The one who took over as the commander of the Third Marine Division was Brigadier General Villet.

Compared to Johnson, Villet has several advantages... He is an outstanding officer graduated from West Point Military Academy, and has participated in World War I. He also made contributions during World War I. It is said that he cooperated with the British and French forces to launch a general offensive against Germany during the war, breaking through the Hindenburg defense line and eventually forced Germany to surrender.

The soldiers also nicknamed Wilit, "Strict Smith", because his requirements for military appearance and discipline are almost so strict that it is unbearable. He believes that the difference between soldiers and militias is whether there is a strict military appearance. Only with a strict military appearance can regular soldiers fight like this and win on the battlefield.

However, this time, Vilit's haste in the battle obviously could not meet what he had previously asked his subordinates.

Veterans like Wilit, who have practical experience, especially on the battlefield, are more likely to be accepted by American soldiers, which is also determined by the Americans being more personal heroic... Personal heroism does not mean that everyone hopes that they can step on others and strive to be heroes. Another meaning of personal heroism is that from a collective perspective, they will support heroes. This is not contradictory, because this country supports heroes, so as an individual in a country, they will compete to be heroes. Otherwise, there will be no soil for survival in individual heroism.

As soon as Brigadier General Villet came up, he gave an American-style, concise and resounding speech.

"Young guys!" Wilitt's waist was straight, his military uniform was shaved, and several medals were hung on his chest. He appeared in front of a group of officers of the Third Marine Division in a meticulous manner: "I know your previous performance was not satisfactory, and I believe you are not satisfied with your performance. On the contrary, the performance of the Chinese team was very surprising. We have to admit that they are good, they do better than us... To be precise, they do much better than us!"

Speaking of this, Villet paused, he glanced at the embarrassment on the officers' faces, and then continued: "General Halsey once asked me if I wanted the Chinese team to continue the battle, that is, to drive the Japanese out of Kwajalin Island completely? My answer was 'No'!"

"Do you know why?" Villet raised his fist: "Because we left many comrades' lives, their blood, and shame when we attacked Kwajalin Island. We want to wash all of this ourselves... and we want the Japanese monkey to repay with our lives! Do you agree?"

"Agree!" The officers of the Third Marine Division responded.

"This is what they owe us! Isn't it?"

"Yes!" the officers replied loudly.

"We don't need the Chinese team to do it for us. We have to do it ourselves. Are you right?!"

"Yes!" The officers responded in anger.

This is Vilit's cleverness. His speech not only won the recognition of the soldiers of the Third Division of the Land War and boosted morale, but more importantly, Vilit cleverly transformed the disgraceful behavior that was originally the US military robbed the merits of the China Team into "revenge by oneself."

Therefore, if you want to be a successful American general, fighting is one aspect, and eloquence is also indispensable.

Wilitt didn't have much preparation time because he was worried that if this delay would happen, the war would likely have new changes.

This change includes two aspects: on the one hand, the Chinese team realized that their contributions were to be stolen, so they decided to launch an attack on the Japanese, so the "grabbing of merit" of the Third Land War Division could not be stolen.

On the other hand, as a general who fought from World War I, Vilit knew very well that he should launch an attack on the Japanese as soon as possible... In fact, ordering the Chinese to stop the attack is already a chance to breathe. If you delay any further, it will give the Japanese a chance to defend or even counterattack.

So Vilit organized a large number of equipment and personnel to land on Kwajalin Island that night.

This is not difficult for the US military: the Chinese team occupied the "Wolf Corner", and at night it was rising sea tide, and the US military had a large number of Higgins ships in its hands... So a large number of strategic materials, including dozens of howitzers and 76 tanks, were transported to the "Wolf Corner" in batches.

Seventy-six tanks were a standard chariot battalion of the US military during World War II, including fifty-nine (five battalions, the rest were divided into three tank companies, eighteen in each company) "Sheerman" tank and seventeen "Stuart" light tanks.

It makes sense that light tanks are included in the tank company, because light tanks are more suitable for reconnaissance, firepower testing and other tasks.

This prevented the unloading of "Wolf Corps" from the whole night, because there were too many equipment unloaded and the area of ​​"Wolf Corps" was not large. In the second half of the night, Vilit had to order some of the US troops to stand in front of the Chinese troops' defense line.

Originally, Villet wanted the Chinese troops to advance the defense line, but was rejected by Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi's answer to Wilit was: "General, the order we received is to defend the 'wolf horn' to ensure its safety. General Halsey has been telling me that this is important because it will be the basis for us to continue the attack. But... If I obey your orders and push the defense forward, on the one hand I don't know whether I am attacking or defending, on the other hand, this is contrary to General Halsey's orders! In this regard, I think it is necessary for us to report to General Halsey and seek his opinion!"

After Zhang Chi said this, Vilit had nothing to say.

Zhang Chi is right. The current task of the Chinese team is defense. If you push the defense line forward, is it called defense? On the other hand, if the US Marine Division cannot even push the defense line forward for a mile, then what else can you talk about attack?!

So Vilit gritted his teeth and asked the two battalions of the US military that had just landed on the "Wolf Corner" to push the defense line forward...

The reason why Wilit gritted his teeth was because he knew that the US military had always been bad at night battles, and this was what the Japanese were good at, so he did not act at night in his plan.

However, this was not difficult for the US military: piles of shells exploded, and brought the two miles away from the front of the defense line back and forth, swept it back and forth several times, and then shot out flares... This actually hit the night as daytime, and then the infantry pushed forward under the cover of the "Sheerman" tank and successfully advanced one mile.
Chapter completed!