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Text Chapter 954: Brutal Fight

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    It took the US 49th Army and the 50th Army more than half an hour to prepare for the attack. When they launched the attack on the Chinese Army's 2nd Army, it was already 8 o'clock in the morning.  On the US military artillery position, more than a hundred 105mm light howitzers and 155mm heavy howitzers have raised their muzzles and pointed at the Chinese Army's position.  On the artillery position, an observation balloon has been raised, ready to provide guidance to the artillery on the ground.

    Similarly, on the positions of the Second Group Army of the Chinese Army, the artillery brigades directly under the group army and the actual artillery battalions of each infantry division are also ready for battle.  The artillery position is located in the center of the small basin to provide fire support to the east and west sides of the small basin at the same time.  At this moment, the U.S. troops coming from the direction of Chilpancingo are still on the way, allowing the artillery of the 2nd Army to concentrate on dealing with the artillery of the U.S. 49th Army and the 50th Army.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The US artillery fired first, and shells fell one after another on the Chinese Army's position. For a time, gunpowder smoke filled the air, dust flew, and the forward position was almost completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

    Stationed to the west of the small basin is the 21st Division under the 2nd Army.  The division has more than 18,000 officers and soldiers, but in the Battle of Hartianjis, almost a regiment of troops was lost, and now there are only more than 15,000 troops left in the division.  Because there was no time to build strong fortifications such as anti-gun holes, the Chinese Army suffered heavy casualties in the face of U.S. shelling. Neither trenches nor foxholes could provide safe protection for the soldiers during the fierce shelling.

    Fortunately, less than two minutes after the US bombardment started, the artillery of the 2nd Army opened fire.  More than 300 artillery pieces, guided by observation balloons, blasted the US artillery positions fiercely.  Dense artillery shells fell on the U.S. artillery position, knocking the U.S. artillerymen off their feet, and many artillery pieces were destroyed.

    "General, the Chinese artillery fire is too fierce, and our artillery is too small. It will not benefit us at all to fight with the Chinese like this!" The US artillery commander asked Major General Powell, commander of the US 49th Army, for instructions.  road.

    "Disperse the artillery as much as possible, focus on bombarding the Chinese defensive positions, and clear the way for the infantry to attack! Twenty minutes and another twenty minutes, the infantry will launch an attack!" Major General Powell insisted!

    "Okay, General!" The U.S. artillery commander had no choice but to follow Major General Powell's order.

    Regardless of their own casualties, the U.S. artillery fired at the Chinese Army's positions at the maximum rate of fire. Although this caused some heavy losses to them, it also caused a lot of losses to the Army's 21st Division.  The 211th Regiment on the front line was bombarded by the US military. The entire regiment lost at least a thousand people in the twenty-minute bombardment.  But similarly, more than half of the hundreds of U.S. artillery pieces were lost after the bombardment.

    At 8:20 in the morning, the US commander Major General Powell issued the order to attack. The 190th Infantry Division of the US 49th Army took the lead in entering the battle. Tens of thousands of US soldiers rushed towards the position of the 21st Division of the Chinese Army.  Although the morale of the US military suffered a great loss before, now, driven by the will to survive, they have also burst out with great courage.

    After the U.S. artillery stopped firing and moved its position, the Chinese artillery shifted its shelling target to the attacking U.S. soldiers.  Dense artillery shells fell in the US military's offensive queue. Even though the US military's offensive queue was relatively sparse, it also caused great damage to them.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The shell exploded among the crowd, and the air wave generated easily threw the human body away.  The human body seemed so fragile at this moment, easily cut into pieces by the flying shrapnel.  The US military continued to pay heavy casualties during the attack.  But in the face of this casualty, the US military seemed to turn a blind eye and continued to attack forward!

    "Fight!" After the U.S. military entered the firing range of the Chinese Army's 21st Division, the defending Chinese soldiers opened fire under the order of the officer.  For a time, the sound of light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry artillery resounded throughout the battlefield.  The powerful firepower caused heavy losses to the US troops who were immersed in the charge. Many US soldiers were hit and then fell to the ground without making a sound.

    The 177mm heavy machine gun bullet is so powerful that after being hit, the human body will be broken into two pieces.  After some American soldiers were hit in the abdomen, their entire bodies were broken into two pieces. The upper part of the body had fallen to the ground, but the lower part of the body still ran forward a few times due to inertia before falling.  on the ground.  Under the intensive firepower of the Chinese army, the US military will pay a heavy price for every step forward.  There were broken limbs and broken arms everywhere on the battlefield, and it soon became a hell of Shura!

