Wu Qianli lay on the position, holding his gun and shooting at the defeated enemy soldiers one after another.

A crisp burst of gunfire rang out, and several of the enemy fell to the ground, killed instantly.

Thanks to the timely support of the 7th Gang Regiment, not only the position was held, but also successfully repelled the enemy's attack.

Seeing that the enemy had retreated, Wu Qianli shouted loudly: "Quick, hurry up, restore your position, the enemy will definitely launch a new round of attack."

So the soldiers immediately got busy, carrying the wounded off the battlefield and sending them to the makeshift infirmary for treatment.

After tidying up the battlefield, the fighters all took refuge in anti-slope positions to avoid enemy artillery fire.

Sure enough, soon the enemy's artillery began to bombard the positions on the left flank, and heavy artillery fire covered the entire hill.

After a heavy and indiscriminate bombardment, the enemy launched another fierce attack.

Under the stubborn resistance of the 7th Gang Regiment, the enemy's attack finally ended in failure again.

At the same time, more friendly forces were also engaged in positions to block enemy reinforcements.

The enemy's reinforcements were all blocked on the perimeter and could not get close to the Gloucester battalion at all.

At the same time, the main forces of the Volunteer Army were also on the frontal battlefield and once again repelled the main forces of the United Army.

The main forces gradually arrived in the vicinity.

After learning of the situation, the commander immediately sent two more regiments to support the attack on the first regiment, which blocked the water surrounding the Gloucester camp.

The rest of the troops also began to deploy on both flanks of Mudong.

Because the sky was about to dawn, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the troops had to turn to the defensive.

Wait until after dark, and launch a new offensive again.

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy stopped attacking, Wu Qianli and they were not idle, and began to seize the time to dig a tunnel on the anticline position.

Because after dawn, the enemy's artillery fire will definitely be more intense, and only these tunnels can provide them with adequate protection.

As soon as the day dawned, Wu Qianli, who was invited to attack the first regiment for a meeting, returned to the position.

Mei Sheng temporarily put down the work in his hand, approached Wu Qianli, and asked, "Commander, how is the situation?"

Wu Qianli smiled and said, "The main force has already rushed over, and it is the British Gloucester battalion that is surrounded by us, and now they have been surrounded by us like iron buckets, and they can't escape."

Mei Sheng frowned slightly and said, "Camp Gloucester?"

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "Yes, it's Camp Gloucester, we interrogated from the mouths of the prisoners, and the news is absolutely accurate."

"This Gloucester battalion is not simple, it is not an ordinary infantry battalion."

"It is said that in a war more than 100 years ago, this Gloucester battalion once performed a miraculous feat, and received a special award from the queen to allow them to wear double emblems on their hats, hence the name "Royal Double Emblem Battalion."

"This is a meritorious battalion of the British army, their trump card unit."

Yu Congrong on the side heard this, nodded and said, "Grandma's, no wonder their firepower is so fierce, it's really not an ordinary army."

"But no matter what kind of ace troops they are, or what kind of meritorious battalion, Shuanghui battalion, this time I guarantee that they will become a dead battalion and completely disappear from their establishment table."

Wu Qianli smiled and said, "You are right, and the superiors have also made up their minds to kill this Gloucester battalion no matter what."

"However, in order to expand the results of the battle, the superiors formulated a strategy of encircling the points and sending reinforcements, and since they have been surrounded, it is a matter of time before they are cleaned up."

"And this meritorious battalion is also very important to the British army, after all, his annihilation is directly related to their face."

"So the enemy will definitely do whatever it takes to rescue this Gloucester battalion."

"Therefore, we must take advantage of this opportunity to strive to annihilate some of the enemy's main forces and consume their living forces."

"Not only will the troops of the first regiment be put into the fight to stop the enemy

In the battle of reinforcements, there are also several other regiments, which will also be in the vicinity, going all out to send reinforcements and deplete the enemy's living forces."

