When Major General Noboru Sasaki and the commander of the Japanese 8th Front, General Imamura, finished talking, it was not long before the Japanese 13th Infantry Wing was transferred from the island of Bangara, Colom, with its ships and landing craft, to the port of Bayroko.

At the same time, they were non-stop towards Wu 6 Special Farm to assemble troops and prepare for the war.

But because Munda Island is a rugged terrain, hot, humid, swampy and muddy; There are also many islands with tropical rainforests and jungles, as well as rolling hills.

And as the troops marched into these rocky jungles, they could see many canyons, waterfalls, rivers, and mountains.

To put it simply, if the Japanese 13th Infantry Wing wants to quickly penetrate their final destination, or to places such as Monta-Monta Airport, then they must first overcome these difficult and rugged terrains.

However, these headache-inducing terrain not only made the Japanese army complain, but even the US military, which has more advanced weapons and equipment, also complained bitterly.

But even so, Major General Heath, commander of the 43rd Division of the U.S. Army, was still encouraging and urging his 169th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Regiment, as well as the 148th Infantry Regiment, and 145th Infantry Regiment to capture the first-line positions on the Barrick River as soon as possible, and prepare to attack their main target, Munda Airport.

"The resistance of the Japanese army is stronger than we imagined, and it is difficult to deal with! Major General Heath! ”

Colonel Fritz, commander of the 148th Infantry Regiment, said to Major General Heath, who was using military binoculars to observe the deployment of the Japanese troops on the front line of the Barrick River.

"What's wrong? Are you scared? If yes, I wouldn't mind changing the regimental leader! You have to know that Admiral MacArthur doesn't like cowards and cowards! ”

Hearing this, Major General Heath grimaced coldly and replied coldly.

"I know! But I can't bear to see the casualties of our soldiers continue to increase, or we can think of more ways to attack the Japanese and reduce the casualties of our soldiers! ”

Colonel Fritz blushed and replied embarrassedly.

"Where there is war, there are casualties, and there is no way around it! So now we can only forget these casualties and sorrows, and bravely annihilate those damned Japanese troops and defeat them, then we can have peace! ”

After hearing this, Major General Heath softened his tone slightly.

"Yes! Major General Heath! ”

Colonel Fritz replied loudly after respectfully saluting a standard American military salute.

"Hmmm! That's right! We must be brave and kill the enemy! In addition, you don't have to worry so much, although we don't have Lieutenant General Turner's consent to send the 37th Infantry Division to support us, he did agree to send the 4th Marine Assault Battalion to us to support us in capturing the Japanese positions along the Barrick River! ”

Rear Admiral Heath smiled with satisfaction.

"Really!"

Hearing the good news, Colonel Fritz suddenly swept away the discouragement he had just felt and asked happily.

"Of course it's true, when did I like to lie?"

Major General Heath smiled slightly.

"That's great! This time, our casualties will be reduced a lot, and we will be able to capture the Japanese positions as soon as possible and achieve victory! ”

Receiving the other party's affirmation, Major General Heath immediately shouted happily.

"You don't have to be too happy! There is good news, but there is also bad news! Because our aerial reconnaissance team discovered that the Japanese 13th Infantry Wing was also marching from the port of Bayroko overnight, and rushed over to support the Japanese troops on the opposite side to fight us! ”

But soon Major General Heath poured cold water over him.

"Ahh These bastard Japanese troops! ”

Hearing this, Colonel Fritz suddenly went from happy to low, and roared angrily.

"That's it! Don't worry about these damn Japanese moves, have your troops now received the food, weaponry, and medicine dropped by our C-47 transport fleet? ”

In this regard, Major General Heath impatiently changed the topic and asked.

"They are receiving it, but a lot of the rations have been misrouted and fallen into the mountains and forests, or the rivers and the Japanese army have been sent to the enemy! And a lot of ammunition boxes fell to the ground and were smashed! ”

Colonel Fritz reported truthfully as he turned to look behind him, moving the food and ammunition that had been dropped from the C-47 transport fleet.

"Those stupid C-47 transport fleets! We need a lot of food and ammunition now, why are they so stupid that they even give the airdrop to the enemy, and mess up! ”

After hearing this, Major General Heath frowned and scolded in an unhappy mood.

At this moment, the commander of the southeastern detachment, Major General Noboru Sasaki, was pacing around in his operational headquarters in a hurry.

And beside him stood two staff officers, silently and cautiously waiting for Major General Noboru Sasaki to speak.

"At about 5 o'clock in the morning this morning, a group of 40 US SBD dreadnought dive bombers bombed our air defense positions, and more than 200 soldiers of our empire were killed or wounded!"

"At 6:10 in the morning, the US heavy artillery group covered the defensive positions on the front line of our Barrick River with carpet-like artillery fire! In just three hours, we've lost 100 Imperial soldiers! ”

"At 9:25 a.m., the US destroyer group launched a salvo of large-caliber naval guns at our defensive positions near the sea, and our entire small detachment was completely annihilated!"

"At 10:12 a.m., the US army's 140-mm heavy artillery group, and 60 SBD dreadnought dive bomber groups, simultaneously carried out a fierce shelling and bombardment of our Munda airfield! And their attacks show no signs of stopping until now! Our casualties now exceed 400 Imperial soldiers! ”

Next to these two staff officers, a thin herald was nervously reporting to Major General Noboru Sasaki.

"Damn the U.S. military! This is the rhythm of their annihilation of our army! ”

Listening to the bad news that was worse than the other, Major General Noboru Sasaki suddenly showed his muscles, his face was hideous, and he roared like thunder.

Listening to the angry roar of the other party, the two staff officers, and the herald, were terrified; Shivered twice, and stood in horror, silent.

"I will never allow these American troops to succeed! I'm not going to sit back and die here! I'm going to fight back! I'm going to kill all these American troops! ”

For the fear of his subordinates, Major General Noboru Sasaki completely ignored it, and continued to be angry.

"Report! Your Excellency Major General Noboru Sasaki! The German army's combat staff officer, Johann? Wolfgang is here, and he has brought us a lot of ammunition and other military supplies, as well as weapons and equipment! ”

At this moment, another combat staff officer suddenly rushed in and reported loudly.

"Good! I'll go meet him right away! ”

Hearing this, Major General Noboru Sasaki instantly swept away his anger, and immediately changed his face to a smiling general, and replied happily.