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Text Chapter 943 Prelude to the air battle

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    The entire February 8th was a disaster for the US military defending Tierra Colorada.  After finally repelling the Japanese mercenary attack, at 2:30 in the afternoon, the Chinese Air Force's airship unit came again and dropped 80 tons of aerial bombs on Highland No. 1.  The huge power almost blew off a section of the top of Highland No. 1, and the US military guarding here suffered heavy losses.

    After repelling the attack of the Japanese mercenary 14th Division in the morning, the 101st Division, which suffered heavy losses, has withdrawn from the battle, and the task of defending Highland 1 fell to the US 102nd Division.  Although, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the US 102nd Division took advantage of the gap in the Chinese army's attack to carry out emergency repairs on the position on Highland 1.  But because many fortifications were destroyed, they could only repair part of them. At most, they could deepen and consolidate the trenches, re-thread a barbed wire fence, and send the heavy machine guns, mortars and mountain cannons they brought into the position.  For the most important bombproof holes and tunnels, there is no other way. At most, you can only find some wood for reinforcement.  After all, these anti-gun holes and tunnels are how they save their lives in the face of fierce artillery fire from the Chinese Army and bombing by Air Force airship units.

    However, even so, many officers and soldiers of the U.S. 102nd Division were killed in the second round of bombing by the Chinese Air Force. The total number of dead and seriously injured U.S. soldiers was 3,000, which was already one-third of the entire division.  One.  Including the slightly injured soldiers, the entire US 102nd Division has lost more than half.  If it were not for the Chinese Air Force's airship force that only prepared two rounds of bombings on the first day of bombing, the U.S. military would have suffered even greater casualties.  But even this made the US military very uncomfortable. Lieutenant General Clark had to put more troops into Highland 1 to resist the attack of the Chinese army.  This tactic is simply a battle against the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries.  However, there are only 400,000 US troops in Tierra Colorada, while the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries combined have a full 700,000 troops.  After the Chinese Air Force's airship unit joined the war, the balance of victory has tilted toward China!

    Chilpancingo, inside the US military headquarters, General Pershing fell into a state of agitation after receiving the request for help telegram from Lieutenant General Clark.  He had already dispatched two armies of reinforcements to Tierra Colorada. He originally thought that with Tierra Colorada's complete defenses, he would be able to defeat the Chinese army and the Chinese servant army there.  Blood flowed and heavy casualties were incurred.  But he never expected that Chinese soldiers would actually launch an airship into Tierra Colorada.  Although the fortifications of Tierra Colorada are strong, they cannot withstand air attacks, especially the bombing of heavy aerial bombs, which can easily destroy the US military's fortifications.

    "Davis, it seems that we are going to be in a tough fight in Tierra Colorado. Clark cannot guard against threats from the air. In order to defend Highland No. 1, he can only fight with the Chinese. And in terms of military strength, Clark does not  We don't have any advantage. Even under the Chinese air strikes, we suffered greater casualties than the Chinese. The current war situation is already very unfavorable to us!" General Pershing said with a frown.  Originally, he had great confidence in the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur.  With the help of the defense lines built by the tall mountains and the Barsa River in the north, the US military on the defensive can take great advantage.  At the same time, the US military is no longer inferior to the Chinese army in terms of weapons, but the quality of its individual soldiers is just worse.  However, the U.S. military has an absolute advantage in strength. This gives General Pershing a very high degree of confidence in blocking the Chinese army to the west of the Sierra Madre del Sur.  He is even planning that after the Chinese army pays a heavy price, the U.S. military will concentrate its superior forces and defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop. Even if it cannot drive the Chinese army out of the North American continent, it will still make the Chinese army pay a heavy price.  Dare to invade the United States again.

    "However, after the war began, it developed in a direction completely unexpected by General Pershing.

    "General, the Chinese airships were indeed beyond our expectations. However, what surprised us even more was that their airships were much more powerful than the German airships. When the Germans attacked the Liege Fortress last year  Large airships were also dispatched, but the real results were pitiful. Under such circumstances, Lieutenant General Clark could only use his human lives to fight the Chinese, which was unavoidable. The defense of Tiela Colorada was mainly  It is the three surrounding highlands. Highland No. 1 is the shortest, but it is also the most core position. If it is occupied by the Chinese, there will be huge holes in Tiela Colorada's defense line. We are in Tierra Colorada.  The defense plan is likely to fail because of this." Lieutenant General Davis, commander of the 14th US Army, said.

