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Text Chapter 1,139 Forced Crossing

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    At 7 o'clock in the morning, most of the US troops had just gotten up and were queuing up to receive breakfast after washing.  However, the sudden and dense explosions panicked the US officers and soldiers.  Although they knew that the Chinese would call sooner or later.  However, when this moment really came, they still felt frightened!

    "Quick! Prepare to fight, the Chinese are coming!" Some US military officers looked over and ordered loudly.  Driven by them, some ignorant American soldiers began to abandon the rice bowls for breakfast, grab weapons and rush to the position.  And those American soldiers who had been sticking to their positions immediately hid in the shell-proof caves that had been built before.

    General Pershing¡¯s headquarters is located by a small lake five kilometers north of Laredo.  The scenery here is beautiful and there is a large forest.  Locating the headquarters here can effectively prevent bombing by the Chinese Air Force.  The headquarters' antenna can also be hidden in the woods, making it even less likely to be discovered by the Chinese.  In previous wars, the headquarters of U.S. military officers were discovered several times, and then the Chinese Air Force used fighter planes to attack the U.S. military headquarters. When the commander was killed, the U.S. military's command also became chaotic.  , giving the Chinese army an opportunity to break through the US military's defense line.  Therefore, General Pershing now pays great attention to this aspect of defense.  After all, it doesn't matter if he dies, but if the US military is broken through by the Chinese army due to chaotic command, that's not what he wants to see!

    At 7 o'clock in the morning, Admiral Pershing had already gotten up, briefly moved his body, and walked into the office after washing up. He started eating breakfast while reading the latest information.  Admiral Pershing's breakfast was very simple, just a piece of bread with a little butter and a glass of milk.  Now that a large number of young and middle-aged people are being drafted into the military, there is a shortage of labor in the United States, and food production is inevitably affected.  Now, Theodore.  President Roosevelt has ordered the United States to start saving food.  If we continue to waste food unscrupulously, it is very likely to cause famine, which is very detrimental to the domestic stability of the United States!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of explosions came. After hearing the sound, General Pershing stood up from his chair.

    "What's going on? Have the Chinese started to attack us?" General Pershing shouted loudly toward the door.  From his experience, he could naturally tell that this was the sound of heavy artillery bombardment by the Chinese army.  Although, after the disastrous defeat of the U.S. Army Air Forces, he had already expected that this day would come soon, but after the Chinese army actually started to attack, he was still a little worried.  Can the defense line he built really be able to withstand the Chinese army's attack?  What should he do if he can't stop it?  What should the United States do?

    "General, Chinese artillery fire. They launched a fierce artillery bombardment on our defense line over hundreds of kilometers. According to preliminary estimates, they invested at least a thousand heavy artillery pieces and more than two thousand small-caliber artillery pieces! Hold the line of defense  All the soldiers have retreated into the air raid shelters. Our losses are not big. It¡¯s just that some defenses were destroyed by Chinese artillery fire!¡± General Davis ran into General Pershing¡¯s office and asked General Pershing  will report.  He had arrived at the Rio Grande lines only three days earlier.

    General Pershing personally reported to Theodore.  President Roosevelt interceded, so he was spared a court-martial.  His chief of staff in the Mexican battlefield, Lieutenant General Cole, was not so lucky. He was sentenced to five years in prison by a military court for command errors and war crimes.  This made General Davis feel grateful to General Pershing from the bottom of his heart.  If General Pershing hadn't found a way to save him this time, he would have been dead.

    "With more than three thousand artillery pieces, it seems that the Chinese are preparing to launch an attack this time. Can their crossing point be determined?" General Pershing asked.  Now, what the US military can probably do is to resist the Chinese army's attack after the Chinese army launches the attack, and prevent the Chinese army from having the opportunity to set foot on the north bank of the Rio Grande!

    "Currently, the Chinese have not started to cross the river. However, we guess that there are two main places where the Chinese cross the river. One is 20 kilometers west of Laredo, where the river is relatively narrow, only more than 140 meters. The other is  It is ten kilometers south of Laredo. Although the river there is more than 200 meters wide, the river is relatively gentle and there is a sandbar in the center of the river. The Chinese are likely to use this as a crossing point!" Davis  Said the general.  Although the Chinese army launched fierce shelling on a defense line hundreds of kilometers long, the US military was still able to determine the general crossing point of the Chinese army based on the terrain.

