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Text Chapter 1153: Making an attack in the east and attacking in the west!

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    "Those guys in the Navy are really unreliable! Let the 10R Division go up. My reinforcements will be coming soon. We must resist the Chinese attack no matter what!" Major General Brown, commander of the 28th US Army, ordered.  Originally, he had high hopes for the navy's fleet, but he did not expect that the navy's destroyers would be sunk by Chinese aircraft before they fired a few shots. They had no power to fight back. This made him very worried.  disappointment.  Now it seems that if you want to withstand the Chinese attack and persist until reinforcements arrive, you have to look to the 28th Army itself!

    "Yes, general!" The chief of staff of the 28th Army nodded.  General Pershing has sent them a telegram and ordered the troops around the 28th Army to concentrate on McAllen, and the 25th Army and the 26th Army, which were previously transferred from McAllen to Laredo, are also returning for reinforcements.  McCarran, in addition to five corps drawn from the rear.  Calculated in this way, McCarran's U.S. military will increase to 11 corps, which can be considered a strong force.  However, it will take some time for these reinforcements to reach McCarran.

    Especially the five armies drawn from the rear, they don¡¯t have a week to reach the front line.  Even the two armies next to the 28th Army will not be able to arrive until at least the afternoon or even tomorrow.  Therefore, today, only the 28th Army is fighting alone.

    General Pershing has issued an order for the 28th Army to defend McCarran, which leaves Major General Brown with no choice but to find a way to hold the line of defense.  Otherwise, he will be court-martialed.  He knew that if the defense line was breached, General Pershing would definitely not let him go.  In view of the severe situation facing the U.S. military now, it is really necessary to use a general who is disadvantaged in combat to scare the chicken. Major General Brown does not want to be that chicken.

    At 10 a.m., all members of the 92nd Regiment of the Chinese Army landed on the north bank of the Rio Grande.  At this time, the 91st Regiment, which had previously landed, had opened up a small beachhead and launched several attacks on the US defense line under the cover of the air force.  Although they were repulsed every time, they also achieved a lot of results and pushed the front line not far from the US military's defense line.  The two sides were shooting at each other from a distance of no more than 200 meters. Although the US military had solid defenses as its backing, the Chinese army also had powerful artillery and air force support. The two sides were evenly matched.  However, after the subsequent Chinese troops landed one after another, the Chinese army's offensive became more and more fierce, and the US military had to pay heavy casualties to hold its position.  The initiative on the battlefield has begun to slowly shift to the Chinese army.

    At 11:30 in the morning, the Chinese army invaded the US military position and began to clear out the US military within the defense line.  By 1 p.m., the Chinese army had captured the US military's first line of defense.  The U.S. 28th Army in the defensive position suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to McCarran to defend the city.  The Chinese army did not immediately launch an attack on the urban area of ??McAllen, but began to consolidate its positions.  At the same time, the subsequent 94th Infantry Regiment also landed on the north bank of the Grand State, further strengthening the strength of the Chinese army.

    At the same time, the engineers of the 8th Army began to build a pontoon bridge on the Rio Grande.  With the pontoon bridge in place, the huge force of the 8th Army could quickly cross the river and head to the battlefield on the north bank of the Rio Grande.  Only powerful weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles can be brought to the front line.

    By 5 p.m., the first pontoon bridge had been completed.  The 10th Infantry Division under the 8th Group Army of the Chinese Army began to pass through the pontoon bridge and head to the north bank to fight.  Engineers also began to build the second and third pontoon bridges.  As the Chinese army continued to reinforce the north bank of the Rio Grande through pontoon bridges, the situation of the US 28th Army became increasingly critical.

    Major General Brown, commander of the 28th U.S. Army, continued to send telegrams asking for reinforcements to the headquarters, requesting General Pershing to provide him with reinforcements as soon as possible.  Otherwise, it would be impossible for the 28th Army to withstand the attack of the huge Chinese army.  General Pershing sent a telegram to the troops marching toward McCarran, putting great pressure on them.

    In the evening, an infantry division of the 27th U.S. Army arrived at McCarran. Although there was only one infantry division, Major General Brown breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of reinforcements.  The reinforcements of the first division have arrived, so this means that subsequent reinforcements will also arrive one after another.  This can be regarded as a comfort to the 28th Army who fought hard.

