The new 22nd Division broke through the frontal defense line of Mengguan, and the new 38th Division captured the flag of the 18th Division and the pass defense, and this result was transmitted to the Allied Headquarters and the Expeditionary Force Headquarters before it was dark; Without any hesitation, Wei Lihuang, commander of the expeditionary force, immediately reported the good news to Chongqing.

The New First Army and Feng Yi, who were fighting, would not have known that this news had directly ignited the country, and the flags and customs of the main field divisions of the Japanese army had been captured, and according to the usual practice, it was already possible to announce the total annihilation of the 18th division of the Japanese army.

"Sudden ......"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Meng Pass was breached, and the Japanese soldiers who had no time to retreat did not collapse, and under the command of the grassroots officers, they resisted on the spot, and the whole Meng Pass was constantly gunned out, and the screams were endless.

"Order the commander of the 55th Wing, Shiro Yamazaki, he must immediately build a fortification at the pass east of Panmai to block the continued pursuit of the Sino-American coalition forces, and unless ordered not to retreat, otherwise all soldiers from the wing commander down should apologize to His Majesty the Emperor by disembowelment!"

Tanaka Shinichi was very angry, because the 55th Wing retreated without authorization, losing the divisional flag and the guard, and he had to think about how to face the embarrassment of canceling the number.

"Order the 114th Wing and the 146th Wing to immediately launch an attack on the defense line of the North and South Rivers with the spirit of jade crushing, and break through the current defense line within two days......"

Shinichi Tanaka was retreating in disarray, and by his side was the 56th Wing, which had failed to encircle and annihilate the American troops, and was broken by the 113th Regiment, which moved quickly, and if they did not retreat, they would be the target of slaughter by the armored troops in the field without fortifications.

And now, Tanaka Shinichi simply can't wait for the staff officers of the division and regiment headquarters to converge, because the military flag and the customs defense are lost, and he can't confirm how many staff officers can still converge.

The 18th Division of the Japanese Army was replenished at Mengguan, and the losses in the Yubang battle were completely replenished, and although there were no more than 30,000 full troops, there were enough troops of more than 25,000 people; After fighting at Mengguan for so long, the New First Army did not destroy many living forces of the Japanese army, and several thousand people were not at all painful for a field division.

Now Shinichi Tanaka, like a turtle, began to lay out the defenses, relying on a huge number of troops, preparing to rely on the fixed fortifications around the Waruban for defense, waiting to open the defense line of the North and South Rivers, and retreat with the main force.

"Didi ......"

Of course, the Allies would not be so willing to let Tanaka Shinichi and the Eighteenth Division slip away like this, and now everything depends on how much the defense line of the North and South Rivers can hold for a few days; On the afternoon of March 4, Stilwell's telegram reached Feng Yi, telling him to hold out here for three days, waiting for the main force to encircle the 18th Division.

"He's a horse, let's shut it again."

Feng cursed that if Stilwell was in front of him, he must have a bunch of words waiting for the old American man; If it weren't for the mistakes of the Americans, the 18th Division would have lost at least about 8,000 people at Mengguan, and then the eyes of the 18th Division would be much smaller now.

"Call back: I need air fire support to keep an eye on the Japanese artillery, as long as the Japanese heavy artillery does not participate in the battle, I will definitely hold the defense line of the North and South Rivers."

Feng Yi muttered, so far in the battle, the recruits have become familiar with the battlefield, have field fortifications, and have powerful firepower and sustained weapons in their hands, and he is not afraid of the Japanese infantry attack at all.

"How many nights can I last? Didn't Meng Guan take it? Why not push the artillery positions forward? ”

Feng Yi waved the telegram and cursed loudly, Stilwell's call back was very simple, he would ensure that there were fighters and bombers patrolling above his head during the day, as long as the Japanese artillery positions were exposed, whether they were heavy artillery positions or not, they would be destroyed by aerial bombardment, but at night, Stilwell said that there was no way to carry out fire support, and the commandos could only rely on themselves.

"Commander, it's getting dark."

Wang Ning reminded Feng Ye that now was not the time to complain, but to find a way to defend and how to make the brothers less bombed.

"Callback: For the first wave of aerial fire support at dawn, I need at least two squadrons of fighters to dive and strafe so that they have enough machine gun shells and machine gun bullets......"

Feng Ye pouted, and in his mind, a bold plan appeared.

"Min Fei, Zhang Chuan, hear the reply."

Feng Yi copied the starting phone and began to arrange the defense for the night.

"Spread out, spread out all, the distance between each soldier must not be less than ten meters, and the distance between machine gun groups must not be less than twenty meters......"

"Each squad is divided into three battle groups, watch out for bullets and shells ...... devils"

"Remember, don't worry about the dead, don't care about the living."

"It's all full, the shelling of the devils will start at any time......"

"If you don't have enough ammunition, replenish it right now......"

……

There was still an hour before dark, and on the commando position, the officers were already running all over the position, explaining the precautions of the brothers and preparing for a night battle.

"Boom......"

And at this time, the 146th Wing behind them had already begun to move, and they did not dare to get so close during the day, for fear of aerial bombardment, the distance was far away, and they were scattered, even if it was a high-powered aerial bomb, their damage was very limited.

After a day's rest, the soldiers of the 146th Wing not only regained their strength, but they also received more ammunition supplies, especially infantry and mortar shells, which were successfully transported by horses and under the cover of trees.

"Tweet ......"

The devil's heavy artillery shells crossed the North and South rivers with a whistling sound, in the hazy twilight.

"Shelling, entering the hole!"

The sentry in charge of monitoring the condition of the riverbank shouted, and ran for the nearest anti-artillery hole.

In fact, he didn't need to shout, a few sentries on the position were like dogs behind them at this time, and they fell into the anti-artillery hole in embarrassment.

"Boom!"

When the first shell landed on the position, the position was filled with smoke and dust, and shrapnel pierced the air with a whistling sound, releasing kinetic energy wantonly.

The soldiers in the cannon hole covered their ears one by one, opened their mouths wide, some were shouting, some were muttering, and some were shouting the names in their hearts; In this way, they ease the fear in their hearts.

Whether it is a recruit or a veteran, in the face of heavy artillery bombardment, they can be fearless, and there are very few who face it indifferently, they are not afraid of death, but they cannot endure this torture.

"Fast, fast, fast......"

The 114th Wing was not only engineers, but also the infantry were busy, carrying the wood for erecting the pontoon bridge, carrying ropes on their backs, and beating the wooden stakes vigorously, and the pontoon bridge extended inch by inch to the east bank of the North and South rivers.

"The Jade Shatter attack was used in the breakout battle, and this is the first time since the eighth year of Showa, why did the situation deteriorate so quickly?"

Sato Osaku muttered, all the soldiers tonight were wrapped around their foreheads with strips of white cloth symbolizing broken jade, and the sun pattern inside loomed under the cover of the steel helmet, which was the symbol of the death squad, and from now on, the entire 114 Wing became a death squad.