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Chapter 804: Chapter 441, Must Not Let Down the Heroes! _2

Chapter 804: Chapter 441, Must Not Let Down the Heroes! _2

They could no longer hold on.

Otherwise, the enemy wouldn't have infiltrated headquarters.

At this moment, Zhang Zhikai faced an exceedingly painful decision.

He had no idea of the current situation on the high ground, and with enemy bombardments ongoing, there had been no news from the defending army at Gaomen Ridge for quite some time. Assuming the worst scenario, it was not impossible that the entire army had been annihilated.

The troops at the base of the mountain were initially about two-thirds of a regiment, and now, maintaining one-third was fortunate.

Losing half their personnel wasn't as simple as just reducing the combat power by half. Most of those lost were frontline combat units, while logistic troops, communication squads, anti-air units, and artillery units likely had much lower casualty ratios.

Such a high casualty rate meant that many frontline units probably had only three to five squads remaining.

Although logistic troops, artillery men without shells, and anti-air units had all been sent to the front lines, replenishing a lot of manpower, there was definitely a gap in the combat prowess of these soldiers compared to the frontline infantry — their usual training and tactical coordination were different.

In this sense, Gaomen Ridge had indeed been lost.

His troops no longer had the capability to continue defending.

Even the artillery support platoons were running out of shells!

Without reinforcements or supplies, even if they survived this wave of attack, the next wave would inevitably be overwhelming.

Rationally thinking, it was time to retreat.

The only difference between retreating and not retreating was whether the Green Skins would take Gaomen Ridge directly next time or after they had eliminated the 7th Regiment.

In fact, the Green Skins seemed to have noticed the exhaustion of the 7th Regiment.