The order was to hold on until noon on the 30th, which is tomorrow. The Anglo-Indian army usually did not attack at night, which meant that they only had to be prepared to repel three or four more attacks.

Therefore, Zhou Changfeng was not stingy in arranging the fire support plan, except for the reservation of ten shells per cannon as emergency standby ammunition, the rest were all evenly distributed.

The base number of 80mm mortar shells was 80 rounds, and because they were traveling lightly over mountains and mountains at that time, they only brought this base number.

But now it seems that things have changed? The retreat of the 12th Division was not smooth, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, anything could happen, and Zhou Changfeng could not complain about anything.

In the afternoon, he convened a meeting of the captains of the teams.

Looking at the five or six officers who were tall, short, fat and thin in front of him, Zhou Changfeng, who had a calm face, briefly described the situation of the enemy and us, and informed him of the latest instructions from his superiors.

Liu Qidong, whose military uniform was covered with dust, said in surprise: "If the defense time is extended, our ammunition will be completely insufficient, and it will be difficult to fight this battle after the mortar shells are exhausted." ”

"You have to fight even if it's hard, don't you?" Zhou Changfeng smiled indifferently and continued: "We have to be prepared to hold on for an additional two days, that is, until the evening of the second day. ”

Xue Can said with some confusion: "This... Battalion commander, they estimate that they will attack once today, and then at least four times tomorrow, and at most until tomorrow night... Most of the ammunition is gone......"

"It's just a reminder that you're mentally prepared. Now the command is not sure whether the 12th Division will be able to retreat across the Janam River on time, and if not, we will have to continue to be stuck here. Zhou Changfeng stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky, "As for the ammunition issue, the command will coordinate with the Air Force and try to carry out the airdrop." ”

The officers present all nodded and said nothing.

Zhou Changfeng knew that as a commander, he had to remain calm at all times - if the backbone of a team was not calm, it would not be long before the team fell apart.

He said calmly, "After two battles, what do you think?" ”

Liu Qidong naturally had the greatest say in this regard, and he replied without thinking: "The training of the soldiers is okay, and the quality of the officers is quite high, but the will to fight is weak and the morale is not high; There are no bright spots in tactics, that is, the artillery bombards the infantry and the infantry charges the artillery, supplemented by smoke bombing support and flank attacks, and the offensive formation is mainly triangular after the attack. ”

Sun Cheng, the second captain next to him, pushed down his glasses and said disdainfully: "To put it bluntly, it's too dull, and you can only read from the book, but the soldiers are impermanent, the water is impermanent, and if you don't know how to adapt to the situation, you will naturally suffer." ”

Zhou Changfeng crossed his hands on his hips, pretending to shake his head helplessly: "Their attack before was really ...... Hehe, when the main attack on the high ground, why don't you send a detachment to feint the city to contain the firepower here? No, just ignore the hard rush to the high ground......"

Xue Can, who was smiling and groaning, also echoed: "The battalion commander is like a god, the direction and position of the enemy's roundabout are exactly the same as what you said, and the team we sent to the woods can be described as making a lot of money." ”

"And what are these guys going to do next?"

"If you want me to say, I guess I want to send a team to the south of the city under the cover of chariots, blocking between the high ground and the city, in order to divide us."

"The chariot is not easy to deal with, we only have four anti-aircraft guns in total."

The officers were talking about it, fingers scribbling across the map.

Zhou Changfeng picked up the kettle from the chair next to him, unscrewed the lid and took a long sip of tea, and then said casually while wiping his mouth: "I will probably go around the large woods to the north, and set up a position there to contain our urban side; Then send a detachment to cut into the junction between the city and the high ground, hold on the spot to cut off the connection between the two places, and finally besiege the high ground with all its might. ”

Fan Wenhai, the captain of the machine gun, blinked and speculated: "This time it won't be the battalion commander's words again, right?" If so, then it's God. ”

Xie Wancheng glared at him when he heard this, "What are you talking about, isn't it a good thing that you expected it?" ”

"Battalion commander, how did you expect that?" Xue Can asked curiously.

"It's very simple, because this is the most reasonable offensive deployment, the British are inexperienced, and they don't lack brains, they will also learn." Zhou Changfeng yawned and said nonchalantly: "But the tuition fee is almost two hundred lives." ”

"Indeed." Xie Wancheng nodded thoughtfully, "Then battalion commander, how are you going to deal with it?" We have limited forces now and can't take the initiative. ”

His words did speak to Zhou Changfeng's heart, and now that the ratio of his own forces to the enemy was at an absolute disadvantage of six to one, he really couldn't take the initiative to attack, otherwise he would inevitably ambush a detachment in the woods and pit the British and Indian troops again.

However, there are many ways to trap people, and if one doesn't work, change the other.

Zhou Changfeng shrugged his shoulders, picked up a plan from the side and handed it over, and everyone immediately gathered together to browse through the scribbled words.

"Huh!" Fan Wenhai's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Battalion commander, you... Heartbreaking...... Belch... Ruthless, ruthless. ”

Liu Qidong was also amazed with bared teeth, "The plan of replacing soldiers with fire is wonderful." ”

"How many incendiary bombs are there?"

"Four boxes, twelve rounds."

"Okay, time waits for no one, get ready immediately."

"Order!"

In fact, unlike what Zhou Changfeng said, the commander of Task Force Wilson was not inexperienced, and he had served longer than Zhou Changfeng's age.

Henry Wilson was born in London, graduated from the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and fought in the bitter European War; Ten years ago, he was transferred to a battalion commander of the British Army's First Brigade stationed in Indu, and seven years later he was promoted to the commander of the British Army's Sixth Brigade, and was promoted to major general in April last year.

Wilson is a burly man, a friendly man, experienced and a nimble tactical style, which may be due to a misjudgment in intelligence that has led to the disastrous failures of both attacks so far.

The intelligence officers of this task force still thought that the enemy was facing the Ming army as another small unit sent by the 12th Division, and concluded that they had already suffered a lot of losses and lacked ammunition supplies, so they were embarrassed.

The basis for their judgment was that the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Praetorian Guards, which had arrived for reinforcements, was still marching in the direction of Mekto, and it was expected that it would take three days to reach the battlefield, while the remaining two divisions were being pinned down and retreating slowly, so it was impossible for a fully formed Chinese army to arrive at Demagi during this time.

Over the mountains? This is a possibility that is ruled out by default in the first place.

As for MI6, which was supposed to play a major role, they failed to provide effective intelligence because they found that there was a diametrically opposed conflict between the intelligence sent back by agents behind enemy lines and a key informant, so they could not tell whether it was true or false.