Kawaguchi was confident enough that he could defeat the Allied forces facing him that he declined an offer from the 17th Army for delivery of one more infantry battalion to augment his forces.
Kavaguči je bio uvjeren da može poraziti savezničke snage, te on odbija prijedlog iz stožera 17. vojske o isporuci još jednog pješačkog bataljona, kako bi povećao svoje snage.