While the British thieves in the Brisbane fortress began to fall, it was a different story on the front of Mount Tebultop, almost 90 kilometres away.

The British offensive lasted only seven days, and from this evening, Hugh. Gough's legions began digging trenches on the front of Mount Tabtorp in preparation for entrenchment. It's not to hold on to the end, but to prepare to hold on for a few days, and then relaunch the offensive when the follow-up supplies and ammunition arrive.

The shortcomings of this "worship offensive", Hugh. Of course, Guff also knows - "The Selected Writings of King Wuzhong" is a must-read book in army military schools all over the world, he joined the British army at the age of 13, and was later admitted to the military academy, and since he was a child, he was determined to be an excellent officer. How could Gough not be familiar with this book? If he hadn't worked hard to learn military knowledge and impress his father, who was a militia captain, he scraped together a sum of money to make him donate a major (Hugh. Goff was born in the donor class, but he is still a good officer), how did he get to where he is today?

But in Hugh. In his decades-long military career, Goff never encountered a "worship offensive". There were, of course, undersufficiency, but before the Battle of Adrianople, it was rare for two armies to engage in high-intensity and attrition for seven days in the field. Even during the rather intense Napoleonic Wars, it was difficult for high-intensity, continuous fierce field battles to last that long. The siege of the fortress can be fought for a long time, but the ammunition consumption of the siege battle is not large.

So Hugh. Although Gough had read about the theory of the "Seven Days Offensive" in books, he had never used it until this time. However, it is really incredible that a military theory that was born in the era of flintlock pistols more than 100 years ago can work in a completely different era today.

While feeling incredible, Hugh. Guff also took some measures, such as stopping the offensive before the ammunition ran out, allowing the whole army to go on the defensive, preparing for the enemy's counterattack. For example, urging the rear to hurry up and send shells and bullets to themselves. Another example is to order the troops who dug trenches on the front line to prepare cluster grenades and 2.75-inch small cannons that can deal with the Ming army's ironclad vehicles. Gough didn't think this ironclad car was very powerful. In his opinion, the main reason for the collapse of the defenders on the beach of several criminals was the ironclad ships that "became fine". The ironclad ships were armed with 60-mm rapid-fire guns and 120-mm howitzers, and they had some armor to withstand the bombardment of small and medium-caliber howitzers. This kind of ironclad ship has come ashore, how can the thief army guarding the beachhead not collapse?

And the front of Mount Tabor is dozens of miles away from the coastline, even if the ironclad ships of the Ming Navy are really "refined", it is impossible to run that far, right? So Hugh. Gao Fu is still relatively determined. So I went to bed after dark on the 20th and quickly fell asleep. I really dreamed that when I led thousands of British troops wearing the old-fashioned red military uniforms before the Napoleonic Wars to invade the Dajin Kingdom on a sail battleship, I suddenly felt a shaking, and then his chief of staff, Brigadier General Clinton, shouted: "Admiral, wake up, Admiral, wake up that the Brisbane Fortress is under heavy shelling, and there may be battleships bombarding the Fortress with naval guns on the sea of Brisbane Bay, and the Fortress may not be able to hold it!" ” …

Stop. Gough was stunned when he heard that the Brisbane Fortress could not be defended, and he got up from the marching bed, only to find that the inside of his tent had been lit with oil lamps, and Brigadier General Clinton and several division commanders had squeezed in.

"What's going on?" Stop. Gough asked aloud, "What the hell happened to the Brisbane Fortress?" ”

"Admiral, all of our observation posts on the heights of Mount Tabor have reported seeing the sky in the direction of Fort Brisbane turned red by the fire of the shell explosion, and hearing the sound of a dense explosion of shells."

"How did the Brisbane Fortress report?" Stop. Gough hurriedly asked.

"No, no contact!" Brigadier General Clinton replied, "Fort Brisbane has lost contact"

"Lost? Could it be that the radio station was shelled by battleships? ”

"Admiral, what should we do now?" Brigadier General Clinton asked.

yes, what to do?

Stop. Gough didn't know what to do for a while? He had sent his troops to understand the siege of the Brisbane Fortress, and now his army was still dozens of miles away from the fortress, and the fortress looked like it was about to be broken! And he couldn't do anything about it.

If the fortress is captured by the Ming army, will they concentrate their forces on the front line of Mount Tabourtop?

This time of Hugh. All Guff could think of was the possibility of the Ming army joining forces to deal with him after the fall of Brisbane, but the change in the tide of the battle greatly exceeded his expectations.

Because, the Ming army on the front line of Mount Tabor will soon launch a general attack!

At this moment, behind the relatively calm Ming army position on the first line of Mount Tabourtop, on Highway 1, which had been repeatedly contested and was still firmly controlled by the Ming army, under the cover of the rumbling artillery in the direction of the Brisbane Fortress, steel behemoths swayed through the night. The route of march has been sprinkled with white ash on the road, and every ten meters, a Ming military police officer wearing a white steel helmet is directing traffic. The turret hatch or top hatch of the A-11 series is wide open, and the cockpit door is also open. The captain and the driver poked their heads out, and with the help of the weak headlights, they moved slowly forward. Armored infantry with assault rifles sit on the bodies of armored vehicles, ready to jump out of the vehicles and into battle!

A huge armored force, in the darkest wee hours before dawn, secretly marched towards the starting position amid the rumbling of artillery!

The armoured vehicles were accompanied by trucks loaded with infantry or supplies, as well as trailers of 75-mm infantry guns, 120-mm short-barreled howitzers and artillery ammunition.

In addition, elsewhere on the Tayburtop Hill front, heavy artillery was silently shifting positions. In the middle of the summer dawn, the artillerymen and horses (most of these horses were captured) were covered in sweat, and in the impassable areas of the horses, dozens of people pushed the cannons together.

The assault infantry and combat sappers who had already entered the starting positions were seizing their time to rest, and the ammunition was distributed. Everyone was also given a day's worth of wartime rations, and the kettles were filled. The infantrymen, who were ready to attack immediately after the bombardment, hurried to enjoy what was likely to be their last meal, and after breakfast, each officer and soldier would receive a small pot of white wine to make a good appearance!

The 1st Mixed Brigade, the 2nd Mixed Brigade, the 1st Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division, and the 38th Infantry Division of the Ming Army were all advancing on the starting positions in front of the British front on Mount Tebultop!

The ongoing offensive and defensive battle of the Brisbane Fortress has covered their march to a certain extent! In order to arrange this "magnet offensive", Mu Zhongjun also tried his best, and everything that could be arranged had already been arranged.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!