Zhang Junhao's judgment was very accurate. The order received by the Japanese 15th Division and the 31st Division were indeed to retreat to the Homalin Ferry, cross the Qindun River through the Homalin Ferry, and then transfer to the Minjs District. Zhang Junhao predicted that the Japanese vanguard would not arrive in three days. Everything was the same as Zhang Junhao's speculation. Three days later, an infantry brigade of the 15th Division finally arrived at the first infantry team of the squad team. The third infantry team, two Chindite battalions and the second artillery team guarded the east side of the ridge, and were trying to walk a small path to the Homalin Ferry.

Zhang Junhao spoke on the phone with Colonel Brandon in the team headquarters. After explaining the situation to Zhang Junhao, Colonel Brandon laughed and said, "I want to order the team to eliminate the infantry brigade in one fell swoop."

Zhang Junhao laughed and said, "Why make the Japanese army die so happily? Let the Chindite camp fight first, and the other teams rest."

What Zhang Junhao said was too unexpected to Colonel Brandon. How could Colonel Brandon understand?

Colonel Brandon frowned and asked in a low voice: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Junhao smiled and said: "Use the slow attack strategy to let the subsequent Japanese army come to die with confidence."

Colonel Brandon suddenly realized and laughed and said, "I understand, a good plan! I will let the artillery and the first and third infantry teams rest and let the Chindith Battalion fight first."

After Zhang Junhao hung up the phone, he looked at Colonel Les and Colonel Luo Zhong and said with a smile: "The Japanese army has finally arrived."

Colonel Luo Zhong laughed and said, "Yes, the Japanese army finally came to die."

Zhang Junhao looked at Colonel Les and said, "I plan to report to General Slim and General Wingate, and said that a large group of infantry in the Japanese army had arrived and launched an attack on our positions."

Colonel Les nodded and said yes.

Zhang Junhao was not only confident in the western ridge defense line, but also was not worried that the Japanese army would bypass the western ridge line and follow the Qindun River. Once the Japanese army entered the Hetao area, they would be attacked on both sides of the artillery of the special melee team. There was no danger in the Hetao area and there were swamps everywhere. When the Japanese army entered the Hetao area, it would be equivalent to entering a jar, and it would take a jar to catch turtles. Of course, Zhang Junhao also hid the final trick. When the Japanese army entered the Hetao area, they would use flooding strategies to drown all the Japanese army.

Before making the decision to deploy troops, Zhang Junhao convened everyone to hold a meeting for research. The decision made was the crystallization of collective wisdom. Not only Zhang Junhao is a military expert, but Zhang Junhao's subordinates are also military experts. The decision made jointly is absolutely exquisite.

Because it was a decision made by collective research, the team leader, battalion commander and others understood this deployment very deeply.

Although the Japanese army had an infantry brigade, they had a serious lack of ammunition and the officers and soldiers were seriously inadequate. Moreover, the place where the attack was launched was at the bottom of the canyon, and there were streams at the bottom of the canyon, which was inconvenient for troops to gather.

The two infantry units of the TCM team, the two battalions of Chindit and the Second Artillery Unit were on the ridge, occupying absolutely favorable terrain.

After the special melee team occupied favorable terrain, it can be described as one man blocking the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open.

The Japanese army launched an attack from noon and the battle continued until evening. The Japanese army left behind more than 200 bodies, and the main force was forced to retreat to the stream and stay in the opposite mountain to rest.

After fighting for so long, the two infantry units of the Special Melee Team and the Second Artillery Team did not participate in the battle. The two battalions of Chindith only used semi-automatic rifles, which made the Japanese army make a wrong judgment that the team guarding the mountain had no heavy weapons. The brigade sent a report to the 15th Division headquarters. After reporting the relevant situation, it thought that the team guarding the ridge was the Chindith team. The reason why it could not be attacked was because there were no heavy weapons and the ammunition they had was seriously insufficient. It was recommended to send more teams to attack, thinking that the Chindith team guarding the ridge would inevitably be eliminated in one fell swoop.

After receiving a telegram from the attacking Ridge Brigade, Lieutenant General Shibata No. 1, after receiving the telegram from the attacking Ridge Brigade, he immediately expanded the map, stared at the direction of Homalin, and then stared at the direction of Jiling Temple.

The brows of Shibata Yui were frowning tightly, and his heart was tightly grasped. The entire 15th Division had retreated into the path between the mountains. Each unit was following the order and moving towards the Homalin Ferry. Some teams did not have radio stations. Suddenly changing the direction of travel would inevitably lead to some teams falling behind because they could not receive the order, and thus they were eliminated by the British army. Even if all of them could receive the order and follow the order to change the direction of travel, heading to Jiling Temple, the distance would increase by hundreds.

