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    After Major General Eddie, commander of the 30th U.S. Army, returned to the headquarters, he immediately summoned his subordinate division commanders to prepare for the attack.  Now, the defense area of ??the 30th Army has been handed over to other troops, and they have all withdrawn from the defense line.  Of course, this is not because General Pershing pities them and intends to let them rest.  General Pershing did this just to allow the 30th Army to take the lead tonight.

    The four division commanders of the 30th Army were not in a good mood, especially the commander of the 117th Infantry Division.  The focus of the Chinese army's attack today is the defense area of ??the US 117th Infantry Division.  It can be said that the positions currently occupied by the Chinese army are almost all the positions of the US 117th Infantry Division.  The 117th Infantry Division also suffered heavy losses in today's battle. There were 12,000 troops in the division, and less than 4,000 of them evacuated their positions.  In addition, the 118th Infantry Division, which reinforced the 117th Infantry Division, also lost more than half.  The other two infantry divisions also suffered more or less losses, which brought the casualties of the US 30th Army to 40%.

    "I just came back from General Pershing. In an hour, the attack will begin. The artillery will prepare for half an hour of artillery fire, and then it will be up to us! Unfortunately, our army will be the first batch  Troops attacking the Chinese!" Major General Eddie said.

    "General, how can this be done? Our army has already suffered heavy losses. Does General Pershing do this to kill all our troops?" the commander of the 118th U.S. Army Division said very dissatisfied.

    "Perhaps this is General Pershing's punishment for losing our position! He said that everything else is useless. Let's go back and prepare! Even though for us, tonight's battle will be a hard battle, but we still have to  Fight this battle well! After all, we are American soldiers!" Major General Eddie said.  Even if they were a little dissatisfied with General Pershing's order, after all, it was not that they did not fight hard, but that they were unlucky. The target of the Chinese army's attack happened to be their position.  However, since the order has been given, they must obey it.  A soldier's duty is to obey orders, even if the order is wrong.

    "Yes, General, we understand!" Several division commanders nodded and left the headquarters after saluting.  Even if they have resentment in their hearts, there is nothing they can do.  What else could they do but follow orders?  Perhaps, this is because they are relatively unlucky!  If the Chinese army hadn't selected the attack location in the defense area of ??the 30th Army, maybe they wouldn't be so unlucky!

    Time passed by, the sun set, and the afterglow on the horizon dissipated, the sky became completely dark.  There is no moon in the sky tonight, only stars that are looming.  Although it's not to the point where I can't see my fingers, my vision is also very bad.  Without relying on other lighting equipment, the human eye can only see less than a meter away at most.

    The original position of the US military has now been occupied by the Chinese army.  After the US troops withdrew, the Chinese army immediately began to repair these positions.  Relying on the trenches and communication trenches originally built by the US military, a defense line consisting of two trenches about three hundred meters apart was established.  However, due to limited time, they could only clear some positions and could not reinforce them with steel and concrete.  It is difficult to say whether the firepower points of the civil structure can withstand the heavy artillery bombardment of the US military.  The key probably depends on whether our own artillery can suppress the US artillery.  If the US artillery cannot be suppressed, then the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries guarding the position will be in misery.

    The time soon reached 8 o'clock in the evening, and the US military had completed preparations for the attack.  General Pershing, General Davis and Payton.  Lieutenant General March came to a hilltop to watch tonight's attack.  When the hands on the watch pointed to eight o'clock, General Pershing personally issued the order to attack!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The U.S. artillerymen, who had been prepared for a long time, opened fire one after another, and each one of the running groups burst out with earth-shattering roars.  During the day, in order to avoid the attack of the Chinese Air Force, they could only watch the Chinese army's artillery wreak havoc.  But now, it was finally their turn. The US artillerymen who had been waiting all day seemed to have endless energy, desperately stuffing the shells into the barrels and then launching them.  Although they don't know whether these artillery shells can destroy those evil Chinese troops.  But at this moment, they don't care to think about it at all. Their main task is to launch the cannonballs, that's all!

    "Boom! Boom!" A dense explosion sounded on the Chinese army's position, and balls of orange-red fireballs rose in the position, illuminating the entire position.

    The power of the artillery explosion blew the hastily constructed position of the Chinese army into pieces.  The fire points of each civil structure were directly blown into the sky.

