In the telegram sent to Lieutenant General Clark, General Pershing clearly pointed out that! He hoped Lieutenant General Clark would last another week in Tiracolorada. Now there are only thirty US troops left in Chilpansingo.
Ten thousand people are already very weak. Admiral Pershing needs to shrink the troops on the entire defense line to enhance the strength of Chil Pansingo's US military. At the same time, the first batch of reinforcements sent by the United States were ten.
The troops of the army have entered Mexico and are rushing towards the defense line of the Madre Mountains, and it all takes time. If Lieutenant General Clark retreats from Tierra Cororada, the Chinese army will launch a large-scale attack on Chilpansingo. By then
Admiral Pershing doesn’t have enough time!
After receiving the telegram from General Pershing, Lieutenant General Clark remained silent. Although he was very nervous inside, he felt a crisis coming. However, as a soldier, as an old subordinate of General Pershing
But he had to obey General Pershing's orders. In addition, Lieutenant General Clark always felt a little lucky. He still had more than 300,000 troops in his hands, and the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries were not in total.
It's only twice as good as the US military. If you're lucky, you might be able to last for a week. Then he can still lead the army to retreat calmly. However, when he thinks of the fierce bombing of the Chinese Air Force and the low morale of the US military, Clark was the first to join the Clark
I feel very uneasy.
After a long time, Lieutenant General Clark made up his mind to hold on to Tierra Cororada. Lieutenant General Clark summoned the commanders of each army and assigned tasks, requiring each army to hold its position. However, when he issued the task, he
I also saw a hint of confusion in the eyes of these commanders, and everyone seemed to have no confidence in victory.
On February 26, after nightfall, the fierce war between China and the United States temporarily stopped. The US military also breathed a sigh of relief. After seizing the No. 1 Highland, the Chinese army did not take the opportunity to go to No. 2 in Tierra Colorada.
Highlands and Highland No. 3 and the city area launched an attack. If the Chinese army attacked with all their might, no one would have the confidence to defend the position. However, what the US military did not expect was that the ambitions of the Chinese army exceeded their imagination. Marshal Zhao Bowen wanted to get
, not just a defeat war, but want to cover all the more than 300,000 US troops in Tiracolorada. You must know that if you want to encircle and annihilate a huge army with more than 300,000 people, at least you have to
It is only necessary to dispatch an army with more than twice the number. The two armies of the Chinese Army are only similar to the US army in Tira Colorada. The Japanese mercenaries were only more than 200,000. I want to
Less than 600,000 people surrounded and wiped out more than 300,000 US troops. This difficulty is not ordinary.
However, the Chinese army also has great advantages. From the terrain, Tiracololada is located in the southern Madre Mountains, with Chilpancingo to the east and Acapulco controlled by the Chinese army to the west.
North and south are high mountains and steep, and there is no road that allows large troops to pass through. Therefore, as long as the Chinese army sends a powerful force to block the road for the US to retreat east, more than 300,000 US troops in Tira Colorada will become
It's a turtle in the jar.
The 2nd Army of the Chinese Army can undoubtedly complete this task well. Another advantage is that the current air supremacy is already in the hands of the Chinese Air Force. The Chinese Air Force can not only dispatch airships and fighter jets to attack the US military, but also
Being able to detect the movements of the US military makes the Chinese army know the movements of the US military very well. The morale of the US military is low, which also creates a favorable opportunity for the Chinese army to eliminate the US military. It can be said that if Lieutenant General Clark could be more decisive and realize that the crisis is coming
After that, if he immediately retreated to Chilpansingo, the Chinese army's plan had to abort. However, the US military's reaction gave the Chinese army an excellent opportunity.
At 9 p.m. on February 26, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army used the cover of night to bypass Tierra Colorada from a simple road that was shuttled into the Southern Madre Mountains, and marched eastward.
The area east of Tira Colorada builds a position to block the US troops in Tira Colorada's retreat eastward, and at the same time blocks the US troops from Chilpansingo's army rescue of Lieutenant General Clark. If the No. 1 position is still
If the US military is under control, it is impossible for the Chinese army to bypass Tira Colorada. But now, the No. 1 Highland is under control of the Chinese army. The 2nd Army can circumvent without realizing it
Passing Tiera Colorado.
5 kilometers east of Tierra Colorada is a small basin with an area of about 5 square kilometers, with a small village here. However, after the war began, all the Mexicans here had fled, and the US military deployed here.
