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    On the morning of February 8, Tierra Colorada, U.S. military commander Lieutenant General Clark climbed to the high mountains south of Tierra Colorada and used telescopes to observe the movements of the Chinese army.  Yesterday, mercenaries of the Chinese army launched a tentative attack on Tiela Colorada, leaving hundreds of corpses behind.

    Lieutenant General Clark is not sure whether the Chinese army will launch an attack today, but he is very much looking forward to seeing the Chinese army smash their heads on the US defense line and bleed, preferably a river of blood.  Lieutenant General George committed suicide by swallowing a gun. Although he deserved it, Lieutenant General Clark felt very sorry. The only way to avenge Lieutenant General George was to kill as many Chinese troops as possible.

    "Come on! You hateful yellow-skinned monkeys, I will make you shed all your blood here!" Lieutenant General Clark said secretly.

    At this moment, the beach in Acapulco is completely busy.  The airships shipped via transport ships are being assembled. These airships are specially transported from China via transport ships.  Taking into account that the U.S. military had established a strong defense line in the Sierra Madre del Sur, in order to avoid casualties, the General Staff discussed with Army Secretary Marshal Zhao Bowen and transferred the airship force of the Air Force to the Mexican battlefield.  The main energy of the Chinese Air Force has been transferred to the development of aircraft. These airships were all used in the war against Russia more than ten years ago.  However, from a performance perspective, the performance of these airships is no worse than the Zeppelin airships used by the German army to bomb the Liege Fortress in Belgium.

    A total of 20 ¡®Kunpeng¡¯ heavy airships and 40 second-level medium-sized airships were included.  ¡®Kunpeng, the heavy-duty airship has a load capacity of three tons and can carry two tons of ammunition, including four 500-kilogram aerial bombs or eight 250-kilogram aerial bombs.  The medium-sized airship has a load capacity of 17 tons and can carry 1 ton of explosives, including two 500-kg aerial bombs or four 250-kg aerial bombs.  A total of sixty airships can drop seventy tons of bombs at one time. If the accuracy is high, it will not take long to destroy all the strong defenses built by the US military in Tierra Colorada.

    "Quick! Move faster. Today is our first battle on the American battlefield. We must fight well and let those Americans know how powerful we are!" Major General Chen Qifeng, commander of the airship force, urged.

    The huge air bag and the pod have been connected together, and helium is now being injected into the air bag.  Because hydrogen is easy to burn, the airship will be dead once it is hit, and the officers and soldiers operating the airship above will also have no choice but to die.  Therefore, the current airships of the Chinese Air Force have used safer helium to replace hydrogen.  Moreover, the airship's airbags are divided into sixteen parts. Even if it is hit, as long as no more than five airbags are damaged, the airship can continue to fly.  This greatly improves the airship's chance of survival on the battlefield.  According to intelligence obtained by China, the US military has not deployed airships on the Mexican battlefield, so the possibility of them being hit is very small.  As long as they stay above 500 meters and drop bombs, the US military cannot pose a threat to these airships.

    With the continuous injection of helium, the airship's airbag slowly inflated, and finally gradually left the ground and rose into the air.  After the helium was replenished, the ground crew immediately loaded the airship with bombs.  It was not until 8 o'clock in the morning that the airship troops completed their preparations and took off one after another, flying towards the east.  Acapulco is only fifty kilometers away from Tierra Colorada. After replacing the engine with a more powerful one, the speed of 'Kunpeng, heavy airship and medium airship has reached 50 kilometers per hour.  As long as you don't encounter headwinds, you can fly from Acapulco to Tierra Colorada in one hour.

    However, the Chinese Army did not do nothing and just waited for the arrival of the airship troops.  At 8 o'clock in the morning, just as the airship troops were taking off, Marshal Zhao Bowen ordered an attack on Highland No. 1 located west of Tiela Colorada.  This time, the Chinese army assembled thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces and launched a fierce bombardment on Highland No. 1.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The dense artillery shells fell, and clusters of orange-red fireballs bloomed on Highland No. 1. The entire highland was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

    "Haha, good fight, kill those Americans!" On the offensive position, the soldiers of the 13th Division of the Japanese mercenaries saw that the entire No. 1 Highland was shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and couldn't help but clapped their hands and cheered loudly.  After half an hour of bombardment, it was time for them to attack.  Therefore, they hope that the US military will suffer heavy losses under the bombardment of Chinese artillery. It is best if all of them are killed.  In this case, they can easily capture Highland No. 1 and earn military exploits at the minimum cost. This is undoubtedly what these Japanese mercenaries desire most!

