After landing, Balsos quickly disposed of the umbrella bag behind his back to check his equipment, and ordered the surrounding team members to observe the terrain, selected a suitable high ground to establish a defensive line, and at the same time turned on the radio communication and parachuted in the nearby soldiers to converge on his side.

The more than 900 paratroopers paratrooped in this airborne assault were composed of the first and second detachments of the Merrell Commando, and Balsos, as the commander of the first detachment of the commando, was under his full responsibility for the command of the airborne assault mission this time, and the top priority at the moment was to gather the troops as soon as possible and start attacking the enemy according to the predetermined direction.

Each airborne team is assigned a liaison officer who will make immediate contact with the operational commander's radio as soon as possible after a successful landing, and move as fast as possible to the rendezvous point.

Fortunately, the airborne landing did not encounter too many enemy strikes, most of the Japanese troops were still concentrated in the main position of Intanuanshan, and there were not too many enemy troops in the airborne area, and it only took an hour for the soldiers of the two detachments to be assembled.

After counting, except for the 78 men who were lost in the airborne landing due to the enemy or accidents, the rest of the soldiers and equipment were intact, and soon they initially established a defensive line in the same place and began to clear the nearby Japanese troops.

It didn't take long for the transport planes to return to the airborne area again, and the second group of paratroopers was also sent to the battlefield, but their location was not on the side of Balsos, but on another communication artery more than 20 kilometers away from the latter, where there were still a large number of Japanese activities, according to aerial reconnaissance, it was estimated that it was the enemy's wounded and sick hospital or logistics equipment hoarding point, anyway, it must be an important stronghold.

At the same time, the transport aircraft also brought more ammunition and support equipment, such as M2 heavy machine guns, M2 60mm mortars, etc...

As a single support firepower, light weight and carrying, fast rate of fire, the power is not small, at least a single person can operate the 60 mm mortar, has become the commando jungle combat the best choice, but also their only artillery support, must be deployed in a large number of airborne troops.

As the saying goes, the snake hits seven inches, and the two assault troops are like a big pincer that pinched the weakness of the Japanese army because of his warm mountain, and when Kimura Jiro learned that there was an enemy situation on the flank and in the rear, he panicked instantly, and the enemy actually made a detour to the rear from under his nose!

The airborne tactics of the paratroopers were incomprehensible to him for the time being, and the Japanese army itself lacked the preparation and use of the airborne troops, and their only airborne unit was also extremely short-lived.

The short and weak airborne brigade of the Japanese army even made a lot of jokes on the battlefield, and by the time of the Saipan operation, the Japanese army's airborne troops had been converted to infantry combat and were completely annihilated. The naval airborne troops were completely wiped out in the Battle of Okinawa, which ended the short and inactive career of the Japanese airborne troops.

So Kimura Jiro didn't expect the enemy to use airborne tactics against them, and he was still hesitating to retreat, but now it's okay, if he doesn't retreat to others, it's all here.

However, the current situation is no longer something they can withdraw if they want to, and it will take a lot of time for the troops of more than 10,000 people to pack up and start working, and those fighters in the sky are staring at them all the time, not giving them a chance to breathe.

Soon the 200th Division and the 50th Division were encircled, and the artillery fire of Liantian once again covered the warm mountain because of him, and the vanguard had reached the foot of the mountain, and under the cover of artillery shells and bombers, they had already begun to attack the mountain. But surprisingly, the resistance on the positions was not as fierce as expected.

Kimura Jiro thought for a long time, and finally couldn't resist the pressure and chose to retreat, he left a wing of troops behind the palace, but because his warm mountain defense line was relatively large, it was too reluctant for only two or three thousand people to guard here, not to mention that the other party was several times his own strength, or with the assistance of artillery and fighters, these little devils said that they were not good to listen to and stayed to die, and they were all victims of the retreat of the large army.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the 30 Brigade encountered the second echelon of the Airborne Forces on the way to Nanben, and the two sides immediately engaged in battle.

Gunfire and shells exploded in the ranks of both sides, the little devil fled for his life, and did not fall in love with the battle too much, just thinking about passing through this place quickly, and the second echelon of the paratroopers was clearly the roadblock, how could you leave so unharmed.

Within two hours, the first echelon of the Airborne Forces also came into contact with the 1st Brigade of the 29th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Kimura Jiro did not let all the troops evacuate to one place, mainly because the target was too large and could easily become a live target for US planes, so he scattered the troops into pieces and went south one after another in the form of small stragglers, mainly towards the two cities of Nanben and Lampang.

The fighters in the sky are still constantly searching for targets, their radios are connected to the ground forces, and they will rush to where reinforcements are needed.

More than 900 members of the third echelon of the Merrell Commando are boarding the plane one after another, and they will arrive at the battlefield in two hours to provide more troop deployment for the paratrooper blockade area.

In addition to letting the 14th and 20th Air Squadrons move to Heihe Airport to prepare for the battle, Stilwell also temporarily handed over the command of the two air forces to him.

With the main control room of the system base to grasp the overall situation, he can understand everything happening on the frontline battlefield as soon as possible, and even if the number of troops participating in the battle has reached 50,000 or 60,000, he can make adjustments and arrangements according to the facts and conditions at the first time, so that all departments can carry out orders in an orderly manner according to the plan.

Due to the early escape of the Fourth Division, the operational core of the two divisions of the 88th Army revolved around the total annihilation of the Japanese troops stationed in the Inthanuan Mountains, as long as the Japanese army was annihilated, there would be no threat to the southeast of Burma.

However, the first echelon of paratroopers encountered a hard stubble, and the place where they blocked the attack happened to lead to Lampang, and the Japanese army let the 29th Brigade Tank Brigade take the lead, and 8 Type 97 tanks and 3 Type 97 bean tanks appeared in the combat area of the two sides.

More than 900 members of the third echelon of the Merrell Commando are boarding the plane one after another, and they will arrive at the battlefield in two hours to provide more troop deployment for the paratrooper blockade area.

In addition to letting the 14th and 20th Air Squadrons move to Heihe Airport to prepare for the battle, Stilwell also temporarily handed over the command of the two air forces to him.

With the main control room of the system base to grasp the overall situation, he can understand the front line as soon as possible