    However, even such heavy casualties did not make the US military retreat.  When launching the attack, US military officers had already explained the current situation to every soldier.  Their escape route has been cut off. If they want to return alive, they can onlyGo forward and break through the blockade of the Chinese army. This is his chance.  Otherwise, they will all die here.  Even if they are captured by the Chinese, they will be taken to work in the mines or build railways and roads until they die of exhaustion. They will never have the chance to return to the United States and meet their relatives.  The soldiers of the US military believed deeply in what the officers said.  In addition, the US government has been demonizing China for many years, making China completely synonymous with an evil country in the eyes of ordinary Americans.  Therefore, in order to escape back to the United States and to see their relatives and loved ones, these American soldiers completely forgot their fear when they attacked. Each of them seemed to have gone crazy!

    "Damn it! Heavy machine gun! Heavy machine gun fire cover! Come up with a mortar and knock out the Chinese heavy machine gun!" A US military captain lied on the ground and shouted loudly.

    "Boom!" A mortar shell exploded next to him. The body of the US military captain officer was immediately blown into two pieces. Blood continued to gush out from the wound, and the look in his eyes slowly disappeared.  At the last moment of his life, he missed his elderly parents and newlywed wife in his hometown of Kansas.  However, because of this damn war, he never had the chance to go back and see them!

    "Division Commander, the Americans' attack was very fierce, and they were completely unafraid of death. Although we caused great casualties to the Americans, the losses of the 211th Regiment in front were also not small. They were attacked by the previous U.S. Army.  We suffered heavy losses during the shelling, and now we are almost unable to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Americans!" said the chief of staff of the 21st Division of the Chinese Army.

    "Let the 212th Regiment go up for reinforcements immediately! Although the Americans attacked fiercely, they only relied on the courage in their hearts. I don't believe they can last long in the face of huge casualties!" The division commander of the 21st Division of the Chinese Army  said.

    Soon, thousands of officers and soldiers from the 212th Regiment came in for reinforcements. After receiving the reinforcements, the pressure on the front line was reduced a lot, and the US military had to face even more powerful firepower!

    At 8:50 in the morning, half an hour after the US military attacked, the US 190th Infantry Division had already suffered most of its casualties.  Seeing the comrades around them fall to the ground one by one, and those seriously injured but not dead wailing on the ground, this filled the hearts of the surviving US officers and soldiers with fear.  Under such circumstances, their courage slowly faded.  Finally, I had to choose to retreat.  When the US 190th Infantry Division withdrew, it was discovered that the division's total casualties had reached two-thirds.  This division has completely lost its combat effectiveness!

    The huge casualties made Major General Powell, the commander of the US military, very distressed, but he had no time to take care of it now.  After the 190th Infantry Division was pulled down, the 191st Infantry Division immediately replaced it and once again launched a fierce attack on the Chinese Army's positions.  There is a strong momentum that will not give up until the Chinese Army's position is broken.

    The battle in Tiela Colorada has reached its climax.  The Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries launched a fierce attack on the remaining two highlands controlled by the US military.  The U.S. troops guarding the high ground fought back desperately, and the two sides fought fiercely on the hillside.  The blood of the fallen soldiers almost dyed the land on the hillside red.

    At 9:05 a.m., the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force arrived at Tierra Colorada.  Both the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries took advantage of the situation and withdrew.  The airship troops began bombing the American highlands.  Aerial bombs roared down one after another, blasting huge craters on the high ground.  The U.S. military's defenses were blown to pieces, and the U.S. soldiers who were unfortunately at the center of the explosion were bombed to pieces.

    The bombing by the airship force lasted only half an hour, but it caused huge casualties to the US military.

    The U.S. military, which was already struggling to cope with the Chinese Army's offensive, suffered heavy losses, and at the same time, its morale was also low.  What surprised the US military even more was that the Chinese Air Force's airship unit did not evacuate as usual after the bombing, but continued to stay in the air.

    "Ta-ta-ta!" The heavy machine guns and rapid-fire cannons carried on the airship began to fire at the US military positions, further attacking the US military from the air and acting as firepower points that stayed in the air.  The airship suspended in mid-air can charge to take advantage of its commanding position.  The U.S. military hiding in trenches could withstand the bullets of the Chinese Army, but they were powerless in the face of strafing from airships in the air.  More and more U.S. soldiers are being shot and killed by airships in the sky, which has cost the U.S. military a heavy price.

    Soon, Chinese Air Force fighter planes also joined in, and the machine guns on the fighter planes also joined in the strafing of the U.S. troops, making the U.S. troops guarding the highlands miserable!
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