Lieutenant Colonel Kahn stumbled, "That...... The brigade commander said let us break through and will pick us up, which should not have abandoned us. ”

"As long as we can get out, we're safe."

The British officer asked, "Is it really going to break out?" But the surroundings are blocked by the Chinese army, and if you break through, you will be sent to death. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said, "Even if we hold on to where we are, aren't we waiting to die?" ”

The British officer was speechless.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn walked to the front of the map, stared at the map and said, "But how to break through, I still have to study it carefully." ”

"There can't be any mistakes, or we'll be miserable."

The British officer next to him said cautiously: "The Chinese army has surrounded us, and there are enemies all around. ”

"Brigade commander, they have mobilized more than two brigades of troops, and they haven't opened a gap from the periphery to support us, and now with a few people like us, can they break through?"

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said with a serious face: "Then you can't wait here to die!" ”

"You have to try to know if you can break through."

"Summons all troops, prepare for battle, and be sure to take the opportunity to break out."

“yes sir!”

The British officers present received orders one after another.

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Volunteer Front Command.

The chief stared at the sand table in front of him and said thoughtfully: "According to the instructions of our superiors, we will continue to attack forward. ”

"But this encircled Gloucester battalion also needs to be dealt with."

"Before, we wanted to encircle the point and send reinforcements, trying to destroy their forces as much as possible, but the enemy rescue was not too active, and in the end, the 29th Brigade of the British Army and the 25th Brigade of the Canadian Army have been carrying out rescue."

"The U.S. military is not active, so our strategic purpose has not been fully achieved, but since the enemy is not so active in rescuing the Gloucester battalion, then there is no need for us to keep them."

Then the deputy asked, "Then what are you going to do with them?" ”

The chief said casually: "With the strength of two regiments, it is enough to encircle and annihilate them, and the rest of the troops will assist the main force and continue to advance to the south to defeat the main force of the enemy." ”

"But there is no need for us to rush to attack them, because judging from the previous situation, this place is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, the enemy has already prepared, and the firepower is also very strong, if you rashly attack, then the casualties will definitely be not small."

"We can't do this kind of loss-making business."

"But...... Think about it, if we defeat the main force of the United Nations forces, the main forces of the United Nations forces will flee. ”

"So what will this Gloucester camp do?"

A staff officer said: "They will definitely find a way to break through, after all, they can't stay here and wait for death." ”

The chief nodded and said, "We are not afraid that they will not move, but we are afraid that they will stay where they are." ”

"As long as they move, then we can easily kill them."

"So order the besieging troops, stay still for the time being, and wait for them to break through."

"The artillery units can shell them, which can be regarded as driving them away and forcing them to break through."

"Yes!"

At this time, one of them asked, "Chief, what if they insist on refusing to break through?" ”

The chief pondered for a moment and said, "If they don't want to break through, we can't wait forever. ”

"With half past two in the morning as the deadline, if they don't break through, then at half past two, we will organize an attack and try to kill them."

"If you can't kill them, then continue to surround them and besiege them to death."

"As long as their main forces are routed, then they will definitely not hold out for long, so it is only a matter of time before this Gloucester battalion is eliminated."

"Yes!"

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Under the command of the chief, the artillery unit concentrated a group of artillery fire and began to bombard the positions of the Gloucester battalion.

At this moment, the enemy has built a lot of fortifications, and these foreign devils can only honestly hide in the fortifications and be passively bombed.

Because their heavy weapons, such as artillery and tanks, have been completely destroyed in yesterday's battle, they don't have any heavy firepower now.

However, these fortifications were enough to withstand the shelling of the volunteers, but they did not send them all to hell.

But these guys are not stupid, reinforcements have never arrived, and after being surrounded for so long, the atmosphere of panic has gradually spread among the troops, and the morale of the Gloucester battalion has gradually dropped to the bottom, and it is still decreasing.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn also knew about this situation, and in the headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said helplessly: "The matter has come to this point, and we have to organize a breakthrough." ”

"If we continue to wait here for death, not to mention hopeless, we don't have to wait for the Chinese army to fight, we will collapse first."

"But the Chinese army surrounds us, is it possible for us to break out?" A British officer objected.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said, "Do you hear the sound of artillery in the distance?" ”

"So what?"

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said: "It was the main force of the Chinese army attacking our friendly forces. ”

"According to their strategy, they will definitely attack at night, that is, now their main forces are attacking our main forces with all their might."

"Maybe now the enemy forces around us, the defense is the weakest, if we suddenly attack, maybe we can tear a hole."

At this time, another British officer said: "But the enemy is shelling us, and they are definitely going to attack us, which means that they must have a lot of troops on this side." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said, "Have you found out?" ”

"What does it mean that their shelling is intermittent, a few shots, a pause, and then a few more shots?"

A British officer replied tentatively, "That means they don't have many shells." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Karn frowned and said, "I'm really worried about your IQ, of course what you said is true, but anyone who has the IQ of a ten-year-old can see this. ”

"That's not what I'm talking about, and that's not the most important point."

"If they attack, even if there are not enough shells, they will use all the shells together, and they will not launch intermittent shelling as they do now."

"This shows that they have no intention of attacking, and their shelling is bluffing, not to kill us, but to scare us, so that we think that they are going to attack, and we can only stay here honestly and dare not move."

"That's what they're really trying to do, and why don't they attack? Do you know why? ”

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Lieutenant Colonel Kahn continued, "Why? Because they were short of troops, they went all the main forces against the other troops. ”

"And there is a serious shortage of troops left around us, why don't they attack?"

