At noon that day, Zhang Junhao received a joint signature from General Mountbatten and General Slim. The telegram was very long and he fully affirmed the speculation that the Japanese army carried out a major retreat provided by the Japanese army. He said that based on the collection of Japanese intelligence by the air force and intelligence personnel, he came to the same conclusion as Zhang Junhao's speculation, the 15th Japanese Army did indeed begin a major retreat. The Southeast Asian Theater General Command decided to eliminate the 15th Japanese Army in British India, and specially ordered the 15th Army Command to implement a counterattack plan.

Send a powerful team to seize the ferry crossings of the Qindun River, intercept the Japanese army, and order the seven divisions of the two armies under the group army, the various units of the Chindither Brigade and related teams to carry out a pursuit and annihilation operation against the Japanese army. Now order your troops to give up Ukruhr, and the 7th Division will be controlled by the 7th Division. Your troops will immediately take the Chindither Brigade and quickly go to the west side of the Chinduther River to the Homalin direction, occupy favorable terrain, control the ferry crossings of the Qindun River, and resolutely prevent a Japanese army from crossing the Qindun River from that section to the Homalin, and thus escape to Minjs District.

After receiving this telegram, Zhang Junhao immediately summoned Colonel Les, Colonel Zhang Boliang, Colonel Brandon, Colonel Luo Zhong, Lt. Col. Jack, Lt. Col. Xie Xinming and Lt. Wang Jinxian for a meeting.

The participants were excited and the battle that had been fought for so long was finally waiting for this day.

Zhang Junhot's melee team occupied Ukruhr, cut off the retreat route and supply line of the 31st Japanese division, and strategically forced the 31st Japanese division to retreat because the 31st division retreated, which forced the 15th Army to retreat greatly.

General Mountbatten was worried that the Zhang Junhot melee team would suffer major casualties in the process of defending Ukruel, and the team would be very tired. In fact, the battles that Zhang Junhot melee team fought in Ukruel were the easiest compared to all the battles that had been fought in the past. The team occupied favorable terrain, hid in solid fortifications, and used powerful firepower to kill and injure the enemy. Due to the lack of heavy firepower and low morale, all the Japanese attacks were like mosquitoes shaking a big tree. The officers and soldiers of the Special Melee team adopted a rotation rest strategy. When half of the officers and soldiers were fighting, the other half of the officers and soldiers rested in the trenches and castles. They ate well, had good rest, and were not bad at accommodation. Where did they get tiredness?

In guarding Ukruel, Zhang Junhao did not send his team to the fortifications to fight, and gave all the battles in the field to the British army. Since he did not participate in the field, how could the special melee team have major casualties? Although there were dozens of soldiers who were casualties, all of these casualties were soldiers with insufficient experience in the Chindith Brigade.

Zhang Junhao told everyone: "The Homarin area is less than 100 miles straight from Ukruel. If there is a road in the plain area, we will set out now and we will arrive in the early morning tomorrow. Now I don't know if there is a road to the Homarin area. Regardless of whether there is a road or not, the best way is to go directly to the mountainous area. We cannot take the road to detour, which will lead to our encounter with the Japanese retreating troops in the mountainous area and our actions will be delayed. Now it has lost its meaning to destroy the Japanese army in the mountainous area. Thousands or one more are eliminated, which is almost the same. As long as we can control the ferry crossings of the Qindun River on the west side of Homarin, no matter how many Japanese troops are, they will be wiped out by our army."

Colonel Brandon said: "No one of us is familiar with the terrain, they are all airborne in Ukruel!"

Zhang Junhao said: "In Kohima, we learned about the terrain through the pastor, which helped us a lot in fighting. In Ukruel, we can also ask the priest to be our guide. Colonel Brandon immediately finds a familiar terrain priest in the surrounding churches."

Brandon smiled and nodded and said yes.

Zhang Junhao continued: "Immediately order all units to withdraw from their positions and retreat to Ukruhr city to make preparations. Once we find a familiar terrain priest, we set out overnight. When we set out, we hired locals to carry supplies for us. Colonel Zhang Boliang was responsible for this work. Of course, the Chindi T-Brigade also needs to assist the T-Meng team in transporting supplies. When the team set off, the commando team opened the road in front to prevent encountering Japanese troops in the mountains."

Colonel Zhang Boliang, Colonel Les, Xie Xinming and Wang Jinxian said yes in unison.

After the meeting, Zhang Junhao, under the protection of the female guard, left the mountain village and set out first to go to Ukruhr City.

In the past, Zhang Junhao often participated in material transport work. Now there are people who don’t need him to transport materials himself.

When Zhang Junhao and his party came to Ukruhr City, the commando also arrived under Xie Xinming's leadership.

Zhang Junhao and the commando team continued to walk to the east, came to a high ground, and looked out on the east side. The mountains were vast, and if no one led the way, it would be extremely difficult for the team to get out of the mountains.

Zhang Junhao said to Xie Xinming: "We are here to wait for news."

Xie Xinming immediately ordered the entire commando to rest on the spot.

In the evening, Colonel Brandon led the two pastors to come.

Zhang Junhao shook hands enthusiastically with the pastor.

The pastors told Zhang Junhao that there were churches in the mountains. They often went into the mountains to go to churches in the mountains and were very familiar with the mountainous environment in this area. They promised to lead the team to the direction of Homalin.

Zhang Junhao expressed his gratitude to the two pastors.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the team all arrived at the east side of Ukruel, and Zhang Junhao ordered to set off.

A squad held a torch, and under the leadership of the priest, the commando led the way forward, and the third infantry detachment served as the rear guard and marched into the mountains.

Zhang Junhao acted with the team headquarters.

