At 10 a.m. on March 27, Chinese troops wearing dark green combat uniforms were marching quickly on the simple road from Huejochingo to Mexico City, as if a long green dragon was winding on the ground.
In front of the entire team are the light tank battalions and mechanized infantry battalions of three armored brigades. In order to reach Mexico City as soon as possible, General Du Qizheng, commander of the 7th Group Army, specifically asked the armored troops to set off first. Moreover, in order to provide these armored troops with
Equipped with assisting infantry, General Du Qizheng mobilized more than two hundred trucks from the baggage troops and transported an infantry regiment to accompany them.
General Du Qizheng knew that once the U.S. troops in Mexico City knew that Lieutenant General Richard had led his troops to surrender, they would definitely retreat from Mexico City. And their mission was to keep the main force of the U.S. military as much as possible. After all, from Wei
Huo Qingo rushed to Mexico City, a distance of hundreds of kilometers. If General Pershing found something wrong, he would have
If they retreat, they will not be able to catch up. Fortunately, there are two million U.S. troops in Mexico City and the area south of Mexico City. Even if General Pershing orders a retreat, so many troops will not be able to do so in a short time.
We can go. Marshal Zhao Bowen also asked General Du Qizheng to keep the main force of the US military as much as possible.
"General, a call from the headquarters!" A war horse caught up with General Du Qizheng's car and handed him a telegram sent from the headquarters.
General Du Qizheng took the telegram and read it, and then his face became very serious. The telegram was sent by Marshal Zhao Bowen, informing him that the U.S. military had begun to withdraw from Mexico City. In order to stop the U.S. military, Marshal Zhao Bowen had ordered the Air Force Ministry
The fighter planes bombed the retreating US troops. Marshal Zhao Bowen asked General Du Qizheng to rush to Mexico City before dark to block the gap and stop more US troops!
"Come here, give the order to the armored troops on the front line to speed up and arrive in Mexico City before six o'clock in the afternoon, and choose a favorable terrain to deploy blocking positions and block the Americans' retreat!" General Du Qizheng accepted.
After sending the telegram, the order was issued. At this moment, their position was still 70 kilometers away from Mexico City. They had to cover 70 kilometers within eight hours and choose favorable terrain to build blocking positions, which meant that the armored forces in front had to
Increase the speed to more than ten kilometers per hour.
"Yes, Commander!" The orderer quickly conveyed the order. After receiving the order, the armored forces in front of the entire team accelerated again, slowly threw away the infantry units behind, and quickly rushed towards Mexico City.
go.
TP'Wild Wolf, the maximum highway speed of the light tank is 30 kilometers per hour, and the off-road speed is 10 kilometers per hour. The road from Huejochingo to Mexico City is just a simple road, but it is faster than the wilderness.
TP'Wild Wolf, light tanks can move at almost 20 kilometers per hour. However, after running 70 kilometers, I don't know how many tanks are left.
The tanks can continue to fight. The armored vehicles are faster, but they will act as supporting troops for the tanks. There will also be soldiers from an infantry regiment loaded on trucks behind them. In order to avoid the destruction of tanks and armored vehicles as much as possible, the armored troops
The forward speed was controlled at 5 kilometers per hour. If nothing unexpected happened, they would arrive in Mexico City in 5 hours.
The decisive retreat of the US military forced the Chinese army to speed up the progress of the war. Otherwise, it is very likely to watch the US military slip away. This is not what Marshal Zhao Bowen and other generals of the Chinese army want to see. For this time
They have been preparing for the battle for a long time, just to defeat the United States
The main force of the U.S. Army will stay in Mexico City and be annihilated. If the main force of the U.S. Army withdraws, then everything will be in vain! Once the battle is successful, after the main force of the U.S. Army is eliminated in Mexico City, the Chinese army will win the battle.
The war that followed was also very beneficial.
For this reason, in addition to ordering General Du Qizheng to speed up the pursuit, the Air Force's aircraft fleet also launched an attack on the retreating U.S. military. At 11:40 a.m., more than 200 Air Force aircraft flew to the north of Mexico City.
An attack was launched on the U.S. troops who were evacuating by road. FB'Haidongqing's fighter planes circled over the U.S. troops and attacked the U.S. troops with bombs mounted on the wings and aircraft machine guns on the nose.
The U.S. troops marching intensively on the road have undoubtedly become the best targets. Often when a row of bullets is hit, a long line of U.S. troops fall into a pool of blood!
HB'Hongyan, the advantage of the bomber's large bomb load, is fully displayed at this moment. Each HB'Hongyan bomber can carry one ton of aerial bombs, and if it carries all 25 kilograms of aerial bombs, it can carry 40 bombs.
