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Text Chapter 1001 Don¡¯t let the Americans escape

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    "Stop! Nine o'clock direction! Fire!" A TB' Cheetah, a medium tank, suddenly stopped, its muzzle rotated rapidly, aiming at a heavy machine gun fire point.

    "Boom!" An armor-piercing bullet shot out from the 57mm tank gun. In the blink of an eye, the heavy machine gun firepower point was blasted into the sky.  After that, the tank continued to advance, running over the barbed wire fence set up by the US military in front of the defense line, and drove towards the US military position.  The whole process takes less than thirty seconds.  The tank's muzzle is constantly rotating, looking for valuable targets.  The machine guns on the tanks shot and killed the American troops exposed outside the fortifications.  One after another, American soldiers fell under machine gun fire from tanks.  The tracks ran over their bodies, leaving a long trail of blood.

    Three armored brigades of the Chinese Army launched a siege on Atlisco. Although there were still more than 100,000 U.S. troops here, they simply could not withstand the attack of the Chinese armored forces and retreated all the way.  In less than half an hour, Atlisco's outer defense line was completely lost.

    At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese army entered Atlixco and began to clear out the American troops in the city.

    In street fighting, tanks and armored vehicles need the protection of infantry, otherwise they will be easily attacked by the enemy.  Even if there are no weapons specifically designed to deal with tanks and armored vehicles, human imagination is endless.  Even if there is no way to destroy the tank directly now, heavy damage is still no problem.

    During the attack by the Chinese Army¡¯s armored forces, a U.S. soldier tied more than a dozen grenades together.  He hid on a street corner and when a Chinese Army tank passed by, he threw the grenade onto the tank's tracks.  After the explosion of these hand grenades tied together, although they were not able to destroy the tank's armor, they broke the tank's tracks.  The tank cannot move forward and can only be used as a fixed turret.

    Although the infantrymen who arrived behind killed the American soldier, this method of dealing with tanks spread, and many American officers and soldiers learned the lesson and began to attack Chinese tanks.  This forced the armored forces to send more troops to coordinate the tank attack.

    "Da da da!" On top of a two-story building, a US machine gun was shooting down the street. Several Chinese soldiers who had no time to dodge were shot and killed. But more people hid on both sides of the street or in tanks.  The other side.  The dense bullets hit the armor of the tank, making a clanging sound.  The tank's muzzle quickly rotated, and after aiming at the enemy, it immediately opened fire.  With a sound of "Boom!", the two-story building burst into flames, and the American soldiers and machine guns that fired at the Chinese army disappeared without a trace.

    Several main infantry divisions of the Chinese Army, in coordination with the armored forces, launched an attack on the U.S. troops holding Atlixco, and began to gradually clear out the U.S. troops in the city.  With the assistance of the armored forces, the Chinese Army's street fighting capabilities have been greatly improved.  Although the narrow streets are not conducive to the movement of tanks.  But the thick armor is enough to withstand most attacks, and can also provide defense for the infantry behind.  Coupled with the ferocious firepower of tanks, basically no stronghold or firepower point can withstand the bombardment of armor-piercing projectiles from tank guns.  Under such a blow, the US military was still retreating steadily in the city of Atlixco.

    To deal with tanks, it is best to use anti-tank guns. This kind of direct firepower can easily penetrate the armor of tanks.  As for mortars, this kind of artillery that fires in a straight direction is difficult to hit the vital points of tanks.  Especially the TB' Cheetah, the tank has a frontal armor as thick as 57 mm. Unless it is directly hit by a large-caliber mortar, there is no need to worry about being destroyed.  Of course, the US military can also use large-caliber howitzers to bombard, but only if a large number of large-caliber howitzers are hit and the distance between the two sides is far enough.  Under such circumstances, it is natural that the US military cannot withstand the attack of the Chinese Army's armored forces.

    Atrisco is originally a small city with a permanent population of less than 50,000.  After the US military built the central defense line, basically all the Mexicans here fled, and there were not many residents left in the city.  Therefore, when the Chinese Army is attacking, it can use artillery without scruples. It can even call in large-caliber artillery to carry out devastating strikes in neighborhoods that encounter fierce resistance from the US military, blowing the entire neighborhood into rubble.  Of course, even if there are Mexicans, in order to protect their own soldiers, the commanders of the Chinese army will probably issue consenting orders.  The so-called people who are not members of our clan must have different hearts. No one will sacrifice his own soldiers to protect outsiders.

