At the Bang Ferry, Captain Cook led his men to evacuate the river, and the Japanese crossed the Dalong River unimpeded.

Near nine o'clock in the morning, the captain of the 55th Wing, Suzuki Daisa, and others came to a distinguished guest, the captain of the 56th Wing, Nagashi Nobutake Osa.

The two were old comrades-in-arms, and after a few words of greeting, Nagashi Shintake said: "I brought all three infantry brigades of the wing, an engineer brigade, the main force of the 18th artillery wing, and two heavy artillery brigades. We now have a total of 48 75-mm mountain guns, 24 150-mm howitzers at our disposal. My plan was for two infantry brigades and an engineer squadron to cross the river and enter positions for defense, while an infantry brigade and two engineer squadrons remained on the east bank of the river to defend the artillery positions and act as reserves. ”

Suzuki Osa said with a smile: "The terrain here is complicated, which is not conducive to attacking, and we still have complete fortifications to use, and the battle below will be a disaster for the Germans." ”

"Even if the Germans were able to defeat us, I would have them leave at least five times as many corpses." Nagashi Nobutake said.

"You're here, I can leave with peace of mind, the 1st and 3rd Brigades of our wing are fighting the enemy in the west, I must go and join them, and I'll leave it to you here. I'm sorry for everything, Chang-kun. ”

Suzuki then accompanied Nagashi to carefully inspect the position, and after the two had lunch together, Suzuki handed over command to Nagashi Nobutake and floated down the Dalong River on a raft.

After sending off Suzuki Osa, Nagaga Osaku immediately ordered the engineer squadron to expand and strengthen the position in preparation for future defensive battles.

The Japanese army dispatched troops to prepare for the battle of Yubang Ferry, and the German army was doing the same thing to the north of the position.

With the launch of the "King Pesticide" combat plan, the second and third battalions of the 13th Mountain Infantry Regiment marched towards the Yubang Ferry area one after another, followed by the 14th Mountain Infantry Regiment.

While the main forces of the two mountain infantry regiments were marching hard in the jungles of the Hukang River Valley, above their heads, the artillery regiments of the 7th Mountain Division arrived at the German positions at flying speed.

In the Hukang River Valley, where the jungle is dense and the rivers are crisscrossed, and there are almost no roads that can be used, the march of the artillery can be described as a disaster, in order to enhance the mobility of the artillery and provide timely heavy fire support to the mountain infantry in front, Chen Dao provided the Seventh Mountain Division with a super luxury equipment, a helicopter.

In the establishment of the German Expeditionary Force, there are a total of 108 helicopters, including 24 FI-282 "Hummingbird" helicopters, 72 FA-223 "Dragon" helicopters, and 12 utility helicopters of the latest model FI-382 "Black Hawk".

With the assistance of the Dragon helicopter and the Black Hawk helicopter, and under the envious gaze of countless mountain infantry, the artillery regiment of the 7th Mountain Division reached the front line at a veritable flying speed.

Lido in northeastern India, where the headquarters of the expeditionary force is located, next to the starting position of the artillery regiment of the German 7th Mountain Division.

Eisenhower, accompanied by Stilwell and others, invariably maintained a 45-degree angle with his back to the sky to watch the helicopter show.

In their line of sight, a FI-382 Black Hawk helicopter slowly rose into the air, the ropes under the fuselage slowly straightened until they were taut.

A 105-mm howitzer slowly lifted off the ground under the lifting of a rope until it was more than thirty meters above the ground.

The helicopter turned its nose and formed a group with the other helicopters in the air, and flew quickly to the south.

It wasn't until the fleet turned into a black dot that Eisenhower reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

Turning his head, Eisenhower excitedly said to Chen Dao beside him: "This weapon is really an epoch-making weapon, with this weapon, whether it is heavy weapons or the transportation of various supplies, it will no longer be restricted by the harsh geographical environment of Burma, and we can also use it to easily deliver our troops to the places we need to destroy the rear of the Japanese." ”

Turtle, I've seen it for a long time!

Chen Dao was sarcastic in his heart, but his face was serious.

"General Eisenhower, you really have the foresight to see the characteristics of this weapon in such a short time. It was because of this weapon that I developed the King Pesticide Plan. However, I invite you to come to Lido this time, and the point is not this, let's go back and talk about it. ”

Everyone returned to the combat headquarters, and Chen Dao asked people to put a world map on the map table.

Chen Dao sat on the chair, pointed to his neck wrapped in a white flower bandage and said, "My injury has just come out of danger, and after a while, the injury will be more stable, and I will return to China to recuperate." Before I go, I think there are a few things I have to tell you. ”

"Please." Eisenhower said.