When these bombs are concentrated
When it falls on top of the US military's heads, it is enough to cause huge damage to the retreating US military. The FH5' Falcon! Eagle dive bomber places its main attack target on the US military's convoy, whether it is loading military supplies or towing.
The truck that pulls the artillery has become him
The target of their attack. Whenever the FH5'Falcon or dive bomber dived to drop bombs, the sharp whistling sound made the US officers and soldiers below cover their ears and run away. One truck after another was blown up.
, blocking the highway. Especially some loaded artillery shells
After the truck was blown up, it would cause huge casualties to the surrounding US military officers and soldiers. The Mexican government troops and Mexicans marching in the fields on both sides of the road were even more surprised and stunned. They frantically rushed into the surrounding mountains and forests.
Run away to avoid disaster!
"Asshole! Set up the anti-aircraft machine guns and shoot down the Chinese planes!" U.S. military officers shouted angrily when they saw their soldiers being ravaged by Chinese Air Force fighter jets.
"Da da da!" Soon, the heavy machine guns of the US military began to fire. The dense rain of bullets seemed to form a fire net, trying to envelope the Chinese Air Force fighter planes. However, the fighter planes in the sky were like dexterous ones.
Like a small bird, it easily passed through the fire net and launched an attack on the US military's anti-aircraft machine gun.
The Chinese Air Force's bombing lasted less than half an hour and ended, but it caused huge casualties to the US military. The roads and both sides of the roads were filled with corpses, many of which were mutilated. There were even more corpses on the roads.
There were some wrecks of bombed-out trucks still burning.
After the Chinese Air Force's air raid ended, the U.S. soldiers, under the orders of their officers, began to clear obstacles on the road and the bodies of their fallen comrades, and then began to retreat northward. Everyone knew that the Chinese Air Force's attack was just to delay them.
It's just speed. As long as they can escape before the main Chinese army catches up, they will be safe.
The fighting continued on the Cuautla battlefield. On the morning of April 27, it was still the North Korean mercenaries who were responsible for launching the attack. With the support of the Chinese army's artillery, the North Korean mercenaries finally captured the battle after suffering tens of thousands of casualties.
They formed the first line of defense of the U.S. military outside Cuautla. However, in front of them, there were two lines of defense carefully constructed by the U.S. military.
Just as the North Korean mercenary commander General Kim Soon-hwa was preparing to launch an attack on the U.S. military's second line of defense outside Kuautla, the Chinese army commander Marshal Zhao Bowen stopped him.
"General Jin, the North Korean mercenaries only need to hold the front line of defense. Starting from the afternoon, we will carry out the attack. This time, we will break through the US defense line in one go and enter the city of Cuautla. By then North Korea
The mercenaries must be prepared for street fighting!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said. Now that the US military has begun to retreat, the attack on Cuautla cannot be just a show. It must quickly break through the US defense line and attack the US military.
The main force has to hold it back.
"Yes, Marshal!" General Jin Shunhua said. However, he did not believe Marshal Zhao Bowen's statement that he would enter the city of Cuautla this afternoon. North Korean mercenaries wanted to seize the first line of defense of the US military.
, in these two and a half days of fighting, enough
It paid a price of nearly 30,000 casualties. The Chinese army had to break through the two lines of defense of the US military in one afternoon, and also entered the city of Cuautla. In the eyes of General Jin Shunhua, this was completely bragging.
.However, he did not dare to show any signs of it.
"General Oshima, have your Japanese mercenaries rested and recuperated?" Marshal Zhao Bowen asked. The Japanese mercenaries fought without fear of death and wanted to break through the US military's defense line in the shortest possible time.
And to annihilate these US troops, Japanese mercenaries are an indispensable force.
"Marshal, please rest assured that the Japanese mercenaries have completed their rest and are ready to join the battle at any time!" General Oshima Yoshimasa puffed up his chest and replied loudly. In the past two days, the performance of the North Korean mercenaries made him sneer. He was stubborn
I think that if they were Japanese mercenaries, they would have already entered the city of Cuautla!
"Then let's do it! At 1:30 in the afternoon, the U.S. military's general attack on Cuautla officially begins! This time, the 8th Army of the Chinese Army will be the main attack!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said. The armored brigade of the 8th Army stayed.
not involved in detour, mexico
During the battle in the city, the purpose was to annihilate the hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops in Cuautla as quickly as possible with the smallest casualties, and then quickly attack Mexico City in an effort to annihilate the U.S. troops in Cuernavaca.
Also hold them back so they don’t have a chance to escape!