The performance of the new 22nd Division from the beginning of the campaign to the present is very sluggish, and the strength of a division, with the help of aircraft and artillery in the front, is very difficult to be satisfactory for the advance of the frontal land acquisition.

In fact, Feng Ye sometimes wonders, what is the new 22nd Division doing? It wasn't until the Americans used 500-pound aerial bombs in support of the new 38th Division that everything became clear.

According to the Chinese, this is called showing weakness to the enemy, making Tanaka Shinichi feel that they can hold the front so that they will not retreat when they find a detour of the troops, and then use the powerful fire support from the air to destroy all the fortifications in their route and keep the enemy troops in Meng Pass inside.

And Feng Yi seized the first line of the North and South Rivers, just a measure reserved by them, wanting to use the assault team to let the 18th Division still have all the heavy equipment here, and the Japanese infantry in the Waruban area could escape from the jungle back to Meng Gong, but don't think about the equipment.

The new 38th Division carried out the tactics very thoroughly, pulling on both sides, Liu Fangwu rushed all the way, and the battle has been carried out so far, which can be said to be very perfect.

"**!Sanitary soldiers, sanitary soldiers!"

To the northeast of Waruban, the besieged U.S. troops were still in fierce fighting, and shouts continued to sound under the white light curtain of flares.

"Second squad leader, do you see the crater over there? Take your brethren and guard the flanks from that side! ”

The American officers were very busy, and the Japanese fortifications that they had destroyed during the day became their life-savers, holding a few dilapidated fortifications, forming a circle, and waiting for reinforcements.

"Boom, boom......"

On the front line of the North and South Rivers, the shelling never stopped, and the devils kept attacking the defense line under the cover of machine guns, infantry guns, and mortars.

"Tweet ......"

"Rockets!"

On the position, Feng Ye didn't think about it anymore, and even used a can opener, using rockets with high-explosive shells, which killed and injured the infantry like a sniper.

"Regiment commander, the positions of the 2nd battalion were broken through, and the Japanese established a beachhead."

The bad news finally came, on the north and south rivers, relying on a large number of pontoon bridges, the troops who landed on the bank of the devil finally exceeded a squadron, they used the corpses to build bunkers, and set up improvised bunkers on the bank to cover the infantry behind to continue to land.

"Wang Ning, drive the devil down the river, bazookas and mortars can be used, and if the troops are insufficient, let the three companies reinforce them."

Feng Ye shouted in the walkie-talkie.

"Understood."

Wang Ning was very aggrieved, the devil built five pontoon bridges in his area in one go, and his defensive pressure was too great.

"Machine guns strafe the pontoon bridge and block the follow-up forces of the devils."

"Platoon of guards, use bazookas, send the damn devils into the sky!"

Wang Ning shouted, he didn't plan to use the reserves, the casualties were not large, and it was not yet time for the reserves to play.

"Didi......"

Tonight, the radio station was destined to be busy, and the attacking troops were surrounded on both fronts, but one was planned to be flanked from front to back, and the other was accidental; It was this accident that bothered Stilwell.

"Commander, General Stilwell telegraphed."

The signal soldiers found Feng Ye in the trench, with bullets whizzing over his head, and from time to time mud and sand poured down his head.

"Say what?"

Feng Ye shouted, there was not enough light in the trenches, let him see? Isn't that?

"Inquire about the current state of the war!"

The communications officer briefly talked about the contents of the telegram.

"Tell Stilwell that the Japanese army crossing the river is cooperating with the enemy who is sneaking up behind us to attack us from both sides, the battle is very fierce, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties, so let him give us firepower reinforcements."

Feng Ye said angrily, the reconnaissance plane in the sky did not find the enemy's reinforcements, so that the Japanese troops who attacked from behind calmly launched an attack, and their troops were not hit by air fire, which made their pressure very great.

"There will be firepower reinforcements, but wait until dawn."

Stilwell, who got the reply, shook his head, and he could feel the complaint from Feng Yi's reply.

"Send a telegram to the new 38th Division and order the 113th Regiment to lift the siege after dawn."

"Order the new 22nd Division to launch a frontal assault after dawn, and air fire support will clear all the fortifications in front of them,"

"The 5th Squadron of Bombers and the 3rd Squadron of Fighters will carry out firepower reinforcements in the Nanbeihe area after dawn!"

"Send a telegram to Brigadier General Merrell, after dawn, Unit 5307 will be used intensively, and after the 113th Regiment is relieved, it will converge with the 113th Regiment, sweep the Japanese stronghold in the Waruban area, and advance to Panmai to attack!"

......

A barrage of orders came out of Stilwell's mouth, and he finally made a decision, which, in his opinion, was already the best coping strategy.

"General, do you want to inform Colonel Feng that once the new 22nd Division launches an attack tomorrow, the defenders facing the front line of the Nanbei River will face the attack of the entire 18th Division."

Paterno was a little worried.

"Wait for the new 22nd Division to attack Mengguan and then report!"

Stilwell waved his hand, he was afraid that Feng Yi would withdraw directly after dawn and give up the passage to the devil; And to break through Meng Pass, the Japanese army had to attack the defense line of the Nanbei River continuously under the threat of air firepower, even if Feng Yi wanted to retreat, there was no chance.

"Your Excellency, the resistance of the Americans was very fierce, and the fifth attack was fought back."

Unit 5307, Sato Osa was very annoyed, his wave after wave of attacks could not be described as resolute, but he could not attack, the Americans' firepower network was too dense, and their mortars and infantry guns were not accurate enough, and there was no way to smash the gaps in the Americans' defensive line, especially the few broken fortifications, the Americans rebuilt the machine gun bunkers, and the heavy machine gun fire never stopped, forming a supporting firepower for the entire defense line.

"Yaga!"

"Command the troops, suppress the firepower, the Americans who are surrounded only have two companies, consume their vital forces, and no matter how perfect the defense line is, it must be guarded by people."

Shinichi Tanaka misses his heavy artillery unit very much, but unfortunately there is no such thing here, and the mobility of the heavy artillery unit has always been very poor.

Throughout the night, Tanaka Shinichi was actually more concerned about the line of the North and South Rivers, and when the first line of the North and South Rivers was opened, he could retreat, and he could return to Menggong with the main force of the 18th Division for the next defense.

"The air fire of the Americans is too fierce!"

Tanaka Shinichi sighed, extremely nostalgic for the invincible air force in the past few years, but unfortunately as the war continued, that air force has disappeared, and now the air force and navy have been completely suppressed by the Americans, and even the army has been violently beaten by the Chinese expeditionary force equipped with American-style firearms.

Time slowly came to the second half of the night, the besieged 5307 troops abandoned a perimeter defense line, their casualties were too great, there were no longer enough manpower to hold such a large defense line, had to retreat, relying on fixed fire points for defense.

And on the front line of the North and South Rivers, there was no news that made Tanaka Shinichi excited, and the troops who jumped from the air were like magnets, sticking to the positions on the east bank, and the 114th and 146th Wings lost more than 1,500 soldiers and failed to push forward.

"If the U.S. military uses high-powered aerial bombs at the Mengguan position and directly destroys the defensive fortifications, it can retreat in an unfavorable situation."

Shinichi Tanaka stood by the radio station and handed over the defensive operations in the Mengguan area to the chief of staff, leaving him to decide for himself.