"First of all, when the King's pesticide plan is completed, after our troops break through the Hukang River Valley, we will split up a force to launch an attack in the direction of Imphal to attack the rear of the Japanese defense line on the Chindun River, with the cooperation of this force, it is only a matter of time before the Japanese defense line on the Chindun River collapses."

Eisenhower said excitedly: "When I heard General Stilwell talk about the King's Pesticide Program, I had this idea. In the area of the Qindun River, there have been three Japanese divisions, and they are fighting a defensive battle with the danger of the Qindun River, and we are under great pressure to break through, but after you break through the Hukang River Valley, all this will not be a problem. ”

Chen Dao nodded, and said weakly: "This is just a small matter, what I want to talk about next is a big thing." ”

The eyes of Eisenhower and others converged on Chen Dao, who picked up a teaching whip, pointed to the location of Australia on the map and said: "In the past few months, General MacArthur has suffered a series of defeats in the Australian region, and these failures have fueled the arrogance of the Japanese.

After some thought, I came up with a battle plan. Come and see ······."

The whip in Chen Dao's hand drew a circle in the Pacific Ocean, and then continued: "The Pacific Theater is composed of countless islands, large and small. We will counterattack in the Pacific in the future, and I think we can use frog-hopping tactics. ”

"Frog jumping tactics? This is the name of the combat scheme? Eisenhower asked curiously.

Chen Dao nodded and said, "Yes." The frog jumping tactic is not to adopt the tactics of recovering each island one by one, but to regain one island and then skip the next. The skipped islands were mainly those with strong defenses from the Japanese army.

Skipping these islands with strong Japanese defenses and capturing the islands behind them, and then cutting off the Japanese army's sea supply lines by means of sea and air blockade, so as to isolate the Japanese islands with strong defenses, force them to surrender or seriously weaken their combat effectiveness and finally conquer them, this can greatly improve the progress and effectiveness of our operations in the Pacific theater. ”

Hearing Chen Dao's words, Eisenhower and the others immediately ran their brains at high speed, thinking about the feasibility of this combat plan.

Chen Dao continued: "Unfortunately, I have no way to go to the Pacific region for field investigation now, nor can I test the feasibility of this combat plan. So, I hope that you will be able to put together my ideas and send them back to the United States for evaluation, especially with General MacArthur, and we will focus on his advice. I hope that my reflections can make a little contribution to the future war in the Pacific theater. ”

Eisenhower was greatly moved, looked at Chen Dao and said solemnly: "General Rosen, on behalf of the United States, I thank you for your suggestion. Although it has not been tested in actual combat, I personally believe that this frog jumping tactic is very meaningful, and when we master this tactic, we will definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese. ”

Chen Dao nodded, pointed to Major Lorenz who was standing on the side, and said, "If that's the case, I'll be relieved." One more thing, this is my adjutant, Major Lorenz. I hope you will be able to leave a seat for him on the convoy returning home, or on the plane back to the United States, and take him to the Pacific Theater to meet the German Marines. In my place, he will go to the Pacific Theater to collect first-hand battlefield information. ”

Eisenhower happily agreed.

"It's a small matter, leave it to me."

Chen Dao said: "Then so be it, I will take the bus back to the hospital in Delhi tonight." The next time we meet, it may be autumn or winter, so I'll go rest and see you later. ”

Eisenhower, Stilwell, Spudent and others saw Chen Dao away, and looking at Chen Dao's back, Eisenhower said to Stilwell: "General Rosen has wisdom far beyond his years, and fortunately he is our ally. ”

Back at Stilwell's own headquarters, Eisenhower stayed for three hours.

In the space of three hours, Stilwell's subordinates first washed out a thick pile of photographs of German helicopters hoisting 105-mm howitzers, and Eisenhower decisively assessed the purpose of the helicopter and decided without hesitation to suggest that the US military be equipped with helicopters, either to buy finished products from Germany, or to carry out reverse (mountain) (wall) projects.

Based on the information dictated by Chen Dao, the staff officers of the headquarters also sorted out a text version of the frog jumping tactics, which was sealed in a file bag along with the photos of the helicopter.

Eisenhower handed the file bag to Stilwell: "Pick the most reliable person at once, fly this file back home, and remember to leave a place on the plane for Major Lorenz." ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Stilwell took the file bag and turned to arrange for the staff.

At 8:30 a.m. the next day, a B-17 strategic bomber, loaded with a "Trojan virus," began its journey to the United States.