    Although, after the US bombardment started, the Chinese troops on the position hid in the anti-gun holes. However, these anti-gun holes were originally built by the US military.?, during the daytime battle, they had been devastated by the Chinese army's heavy artillery and aircraft. Some of the anti-gun holes were directly blown down, and many of the remaining ones were seriously damaged.  When the US military launched a large-scale shelling, the Chinese troops hiding inside were not safe at all.  Many bombproof caves were blown up, and the Chinese troops hiding inside were buried alive, and very few were able to escape.

    In addition to the positions occupied by the Chinese army, the surface of the Rio Grande River is also a key target of artillery bombardment by the US military.  Several pontoon bridges on the Rio Grande have become a serious concern for the US military.  If these pontoon bridges are not destroyed, the Chinese army will be able to continuously reinforce the positions on the other side of the river through these pontoon bridges.  If the US military wants to retake the defense line and drive the Chinese army down the river, it is simply impossible.  Therefore, four of the twelve heavy artillery regiments involved in the artillery bombardment by the US military set their targets on the Rio Grande.  The dense shells exploded in the river, splashing high water columns.  The water splashed on the river, making a "crash" sound, as if it was raining heavily.

    "What a fool, the Americans actually used so many heavy artillery. They really tried their best! Order the artillery to counterattack! Suppress the Americans' running group!" At the headquarters of the 7th Group Army, General Du Qizheng saw the large-scale deployment of the US military.  After such a large running group, his expression changed drastically.  If Marshal Zhao Bowen hadn't redeployed five artillery battalions for support, the 7th Army's artillery alone would probably not be able to compare with the US military.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The running group of Chinese troops on the south bank of the Rio Grande also began to fire at the US military.  The dense artillery shells, with a shrill roar that cut through the air, flew across the Rio Grande River and hit the US artillery positions.  However, this encountered a problem.  Most of the US military's running groups are arranged relatively far back. Except for the 155mm heavy howitzer and 155mm heavy cannon, they cannot threaten the US military's running group at all.

    When the artillery brigade commander of the 7th Group Army reported this situation to the commander of the 7th Group Army, General Du Qizheng, General Du Qizheng scolded his mother directly!

    "Asshole, why is this happening? Find a way to suppress the Americans immediately, otherwise the brothers on the other side of the river will pay a heavy price!" General Du Qizheng said angrily.  If there was no artillery suppression and the US troops were allowed to bombard the position, the troops holding on to the other side of the river would definitely suffer heavy losses under the US shelling.

    "Yes, commander!" The artillery brigade commander said nothing and immediately went back to find a solution.  At this moment, they only have 168 55mm heavy howitzers and only 48 155mm heavy cannons.  Although this kind of heavy artillery of the air force is extremely powerful, it is also very difficult to suppress the seven or eight hundred heavy artillery of the US military.  Especially at night, it is impossible to accurately determine the position of the US military. We can only make a rough judgment based on the flames generated by the muzzle when the US military fires. The results obtained in this way are not accurate.  In addition, the US military's running groups are relatively scattered. If the US military keeps changing positions after firing, it will be even more difficult to suppress them.  The US military does not have these worries. They have already marked the shooting points and only need to carry out the artillery bombardment according to the target position and as planned.

    The artillery of the Chinese Army had no choice but to move the artillery position further forward, until it was only a few hundred meters away from the Rio Grande.  Only in this way can the US artillery positions be reached.  However, it is still very difficult to hit the US artillery in the dark night.  At this time, the Chinese troops and Japanese mercenaries in positions north of the Rio Grande had already suffered heavy casualties under the shelling of the US military.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Xiao Wang, a soldier who was hiding in the shell-proof cave, was very frightened when he heard the sound of the shells exploding above his head and the continuous sediment on the top of the shell-proof cave.  He kept praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, praying that their bomb-proof caves would not be blown up.  Otherwise, all the brothers in his platoon hiding inside would be dead.

    However, his prayer was not successful.  At 8:14, two artillery shells exploded on the top of their shell-proof hole.  The shock wave generated after the explosion of the artillery shell completely destroyed the anti-gun cave.  The soil from the top fell down, burying an entire platoon of officers and soldiers alive inside.  Under such circumstances, there was no possibility of the officers and soldiers inside getting pregnant.  In a position under heavy artillery fire, no one had time to rescue them.

    There are many more examples like this. It was not until the Chinese army's artillery fired fiercely and hit several US artillery positions one after another that the situation of the Chinese army guarding the defense line north of the Rio Grande became a little better!
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