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    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Dense artillery shells fell in Chilpancingo. Houses were blown up. The entire city was turned into ruins under the fierce shelling of the Chinese army. The defensive offensive built by the US military was also destroyed.  A lot was destroyed.  However, a large number of American officers and soldiers were fighting against the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries in such ruins.  Although the US military has suffered heavy losses in the early battles, they are still working hard to compete with the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries for every position in the city, and even every house that has become ruins.  Relying on the troops deployed in the mountains on both sides of Chilpancingo, the U.S. military has repelled the attacks of the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries time and time again. Although they suffered heavy casualties and their morale became increasingly low, they retreated.  Before the order was issued, they were still holding on to their positions.

    "Jie Jie!" In the sky, the FHB Falcon dive bomber was circling down. A huge 500 kilogram aerial bomb fell from the belly of the plane and hit a US artillery position straight away.  After the aerial bomb exploded, an orange-red fireball rose.  The fiery air wave swept through the entire artillery position, and several mountain guns and mortars deployed here were all destroyed. Hundreds of U.S. artillerymen were killed in the explosion.

    This is a position where the US military is deployed on the mountains on both sides of Chilpancingo.  Before the battle began, the U.S. military deployed a large number of positions consisting of mountain artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns on the high mountains on both sides. These positions could provide powerful fire support for the defenders in Chilpancingo's urban area.  The failure of several attacks by the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries was largely due to the positions deployed by the US military on these two high mountains.  Fortunately, these two mountains are relatively steep, and the US heavy artillery cannot be deployed on the mountains.  Otherwise, this will bring greater trouble to the Chinese Army.

    The Chinese Army continued to use artillery to bombard U.S. military positions, but the effect was not great.  Many of the U.S. military positions were built in blind spots where artillery could not reach them.  At this time, dive bombers came in handy.  These dive bombers carrying 500 kilograms of aerial bombs have completely become a nightmare for the US military.  The ear-piercing scream that the FHB Falcon and dive bombers make every time they dive has become a lingering nightmare in the minds of countless American officers and soldiers.

    Positions one after another were destroyed by Chinese Air Force dive bombers, and the U.S. military's resistance gradually became more and more fragile.  This is because the Chinese Air Force only dispatched a group of dive bombers to the Mexican battlefield. Among the forty dive bombers, five had been damaged in the previous battle.  However, they were all destroyed due to mechanical failures, and none of them were shot down by the US military.  If the number of dive bombers of the Chinese Air Force were doubled, maybe all the defensive positions that the US military had painstakingly constructed would have been destroyed.  Even so, the US military's defensive position cannot hold on for long.  Once all the US military positions on the mountains on both sides of Chilpancingo are destroyed, it will be time for the Chinese Army and Japanese mercenaries to launch a general attack on the US military.  It is obviously impossible for the US military, which has lost its two wings of defense, to withstand the Chinese Army's attack!

    On the evening of March 22, General Pershing was angry at a telegram in the US military headquarters.  U.S. Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  General Wood is very dissatisfied with the increasingly severe battle damage reports of the US military in recent times.  The U.S. military is now losing more than two divisions every day. With such heavy losses, even if the U.S. military has mobilized its troops at full strength, it cannot hold on.  Therefore, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Leonard.  General Wood strongly requested General Pershing to find ways to reduce the losses of the troops.  But at the same time, it must resist the attack of the Chinese Army.  These two requirements are undoubtedly contradictory.  Facing the powerful Chinese Army and losing air supremacy, if the US military wants to resist the Chinese Army's attack, it will have to pay a heavier price. This is completely impossible.  Chief of Staff Leonard.  Admiral Wood's request is completely overwhelming.  It's no wonder that General Pershing roared like an angry lion immediately after receiving the telegram.

    "Damn, those guys who only know how to sit in the office don't know the situation on the front line at all, and they don't know how terrible our enemies are. They also ask us to resist the Chinese attack, and we are asked to try our best  It is simply impossible to reduce losses!" General Pershing roared loudly with anger on his face.

    "General, what should we do now? Today, more than ten positions were destroyed by Chinese Air Force fighter planes. If this continues, I am afraid that within a week, we will completely lose both wings.

