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    On the afternoon of February 29, in the core area of ??the defense line in the Sierra Madre del Sur, inside the U.S. military headquarters in Chilpango, General Pershing, the top commander of the U.S. military in the Mexican battlefield, was talking to the embarrassed Lieutenant General Davis.  Lieutenant General Davis led his troops to retreat immediately after Major General Powell surrendered to the Chinese Second Army.  On the way, he handed over the troops to the command of the commander of the 44th US Army, and fled back to Chilpancingo with a few guards.  After suffering this disastrous defeat, the US military will face a great crisis.  Lieutenant General Davis knew that General Pershing must be very difficult now, so he hurried back and prepared to discuss countermeasures with General Pershing.

    Among the several direct subordinates of General Pershing, Major General Moon performed poorly in the initial attack on San Luis Potosi and was relegated to the sidelines. Later, he was not able to get the promotion he wished for.  Lieutenant General George chose to commit suicide by swallowing a gun after Hartianjis was defeated by the Chinese.  Lieutenant General Clark was captured by the Chinese in Tierra Colorada.  This left only Lieutenant General Davis, commander of the 16th Army, and Lieutenant General Richard, commander of the 19th Army, among General Pershing's confidants.  However, Lieutenant General Richard was responsible for defending the Balsa River defense line.  During the fierce attack of the Chinese army, several armies commanded by Lieutenant General Richard were unable to withstand the attack of the Chinese army and had to choose to retreat.

    Now the only one left who can share the pressure for General Pershing is Lieutenant General Davis.

    "General, the current situation is very critical. We must think of other ways. In the Battle of Tierra Colorada, our main force suffered heavy losses. Coupled with the losses on other fronts, we are now only in the Sierra Madre del Sur.  There are one million troops left. Although there are still more than 300,000 Mexican government troops, those garbage troops are simply vulnerable. If these troops are allowed to go to the battlefield, not only will they not bring us the slightest help,  On the contrary, it will bring us a lot of trouble!" Lieutenant General Davis said.

    General Pershing nodded. Although Lieutenant General Davis had just lost a battle, he did not blame him.  He knew that this was not the fault of Lieutenant General Davis.  The battle situation in Tierra Colorada had deteriorated, and Lieutenant General Clark chose to surrender, which made all the efforts of Lieutenant General Davis in vain.  And if Lieutenant General Davis continues to fight, he may end up like Lieutenant General Clark.  Therefore, Lieutenant General Davis ordered the troops to withdraw at that time, which General Pershing could understand.  However, the current battle situation has become like this, which gives General Pershing a very headache.  There is no doubt that it is impossible to hold the defensive line of the Sierra Madre del Sur.

    "I have sent a telegram to the Army Staff, suggesting that we abandon Chilpancingo and retreat to Mexico City. We should build a defense line in the central area of ??Mexico City to resist the Chinese army. I just don't know if the Army Staff will agree with my suggestion!" Pan  Admiral Xing said.

    "Retreating to Mexico City, although unable to occupy favorable terrain conditions, can shorten our logistics supply lines and extend the Chinese's logistics supply lines. In addition, the southwestern region of Mexico is mountainous and the transportation conditions are relatively backward, which will undoubtedly make China  The logistical supply of people is even more difficult. If we can retreat to Mexico City and reinforcements can arrive in time, it will be a good plan for us. However, it is difficult for the guys in the country to agree to us giving up the South.  From the Sierra Madre defense line!" Lieutenant General Davis said.

    When he thought of this, General Pershing couldn't help but frowned.  In order to strengthen the determination of the American people to resist China, the U.S. government has carried out exaggerated propaganda to make a large number of Americans believe that the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur built by the U.S. military is impregnable and can firmly block the Chinese in southwestern Mexico.  To prevent the United States from being threatened by the Chinese.  Most Americans believe the government's propaganda and believe that the United States is safe and they can rest easy.  Therefore, if General Pershing abandons the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur and allows the Chinese to easily break through this line of defense, one can imagine the consequences in the United States.  At that time, not only will the people be angry at the government's deception, but the confidence of Americans will be severely damaged, which will be very detrimental to the next war in the United States.

    "Damn politicians, can they only lie to people?" General Pershing couldn't help but cursed secretly.  He seems to have forgotten that when the US government promoted the Sierra Madre del Sur defense line as an impenetrable line of defense, it effectively stabilized the mood of the American people and reduced the number of people and capital fleeing.