    "Order the armies in these two places to strengthen their defenses. Once the Chinese want to cross the river, they must be sunk in the river! Inside, I want the corpses of the Chinese to cover the Rio Grande and let their blood dye the water red.  !" A murderous look flashed in General Per Xing's eyes.  In severalDuring the first battle with the Chinese army,

    The U.S. military suffered a disastrous defeat, and the number of troops killed or captured was as high as two to three million.  Moreover, these battles were basically commanded by General Pershing.  This has always made him feel deeply ashamed, but this time, he seems to have a chance to avenge his shame!

    "Yes, General! The troops on the front line have been prepared for battle. No matter where the Chinese choose to land, they will suffer a devastating blow. The Rio Grande defense line will make them bloody for a long time.  The Rio Grande will become the grave of the Chinese!" Admiral Davis said confidently.  Even the disastrous defeat of the U.S. Army Air Forces did not seem to affect their confidence.

    "Order the artillery to pay attention to concealment and avoid engaging in artillery battles with the Chinese. Our target is the Chinese army crossing the river, not their artillery. In addition, order the air defense troops to pay attention to air defense. Once the Chinese aircraft appear, they must not be allowed to interfere with them.  Our defense!" General Davis said seriously.  If he has anything to worry about, it's probably the Chinese Air Force.  After two weeks of fighting, the Chinese Air Force successfully destroyed thousands of U.S. Army Air Force fighter jets, while their own losses were minor.  This made General Pershing angry and helpless at the same time.  After all, compared with the Chinese Air Force, the U.S. Army Aviation has great inherent shortcomings!

    "Yes, General!" General Davis nodded.  The most important task of the US military is to hold the defense line, not to defeat the Chinese army.  In other words, the current US military does not have the absolute strength to defeat the Chinese army, and they must first protect themselves.  The most critical factor in holding the line of defense is to prevent the Chinese from landing on the north bank of the Rio Grande.  As long as the Chinese army cannot come ashore, the Rio Grande defense line will be impregnable!

    The violent bombardment lasted for more than half an hour. During this half hour, the Chinese army's nearly 3,000 artillery pieces of large and small calibers fired a full 150,000 artillery shells. These artillery shells almost destroyed the US military's  Hundreds of kilometers of defense lines were completely plowed.  Many of the US military's defenses were also destroyed.  Especially those civil structure defenses were completely blown away.

    As for the firepower points made of reinforced concrete, they are much stronger.  As long as they are not directly hit by large-caliber heavy artillery shells, they will be fine.

    Ten kilometers south of Nuevo Laredo, the banks of the Rio Grande have turned into aquatic weeds, and small boats are hidden among the weeds.  With the help of lush water plants, soldiers from a battalion of the 231st Regiment of the 23rd Division of the Chinese Army hid inside.  They will be the first wave of troops to cross the river. After the order is issued, they will rush out of the water plants in small boats and reach the sandbar in the center of the river in the shortest possible time.  Although the river surface is only about a hundred meters at the moment, if you paddle with all your strength, you can reach the center of the river in about two or three minutes.  However, within these few minutes, and even after landing on the sandbar, they will be hit by fierce firepower from the US military.  This battalion is destined to suffer heavy losses in this battle.  However, even though they knew this would be the case, no one quit.  They were all soldiers of the Empire, fighting against the Americans on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor.  Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of ??fire ahead, or even a narrow escape, they will not back down.

    The U.S. military had previously prepared to blow up the bridges along the Rio Grande River, and burned all the ships, leaving nothing for the Chinese army.  The Chinese army transferred thousands of small boats from the navy, the kind used by the Marine Corps when landing.  This small boat is about six meters long and less than two meters wide, and can carry an infantry squad of soldiers and their equipment.  In addition, the Chinese army also cut down trees and built some small boats during this period, all of which were hidden among the water and grass on the south bank of the Rio Grande.

    At 7:36 in the morning, the order to cross the river was given. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 231st Regiment rushed out of the water and grass in hundreds of small boats and rushed towards the sandbar a hundred meters away.  They all know that although the sandbank is not safe, at least they can keep their feet on the ground and launch a counterattack against the US military. Unlike when they are on the ship, they can only passively withstand US military attacks.

    Hundreds of small boats rushed towards the sandbank quickly, like arrows leaving the string.  In each boat, six soldiers rowed the oars desperately, making the boat very fast.  In addition, the light machine guns assigned to each infantry squad were also set up on the bow of the ship and began to pour bullets across the river.
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