The recovery of the Hukang Valley, the Mong Gong Valley and Myitkyina by the Chinese garrison in India is of great strategic importance. As the Chinese military front in India advances southward, transport planes flying to China can avoid the extremely high-risk Himalayas and choose a relatively wide, low-flat, safe route between Yunnan and Burma. Even greater than the increase in air freight volume has been the continued construction and opening of the China-India Highway and the rapid extension of the 4-inch-diameter China-India oil pipeline.

Li Hong was appointed commander of the new 38th Division because of his outstanding performance in the Menggong River Valley. Similarly, Liao Yaoxiang was promoted to commander of the new 6th Army, and the new 22nd Division was succeeded by Li Tao.

The Indian troops of the expeditionary force were overjoyed by the great victories in the Hukang River Valley and the Mong Gong River Valley, and the more than 5,000 casualties were quickly transported from the Ramgarh base to Myitkyina for replenishment.

Of course, Stilwell didn't really forget about him, and Stilwell formed a new U.S. combat unit, the Maas Brigade, also known as U.S. Unit 5332. It has jurisdiction over the 475th Infantry Regiment of the United States, the 124th Cavalry Regiment of the United States, and the Chinese Special Regiment; In this way, Feng Ng's commando team became a special group, and for Feng Ng, it was just a change of soup and not a change of medicine.

As for the reinforcement of the commando team, now they have to wait, the capacity of the airlift is limited, and the reinforcements of the special regiment are now being trained by veterans in Lamgara, and their training subjects are different from the ordinary soldiers of the expeditionary force, and they have a lot more.

What made Feng Ye happy was not that the battle damage could be replenished, but that the veterans who were injured in the battle in the Hukang River Valley had finally returned, so that the skeleton of the commando was still there.

Allied transport planes took advantage of weather conditions to take off and land frequently at two airfields in Myitkyina, and the task of the transport planes was heavy, not only to bring in scarce supplies, but also to take away the wounded and sick gathered here.

In order to relieve the crisis of 500,000 Burmese Front, Japan launched an unprecedented operation No. 1 in the Chinese battlefield in June, most of the elite of the Chinese army was used in the Burma battlefield, and the command of the Chongqing government was wrong, and the domestic war situation continued to deteriorate, and even Changsha and Hengyang, which were guarded by Xue Yue himself, have been lost; By the time Myitkyina was occupied by the expeditionary force, the Central Army of the First Theater, on which the Chongqing government had placed high hopes, the 600,000-strong army under the command of Tang Enbo and Jiang Dingwen, the descendants of Huangpu, was defeated by more than 60,000 Japanese troops in a few months, resulting in the loss of large areas of Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi.

The Tengchong and Longling fronts are now suffering heavy casualties, and Stilwell is constantly complaining, accusing the attacking Chinese Expeditionary Force of disobeying the command, and the attacking officers are also complaining, complaining that the casualties are so large that there is no progress in the lack of progress, and that the seven and a half armies of the expeditionary force are attacking every day and making up for loopholes every day.

Stilwell kept asking the Chongqing side to personally command the expeditionary force's battle in western Yunnan, but for the Chongqing side; The seven semi-American-style equipment armies of the expeditionary force are their hearts, which are the best equipped armies in China now, and Chongqing is reluctant to gamble with these elites; Stilwell only needs to use his killer weapon of mastering US aid materials, saying that he will consider the possibility of equipping Yan'an with US weapons troops.

At this time, Stilwell completely angered Chiang Gong, and in September 1944, Chiang Gong asked the President of the United States to recall Stilwell for the third time.

During the first phase of the counteroffensive against Burma, with Stilwell and Chongqing fighting for control of the Chinese army, Washington did not immediately refuse for the first time for the sake of Sino-US cooperation.

In the current state of affairs, this attitude of Washington is clearly a lowering of its posture.

In mid-September, the Chinese expeditionary force besieged Songshan and Tengchong and won a complete victory, and the main forces of the left and right flanks converged on Longling one after another; On September 14, General Song Xilian issued Order No. 51, which encircled Longling.

On September 22, Song Xilian was transferred from Longling to Chongqing for training, and Huang Jie acted as the commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army, recapturing Longling, a vital strategic fortress.

Under the command of Huang Jie, the expeditionary force sent the 88th Division to pursue and suppress the remnants of the enemy fleeing in the direction of Mangshi along the way, and successively conquered the Japanese positions on the front line of Tuanpo, Zhangjinpo, Nantianmen, and Fangmaqiao.

The troops of the western Yunnan side continued to attack and advance towards the area around Mangshi.

Feng Ye was not able to return to the sequence of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and was still in the battle sequence of the American army; Stilwell couldn't give Feng a promotion, but he could give other rewards to the commando team, which is now the Einsatzgruppen Regiment, such as taking advantage of the plane's return flight, Feng Ye and his brothers took the flight directly back to Lambgar, according to the practice of the U.S. military, taking advantage of the rainy season, they were given the opportunity to take turns to rest.

"It's finally back!"

After leaving northern Myanmar, where there was rain everywhere, and arriving at Ramgar, although the rain was still so heavy, Feng Yi's mood was much better, after all, the various living and training conditions in the base were much better, at least the brothers could sleep well in the dry barracks at night.

"Colonel, the Allied reception to celebrate the first phase of victory has begun immediately; General Sölden asked me to remind you to attend on time. ”

Repair time, Feng Ye except to go to the hospital to see his wounded soldiers, he didn't want to go there, after a few months on the battlefield, everyone would be tired, but it was not time to unload, now that it was safe, he wanted to slump on the sofa, smoke, drink, and let tobacco and alcohol anesthetize his nerves.

General Stilden was Stilwell's deputy, he was in charge of building supply lines, in charge of logistics, and now that Stilwell was in Chongqing, Stilden became Washington's spokesman in the Allied command in India.

"But I'm not feeling well, and I'm afraid I'll lose my temper when the time comes."

Feng Yi frowned, his body didn't bother to move, and looked at the US military staff officers who came to inform.

"The general won't care; Colonel, the car is already ready at the door, and I am waiting for you at the door. ”

Staff officers are used to seeing too many officers coming down from the battlefield, and Feng Yi's dignity is actually good, at least he is not so drunk that he is unconscious.

“shit!”

Feng Yi cursed, and the cigarette butt in his hand squeezed into the ashtray in front of him with difficulty, the ashtray was now very crowded, densely packed with cigarette butts, and it was about to scatter on the table.

"Boom la la ......"

Commodore Sorden gave him a lot of support, and the logistical supplies for the commandos always came so timely, and the materials required were never enough, and even many times there were a lot of materials for them with the goodwill they made.

The virtues of the Chinese do not allow reciprocation with grievances, and Feng decided to take a shower, change his clothes and go again.

"You don't see the Han Army

Weak crown system, please long tassels

You don't see Ban Dingyuan

The Peerless Light Cavalry urges the battle clouds

......”

When Feng Ye could see the car parked at the door, in the heavy rain, there was a neat singing, which was the familiar military song of the expeditionary force.

In the barracks, in the barracks of the Einsatzgruppen Regiment, the returning veterans were enjoying their rewards, singing, drinking, laughing, crying, and the veterans had their own ways of venting their emotions.