"It is because we are defending against danger and have the advantage of firepower that they think that we are already a piece of meat in their mouths, surrounded, and they can't escape even if they want to, so they are ready to trap us and force us to surrender, so that they can win this battle with the least cost."

"What I'm saying is that they're wishful thinking."

"We must not wait for death here, while they have the least number of troops besieged, we must take the initiative to launch a breakthrough operation, I believe that with our strength and combat effectiveness, we can completely tear a hole in their defense line and break out."

"As long as we can successfully break out, we can remove the danger, and it won't be long before we can join the main forces."

'I believe this is our only chance and we have to take it and break through no matter what.'

The British officers present were all silent after listening to Lieutenant Colonel Kahn's analysis.

After a while, an officer cautiously put forward his opinion, and said: "We now occupy a favorable terrain, and the enemy will not dare to attack, and if we take the initiative to break through, this advantage of ours will be lost." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn said, "But if we don't break through, we'll have to wait here to die!" ”

"Do you want to die here? Or that you want to go to a prisoner of war camp in China. ”

"Those guys can't even eat themselves, and going into their prisoner of war camp is also a dead end."

"The only hope we have now is to break out, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, we should try hard instead of waiting here to die."

Hearing this, the British officer obediently closed his mouth.

At Lieutenant Colonel Kahn's insistence, the Gloucester battalion finally decided to break through with all its might.

In fact, they have already lost the best opportunity to break through, and if they break through now, they are just looking for death.

And according to the instructions of the chief, the troops surrounding the Gloucester battalion are also fully prepared, and now they are not afraid of them breaking through, but they are afraid that they will lie on their stomachs and do not move.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn was not completely brainless, and the old fellow decided to break through at 1 a.m.

Because according to his judgment, this period of time should be a relatively empty time for the volunteer army's defense, so the success rate of the breakthrough is higher.

In order to successfully break through the encirclement, the British army also made corresponding preparations in advance.

One o'clock in the morning

Under the personal command of Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, the Gloucester battalion began to break through.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn was not in a hurry, but first sent a small elite force in an attempt to sneak up on the positions of the volunteers.

However, when they approached the position, they were spotted by the defending volunteer soldiers, and the battle began.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn frowned and ordered: "Immediately concentrate all artillery fire, bombard the blocking positions of the Chinese army, and no matter what, out." ”

“yes sir!”

With Lieutenant Colonel Kahn's order, the rumbling sound of artillery immediately rang out from the British artillery positions.

With a piercing whistling sound, the shells flew quickly towards the positions of the volunteers.

As a violent explosion sounded, the forward position was immediately engulfed in artillery fire.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Kahn ordered in a loud voice: "Give me all my strength to break through to the south, and in any case, I must occupy their positions." ”

Under the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, the British troops immediately launched a fierce attack.

A large number of British soldiers, like crazy, rushed towards the position of the volunteers.

The battle was fought in full swing.

A regiment commander climbed to the top of a mountain, observed the situation on the battlefield, and said excitedly: "The chief is really clever, they really broke through." ”

The chief of staff next to him said: "It seems that these guys are not willing to wait for death here, so they can only choose to break through." ”

The regiment commander smiled and said, "That's just right, since these British guys are looking for their own death, then we will fulfill them." ”

"Inform the troops that you can open a gap and let them out."

"As soon as the main force of their army leaves the camp, then they will surely die."

The chief of staff said with a smile: "The terrain of their camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are so many fortifications, it is like a turtle shell, it is not easy to kill them." ”

"But as soon as they move and get out of this turtle shell, then they are dead."

As he spoke, the chief of staff had already instructed someone to convey the order immediately.

Under the command of the regimental commander, the blocking troops deliberately made a gap.

"Report to the battalion commander that our army has successfully routed the enemy in front of us and occupied the opposite position."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Okay, it seems that the Chinese army is not as strong as imagined. ”

"Order the troops, continue to attack with all their might."

"The rest of the troops, immediately all into the battle, let's do our best together to rush out for me."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn didn't want to wait for death here, so he could only fight desperately and break through with all his troops.

Under the personal command of Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, the Gloucester battalion successively conquered two lines of defense of the Volunteer Army.

The main force had all left the camp and was advancing south along a mountain road.

At this time, under the orders of the chief, another main regiment launched an attack from the front and gradually occupied the British camp.

After the news reached the military headquarters, the chief said excitedly: "Great, without this turtle shell, I see how long these gang can hold out." ”

A staff officer pointed to the sand table and said: "They are advancing along this road, this is a valley, we ambush a regiment here, as long as they enter the valley, they will definitely die, and no one can save them." ”

The chief smiled and said, "They are looking for their own death, naturally no one can save them." ”

"Pass the order, give me a hard beating, be sure to ensure that I kill this enemy, not a single enemy can be let go, what I want is total annihilation, not defeat."

"Yes!"

The staff officer hurriedly replied: "Chief, you can rest assured, they will definitely not be able to escape." ”

"Don't even think of running away."

"Haha~!"

The chief laughed excitedly.

Because on the battlefield of the main forces, the main forces launched an offensive, and the progress was also quite smooth, and the United Nations forces were forced to continue to retreat.

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn also learned the news, knowing that their friendly forces would only get farther and farther away from them, and if they didn't break through, they would have no chance, so they insisted on breaking through. (End of chapter)