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    At 5 pm on April 28, at the foot of a mountain less than ten kilometers away from Licuotra, the headquarters of the 8th Army of the Army in the Central Circle was located.  Marshal Zhao Bowen is listening to Major General He Bingju, commander of the 8th Group Army, briefing on the battle situation in Cuautla.  Now, there are still hundreds of thousands of American troops resisting in the city of Cuautla, which has restrained most of the Chinese army.

    "Marshal, since yesterday afternoon, Japanese mercenaries and North Korean mercenaries have invaded the city of Cuautla and started a fierce street battle with the US military. The casualties on both sides were very heavy. However, the Japanese mercenaries and North Korean mercenaries  They are all advancing steadily. As the US military's fighting spirit becomes weaker and weaker, it is expected that the entire Cuautla can be captured within three to four days!" said General He Bingju, commander of the 8th Group Army.  During the Battle of Cuautla, the 8th Army and the other ten infantry divisions, in addition to assisting the armored brigade to break through the US defense line outside the city of Cuautla, also defended the outer encirclement and ensured that hundreds of thousands of US troops  Surrounded by Cuautla.  As for carrying out brutal street fighting and exterminating the besieged US troops, it was all left to Japanese mercenaries and North Korean mercenaries.  Cannon fodder is often used in these places!

    "Well! Just ensure that all ministries advance steadily. In addition, you can persuade the Americans to surrender at the appropriate time. Now that the main force of the US military has withdrawn, there is no point in them staying here anymore. Their central defense line has collapsed  , we have won!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said with a smile.  In just three days, the central defense line that the US military had painstakingly built with more than two million troops was breached, and suffered heavy losses.  Although the losses of the Chinese army have not yet been calculated, they are not expected to be too large.  Such a victory once again raised Marshal Zhao Bowen's reputation to a peak, and he can be called the number one general of the Chinese Army.  Of course, Marshal Zhao Bowen knew that all this was mainly due to the strength of the Chinese Army itself, coupled with the endless emergence of new weapons, which made it possible to easily defeat the US military this time.  Without the assistance of armored forces, just breaking through the strong defense lines of the US military everywhere would probably leave corpses on the ground, let alone defeat the US military within three days.  Therefore, the failure of the US military can be largely attributed to the entry of new weapons by the Chinese Army into the war.  However, it won't be so easy next time.  Even if the U.S. military cannot come up with weapons that can completely restrain the Chinese Army's armored forces, it will still find corresponding methods.  The power of the Chinese Army's armored forces will also be greatly reduced as a result.  However, now that the Chinese army has once again seized the initiative on the Mexican battlefield and can advance the front to northern Mexico, this is very satisfying for Marshal Zhao Bowen.

    "Marshal. Judging from the intelligence we have received, at least ten armies of US troops have chosen to climb over the mountains west of Mexico City and flee north. Should we send troops to pursue them? These are hundreds of thousands of people. Once these  If people return to northern Mexico and are rearmed by the US military, it will also be a big threat to us!" Major General He Bingju suggested.  Seeing hundreds of thousands of American troops slip away, he felt very sad.  Although the gains made by the Chinese army in this battle were already terrifying, no general would complain that the results were too great.

    "No, let these American troops destroy themselves! In order to climb over the mountains and get rid of our pursuit, they not only abandoned their heavy equipment, but also a lot of baggage. I want to see how these hundreds of thousands of American troops are not here  Flee back to northern Mexico with their luggage. Perhaps, without our intervention, these US troops will lose more than half of their troops. Even those who can escape alive are probably skinny and skinny, and cannot be considered qualified at all.  Soldiers!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said.

    Although the high mountains to the west of Mexico City are only about 30 meters above sea level, there are only some narrow mountain roads.  It is very difficult for the US military to pass safely.  What's more, this place is more than 200 kilometers away from northern Mexico. It is simply unimaginable for the US military to walk 200 kilometers without any luggage.  Even if they rob Mexican civilians along the way, how much food do these already poor Mexicans have to supply these hundreds of thousands of American troops?  It can be seen that the fate of these US troops will be extremely tragic.  It is estimated that excluding those American soldiers who died of starvation, disease and have disappeared, and have safely escaped back to northern Mexico, there are probably less than half of them!

    General He Bingju nodded. Under such circumstances, it is indeed unnecessary for the Chinese army to take action. It would be good to let these US troops fend for themselves.  In addition, the Chinese army is advancing northward along the highway. If these US troops do not want to be captured by the Chinese army, they have to keep traveling through the mountainous areas.  Therefore, they can only live like savages.  Only God knows whether these American troops can survive without supplies.

