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Text Chapter 1,019 A brutal attack

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    Tepesi is a small town north of Mexico City, about a few kilometers away from Mexico City.  The reason why Major General Shi Deyou, commander of the Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army's 7th Group Army, chose this place as the location to cut off the US military's retreat was entirely based on terrain considerations.  Lake Regna is to the east of Tepesi, and to the west are mountains with an altitude of about 3,000 meters. The road to northern Mexico passes right through the town.  As long as the Chinese army occupies this place, it will be able to block the US military in the south.  The fate waiting for these intercepted US troops is to be eaten by the main force of the Chinese army advancing towards Mexico City.

    Apart from this, there is no other possibility.

    When Major General Shi Deyou and his troops arrived here, the U.S. military was retreating northward via the highway.  The Chinese Army's armored forces immediately launched an attack on the U.S. Army. The rumbling tanks and armored vehicles were like tigers rushing into a flock of sheep, easily defeating the U.S. Army and seizing the town.  The U.S. military retreating north from Mexico City was cut in half.

    "The Dike Battalion, the 23rd Tank Battalion and the 24th and 25th Mechanized Infantry Battalions went to the north to build a defense line. The 72nd Tank Battalion, the 73rd Tank Battalion, the 74th Mechanized Infantry Battalion and the 75th Mechanized Infantry Battalion went to the south to build a defense line.  As a reserve force, take action immediately, the Americans will not give us too long!" Major General Shi Deyou ordered.  The Chinese army's armored forces occupied Tepesi and blocked the US military's retreat. The US military will certainly not give up easily.  You know, the total strength of the U.S. military intercepted south of Tepesi at this moment exceeds one million people.  If these U.S. troops are swallowed up by the Chinese army, the U.S. Army will be severely weakened!

    The armored forces of the Chinese Army moved quickly, and tanks drove toward their predetermined positions through the roads in the town.  The light tank battalion and mechanized infantry battalion of the 6th Army as reserves, as well as soldiers of the Army's 231st Regiment, also actively participated in the construction of the defense line.  Their total strength is only 10,000 people. It is conceivable how difficult it is to resist the attack of the US military that is dozens of times their size.  Even though the combat effectiveness of armored units far exceeds that of ordinary infantry, it is conceivable that it is difficult to hold the position until reinforcements arrive.  After capturing Tepesi, Major General Shi Deyou had already sent a telegram to the commander of the 7th Army, General Du Qizheng.  General Du Qizheng instructed Major General Shi Deyou to hold Tepexi until reinforcements arrived.  The reinforcements will not arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest.  What's more, it's getting dark now and the Air Force's fighter planes won't be able to come to support them.  This means that they will have to face hundreds of thousands of US troops alone before dawn tomorrow morning.  Fortunately, Tepesi's terrain was relatively advantageous and the large U.S. military could not deploy.  Otherwise, the armored forces of the Chinese Army will face even greater dangers!  Everyone knows that what they are about to face is a tough battle!

    Bolotitlan, thirty kilometers north of Tepesi, has become the location of the new headquarters of the US military.  After discovering that the Chinese army was approaching Mexico City, General Pershing and General Davis withdrew from Mexico City and fled here quickly.  However, both of them looked very ugly now. Although they had escaped, the main force of the US military had not yet escaped.

    "General, the situation has been identified. The Chinese armored forces have occupied Tepesi and are now building fortifications!" General Davis anxiously walked into the temporary headquarters and reported to General Pershing.

    "How many troops are there in China? How many troops have we withdrawn in total?" General Pershing asked.

    "General, according to the intelligence we have obtained, there are only more than 10,000 Chinese who occupied Tepesi, less than 20,000. They are all powerful armored forces. And the troops we withdrew from Mexico City totaled 20,000.  Of the ten corps, there are now only sixteen corps north of Tepesi and four corps trapped south of Tepesi. In addition, if we cannot recapture Tepesi, we will retreat from Cuernavaca  The main forces of the eight armies will also be annihilated by the Chinese!" General Davis said.

    "Hell! Organize troops immediately to prepare to recapture Tepesi. Give orders to the troops remaining southwest of Tepesi. If you want to survive, attack Tepesi. We will fully cooperate with them!" General Pershing ordered fiercely.  .  The US military has lost too many troops in this battle, and he must try his best to get more troops out.  Lieutenant General Richard's surrender heralded the annihilation of the eight armies stationed in Puebla.  Now Cuautla was also surrounded, and a total of twelve armies there obviously had no hope of escape.  Two additional corps were stationed at Cuernavaca to resist the Chinese attack.  Therefore, General Pershing must bring out the twelve armies stranded south of Tepesi. This can ensure that the main force of the US military still exists.

