On the afternoon of February 29, in the most core area of ​​the defense line of the Southern Madre, within the US military command of Chilpango, General Pershing, the highest commander of the US Mexican battlefield, was talking to the embarrassed Lieutenant General Davis.

Lieutenant General Powell immediately led his troops to retreat after surrendering to the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army. On the way, he handed over the troops to the commander of the 44th Army of the US Army, and fled back to Chilpan with several guards.

Singo. After suffering this crushing defeat, the US military will face a great crisis. Lieutenant General Davis knew that General Pershing must be very difficult now, so he hurried back and prepared to discuss countermeasures with General Pershing.

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Among the several direct subordinates of General Pershing, Major General Moon performed poorly in the battle against San Luis Potosi and was thrown into the cold palace. Later, he was not promoted as he wished. Lieutenant General George was in Harti

After being defeated by the Chinese, Anges chose to kill himself by swallowing a gun. Lieutenant General Clark was captured by the Chinese in Tiracolorada. This left Admiral Pershing's confidant only with the 16th Army.

Lieutenant General Davis and Lieutenant General Richard, the commander of the 19th Army. However, Lieutenant General Richard was responsible for defending the Barsa River defense line. During the fierce attack of the Chinese army, Lieutenant General Richard commanded

The armies could not resist the attack of the Chinese army and had to choose to retreat.

Now only Lieutenant General Davis is the only one who can share the pressure for General Pershing.

"General, the situation is very critical now, we must think of other ways. In the battle of Tira Colorada, our main force suffered heavy losses. In addition to the losses on other fronts, we are now only in the Southern Madre Mountains.

There are a million troops left. Although there are more than 300,000 Mexican government troops, those garbage troops are simply vulnerable. If these troops are allowed to go to the battlefield, it will not only not bring us any help.

Instead, it will cause us a lot of trouble!" said Lieutenant General Davis.

Admiral Pershing nodded. Although Lieutenant General Davis had just lost a battle, he did not blame him. He knew that Lieutenant General Davis was not blamed. The battle situation in Tira Colorada was already deteriorated.

Lieutenant General Clark chose to surrender, which made all Lieutenant General Davis' efforts in vain. And if Lieutenant General Davis continues to fight, he may end up with the same fate as Lieutenant General Clark. Therefore, David

General Pershing could understand this. However, the current situation of war has become like this, which makes General Pershing very troubled. There is no doubt that he wants to defend the Southern Madre Mountains.

The defense line is no longer possible.

"I have sent a telegram to the Army General Staff, suggesting that Chil Pansingo be abandoned and retreat to Mexico City. Build a line of defense in the central area of ​​Mexico City to resist the Chinese army. I just don't know if the General Staff will agree with my suggestion!"

General Xing said.

"Retreat to Mexico City, although it cannot occupy favorable terrain conditions, it can shorten our logistics supply line and extend the Chinese logistics supply line. In addition, the southwestern Mexico is mountainous and the transportation conditions are relatively backward, which will undoubtedly make China more likely to be

It is even more difficult for people to replenish their logistics. If they can retreat to Mexico City and reinforcements can arrive in time, it will be a good plan for us. However, it may be difficult for those guys in China to agree to let us give up on the South.

The defense line of the Sierra Madre!" said Lieutenant General Davis.

When General Pershing thought of this, he couldn't help but frown. In order to enhance the American people's determination to resist China, the US government carried out exaggerated publicity, which made a large number of Americans believe that the defense line of the Southern Madre Mountains built by the US military is indestructible.

, it can keep the Chinese firmly in southwestern Mexico and avoid threats from the Chinese. Most Americans believe in the government's propaganda and believe that the United States is safe and they can rest assured. Therefore,

If General Pershing abandons the defense line of the Southern Sierra Madre and allows the Chinese to easily break through this line of defense, it is conceivable what consequences will be caused in the United States. At that time, it will not only make the people concerned about the government.

Feeling anger from deception will further damage Americans' confidence, which will be very unfavorable to the war in the future of the United States.

"Damn politicians, are they just lie?" General Pershing couldn't help but curse. He seemed to have forgotten that when the US government promoted the defense line of the Southern Madre into an indestructible line, it was effective

It stabilized the sentiment of the American people and reduced the number of people who fled abroad and their capital.