    "I have sent a telegram to General Leonard Wood, requesting the support of the airship force. We also have a large airship force, which were built several years ago, and the number is more than hundreds.  However, the airship troops rushed to the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur,?It takes a certain amount of time.  During this period of time, we may have to pay huge casualties!  "General Pershing said. The traffic conditions in the back of Mexico are relatively good. The U.S. Army's airship troops can rely on railways and roads for transportation. However, in the southwest of Mexico, the traffic conditions are relatively poor, which makes the U.S. Army's airship troops unable to  Don¡¯t spend more time on the road. Most of the U.S. airship forces belong to the Army, and the Navy also has a small number of airships, which are mainly used to provide firepower calibration and offshore patrols for battleships. In fact, more than ten years ago, Chinese airships  After its success in the war against Russia, all countries have also strengthened the research and construction of airships. Because of its close relationship with China, Germany obtained a complete set of design drawings, and on this basis developed the 'Zeppelin heavy airship.  The progress of other countries is much slower. The United States also obtained relevant technology from Britain and France before building its own "Freedom-class" airship. However, the load capacity of the US military is only 1.5 tons, which is only equivalent to  They are only medium-sized airships of the Chinese Air Force's airship force. Due to the engine, the U.S. military's airship force only has a speed of about 40 kilometers, which is much behind the Chinese Air Force's airship force.

    "General, there is no way around this. We can only try our best to buy time until the airship troops arrive. I suggest that in order to strengthen Tiela Colorada's strength, add one or two more troops to them again!  " Lieutenant General Davis said.

    General Pershing hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. Now the US military only has 400,000 troops in Chilpanzingo. After another 100,000 troops are transferred to Tierra Colorada, the US military will only have reserve troops left.  With three hundred thousand troops left, General Pershing doesn't know if he will be able to launch a counterattack by then.  However, I can't care about anything else now, I have to defend Tiela Colorada first.  If that doesn't work, we can only deploy troops from other areas of the defense line.  The Chinese army has launched a fierce attack on the Sierra Madre del Sur, but the most intense attack is undoubtedly the line from Hartianjis to Tierra Colorada and Chilpancingo. The intensity of the attack in other areas is much smaller and seems to be just  Just like a feint.

    After General Pershing made his decision, the next day the U.S. troops from the two armies set off from Chilpancingo and rushed to Tierra Colorada.  After learning about General Pershing's decision, Lieutenant General Clark finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    Similarly, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  Admiral Wood was also shocked when he learned that China had deployed airship troops to carry out violent bombing of Tierra Colorada, causing heavy casualties to the US military.  Secretary of War Jacob.  After M. Dickinson, he immediately issued an order to the airship force to support the Southern Sierra Madre Mountains, requiring the US airship force to send at least 150 airships to the Southern Madre Mountains to defeat the attack of the Chinese airship force.  Whether it is Leonard.  Both General Wood and Secretary of War Jacob M.T. Dickinson knew that if the Chinese Air Force's airship troops could not stop the endless bombing of Tierra Colorado, the US military's defense line in the Sierra Madre del Sur, no matter how strong it was, would be defeated.  breached.  Once this natural barrier is lost, the Chinese army will be able to march straight in and threaten the central and northern regions of Mexico.  And starting from central and northern Mexico, you can directly threaten the mainland of the United States!  They definitely don't want this to happen!

    After receiving the order, the US airship force set off the next day.  However, it takes a lot of time to rush from the hinterland of the United States to Mexico, and these time can only be fought for by the U.S. Army officers and soldiers with their lives.

    Starting from February 8, the airship force of the Chinese Air Force will bomb the U.S. Army¡¯s No. 1 Highland or other defensive positions two to three times every day, causing huge casualties to the U.S. military.  However, at the insistence of Lieutenant General Clark, the US military firmly held No. 1 Highland in its hands. If one division was wiped out, the other division would immediately make up for it. If all the fortifications were destroyed, then there would be no defenses in the area.  fight against the Chinese army.  Although, in just ten days, the US military paid a price of 100,000 casualties.  However, this also bought them enough time.

    Under the repeated urging of the U.S. military on the front line, the first fifty airships of the U.S. Army's airship force finally arrived in Chilpancingo on the afternoon of February 19. The air battle between the Chinese and American airship forces was about to break out.  !
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