    "General, if the General Staff rejects our suggestion, what should we do?" Lieutenant General Davis asked with some worry.

    "If the General Staff refuses, then we will have to continue to hold on to Chilpancingo. Although the Chinese have broken through the defense line of the Balsa River, the high mountains make up for it and the traffic conditions are very bad. Lieutenant General Richard will move several major  All the bridges in the country have been blown up. If the Chinese want to travel along theIt is impossible for the Ilsa River to encircle our retreat.  We could use Chilpancingo's defenses to hold off the Chinese for a while longer.  In this case, it can be regarded as giving an explanation to the country.  Davis, don't worry, if the situation becomes overwhelming, I will order a retreat in time and I won't hold on here!  "General Pershing said.

    At this time, there was a knock on the door of the office, and General Pershing's adjutant came in. After saluting, he said: "General, there are telegrams from the country. In addition to the telegram from the Chief of Staff, there is also a telegram from Secretary Dickinson."  telegraph!"

    General Pershing nodded, took the telegram and read it, but his face remained expressionless after reading it.

    "General, what do you say in China?" Lieutenant General Davis asked.

    "As expected, the country requires us to continue to hold on to the defensive line of the Sierra Madre del Sur, and to drag the Chinese in Mexico as much as possible to buy more time for the country. Minister Dickinson said that the country will try its best to  Give us support. In addition, regarding the Chinese air superiority, China will develop special anti-aircraft machine guns as soon as possible to deal with the Chinese threat, and will cooperate with Britain and France to strive to come up with fighter jets that can match the Chinese as soon as possible.  Get out the plane!" General Pershing said.

    "It is not that easy to catch up with the Chinese in a short period of time. General, since the country does not agree with us giving up the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur, then we can only hold on here!" Lieutenant General Davis said.

    General Pershing nodded, although he hoped to abandon the defensive line of the Sierra Madre del Sur so that he could concentrate more troops and avoid consuming troops here.  But since the country refused, he had no choice but to comply with the country's requirements.  Who called him a soldier?  He had no choice but to obey orders.

    "I have already begun to order to shrink the defense line. Now that the Barsa River defense line has been breached, the reinforcements of the four armies are meaningless. I will let them withdraw to Chilpancingo. Plus several other sections of the defense line  , we will eventually be able to gather about 600,000 people in Chilpancingo. In addition, the first batch of ten army reinforcements will arrive the day after tomorrow, and by then we will be able to gather over a million people in Chilpancingo and nearby areas.  Army. It is still possible to block the Chinese for a period of time!" General Pershing said.  An army of millions is already a large scale.  However, General Pershing did not have the confidence to resist the Chinese army's attack, and could only hope to resist the Chinese army for a while.  Through the previous two battles, General Pershing already knew that there was still a big gap between the Chinese army and the US military. If the US military's weapons and equipment were not relatively powerful, it is estimated that the Chinese servant army would be able to defeat them.  In addition, without air superiority, the US military will definitely suffer greater casualties than the Chinese army.  Therefore, if you want to delay more time, you have to take human lives to fill it!

    "General, there is no way around this. We need time, enough time. And our task is to buy enough time for the country. Especially the navy. The navy's new battleships have not yet been put into service, and they are not yet equipped to compete with the Chinese navy.  The strength to compete. Therefore, we had to abandon the Panama Canal. When the navy has the strength to defeat the Chinese navy, we will not have so much pressure!" Lieutenant General Davis said.

    Admiral Pershing didn't say much. He was also holding back his anger towards the Navy.  The navy originally accounted for most of the military expenditures, but it failed to play a big role on the battlefield. In Admiral Pershing's view, this was a complete waste.  The navy's expenditure on building one battleship is enough for the army to arm ten divisions.  If the U.S. Army hadn't suppressed it too hard in the early stage, perhaps the gap with the Chinese Army wouldn't be so big.  In addition, given that the supplies of the Chinese army need to cross the ocean, Admiral Pershing has more than once requested the navy to launch attacks on the Chinese transportation lines to reduce the supply of the Chinese army as much as possible and reduce the pressure on the US military.  After all, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army is inseparable from its powerful artillery and infantry firepower.  However, the battle has been going on for a month, and China's transportation lines are still open and the Chinese army is still able to obtain a large amount of supplies through the sea without being affected at all.  This made General Pershing very angry and repeatedly reported to the Headquarters of Staff and Secretary of War Dickinson.

    However, he is not sure whether it will be effective!
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