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    In the telegram sent to Lieutenant General Clark, General Pershing clearly stated that he hoped that Lieutenant General Clark would hold on to Tierra Colorado for another week.  Now there are only 300,000 US troops left in Chilpancingo, which is already a very weak force.  General Pershing needed to reduce the strength of the entire defensive line to increase the strength of the American troops in Chilpancingo.  At the same time, the first batch of ten armies of reinforcements sent by the United States has entered Mexico and is rushing towards the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur, and all this will take time.  If Lieutenant General Clark retreated from Tierra Colorada, the Chinese army would launch a massive attack on Chilpancingo.  Admiral Pershing will not have enough time by then!

    After receiving the telegram from General Pershing, Lieutenant General Clark remained silent.  Although he was very nervous inside, he could already feel a crisis approaching.  However, as a soldier and an old subordinate of General Pershing, he had to obey General Pershing's orders.  In addition, Lieutenant General Clark always has a trace of luck in his heart. He still has more than 300,000 troops in his hands. The total strength of the Chinese army plus Japanese mercenaries is less than twice that of the US military.  If you're lucky, you might be able to last a week.  At that time, he can still lead his troops to retreat calmly.  However, Lieutenant General Clark felt very uneasy when he thought of the fierce bombing by the Chinese Air Force and the low morale of the US military.

    After a long time, Lieutenant General Clark made up his mind to stick to Tiela Colorada.  Lieutenant General Clark summoned the commanders of each corps, assigned tasks, and asked each corps to hold their positions.  However, when issuing the mission, he also saw a trace of confusion in the eyes of these military commanders, and they seemed to have little confidence in victory.

    On February 26, after night fell, the fierce war between China and the United States temporarily stopped.  The US military also breathed a sigh of relief.  After capturing Highland 1, the Chinese army did not take the opportunity to launch an attack on Highland 2, Highland 3 and the urban area of ??Tierra Colorada.  If the Chinese army attacks with all its strength, no one will have the confidence to hold their position.  However, what the US military did not expect was that the ambitions of the Chinese army exceeded their imagination.  What Marshal Zhao Bowen wants is not just a rout, but to wrap up all the more than 300,000 American troops in Tierra Colorada.  You must know that if you want to encircle and annihilate a huge army of more than 300,000 people, you must mobilize an army with at least twice the number. The two armies of the Chinese Army are only as large as those of Tiela Colorada.  The US military is similar.  There are only about 200,000 Japanese mercenaries left. It is not ordinary to surround and annihilate more than 300,000 American troops with less than 600,000 soldiers.

    However, the Chinese military also has great advantages.  From a topographic point of view, Tierra Colorada is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur, with Chilpancingo to the east and Acapulco controlled by the Chinese army to the west.  There are high mountains to the north and south, and there are no roads that can allow large troops to pass.  Therefore, as long as the Chinese army sends a powerful force to block the U.S. military's retreat to the east, the more than 300,000 U.S. troops in Tierra Colorada will become a turtle in the urn.

    The Second Group Army of the Chinese Army can undoubtedly complete this task very well.  Another advantage is that air supremacy is now in the hands of the Chinese Air Force. The Chinese Air Force can not only dispatch airships and fighter jets to attack the US military, but also detect the movements of the US military, allowing the Chinese military to know the movements of the US military.  The morale of the US military is low, which also creates a favorable opportunity for the Chinese army to destroy the US military.  It can be said that if Lieutenant General Clark could have been more decisive and immediately retreated to Chilpancingo after realizing that the crisis was coming, the Chinese army's plan would have been aborted.  However, the US military's response gave the Chinese army an excellent opportunity.

    At 9 pm on February 26th, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army's 2nd Group Army used the cover of night to bypass Tierra Colorada on the simple road that shuttled through the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains, and marched eastward, preparing to  Positions were established in the area east of Tierra Colorada to block the U.S. forces in Tierra Colorada from retreating eastward, and at the same time to block the U.S. troops from Chilpanzingo from rescuing Lieutenant General Clark's troops.  If Position 1 is still under the control of the US military, it will be impossible for the Chinese army to bypass Tiela Colorada.  But now, Highland No. 1 is already under the control of the Chinese army. The 2nd Army can bypass Tierra Colorada without anyone noticing.

