The most terrifying thing is the machine gun fire of the enemy planes, the bridge deck is unobstructed, a distance of several hundred meters, the soldiers who are crossing the river are casually thousands of people, the enemy planes from east to west or from west to east, a dive strafing can easily abuse the entire bridge deck. 7.7 mm whirlwind machine gun, 20 mm machine gun, any bullet can tear the human body apart, a few back and forth, almost no one can be seen on the bridge deck, and the hard-laid wooden planks are scattered, and it is rare to see a complete piece.

Although Jiang Haoran had been prepared for a long time, and many anti-aircraft guns were erected on both sides of the strait, especially the eight Erlikon machine guns at the bridgehead, which played a tremendous role at the critical moment, shooting down more than a dozen Japanese planes, but the number of planes that could not withstand the Japanese breaking through the defensive line and entering was too large, and it was estimated that more than 100 planes would be there, and no matter how hard the anti-aircraft firepower was, it would be useless.

Fortunately, the range of the Japanese planes was not short, and they had experienced a breakthrough in the defensive line, so the fuel did not last long, and they withdrew from the battlefield after more than ten minutes and returned home.

In the eyes of the expeditionary force, these 10 minutes were longer than half a century, and the damage caused could not be counted at all for the time being; apart from the casualties on the bridge deck, the positions on both sides of the strait were dealt a tragic blow, especially the 3rd Airborne Regiment and the 28th Division on the east bank, and the casualties were even more astonishing, and the defensive positions that had been painstakingly built were also blown up by the Japanese army.

Less than ten minutes after the bombardment stopped, news came from the other side that the Japanese army had begun a large-scale attack, and the number of troops had suddenly multiplied.

At this time, Jiang Haoran was standing on the hill behind the headquarters, the weather was sunny today, the visibility itself was high, and his eyesight was already different from ordinary people, and he could see everything on the other side without reporting from the front.

The Japanese army launched an attack from the east, south, and north, and as soon as it came up, it was a dense and frantic advance, and the intention of destroying the defense line of the expeditionary force in one fell swoop was very obvious.

Putting down the binoculars, Jiang Haoran muttered: "The 10th Division of the Japanese Army Bamo has arrived. ”

Huang Jie, Luo Zhuoying and other staff generals behind him, as well as Zhou Zhirou and Chen Shaokuan, who had just arrived, were all gloomy, everyone knew that with one division of the expeditionary force and one regiment, and when they were already damaged, it would be impossible to block the attack of the two divisions of the Japanese army, and the collapse of the whole line would probably be in the next second.

Jiang Haoran suddenly looked awe-inspired, and said in a cruel voice: "Order, the sappers will immediately go to the bridge and re-pave ♂↘dǐng♂↘diǎn♂↘ novels ♂↘, .2↓3.o♀s_(); Planks, build a bridge, the new 38th Division is ready to cross the river! ”

"Order, helicopter brigade, all flying armed helicopters, transport planes and helicopters, all go to the battlefield on the east coast and strike hard at the invading enemy!"

"Main Seat"

"Main Seat"

"Brother Ziqian??"

Jiang Haoran gave an order, and there was a shout behind him, everyone knew that at this time, whether it was a troop crossing the river or a helicopter crossing the river, it was very dangerous, and the Japanese planes had the ability to break through the defense line of the air force of the expeditionary force once, and they could have a second time, and the air force of the expeditionary force had already suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and it was probably very difficult to organize an effective air defense line again, and it was entirely possible for the Japanese army to fight back again.

If, by chance, the troops crossing the river and the helicopters heading to the other side of the river are far from being able to complete the task in a short period of time, if one of them is not coincidental and collides with the enemy plane that the unit is just preparing to cross the river, the scene just now will be staged again, and the helicopter will basically have nothing to hide under the high-speed attack of the fighters, and it will not be able to save the troops on the east bank in front of them, and the new 38 th Division and the helicopter brigade will be put into it.

Therefore, the exclamations of the crowd naturally hoped that Jiang Haoran would think about it carefully, but Jiang Haoran waved his hand domineeringly, "Needless to say, I won't watch the officers and soldiers of my expeditionary force being cleaned up by the enemy, so I will place this bet on them?" ”

"Betting? Which of them? Huang Jie exclaimed.

"Pacific Fleet!" Jiang Haoran replied in the affirmative, and then ordered Huang Jie to immediately make a detailed report on the battle situation and send it to Stilwell, to highlight the current situation of the expeditionary force.

Everyone instantly understood that Jiang Haoran was counting on the United States to forcibly fire at the Japanese Combined Fleet in order to contain the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft, but everyone was not optimistic, knowing that the United States had not made full preparations for this battle, how could they possibly let their Pacific Fleet take risks for the sake of the expeditionary force.

But everyone also knows that in addition, there is actually no good way to solve the current crisis, so it can be said that Jiang Haoran's decision is a big gamble.

But the result surprised almost everyone, Stilwell quickly called back, the Pacific Fleet of the United States has been at full power, facing the Japanese combined fleet, it is expected to use all its air power to drag the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft.

The command headquarters burst into thunderous applause, and as long as the Japanese carrier-based planes were held back, the air force of the Sino-Michilian coalition still had hope of winning against the Japanese army's air regiment, and although in the fierce battle just now, they had already suffered more than half of the casualties and suffered an unprecedented blow, but the Japanese army aviation flight regiment was no different.

Of course, they also know very well that once the expeditionary force loses in the battle in front of them, the expeditionary force of more than 100,000 will be divided and surrounded by the Japanese army, and it will not even take many days to be swallowed by the Japanese army in Burma, and the entire territory of Burma will be owned by the Japanese army, and the Indo-Burma highway that has just been built will become a thoroughfare for the Japanese army to enter India, and the strategic concept of the German-Japanese Indian division will immediately become a reality. Therefore, the people of the United States also have to fight for this, and this is the reason why Jiang Haoran dared to bet on them.

But before everyone was happy for ten minutes, Stilwell's telegram arrived again, their reconnaissance plane had just discovered that a large number of Japanese troops had landed in Yangon Harbor, and the preliminary estimate of the strength of the troops was more than one division, so that Jiang Haoran was prepared for prevention.

Jiang Haoran was blindsided at that time, which was not good news, and the Japanese reinforcements arrived at this time, which can only show that the Japanese army was very well prepared for this battle, and the sneak attack of the expeditionary force would evolve into a large-scale battle.

The Japanese army landed at Yangon Port, whether it was to support Lashio in the east or Sitang in the west, and it could reach the front in two days at the latest, passing through the Central Railway on the east bank and the Manmi Railway on the west bank.

This has greatly exceeded Jiang Haoran's expectations, originally thought that the Japanese army could only rescue Lashio from Xidang, and the Fifth Army on the front line of Xidang would not have any pressure, but now it suddenly broke out that Japanese reinforcements had arrived, and one or even two divisions and regiments came, and the danger was not only Lashio's airborne brigade, once the Japanese army divided its troops, the two-pronged approach, the entire Yingduo was likely to be completely wiped out by the Japanese army.