    Without the threat from both wings, the Chinese would be able to launch an unscrupulous attack on the city of Chilpancingo.  With both firepower and troops already outnumbered, we simply cannot withstand the Chinese attack!  Lieutenant General Davis asked anxiously. AlthoughIn street fighting, the defenders will take a huge advantage.  But facing an experienced force like the Chinese Army, which is also supported by powerful artillery and air force, it is basically impossible for the US military to defeat the Chinese Army in street fighting.  Chilpancingo's defense system is generally very strong, especially the firepower positions built on the mountains on both sides of the city, which fully take into account the powerful artillery positions of the Chinese Army.  The location of these positions has been carefully considered to avoid the artillery bombardment of the Chinese Army. In this way, it can provide strong fire support for Chilpanzingo, which is enough to make the Chinese Army pay a heavy price for trying to attack Chilpanzingo.  price.  However, the Chinese Air Force's attack, this type of attack from the sky, made it impossible for the US military to defend itself.  With the two wings destroyed, the US military's defense system also had holes that were difficult to make up for.

    "When will the special anti-aircraft machine guns promised to us in China be delivered?" General Pershing said.  The failure of the US military this time can be said to be, to some extent, due to the Chinese Air Force.  Groups of Chinese Air Force fighter planes made the US military's carefully constructed defensive offensive vulnerable.  Otherwise, General Pershing is completely confident that he will turn Chilpancingo, or even the entire Sierra Madre del Sur defense line, into a cemetery covered with the corpses of the Chinese army.

    "General, the news from China is that our anti-aircraft machine guns will not be able to be mass-produced until at least next month. If they are to be sent to the Mexican front line, I'm afraid it will have to wait until late next month!" Lieutenant General Davis said.  In the absence of new fighter jets, anti-aircraft machine guns have become the only weapon the US military can use to counter the Chinese Air Force.

    "Damn it, don't they know that we will pay a heavy price for every day of delay?" General Pershing said with extreme dissatisfaction.

    "General, what should we do now? If we continue to defend Chilpanzingo, we may only be able to hold on for half a month at most. And we will also pay the price of at least hundreds of thousands of people." Davis said  Said the general.

    General Pershing nodded. He thought so too. He understood what Lieutenant General Davis meant. Since he was destined to be unable to withstand the Chinese attack, he might as well retreat as soon as possible.  Retreat to the hinterland of Mexico and rebuild a new line of defense to block the Chinese Army.  In this case, it is equivalent to exchanging space for time.  At the same time, it can further expand the Chinese army's logistics supply line and effectively weaken the Chinese army's combat effectiveness.  General Pershing was also very inclined to do this, but he was sure that the Army Staff would not agree to such a plan.  Even the Ministry of War and the U.S. government absolutely cannot accept the voluntary withdrawal of the U.S. military.

    "Davis, I am also aware of the current crisis, but I cannot order the troops to retreat. General Leonard Wood will never agree to our plan." General Pershing said.

    "General, those guys who just sit in the office and give blind orders have no idea about the specific situation on the front line. They are only thinking about their own status and interests, and they don't take into account the vast number of ordinary soldiers. What they do is  , there is no doubt that it will harm the interests of the United States. Once we suffer heavy losses here, we will not have enough troops to stop the Chinese attack. The Chinese can even drive straight into northern Mexico, threatening the United States.  Homeland!" Lieutenant General Davis said excitedly.

    How could General Pershing not know these situations?  Although he is the top commander of the U.S. military in Mexico, his abandonment of the major military plan for the Battle of the Sierra Madre del Sur without permission obviously requires approval from the Army Staff and even the Secretary of War.  Otherwise, he will be tried by a military court.  General Pershing undoubtedly hopes to continue to serve in the military and fight for the future of the United States.  If he is tried by a military court, his military career will undoubtedly come to an end, which is not what he wants to see.

    "Davis, I will send a telegram to the Army Staff to state our combat plan, but whether it can be passed is unknown. However, I will try my best!" General Pershing said.  The life and death of hundreds of thousands of American troops and his own career, this choice made it difficult for General Pershing to make. He hoped that the Army Staff would approve his plan.  But he also knew that this seemed unlikely.

    Lieutenant General Davis nodded. He also knew the difficulties faced by General Pershing. It was very rare for General Pershing to send a telegram to the Army Staff to request a retreat and abandon the defense line of the Sierra Madre del Sur!
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