    ?? 5 kilometers east of Tierra Colorada is a small basin with an area of ??about 5 square kilometers, and there is a small village here.  However, after the war started, all the Mexicans here had fled. The US military deployed a battalion here, mainly to protect the transportation lines.  When a reconnaissance battalion of the Chinese Army's Second Group Army raided here, of the more than 700 American troops, except for a very few who escaped, the rest were either killed or captured.  !Later, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Army were stationed in this small mountain basin! and began to build defenses on the east and west sides of the basin overnight.Things.  Some of the US troops stationed here escaped, which means that perhaps the US military will be able to learn about the appearance of the Chinese Army's 2nd Army after dawn.

    ¡°No matter whether it is the US military in Tierra Colorada or the US military in Chilpancingo, they will not sit idly by.  If the more than 300,000 U.S. troops in Tierra Colorada are not to be wiped out, the U.S. military must re-open the direct connection between Chilpancingo and Tierra Colorada.  The Chinese Army's 2nd Army will also be attacked by the US military with all its strength. This is undoubtedly a difficult task for the 2nd Army.

    At 6 a.m. on February 27, Lieutenant General Clark, who had fallen asleep in the early hours of last night, was woken up by his adjutant.  The lack of sleep for several days and the unsatisfactory battle made Lieutenant General Clark's temper become more and more irritable.

    "Damn, Major Kevin, you better have a reasonable reason, otherwise I will make you look good!" Lieutenant General Clark cursed, put on his clothes, and opened the door.  Outside the door, Lieutenant General Clark's adjutant, Major Kevin, looked anxious.

    "What happened?" Lieutenant General Clark asked angrily.

    "General, the Chinese sent a force to bypass our defense line and capture the small basin five kilometers to the east!" Major Kevin said!

    "What? How could this happen?" After Lieutenant General Clark heard the news, he almost fell to the ground. He looked at Major Kevin in shock, and his original sleepiness had long since disappeared without a trace.

    "General, one of our battalion troops stationed there was attacked by the Chinese last night, and only a few people escaped. Now, our direct contact with Chilpancingo has been cut off by the Chinese. We have  There is no way back!" Major Kevin said with a sad face.  No doubt he knew what this meant.  Once their escape route is cut off, it will be impossible for them to safely return to Chilpancingona.

    Lieutenant General Clark regretted it very much. If he had known earlier, he should have decisively abandoned Tiela Colorada yesterday and led his army back to Chilpancingo.  However, he has no time to regret it now. If he does not break through the Chinese blockade and open the way to Chilpancingo, then he and more than 300,000 US soldiers will undoubtedly be dead!

    "Major Kevin, immediately convene a meeting with the corps commanders and division commanders and above. We must immediately send troops to break through the Chinese interception. In addition, contact General Pershing immediately. We need his help. We need Chir.  Panzingo sends troops to attack the Chinese from the east!" Lieutenant General Clark put on his clothes in a few seconds and ordered Major Kevin at the same time.

    "Yes, General!" Major Kevin hurriedly went to deliver the order.  The US military now has reached a very critical moment.  If it is not handled well, the more than 300,000 of them will become prisoners of the Chinese.  No American is willing to become a prisoner of the Chinese, at least no one is willing to surrender until they are in dire straits!

    In less than twenty minutes, all the division-level generals and above from the US military garrisoned in Tierra Colorada gathered in the conference room of the headquarters. A total of dozens of people crowded the originally small conference room.  The water is blocked.  Because the exhaust equipment was not very good, the air in the conference room was a little turbid, but no one cared about these things.

    "Everyone, I believe everyone already knows that our situation is very dangerous now. Although General Pershing asked us to stay here for another week. However, the Chinese have now cut off the connection between us and Chilpanzingo  It is foreseeable that the Chinese will soon launch a fierce attack on us. If we cannot resist the Chinese attack, what awaits us will be to be killed or walk into the Chinese prisoner-of-war camp. I think these two  These are all things that no one wants to see." Lieutenant General Clark said with a serious face.

    The faces of the US military generals who attended the meeting were also very ugly.  Even though the US airship force suffered a disastrous defeat yesterday, they had given up any hope of victory.  But they didn't expect that the danger would come so quickly.

    "Although it is very critical now, we still need to work hard! I ordered the 49th Army and the 50th Army to assemble immediately and launch an attack eastward in an hour to break through the Chinese interception. I have sent General Pershing a message  I sent a telegram, asking him to send troops to attack from the direction of Chilpancingo. We still have great hope of breaking the Chinese blockade!" Lieutenant General Clark said.

    "Yes, general!" the commanders of the 49th and 50th Army of the US Army immediately took the order!
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