In fact, it was not just for the British, but even the Irish people. They didn't expect that God would help so much in the past two days, and the attack seemed to be quite smooth. So at least the guys from the Second Division couldn't help but think, why don't we just take Asloon down! Even the second division commander O'Hara had this idea, which was Jerry's revolver-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-to-be-

But after hitting Tom, he got the heart to hit Tom. It was not that easy to hit. Not to mention anything else, the above did not prepare much ammunition for them. Especially the shells of the "Gustav Recoilless Cannon" that played an important role had consumed one-third of the shells last night. So, if you really want to hit Tom, he would first have to ask the military committee members to allocate more shells to him.

"This is not possible. The Military Commission has made a decision. This is a strategic decision. How can we make random changes? Besides, we have made good progress before, because the weather is particularly suitable, but you see, there is no heavy fog today, so the British counterattack was easily fought back by you... Well, our luck is really good, but we can't put all the treasures on our luck in wars. Do you think?" So Commander O'Hara's suggestion was rejected by President Russell.

However, Commander O'Hara still had to pour some shells because he wanted to complete the feint attack mission and force the British to send troops to rescue ASloan before the reinforcements were fully in place. They did need to put more pressure on the British in ASloan.

But the weather no longer helped the Irish people, and the heavy fog did not appear again, but the Irish people still made progress beyond the expectations of the British with their new weapons and high morale.

However, the British still did not immediately send troops from Dublin and Galway to rescue Athlon. It seemed that the British felt that they could continue to support them. Therefore, in order to increase the pressure on the British, even President Russell had to tilt resources towards O'Hara.

However, the British adapted to the Irish attack very quickly. They quickly adapted to the Irish "recoilless cannon". Although this weapon is powerful, its range is limited. Although the French claimed that this thing had a direct shooting range of 400 meters, if the accuracy was to be ensured, the shooters often had to risk approaching to about 200 meters before firing. In order to save precious shells, the gunners often risked approaching to about 100 meters before firing. At such a distance, the British's volleyball shooting can already pose a considerable threat to the shooters.

The British specially concentrated some soldiers with good marksmanship and asked them to specifically deal with the "recoilless gun" hands to attack the Irish people. This also caused the Irish gunners to consume even faster than shells. Without heavy fog, it also made it difficult to clear mines. Although the French also provided the Irish people with rocket mines, they were also subject to money issues and there were very few things in their hands (this thing is much more expensive than mine detectors). Using mine detectors, the mine clearance speed was very slow. Even at night, because of the existence of British searchlights, it was very difficult to clear mines at the frontier positions of the British.

This made the subsequent attack even more difficult, and the British were still waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the country. Based on the situation of British ships entering the port every day sent by the Federation of Intelligence Services in Dublin, the reinforcements from the British from the local area were constantly arriving, and the number of them may have exceeded 20,000, and the new army was still being sent to Dublin. It is estimated that in a few days, the total number of newly arrived British troops will rise to 50,000.

Then, with the original troops, the reinforcements that could be sent from Dublin alone could reach 70,000 to 80,000. Such a force is no longer able to be stopped by the Irish Independence Army's blocking forces, and the British did not transport the reinforcements to Galway, which shows that the British did not intend to send troops from Galway to rescue Athlon. Therefore, the plan to block the reinforcements in Dublin in the east and catch Galway's reinforcements in the west by a time difference is no longer successful.

In this case, the Irish simply changed their plans and added the First Division to the siege of Athlon. However, this did not play the so-called decisive role, because the Athlon Fortress had a limited range and could not accommodate so many attacking troops. Therefore, the progress made in the attacks in the following days was limited, but the casualties increased.

The 50,000 reinforcements requested by the Duke of Norfolk were basically in place. He even had the time to let them take a break, and then sent an army of 70,000 to rescue Athlon.

Although the Duke of Norfolk was not in a hurry at all when sending out the army, once the reinforcements set out, he kept urging them to speed up. He knew that as soon as the reinforcements were launched, the rebels would soon receive news. If his actions were not fast enough, the rebels would all run away. If they could not catch them under the city of Athlon, the war would be quagmire again.

However, after departure, the British army's actions were not as fast as the Duke of Norfolk hoped, because they were ambushed shortly after they set off.

The ambush did not cause much damage to the British army, and the British army repelled the rebels without spending much effort. The main reason for the rebels' destruction of the railway was the rebels. Although the British were prepared for the destruction of the railway and the army also carried various things to repair the railway, this still slowed down their speed. But even so, because the Irish had to act immediately.

After receiving the news of the British reinforcements' attack, the First Division was sent out to perform a blocking mission to ensure that other troops, especially those county brigades and district brigades, could retreat smoothly. Before that, the First Division used some small British strongholds they captured between Dublin and Athlon to transform them and build a relatively storage line of defense. Now the First Division relies on this line of defense to resist the British reinforcements.

This line of defense was built in a hurry, with sufficient reinforcements from the British army and much firepower far exceeding the Irish. However, in order to cover the retreat of other troops, the First Division had to rely on it to resist the British army. Although the Irish First Division was well-trained and had high morale, they only blocked the British army for two days under the conditions of huge sacrifice. The defense line was penetrated by the British army.

At this time, most of the Irish troops participating in the war had completed their retreat, but the 1st Division's blocking troops had become very difficult to retreat, and the British kept biting behind them. Finally, when the 1st Division used their familiarity with the terrain to get rid of the pursuers, the 1st Division's blocking troops had almost been reduced by half.
Chapter completed!