Early the next morning, the troops arrived at Hukou.

After a short rest, the soldiers launched an attack on the Japanese troops at Hukou...... This attack, of course, was the use of American tactics, using a large number of artillery shells to blow up a few high ground in Hukou first, and then the soldiers rushed to the high ground with rifles, and it did not take much effort to recapture several high grounds.

This made Pete a little incredulous: "Zhang...... Could we be mistaken? Is this really a mouthful?! ”

Zhang Chi looked at the map, and then compared the surrounding terrain, and replied affirmatively: "That's right, this is Hukou!" ”

"But......" said Pitt suspiciously, "there are not many Japanese here, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, how can they trap the Galahad troops inside?" No way, it must be a mistake! ”

Zhang Chi just smiled and didn't speak.

Pete still didn't believe it, and asked over and over again on the walkie-talkie if it was a mistake in intelligence, until the news came from the front that the American troops had been rescued.

"Oh my God!" Pete couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the team of American GIs who were very embarrassed and walked forward with joy: "It's really them, I can't believe it......"

The main reason is that the Chinese army at this time is insufficient, only one division of more than 10,000 people, this point of strength in the jungle protruding Myitkyina defense dozens of kilometers has appeared to be very scattered, and it is very likely to be divided and surrounded by other Japanese troops in the future.

On the other hand, the strategic goal of this battle is to occupy Ling State and establish it as a base for future counteroffensives, and this goal has been achieved, and future battles can be planned slowly.

So the Battle of Lingbang ended here, and the expeditionary force annihilated more than 3,000 Japanese troops at the cost of more than 1,000 casualties.

Although the casualties of the expeditionary force were not large, the sacrifice rate of the company commander was amazingly high, with a total of 54 company commanders sacrificed, almost every company commander died twice...... This is inseparable from the fact that the Japanese stragglers always hide in trees and pick out Chinese officers.

From this point of view, it is really lucky that Zhang Chi, the company commander, can survive until now.

This battle seems to almost lead to one conclusion: the Chinese army with American-style equipment. Instead of having to fight the Japanese army with five or even ten times as many troops as before, they can go head-to-head with the Japanese army and defeat it one-on-one, and the opponent is still the elite division of the Japanese army.

So Stilwell's headquarters also became lively, and congratulatory messages from all over the world flew onto his desk like snowflakes, but Stilwell couldn't help but laugh...... Because there was an embarrassing thing about him in this battle, that is, he originally wanted the Galahad troops to go up and fight a beautiful show battle, but he didn't expect to make a big joke.

This result made Stilwell feel that the rest of the training work would be difficult...... The fact that the facts on the battlefield seemed to be different from what the American instructors demanded in the training at Sunbrabang further intensified the contradictions between the American instructors and the Chinese officers: the American instructors believed that the Chinese officers' practices did not conform to military theory, while the Chinese officers believed that the American instructors were blindly commanding, and the siege of the Galahad troops in particular became a clear proof of the Chinese officers' claims.

But now it's a win. Moreover, the actual combat proved that the Chinese army trained in this way had unimaginable combat effectiveness, so Stilwell decided to continue this training. As for the disagreement between American and Chinese officers, it is only a minor flaw.

What Stilwell hoped was that the U.S. military and its instructors would perform better in the next battle, otherwise he really didn't know what reason there was for the U.S. instructors to take command of this unit.

The Japanese army was most shocked by this battle.

When the news reached the commander-in-chief of the Burmese Front, Shozo Riverbe, he couldn't help but be surprised: one Chinese division can defeat two wings of the 18th Division?!

You must know that at this time, the Japanese army had a total of five divisions in Burma: the 55th Division was responsible for the defense of southern Burma, deployed in the port area of Ajip at the southern end of the Indo-Burmese border, which was to prevent the British from launching a landing offensive from the sea or attacking eastward along the coast; The 33rd Division is responsible for the defense of Burma and China. deployed in the area west of Mandalay against British troops in the Imphal direction; The 56th and 18th Divisions were deployed in northern Burma to guard against attacks on China's Myitkyina Line and China's Yunnan direction.

There was no problem with this deployment, the Chinese army on the Myitkyina defense line had about 50,000 people, and it was more than enough to defend it with more than 20,000 men of the elite 18th Division.

But now. One division of Chinese troops can repel two wings of the 18th Division, so one more division of Chinese troops means that the entire 18th Division can be defeated...... In this way, the 50,000 Chinese troops have the strength to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army in Burma, not to mention that the Chinese army is still increasing!

Thinking of this, Kawabe Shozo couldn't help but gasp, and he suddenly found that he had too few troops in his hands. Chinese, the Americans and the British have every strength to eat them all in one bite...... The reason why they are not doing it now is most likely due to the British side.

Kawabe Shozo guessed this right, but in fact, this is not Kawabe Shozo's guess. Instead, the spies planted by the Japanese army in India detected the movements of the British, and knew that the British not only had little interest in counterattacking Burma, but also deliberately obstructed it.

Even the Chinese ****** have no intention of counterattacking Burma.

This is not to say that ****** are unwilling to open up the China-Burma Highway and get a large amount of American aid, but ****** know that the price of getting more American aid is likely to be to launch a counteroffensive against the 29 divisions of the Japanese army in China...... This is where the fundamental interest of the United States in supporting China lies, and the United States hopes that China can consume as many Japanese troops as possible, so in this regard, ****** would rather that the China-Burma highway is not opened, so that he can drag the war and wait for the Yankees to defeat the Japanese army or the Japanese army will transfer more troops from the Chinese battlefield to the Pacific theater.

Of course, this was good news for the Japanese army, but Kawabe Shozo knew that on the battlefield, he should never rely on his life and death on the enemy and luck.

"Your Excellency, General!" The chief of staff next to him looked at the troubled Kawabe Shozo, and persuaded him: "I don't think the rout of the 18th Division this time can not be completely said that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is comparable to that of our Imperial Japanese Army!" ”

"What do you have in mind?" Riverside is asking three times.

"I think ......" the chief of staff pondered for a moment and said: "In this battle, the imperial army was not defeated in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, but in terms of supplies!" ”

"Hmm!" Kawabe Shozo nodded slowly.

This is obvious, the Chinese army is backed by strong American aid, while the Japanese army is hungry and clutches a pitiful few bullets......

Therefore, in the future, we should work on replenishment!

But...... How can we get supplies quickly?

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the riverside Zhengsan...... It's time to turn the other cheek with the Burmese. (To be continued.) )