The next operational meeting was like a passing scene, Liao Yaoxiang and the chiefs of staff of the two divisions presided, and Sun Liren went directly to the radio station, pestering Zheng Dongguo to leave Feng Yi's headquarters to cooperate with the frontal attack.

Feng Ng's assault team was still cooperating with the attack on the Mong Gong River Valley, and the task of frontal attack was very crucial to Stilwell's plan, if the attack was not oppressive, the Japanese army would not let Myitkyina's troops come out to reinforce at all, and the probability of failure of his Eye King Snake plan was very high.

Of course, in the end, Stilwell agreed that Zheng Dongguo agreed to transfer troops from the airlifted troops to cooperate with the King Snake plan, which made Stilwell, who was bewildered by the lack of troops, very happy, because he no longer had to let the Chongqing side intervene in the battle.

The King of the Eyes Project Stilwell still has enough time to prepare, and this plan does not have much demand for the Airborne Troops, and it is not too late for the troops who cross the Savage Mountain to start adaptation training now, because the troops stationed in India have been trained in this area in peacetime.

After the retreat of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army from the Warruban area, Shinichi Tanaka did not disembowel, but continued to be entrusted with important tasks; In Myitkyina, the 114th Wing was rebuilt, and the Japanese Burma Front transferred more than 2,000 veterans from the 2nd Division and the 53rd and 56th Divisions, plus more than 1,000 new recruits, and the 114th Wing was reborn in Myitkyina.

At this time, more than 2,000 wounded and sick of the 18th Division who had recovered also arrived in the Menggong River Valley area to prepare for battle. The commander of the 18th Division, Taguchi Shinichi, then deployed more than 10,000 people along the river valley in the line of Dingklin, Marakun, Wala, Dalongyang, Manbin (Mangping), Waran, Kameng, and Menggong, and then resisted again and waited for the rainy season to come; Drag the Chinese troops in India into the quagmire.

Of course, the troops that had been deployed in Menggong City in advance were also replenished, at least the 146th Wing received a large number of recruits, and the 4th Wing of the 2nd Division and the 151st Wing of the 53rd Division that remained in Menggong were also reinforced with heavy weapons.

It only took two hours for Feng Ye to receive an order to cooperate with the New First Army to attack Meng Gong.

"The terrain of the Menggong River Valley is long and narrow, it is split into two halves by the Nangao River, there are cliffs on both sides of the river valley, flash floods occur in summer and autumn, and the flat land is all Zeguo, easy to defend and difficult to attack; On the east bank of the river valley is the Kumang Mountain, which is surrounded by heavy mountains and thousands of feet of cliffs. The Japanese 18th Division took advantage of the undulating mountains to build a large number of strongholds and fortifications......"

A new operational meeting was held, Sun Liren was sitting on a stool, and the chief of staff was briefing all the officers participating in the battle on the terrain.

"That is to say, before the rainy season comes, we must pass through the Menggong River Valley, at least to take the Kameng; Feng Yi's department crossed the Kumang Mountains from the east side; Your first point of attack is here. ”

Sun Liren took up and pointed to a small town on the map, Laban.

"Attack Laban? That will make us detour more than ten kilometers more, and it will expose us, and there will be no suddenness to attack the dangerous devil stronghold of Bujieban Mountain! ”

Feng Yi didn't understand why Sun Liren asked him to attack Laban first.

"As long as you appear in Laban, their natural danger from behind will lose its effect, and the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division will use heavy equipment to cooperate with you in the front, and Bujieban Mountain natural risk will not be a problem."

"As for why you attacked Laban in the first place, I'll tell you later."

Sun Liren shook his head, this involved another task, and it was inconvenient to say it at the combat meeting.

"The 113th Regiment is responsible for carrying out a more far-reaching detour on the outer, and the new 22nd Division of Division Commander Liao will start tomorrow to feint and attack Bujieban Mountain from the front......"

Sun Liren continued to arrange, and he was the front-line commander entrusted by Zheng Dongguo.

"There is a prisoner of war camp here in Laban, according to intelligence, there are many of our own brothers held here, once the Bujieban Mountain is lost, they will definitely not survive, your task is to rescue the prisoner of war camp first, so that in the entire Menggong area, American planes can bomb at will......"

After the battle meeting, Sun Liren alone explained to Feng Ye the reason for the attack on Laban.

"Okay, I'll get ready right away."

Feng Ye nodded, and did not hesitate to attack Laban; Those prisoners of war could only have been brothers captured during the first expedition, but it is not known how many survived.

The pontoon bridges over the North and South Rivers were re-erected, and mules, horses, and cars came and went to transport various supplies, and the entire North and South River banks were busy.

