On 22 November, Li Siwei led his troops to the Ledo Military Region, and so far, the new 22nd Division has completed its relocation and all its personnel have been stationed in the Ledo Military Region.

The Ledo Military Region is close to the Naga Mountains of the Savage Mountains, and the natural conditions are just similar to the Savage Mountains, which is an ideal place for training in tropical jungle operations.

After being stationed in the Ledo Military Region, Deputy Army Commander Sun and his staff thoroughly studied the geography of the military in North Burma and formulated a perfect training plan.

The military district headquarters located outside Kathu Village is separated from the vast primeval forest by a large river more than 50 meters wide, which meanders from north to south and is a training ground for various units to carry out armed swimming.

Of course, the content of tropical jungle warfare is very rich, including mountain warfare, jungle warfare, encounter warfare, and other subjects; in addition to armed swimming, there are also a series of tactical actions such as opening roads, building bridges, climbing, manoeuvring, reconnaissance, searching, and ambushing.

On the second day of its entry into the Ledo Military Region, the 66th Regiment received a revised training manual from the headquarters, and each officer at all levels had a copy.

On 25 November, the training of the 66th Regiment officially began, and since then, it has been raining rain and rain.

As early as Baiguo Town, Li Siwei compiled a "Special Service Company Tactical Manual", which lacked systematization, but also allowed the soldiers to get some training in jungle warfare.

Later, when the retreat from Jesha, the 66th Regiment had a jungle chase with the search wing of the 18th Japanese Division, which also allowed the soldiers to accumulate some experience in jungle warfare.

When he arrived at Ramgarh, both the training plan formulated by the United States and the additional training plan of the Chinese side included training in jungle warfare.

As a result, the training went very smoothly from the start.

The real trouble comes from outside of training - malaria!

Ledo is located in a malaria-endemic area, and type 2 malaria is particularly rampant, which requires all ministries to strictly grasp the epidemic prevention work, and there are only a few ways to prevent the epidemic: avoid eating raw and cold, killing mosquitoes, and taking malaria flat...... But it takes a lot of effort to implement.

In Ledo, training is hard and life is hard, but there is also joy - in order to boost morale, all divisions and regiments organize rich cultural and recreational activities.

The expedition is far away, and the days go by like this.

In December, tens of thousands of Chinese and American engineers and engineers, as well as 120,000 laborers from China, India, Burma, and Nepal, were assembled in Ledo, and the construction of the Sino-Indian highway officially began.

The construction of the Sino-Indian highway has begun, and all units of the New First Army are also actively preparing for a counteroffensive against Burma, but the plan for a counteroffensive against Burma has not been finalized for a long time.

From the very beginning, the British had a negative attitude towards a counteroffensive against Burma, and although they were later forced to put forward the "Refens" plan, it was far from the expectations of China and the United States.

On January 14, 43, Britain and the United States held talks in Casablanca, and the counterattack on Burma was one of the important topics, at which the United States repeatedly put pressure on the British side to finally force the British side to agree to the implementation of the "Annajim" plan proposed by General Stilwell.

On 9 February 43, China, Britain, and the United States held a high-level military meeting in Calcutta to discuss a specific plan for counterattacking Burma, and in the end, the three sides unanimously agreed to implement the "Annajim" plan, according to which the operation period was set from November 43 to May of the following year.

The counteroffensive against Myanmar is still far away, but Li Siwei has ushered in his fourth child.

February 19, 42, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lantern Festival, rain.

Of course, rain is a Chinese solar term, and the Lantern Festival is also a Chinese festival, and the sun is still shining on this day, and the training of the garrison units is still continuing.

Early that morning, Li Siwei received a notice to go to the headquarters for a meeting, and did not return to the station until the afternoon.

"Commander,"

As soon as Li Siwei got out of the car, he saw Zheng Sanyang greet him with a happy face, "Congratulations!" Congratulations! ”

"Uh......"

Li Siwei was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, "Ruolan is born?" ”

"Hmm,"

Zheng Sanyang nodded hurriedly, "I gave birth to a male baby......

Before Zheng Sanyang's words fell, Li Siwei had already gone straight to his tent, only the laughter was still echoing, "Okay!" It's good to have a boy ......"

Li Siwei's tent was only thirty or fifty meters away from the regiment headquarters, and he left in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye he arrived outside the tent, but his steps were stiff, and he carefully adjusted his clothes and hats, and then he opened the curtain.

"Group ......"

Yu Xiulian was about to come out with a basin of water, and when she saw Li Siwei open the curtain, she quickly stopped to say hello, but was interrupted by Li Siwei waving his hand.

Li Siwei smiled and pointed to Wu Ruolan, who was lying on the bed, and walked in lightly.

The tent is not big, and a bed takes up most of the space, Wu Ruolan lies quietly on the bed, as if she is asleep, but when Li Siwei walked over, she suddenly turned her head, and her slightly pale face was filled with a happy smile, "Siwei, it's a male baby......

"Hmm,"

Li Siwei walked over quickly, leaned over, gently held her hand, and smiled softly, "The boy is good...... In the future, you and his brother can support each other! ”

"Hmm,"

Wu Ruolan nodded lightly and looked down at the swaddling clothes beside her, "Siwei, what do you say the baby is called?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Li Siwei also looked down at the baby in swaddling clothes, looking at his sleeping little face, his eyes were full of love, "The nickname is Lele...... Daimyo...... It's called victory! ”

"Victory ......"

Wu Ruolan read it again, and nodded hurriedly, "Okay!" It's good to call victory...... This baby is coming, and victory is coming! ”

"yes!"

Li Siwei smiled and nodded, "Victory is coming!" I went to the headquarters today and heard that more than 70 kilometers of the highway in India has been repaired......

According to the plan, the highway in India will start from Ledo in the west, cross the Naga Mountains, go straight to the new Pingyang, and then turn around to Myitkyina, which will connect with the original Yunnan-Burma Highway at Wan Town on the border with Myanmar.

Since the beginning of construction, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians have fought hard to split the primeval jungle and mountains on the Naga Mountains, and steadily advanced forward.

On February 28, 43, the construction of the highway in India began for 66 days, and it has advanced to the hinterland of Naga Mountain, and in front of it is a dangerous pass called "Ghost Gate Pass".

It was twilight, the sound of trumpets and hammers and chisels had dissipated, and the laborers, who had been tired all day, returned to the camp one after another, and the road gradually returned to quiet, except for the milestone marked "78 km" standing quietly in the twilight!

Suddenly, seven or eight sappers dressed in the uniforms of the national army came from the direction of the camp, carrying garden shovels and large wooden signs, and carrying iron paint buckets, and walked straight to the milestone that had just been erected.

Behind them, seven or eight sappers in American uniforms followed, also carrying shovels and large wooden signs, and tin paint buckets.

The two teams of sappers from one China, one from the United States, walked straight to both sides of the milestone, and then got busy, and after a while, two wooden signs were erected.

Then, the soldiers painted the wooden plaque red with paint and wrote the words in white lacquer: "Welcome to Burma!" This road leads to Tokyo! Comrades-in-arms, forge ahead! ”

At the opening ceremony of the Ramgarh training camp, General Stilwell's words were still in my ears: "...... Go back to Burma, go back to China, go to Tokyo......"