"Send reinforcements immediately!" After receiving the information, Stilwell issued an order: "Especially the junction of several battalions, the enemy cannot be interspersed in the rear!"

"Yes!" Chief Instructor Hill's face looked very ugly, but he still made detailed arrangements as ordered.

"You are right, General!" Stilwell held Chen Shanguo's hand and said, "I am sorry for my previous remarks. If it weren't for your persistence, the Xinyi Division would probably have paid an extremely heavy price!"

"This is not my credit!" Chen Shanguo replied: "In fact, Chinese officers and soldiers fighting on the front line have long made such judgments, but no one instructors in the US military believed them. Therefore, as the commander of the new division, I think General Stilwell, you need to improve this command environment. American instructors should listen to the opinions of Chinese officers and soldiers more!"

"Well!" Stilwell nodded thoughtfully: "I agree with you. Although American instructors have richer military knowledge, they know too little about the Japanese. They should not be so arrogant!"

Of course, Stilwell did not realize that what he thought was that the rich military knowledge of the American instructors was just his wishful thinking, or that this kind of military knowledge was not applicable to the Myanmar battlefield at all... The US military had never fought a decent battle in the jungle, including in modern Vietnam battlefields. They were not qualified to command the Chinese army that had fought with the Japanese army for several years and were fighting in the jungle.

The reinforcements sent by Stilwell were the New Second Regiment. Their mission was to fill the gap at the junction of the three battalions of the New First Regiment. Their force distribution was: the first battalion reinforced the left wing and the second battalion reinforced the right wing, while the third battalion headed to Lingbang to cooperate with the battle on both wings.

But the reinforcements were soon blocked by a small Japanese army's troops and could not move forward... This forced Stilwell to order the Third Battalion to replace Lingbang's defense and let the New Regiment and the First Battalion divide the troops to rescue.

"Now, let me tell you about the situation we are facing!" Major Walker immediately summoned the cadres of the first battalion for a meeting after receiving the order: "This is the situation. According to the information we just obtained, the Japanese army in the Lingbang area has two regiments, with a total force of at least 7,000!"

This immediately made the officers in the conference room exclaim. Pete hit Zhang Chi beside him with his elbow, and said in a low voice: "Look, we are right, which makes him (referring to Walker) a fool. If he had considered our opinions earlier, there would not be the situation now!"

Walker obviously knew this, so he didn't want to say anything more in this regard. After clearing his throat, he pointed to the map and continued: "Our current difficulties are: the junction between the two battalions was infiltrated by the Japanese army, which made our battalions unable to cooperate and fight on their own. Here and here..."

Walker pointed to two points on the map and said, "There are two of our companies here. They were lucky enough to block the Japanese attack, which prevented the Japanese troops from going deep into our defense line to expand the results. However, they were exhausted under the Japanese siege, and our reinforcements were blocked by the Japanese... So, we will complete the task of reinforcements in these two positions. Is there any problem?"

The officers didn't say anything. Because the mission was already very clear, they were to reinforce these two positions.

But Zhang Chi asked: "I want to know how the Japanese army blocked our reinforcements..."

This sentence stopped Walker because he didn't know the details.

From a point of view, we can also know that this Sino-US joint command system is often not comprehensive due to differences in language or habits.

After thinking about it, Walker replied: "You don't need to know this, you just need to kick the Japanese ass!"

"No!" Zhang Chi insisted: "I need to know this, because we are likely to encounter the same difficulties on the way to our goal!"

"Yes, Major!" Pete replied: "If we don't know this, we will likely make the same mistake as reinforcements, which will increase unnecessary casualties!"

The officers around him quickly agreed, even American instructors were no exception.

In desperation, Walker walked towards the walkie-talkie. Not long after, he returned and said, "Okay! That's right, the Japanese will hide themselves in the tree. Our reinforcements have killed and injured one squad, and after two squads, they haven't even discovered the enemy's hiding place! This may indeed be the same problem we face... As for how to solve it, you can consider it on the way to march!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but gasp. This is indeed a problem. Japanese snipers like to hide in trees... Zhang Chi has heard of this in modern times, and in order to make it easier to shoot Japanese snipers even tie themselves to the tree.

The US military's way of dealing with these Japanese snipers was to use the Bazuka bazooka to blow the trees together with their roots and crowns to pieces... The US military has ammunition, and they can afford such wars.

But the problem is that the first use of the Bazukka bazooka was in November 1942, and there are still a few months left before now. In other words, even the US military is not equipped, let alone the Expeditionary Force.

So dealing with Japanese snipers will become a problem.

But as Walker said, even Zhang Chi had to embark on the road of marching even though he did not think of a solution.

The first company's mission was to reinforce Xujia Village, located on the right wing of Lingbang. It was originally a village living in the Wild Man Mountains. Because of its prominent terrain, it became the garrison of the new recruits.

According to the report of Corps Li, who was defending Xujia Village, they were attacked by at least ten times the Japanese army's strength. After killing and injuring hundreds of Japanese troops, they finally blocked the Japanese charge.

This surprised Zhang Chi. You must know that they are recruit companies. Although they are equipped with American equipment and have been trained in Sun Brabing for more than two months, they have never been on the battlefield and have no combat experience, but they can compete with five times the number of elite Japanese troops. This is a miracle.

Later, when I recalled, Zhang Chi felt that this had factors of geographical advantages and military quality, especially the military quality... The military source of the Expeditionary Force was different from other troops. Most of the soldiers of other troops were for a living, and many soldiers were even tied up by men. Naturally, they had no intention of fighting and put life first.

But the expeditionary army's source was not the case. They were all students who took the initiative to join the army under the call of ******* "A inch of rivers and mountains, one inch of blood, one hundred thousand young people and one hundred thousand troops". These sources of troops were not only cultured and knowledgeable, but more importantly, they also had the passion to kill the enemy and serve the country.
Chapter completed!