The troops of one battalion were mainly to protect the transportation line. When a reconnaissance battalion of the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army raided here, more than 700 American troops, except for a very small number of people, escaped, the rest were either shot dead or captured.
.! Later, more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Army entered this small mountain basin! They began to build fortifications on the east and west sides of the basin overnight. Some of the US troops stationed here escaped, which means that perhaps after dawn
The US military will be able to learn that the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army was here.
Neither the US military in Tira Colorada nor the US military in Chil Pansingo will sit idly by. If you don't want the more than 300,000 US military in Tira Colorada to be wiped out, the US military must re-open the Qi.
The second army of the Chinese Army will also be attacked by the US military, which is undoubtedly a difficult task for the Second Army.
At 6 a.m. on February 27, Lieutenant General Clark, who had just fallen asleep in the early morning of last night, was woken up by the adjutant. The lack of sleep for several days and the unsuccessful warfare made Lieutenant General Clark's temper become more and more irritable.
"Damn it, Major Kevin, you'd better have a reasonable reason, otherwise I'll make you look good!" Lieutenant General Clark cursed and put on his clothes and opened the door. Outside the door, Lieutenant General Clark's adjutant Kevin, Kevin, the deputy of Lieutenant General Clark, cursed and put on his clothes.
The Major corrected his anxious face.
"What happened?" Lieutenant General Clark asked angrily.
"General, the Chinese sent an army to bypass our defense line and captured the small basin five kilometers east!" Major Kevin said!
"What? Why is this happening?" Lieutenant General Clark almost fell to the ground after hearing the news. He looked at Major Kevin in shock, and his original sleepiness had already disappeared without a trace.
"General, our troops stationed in a battalion where we were ambushed by the Chinese last night, and only a few people escaped. Now, our direct contact with Chilpansingo has been cut off by the Chinese. We have
There is no way to retreat!" Major Kevin said with a sad face. There is no doubt that he knew what this means. Once the retreat is broken, it is impossible for them to retreat safely to Chilpansingo.
Lieutenant General Clark regretted it very much. If he had known it, he would have decisively abandoned Tira Cororada yesterday and led his army back to Chilpansingo. However, now he has no time to regret it. If he doesn't break through the Chinese
If he blocks the road to Chilpansingo, he and more than 300,000 American soldiers will undoubtedly be dead!
"Major Kevin, immediately convene the commanders of each army and the officers above the division commander. We must send troops to break through the Chinese interception immediately. In addition, contact General Pershing immediately. We need his help and need Qier.
Pansingo sent troops to attack the Chinese from the east!" Lieutenant General Clark put on his clothes in a few seconds, and ordered Major Kevin.
"Yes, General!" Major Kevin hurriedly passed the order. The US military has reached a very critical moment now. If it is not handled properly, their more than 300,000 people will become captives of the Chinese.
No American is willing to be a prisoner of the Chinese, at least until he is in a desperate situation, no one is willing to surrender!
In less than twenty minutes, all the generals above the division level in the US military stationed in Tira Colorada gathered in the conference room of the command center, and dozens of people squeezed the originally small conference room.
The water is not flowing. Because the exhaust equipment is not very good, the air in the conference room is a little turbid, but no one cares about these things anymore.
"Everyone, I believe everyone already knows that our situation is very dangerous now. Although General Pershing asked us to stay here for another week. However, now the Chinese have cut off the connection between us and Chil Pansingo.
It can be foreseen that the Chinese will soon launch a fierce attack on us. If we cannot resist the Chinese attack, what awaits us will be killed or enter the Chinese prisoner-of-war camp. I think these two
There are things that everyone doesn't want to see." Lieutenant General Clark said with a serious look on his face.
The U.S. generals who attended the meeting also looked very ugly. Although they had no hope for victory when the U.S. airship unit was defeated yesterday, they did not expect that the danger would come so quickly.
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"Although it is very critical now, we still need to work hard! I ordered the 49th Army and the 50th Army to assemble immediately and launch an attack eastward in an hour to strive to break through the Chinese interception. I have sent a message to General Per Hing
The telegram asked him to send troops to launch an attack from Chilpansingo. We still have great hope of breaking the Chinese interception!" Lieutenant General Clark said.
"Yes, general!" The commanders of the 49th Army and the 50th Army of the US immediately took the order!