Mei Sheng nodded and said, "I remember that when the mobilization meeting was held before the war, the chief once said that our main task this time is to destroy the enemy's living forces and consume their strength, so as to strive to win this war as soon as possible."

Wu Qianli smiled and said, "However, in the past few days of fighting, although we have advanced relatively smoothly, while the enemy is retreating, he is also deliberately preserving his strength."

"So although we have recovered many areas, we have not too many troops to annihilate the enemy."

"And this siege of this Gloucester camp is a good opportunity, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to try to destroy more enemies."

Mei Sheng said: "But we can't be careless, when the day dawns, the enemy will definitely mobilize more powerful firepower to cover their infantry for a counterattack, and the real test has just begun."

"We must hold our positions and take advantage of the opportunity to destroy as many enemies as possible."

Wu Qianli smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are digging deeper and deeper in this tunnel, and no matter how fierce the enemy's artillery fire is, it will not have much impact on us."

"If they dare to come, Lao Tzu will let them come and go."

At this moment, Wu Qianli was also full of spirits, thinking about nothing else, just thinking about killing more enemies.

And what Wu Qianli hasn't said is that the bombing weakening bonus rewarded by the previous system is still there, and he is not afraid of the bombing of the US army at all. …………………………………………

At the same time, the Gloucester battalion was completely surrounded, and the main forces of the Volunteer Army came up.

Major General Brody was completely panicked, if the Gloucester battalion was *** off in his hands, then he, the brigade commander, would definitely do it.

If he doesn't get it, he will be sent to a military court because of poor command, if that is the case, he is really wronged.

So even if he was afraid of the volunteers, now he could only bite the bullet and prepare to fight to the death with the volunteers.

Major General Brody gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, we must concentrate all our forces to rescue the besieged Kloster battalion, which is related to the face of the empire."

The staff officer next to him immediately poured a basin of cold water.

"Sir, the main force of the squadron has arrived, and they have completely surrounded the Gloucester battalion, with our strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue them."

When Major General Brody heard this, he wanted to go up at once and give the bastard two big mouths, but in the end he held back.

Because after thinking about it, Brody felt that there was still some truth in this, and he knew the strength of the volunteer army.

Major General Brody's brows furrowed even deeper, although he knew that there were many difficulties, but the Gloucester battalion still had to be saved.

The old guy thought about it, and there was really no other way, so he sighed helplessly and said, "Send a telegram to General Ridgway immediately, asking the general to give an order to let the friendly troops nearby fully assist us and rescue the besieged Gloucester battalion."

"Engessir!"

Brody's telegram for help was soon sent to Ridgway's headquarters.

At this moment, Li Qiwei was holding a meeting with several of his generals at the headquarters to study the current battle situation.

Also present at the meeting was Lieutenant General Van Vliet, who succeeded Ridgway as commander of the Eighth Army.

Li Qiwei said with a serious face: "Guys, don't fancy the *** team being so rampant now, but the more rampant they are now, the more miserable they will die in the near future."

"Experience tells us that their attacks will only last for about a week, and no more than 10 days at most."

"As long as we survive this time, when they run out of ammunition and food, and lose their spirit, it will be time for us to counterattack, and at that time, it will be their time to die."

Van Vliet nodded and said, "General, I agree with your point of view very much, and I also believe that in another three or five days at most, we will gain the initiative on the battlefield, and then we will be able to let these peasants see one."

Next, what is modern warfare?"

"They don't understand the art of modern warfare at all, and as far as I know, they don't have a special logistics support unit so far, and a unit that doesn't pay attention to logistics, or can't guarantee logistical supplies, can't win the war."

Van Vleet is also a very capable general, but this guy's promotion path is not very smooth, and it should be considered unlucky to say that he has arrived home.

Speaking of which, we have to mention Marshall, who is known as the man who brought victory to the United States in World War II.

Most of the U.S. generals who galloped across major battlefields were promoted by Marshall.

