The Allied counter-offensive in Burma has been fought several times, and now the officers of the Japanese army at all levels no longer have the arrogant mentality, and their always superstitious Banzai charge and white-knuckle battle have become a deadly tactic under a large amount of automatic firepower, and the Japanese senior officers are not fools, otherwise they would not have achieved such great results.

"Order the Heavy Artillery Brigade to speed up and tell the Heavy Wing that they can requisition all the cars in the Warruban area, and they must reach the Nanbei River before dark on the 2nd."

Tanaka Shinichi quickly read the several telegrams in his hand, he did not ask Maruyama Daisa to attack immediately, as the war continued, Japan's domestic military resources were exhausted, and it became more and more difficult to replenish after the loss of soldiers.

"Hello!"

"Your Excellency, judging from the map situation, the Chinese and Americans are now encircling us, do we need to transfer troops from the Myitkyina line?"

The chief of staff did not dare to say anything about retreat, but he now very much hoped that Tanaka Shinichi would order a retreat, and the elite soldiers of the 18th Division should not fight the enemy here, and when the 15th Army on the front line of Imphal made progress, the Chinese army on the opposite side would retreat to Xinpingyang in embarrassment, and that was the time for them to pursue and destroy the enemy and give full play to their advantages.

"Don't worry, wait a few more days, at least after the Imphal front-line starts."

Shinichi Tanaka certainly understood what his chief of staff meant, but he also had no choice now, and it was also his task to attract the attention of the allies here and relieve the pressure on the Imphal frontline.

On the north and south river lines, several waves of gunfire rang out at night, and even the light machine guns that did not participate in the design during the day were fired, the purpose of course was to kill the devils who were secretly crossing the river.

"Tweet ......"

There are a lot of flares in the commando team, and the whole night, the North and South Rivers are dark for a long time, this is the willfulness of the sentinels after Feng Yi gave up power, there are too many recruits, and they are not willing to face the situation of white-knuckle combat.

On March 2, the news that caused Shinichi Tanaka a headache came again, and the US Army Unit 5397 landed in the area northeast of Waluban.

"This position, a full four kilometers away from our defensive line, should still be gathering and collecting supplies, and the fastest time to attack should be four hours later......"

In the headquarters of the 18th Division, which got the news, the staff officer was explaining to Shinichi Tanaka that they needed to send troops to face the US commandos, and they could not let the US commandos pull out their strongholds one by one.

"Order the 56th Wing to assemble immediately, and the guard squadron is under the command of Sato Daisa, blocking the commandos of the American army."

"Tell Sato Osa that he can command the forces of all the strongholds in the northeast at will, and as long as he can destroy the 5307 unit of the US army in a structured manner, he can give up the two lines of defense......"

Tanaka Shinichi squinted his eyes, he seemed to know who was most likely to disrupt the rhythm on the current battlefield, and directly drew troops from the Mengguan position to prepare to deal with it.

"Your Excellency General, but there is only one 55th Wing on the front, and it will be very difficult to hold the attack of the new 22nd Division."

The chief of staff reminded Shinichi Tanaka that the forces on the front were weakening again, and they would definitely be discovered by the new 22nd Division, and if they launched a strong attack, it would be difficult for them to hold the front.

"They didn't find out that quickly, at least until tomorrow morning, there will be no problems with our positions."

Shinichi Tanaka squinted, in fact, he was already thinking about other plans.

"Colonel, the northeastern line of Varuban is the weak point of the Japanese defense, where do we attack from?"

The U.S. troops have landed, and after eating the field dry food, the U.S. troops finally decided to launch a wave of attacks, showing that they have arrived at the battlefield, and on the map in front of them, there are too many checkpoints for them to attack, more than a dozen checkpoints, there are not many troops, and there are no strong fortifications, so it can be said that they got the easiest task.

"Your Excellency the General is now under pressure, we did not go to the North and South Rivers, and the Chinese commandos have complained again; So we have to show the significance of our airborne here. ”

"Order the troops, attack from here, here and here at the same time......"

Pointing to the map in front of them, the US officers were obviously very arrogant, and came to attack on a third front, and of course, the commandos they landed had to be deployed in battalions.

"Send a telegram and request air support."

Of course, as a son, the US military does not have to worry about the firepower of the attack, and they can call bombers for support at any time.

"Boom, boom......"

The scattered U.S. forces did not wait long, and bombers in the air roared and dropped powerful aerial bombs on the stuck points that had already been marked.

"Up!"

In the aftermath of the explosion, the US military attacked.

"Sudden ......"

The not fierce gunfire showed that the stuck point in front of them had lost its ability to resist, and the American troops quickly completed their first wave of attacks, in fact, when they counted the results, the Americans found that they were making a bit of a fuss, because the stuck point in front of them was only a small squad at most.

"The Japanese army is underarmed, so we don't have to be so careful; Ordered the troops, to attack freely in companies, and before dark, to build defensive positions on their own. ”

"Report to the command, we have taken three strongholds of the Japanese army, and the assault team will continue to attack."

The corners of the US officer's mouth were about to laugh, and the Chinese army launched an attack on three sides, finally giving itself the opportunity to pick up the results of the battle with creativity.

"Your Excellency Osa, the U.S. military has captured the first line of defense, and Oguri Shaozo asks for tactical guidance."

Sato Osa, who was on the move, received a telegram asking for help.

"Order Jiro Oguri and Shiro Kinoshita to strictly prohibit a head-on conflict with the U.S. military, continue to gather forces, and monitor the movements of the U.S. military."

Sato Osa shook his head, in fact, this first line of defense was given to the Americans, the purpose was to make the Americans think that they did not have the strength to defend this side at all, what they wanted was to let these people in, preferably if they could enter the core of the Waruban area, and then surround them and eat them in one fell swoop.

During the day on March 2, the 5307 unit of the US army drove in from the Waruban area, and the results were brilliant, and they quickly broke through several checkpoints of the second line of defense, but at this time, it was almost dark.

"Order the troops to build positions in place and pick up those damned Japanese tomorrow."

The U.S. officers quickly gave the order to put things in order, and they did not think about continuing to expand the results of the battle at night; Of course, this has something to do with their operational thinking, with strong air fire support, they are not willing to engage in night battles and white-knuckle battles, they would rather use a large amount of ammunition to destroy the enemy.

"Your Excellency, the Americans stopped at the second line of defense."

Sato Osa, who had just arrived at the third line of defense, was stunned when he received the telegram, he did not expect that the Americans would not take advantage of the situation to expand the results of the battle at this time.

"Did they find something?"

Sato Osa asked himself in his heart.

"Order Oguri Jiro and Kinoshita Shiro to cancel the outflanking plan and stand by in place."

Without intelligence support, Sato Osa immediately issued an order to let the two squadron leaders stop their roundabout movements, and now it is still the periphery, his plan is to let the Americans pass through the third line of defense, so that the two squadrons can cut off the back road of the Americans, so that even if the Americans want to break through, it will be too late.