    On the evening of KO on the 21st, after the sun went down, the Chinese army was already capturing the outer positions of McAllen. The US 28th Army and subsequent reinforcements all stood firm in the urban area of ??McAllen.  In order to prevent a counterattack by the US military, the Chinese army stopped attacking after the sun went down and began to prepare for night defense.  On the Laredo battlefield, the large-scale counterattack launched by the US military on the night of the 5th left the Chinese military generals with lingering fears.  At that time, if the Chinese army had not been well prepared and the frontline troops had not fought desperately, they might have been overthrown by the US military.  Therefore, Major General He Bingju, commander of the 8th Group Army, ordered the 9th Division and the 0th Division to strengthen defenses to prevent the US military from launching an attack at night.  In addition, in order to strengthen the strength of the front line, he also ordered to accompany the Chinese armyThe Korean mercenaries dispatched five divisions to fight the war, which increased the number of Chinese troops outside McCarran to nearly 80,000.

    However, General He Bingju was obviously overly worried. The 28th U.S. Army had been beaten and disarmed by the Chinese army during the daytime battle. In addition, the strength of the troops was not sufficient. How could they have the courage to attack the Chinese army?  Launch an attack?  If the Chinese army doesn't attack them, then they have to thank God for his blessing.  Therefore, until the sun rose on October 22, the US military never launched an attack on the Chinese army's positions.  However, in the evening, many US military reinforcements also arrived, which further consolidated the US military's defense line in McCarran.

    In the following time, the Chinese Army¡¯s 8th Group Army and North Korean mercenaries launched a fierce attack on McCarran, causing the US military to suffer miserably.  In order to defend the line of defense and resist the Chinese army's attack, the US military has only continued to invest troops in the McAllen area.  This caused the US military forces on the Rio Grande defense line to gather in Laredo and McAllen, while the forces in other areas of the defense line became very sparse.

    Although General Pershing and others are very aware of the consequences of doing so, they can't care so much at this moment.  If Laredo or McAllen are captured by the Chinese army, the Chinese army will be able to march straight in and directly attack San Antonio, the distribution center for US military supplies and personnel located in the rear.  By that time, the Rio Grande defense line will inevitably collapse.  Therefore, General Pershing had to find a way to defend Laredo and McCarran to ensure that the Rio Grande defense line could continue to be maintained.

    The news that the Chinese army crossed the Rio Grande in McAllen and began to launch a fierce attack on the US military in the eastern part of the defense line also shocked the US government.  The U.S. Department of War and the Army Staff have been paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield.  When they discovered that the Grand River defense line had become precarious and could collapse at any time, they became even more panicked.  After consulting Theodore.  After President Roosevelt, they gave orders to General Pershing, requiring General Pershing to hold the line of defense no matter what, at least until the end of the year.  In addition, the Army Staff also began to directly intervene in frontline command and began to mobilize large-scale troops from the rear to reinforce the Rio Grande defense line.  Senior military officials in the U.S. military believe that it is most beneficial to the United States to hold back the Chinese army in the Rio Grande River and the areas along it.  Originally they wanted to keep the Chinese army out of the United States, but now it seems that this is no longer possible.  The Chinese army has successfully crossed the Rio Grande River, and the Chinese have set foot on the United States.  It has become very difficult for the US military to drive the Chinese army out of the United States. At least, it is absolutely impossible to do it in a short period of time just relying on the strength of the US Army.

    Less than ten days after the Chinese army launched an attack on the U.S. Army's Rio Grande defense line, the war situation began to deteriorate extremely.  While the U.S. government is further mobilizing troops and strengthening combat readiness, it is also strictly ordering the navy to prepare for combat.  Once the main force of the Chinese Navy enters the Atlantic Ocean through the Panama Canal, it will immediately launch an attack on the Chinese Navy.  This is the last chance for the United States.  Only if the U.S. Navy defeats the Chinese Navy and wins, will they be able to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

    European countries are also paying attention to this battle, but for the member states of the Allied Powers, the performance of the United States makes them very dissatisfied.  If the United States is defeated quickly, the Chinese will be able to transfer huge forces from the Americas back to the Eurasian continent.  How can the Allies resist it then?  Therefore, the governments of Britain, France and Russia have all sent notes to the US government, hoping that they can stabilize the war situation!

    When the wars in Laredo and McAllen were in full swing, Army Secretary Marshal Zhao Bowen, who was the supreme commander of the Chinese army in the North American battlefield, did not command the operations in these two places. Instead, he secretly appeared in Piedra.  Sri Lanka.  This is a city in northern Mexico, close to the Rio Grande, and to the north is Igor Pass in the United States!

    "Marshal, we are ready to attack the US military on the other side of the river at any time. The Air Force's fighter planes will also begin to transfer this afternoon. By the time of the attack tomorrow morning, the Air Force will be able to invest at least two hundred aircraft here.  Fighters and bombers. We are confident that we can defeat the defenders on the other side of the river within a day!" General Xie Dingkun, commander of the 2nd Group Army, reported to Marshal Zhao Bowen!
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