The food team has been cut off from the kilometer, and almost everyone is injured. How can they have the ability to go such a long way? Besides, once a part of the British army fights from Morey to Shijishen, the entire division will be intercepted. With the current situation of the 15th Division, how can they still have the ability to fight with the British army? Going to Jiling Temple to cross Qindun River, one is to violate the orders of the 15th Army Command, two is to have the ability to go such a long way, and three is to have the ability to fight bad wars.

After thinking about it, Lieutenant General Shibata Yuki finally stared at the direction of the Homalin Ferry on the map. After a while, he read the telegram again. The telegram said that the team guarding the ridge had no heavy weapons and thought it was the Chindith troops. If more teams were assembled, the Chindith troops guarding the ridge would definitely be eliminated in one fell swoop.

The location of the division headquarters of Shibata Uchinobu is Purnsyal. This place is fifty kilometers away from the forward. You can reach the Kanjing by crossing the mountain area twenty kilometers eastward, where you can meet the 31 division. A few kilometers eastward from the Kanjing and cross a mountain area, you can meet the forward.

Shibata Uchino No. 1 Second Junior General Shibata knew that even if he was following the current route towards the Homalin Ferry, a considerable number of personnel from the 15th Division were not able to get there.

Shibata Yuki No. 1 Middle School sighed heavily and felt helpless. He thought that being the commander of the 15th Division was the greatest opportunity in his life, but now it seems that it is not that simple.

General Shibata Yuki No. 1 told the chief of staff of the division: "Send a report to the vanguard team and order the approaching teams to speed up, meet with the brigades in the direction of the Homalin Ferry as soon as possible, and launch an attack on the Chindit troops guarding the ridge. Be sure to capture the ridge and capture the Homalin Ferry."

There was a team guarding the direction of Homalin. The 31st Division headquarters did not know that the commander of the 31st Division, Lieutenant General Hanoi Shirotaro, was in the Kankan at this time, and was less than ten kilometers away from the 15th Division's battle. The large units of the 31st Division were all scattered on the mountain path on the east side of Ukruel, and were trekking hard towards Homalin. The 15th Division also had the option to march towards Jilingmiao, and the 31st Division did not. The 15th Division could get rid of the British army when retreating, but the 31st Division could not. The defenders of the 31st Division were always bitten by the British army and were constantly being eliminated. The division headquarters escaped from the west side of Ukruel and walked on the Impal side, and was walking on the highway and traveled relatively fast. Of course, more importantly, it was good luck and did not meet the British army. If it were to meet the British army, the division headquarters would have been surrounded and annihilated long ago.

Lieutenant General Hirota Hanoi ordered to leave the highway and take a small road to the Homalin Ferry.

In the jungle mountains, there is a small path winding and winding toward the Homalin Ferry. The distance is much further than the straight line, but it is accessible. This is the path taken by the 31st Division when it launched an attack on Kohima. Relevant personnel from the division headquarters are familiar with this route.

In the direction of Jilingmiao, under the order of General Slim, the British 81st Division, which was responsible for attacking the Gaba Valley, was first bypassed Jilingmiao and Gariva on the back line of the remnants of the Japanese 33rd Division, and fought fiercely with the Japanese 33rd Division in that area. The officers and soldiers of the Japanese 33rd Division, who were still fighting beasts, fought desperately. The British 81st Division suffered a heavy blow and could not go to the ferries of the Qindun River. Although the British 81st Division could not seize that section of the Qindun River ferries, it also dragged the Japanese 33rd Division, and the two sides formed a stalemate.

In the direction of Koshima Ukruhr, the British 7th Division and the 2nd Division chased and annihilated the Japanese army in the vast mountainous areas, and the process was also very slow. The Japanese defenders were carrying out the most fierce resistance, and the two British divisions were also scattered in the mountains in battalions and fighting each other. Due to the difficulties in replenishing ammunition and the muddy roads, the British army had to make great efforts every step forward.

The British and American air forces searched for the Japanese army in a vast area. Once they were discovered, they dropped bombs on the Japanese army. However, because the Japanese army had been dispersed, the bombing effect was severely weakened.

Since the Battle of Impal has developed, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes. The Chinese, American and British troops have changed from passive defense to blocking and chasing and annihilation combat mode, and the Japanese troops have changed from active attack to a hasty escape mode.

The 15th Japanese Army Command had plans for the major retreat. In the first stage, the entire army retreated to the ferry crossings of the Qindun River. After a brief rest at each ferry crossing, it entered the second stage to retreat across the Qindun River.

After all, the 15th Japanese Army was an invading army and an occupying army. When retreating, it had to disguise itself as a battle victory to maintain its image among the Burmese people, thereby preventing the image from collapse and causing the Burmese people to lose confidence in the Japanese army. Therefore, in the second phase of the withdrawal of the Qindun River, the team must be rectified, at least on the surface, to make the outside world think that the Japanese army was triumphant.

This is called slapping the swollen face and having to be fat.

However, from the perspective of the Japanese army, it is still unknown whether the Japanese army can retreat to various ferries and seize them. Now we have to talk about retreating through Qindun River, as if we think a little too far away.
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