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    Bullets flew overhead, artillery shells exploded around us, and lives were disappearing. Fierce battles unfolded on the north bank of the Rio Grande. Hundreds of thousands of troops from China and the United States fought fiercely under the night sky.  In particular, the US military on the offensive side is almost completely using their lives to fill the path of attack. They barely move forward, leaving corpses everywhere.  In front of the Chinese army's defense line, the corpses left by the US military have been piled up in thick layers.  The blood they shed dyed the earth reddish brown.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" On the Chinese army's position, a mortar was firing at the fastest speed, smashing 60-mm-caliber shells into the attacking U.S. troops one after another, tearing them into pieces.  .  Because of the continuous firing, the barrel of the gun has turned red.  However, no one cares about this, they simply can't stop now.  The US military launched attacks regardless of casualties, as if they were endless and could not kill them all.  This leaves the Chinese army in a defensive position without even time to rest.  They just fired or fired mechanically, using the weapons in their hands to harvest the lives of American officers and soldiers.

    "Boom!" Suddenly, after a mortar shell was put into the muzzle, it was not fired, but exploded directly.  Because the barrel temperature was very high, this mortar had problems.  Several gunners who were operating the mortar were killed on the spot.

    This situation happens all the time on the Chinese military¡¯s positions.  Because of the continuous firing, artillery bombs were constantly exploding or light and heavy machine guns needed to have their barrels replaced.  This makes the firepower of the Chinese army much weaker and gives the US military more opportunities.  After they paid a heavy price, they finally approached the Chinese army's defense line.

    "Grenade! Fight those Americans back!" When the U.S. military approached only a few dozen meters away from the Chinese army's position, the frontline officers ordered one after another.  The grenade with a wooden handle was pulled into the fuse and thrown into the ranks of the US military.  After the grenade exploded, those American officers and soldiers were knocked off their backs.  However, the U.S. military, with its superior strength, took the opportunity to rush forward and even jumped directly into the trenches of the Chinese army.

    A brutal hand-to-hand battle ensued. The soldiers rushed toward the American soldiers with bayonets mounted on them, and after firing the bullets from their rifles, they began to use bayonets to kill the American soldiers.  At the same time, the Japanese mercenaries were responsible for defending the defense line, which had already been bayoneted with the US military.  Hand-to-hand combat is undoubtedly the most brutal. This style of fighting with red bayonets puts people under tremendous pressure.  The feeling of a sharp knife piercing the human body makes people feel very uncomfortable, even to the point of fear.  However, at this time, no one cares so much.  They have only one goal, and that is to kill their opponents. Only in this way can they save their lives.

    "Division Commander, our defense line has been broken through by the Americans. Hand-to-hand combat has now begun on the position. More than half of the two infantry regiments defending the position have been killed or injured!" a staff officer reported to the division commanders of the 23rd and 32nd Divisions of the Chinese Army.  .

    "Deploy another regiment of reinforcements. No matter what, we must block the American attack. As long as we hold on until dawn, we will win!" said the commander of the 23rd Division.  During the daytime battle across the river, the 23rd Division had already suffered heavy losses.  Now once again, more than half of an infantry regiment suffered casualties, which directly increased the loss of this infantry division to about 50%.  If it were the military of Western countries, it would have collapsed long ago.  However, they are completely Chinese, even after paying such losses, they are still persevering.

    "Yes, division commander!" The staff officer immediately went to deliver the order.

    The atmosphere inside the headquarters became silent once again, but everyone inside frowned.  The current war situation has become very tense. The US military seems to not care about casualties at all and continues to attack the Chinese army's positions. Even if they pay huge losses, the attacks do not stop.  Although this allowed the Chinese army to achieve huge results, they also suffered a lot of losses.  It is already one o'clock in the morning, and there are still 5 hours until dawn.  As long as they persist until dawn, the Air Force fighter planes will take off and bomb the US military.  At the same time, a large number of reinforcements will continue to arrive on the north bank of the Grand River.  At that time, the US military's offensive will be crushed, and the Chinese army will be able to launch further attacks on the US military's defense line along the gap that has been opened, until the entire US military's defense line is broken through.  However, the last five hours left are not so good.

    After a regiment of reinforcements arrived at the front line, they cooperated with the front line troops to drive out the US troops and restore the defense line.  At the same time, the Japanese mercenaries also sent out all reinforcements and killed all the American troops who invaded the position.  The remaining US troops receded like the tide, but in this attack! They also left corpses on the ground.  The losses of the US military are definitely greater than those of the Chinese army.?, but relying on their superior strength, they persisted, and their offensive became more and more fierce!