    But, it backfired.  After the Chinese artillery bombardment began, the U.S. troops guarding Highland No. 1 all got into the artillery-proof caves and tunnels that had been built.  The defense of Tiela Colorada is obviously much stronger than the defense of Hartianjis.  Almost the entire No. 1 Highland was hollowed out by the US military  Starting halfway up the mountain, the U.S. military dug large holes in the mountain to serve as artillery-proof caves and tunnels for hiding troops and ammunition.  The rock formations several meters behind can effectively resist the bombardment of large-caliber artillery. Even the 155mm heavy howitzer or cannon cannot penetrate the thick rock formations. The US military will be very safe hiding inside.

    "Fire artillery! Let the Chinese know how powerful we are!" Unlike Lieutenant General George who hid the artillery at the beginning, Lieutenant General Clark immediately ordered the US artillery to launch a counterattack after the Chinese artillery launched the bombardment.  Because the number of heavy artillery he has is not much different from that of Chinese artillery. At the same time, there are many artillery deployed on the high ground to conduct shelling from a high position, which takes a huge advantage!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A fierce artillery battle suddenly began, and the Chinese and American artillery immediately focused their main energy on the other side.  In particular, the heavy howitzers and heavy cannons deployed further back kept firing at the opponent's artillery positions!

    "Boom!" A loud noise was heard on the Chinese artillery position. A shell exploded less than five meters away from a gun position. The air wave generated immediately threw several gunners on the gun position away, and shrapnel scattered in all directions.  Going out, the surrounding gunners suffered heavy losses, and the 105mm light howitzer was also blown away.

    The observation balloons in the sky recorded all the positions of the U.S. artillery and sent them to the artillery positions below to guide the artillery to counterattack the U.S. artillery fire.  At the same time, the information they recorded will also be sent to the arriving Chinese Air Force airship unit.

    The artillery battle was very fierce, and the artillery of both China and the United States suffered considerable losses in the artillery battle.  But neither side shows any sign of stopping.

    "Hmph! If these Americans want to engage in an artillery battle with us, let's help them. When the airship troops arrive, those American artillerymen who are still firing will become the best targets!" General Du Qizheng stood on a high mountain,  Said disdainfully.

    At 8:30 a.m., the Japanese mercenary 13th Division launched an attack on Highland 1 held by the US military.  In this attack, the Japanese mercenaries invested more than 4,000 troops in a brigade at one time.  These Japanese mercenary soldiers formed a skirmish line and quickly rushed towards the US Army's No. 1 Highland.

    "Fire! Kill all these yellow-skinned monkeys!" After the Japanese mercenaries entered the firing range, the U.S. commander guarding Highland No. 1 and the commander of the 101st Division of the U.S. 26th Army gave the order to open fire.

    Suddenly, the sounds of heavy machine guns, light machine guns, mortars, and mountain cannons rang out, and intensive firepower enveloped the Japanese mercenaries, immediately containing the Japanese mercenary offensive.  A large number of Japanese mercenaries were killed amidst the gunfire of the US military. It became impossible for them to even rush to the foot of Highland No. 1, let alone defeat the US military and seize this highland.

    "Good fight! Send all these yellow-skinned monkeys to hell!" Lieutenant General Clark used his binoculars to see Japanese mercenaries being shot and killed, and he was very happy.  However, what made him slightly regretful was that the people who were shot were Japanese mercenaries, not the Chinese army.

    If the Chinese army is attacking, it will be perfect!

    At 9 a.m., a large group of black dots appeared in the sky west of Tierra Colorada.  However, most of the US military's attention was focused on fighting the Chinese army and did not notice this situation.

    U.S. Army Private Tom was the first to spot the incoming airships, but they were too far away. He hit the airships among birds.  However, when these airships got closer and closer, showing their huge bodies in the eyes of the American officers and soldiers, these American soldiers were stunned.

    The airbag of a heavy-duty airship is two hundred meters long, and the airbag of a medium-sized airship is also 120 meters long.  Twenty heavy airships and forty medium-sized airships are enough to form a large area that blocks the sky and the sun, leaving a large shadow on the ground!

    "Oh God! What is that ship?" Many American officers and soldiers exclaimed.

    "Damn it, it's an airship, a Chinese airship! The Chinese actually used an airship to attack Tierra Colorada!" Some officers also shouted.  The United States also has airships. After China invested in airships in its war against Russia, other countries also invested heavily in developing airships, and achieved good results.  The United States has also established an airship force, but it is not used as the main force.  Therefore, most ordinary soldiers do not know that the United States also has airship troops.

    Lieutenant General Clark also discovered the airships approaching Tierra Colorada. He saw those huge airships clearly through his telescope.  However, his expression suddenly became very ugly.  Tierra Colorada's defense line is very strong, but it does not include facing attacks from the sky!
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