Of course, the chief of staff knew what kind of road Tanaka Shinichi had drawn this road, but in fact, these two improvised kilometers were built urgently before the war, and the canopies of the large trees on both sides of the road were not cut down, so that they could avoid the detection and bombing of the air force.

"Division commander, except for the heavy artillery brigade, the rest of the equipment can retreat with the division headquarters, as long as we move quickly enough, even if the weather is clear, the American planes will not be able to detect us."

As chief of staff, he had a new idea in his psyche.

"In the first battle of Yubang, the losses of the 56th Wing could not be recovered at all, coupled with the fierce battle with the New First Army some time ago, they are now understaffed, so that after the 56th Wing is broken, I am afraid that we will lose another wing."

Tanaka Shinichi was a little worried, the 18th Division's defense was gone, the military flag was gone, the 114th Wing was gone, and if even the 56th Wing had to give up, even if the 18th Division was not revoked, they would never have a chance to regain their combat effectiveness.

"Let the wing headquarters retreat with the division headquarters."

The chief of staff expressed his opinion.

"May the Emperor protect his warriors."

Tanaka Shinichi's heart suddenly swelled with inexplicable sadness, the 18th Division, which was strong and strong and had sufficient ammunition, nearly 30,000 people, was facing a desperate situation in just a few months, just like the international situation and war situation that the whole of Japan is now facing, and the situation is getting worse and worse.

On the north and south lines, the retreating 146th Wing did not turn back, they were now unable to protect themselves, and they did not think that the 114th Wing, which had suffered heavy casualties, could capture the position, even if they pressed it all up.

"This must be a conspiracy of the Chinese, the North and South River blocked the 18th Division, and also blocked the Chinese, they could not take the heavy artillery troops on the west bank of the North and South River, but once we lose too much, all the heavy equipment will become the Chinese's trophies."

The officer of the 146th Wing explained why he didn't go back to support.

"Yes, Meng Gong's defense requires us to bring back these heavy equipment."

The staff officer nodded, without heavy equipment, they may not even be able to hold a wave of Allied attacks, counting on replenishment? The Burmese Front has not been replenished with heavy equipment for a year.

The rain at night seemed to have become an emoji, big and small, stopping and stopping, and the dampness on the body could not stop the sleepiness of the brothers on the battlefield, and the snoring was thunderous.

The night attack that worried Feng Ye did not come at all, and he was worried in the night rain until dawn.

"Regiment commander, the casualty list is out."

At dawn, Liang Hao brought the latest casualty data.

"Let Company Commander Luo go to the regiment headquarters!"

"Tell the companies to find firewood to burn, light a fire, and let the brothers boil some hot water."

Feng Yi took the list of casualties, in addition to the casualties of last night, there were also previous casualties; The situation is not bad, so far only more than 600 brothers have been killed in battle, and there are not many wounded, less than 500; That is, so far, the commando has two thousand people; Now, of course, these brothers will not be able to do a forced march for at least two days, and they will need to rest, even if it is in the mud.

"The devils won't come, if they are still ready to open this passage, the fighting yesterday afternoon will not stop; Even if it was time to raid, night was the best time, and they gave up; That means that the Japanese army is now unable to draw more troops to attack us, and the attack momentum of the new army has risen. ”

Faced with the doubts of several company commanders, Feng Yi explained the reason for his series of orders.

"Send a telegram to Stilwell, ask him to replenish his ammunition, and tell him to throw more chocolates, candy, and cigarettes down......"

Feng Yi asked the signal soldiers to send a report, the rain has not stopped, and now his task may only be to kill those routs who want to smuggle across the North and South Rivers.

The brothers who received the order began to dig up the mines that had been planted, which had just been planted last night, and now it was not a little difficult to dig up, and it was a weapon for defense, but it was also a restriction on their own activities.

The reconnaissance company was in the light rain, and the fog became their best cover, all the way to the guard card behind them, they wanted to touch it to see if the devil was still there.

After dawn on the 7th, the new 1st Army began a full-scale sortie. Liao Yaoxiang's new 22nd Division attacked Waruban head-on from the southeast and lured the main force of the Japanese army to meet the battle.

The new 38th Division, with the coordination of the tank battalion, launched an attack on Kunnianka and Taipan, and raided Varuban from the flank, and the entire Warruban area was in chaos, and the Japanese army did not know where to build a position.

The morale of the Japanese army is now very poor, after the defeat of Mengguan, the North and South rivers were cut off, and the 55th and 56th Wings of the 18th Division were ordered to retreat.

