Fortunately, the officers and men of the airborne brigade are all elites from the special operations division, and their combat effectiveness and will to fight are simply incomparable to those of ordinary soldiers; even if they suffer heavy losses, their combat movements are still agile and efficient, and their tactics are impeccable.

The enemy's bunkers are all in front, and no matter how cunning the Japanese are, it is impossible to think in advance that the expeditionary force will parachute behind their defensive lines, so this also brings convenience to the airborne troops to clean them up, as long as they touch their rear, a few grenades are thrown in, and basically the people inside should be finished.

Although it paid a huge price in casualties, the first plan to airborne the east coast was also considered a success. However, it was clear that the remaining strength of the 3rd Regiment would not be able to hold the position, and with the start of the bridge-building operation, their area would have to be expanded, which meant that they would have to take positions from the Japanese.

Fortunately, Jiang Haoran still had an emergency plan, but before the emergency plan was activated, Jiang Haoran first implemented the air battle situation, and as early as when the airborne brigade was airborne, the Japanese air force was immediately dispatched, and the scale was quite large. However, they were all blocked by the officers and men of the 40th Group Army Flying Group and the 14th Air Force led by Ye Zhaofeng and Chennault, in the airspace dozens of miles away.

Ye Zhaofeng and Chennault responded one after another, no matter how crazy the enemy's fighters were, they were confident and capable of blocking the Japanese planes from the periphery and never allowing an enemy plane to appear in the airborne area.

Immediately, Stilwell also sent a telegram telling Jiang Haoran that the Pacific Fleet of the United States had appeared in the Pacific Ocean as scheduled, and it was only a few hundred nautical miles away from the Strait of Malacca.

This is also one of Jiang Haoran's plans, as long as the Pacific Fleet of the United States is lounging on the defense line of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the Japanese Navy carrier-based aircraft will not dare to act rashly, and this will also increase the chances of winning the air supremacy over Burma.

After determining that there was no problem with air supremacy, Jiang Haoran immediately ordered a squadron of armed helicopters to dispatch a large-scale clean-up operation against the Japanese troops on the east bank.

Less than three minutes after the order was issued, the sound of rumbling machines was heard over the bridgehead, and more than 100 helicopter gunships appeared over the Irrawaddy River, swept overwhelmingly toward the east bank, and crossed the Irrawaddy River in a few minutes.

But to Jiang Haoran's disappointment, he expected to see that the scene of the Japanese army's tidal retreat did not happen, but his helicopters were shot down one by one, and twenty or thirty were knocked out by the enemy in just ten minutes. Jiang Haoran is more inclined to the latter, the Japanese army has always paid attention to economy, especially when the Japanese army is currently extremely short of strategic materials, it is even more impossible for them to invest such a large amount of financial and material resources to develop such expensive things.

Of course, it is a bit redundant to consider these now, and the most important thing at present is to solve the immediate predicament, under the command of Jiang Haoran, the helicopters quickly rose and dispersed, some of them searched for the enemy's missile launch bases, and some of them continued to wreak havoc on the enemy on the defensive line.

The enemy's missile stockpiles do not appear to be sufficient, and after the first round of attacks, the momentum has waned significantly, and many of the launch points have been identified by helicopters or fighter jets and eliminated one by one.

As soon as the situation improved here, the helicopter transport squadron immediately rose into the air, and the size was more than double the size of the helicopter gunship just now, and it flew to the east coast like a locust.

In view of the heavy casualties of the 3rd Regiment, Jiang Haoran prepared to send all the 28th Division to the east bank before dark, accompanied by the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team led by Su Canwen, and at the same time, the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team also served as a demonstration.

The battlefield was full of craters, and it was difficult to find a place where helicopters could land, let alone land hundreds of helicopters at the same time, so the troops had to land at the same time.

The 28th Division can be said to have not undergone any rappelling training, just a rope slid down from the helicopter, it seems very simple, but the fear caused by the height of more than ten meters is secondary, you must know that this is a battlefield, they may also face all kinds of enemy blows, moreover, the soldiers are still fully armed, their own weight plus the weight of the weapon is more difficult, and the situation of falling to death and injury is unavoidable.

Therefore, it is necessary for the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team to demonstrate in front, and at the same time alleviate their fear and minimize losses.

Although it was inevitable that the soldiers would not dare to go down when they reached their destination, and they would inevitably fall directly from the rope or be beaten down by the Japanese army, under the cover of the ground troops, after nearly two hours of hard work, all the soldiers of the 28th Division finally landed on the east bank.

At this point, Jiang Haoran finally breathed a sigh of relief, put down the binoculars in his hand, and found that his military uniform was actually soaked, and his palms were slippery and greasy, and he was full of sweat.

Luo Zhuoying, who was on the side, handed over a towel with great discernment, and said with a smile: "General seat, although it is a little thrilling, but it has finally passed, the 28th Division has crossed the river, and there are armed helicopters to provide support at any time, and they will definitely have no problem holding on for two days." ”

Chief of Staff Huang Jie also smiled and said: "Yes, General Seat, this first step plan should be considered a success, just now I saw that the soldiers have erected a gallows on the opposite bank, if everything goes well, we can start building bridges tonight, and tomorrow the large army can cross the river, and everything will start to go to the plan we have formulated." ”

In the face of the optimism of the two, Jiang Haoran was obviously not so relaxed, wiped the sweat on his forehead, wiped a towel back and forth between his hands, but his eyes looked at the battlefield on the other side that was still fiercely fighting, and muttered: "The war has just begun!" ”

Indeed, the war had just begun, and all optimism was premature, and the atmosphere that had just been relaxed suddenly became tense again by Jiang Haoran's words.

Jiang Haoran also seemed to be aware of the subtle changes in the command headquarters, glanced left and right, but did not say anything, there was nothing wrong with concentrating on increasing vigilance during wartime.

"Chief of Staff, is there any update on Liu Xianwei?" Jiang Haoran asked.

"Oh, no, it's just the one they told them an hour ago that they had landed successfully." Huang Jie replied.

"Shhh Chief of Staff, don't you think there is something strange in this, judging from the east coast in front of us, the Japanese army clearly knows our intentions, but why did they go so smoothly and did not encounter any attacks by the Japanese army? ”