In other words, the defense of the Japanese army is like an egg...... It looked the outside, but when you pierced the eggshell, you found it empty.

The Chinese army's interspersed fleet successfully pierced this layer of eggshells, and after passing through the defense line of the 18th Division, it found that the front was unimpeded.

In fact, Zhang Chi and others have already obtained relevant information from the Chindit army and the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army...... There were no Japanese garrisons all the way down the Irrawaddy River, except for the possibility of being discovered by the 24th Mixed Brigade of the Jing Japanese Army stationed there when passing through Ringanqiang, there were no Japanese troops in other positions, and there was no need to worry until near the Duandi Canal, but the Japanese troops stationed there were also worried about the sneak attack in the direction of the British army rather than the penetration of the Chinese army.

This was good news for the new 1st Division, but it was not a good thing if it was discovered by the Japanese troops stationed in Ringanqiang, because once they discovered the intentions of the Chinese army and made timely adjustments to the troops, it was not what the Chinese army wanted, and the Chinese army always hoped that the Japanese army would find out as late as possible.

In this regard, Stilwell's also thought about annihilating this mixed brigade by the way, after all, this mixed brigade is not a regular army, and the number is not large, so it is not much difficulty to annihilate them.

However, Zhang Chi thought that since this mixed brigade would not pose too much of a threat to the interspersed troops, it was better to try his luck...... Of course, it's good if you don't get discovered over there, and it's not too late to break through if you are discovered.

As a result, Zhang Chi was lucky to win the bet, and the fleet passed through Ren'anqiang without causing alarm among the Japanese army.

In fact, it can't be said that Zhang Chi won the gamble, the Japanese army garrisoned in Ringanqiang actually had a few officers who spent a lot of time drinking in brothels and found the fleet sailing on the river, but they took it for granted that this should be the fleet of the imperial army, if it was the enemy's fleet, how could it pass by so silently? As for which flotilla this exactly...... That's the matter of the superiors, they are happy now, and they don't bother to do anything to sweep their own Yaxing.

The vigilance of the regular army and the garrison is completely different, and the soldiers of the regular army will at least inquire or confirm the situation when they see this. And the garrison is not about themselves.

This allowed the interspersed troops to advance south without the Japanese knowing, and because it was going down the river at a speed of 14 knots (26 kilometers) per hour, it only took about a day to reach Yangon, but when the Japanese 56th Division was interspersed with Lashio, it took nearly a month...... And this month is also called "fast". According to this speed comparison, if the Chinese army can penetrate Yangon along the river in one day, it can be described as "flying fast".

It is not surprising that the Japanese have not been able to detect the interspersed fleets of Chinese troops, partly because of the dark night, and partly because of the mountains and mountains in central Burma. The banks of the Irrawaddy River are also densely forested, and it is rare to pass directly through the Japanese garrison as it does through Ringanqiang. Coupled with the fact that the Japanese air power and attention were all in the direction of Mandalay and Imphal, no one even noticed a fleet of ships on the Irrawaddy River.

However, the Chinese expeditionary forces on the ship at this time were also not comfortable.

The reason is that a considerable part of the Chinese army is landlubbers, and some have never even been on a boat...... So after a few hours, especially when you have to sleep on a rickety boat, all sorts of seasickness reactions come in.

This was not spared even by the loose troops, who vomited everywhere in front of and behind them, and the cabin was soon filled with an unpleasant sour smell and the smell of beef (the expeditionary force often ate canned beef in battle).

"Battalion commander!" The fellow villager asked Zhang Chi with a pale face while holding a basin: "Is this ...... How long will it be? ”

"yes. Battalion commander! Xiao Zhejiang also said with a bitter face: "Can't we go to the shore for a walk?" Even if it's a fight with a devil, it's fun! ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly, he didn't calculate that the soldiers would be seasick...... And these soldiers are also interesting, the guns of the devils can't knock them down, and they are not human after only a few hours on this ship.

I should have asked Stilwell to prepare some seasickness medicine. If this affects the combat effectiveness, even if it successfully penetrates Yangon, it will be useless.

"You all listen to me!" After thinking about it, Zhang Chi picked up a large bag of dry food beside him and threw it in the middle, and said, "From now on, if you vomit once, you have to eat a box of canned food." Eat until you don't vomit! ”

Hearing this, the soldiers were all dumbfounded, and the soldiers vomited because of nausea at this time, where would they be able to eat?!

But look at Zhang Chi's vicious eyes. They knew that the battalion commander was not joking, so they could only respond "yes" one after another.

On the one hand, Zhang Chi did this to force them to adapt as soon as possible, and on the other hand, to keep them physically strong, so that when it was time to fight, they would find that they were hungry and weak because they were seasick and couldn't eat.

But this made the soldiers suffer, and under this order they had to endure and not vomit, and once they vomited, they had to eat the food with a churning stomach, and some of them vomited out before they had eaten a few bites...... This feeling of uncontrollability was in a way a complete defeat for these heroic warriors.

This situation was alleviated after dawn.

This is partly due to the fact that the warriors are better off after dawn, unlike in the dark when they see nothing but swing around in the cabin.

On the other hand, because dawn means that it is more likely to be discovered by the Japanese army or even fight, and the reaction to seasickness in this kind of battle and life is naturally smaller.

Sure enough, a few hours later, a Japanese reconnaissance plane with a red plaster flag flew over the flotilla and circled the flotilla...... It was supposed that the Japanese troops on the shore had discovered the convoy and reported it to the authorities, and then the Japanese sent reconnaissance planes to try to figure out the nature of the convoy.

"What should I do?" Wang Mazi asked Chen Shanguo, the commander of the new First Division, on the walkie-talkie.

Chen Shanguo knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, after all, these were hundreds of large and small ships, and the Japanese reconnaissance planes would soon find out that something was wrong, so he immediately ordered: "Knock it down!" ”

The gunfire soon rang out, and the light and heavy machine guns on the flotilla opened fire almost in unison, and even a few anti-aircraft guns roared, so that the enemy plane, which was reconnoitring at low altitude, was smashed into black smoke and fell to the side of the mountain.

But it is also a reminder to the fighters that the road ahead will not be as easy as before. (To be continued.) )