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    On March 7, the Chinese Air Force conducted two bombings on the US military, causing the US military stationed in Elpanzingo to dive and suffer more than 5,000 casualties.  Such a loss made General Pershing very angry.  The Chinese infantry had not yet launched an attack, and the mere dispatch of the air force caused the US military to lose half of its division.  If the infantry cooperates with the air force in attacking, won't the US military have to pay a higher price?

    General Pershing personally drafted a telegram to the Army Staff, requesting the Army to come up with fighter jets that can counter the Chinese Air Force as soon as possible.  Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to last long in Mexico.  U.S. Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  General Wood knew General Pershing's current difficulties, but he could only try his best to comfort General Pershing.  He told General Pershing that the development of fighter jets had begun, but everything took time.  However, the special anti-aircraft machine gun is progressing very quickly. It is expected to be successfully developed by the end of the month or the beginning of next month. Once produced, it will be sent to the Mexican front line as soon as possible.  However, General Pershing was very doubtful that the U.S. military could hold on for a month in Chilpancingo.  He felt that today's bombing by the Chinese Air Force was just a test.  The next battle will be even more intense.  If the US military wants to defend Chilpancingo, I'm afraid it will have to pay a higher price!

    The U.S. military¡¯s defense line in Chilpanzingo, except for the mountains on both sides of the city, is a defense line built two kilometers west of the city of Chilpanzingo.  This line of defense consisted of three trenches and communication trenches connecting these trenches.  Each trench is five hundred meters apart.  The US military has built many fixed firepower points in these trenches, with a machine gun firepower point every 20 meters.  Coupled with the hidden mountain artillery and mortar positions, the firepower of the entire defense line was very intensive.  In order to avoid Chinese shelling and bombing, strong anti-gun holes and air-raid shelters were built in each trench.  However, whether these bomb-proof holes and air-raid shelters can withstand the shelling of the Chinese Army and the bombing of the Air Force has not been tested on the battlefield.  General Pershing directly invested a corps of troops on this line of defense.

    On March 7, the Chinese Army did not launch an attack on Chilpancingo. After the 11th Division of the 6th Army captured Mazatlan, it began to build defensive positions.  At the same time, a large number of troops began to gather in this small town. Except for the troops of the 6th Army, the rest were Japanese mercenary troops.  Chilpancingo is located in a valley, and the huge force of the Chinese Army cannot be deployed.  Just like General Pershing of the US Army can only deploy an army of more than 50,000 US troops on the front line, the Chinese Army can only deploy a maximum of one division of troops in each attack.  If too many troops are invested, they will be completely crowded together, which will become the target of intensive firepower and artillery strikes by the US military.

    March 8, Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of the Chinese Army and Supreme Commander of the Mexican battlefield, officially issued an order to attack the US military in Chilpancingo.  The Chinese Army's 6th Group Army got its wish and seized the main position.  Together with Japanese mercenaries, they will launch an attack on the US military.  At the same time, the air force and artillery will provide them with fire support.

    At 7 o'clock in the morning, the artillery position of the Chinese Army in Mazatlan became busy. The cannon coats were lifted one after another, and the ferocious muzzles pointed to the east.  In order to provide fire support for the army attacking Chilpancingo, Marshal Zhao Bowen assembled all the artillery of the 2nd Army, 6th Army, 7th Army and the following ten infantry divisions. Thousands of artillery with a caliber exceeding 105  Millimeter cannons were deployed to dozens of artillery positions. After the order was issued, they would fire violently at the US military positions.  At the same time, in order to prevent U.S. artillery counterattacks, Air Force fighter planes have also set off from the field airport in Acapulco.  As long as the U.S. artillery dares to show up, the Air Force fighter planes will roar over and blow up all the U.S. artillery including men and cannons!

    At 7:30 in the morning, the Chinese artillery received the order to start shelling.

    Two minutes later, the sound of intensive shelling rang out, and the explosion sounded like an earthquake, at least on the front line of Chilpancingo.  Groups of orange-red fireballs rose on the US military's position. The barbed wire fences pulled up by the US military were blown up by the artillery fire, and many trenches were also blown up.  The American soldiers on the position immediately hid in the artillery holes and air-raid shelters, holding their heads and opening their mouths, enduring the suffering.

    General Pershing was having breakfast when the Chinese Army's artillery began shelling.  But after the intensive explosions sounded, General Pershing stuffed the bread in his mouth into his mouth, grabbed the telescope and rushed out of the headquarters.

    "Order the artillery to counterattack! Counterattack! Kill all the Chinese artillery!" General Pershing roared loudly.

