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    At 8 o'clock in the morning on February 29, the sun had risen, and the golden sunlight shone down to dispel the dense morning fog.  The sound of gunfire in Tierra Colorada has stopped. If it weren't for the smell of gunpowder smoke still lingering in the air and the ruins of walls that can be seen everywhere, no one would have known that a tragedy had occurred here in the past half month.  Nearly a million people from China and the United States fought fiercely here.  However, fortunately, all this will come to an end for the time being!

    The nearly 200,000 surviving American troops have all evacuated from the fortifications in Tierra Colorada.  They formed a neat queue and stood outside the city limits of Tierra Colorada.  All around, there were piles of weapons like a hill, including various rifles, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns.  Mortars, mountain cannons and howitzers were also parked neatly in front of the team.  On the faces of these American officers and soldiers, there is dissatisfaction with the frustration and loss of failure, but at the same time, there is also the joy of surviving the disaster.  Of course, there is also inevitable confusion about the future.  Although China has promised to treat these US military prisoners of war well, everyone is still secretly guessing about what they will encounter in the future.  However, compared to those comrades who have died on the battlefield, they are already much luckier!

    Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of the Chinese Army, and General Du Qizheng, Commander of the 7th Army Group, attended the surrender ceremony.  In order to prevent accidents, the Chinese army has set up at least hundreds of light and heavy machine guns around the US military, as well as infantry guns and mortars on the high ground in the distance.  In the sky, there were also Chinese Air Force airships parked on the heads of the surrendering US troops.  There are still many fighter planes circling.

    When the U.S. commander Lieutenant General Clark handed over his gun to Marshal Zhao Bowen, it represented the official end of the Battle of Tiela Colorada.  In this battle, the US military paid a heavy price.  Although the Chinese Army achieved victory, it also paid a high price.  Especially the Japanese mercenaries once again lost nearly 100,000 people in this battle.  Including the more than 100,000 people lost in Hartianjis, the Japanese mercenaries have lost nearly 200,000 people.  Compared with the losses of Japanese mercenaries, the losses of the Chinese Army are much smaller.  The 7th Army and the 2nd Army lost no more than 40,000 troops in this battle.

    "Your Excellency, Marshal, I would like to surrender to your army on behalf of the US military in Tierra Colorada. I hope your army can guarantee the treatment we deserve!" Lieutenant General Clark said after handing the gun to Marshal Zhao Bowen.

    "General, please rest assured that our army will ensure the safety of your army and the treatment it deserves. However, there is still a question that needs to be troubled. General, please send a telegram to Major General Powell and ask him to lead his army to surrender, so as not to  Let both of us suffer more casualties!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said.  Although the battle of Tiela Colorada has ended, the US military led by Major General Powell still has not given up the attack on the Chinese Army's 2nd Army, and it seems that they have not given up hope of escaping back to Chilpancingo.

    Lieutenant General Clark hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.  The Chinese army has already won this battle, and there is no point in continuing the battle.  The US military led by Major General Powell is also destined to be unable to break through the blockade of the Chinese army.  If Major General Powell refuses to surrender, Major General Powell will also be doomed when the rest of the Chinese army surrounds him.  For the sake of the lives of more compatriots, Lieutenant General Clark agreed to send a telegram to Major General Powell!

    At this time, the two armies led by Major General Powell also suffered heavy losses. Although they also caused a lot of casualties to the Chinese Army's 2nd Army, they were ultimately unable to break through the Chinese Army's blockade and wanted to escape back to Chilpanzingo.  That is even more impossible.

    After receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Clark, Major General Powell hesitated for a few minutes and finally ordered a halt to the attack. Then he sent an envoy under a white flag to contact the Chinese Army's 2nd Army about the surrender.

    At 9:30 in the morning, Major General Powell also led nearly 70,000 defeated soldiers of the US 49th Army and the 50th Army to surrender to the Chinese army.

    After learning the news, the US Army Lieutenant General Davis, who was attacking the east of the Chinese Army's 2nd Army, immediately led the US Army to retreat eastward, fearing that the Chinese Army's 2nd Army would take the opportunity to attack them.  In fact, the Chinese Army's 2nd Army also needed time to rest and recuperate after a bitter battle and did not launch an attack on Lieutenant General Davis's troops.

