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.