    "General, our attack has failed again! Two of the three divisions attacked by the 5th Army have suffered losses of more than 60%, and the remaining division has suffered losses of more than 40%! Now!  The 15th Army has only one intact infantry division left!" General Davis reported to General Pershing.  Even though he had already expected that the losses in this battle would be very high, after seeing the battle damage report, he still felt a little numb.

    "Continue to attack! We have incurred huge losses, but the Chinese will not suffer any more! Now, it depends on which of us can't hold on! First order the artillery and then launch artillery bombardment on the Chinese positions, and then the 15th Army will hit all the  Attack the Chinese with force! Wait until the 5th Army is exhausted, then let the 14th Army come in!" General Pershing said a little coldly.  As if those soldiers were not important at all.

    "Yes, General!" General Davis nodded and said nothing more.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The U.S. heavy artillery unit opened fire again, and dense artillery shells exploded on the Chinese army's positions. The powerful shells ravaged the Chinese army's positions, leaving large craters on the positions.  The soldiers of the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries who held their positions huddled in the trenches and endured the artillery fire from the US military.  The anti-gun holes on the position were in dilapidated condition after experiencing continuous shelling by the US military.  If you hide in a shell-proof cave, not only will you not be able to escape the US bombardment, you may even be buried alive inside.  Therefore, when the US military was shelling, many Chinese soldiers and Japanese mercenary soldiers preferred to stay in the trenches and resign themselves to their fate!

    The U.S. military¡¯s artillery shells continued to fall on the Rio Grande, trying to destroy the pontoon bridge built by the Chinese engineers.

    Originally, Chinese engineers built five pontoon bridges, but now only two are left.  The other three were all destroyed in the previous shelling!

    Less than two minutes after the US military opened fire, the Chinese army's heavy artillery troops deployed on the south bank of the Rio Grande also opened fire.  These heavy artillery began to suppress the US artillery to reduce the pressure on the front line.

    After the shelling ended, the US infantry launched another attack.  The Chinese army held its position, and the two sides fought fiercely on this ten-kilometer-long defense line.  The fierce battle between the two sides was very fierce, and soldiers died every second.  However, both sides continued to persevere.  Everyone hopes that the other party can't hold on first, and then they can win!

    Time is slowly passing, and the losses paid by both China and the United States in this war are increasing.  However, even the US military's attacks were still fierce and they broke into the Chinese army's positions several times.  But he was eventually kicked out.  As daybreak gets closer and closer, the U.S. military commanders are becoming more and more anxious. If they cannot drive the Chinese down the river before dawn, or wipe out all the Chinese, then their efforts tonight will not be enough.  It's all in vain.

    The U.S. heavy artillery troops continued to fire at the Chinese army's positions. The entire position was covered with craters, just like the surface of the moon.  The soil has turned into soft sand, and trenches and the like have been blasted away.  But even so, the Chinese army still fully supports the position.  The troops in the rear also continuously sent reinforcements and various combat materials to the front line through the pontoons that had not been blown up.  Because the pontoon bridge was constantly under bombardment by the US military, in order to ensure the smooth flow of the pontoon bridge, the engineers of the Chinese army, holding torches or searchlights, braved the US artillery shells to repair the broken pontoon bridges. It was their efforts that enabled the Chinese army to  Hold on to the battlefield on the north bank of the Rio Grande.  The failure to completely destroy the pontoon bridge on the Rio Grande became the most important reason why the US military lost this battle!

    After the 5th Army of the US Army was exhausted, the 14th Army entered the battle.  At the same time, the 33rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army's 7th Group Army also entered the battle, replacing the 23rd Division that had suffered heavy casualties on the front line.  In addition, Japanese mercenaries also deployed three divisions to cross the river and join the battlefield.  Although the US military suffered heavy casualties, they were never able to seize the last line of defense held by the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries, and were unable to complete their strategic goals.

    At 6 o'clock in the morning on the 16th of KO, when a trace of fish belly white appeared on the eastern horizon, General Pershing gritted his teeth and issued the order to retreat.  He knew that the US military had lost this battle again. They had lost their last chance to drive the Chinese army out of the United States. The Chinese army had completely established a foothold in the United States!
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