    The Chinese Army has completely taken the initiative in the attack on Atlixco. Buildings one after another were gradually cleared, and the American officers and soldiers inside were either killed or surrendered.  Slowly, one street after another was captured by the Chinese army. While the casualties of the US military were increasing, the area under their control was also rapidly shrinking. An hour later, the Chinese army had captured half of Atlisco.city.

    "Commander, the attack in the city went very smoothly. Now we have captured nearly half of the city. It is expected that the battle will be over before dark and we can capture Atlisco!" A staff officer reported excitedly to General Xie Dingkun  road.  It is the first time for the Chinese Army to capture a city controlled by 150,000 US troops in one day and wipe out all these US troops with very small casualties.

    "Very good, but do the Americans still have the courage to continue fighting? Let the frontline troops temporarily stop attacking and give the Americans a chance to surrender!" General Xie Dingkun said.  Although, compared with the huge casualties of the US military, the losses of the Chinese army are relatively small.  But if the US military can surrender voluntarily, it can always reduce the casualties of the Chinese army.

    What's more, as of now, there are still 70,000 to 80,000 US troops. If the US military continues to resist, there will be great changes.  Although General Xie Dingkun did not know the losses of the frontline troops, he knew that the armored troops must have suffered a certain amount of casualties during the attack on Atlisco.  Those tanks may not have been destroyed, but there must be many tanks that were damaged due to malfunctions or whose tracks were blown off.  There is also the most important reason. Atlixco is only thirty kilometers away from Puebla. It is only five o'clock in the afternoon. It is already dark very late at the end of April. Atelisco is quickly over.  After the battle, the main force of the Chinese Army still had a chance to rush to Puebla and cut off the US military's escape route back to Mexico City.

    "Yes, Commander!" The staff officer nodded and was about to leave.  At this time, General Xie Dingkun continued.

    ¡°Tell the Americans that they only have twenty minutes. After that we will no longer accept their surrender!¡± General Xie Dingkun added.

    "Yes!" The staff officer saluted and left quickly.

    "Come here! Give orders to the light tank battalions of each armored brigade to rush to Puebla immediately to block the way for the US troops to escape back to Mexico. Let the twenty infantry divisions from the 131st Infantry Division to the 150th Infantry Division cooperate with them.  There is no need to launch an attack on Puebla, just block the Americans and wait for the large forces to arrive!" General Xie Dingkun ordered.  Three armored brigades of light tank battalions, hundreds of tanks in total, plus twenty infantry divisions.  These forces are enough even to attack the U.S. military in Puerta, let alone just cut off the U.S. military's escape route back to Mexico City.

    "Yes, commander!" the signal soldier immediately took the order and issued the order to each unit as quickly as possible.

    In less than twenty minutes, six light tank battalions and twenty infantry divisions began to march eastward.  The US military only has eight armies in the entire Puebla area. Except for the three armies deployed to Atrizco, there are only five armies with 250,000 people left in Puebla.  Although the TP'Wild Wolf' light tanks have weak armor and are not suitable for street fighting, they are definitely not something that the US military can handle in field battles.  The reason why General Xie Dingkun made this arrangement was obviously to eat all the hundreds of thousands of American troops and not give them a chance to escape.  The only thing General Xie Dingkun was worried about was whether the US military commander would be quickly captured by the Chinese army because of Atrizco, then abandon Puebla and flee back to Mexico City.  However, this possibility will be very small.  After all, if a fortified city garrisoned by hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops is easily abandoned, how will he explain it to General Pershing and the U.S. government?

    In the city of Atlixco, the defensive positions of the US military are constantly being captured by the Chinese army. Their defense area is getting smaller and smaller. At the same time, morale is also declining rapidly.  Faced with the Chinese army's coordinated combat tactics of tanks and infantry, in the absence of effective counterweapons, the US military has no way to resist it.

    The headquarters of the US military is in the basement of a warehouse in the city.  Major General Donald, the commander of the US military, was looking sad at the moment.  Every once in a while, an officer would report to him that a certain street was occupied by the Chinese again, how many troops they had lost, etc.  Such a battle report made Admiral Donald very angry, but more importantly, he was helpless.

    There is no doubt that Atlisco can no longer hold on, and Major General Donald did not expect a miracle.  However, he originally thought he could hold on until at least tomorrow, which might buy more time for the friendly forces in Puebla.  But judging from the battlefield conditions of the war, it is very likely that the Chinese army will capture Atlisco before the sun sets.  By then, these US military generals will either die in battle or become prisoners of the Chinese army!
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