In fact, when the Americans' armored assault failed, Van Vliet saw that a surprise attack was impossible, and a strong attack was not assured, because the other party did not give up these two hills as he thought, but transferred troops to meet himself on these two hills! The tenacity of the Chinese, Van Vliet has already understood deeply, if such a strong attack continues, there is no meaning except for heavy casualties on both sides. Van Vliet believes that the best way now is to stop the offensive and find a better breakthrough point to put pressure on the Chinese, even if it is to attack the Pingkang Valley, it is much stronger than killing a bunch of people on these two hills, but the current situation is beyond Van Vliet's control!

Van Vliet's request to stop the offensive was sent to Clark's desk as soon as the report was made, citing the bombing of the field arsenal. "This Van Vliet, it's him who wants to fight, or he's the one who doesn't!" Clark said with some dissatisfaction. "To be honest, now this battle is meaningless, and if it continues to fight, it can only lead to heavy casualties, and the Chinese are not so easy to concede!" The chief of staff next to him said. "But now that propaganda has begun to be done in the country, both parties are making a fuss about this battle, and if it stops now, it will be a big deal!" Clark said, "Tell Van Vliet that this battle must be fought, but if the casualties are too great, consider having the South Koreans take the lead attack, and our troops can only assist in the attack!" It doesn't matter if you win or not, it's the key to win! "Yes!" said the chief of staff.

"Sir, do you really think that there is no possibility of victory in this battle?" Van Vliet's staff officer looked at Van Vliet and asked. "It's not that there is no possibility of victory, but the price of victory will be very large, but even if it wins, it is impossible to have any good results, and it is not possible to achieve much advantage by capturing these two mountains, but the current situation, the domestic form does not allow to stop, so now this battle has become a stage, use the lives of soldiers to sing an opera of war, and show it to the people in the country!" Van Vliet said. "So what should we do?" The staff officer asked. "There is no choice but to carry out the order and continue to fight this battle!" Van Vliet said.

"Sir, in fact, I think that as long as the Chinese give in, this battle will not have to be fought again!" The staff officer said with a wink. "If the Chinese are willing to give in, then this war will not have to be fought!" Van Vliet said. "I mean we can get in touch with the Chinese and see if we can get them to make concessions!" The staff officer said. "No way!" No matter how stupid Van Vliet is, he knows the consequences of doing this, and it is not a small crime to contact the enemy without going through his superiors! "There's something about it... The chief of staff said, "Then we can fight, after all, little James... "Of course I do!" Van Vliet waved his hand and motioned to stop talking!

"My son is just one of many American soldiers, and I didn't start this campaign for personal revenge!" Van Vliet said, "Although at first I did want to use this battle to deal a major blow to our enemy in order to comfort the heroic spirit of little James, but now the situation is different, and any further fight will only kill more soldiers!" But now there is no choice, especially after mixed with political reasons, the matter is even more irreparable! The chief of staff said helplessly. Convey my order to replace all front-line attacking units with South Korean troops, and our troops will be tasked with flanking attacks to repair and store ammunition in the shortest possible time," Van Vliet said. ”

In fact, not only Van Vliet thought so, but even the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army thought so, this battle has become a veritable refueling tactic, one company is sent up, and it is consumed, and another company is sent up, and it is consumed again, and the reason for fighting is to gamble! However, when the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army heard that this battle had become the campaign article of the US presidential candidate, his attitude changed, that is, no matter what they planned to do with this battle, as long as the Volunteer Army won the battle, no matter what the Americans' goals were, they would not succeed! In addition, the commander-in-chief also has another consideration, that is, after the Americans entered the stalemate stage, relying on their own firepower superiority, attacking everywhere, engaging in troops fighting every day, digging fortifications, and the state of alert has not been lifted, and all units are very nervous, even so, some positions are still lost, and casualties are increasing every day.

In addition, although both sides now have the idea of a truce, but no one wants to make concessions, to put it bluntly, they both have the capital to fight, the Americans rely on their firepower superiority, and the biggest capital of the volunteer army is tenacious and flexible tactics, the Americans are not willing to waste their advantages, and China is not willing to make concessions that satisfy the Americans, there is no big victory or defeat on the battlefield, there can be no great progress on the negotiating table, and now the negotiations between the two sides have fallen into a situation where they cannot be moved and cannot be negotiated, in this case, Fighting a large-scale battle is the best way to resolve the stalemate!

