Over Death Valley, several reconnaissance planes of the Imperial Chinese Air Force flew slowly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The pilot looked down from the plane and saw countless points of heavy machine gun fire, shooting from all directions in the valley, and every time the tongue of fire was spewed, a Cleveland government soldier was shot and fell, and the blood was rushing to the sky.

The Cleveland government forces that entered Death Valley had a brigade of troops, about fifteen thousand.

In just five minutes, more than one-third of these 15,000 people were killed or wounded. More than two-thirds of the remaining nearly 10,000 U.S. soldiers were trapped in Death Valley, and they did not dare to raise their heads, lying on the ground, crawling towards various bunkers around the valley to avoid the dense rain of bullets around the valley.

When encountering a surprise attack, only two or three kilograms of Livland government soldiers were more shrewd, and they ran out of the valley mouth as soon as possible and escaped.

Cleveland, who was supervising the battle in the rear, was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and he could clearly see the scene of his army being slaughtered by Roosevelt's rebels through the binoculars, and his steel teeth were crushed.

"The Third Army immediately went for reinforcements!"

The Third Army was the one closest to the mouth of Death Valley, and it was Cleveland's prepared reserve at the beginning, and he was worried that there was an ambush by Roosevelt in Death Valley, so he was ready to rescue him.

However, Cleveland soon discovers that he was wrong, and he couldn't have been more wrong. He thought that the total strength of the Third Army had reached 50,000 men, and it would rush into Death Valley in one go, which would be enough to pick up all the officers and men of the US infantry brigade who had fallen into Death Valley.

But when the Third Army began to move, Cleveland discovered that the valley was so narrow that it was impossible to pass 50,000 people at a time, and a maximum of two or three thousand people could enter at a time, and once it encountered a blockade by Roosevelt's rebel fire, the most battalion-level units would be put into battle, that is, 500 to 1,000 people.

In Death Valley, there were more than 100,000 Roosevelt rebels, like a big bag, in a semi-encircled posture around the opening, and less than a thousand people rushed in, basically delivering food.

The Third Army was forced to withdraw from the battle after five successive assaults, suffering heavy casualties, and leaving behind more than 2,000 corpses.

Cleveland is gone, and the army in his hands is equipped with old goods that the Chinese Imperial Army eliminated a few years ago.

Now if you want to attack Death Valley, only the strong firepower of individual soldiers will work, and obviously only the regular army of the Chinese Empire has this strength.

So Cleveland hurried to see His Royal Highness and ask for reinforcements.

"Your Royal Highness, please immediately order reinforcements from your country's Divine Army, we really can't rush away!"

Standing in front of Nioh, the American president could only ask for help in a low voice.

Nioh glanced at Cleveland and comforted, "Mr. President, don't be impatient, this king already knows and is making a rescue plan!" ”

Cleveland said anxiously: "I wonder when His Royal Highness Nioh will be able to formulate a rescue plan?" There are still tens of thousands of people trapped in the canyon, and their lives and deaths are unknown, please hurry up! ”

Nioh glanced at Duan Qirui next to him, and the latter stood up to explain.

"Mr. President, I believe you also understand the current situation! Roosevelt's rebels relied on favorable terrain, and our troops rushed in, which was tantamount to death. ”

When Cleveland heard this, he became even more anxious and said: "I can hear that our soldiers in the canyon are being shot and screaming, and they are paying huge casualties every minute. ”

Nioh then comforted: "This king immediately your mood, so good, this king immediately ordered artillery support, what do you think?" ”

The artillery support could have been injured by mistake, but Cleveland couldn't think of a better way, so he nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the aerial reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Empire had already discovered many heavy machine-gun fire points of Roosevelt's rebels, and the pilots had already marked them in the air, and after returning to the ground, they immediately reported them to various artillery units.

"Reload and shoot all the dollars!"

"Ready—fire!"

The order was given, and the artillery bombardment began.

Knock knock knock!

Nearly 10,000 artillery pieces fired a salvo, and the momentum was earth-shattering.

Shells whistled and rained down on Death Valley.

Ten seconds later, dense cannonballs exploded, raising clouds of fiery mushrooms.

In an instant, boulders crumbled, sand splashed, and thick trees broke off at their waists, igniting a fire.

I saw the entire Death Valley billowing in smoke, as if it was swallowed up by a sandstorm in an instant, and disappeared from sight.

Although the Imperial Chinese Army had already mastered some of the Roosevelt rebels' firepower, the first wave of concentrated artillery bombardment, with limited accuracy, was actually no different from indiscriminate artillery bombardment.

After the shelling, the Cleveland Army in Death Valley suffered heavy casualties and corpses.

Roosevelt's rebels, on the other hand, suffered few casualties, although some of their fire points were destroyed, because their heavy machine gun fire points were built on the valley cliffs, which were difficult for shells to hit, and there were tunnels connecting them inside. When the Imperial Chinese Army launched a concentrated artillery bombardment, Roosevelt's rebels withdrew from their firing points and hid in the tunnels.

Although the Cleveland Army trapped in Death Valley suffered heavy casualties and more were accidentally killed by the artillery fire of the Chinese Imperial Army, as the shelling progressed, Roosevelt's rebel firepower was extinguished, and some Cleveland soldiers were finally able to run towards the valley mouth and finally escape.