    In less than ten minutes, the U.S. artillery responded.  Compared with the thousands of artillery pieces of the Chinese Army, the US Army has more artillery, almost twice as many as the Chinese Army!  It's just that their quality is just a little bit worse.  But this does notInfluence their counterattack!

    After the US artillery began to counterattack, overwhelming artillery shells flew towards the Chinese Army's artillery position.  Although most of the artillery shells did not hit the target, some artillery positions were hit, causing a lot of losses in personnel and artillery.

    ¡°American artillery has appeared, give orders to the Air Force, it¡¯s their turn!¡± General Gao Chang, commander of the Chinese Army¡¯s 6th Group Army, ordered.  Marshal Zhao Bowen stayed in Tierra Colorada and did not go to Mazatlan.  All the troops on the front line are commanded by General Gao Chang.

    "Haha! Well done, that's it! Destroy all the Chinese artillery and let them see how powerful the American artillery is! With artillery, how can the Chinese be our opponent!" General Pershing looked at the Chinese Army's artillery  The position was constantly being hit, and huge orange-red fireballs rose into the sky one after another. I was very happy.  Although the United States is no match for China in terms of new weapons.  But in weapons with low technical content such as artillery, the United States can easily surpass China with its strong industrial strength.  The United States can even easily equip the army with more cannons. The number of cannons with a caliber of 105 mm or more owned by the US military is no less than that of the Chinese Army, which attaches great importance to artillery.

    However, the smile on Admiral Pershing¡¯s face soon disappeared.  In the western sky, small black dots appeared one after another, as light as swallows flying in the sky.  But in Admiral Pershing's opinion, these things were evil, just like the devils of hell.

    "Damn it, Chinese planes have appeared, order the troops to prepare for air defense!" General Pershing ordered.  However, his order was still issued too late.  The Chinese Air Force fighter planes in the sky roared towards the US artillery positions.

    FB ¡®Haitongqing, the fighter is the fastest and the first to arrive.  These fighter planes circled in the sky, and after identifying the target, they immediately circled down and attacked the US artillery positions.  The aviation machine gun on the nose of the aircraft fired violently, cutting the US artilleryman who was manipulating the artillery into two pieces.  At the same time, aerial bombs mounted under the wings were also dropped on these US artillery positions. When the fighter planes flew over, the US artillery positions had become a sea of ??fire.

    Soon, the follow-up HB'Hongyan, bombers and FH5'Falcon, dive bombers also arrived on the battlefield.  The heavy aerial bombs they carried were a real disaster for the US artillery.  FB'Haidongqing, the aerial bombs carried by fighter jets are only 25 kilograms, not very powerful, and the casualties caused to US artillery are very limited.  But the four 250kg aerial bombs carried by the HB'Hongyan bomber and the one 500kg aerial bomb carried by the FH5'Falcon dive bomber are incredibly powerful.  After the US artillery position was hit, the bomb exploded enough to destroy all people and artillery within a radius of more than ten or twenty meters.

    "Damn it! Order the artillery to stop shelling immediately and move quickly!" General Pershing was shaking with anger.  He finally understood that the Chinese air force was waiting for their artillery.  In the absence of air superiority, as long as the US artillery takes action, it will become a target for bombing by the Chinese Air Force.  Without the fire support of artillery, it would be even more impossible for the frontline troops to resist the Chinese army's attack.

    The U.S. artillery suffered heavy losses during the bombing by the Chinese Air Force.  More than two hundred cannons were destroyed, and artillery losses amounted to a thousand men.  This is the reason why the US military artillery conducted an emergency transfer and the Chinese Air Force fighters also ran out of aerial bombs.  Otherwise, the US artillery force will pay a greater price.

    The U.S. artillery silenced, while the Chinese Army cheered.  In the counterattack by the US artillery, the losses of the Chinese artillery were not large. Only a dozen cannons were destroyed, and there were only a few dozen casualties.  The most important thing is that after the US artillery did not dare to fire, the Chinese artillery was able to ravage the US front line unscrupulously.  The artillery shells hit the frontline positions of the US military as if for free, blowing the defenses that the US military had painstakingly built to pieces.

    After the Chinese Air Force fighter jets flew away, the US military was determined to let the artillery fire again.  However, the next batch of fighter planes flew overhead again.  Although they are all fighter jets, the US military has become frightened.  Fearing that the artillery losses would be too great, General Pershing did not agree to the artillery counterattack and wanted the artillery to conserve its strength.  When the airship units of the Chinese Air Force arrived at the front line and stayed at an altitude of more than two thousand meters, the US artillery did not dare to take the lead again!
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