"What? A battalion?!" MacArthur jumped up as if he was greatly insulted, and roared at Zhang Chi like a beast: "My two regiments are unable to move there and have suffered heavy losses. You actually sent only one battalion to reinforce? Are you giving alms beggars?"

"I'm not a beggar, general!" Zhang Chi replied calmly: "I just insist on my previous judgment. There are only six or seven hundred Japanese on Makin Island. They sent some to launch an infiltration war against the US 27, and only a small part was in the base and trenches. So at this time, I will send a battalion to attack their base... enough!"

"Nonsense!" MacArthur replied: "You try to make me believe that six hundred Japanese can block our attacks by more than six thousand people, and we also have aircraft carriers, warships, tanks, fighter jets... This is an insult to us!"

"I have no intention of offending, General!" Zhang Chi replied with a smile: "But I still stick to my point of view, you can choose not to accept it!"

Upon hearing this, MacArthur couldn't help but remain silent, and then he said to Zhang Chi viciously: "I will send my reserve team up, and they will defeat the Japanese tonight!"

"It's up to you!" Zhang Chi replied.

"General MacArthur!" Hal stopped his anger from MacArthur: "I don't think it's a good idea. Sending the reserve team will not only not do anything, but may also put the troops in more serious chaos!"

This is common sense. Halsey, who fought the Guadalang Battle, also knew the effectiveness of the Japanese infiltration war.

"I suggest doing this!" Halsey continued: "We might as well give the colonel's troops a try. If the colonel cannot successfully stop this situation, it will not be too late to send the reserve team to the ground!"

Halsey gave MacArthur a step.

MacArthur thought about it and replied with a gloomy face: "Okay! Let's prepare my reserve team. I emphasize that I don't have any hope for the ** team in this battalion!"

"I agree with General MacArthur's point of view!" Zhang Chi raised his head and said, "Since that's the case, there is no need for us to do such useless work anymore. Please send General MacArthur to the reserve team!"

MacArthur couldn't help but get speechless.

It was obvious that MacArthur was so blinded by anger and vanity that he forgot who was asking for whom now.

"Zhang..." Halsey intervened and mediated: "Now is not the time to quarrel. After this battle, we will soon know how many Japanese there are on Makin Island!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

After all, all the supply of the Expeditionary Force now depends on the United States, so he didn't want to break up with the United States, so he picked up the phone and ordered: "Let the 1st Battalion of the Second Regiment be prepared for combat! Target Makin Island!"

"Yes!" Commander Liang on the other end of the phone responded.

Since it was rescue on the line of fire and the number of Chinese teams was not large, and there was only one battalion of troops, the US military sent a destroyer to carry the first battalion to Makin Island at a speed of 37 knots... Makin Island was about 185 kilometers away from Tarawa, and it arrived in more than two hours, and then landed at around 8 o'clock.

This landing operation was described as a reference by the US military contact person, which is: "It's as fast as lightning. We got the news that they had successfully landed on the island before we even prepared!"

No wonder Americans are surprised, because if the Americans land the island process is based on the Americans, they must first release the water to reconnaise, and then send a minesweeper to ensure that there are no mines in the relevant sea area, and then at least a few hours of firepower preparation...

But all this was not the first battalion. As soon as they arrived at the Makin Island waters, they immediately transferred to the Higgins landing craft... This action was also very fast, mainly because the troops of one battalion had only more than 300 people, and only ten Higgins landing craft were needed in total, and they didn't even need an amphibious landing craft.

The reason is that after Zhang Chi landed in Mei 27, he learned that the hydrological conditions of Makin Island were similar to those of Tarawa, and he was also "avoiding" the tide at night.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi knew that there were not many Japanese troops on Makin Island, and his attention was attracted by the US 27th Division that had landed on the northwest side, so it was impossible that there were not so many troops to pay attention to the south side at the same time.

Sure enough, the war was as Zhang Chi expected. The first battalion of 375 soldiers landed on Makin Island very smoothly. Even the sound of gunfire caused by the infiltration war initiated by the Japanese army on Makin Island covered the motor of the landing craft. The Japanese army had never noticed that a unit had already landed.

The battalion commander of the first battalion was Xu Wen... It is said that his father was a scholar in the north, so he really hoped that Xu Wen would be able to get his wish one day, so he gave him the name "Wen".

Who would have thought that Xu Wen grew up but became a soldier without doing his job... Fortunately, Xu Wen did not develop according to his father's wishes, because the scientific research was abolished during the Republic of China.

After Xu Wen got ashore, he found that his team was not exposed, so he made a quick decision to order a hidden march. More than 300 people secretly touched forward in the dark with the m1 rifle that had been bayonetized.

Their understanding of the terrain of Makin Island was limited to a few maps on the destroyer, but in fact, after boarding the island, they found that the map was useless at all. The main reason was that the sky was dark and the surroundings were pitch black, and the troops were going to march in secret and dare not fire flashlights, so they didn't know where they were.

However, Xu Wen was not panicked because he knew that the direction he was going was definitely the right one... The Americans landed in the northwest, the Japanese devils blocked the south, and the Chinese team landed in the south.

In other words, the Chinese team at this time was behind the Japanese, so as long as you shoot guns and fire guns at the Americans, that's right.

As he walked, Xu Wen felt something was wrong, because there seemed to be a few more people around him at some point... This feeling was a bit weird, and he always felt that these soldiers were not in the team.

After a closer look, they could tell from the weapons they were holding that they were Japanese.

It turned out that they had already entered the Japanese defense line in the dark, and the Japanese regarded Xu Wen and others as their own people, thinking that they were going to "go to the front line", so they followed the team forward...

As mentioned before, a considerable number of the Japanese army on Makin Island are non-combatants, so the Japanese army did not notice what was strange about these people around them: "Our own people".

Xu Wen couldn't help but gasp and cursed inwardly. If the fight was not accurate, it would turn into a "infiltration war" and become a mess.

After thinking about it, he calmly asked the guards to prepare for the flares.
Chapter completed!