For areas outside of this campaign, the Americans did not have so much intelligence and materials, and this had something to do with their operational thinking, and this was the way of thinking of senior US officers, who had determined the target well, concentrated their main forces and firepower in this area, and slowly pushed it through.

"There are three advantages of setting up an interception line here: first, the Japanese army believes that there is still a glimmer of life, and will not give up a large number of materials and equipment, and the new 1st Army can keep bleeding from the 18th Division in this area; Second, the terrain here is suitable for the commandos to set up a defensive line, and if we want to retreat, we can go at any time and will not fall into a desperate situation; Third, it can maximize the elimination of the living force of the Japanese 18th Division, even if they disperse and break through, they will have to abandon all the heavy equipment, which is like a toothless tiger, and the threat to the Allies will be much smaller in the future. ”

Looking at the expressions of the two American generals, Feng Ye continued.

In fact, Stilwell also knew that as the war continued, Japan's reserve resources had been almost used, not to mention the Burmese Japanese army, the entire Japanese army was now very difficult to replenish heavy equipment, their domestic resources were heavily inclined to the navy, and the army could basically only pick up the rags, the most intuitive embodiment of which was that the replenishment rate of their aviation fighters had declined, not to mention the army's heavy equipment.

"Let the staff immediately start making a plan and seeking intelligence support as a backup plan."

Stilwell rubbed his forehead, the idea put forward by Feng Yi is also a direction, if Panmai can't implement it, this is a good choice.

In addition to continuing to train and replenish troops every day, Feng Ye went to the Allied Staff Headquarters from time to time to nag a few words about the plan he proposed, because every day new information will be confirmed, and every moment, the battle plan will be revised.

"General, this is the argument of the General Staff, and in one respect, there is no doubt that it is much better to be airborne on the front line of the North and South Rivers; The new 38th Division has just called, they will arrive in Taibaika ahead of schedule, and they will enter the area of Japanese activity in five days at most. ”

Command, Paterno took the telegram and reported to Stilwell again the urgency of the situation, there was no time to hesitate, and Command had to make a decision.

"The Japanese troops on the front line of the Chindun River have not yet crossed the river, and even their pontoon bridges have not begun to be built, will we be too early?"

Stilwell frowned, the large forces of the Japanese army have not moved for a long time, if they suddenly return, I am afraid that the Chinese expeditionary force will become prey, and when the time comes, let alone attack, I am afraid that only the strength of the defense will remain.

"Even if the Japanese do not launch an attack on Imphal, it will take at least five days for them to reach the front line of Yubang, and five days is enough time for us to withdraw to the front line of Yubang and hold on, and the staff has already planned for the worst-case scenario."

Defeat before victory is something that a qualified chief of staff should consider.

"Alright! Inform General Merrell and Feng Ye that it is time for them to make final preparations. ”

Stilwell rubbed his forehead, and after reading the argument, he had no choice, so he carried out the backup plan.

"The new 38th Division is almost in place, you still have five days to prepare, and in five days you will board the plane and parachute to block the retreat channel of the Japanese army......"

The most important operational meeting, and it was a pre-action operational meeting, was not attended by so many people at all, only four people, and Stilwell gave the order directly; This time, Feng Ye and General Merrill had a formal and refined plan, they needed to be airborne near the North and South River, quickly occupy this place, and then cooperate with the new 38th Division to attack the Waruban area.

"The first batch of Bazooka rocket launchers to arrive in Xinpingyang has a total of 200 units, Unit 5307 and the Chinese commandos are equally divided, and you need to immediately organize the soldiers to use skilled weapons, which may be the most important heavy firepower for your operation."

After a simple order, Paterno followed Stilwell's instructions and divided the first batch of bazookas.

As for training and how to use it, naturally there are gunsmiths who are responsible for teaching them, whether it is the Chinese commandos or General Merrell's Unit 5307.

"Frank, although the front line of the North and South Rivers is not a Jedi, the combat mission is still very arduous and dangerous, what do you want to say?"

After Feng left, Stilwell pointed to the battle plan, and he wanted his troops to choose the mission first.

"I think Unit 5307 should land on the west bank of the Nanbei River and cooperate with General Sun's troops to launch an attack on the Japanese army, and as for the east bank, the Chinese commandos have a force of nearly 3,000 people, and they should be able to complete the task."

Of course, Merrill knew what it meant, this time the airborne troops were divided into two directions, one part was to intercept, they were definitely going to suffer from the crazy attack of the Japanese army, and the other part was to cooperate with the new 38th Division to sweep the Waruban area, this kind of task is not dangerous, because there are troops of the new 38th Division around, and they have a tank battalion; The east bank of the North and South Rivers was different, in addition to intercepting them, they also had to bear the responsibility of letting the enemy go, so to speak, it was a thankless task, and of course he would not choose whichever he could.

"I think so too, let your boy behave well this time!"

Stilwell smiled, and it was not a bit of a psychological burden for him to let the Chinese troops take on more dangerous tasks.

"Bazooka, caliber 60 mm, 1370 mm long, weighs 5.8 kg in non-combat state and 7.2 kg in combat state, and when using armor-piercing shells, the effective range of penetrating 130mm armor is 100 meters, of course, if the armor-piercing effect is not pursued, or when using smoke grenades and white phosphorus incendiary grenades, their theoretical range can reach 600 meters......"

Bazooka arrives at the training ground with the gunsmith, who is presenting the basic stats of the weapon, and there are various warheads and brand new bazookas on the ground.

"Since its tail shoots out a lot of flames when fired, its tail is very dangerous, so the safest shooting position at the moment is standing and kneeling, like this!"

The gunsmith began to demonstrate, of course, he did not expect the soldiers to learn it at one time, it was just a drill.

"An effective armor-piercing distance of 100 meters, which can only be used for ambushes?"

Feng Ye muttered, he found that this weapon is not as good as the Americans say, at a distance of a hundred meters, maybe it is not the turn of the soldier to aim and shoot, and the soldier who accompanies the attack of the tank or the machine gunner on the tank can make the shooter a hornet's nest.

"Boom!"

While Feng was thinking about it, the gunsmith pulled the trigger, and an armor-piercing bullet exploded two hundred meters away, and a sandbag bunker used as a target became fragments in the explosion, and the explosion was perfect and the effect was very good.