Unfortunately, the road was narrow and muddy, which led to a very chaotic retreat, and gradually the various units lost their unified command and retreated.

The light rain did not last long on the 7th, and at about 10 a.m., the rain finally stopped, but the march was even more difficult!

With the pause of heavy rain in addition to the mud of the roads, more terrible heat. In the jungle near Waruban, daytime temperatures reach 40 degrees.

The Japanese snipers wanted to snipe in the trees, and the tanks shuttling in the jungle could only march with the roof closed, the tank was impermeable, and the engine spread high temperatures, and the temperature in the closed space without air conditioning was as high as 50 degrees, at this temperature, the tankers were sweating and soaking wet, dizzy, nauseous, and almost fainted.

Wherever the tank went, as long as it encountered a mountain stream, everyone immediately jumped out of the tank and went to drink without regard for their lives. The officers did not stop this, after all, life is more important. Driving a tank in this kind of jungle, if you can't cool down in time, it's not uncommon to be burned to death.

Rather die a happy death than die of torture, the tankmen, who could not bear it, risked great danger and marched with the roof open.

The Battle of Waruban is different from Mengguan until now, the back road has been cut off, and the Japanese army is now generally in a state of rout, holding the part behind the palace, and the resistance is much lower than that of Mengguan.

The new 38th Division, led by the tank battalion, made a detour through the jungle to attack the flank of Waruban, trying to cut off the route of the Japanese army's retreat into the jungle, killing and wounding the Japanese army, and occupying Waruban at the same time.

After coming out of the jungle, the new 38th Division was divided into two, with a company of tanks and a battalion of infantry, advancing towards Kunnianka, an estuary on the Nayu River, which could cut off the Japanese retreat route; The large forces turned to another important stronghold, Taipan.

At 3 p.m. that day, the new 38th Division occupied Kunnianka. Kunnianka is on the Nayu River, with relatively strong infantry fortifications, which can hold out for several days. An infantry squadron of the Japanese garrison, which was seriously lacking in anti-tank weapons, quickly routed under the attack of tanks and infantry, along the road near Kunnianka,

The new 38th Division pursued the routed soldiers, discarded horses and supplies everywhere, and a large number of devils drilled into the jungle.

The brothers of the New First Army had no intention of saving ammunition at all, and under the salvo of light and heavy firepower, they killed and crushed more than 100 Japanese soldiers on the road alone, and easily occupied Kunnianka. After the war, the battlefield was cleaned and more than 200 corpses were found in the vicinity of the Japanese army, one of which wore the rank of captain.

The Japanese army did not expect the Chinese army to come so quickly, and another squadron of Japanese troops was stationed here, because here was a warehouse of the Japanese army, stationed an infantry squadron and a baggage squadron!

The new 38th Division occupied this place, captured more than 100 boxes of artillery shells and food that could provide the entire division of the new 22nd Division for three days, and more than 100 brand new light machine guns, which should have been transferred out of the Valuban warehouse before they could be transported away.

Kunnianka was on the side of the Nayu River, there was originally a relatively strong cement bridge leading to Waruban, and when the tanks and infantry arrived at the bridge in the evening, they found that the Japanese army had already blasted some of the bridge piers, and the bridge deck on it was well preserved, but the tanks did not dare to press it at all.

Varuban was in sight, the officer could not suppress his desire, and a tank was responsible for exploring the way, but after driving less than 50 meters, the remaining piers collapsed and the tank fell into the river.

Due to the fall from a height, the tank was deeply stuck in the mud and could not move no matter how it was launched. At this time, the Japanese firing points hidden on the other side of the river opened fire on the tank.

The commander and the crew of the tank, 4 people, could only abandon the tank and lead the wounded driver to retreat, because they had to avoid the bullets and artillery fire of the Japanese army, the wounded were washed away by the river and died heroically.

The troops attacking Banbu defeated the small Japanese troops along the way and successfully occupied the Taipan stronghold.

On March 8, Feng's department continued to expand the area of activity, and the condition of the wounded soldiers gradually stabilized, and the seriously wounded also stabilized at this time, and those who did not wake up after the operation fell asleep forever, and woke up to be carefully cared for by the brothers.

On the 8th, after a morning of preparations, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, 34 tanks of two tanks launched a feint attack on the Varuban from the north.

Seeing that the New 1st Army concentrated so many tanks, the 56th Wing of the Japanese Army in Waruban hurriedly concentrated anti-tank weapons to the north, and the main force also marched north, and the two armies fought fiercely across the Nayu River!