    "Yes, General! General Davis also knows that now has reached the most critical moment, and he does not dare to neglect to immediately organize the troops to prepare for the attack on Tepesi."??attack.  However, it is not an easy task to organize a strong force from the fleeing US troops to attack Tepesi.  Many American troops are now focused on escaping to the north. The farther away the better, and it is best to escape all the way back to the United States.  Getting them to turn around and fight was harder than killing them.  It took General Davis a full hour to complete the relevant preparations. The US 5th Army and the 16th Army became the troops attacking Tepesi.  However, the US troops in these two armies are quite reluctant.

    Before the US military launched its attack from the northwest of Tepe, the US military from the south had already started its attack.  At 7 o'clock in the evening, the 71st Infantry Division of the US 18th Army took the lead in launching an attack on Tepesi.  Their division was quite unlucky. Just when their infantry division passed Tepesi, the Chinese army came to kill them. After being beaten hard by the tanks and armored vehicles of the Chinese armored forces, the entire infantry division was quickly defeated.  .  They were only one step away from escaping, which made the officers and soldiers of the US 71st Infantry Division very depressed.  After collecting the defeated troops, the commander of the division immediately launched an attack on Tepesi, hoping to break through the Chinese army's defense line and successfully escape while the Chinese army was still on its feet.

    Without any artillery preparations, two infantry regiments of the US 71st Infantry Division and nearly 6,000 US soldiers launched an attack on Tepesi. Their desire to survive made them very brave at this moment.  However, war is not won by bravery alone.

    Although the Chinese Army's armored forces did not carry heavy artillery when pursuing the pursuit, they did carry many mortars and infantry artillery.  After entering the firing range, the U.S. military was immediately hit by intensive firepower.  Although mortars and infantry guns are not as powerful as large-caliber howitzers, their rate of fire is much faster.  When the dense artillery shells exploded in the ranks of the American soldiers, the American soldiers were disoriented.  Affected by the terrain, the frontal defense line of the Chinese army is not long, only two kilometers long.  It is completely sufficient for the 7th Army's two light tank battalions and two mechanized infantry battalions to guard a two-kilometer-long defense line.

    There are no fixed machine gun firepower points on the defense line. Tanks and armored vehicles are the best firepower points.  After the U.S. military entered the firing range, the machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles opened fire quickly, and the dense bullets enveloped the U.S. military like a storm. The American soldiers fell to the ground one by one after being shot.

    Only twenty minutes after the battle began, the attack of the US 71st Infantry Division was repulsed, and the two regiments involved in the attack lost more than half.  The American troops who retreated were also dejected, and their morale was greatly affected.  Originally, they only launched an attack on the Chinese army with courage, but in the face of huge casualties, their courage quickly faded. Only after they recognized the reality, did they realize how terrifying the Chinese army was.

    At 7:30 pm, the US military also launched an attack from the northwest of Tepe.  The US military in the north is much better prepared.  Before the attack began, the U.S. military assembled more than two hundred large-caliber heavy artillery and conducted a violent bombardment of Tepesi.  Tepesi was originally just a small town. After the Chinese army occupied it, they had no time to build strong fortifications. They suffered heavy losses under the heavy artillery bombardment of the US military.  Many of the tanks and armored vehicles deployed on the frontline positions were also damaged in the fierce bombardment by the US military. Together with the tanks and armored vehicles that broke down on the road, the two light tank battalions of the 2nd Army Armored Brigade only had half of their tanks left.

    In order to get rid of this decline, Major General Shi Deyou ordered the armored troops deployed in the north to take the initiative to break through the US defense line and destroy the US artillery positions. The 231st Regiment transferred a battalion to take over the defense line.

    After receiving the order, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles from the 2nd Army Armored Brigade quickly drove towards the US military.  Originally, seeing the Chinese army being bombed, the morale of the US military was high, but when they saw a large number of black iron lumps approaching them, each one of them was frightened again.  At this time, it was approaching dusk, and the sky was gradually getting darker. The armored troops of the Chinese army attacked the US military with the dark night as the background, causing many US soldiers to be frightened and ran away after dropping their weapons.

    Originally, the US military placed an infantry division on the attack position, preparing to launch an attack after the artillery bombardment.  However, the active attack of the Chinese Army's armored forces caused the infantry division to collapse prematurely. The Chinese Army's armored forces easily broke through their positions, and their frontline pointed directly at the US artillery positions!
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