At 4:30 in the morning, Xie Xinming and Wang Jinxian knocked on Zhang Junhao's door with a telegram sent by the team headquarters.

As soon as the knock on the door sounded, Zhang Junhao immediately retreated from the top of the paradise. As the captain of the special melee team, Zhang Junhao remained alert at any time and anywhere.

The military situation is not urgent, and no one will knock on Zhang Junhao's door.

While turning over and getting out of bed, Zhang Junhao grabbed his pants and put his feet on his shoes, sat on the edge of the bed, and quickly put on his top.

Yu'er also quickly put on her pajamas and turned over and got out of bed. When Zhang Junhao stood up and tied his belt, Yu'er was already wearing an armed belt. Yu'er was also very agile, much faster than ordinary people.

Xie Xinming's voice came from outside the door: "Captain, Koshima's urgent telegram, the situation is extremely serious."

Zhang Junhao quickly tied his armed belt and shouted: "Here you come!"

Yu'er quickly combed Zhang Junhao's hair with a comb, put the military cap on Zhang Junhao's head, and tidied up the military uniform for Zhang Junhao.

Zhang Junhao strode towards the door.

The knock on the door was enough to wear clothes for less than a minute. The speed was so fast that it was incredible. If someone recorded and played it back with a camera, he would think that the fast forward mode was used.

Zhang Junhao opened the door and walked out, and took it with him.

In the darkness, Zhang Junhao received the telegram and read it quickly, and said to Xie Xinming and Wang Jinxian: "Let's go up the mountain and talk to Kohima's front line."

At five o'clock in the morning, Zhang Junhao, Xie Xinming, Wang Jinxian, Captain Nathan and others arrived at the nearby mountaintop. Zhang Junhao spoke on the phone with Colonel Luo Zhong on the phone.

Three US bombers flew through the sky where Zhang Junhao was located.

Colonel Luo Zhong reported that the Japanese army had retreated across the board and their positions were defended. Now American and British aircraft are bombing the Japanese army.

Focus on bombing possible Japanese artillery positions.

Zhang Junhao looked up at the west, and there were bursts of fire in the sky, with a faint rumbling sound.

Zhang Junhao asked about the casualties of the team, and Colonel Luo Zhong reported that the two infantry detachments had a total of 97 casualties.

Colonel Luo Zhong said that General Slim called back and a vanguard battalion of the 161st Brigade of the 5th British-Indian Division, which was stationed at the Nichukad Pass on the east side of Dimapur, was about to arrive in Kohima. After the battalion arrived, it immediately took over the position of the Special Melee team. The Special Melee team rested for a day before continuing to participate in the battle. A series of Rajput troops could arrive at any time. Before dark, a large number of troops would arrive. In the morning, the British Air Force would drop air supplies.

Zhang Junhao was heartbroken when he learned that there were major casualties in the three step-by-step teams. He learned that there would be a large number of reinforcements to arrive immediately, and he felt relieved.

Zhang Junhao told Colonel Luo Zhong: "Since there are teams to defend, the main force of the special melee team will withdraw to the city and have a good rest for a day. We maintain good contact and inform each other of the situation. I know that Japanese artillery is the biggest threat to Kohima, and I am trying to find a way to destroy Japanese artillery."

After talking to Colonel Luo Zhong, Zhang Junhao looked up at the sky. The sky was gray. According to common sense, it is likely that it will rain heavily this morning.

It is already the end of April, and the rainy season may have arrived.

The warm wind blowing from the Indian Ocean will bring a lot of water vapor. After climbing the mountains in this area, the temperature will drop, the water vapor condenses, and it will rain heavily for a long time.

Once it rains, it may fall continuously.

If it rains continuously, American and British aircraft cannot continue to bomb the Japanese army. The Japanese army can maintain a high-intensity offensive posture against Kohima City like at night.

The situation in Kohima will surely become more and more serious as the rainy season arrives.

The prerequisite for defending Kohima is to destroy Japanese artillery. If the Japanese artillery cannot be destroyed, Kohima City will sooner or later be captured by the Japanese army.

Destroying artillery became even more urgent.

After Zhang Junhao walked back to the village, he found that a large number of people had returned.

Zhang Junhao looked at the busy people in the village and felt mixed emotions.

After returning to the church, Zhang Junhao immediately asked the pastor to contact the pastor of the nearby church immediately and inquire with the people to find out if anyone is familiar with the terrain and landform of the Japanese army entrenched. If anyone is familiar, please find such a person immediately. The pastor told Zhang Junhao that he knew that a pastor was a traveler. The church where the pastor was located was northwest of the place, more than ten miles apart, so he would go to search for it himself now.