    The Battle of Tiela Colorada finally ended successfully, and the Chinese Army once again achieved victory.  It has only taken a month since the Chinese Army launched its attack on the Sierra Madre del Sur guarded by the U.S. military, but the number of U.S. troops annihilated has reached 700,000.  Coupled with the results achieved on other fronts, the losses of the US military increased to millions.  The losses of the Chinese Army were not very great. In one month of fighting, the losses of the two armies and another twenty infantry divisions of the Chinese Army totaled 120,000 people.??right.  The Japanese mercenaries lost about 250,000 people, and the Korean mercenaries also lost about 50,000 people.  Although the losses were considerable, they were nothing compared to the results achieved.  Moreover, the US military's successive failures have created many loopholes in the US military's defense line in the Sierra Madre del Sur, creating opportunities for the Chinese army to break through the US military's defense line and enter the hinterland of Mexico.

    After the victory of the Battle of Tiela Colorada was reported back to the country, it once again aroused cheers from the people in the country.  The previous victory in the Battle of Haltiangis had already ignited the enthusiasm of the people. This time, the results of the Battle of Tiela Colorada were even greater, and the people of the empire were even more excited.  Grand parades and celebrations were held in major cities across the country. Some people who were originally worried about this war have regained their confidence in the empire and the army because of the continuous victories of the frontline troops.

    The generals within the imperial military who were initially dissatisfied with Zhao Bowen's appointment as Imperial Army Minister or even his promotion to Field Marshal were all convinced now.  If it were them, they might not be able to do better than Marshal Zhao Bowen.  The military is originally a hierarchical place. Without outstanding talents, it is very difficult to get promoted.  However, Marshal Zhao Bowen once again proved his talent with great military exploits and proved that Emperor Wang Yuze's choice was correct.

    Emperor Wang Yuze even ordered to commend the troops and generals on the front line, and also asked the General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense to be responsible for replenishing combat materials and soldiers on the front line.  After experiencing a tragic battle, the Chinese Army suffered heavy losses and needed a period of replenishment and rest before it could launch another attack.  In particular, the consumption of strategic supplies was astonishing, and the remaining combat supplies were no longer enough for the frontline troops to launch another large-scale attack.  For example, the bombing by the airship force of the Air Force consumed almost all the aerial bombs delivered to the front line.

    Except for the two countries involved, other countries are also paying great attention to the fierce fighting between China and the United States in southwestern Mexico.  At this time in Europe, the ice and snow had not yet melted, and the war between Germany and Austria and Britain, France and Russia could not be carried out due to the influence of the weather, so they had to focus on preparations for the battle.  At the same time, we are also very concerned about the war between China and the United States.  Whoever wins the war between China and the United States will have a very big impact on the ongoing world war.  However, at the beginning of the war, the United States relied on surprise attacks to gain the upper hand and gain the upper hand.  However, as China's military strength continues to be invested in Mexico, the initiative in the war seems to have slowly returned to the hands of the Chinese Army.  Such a result certainly made Germany and Austria very excited, but it also made Britain, France and Russia nervous.  If China defeats the United States, how can they resist once China's powerful military strength is invested in Europe?  Therefore, Britain, France and Russia constantly urged the US government to hold China back no matter what, at least not to lose the war until they defeated Germany and Austria-Hungary.  At the same time, the Allied Powers also strengthened their efforts to win over Italy in an attempt to further strengthen the Allied Powers.

    General Pershing, the top commander of the US military in Mexico, was undoubtedly the most frustrated. After Lieutenant General Clark surrendered, the defense line he had painstakingly established in the Sierra Madre del Sur was already crumbling.  Because too many troops were lost, many loopholes appeared in this line of defense.  General Pershing no longer had much confidence in holding this line of defense.

    At the Barsa River north of the Sierra Madre del Sur defense line, the Chinese Army¡¯s 8th Group Army, with the assistance of 200,000 North Korean mercenaries, finally broke through the U.S. military¡¯s defense line.  During this period, the Chinese Navy also played a big role.  The Chinese Navy's light cruisers and destroyers sailed directly into the Barsa River, suppressing the US artillery, and then dispatched transport ships to transport a large number of North Korean mercenaries across the river.  Although the resistance of the US military was very fierce, the North Korean mercenaries who crossed the river paid a heavy price.  However, in the end, the U.S. military failed to persist.  In particular, the successive defeats of the U.S. military in Haltiangis and Tierra Colorada had a great impact on the morale of the U.S. military.

    In the afternoon of February 29, the U.S. military abandoned the Balsa River defense line and retreated eastward.  The U.S. Army abandoned the Balsa River defense line, which actually marked the breakthrough of the Sierra Madre del Sur established by General Pershing.  However, due to the obstruction of the mountains, the Chinese army is temporarily unable to pose danger to General Pershing's main force.  But as far as the president is concerned, the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur is indeed on the verge of collapse!
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