"How many troops are there in the direction of Shangganling now?" The commander-in-chief asked. "Now there is only the fifteenth army of Commander Qin, and the artillery has been concentrated in three divisions, under the unified command of Liu Hai, as far as the current combat area is concerned, the current strength is enough!" The staff officer reported the situation. "The Fifteenth Army is not the main force, do you think Commander Qin can withstand it?" The commander-in-chief asked. "I think it's okay, Commander Qin is known for his tenacity, and he will not give up his position until he has to, judging by the current form in the direction of Shangganling, even if he dies, Commander Qin will not retreat!" The staff officer said, "It's hard to say whether you can withstand it, but no one will retreat!" "Tell Commander Qin that he has fought this battle, and the 15th Army is the main force of the Volunteer Army!" said the commander-in-chief. "Understood!" The chief of staff agreed.

"What's going on with this James? He actually wanted to stop the attack on the Five Holy Mountains! As a presidential candidate, Eisenhower looked at the telegram in shock and said with great dissatisfaction. This war cannot be stopped, it must be fought, we have done enough publicity, as long as we can win, then it will arouse the public's respect for the military, which is very beneficial for your military background! Eisenhower's campaign aides said. Our opponents seem to be promoting this campaign as well! Eisenhower asked. Truman has already made too many mistakes because of this war, and even if he wins, it will not have a big impact on them, and for you, who are from a military background, the people will think that it is the military who makes up for the mistakes made by politicians with bravery, so your approval rating will naturally go up! Said the campaign aide. Well, tell Clark that the battle of the Five Holy Mountains cannot be stopped, it must be fought, and it must be won! Eisenhower said.

"Mr. President, General Van Vliet, commander of the Eighth Army, demands that the Battle of the Five Holy Mountains be stopped!" The president's staff reported to Truman. "No way!" Truman shouted without thinking: "The Battle of the Five Holy Mountains must not be stopped!" "General Van Vliet's report said that now that the Chinese have also increased their troops, a stalemate has been formed, and if they continue to fight, they will lose both sides, and it is meaningless!" The staff said, "Actually, I think that even if we win, it will be in the greater interest of our opponents, so it is better to stop, which is more conducive to complying with the anti-war turmoil in China!" "No!" Truman said, "Winning a war is only a matter of interest for our opponents, but it is a matter of life and death for us, and we must not forget that the war is fought in our hands, and if we cannot win a victory at this time, then we do not need to participate in the election!" "Got it!"

"Your Excellency, at the moment this battle has nothing to do with war, it is just a continuation and gambling of politics, at least for us!" The chief of staff handed over the telegram he had received to Van Vliet. "You're right, there's no way to stop this battle now!" Van Vliet said, "If that's the case, let's try to win him!" Has the change of defense of the South Korean Army been completed? "It will take another day to change the guard, and many South Korean soldiers say that we are afraid of the war and escape, let them be cannon fodder, and there is a lot of resistance!" Report of the Chief of Staff. "If it weren't for us, they would have been reformed in concentration camps in the north by now!" Van Vliet said angrily, "How's the matter with the ammunition depot?" ”

"The destroyed ammunition depot has been relocated and established, the losses from the last attack are actually not large, we still have some stock on the front line, but the intensity of the shelling has been reduced in the past few days, as soon as the road to the new ammunition depot is connected, the shelling and large-scale offensive can start immediately!" The staff officer said. "The offensive cannot be stopped, even if the intensity of the shelling is reduced, the offensive must be insisted on, and the Chinese cannot be given time to rest!" Van Vliet said. "No, although the change of defense is going on, the attack has not stopped, especially the attack on those two highlands, which has never stopped!" The staff officer said. "To restore the intensity of the shelling in the shortest possible time!" Van Vliet said.

On the battlefield at this time, because of Liu Xiaoshan's assault action, the Americans fell into a temporary lack of ammunition, but the planes in the sky were not idle, 500 kilograms and 1,000 kilograms of aerial bombs were constantly thrown on the position, the position had been blown up several meters, all the stones on the position had turned into powder, and the dust raised by a * explosion was flying all over the sky! Even so, the attacks of the United Nations forces were repulsed again and again! Faced with no progress in the offensive, Van Vliet forced the engineering units to rush to the road in the shortest possible time, and in just three days, the American engineers rushed to clear the road and resumed the normal supply of ammunition. At the same time, Van Vliet changed the focus of the air force's attack, focusing the bombing on the rear of the position, and tightly blocking the supplementary passage of the volunteer army to the position.