At 1:30 p.m., a tank company suddenly launched an assault on Valuban from the west. The first step is to cross the river. The M3 Stuart light tank has a strong ability to cross rivers up to 0.9 meters deep, and river crossing is its specialty.

At 1:50 p.m., 17 tanks of the tank company attacking from the west aimed at the Japanese fire point on the opposite side and opened heavy fire. At the same time, the engineering units blasted the river bank with explosives, and then opened a road across the river with bulldozers.

During this period, the Japanese firepower points on the other side of the river fired stubbornly and tried to stop the national army engineers, and many of the engineers were shot.

It is a pity that the Japanese put all their anti-tank weapons to the north, where there were only machine guns and grenadiers, which could not pose a threat to the tanks.

Under the blow of 17 37-mm tank guns, the Japanese fire points were destroyed one after another, and finally the firing stopped completely.

It took the sappers one hour to repair the passage, and all 17 tanks of the tank company successfully crossed the Nayu River.

After going ashore, the infantry following the tanks inspected the Japanese fire points on the riverbank and found that they were all completely destroyed. The power of the 37-mm gun was not small, and many Japanese troops at the firing point were blown to pieces, and the machine guns were also blown into parts.

After the successful crossing of the river, the tanks led the infantry and advanced towards the Warruban; At this time, the Japanese army, which was fighting fiercely with two tank companies in the north, suddenly found that the west was broken through, and in a hurry, they hurriedly turned their guns to meet them. Japanese infantry dragged several 47mm anti-tank guns and frantically filled the holes in the defenses to the west.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the tank smoothly advanced more than 2,000 meters and approached the core position of Waruban. The Japanese had no choice but to use 75-mm mountain guns and 150-mm heavy guns to bombard the tanks and try their best to stop them.

After the three tanks were damaged one after another, the Nationalist Army discovered the location of the remaining anti-tank gun positions of the Japanese army, and naturally they could deal with it calmly!

The tanks immediately shelled fiercely, and the middle of the forest was filled with gunsmoke, and the Japanese anti-tank gun positions were destroyed within 5 minutes, and all 3 guns were blown up.

What followed was not a battle, but a massacre. More than 10 tanks of the tank company rushed into the Warruban and opened fire on all the Japanese troops that could be seen. Not all Japanese troops were dead, some launched suicide attacks on tanks and soldiers of the New First Army, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers abandoned their positions and fled into the jungle in a hurry.

On the 9th, the new 22nd Division broke through the frontal defense line and joined the new 38th Division at Waruban, and the Japanese army in Waruhan was completely clear, and the New 1st Army occupied Warruban!

Since then, the Battle of the Hukang Valley has ended; The battles of Mengguan and Waruban not only caused a large number of casualties to the defenders of the Japanese 18th Division, but also broke through the defense system organized by the division.

From the corpses left behind by the enemy, the national army searched for the seals, personal documents, and diaries of Ishikawa Nakasa, commander of the 18th Division's Operations Division, Kimura Daisa, manager of the manager, and Yamazaki Daisa, commander of the 56th Wing. Among the trophies, a seal of the headquarters of the 18th Division was also found. In addition, two armored vehicles, one truck, one command vehicle, and six anti-aircraft guns were also captured, killing countless Japanese soldiers.

The victory in this battle was so brilliant, and the tank unit of the New First Army lost only 12 people, 8 were wounded, and many tanks were damaged, but they were not irreparable serious injuries. Most of the damaged tanks were repaired in a day or two, and they continued to be used on the front-line battlefield!

The infantry casualties of the New First Army were much higher than those of the tank troops, but their overall casualties did not exceed 1,000, and most of the wounded were saved by the Allied medical system and field emergency doctors.

The regimental-level structure of the Airborne Forces became the most casualty unit among all the regimental-level units participating in the war, and the casualty figure of more than 1,000 was exchanged for corpses all over the north and south rivers, and the two wings of the devils threw down nearly 5,000 corpses here.

On the 9th, the retreating 5307 troops took away the wounded soldiers of the Chinese commandos and the doctors who were parachuted, and as for the commandos, they stood by the north and south rivers and continued to clear out groups of devils and routs.

On the 10th, the military headquarters of the New First Army read the Nanbei River, and the Menggong River Valley was under the peak of the Allied Army, and at this time, Feng Ye was faced with a new choice.

The military headquarters of the New First Army did not come, and the army commander Zheng Dongguo and the military headquarters were still on their way to waruban, and the improvised road built by the American engineering units still did not reach Mengguan.