defense line is also on Bito Island, this defense line is an extremely special defense line. Bito Island looks like a water bird. A long dike about 2,000 meters long and only a dozen to dozens of meters wide is like the tail of a water bird, leading to the lagoon. The tail of this water bird is the Nagasawa defense line.

Such a long embankment basically has no effect on defending Bito Island, because some areas of this long embankment are exposed to the sea even when the tide is low and under the sea when the tide is high. This means that artillery cannot be arranged here, and the distance of nearly two thousand meters and the narrow cross-section make it difficult for it to provide fire support to Bito Island.

However, such a terrain is a natural fortification. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and connected to Bito Island on one side. The width of the connection is only ten to tens of meters along the way. It can be said that just one machine gun can block the enemy outside the Nagasawa defense line. Moreover, Nagasawa Luyu, which is responsible for the defense, has also built many fortifications in that area.

Thinking of this, Fukada made a quick decision and ordered: "Retreat to the Nagasawa defense line immediately!"

Fukatanaka Sa's idea was that as long as he could hold on in the Nagasawa defense line for a period of time, he could ask the Navy to send a submarine to pick him up. Although this is unlikely, because the Japanese Navy would not let a submarine take risks for a Nagasawa defense, but at least there is hope for survival.

Therefore, at this time, the Japanese army even had the opportunity to turn defeat into victory, which was to take the initiative to attack when the two armies of China and the United States met in a chaotic manner.

If the Japanese army did this, then the more than 4,000 Chinese and American coalition forces were likely to fall on Bito Island.

But Sato Fukatanaka lost this opportunity again. At this moment, he was thinking about how to save his life and survive.
Chapter completed!