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    On April 21, the morning sunshine drove away the darkness, the fog dissipated, and the sound of gunfire had already stopped.  There are craters everywhere on Volta Mountain, as if to describe how fierce the battle last night was.

    On the defense line of the Western Sichuan Army, the soldiers of the 9th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army who had survived the disaster were leaning together and taking a nap.  Many people have even fallen asleep soundly.  The fierce battle last night had depleted these soldiers, both physically and mentally, to a very serious level. They could even fall asleep while standing.  Therefore, after the British army did not start to attack, the soldiers ate something hastily and took the time to rest.

    At the foot of the mountain, there are layers of corpses of British soldiers. In last night's battle, in order to capture the second line of defense held by the 9th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, the British army invested tens of thousands of elite troops and paid the price of thousands of people.  .  However, the defense line is always in the hands of the Western Sichuan Army.  Although, the Ninth Brigade also paid a heavy price.  After the battle with the British 28th Infantry Brigade, the Ninth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army originally had more than 7,000 troops.  But now, there are only more than 4,000 people left at full strength, and many of them did not go to the battlefield due to minor injuries.  In this battle, both the Western Sichuan Army and the British Army paid a heavy price.

    As the 7th and 8th brigades of the Western Sichuan Army broke through the frontal defense line defended by the Indian army, they defeated more than 30,000 Indians and killed tens of thousands of them and captured tens of thousands of them. The rest were already scattered.  Then the armies of these two brigades made non-stop detours to surround the British army's retreat and besieged them at the foot of Volta Mountain. At this point, the war came to an end.

    There are thousands of besieged British troops, as well as thousands of Indian troops.  When the encirclement of the Western Sichuan Army was just formed, the British and Indian troops also launched a breakout.  However, they were all blocked by the Western Sichuan Army.  In addition to paying huge casualties, they did not break through the encirclement of the Western Sichuan Army.  As the Western Sichuan Army built simple defenses outside the encirclement, and heavy machine guns and mortars entered the position one after another, it became even more impossible for the British and Indian troops to break through the Western Sichuan Army's encirclement.  As for expecting the defeated Indian army to attack the Western Sichuan Army and coordinate internally and externally, that is even more impossible.  Those defeated Indian troops would probably have fled back to their hometowns in turmoil, and they would not care about the lives of these British guys.  By this time, the outcome of this battle seemed to be determined.

    At 8 o'clock in the morning, Wang Yuze came to Volta Mountain again with his guards.  The devastation everywhere made him feel heavy. He knew how many casualties the Ninth Brigade had suffered in order to hold the line of defense after such a fierce battle.

    "Reporting to Marshal, Du Qizheng is reporting to you. Now, the Volta Mountain defense line is still under the control of our army!" Du Qizheng said with a tired look.

    "Thank you for your hard work. I will take credit for you. The Western Sichuan Army will never forget you!" Wang Yuze held Du Qizheng's hand and shook it twice.

    "Thank you, Marshal! This is all the credit of the brothers!" Du Qizheng said.  Last night, when the battle was at its fiercest, even he himself went to the battlefield.  The casualties suffered by the Ninth Brigade made him, the brigade commander, feel as if he had been cut by a knife.  However, seeing the surrounded British and Indian troops at the foot of the mountain, he knew that everything was worth it.  If they had not withstood the attack of the British and Indian troops, Western Sichuan would not have achieved such brilliant achievements.  The huge casualties of the Ninth Brigade were exchanged for the final victory of the Western Sichuan Army. This was undoubtedly very worthwhile.

    Wang Yuze was very pleased as he patted Du Qizheng and other generals on the shoulders.

    "Lao Du, send someone who understands English to see the British Duke and ask them to surrender. Otherwise, we will fire. Now they are surrounded, even if we only use cannons, it will be enough to kill them all!"  Wang Yuze said.

    "Yes, Young Marshal!" Du Qizheng took the order.  He knew that now that the battle had reached this point, the Western Sichuan Army had already secured victory.  If the British and Indian troops could surrender, casualties would undoubtedly be reduced.  If the British and Indian troops continue to resist, the Western Sichuan Army will definitely suffer heavy casualties if they are to be annihilated.  Even if one less soldier can be sacrificed, that would be very good.

    Soon, a second lieutenant staff officer from the ninth brigade headquarters walked down the Volta Mountain under a white flag.  These are young officers who have just graduated from the Army Academy and been assigned to the 9th Brigade.  Although, the British team is quite polite and would not take it out on the envoy.  But no one can tell for sure. He is a relatively courageous person if he can step forward.

