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"The Americans retreated, we won this battle! We won!" On the broken positions on the north bank of the Grand River, Chinese officers and soldiers of Japanese mercenaries were cheering loudly.
A dense group of aircraft flew over their heads, caught up with the retreating US officers and soldiers, carried out strafing and bombing, and accelerated the US military's embarrassing retreat. Although, the US military fought very tenaciously during this attack and paid
Very big loss. However, they were unable to achieve the predetermined combat goal in the end, which was to break through the defense line of the Chinese army and drive all the Chinese army down the river or eliminate them. The result of failure was that the Chinese army was completely in Grand
The north bank of the river has gained a firm foothold. After dawn, the continuous Chinese army will be able to continue to cross the Grand River and launch an attack on the US positions. Moreover, as the Chinese army deployed on the north bank of the Grand River increases,
The more you have, the more you have to control the defense line. If the US military wants to drive the Chinese army out of the north bank of the Grand River, it will be more and more difficult for the US to drive out of the US mainland!
The positions guarded by the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries were already in a state of disgrace. Almost all firepower points were destroyed under the bombardment of US heavy artillery, and the trenches had already been filled. The positions were everywhere.
All of them are corpses, including Chinese troops, Japanese mercenaries, but more are from the US. Although they were all enemies during their lifetime, everyone lay together after their death. These corpses were stacked up and piled up together
A thick layer of water plunged on the ground, and even the soil on the ground turned reddish-brown due to the soaking of blood, which made it a little soft, which shows how tragic the battle was.
Fortunately, the Chinese army finally persisted until dawn. After dawn, the Chinese Air Force's fighter jets took off quickly, flew over the Grand River, and launched an attack on the US military. When dawn came, the US military also realized this time.
The failure of the operation. With the firepower support of the Chinese Air Force, it became impossible for them to break through the Chinese army's defense line and drive the Chinese army into the river. Therefore, General Pershing decisively issued a retreat.
Since the battle situation is no longer restored, there is no need to waste the lives of American soldiers.
After the battle, the Chinese army and Japanese mercenary soldiers on the position began to clean the battlefield. All the Chinese officers and soldiers of the Japanese mercenary soldiers collected the bodies of their dead comrades, and the bodies would be cremated, and then the
The ashes were transported back to China. However, those lost American soldiers did not pay so much attention to it. They just dug a big hole to bury them. So much so that after the war, many Americans did not know that their relatives died.
There, we can only come to the bank of the Grande River to worship their relatives.
When the US troops retreated, General Du Qizheng, commander of the 7th Army, stepped onto the position of the Chinese army through the floating bridge on the Grand River. The devastated scene shocked the general who had experienced countless battles.
The battle report has not been released yet, but he knew that the losses paid by the Chinese army must be quite large, at least the 23rd Infantry Division has been crippled. However, even though they have paid such heavy losses, they still won this battle.
The next battle situation will also develop towards a favorable side to the Chinese military.
General Du Qizheng visited the surviving officers and soldiers and expressed his gratitude to them. It was precisely because of their efforts that the Chinese army won the victory. The final statistics show that it happened between the 5th and 10th day of the KO month.
The war at 5:30 am on the 16th of the 16th, the 3 infantry divisions of the 7th Army of the Chinese Army paid the price of more than 20,000 casualties, of which 6% were killed and seriously injured.
More than ten. Most of these soldiers who were killed and seriously injured were killed or seriously injured during the heavy artillery bombardment of the US military. During the night battle, the Chinese Air Force could not be severe, and it was very difficult for the artillery to completely suppress the artillery. Therefore, stick to it.
The infantry on the position suffered heavy losses. Especially the 23rd Infantry Division, which launched the river crossing during the day, suffered tens of thousands of casualties in the entire division, and almost all the division was crippled! In addition, the losses of the Japanese mercenaries were not small.
There were six divisions of Japanese mercenaries who entered the battle, but they lost at least 40,000 people. These Japanese mercenaries often fought cruel hand-to-hand combat with the US military, so although they achieved good results, their own losses were also very serious.
Amazing. However, the Chinese army does not care about the casualties of Japanese mercenaries. Perhaps even the commander of Japanese mercenary army, General Yoshima Oshima, did not care about this. All he wanted was victory. As long as he could win,
Japanese mercenaries have achieved military achievements, no matter how much casualties they have made, they are acceptable.