At two o'clock in the morning, the team came to a big mountain gorge. There was a small stream at the bottom of the canyon, and was blocked by a steep ridge in front of it.

Zhang Junhao found that the mountains were high and dense forests were not available at all. He thought that the team had to go along the mountain gorge and look for a road to cross the mountain south.

The pastor told Zhang Junhao that this place is a province of Shiji. It is a narrow, long and flat area to the south, which is several hundred kilometers long and has a very dense population.

The pastor asked Zhang Junhao not to worry. Although the mountains opposite were high and dense, there seemed to be no hope of climbing over. In fact, there were winding paths in the mountains to pass through. They guaranteed that they could lead the team safely to the direction of the Homalin Ferry.

Zhang Junhao immediately thought that the small roads in the mountains were the roads taken when the Japanese army launched an attack. When the Japanese army retreated, they must also want to take this road and retreat to the direction of the Qindun River.

Zhang Junhao asked the pastor to describe the terrain. After listening to the pastor's description, Zhang Junhao knew it. Zhang Junhao thought that instead of controlling the ferry, it was better to control this important place. This should be the future Ukruhr, a strategic place where the Japanese army attempted to escape to the Homalin Ferry, or headed south to the Jilingmiao area. Zhang Junhao, a famous general in a hundred battles, had the keenest judgment on the situation and immediately made a decision to arrange the team to deploy defense here.

Zhang Junhao ordered the team to rest on the spot, ordered two squads of the commando to cut trees and make simple bridges, and convened Colonel Les, Colonel Zhang Boliang, Colonel Brandon, Colonel Luo Zhong, and Lieutenant Colonel Zachary to hold a meeting to study the next action.

After discussion and research, a consensus was reached. The first and third infantry detachments and the two battalions of Chindith were ambushed on the ridge. Half of the Jack artillery were led by Lieutenant Colonel Zakri and deployed on the ridge. I thought there were two major benefits to blocking the Japanese army here, one was to prevent the gathering of Japanese troops from escaping to the direction of Jiling Temple. The other was to block the Japanese army from here to the ferry in the direction of Homalin.

This place is commanded by Colonel Brandon.

At five o'clock in the morning, the two other battalions of the Special Melee Team and the Chindite Brigade crossed the stream, walked the mountain path, and continued to move. At ten o'clock in the afternoon, the team crossed the mountains and came to the Kuanguang Qindun River Hetao area.

This area is a fertile farmland area in the dry season and a swamp area formed by the flooding of rivers during the rainy season.

The pastor told Zhang Junhao that there was a stream on the north side of the mountain pass that was connected to the stream in the mountain canyon. The stream in the mountain is relatively wide and very deep. After passing the stream, climbing up the mountain on that side you can overlook Homalin on the other side of the Qindun River.

There is a bridge on the stream. If the bridge is controlled, the Japanese army will not be able to go to the ferry in the direction of Homalin.

The pastor told Zhang Junhao that the Qindun River turned a big bend on the east side and flowed south along the foot of the mountain. During the rainy season, the Qindun River was 1,500 meters wide, and countless streams gathered east of the Qindun River on the south side of Homalin, which was a wetland with a width of hundreds of miles. There was only one ferry here. Even if the Japanese army in the nearby areas crossed the Qindun River, they would fall into a swamp and could not move forward.

The pastor's words made Zhang Junhao further clarify that the Homalin Ferry is the most important ferry within a range of hundreds of miles north and south.

Zhang Junhao had the idea of ​​blocking streams and flooding the Japanese army with water like the Mengguan direction. To implement this plan, the Japanese army must be released. The position is very strong now, and there is no need to let the Japanese army come, so the flooding plan is not considered for the time being.

Zhang Junhao looked at the mountainous area on the north side and nodded, "We took the small path, occupied the mountainous area on the west side of the Qindun River, established fortifications, and controlled the ferry. The camp was built on the mountain, and the bridge was preserved here to facilitate our passage. Because our team blocked the ridge on the side of the road, the Japanese army could not pass. If the Japanese army wanted to reach Homalin, they could only climb over the mountains from the north side of the stream. After the Japanese army crossed the mountain, they could only come over to die. The British army was responsible for seizing other ferries. Whether the Japanese army would go or not, how the British army would guard it is their business, and we don't care."

At this time, the Japanese army was still struggling in the mountains on both sides of Ukruel and struggling towards Homarin. Several British troops were interspersing in the mountains to try to reach the ferries of the Qindun River before the Japanese army. Since the British army was behind the Japanese army, when the British army quickly moved forward, it was inevitable that they would encounter the Japanese army, and the possibility of a melee between the British and Japanese army in the mountains was greatly increased.

The 15th Division and 31st Division of the Japanese Army aimed at the Homalin Ferry at the same time. Both Japanese divisions decided to cross the Qindun River from the Homalin direction and retreat to the Minjs area.

The Zhang Junhao melee team is destined to be the focus of the great battle. The 15th Japanese army would never dream of the Zhang Junhao melee team giving up Ukrull before the Japanese army to come to the mountainous area on the west side of Homalin before the Japanese army, because the Homalin ferry is one of the most important ferry crossings of the Japanese army to escape from the Qindun River. Moreover, once the Japanese army determines the escape direction at the Homalin ferry, the army will go to this area, and the British army will chase after it. Once the Japanese army finds the way to the ferry.

If there are ambushers on the road, it will be too late to adjust the direction of escape. The Japanese army will not have the ability to turn to other directions and march for a long distance again. At that time, the 15th Division and the 31st Division of the Japanese army will have to defend their positions against Zhang Junhaote melee team and launch a round of death charges. In order to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through the position and escaping from their defensive areas, the Zhang Junhaote melee team will definitely withstand the Japanese mad dog-like attack at all costs.
Chapter completed!