"General, what should we do if the General Staff refuses our advice?" Lieutenant General Davis asked with some concern.

"If the General Staff refuses, then we can only continue to stick to Chilpansingo. Although the Chinese have broken through the Barsa River defense line, the mountains have been made up for, and the traffic conditions are very bad. Lieutenant General Richard has put several main buildings.

The bridges were all blown up, and it was impossible for the Chinese to surround our retreat along the Barsa River. We can use the fortifications of Chilpansingo to resist the Chinese for a period of time.

, It can be said that I have given an explanation in China. Davis, don’t worry, if the situation is ineffective, I will order the retreat in time and will not defend here!" General Pershing said.

At this time, the office door was knocked, and General Pershing's adjutant walked in, saluted and said, "General, telegrams from the country. In addition to the telegrams from the Chief of Staff, there are also Minister Dickinson's

telegraph!"

Admiral Pershing nodded, took the telegram and started reading, but after reading it, his face remained expressionless.

"General, what do you say in China?" asked Lieutenant General Davis.

"As we expected, the country requires us to continue to stick to the defense line of the Southern Madre Mountains and let us drag the Chinese to Mexico as much as possible to buy more time for the country. Minister Dickinson said that the country will do as much as possible.

To support us. In addition, for the Chinese air superiority, the country will develop a dedicated anti-aircraft machine gun as soon as possible to deal with the threat of the Chinese, and will cooperate with Britain and France to strive to produce fighter jets that can match the Chinese as soon as possible

The plane came out!" said Admiral Pershing.

"It is not that easy to catch up with the Chinese in a short period of time. General, since the country does not agree with us to give up the defense line of the Southern Madre Mountains, we can only defend here!" Lieutenant General Davis said.

General Pershing nodded. Although he hoped to give up the defense line of the Southern Madre so that more troops could be concentrated and avoid consuming the troops here. But since the domestic rejection was rejected, he could only follow the domestic requirements. Who would have to do this?

What if he is called a soldier? He can only obey orders and has no other choice.

"I have already started ordering to start shrinking the defense line. Since the Barsa River defense line has been broken, the reinforcements of the four armies are meaningless, I will ask them to withdraw from Chilpansingo. Add to the other defense lines

In the end, we can gather about 600,000 people in Chilpansingo. In addition, the first batch of reinforcements from ten armies will arrive the day after tomorrow, and then we can gather millions in Chilpansingo and nearby areas.

The army. It is still possible to block the Chinese for a period of time!" said General Pershing. The millions of troops are already a large scale. But General Pershing did not have the confidence to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

, I can only hope to resist the Chinese army for a period of time. Through the previous two battles, General Pershing already knew that there was still a big gap between the Chinese army and the US army. If it weren't for the strong weapons and equipment of the US army, I guess

All Chinese vassals can defeat them. In addition, without air superiority, the US military will definitely bear greater casualties than the Chinese army. Therefore, if you want to delay more time, you have to fill in your lives!

"General, there is no way to do this. We need time and enough time. Our mission is to buy enough time for the country. Especially the navy, the navy's new battleships have not yet been put into service and do not have the ability to match the Chinese navy.

The strength to compete. Therefore, we have to give up the Panama Canal. When the navy has the strength to defeat the Chinese Navy, we will not be under such great pressure by then!" Lieutenant General Davis said.

Admiral Pershing didn't say much, and he was also full of anger towards the navy. Originally, the navy occupied most of the military expenditure, but it did not play much role in the battlefield. This was on Pershing

It seems that it is a waste. The Navy's funding for building a battleship is enough for the Army to arm ten divisions. If the US Army had not been suppressed too hard in the early stage, the gap with the Chinese Army might not be so big.

In addition, given that the supply of Chinese troops needs to cross the ocean, General Pershing has asked the navy to launch an attack on the Chinese transportation lines more than once to reduce the supply of Chinese troops as much as possible and reduce the pressure faced by the US military.

, The combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army is inseparable from the powerful artillery and infantry firepower. However, the battle has been going on for a month, and China's transportation lines are still unobstructed, and the Chinese Army can still obtain a large number of them through sea.

The supply supplies were not affected at all. This made General Pershing feel very angry and repeatedly responded to the General Staff Headquarters and Minister of War Dickinson.
Chapter completed!