    Among the British and Indian troops at the foot of Volta Mountain, Henry?  Wellesley, 21st Infantry Brigade Commander Allen?  Brigadier General Fein, Commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Andrew?  Brigadier General Smith and Brigadier Leo of the Gurkha Infantry Brigade?  Brigadier General Jones was gathering behind a small mound, and all four of them looked sad.  The battle ended like this, which indeed made them very helpless and speechless.  They started their attack yesterday morning, and now, in just one day, they have already failed.  Including nearly 20,000 British ArmyElite plus more than 30,000 Indian troops!  They were defeated by more than 20,000 Western Sichuan troops in one day. No one believed this!  Could it be that the Western Sichuan Army has reached this point of strength?

    "Everyone, what should we do now? Do you want to try again? Can you break out of the encirclement of the Western Sichuan Army?" Henry?  Wellesley asked.

    "General, give up on this idea! The encirclement was just formed last night, and we were not able to rush out. Now at dawn, the Western Sichuan Army can get support from artillery, but our artillery was lost last night. In  In this case, there is no way we can rush out!" Allen, commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade?  Brigadier General Finn said speechlessly.

    "Then what should we do?" Henry?  Wellesley said angrily.

    "What else can we do? We have lost the war. In order to save the precious lives of the soldiers, and to save our lives, we have no choice but to surrender to the Western Sichuan Army!" Andrew, commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade?  Brigadier General Smith said.

    "What? Surrender? Let our noble British Empire Army surrender to those yellow-skinned monkeys? No! This is absolutely not possible! I will never surrender to those despicable yellow-skinned monkeys!" Henry?  Wellesley immediately shook his head.  He did not want to go down in history as the first British general and the first British Duke to surrender to the Asians.  If he really did that, then he and his family would probably be doomed.

    "Starting this war was originally a mistake. Now that the mistake is known, we should correct it instead of adding mistakes to mistakes!" Leo, commander of the Gurkha Infantry Brigade?  Brigadier General Jones said without mercy.  Through last night's battle, he had a deep understanding of how powerful these Western Sichuan troops were.  There is no doubt that these Western Sichuan troops are no worse than his Gurkha infantry brigade.  And his Gurkha Infantry Brigade is definitely the ace among the aces in the British Army, and his opponent is just an ordinary army brigade of the Western Sichuan Army.  This made him realize that fighting the Western Sichuan Army was a mistake.  Because of this mistake, more than 20,000 British Army soldiers would lose their lives.  As for the Indian troops who died more, were they killed by Leo?  Brigadier General Jones selectively forgot.

    "What do you mean?" Henry?  Wellesley's face turned red.  These people dared to accuse him, how could he bear it?

    "General! The Western Sichuan Army has sent an envoy!" Henry?  Wellesley's adjutant, Felix, came to report.

    "The envoy from western Sichuan? What do they want to do? Bring him in!" Henry?  Wellesley frowned.

    Soon, the second lieutenant officer from western Sichuan was taken behind the mound.

    "By the order of the Marshal of Western Sichuan, I would like to formally inform you. From now on, I will give you half an hour to consider. If you do not surrender to our Western Sichuan Army, we will launch artillery bombardment on you until you surrender!"  The second lieutenant stammered. His English was not very good to begin with, and he was a little nervous, so he stuttered.  But, obviously, Henry?  Wellesley and others have understood what he said.

    "Go back and tell you, Marshal, that we will never surrender!" Henry?  Wellesley didn't think about it at all and answered directly.

    The young marshal of the Western Sichuan Army nodded, turned around and left.  Since these British people are so ignorant, let's let the cannons destroy their majesty!

    "General, how can you reject the Western Sichuan Army like this? The range where we are now is all within the range of the Western Sichuan Army's artillery, and there is no obstruction. Do you want our soldiers to use their own flesh and blood to  "Do you want to use your body to resist the artillery shells of the Western Sichuan Army?" Allen, commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade?  Brigadier General Fenn immediately accused him.

    "General, we have lost now and can no longer resist. Otherwise, you will let everyone be killed by the Western Sichuan Army!" Andrew, commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade?  Brigadier General Smith also said angrily.

    "No need to say more, I will not surrender!" Henry?  Wellesley said stubbornly.

    For Henry?  With Wellesley's stubbornness, others had no choice but to worry secretly.

    As time passed by, everyone¡¯s faces became paler and paler.

    Half an hour later, a sharp cracking sound suddenly came from the sky.

    "Shell, get down!" The British and Indian soldiers quickly fell to the ground, holding their heads tightly with both hands.  Henry?  Wellesley, the aloof Duke, was no exception.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The artillery shells of the Western Sichuan Army continued to fall among the British and Indian troops, killing them alive.  The scattered shrapnel is also harvesting lives wantonly.  When a piece of shrapnel grazed Henry?  After Wellesley's head flew by and almost took his head off, the proud Duke finally lost all courage and had to issue an order to surrender!

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