The battle came to an end for the time being, and the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries who were holding their positions successively evacuated the north bank of the Grand River! Three other infantry divisions of the 7th Army crossed the river and took over their positions. At the same time, the Japanese mercenaries also sent them at one time.
Five divisions crossed the river. With the assistance of the Chinese Air Force and heavy artillery units, the troops began to continue to advance to the two wings, further broadening their defense lines.
Faced with the attack of the Chinese army, the US military could only try its best to defend, and draw more troops from other defense lines and reserve forces to attempt to resist the attack of the Chinese army. However, in the joint strike between the Chinese army and the air force
Next, if they want to defend their positions, they often have to pay a very heavy price. But even so, the US military has no choice. They can only use their lives to delay the attack of the Chinese army, otherwise, once the entire defense line collapses,
It is the time when the Chinese army entered the United States in large numbers.
"General, the 29th Army and the 35th Army are now being attacked by the Chinese, and we have suffered great losses. The Chinese Air Force has launched intensive bombings on our positions. We need to pay a very high price to defend them.
position.
Moreover, if this continues, we will sooner or later be broken by the Chinese because of the excessive losses!" Admiral Davis reported to Admiral Pershing with a somewhat ugly expression. The night battle that everyone had high expectations did not succeed, but instead
The loss of troops and generals. Now, the US military is beginning to bear the consequences of failure!
"Two troops from the reserve force are drawn to the top! In any case, we must resist the Chinese attack!" General Persing said. He looked a little tired now. He was already old, and last night
After staying up all night, it was a failure in the end, which hit him very hard. Although he was still persevering, the fatigue in his eyes could not be concealed.
"Yes, General!" Admiral Davis nodded and quickly left the command center to deploy. The current situation is very critical in the US military. If the Chinese army cannot stop the attack in time, the entire US military's defense will be
There is a risk of collapse.
Admiral Davis just left, Chief of Staff of the Grand River Defence Payton.
Lieutenant General March walked in, but his face was as gloomy as if water could drip out. He was holding a thin piece of paper in his hand, but the piece of paper seemed to be heavy.
"General March, has the battle report been released? How much is our loss?" General Pershing asked directly.
"General, during the battle last night, all the three armies we attacked suffered heavy losses. Among them, there were less than 3,000 people left in the 30th Army, and the rest were all killed or captured.
The 5th Army, with more than 80% of the casualties in the entire army, has lost its combat effectiveness! The 14th Army has only more than 20,000 people left, and its morale is low. Now it is no longer suitable to go to the battlefield!" Payton.
Lieutenant General March replied. The US military invested more than 130,000 people in the battle last night. But there were only more than 30,000 people left overnight. Most of the rest were killed in battle, and the rest were left.
A small part of the country was also captured by the Chinese army.
General Pershing closed his eyes in pain, and in front of him, the scene of brave American soldiers braved the Chinese guns and bullets, and successively launched charges to the Chinese military positions. One by one, the American soldiers,
The Chinese fell down in front of the Chinese positions, but their comrades crossed their bodies and continued to charge until they finally fell on the positions. And such orders were issued by General Pershing. In other words, they were
He personally sent these American soldiers to hell.
"General, we have suffered a lot of losses. The most important thing is that our defense line has been torn apart by the Chinese, and this hole will become bigger and bigger with the continuous attacks of the Chinese. If we cannot block it in time, we will not block it in time.
We will suffer more and more losses in this hole!" Payton.
Lieutenant General March reminded that no one expected that the US military, which was known as the impregnable line of defense, would be broken through by the Chinese in just one day.
"I have ordered the army to start gathering and build a new line of defense while the Chinese have not launched a large-scale attack, control the current situation, and prevent the situation from deteriorating further! Although the situation of the war will be very unfavorable to us, as long as we persist,
The situation will not be bad!" General Pershing said. Now there is only one choice before the US military, that is, to do its best to block the Chinese people's attack on the US mainland. Only in this way can we continue
Only by maintaining the Grand River defense line can we protect the United States. However, it can be foreseeable that the US military will suffer heavy losses for this.
"The general, the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff called us, let's send the latest war report to Washington!" Payton.