After the pastor went out to find someone, Zhang Junhao presided over a squad leader meeting in the church.

After informing everyone about the situation in Kohima City, Zhang Junhao said: "It will rain soon, and US and British aircraft may not be able to bomb the Japanese army normally for several days. The Japanese army suddenly launched dozens of heavy artillery tonight, and the team guarding Kohima City suffered heavy casualties. Our special melee infantry team has suffered 97 casualties, which is the most serious casualties since the airborne Kumen Ridge. General Slim is urgently dispatching troops to reinforce Kohima, and a vanguard battalion of the 161st Brigade will arrive in the morning. After the battalion arrives, the main force of our special melee team can withdraw to the city for rest. However, the rest time is only one day, and one day will have to fight with the Japanese army again. Japanese artillery is the biggest threat to the Kohima defenders. Only by destroying the Japanese artillery can the defenders save Kohima, and thus repel or eliminate the Japanese army."

Then Zhang Junhao focused on the Japanese artillery. From the perspective of dozens of heavy artillery suddenly appearing tonight, it is very likely that the Japanese army attacked Kohima would concentrate all the heavy artillery.

The Japanese army did this for two reasons. One was that the Japanese army had no food and was panicked. The commando destroyed the food stolen by the Japanese army and destroyed the Japanese material base, which reflected the major blow to the Japanese army. If the war was dragged down, the Japanese army would die due to the food slaughtered. The Japanese army wanted to speed up the end of the battle. The second was that all the Japanese artillery gathered together, which showed that the Japanese army had the ability to quickly hide all the artillery when US and British aircraft came to bomb. It is speculated that there were large caves near the artillery position, and the caves were covered by trees, so the US and British Air Force could not find them in the air.

Zhang Junhao told everyone that the pastor was rushing to another church to invite the pastor who likes to travel in that church. I hope the pastor he invited would be familiar with the terrain and landforms of that area.

If the priest could draw the terrain of that area and point out the specific location of the cave, we would immediately go to attack. On rainy days, Japanese artillery does not need to be hidden, so we can find it relatively easily. If it is hidden, we will blow up the cave. For this reason, we must bring enough explosives to bomb the cave. If it is not hidden, we will use propulsion gunpowder and grenades to blow up the cannon barrel. As long as the cannon barrel cannon barrels cannons be damaged, the Japanese artillery cannon barrels cannot be used. When we were in Zhejiang, we used explosives to blow up Japanese artillery many times. Captain Xie and Captain Wang have rich experience. Next, please ask the two captains to tell you about this.

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, it was raining heavily.

Zhang Junhao stood at the church door and watched the rain.

Xie Xinming, Wang Jinxian and the squad leader continued to hold a meeting to study methods for attacking Japanese artillery.

Yu'er came to Zhang Junhao and whispered: "It's so rainy in the world, it's extremely difficult for Japanese artillery to fire."

Zhang Junhao nodded and said, "This also adds great difficulty to our attack on the Japanese artillery positions."

Yu'er said: "It also brings benefits to our hidden journey."

Zhang Junhao nodded and said, "It makes sense. Attacking the Japanese artillery positions is the most severe test for the commando. The commando is likely to be completely wiped out by the Japanese army. There are many people in the commando who come from Zhejiang with me. We are born and die together, and each team member is my brother and brother."

Yu'er nodded and said, "Yes! It's no less difficult than pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth. You really have to plan and make a decision carefully."

The radio staff in charge came over and ran over with the telegram, and Zhang Junhao took it and read it.

The telegram was sent jointly by General Slim and General Wingate.

General Slim and General Wingate told Zhang Junhao that the two lifelines in the north and south of Impal had been cut off by the Japanese army, and the Japanese vanguard had attacked to only a dozen kilometers away from Impal. Just now, part of the Japanese army cut off the connection line between Kohima and Dimapur. Dimapur is a huge material transfer station for the British army. Once occupied by the Japanese army, the consequences will be extremely serious. A vanguard battalion of the 161st Brigade and a company of Rajput soldiers entered Kohima City before the Japanese army cut off the connection line. The 2nd Division and the 7th Division were advancing urgently towards Dimapur. After arriving at Dimapur, they will go to Kohima City along the highway. Now they are trying to find a way to airdrop two battalions of infantry into Kohima City. Mountbatten appointed Major General Monty Stupford to take over the command of Kohima defense, and Major General Stupford will fully command the defense command of Kohima City.

The main force of the 31st Division of the Japanese Army sent a unit to reinforce the First Column. If the main force of the Japanese army approached the First Column, Kohima would definitely not be able to defend it. Kohima's military situation was urgent!
Chapter completed!