In the end, the Japanese howitzers failed to work, and the fleet passed through the Japanese blockade area without danger and continued south.

But that doesn't mean the plan will go smoothly.

As soon as Zhang Chi returned to the ship, he received a call from Stilwell.

"Zhang ......" Stilwell said on the phone with some frustration: "Our bombing and interception of the Japanese 16th Wing failed!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned.

"Maybe it's because of our previous bombing of the 29th and 30th Wings of the Japanese Army, so the Japanese army is prepared!" Stilwell replied: "The Japanese 16th Wing had the garrison guard the bridges and other important areas in advance on the way to the Duandi Canal, so that the Hindit troops could not get close to them. On the other hand, the Japanese army set up warning stations in various places, and when they saw our aircraft group from afar, they issued a warning to the 16th Wing on the march, which enabled the 16th Wing to evacuate in time when our aircraft group reached the sky above it, and our bombing did not achieve much success! The Japanese 16th Wing is still advancing towards the Tuandi Canal, and it is very likely that it will reach the Duandi Canal before us! ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a little angry, he didn't expect that it would take so much effort to toss for a long time, but in the end it was still in vain.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi replied, "Then, it's time to think about Plan B!" ”

"Plan B?" Hearing this, Stilwell couldn't help but be stunned, there was no plan B when he made the plan.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi said: "With the current situation, if we continue to go south along the Irrawaddy River, it will obviously not work!" ”

"But...... There is only one Irrawaddy River! Stilwell said.

"There is indeed only one Irrawaddy River!" Zhang Chi replied: "But the troops can go ashore at any time!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Stilwell couldn't help but suddenly realize.

Running along the Irrawaddy River does not mean that it must be interspersed to the end, as long as a suitable landing site is found, then the troops can continue to intersperse along the road after landing.

"Even ......," Zhang Chi continued, "we can still let the fleet continue to move south to confuse the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army thinks that we are still moving south along the river, and our main force has actually advanced from the other direction, that is, along the road, towards Rangoon!" ”

"Great idea!" Stilwell immediately agreed: "That's it, you guys get ready, I've got to make a detailed plan!" ”

After putting down the phone, Stilwell's command headquarters was busy.

There are three main things that Stilwell has to do.

The first is to contact the intelligence services. Let them find out what suitable landing sites are on the Irrawaddy River, and this site must be suitable for the landing of large forces, easy for troops to hide, and easily accessible.

This was not a difficult task, and the native-born Burmese knew the Irrawaddy River inside and out, and they quickly provided Stilwell with several eligible landing sites.

Stilwell and his staff studied it carefully and decided that a landing site called Po Chi would be the most suitable, not too far and not too close to Yangon...... Far away, it will take longer to intersperse, which will undoubtedly add many variables. If it is closer, it will be easier to be detected by the Japanese garrison, which will prematurely expose the strategic intent and prepare the Japanese army in Rangoon.

The second thing Stilwell did. It is to take Puqi as the starting point and Yangon as the ending point, and design an interspersed route.

This also required intelligence from the Burmese, as Stilwell needed to know whether the roads and bridges on the map could withstand the weight of the Sherman tanks, or whether they were wide enough for mechanized troops, whether they were suitable for mechanized troops in case of enemy attack, and so on.

Fortunately, the answer was "no problem, the terrain around Puqi is completely suitable for mechanized troops."

In fact, this is not lucky, but the location of Puqi is already located in southern Myanmar, compared to the complex terrain of northern Myanmar and central Myanmar. Southern Myanmar is flatter and more spacious, with vast alluvial plains of the Irrawaddy River, and some sections of the road can be advanced without road mechanized troops...... This was one of the reasons why the U.S. Air Force and the Chindit forces were unable to stop the Japanese 16th Division.

The last thing Stilwell did was to order the Chindit forces to preemptively occupy the point along the designed route. For example, highland bridges or something, and be ready to meet the new 1st Division.

This was not difficult for the Chindit forces, as the Japanese had focused all their attention on the Irrawaddy River and had placed their forces on the periphery. The central part was almost blank, so no one paid any attention to the movement of these heights and bridges in the middle, and the Chindit troops did not take much effort to keep them under control.

The order to prepare for the landing soon reached the flotilla. It made the soldiers on the ship jubilant.

One by one, these landlubbers rejoiced: "It's finally time to go ashore!" ”

"That's it...... I don't have to do anything on the water, but I just can't do anything! ”

"Nonsense, if you encounter the enemy, you will only be beaten, can you be sure?"

……

At this time, Zhang Chi knew that there was another reason why the soldiers had such a strong seasickness reaction.

But it's normal to think about it, and the warriors are all trained on land, and now let them sit on the boat...... The previous training and experience were all useless, and it seemed that I had to resign myself to fate on the ship, which was indeed a bit uncomfortable.

A few hours later, the flotilla arrived at Puqi, the landing site, escorted by American fighters.

Although the Chindit troops had already done the necessary reconnaissance of Puqi, Chen Shanguo was still not at ease, so he still sent speedboats carrying two companies of troops to occupy both sides of Puqi and conduct another meticulous reconnaissance.

Not to mention, this reconnaissance really caught a few fish that slipped through the net...... They had recently arrived in the village, grabbed a few chickens, killed them, cooked a pot of soup, and then snatched a cup of rice wine with their stomachs, and lay down in the people's houses in a daze.

The Chindit troops did not alarm the people when they reconnoitred, because the Burmese people were not friendly to the British and Indians, so they did not even detect the Japanese in the village.

This made Colonel Baird of the Chindit unit break out in a cold sweat, if these Japanese soldiers noticed something and secretly ran to report it, then Baird's crime would be great.

Needless to say, what happened to these Japanese soldiers...... Because the number of Japanese soldiers was small, Zhang Chi simply came with them, kicked the door, and a few soldiers rushed in with a military stab, and the Japanese army was sent to the west before they even had time to catch the gun. (To be continued.) )