He always carried a small notebook with him, which remembered all the officers he thought had a promising future, and probably no American officer except for the five-star Mike was not eager to climb this small notebook.

However, Van Vliet did not make it into this little book, because Marshall made the mistake of mistaking Van Vleet for another officer who was known for being an alcoholic, and that guy was also named Van Vliet.

And Marshall has always been rigorous and fair, meritocracy, and caring, but he has always been rigorous, but he made this small mistake here at Van Vliet.

As a result, Van Vliet was not valued for a long time, and even Van Vliet himself said, "If he always makes mistakes, it doesn't seem that I am so unlucky."

So Van Vliet was unlucky to get home, so much so that near the end of World War II, Van Vliet was only a small regiment commander.

Later, because of his outstanding performance when he landed in Normandy and was highly recommended by Bradley and other classmates, Marshall discovered the mistake and recognized the wrong person.

Every time he thought about it, Van Vleet was saddened.

Although Marshall realized his mistake, it was too late, and by this time his military position had already been largely cut off.

His classmates, Eisenhowwell and Bradley, are already five-star, and he is only a small group leader, and when he was at West Point, these two guys were far inferior to Bradley.

Not only was he lagging behind his classmates, but even his juniors, Collins, Ridgway, and Clark were already famous all over the world and in high positions at that time.

Because he had fallen too far before, although he had been reused in recent years, and now he was the commander of the Eighth Army, his good student Li Qiwei was still his top boss.

So Van Vliet looked at Li Qiwei in front of him, and always felt that he didn't feel good in his heart, but he couldn't blame others, and he could only blame him for being too unlucky.

While they were talking, the adjutant walked in, took a telegram, and handed it to Ridgway.

"General, this is an urgent telegram from the British Army."

Li Qiwei took the telegram and glanced at it, couldn't help frowning, and said, "The Gloucester battalion was surrounded by the enemy, and the situation is very critical, Brody asks us to send troops to assist them and help the Gloucester battalion break through."

Van Vliet frowned slightly and asked, "Is that the British Royal Twin Emblem Camp?"

Li Qiwei nodded and said, "Yes, it's that battalion, I really don't know how this Brody battle was fought, and it's been making mistakes all the time lately."

"I think this guy is a piece of rubbish."

Van Vliet said with an arrogant face: "It's not surprising that there are not many generals in the British army who can fight."

"But this Gloucester battalion is of great significance to the British army, and now that they are in danger, if they are really killed by the enemy, it will still be a great blow to morale."

"So my opinion is that, if possible, try to help them break through."

Li Qiwei nodded and said, "It makes sense, you can arrange it!" Help them rescue this Gloucester battalion as much as possible, but we can't let this one battalion affect our entire battle situation."

"Understood!"

Van Vliet nodded.

Van Vliet then issued an order to the nearby troops to fully assist the Gloucester battalion in its assault

Siege operations.

On Van Vliet's orders, the enemy forces in the vicinity sent two units to the rescue of the Gloucester battalion.

One of them was the 10th Philippine Battalion, which rushed to Xuemali under the cover of eight British "Captain of Centurs" heavy tanks, in an attempt to capture Xuemali, approached Mudongli, and rescued the besieged Gloucester Battalion.

However, the volunteers had already prepared, put the enemy in a valley, launched a surprise attack, destroyed the two tanks at the head and tail, and fired heavily at the Philippine battalion below the mountain.

Under the fierce attack of the volunteers, the Philippine troops were killed and wounded in an instant.

At this time, the commander in charge of commanding this British heavy tank unit was frightened, for fear of being completely annihilated in the valley.

The guy hurriedly sent a telegram to the brigade commander Brody, claiming that the road was narrow, and their heavy tanks were simply impassable.

Then he led the remaining heavy tanks, directly smashed the tanks and trucks blocking the road, and with the strong horsepower of the '100-man captain-style heavy tank, he forced a way out, and then escaped from the road.

Even when he fled, he knocked over several light tanks and trucks of the Philippine Army.