The assault team is sorting out their equipment, all the machine guns and mortars are left, and they must be as light as possible when crossing the Kumang Mountains.

"Keep one bazooka in each platoon, and bring more armor-piercing bullets......"

As it got dark, Feng and his brothers were packing their bags, and they didn't have any heavy equipment except for bazooka and grenades, and finally Feng found that they could only carry one base amount of ammunition except for the necessary dry rations.

"There's a little less ammo."

Min Fei frowned, for American-style automatic firepower, a base number of ammunition, they will face a shortage of ammunition as soon as they fight.

"That's not the point, as long as we get to Laban, we can get an airdrop, and then everything will be available."

In fact, if it weren't for the fear of encountering Laban's devil sentinels, Feng Ye would only bring half a base of ammunition and flip through the antennas, and they would have to carry a lot of supplies.

The brethren of the commando had rested all night, and when they had eaten and drunk enough, they lay down, and the night's vigilance was not their turn at all, for they were to leave the place at dawn and make a detour to the east into the Kumang Mountains.

When Feng set off, the new 22nd Division began to attack the Menggong River Valley, and a company of infantry entered the river valley to conduct fire reconnaissance.

"Boom, boom......"

The sound of artillery sounded behind the commandos, and it was the artillery of the new 22nd and 38th divisions that was in full swing, and the vanguard tested some of the Japanese firepower after paying the casualties of several brothers.

In the midst of the cannons, Feng led less than 2,000 brothers and more than a dozen mules and horses around the north and south rivers to the east, and these mules and horses were responsible for carrying supplies until the terrain did not allow them and they had to be abandoned.

Since the counterattack on Burma dependent, the expeditionary force has won many victories with flank detours, Tanaka Shinichi has failed again and again under this tactic, he is certainly not a fool, the mountain range is in the remnants of the Bujeban Mountains, and he has sent a small force to guard it.

It was not that Tanaka Shinichi did not want to send a large force into the mountain range to defend, but that the Kumang Mountains were extremely dangerous, and there was no road suitable for the march of a large army at all, in fact, in the depths of the mountain range, there was not even a trail, and the reconnaissance of the Japanese army showed that there were no conditions for a large army to cross here.

The new 22nd Division took turns attacking every day, constantly testing the devil's firepower with infantry, and then using aircraft and artillery to bombard repeatedly, the devils continued to produce casualties in the artillery fire, and the war gradually fell into a stalemate in the Menggong River Valley.

At this time, Stilwell ordered Brigadier General McDuaner to form a Sino-American mixed assault detachment in Tekri, about 50 kilometers southeast of Mengguan, with three detachments under its jurisdiction: the first detachment was composed of the 3rd Battalion of the US "Galahad" unit (5307th mixed regiment) and the 88th Regiment of the 30th Division of the Indian Army, and the detachment leader was Colonel Kinnison, also known as K-unit; The 2nd detachment consisted of the 1st Battalion of the "Galahad" Force, the 150th Regiment of the 50th Division of the Indian Army, the 3rd Company of the Mule and Horse Baggage Regiment and the 3rd Company of the Mountain Artillery of the New 22nd Division. The 3rd detachment consisted of the 2nd Battalion of the "Galahad" unit and the British Kachin reconnaissance team, and the detachment was led by Mike (also known as Markey), also known as Unit M. The total number of assault detachments is 6,000 people, including 4,000 troops stationed in India, 1,400 members of the US military wheat detachment, and 600 members of the British Kachin reconnaissance team.

Forming and training now, they are also waiting for news of Feng Ge's crossing of the Kumang Mountains, Feng Ge is going on an expedition, and the dense primeval tropical jungle is full of dangers.

"Stop moving forward and fix it on the spot."

On the first day, Feng Ye stopped at the edge of the Kumang Mountains, and it was not a good idea to go into the jungle at night; However, the brothers did not prepare to set up camp, because they did not have the supplies to camp up, and one by one they slept in the wilderness, ate and drank, and fell asleep.

Through the primeval jungle, many of Feng Ng's commandos had experience, but this time it was different from the first expedition retreat, that time they had guides, but this time there was nothing, because Feng Que did not believe in the Burmese and was afraid that he would be betrayed.

After entering the jungle, the whole team did not go fast, they pursued suddenness, and there was no requirement for speed.

"Huhuhu......"

The brother who opened the way wielded a scimitar and cut a path through the jungle, and the whole team fished through the line, and the officers kept correcting the direction with the compass, and then when the sun was out of sight, the whole team had to find a place to rest.

After the team stopped, mosquitoes, leeches and various insects and snakes became the natural enemies of the team, but fortunately they were prepared and carried a large amount of powder and various medicines with them.

