Dongkwa is located in the southern coastal area of Yangon Province, there is a natural small port, but the size is not large, can only meet the needs of some small ships to enter and exit the sea, in addition to the shallow coastline of more than 30 kilometers, but compared to Yangon Port its strategic position is almost negligible, so the Japanese do not pay much attention to this area, especially the coastline.

The garrison in this area has only one brigade, which is basically stationed in Keyan in the north, because there is a railway station there to facilitate supplies, and as for the southern coastline, a small port with no strategic value is not worth it at all, and it is not in the consideration of the little devils at all, so that they are defenseless after the expeditionary force crosses the sea and lands in Madaban Bay.

This landing raid was a combat operation that Liao Mingyu had planned as early as a few years ago, and he had been arguing with Stilwell for a long time for this plan, and finally under his shameless soft and hard bubble offensive, the latter reluctantly agreed to provide support.

Because the rigor of the plan could not be detected by the Japanese, a large-scale transfer of naval ships would definitely not be possible, and even if Stilwell agreed, the US Navy might not be willing, so as a result, the US 3rd Fleet only transferred three liberty ship transports to the coast of Mon State.

The transport ship has a displacement of 7,000 tons, a speed of 8~11 knots, and a maximum load of about 5,000 tons.

The three Liberty Ship transports could transport one or two regiments of equipment and combat units to the target location in a single trip, and could also carry some artillery and combat vehicles.

Due to the problem of the waterline, the transport ship could not sail to the shore, but there were a large number of landing craft and some amphibious landing vehicles on board, which made it easy for soldiers to quickly land through the shallows.

Surprisingly, the British, who heard about the operation, were very active, and took the initiative to send three XE-3 pocket submarines and one Sharp submarine from India as reconnaissance and escort forces for the landing force.

Liao Mingyu, who was still in a rage because the battle plan was leaked within the Allies, changed his face as soon as he heard this, and vigorously praised the friendly and mutual assistance of the British allies.

Although Madaban Bay is not very large, Liao Mingyu is worried that this short-distance landing operation will hold until the enemy is blocked from the sea, and the air force will not be able to stay on the head of the landing force all the time, and it will definitely take some time to arrive if it is attacked.

Now that the British submarines are serving as sentinels in the open sea, I don't want them to really be able to shake the Japanese fleet, but at least they can maintain their own vigilance ability, so that they will not be discovered in the face.

Although there is no place for their British army to play on land, as an old naval power, they still have a certain strength in the waters of Southeast Asia.

But think about it, if they don't fight anymore, they will be defeated by the Huaxia people, and then not only will they not be able to save face on their faces, but there will be no reason to reach out and accept the fruits of victory.

However, the only naval force that the British could use in Southeast Asia at this time was these submarine forces, and the large capital ships were basically transferred back to the English Channel.

But don't underestimate this thing, quiet and concealment is its characteristic, they have several good records in history, on July 31, 45, the British XE-3 pocket submarine was transported by ordinary submarines to the sea area near Singapore, dived into the Strait of Johor, broke through the anti-submarine barrier, and sank the Japanese heavy cruiser Kaohsiung with magnetic mines.

The length of the pocket-class submarine is about 30 meters, the displacement is less than 100 tons, the width is less than 3 meters, the maximum underwater speed is 10 knots, the diving depth is not more than 100 meters, and the crew is less than 10 people. It is generally equipped with diesel engines, electric motors and batteries, carries 4~8 mines, and can also be used to carry special combat personnel, making it an underwater assassin with high concealment.

And the Sharp is a serious T-class submarine with an underwater displacement of 1597 tons, 16 457 mm caliber torpedoes, and one 105 mm gun. Historically, the Japanese army was used as a supply ship to sink the Batavian Waterway near Singapore.

Although there are reasons for the lack of combat capability of the Japanese Navy in the later stages of the war, there are still very few cases of submarines sinking cruisers.

The 200th Division and the new 50th Division were both in the Kayin State area a few days ago, and they spent nearly a month quietly entering Mon State from Kayin State, that is, on the east side of the Madaban Bay, waiting for US transport ships.

At this time, the battle in Yangon was hot, and the attention of the Japanese army was in the area of Insein town in the north of Yangon, and a large number of troops were rushing towards it, believing that most of the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was in Bago Province, and its direction of attack could only be Insein or south along the Bago River, but they ignored the threat from the rear.

There is a natural harbor in the small town of Daragon in the northwest of Mon State, only 90 kilometers from the sea of Tungkua in Yangon, and according to the speed of the Liberty Ship transport, it takes about five hours to carry soldiers from here, and if you move quickly, you can completely evade the Japanese reconnaissance planes.

In order to fight for the first batch of places, Gao Jiren and Gao Xijiang almost quarreled, and both sides wanted their troops to take the lead, but they didn't give in to each other and didn't make a decision for a long time.

In the end, it was Liao Mingyu's scolding telegram that made the two division commanders shut up, and according to the unified arrangement of the command, the first batch of landing troops consisted of two infantry battalions sent by the 501st Regiment of the 50th Division and one battalion of the armored combat vehicle regiment of the 200th Division, totaling 2,300 people.

The three Liberty Ship transports set sail at midnight, a time when they were able to evade Japanese air and sea reconnaissance and conceal their tracks as much as possible.

Many of the soldiers were landlubbers, and they had no experience of riding large ships, and the feeling of swaying and rocking made their stomachs tumble. Fortunately, the free ship transport plane is stable enough, and the wind and waves are not big today, otherwise it will definitely vomit a piece.

At six o'clock in the morning, as soon as the sky was dawning, the transport fleet dropped its anchor 3 kilometers from the coastline, and the soldiers on board placed a large number of landing rubber boats and amphibious landing vehicles in the sea, and the soldiers quickly boarded the ship under the guidance of American sailors.

Ten minutes later, dozens of kayaks and small speedboats headed towards the shore at breakneck speed, and in front of them four Higgins landing craft took the lead, each with a Greyhound armored vehicle on board.

The waves crashed against the hull of the ship and splashed so loudly that the soldiers on board all bent down as far as they could and let the sea water pour over them.

Machine gunners on both sides were also on standby, staring intently at the beach, and experienced Marines knew that under normal circumstances, the first landing force would be attacked very fiercely, and the casualties would be the greatest.

But what people didn't expect was that the transportation process went very smoothly, and until the first landing ship arrived at the shoal, the front flap was lowered and did not meet any enemy attack.

There were only a few local fishermen working on the shore, who had long been frightened and screamed, and they had never seen such a battle, so they quickly put down their things and fled backwards.