    "Marshal, we don't have to send ground troops, but we can send troops. Air Force fighter planes attack these fleeing US troops from the sky! We can cause them as much casualties as possible!" General He Bingju suggested.  Although this approach is somewhat evil,??, but when used on the enemy, everything is reasonable.  As a general of China, everything he did was for the benefit of China.

    "Okay, I will contact the Air Force later!" Marshal Zhao Bowen nodded and adopted General He Bingju's suggestion.

    From then on, the U.S. military began to suffer hardships.  The U.S. military was already tired and hungry while traveling through high mountains. At the same time, it had to guard against attacks by the Chinese Air Force, which caused huge casualties to the U.S. military.  Many American troops fell on the way to breakout.  Hunger and disease have always plagued these American troops, and there were no casualties along the way.  The Mexicans in these areas where the US military passed through were also unlucky.  The US military passed by like locusts and took away everything they ate, leaving these already poor Mexicans in a desperate situation.  Of course, things like rape cannot be avoided during this period.  The US military, which was already holding back its anger, would definitely not let those Mexican women go.  In the end, only one-third of those who returned to northern Mexico successfully returned to the United States.  Most of the others fell on the road.  Others got lost in the mountains and took root in the mountains from then on!

    At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a telegram sent from Acapulco was handed into the hands of Marshal Zhao Bowen. After reading it, Marshal Zhao Bowen's expression suddenly changed.  After that, he gave an order to the communications officer, asking all front-line units to stop the pursuit and switch to defense on the spot.  This order made General He Bingju and many other generals very puzzled.

    "Marshal, what happened? Why did you stop the pursuit?" General He Bingju asked.

    "This is a telegram from the navy, take a look!" Marshal Zhao Bowen handed the telegram to Admiral He Bingju.

    When General He Bingju saw the results, he suddenly smiled bitterly: "What a pity! We could have taken this opportunity to advance directly to northern Mexico, and even defeated the US military in one fell swoop, directly threatening the United States mainland, but now it seems that it has to be postponed.  !¡±

    The content of the telegram was very simple, but it forced the Chinese army on the Mexican battlefield to pay attention.  At noon today, in the East Pacific Ocean, two thousand kilometers away from Acapulco, the Chinese Navy's transport fleet was attacked by the US Navy.  First, several light cruisers and destroyers diverted the Chinese naval fleet that was escorting the transport fleet.  Afterwards, the U.S. Navy submarine force ambushing the surrounding area launched an attack on the transport fleet.  The transport fleet did not have any force at all, nor any ability to protect itself. Under the attack of the US submarine, it suffered heavy losses.  There were twelve transport ships in the entire fleet, seven of which were sunk.  Among the seven sunk transport ships, there were two oil tankers carrying 5,000 tons of gasoline, one carrying aerial bombs, and the other four carrying tanks and armored vehicles as well as replacement tanks and armored vehicles.  Component.  Now, all these supplies have sunk to the cold seabed, which has caused serious supply problems for the Chinese army on the Mexican battlefield.  It is difficult to support a large-scale attack based on the supplies stored in Acapulco alone.

    Especially those tanks and armored vehicles, as well as those parts, are urgently needed supplies for the armored forces on the Mexican battlefield.

    In these three days of fighting, although the Chinese army achieved a great victory, its own losses were not small, especially the armored troops, which suffered even more heavy losses.  In addition to the 8th Group Army's armored brigade, which suffered relatively small losses and still has two-thirds of its tanks and armored vehicles that can continue to fight, the other three armored brigades have suffered heavy losses and have less than a hundred tanks and armored vehicles that can continue to fight.  Ten out of ten.  Most of these lost tanks and armored vehicles were damaged due to long-distance marches, and some core parts need to be replaced, such as engines, tank tracks, etc.  Now, all these supplies are gone, and it may take a while to repair the damaged tanks.

    "It seems that the Americans have tried their best. Even the warships of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, which had been hiding in the port, came out to destroy our maritime transportation lines. This proves that the defeat in the Mexican battlefield made the United States feel the real impact.  It's a real threat. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so desperate!" Marshal Zhao Bowen sighed.  Because the logistics and transportation lines were affected, the Chinese army had to give up offense and switch to defense for the time being.  While annihilating the U.S. troops in the encirclement, replenish various supplies for the front line!
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