On the sixth day, the entire assault team entered the core area of the Kumang Mountains, the Kumang Mountains at an altitude of up to 2,000 meters were exposed for the first time, and the assault team had to abandon their horses when climbing, and many sections of the road had to use ropes to build rope ladders, and the team walked more and more slowly.

The next operational meeting was like a passing scene, Liao Yaoxiang and the chiefs of staff of the two divisions presided, and Sun Liren went directly to the radio station, pestering Zheng Dongguo to leave Feng Yi's headquarters to cooperate with the frontal attack.

Feng Ng's assault team was still cooperating with the attack on the Mong Gong River Valley, and the task of frontal attack was very crucial to Stilwell's plan, if the attack was not oppressive, the Japanese army would not let Myitkyina's troops come out to reinforce at all, and the probability of failure of his Eye King Snake plan was very high.

Of course, in the end, Stilwell agreed that Zheng Dongguo agreed to transfer troops from the airlifted troops to cooperate with the King Snake plan, which made Stilwell, who was bewildered by the lack of troops, very happy, because he no longer had to let the Chongqing side intervene in the battle.

The King of the Eyes Project Stilwell still has enough time to prepare, and this plan does not have much demand for the Airborne Troops, and it is not too late for the troops who cross the Savage Mountain to start adaptation training now, because the troops stationed in India have been trained in this area in peacetime.

After the retreat of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army from the Warruban area, Shinichi Tanaka did not disembowel, but continued to be entrusted with important tasks; In Myitkyina, the 114th Wing was rebuilt, and the Japanese Burma Front transferred more than 2,000 veterans from the 2nd Division and the 53rd and 56th Divisions, plus more than 1,000 new recruits, and the 114th Wing was reborn in Myitkyina.

At this time, more than 2,000 wounded and sick of the 18th Division who had recovered also arrived in the Menggong River Valley area to prepare for battle. The commander of the 18th Division, Taguchi Shinichi, then deployed more than 10,000 people along the river valley in the line of Dingklin, Marakun, Wala, Dalongyang, Manbin (Mangping), Waran, Kameng, and Menggong, and then resisted again and waited for the rainy season to come; Drag the Chinese troops in India into the quagmire.

Of course, the troops that had been deployed in Menggong City in advance were also replenished, at least the 146th Wing received a large number of recruits, and the 4th Wing of the 2nd Division and the 151st Wing of the 53rd Division that remained in Menggong were also reinforced with heavy weapons.

It only took two hours for Feng Ye to receive an order to cooperate with the New First Army to attack Meng Gong.

"The terrain of the Menggong River Valley is long and narrow, it is split into two halves by the Nangao River, there are cliffs on both sides of the river valley, flash floods occur in summer and autumn, and the flat land is all Zeguo, easy to defend and difficult to attack; On the east bank of the river valley is the Kumang Mountain, which is surrounded by heavy mountains and thousands of feet of cliffs. The Japanese 18th Division took advantage of the undulating mountains to build a large number of strongholds and fortifications......"

A new operational meeting was held, Sun Liren was sitting on a stool, and the chief of staff was briefing all the officers participating in the battle on the terrain.

"That is to say, before the rainy season comes, we must pass through the Menggong River Valley, at least to take the Kameng; Feng Yi's department crossed the Kumang Mountains from the east side; Your first point of attack is here. ”

Sun Liren took up and pointed to a small town on the map, Laban.

"Attack Laban? That will make us detour more than ten kilometers more, and it will expose us, and there will be no suddenness to attack the dangerous devil stronghold of Bujieban Mountain! ”

Feng Yi didn't understand why Sun Liren asked him to attack Laban first.

"As long as you appear in Laban, their natural danger from behind will lose its effect, and the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division will use heavy equipment to cooperate with you in the front, and Bujieban Mountain natural risk will not be a problem."

"As for why you attacked Laban in the first place, I'll tell you later."

Sun Liren shook his head, this involved another task, and it was inconvenient to say it at the combat meeting.

"The 113th Regiment is responsible for carrying out a more far-reaching detour on the outer, and the new 22nd Division of Division Commander Liao will start tomorrow to feint and attack Bujieban Mountain from the front......"

Sun Liren continued to arrange, and he was the front-line commander entrusted by Zheng Dongguo.

"There is a prisoner of war camp here in Laban, according to intelligence, there are many of our own brothers held here, once the Bujieban Mountain is lost, they will definitely not survive, your task is to rescue the prisoner of war camp first, so that in the entire Menggong area, American planes can bomb at will......"

After the battle meeting, Sun Liren alone explained to Feng Ye the reason for the attack on Laban.