The British dispatched a reconnaissance battalion of 500 men this time.

Under this reconnaissance battalion there are three reconnaissance companies and a reconnaissance detachment directly under the battalion headquarters.

They traveled separately during the search mission, and the campsite was naturally not together.

In the dense forest, the gunfire is absorbed by the trees and grass, so the gunfire is very weak at a slightly longer distance.

So although the battle was fierce on this side, the British did not finally determine the direction of the battle until the end of the battle.

The first to arrive were a reconnaissance detachment directly under the battalion headquarters of the British and a reconnaissance company, with a total strength of nearly 200 men.

There is also a company coming this way.

The British thought that they had just encountered a small reconnaissance unit of the Wehrmacht, thinking that even if they could not destroy the other party, how could they resist for a while.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the battle site, he saw the corpses of his own people all over the ground, and the battalion commander who led the team was suddenly shocked, and was about to give the order to search and guard when gunshots rang out from the opposite side.

As soon as they saw each other, the British were knocked down by a dozen of them, and the rest hurried to find cover and began to fight back.

"Kuroko, pass my order and let the first and second teams continue to outflank the British. Also, signal your allies to come over and make dumplings. Liang Song shouted after firing a shot from his sniper rifle and killing a British soldier.

"Yes, Captain!" Kuroko lowered his body with a gun and ran to give the order.

The two sides crackled and fought, and the gunfire sounded very dense.

In fact, apart from the loss of some men by the British at the beginning, the casualties on both sides in the ensuing battle were not too great.

After all, there are too many factors that affect the shooting effect in the battle in this dense forest, and there are also many bunkers, so looking at the excitement of the fight, in fact, the hit rate of both sides is not high.

Liang Song slowly looked for the target with a sniper rifle, as long as the British soldiers he targeted, basically none of them could be spared.

The British have no idea about sniper warfare now, so many don't know how to defend themselves.

Moreover, they hid behind tree trunks, and if they wanted to shoot, they had to show their heads, which gave Liang Song an opportunity to take advantage of.

It wasn't until more than a dozen people were killed that the British realized that there were people on the enemy's side who were shooting cold, and they began to slowly learn to behave, trying not to show their heads when shooting.

The three squads led by Liang Song personally shot very vigorously in the front, which was used to attract the attention of the British.

The second and third squads were very skilled in this roundabout routine, and after quietly detouring back to the sides of the British, they did not shoot directly, but took out a long-handled grenade from their backpack and smashed it directly.

Boom Boom Boom Boom ......

After a burst of muffled sounds, the gunfire of the British suddenly thinned out a lot.

"Retreat! The enemy's fire is too fierce! ”

The British battalion commander, dazed by a grenade, hurriedly shouted to retreat and retreated with his team.

Seeing that the British were about to run, Liang Song immediately commanded the troops to chase after them.

After chasing for half an hour, the last British company finally caught up, and the British stopped retreating and began to hold on.

Although in Liang Song's eyes, the combat effectiveness of the British is nothing more than that. But after all, the other side has an advantage in troops, and in terms of weapons, except for mortars and grenades, the gap between the two sides is not large.

So when the British began to settle down and hold on, the two sides formed a temporary state of confrontation for a while.

The British were frightened and stunned, and they simply could not figure out how many enemies there were around them.

Liang Song was so bold that he didn't realize what his concept of 200 people surrounding more than 300 people was.

In his eyes, the number of people has never been the key to determining the situation on the battlefield.

"Hell, what the hell is going on, our operation is top secret, why are we running into so many enemies here."

"I estimate that the enemy in front of us is at least five or six hundred people, otherwise it would not have been possible to have such dense firepower. It seems that the third company has all gone to God, and we are now surrounded, and we will not be able to break through without reinforcements. ”

"This must be some damn guy who leaked the secret, it must be the damn Zheng Zhilong's people, otherwise we wouldn't have met the enemy here at all. I'm going to curse that leaker, if I go back, I'll screw his head off with my own hands. ”

Several British officers got together and began to discuss measures, but when they opened their mouths, they were all complaining.

The battalion commander Hunter listened silently to a few subordinates complaining and cursing, his brows furrowed, and his mood was also very disturbed.

In this terrible weather, in this terrible dense forest, and in the midst of such a terrible battle, his mood was simply terrible.

However, as the battalion commander, the supreme commander here, he did not have the right to complain, and his mind was quickly thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him.

Now, of course, it's about how to get the troops back, not to keep going to that damn mission.

This Mr. Hunter was not actually a good commander, and he was able to become the commander of this army in large part because of his noble origins.

His grandfather was a nobleman in the British Empire, so he was given the opportunity to join the army.

He is a mediocre person, so he has all the characteristics of a mediocre person, such as flustered and dazed.

In the midst of the complaints and noise of several officers under his command, his thoughts became a mess, and various thoughts kept rising and being vetoed by himself.

"Damn, you all shut up for me, isn't it time to think about how to live?" Poor Mr. Hunter finally couldn't take it anymore and roared at several of his subordinates.

Several officers looked at the commander of his mediocre talent, but at this time, he was as angry as a lion, and they all closed their mouths in amusement.

Hunter clutched his forehead and looked at them weakly.

Finally, a company commander spoke: "Mr. Battalion Commander, I think if we can't break through, then there is only one option left." ”

Everyone looked at the company commander, and although he didn't say it, everyone understood what he meant.

Either fight to the death, or break out.

Of course, there is a third way, and that is to surrender to the enemy.

The others did not speak, but their eyes were on Hunter, and the meaning was already obvious.

However, this mediocre battalion commander, Mr. Hawk, showed his bravery at this time, he thought about it, shook his head firmly and said, "No! We can't just surrender. ”

Everyone else looked at him in surprise, as if they didn't know how this previously mediocre and timid battalion commander had suddenly become so brave and stubborn.

The British did not have a tradition of fighting to the death, and for them, it was perfectly possible to surrender when the situation on the battlefield was unfavorable.

This is even written in their infantry drills.

Facing the surprised gazes of his subordinates, Hunter shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't look at me like that, I mean that we should at least prepare a white flag, and then send someone to contact our enemies, and talk first about the conditions of our surrender and the treatment we can receive, gentlemen, shouldn't it be like this?" ”