Plans were soon underway.

The first to act was the 66th Regiment of the New 22nd Division, and most of this regiment were veterans who had fought all the way, so they had rich combat experience and strict discipline.

In fact, if you want to talk about having the most veterans, it should be the new 38th Division, because the new 38th Division basically maintains an American-style combat style, and when fighting, it is often the bombing of aircraft and artillery to the mission, although the speed of advance is slow, but there is an advantage that the casualties of soldiers are small, and small casualties of soldiers mean that there are more veterans in the army...... If, like the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, more than a dozen recruits were replenished after a few battles, the soldiers of the entire 18th Division were basically replaced, so the 18th Division was no longer the former 18th Division.

The reason why the new 38th Division was not sent to carry out this task was because it was worried that the new 38th Division would be better at using American-style tactics, and that they would often not be able to control the ammunition in their hands, and sometimes there would be a phenomenon of cowardice, that is, subconsciously not daring to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, or close combat.

The task to be carried out this time was to infiltrate the 18th Division and undermine the defense and deployment of the Japanese 18th Division, so it was obviously not suitable for the new 38th Division to be placed in front of the Japanese 18th Division.

The new 22nd Division is different, although this division has American-style equipment and a large amount of ammunition when fighting, it still fights fiercely and dares to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, so the new 22nd Division will be called the "Tiger of the Jungle".

This "tiger" refers to the ferocity and fierceness of the new 22nd Division. The new 38th Division is the "Eagle", which refers to its ability to observe the enemy from a long distance, and once it seizes the opportunity, it will deal a fatal blow to the enemy.

The infiltration of the Japanese by the 66th Regiment went well, and they did not even need to do anything to prepare.

Speaking of which, it is also thanks to the raincoats of the British...... The British raincoat is a good thing, not only because of its good quality, but also because of its functionality.

Zhang Chi also has a set of this raincoat in his hand, which is usually draped on his body, and several raincoats are spliced together to form a tent when he rests. If you need to swim across, stuff all your equipment into your raincoat...... The raincoat has become a floating gear for swimming, and soldiers can easily cross the river with a "raincoat bag" floating in the water.

At this time, the 66th Regiment used this function of raincoats, but they also used "floating objects" to carry out some necessary camouflage, and then "floated" down the Irrawaddy River one by one.

Because of the cover of night, as well as the frontal attack and artillery interference of the new 38th Division, the infiltration of the 66th Regiment proceeded smoothly, and it took only one night to divide into several groups to infiltrate more than ten kilometers behind the 18th Division and assemble in the jungle.

Of course, there were some accidents, and the 66th regiment lost more than a dozen fighters.

This made Liu Xizhi, the commander of the 66th Regiment, very nervous. Because if these dozen soldiers were captured by the Japanese and said something, they could expose the strategic plan of the troops.

But it turned out that this concern was unnecessary...... These dozen or so fighters were sleepy and tired from fighting for several days, and they were comfortable floating in the river at this time, but they unknowingly fell asleep and missed the landing site, and when they each woke up, they found that they had drifted to a position of more than ten or even dozens of miles in the rear.

However, the dozen or so warriors were also clever, and although they were in different locations and failed to get in touch with each other, they all made the same choice: to hide in the jungle.

This was of course the right thing to do, because if they ran around, they would be easily spotted by the Japanese in the rear, and the result would be either killed or captured. And if they lurk in the jungle...... They can wait for their main forces to retreat to their positions, and then they can return to the troops without much effort.

The next to go into battle was the 65th Regiment of the New 22nd Division, to be exact, it should be the 65th Regiment plus a reinforced battalion of the 64th Regiment as a reserve.

Their task was to work with the Chindit forces and the Burmese to provide cover for the interspersed forces in the event of an exchange of information.

As Zhang Chi discussed with Stilwell. This task is actually the most arduous, the most important and the most difficult.

Because this involves many issues, such as the intelligence exchange and cooperation between the Chindit unit and the new 22nd Division, the air-ground coordination, and the cooperation of the battalions within the 65th Regiment. As long as one of these links goes wrong, it is very likely that this interspersed will have unexpected variables or even lose the whole game.

Fortunately, the new 22 is a force that fought on the battlefield. They were already a well-trained unit before they entered Burma, and after the fighting in Burma, especially after the replacement of American-style equipment and the addition of communications equipment, the cooperation between the troops became even more comfortable.

Ironically, it was this unit, known as the "**** boss" and "invincible in the world" by the Kuomintang, that was beaten by the People's Liberation Army as the "rat generation of the world" after returning to China in history, and was finally defeated in the Northeast Battlefield, and even Liao Yaoxiang himself was captured by the People's Liberation Army. (Note: Liao Yaoxiang was defeated and captured in the Liaoshen Campaign in 48.) ）

Of course, the new 22nd Division was limited by the Kuomintang's corrupt command system and lost its powerful logistics after returning to China, but at the same time, it also reflected the strength of the People's Liberation Army from the side...... After many years of resistance against Japanese aggression and civil war, and from beginning to end, the PLA has developed a series of effective strategies and tactics for defeating the strong with the weak, and this point was finally vividly demonstrated on the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

That's all for later.

At this time, the new 22nd Division was still the "Tiger of the Jungle", and the 65th Regiment successfully infiltrated the Japanese defense line, and in the dark night, several battalions of troops climbed up the banks of the Irrawaddy River from the river like ghosts, and then launched a surprise attack on the Japanese artillery in the jungle with lightning speed......

The Japanese artillery was originally a non-combat unit, and they all stared at the river, so they never imagined that the Chinese army would suddenly appear in front of them, so they were defeated by the 65th Regiment with only one charge, and they all abandoned their artillery and fled into the jungle.

The soldiers of the 65th Regiment were also not polite, turned the captured artillery around and fired desperately at the Japanese position, and all the shells were used in one shot, and then the artillery was blown up with explosives packs or grenades...... At this time, the Chinese army had American artillery of various calibers in their hands, and they could no longer look down on these Japanese artillery.

(To be continued.) )