However, when Cleveland counted the number of people who had escaped, he was so distressed that he wanted to vomit blood, because less than 900 people had escaped, and counting the number of people who had retreated before, the total number was less than 4,000, which means that more than 11,000 American government soldiers were killed.

All this, Cleveland could only count the bill on Roosevelt's head, and he vowed to chop Roosevelt to avenge the dead soldiers.

According to the memories of the survivors who escaped, Death Valley was full of Roosevelt's rebels' heavy machine gun bunkers, and many Cleveland Army soldiers even escaped heavy machine gun fire, but it was difficult to escape the assassination of the rebels, because there were secret tunnels everywhere, and many Cleveland soldiers were dragged alive into the secret tunnels, and their lives and deaths were unknown. There are even rebels coming out of the shadows and killing in the rear of the Cleveland Army.

"It's hell there!"

This is a phrase that is often said by every surviving Cleveland soldier.

Cleveland naturally had to report this information to the Chinese Imperial Army.

"It seems that this Death Valley has been built into a fortress by Roosevelt, and if a large army is launched, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties, and the gains will outweigh the losses!"

Duan Qirui then proposed to Nioh: "In this case, it is the most suitable for special operations!" ”

Seeing that Duan Qirui took the initiative to ask for help, King Nioh nodded and said, "Okay, then you will personally command!" But it's better to have the Cleveland Army explore a Roosevelt guerrilla stronghold and destroy it. ”

Duan Qirui smiled wisely and said, "My subordinates also have this intention!" However, the subordinates hope that the air force can be dispatched for air cover! ”

Nioh nodded and said, "I thought that the air force would not be needed, but fortunately, the city of Las Vegas has been occupied by us, so this king ordered the construction of an airport, and it is estimated that the construction will be completed soon." If you need it, Ben immediately orders the San Francisco Air Force Base Air Force to come and fight! It's a bit far, though, and it takes hours to fly over, and you have to fly back before dark! ”

Deep in the desert of Las Vegas, there was no airfield for the Imperial Chinese Air Force fighter jets to take off and land, so planes could only be sent from San Francisco Air Force Base, hundreds of kilometers away.

However, in this era, airplanes were very slow and could only be dispatched during the day, and could not land after dark.

Therefore, even if the air team sent from San Francisco to reinforce it, how much effect it could actually play, Duan Qirui did not know the bottom in his heart.

However, in line with the principle that more is better, Duan Qirui still asked Nioh to send an air force to support.

"Your Highness, Death Valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to attack from the ground, but it will be easier and more effective to attack from the air, so my subordinates suggest that an airport be quickly built in Las Vegas."

Nioh thought for a moment and agreed, "You have a point! This king ordered the construction of an airport in Las Vegas, but it will take time! ”

Duan Qirui proposed: "We only need to suggest airfields, the more the better, there are enough fighters in the air to contain the fire of the Roosevelt guerrillas, and our ground operations will be faster and safer!" ”

Nioh nodded, "Although the loss of fighters in the construction of the airstrip is very large, but this will be the last battle, and this king can't wait, this loss is still very cost-effective compared to winning the battle." Well, this king promises you! ”

Duan Qirui received full authorization from Nioh and immediately descended the mountain, mobilized his troops, and met with Cleveland to discuss the offensive strategy.

"This is your country's civil war, and we are here to help you exterminate the rebels, so you should take the lead and provide fire support!"

Duan Qirui explained to Cleveland like this, but Cleveland was speechless and wanted to hit the wall.

The end result was that Cleveland gave in and continued to send his army to take the lead. Duan Qirui sent a small force of Shence Army tank troops to support, and at the same time ordered a special brigade of snipers, flamethrowers and mortars to provide fire support around the area.

The reconnaissance plane in the air flew above Death Valley again, and after the shelling of Death Valley at this moment, it was full of devastation, the trees were blown off, and burned to black charcoal, and the entire mountain was bare, charred and black, and there was no grass, as if it was a gray-white scene in a blockbuster of the apocalypse.

Roosevelt's rebels in the tunnels of Death Valley were not at pain, breathing in the dirt from the shelling and the toxic smoke wafting from the tunnels, and facing the earth and rocks that could collapse at any time due to the shelling.

This is already the last base of Roosevelt's rebels, in recent years by the Chinese Imperial Army to flee in embarrassment, from the prosperous east of the United States was driven into the western desert, the American troops in the tunnel are still afraid of the Chinese Imperial Army deep in their hearts, their morale is not high, only because they have no way to retreat, in order to live, so they will stay strong.

"Look, the enemy's reconnaissance plane is here again!"

"Be hidden, don't be discovered!"

From the secret observation hole in the tunnel, you can clearly see the reconnaissance plane of the Chinese Imperial Army in the sky.

In the face of this heavenly thing, they all feel powerless. If a few years ago, they had their own planes, but now they can't even eat, such a thing as an airplane has long become an unattainable luxury.

"The enemy is in again!"

"Prepare for battle!"

At this time, Roosevelt also received a notice and hurried to the headquarters.

Compared to other tunnels, Roosevelt's headquarters was very spacious and bright, and the only field telescope was the kind of periscope-like thing, which allowed Roosevelt to see directly inside the headquarters without sticking his head out of the tunnel.

"What do you think, Barton?"

Patton was originally a supporter of MacArthur, and later Cleveland surrendered to the Chinese Empire, Patton was disheartened and returned to Roosevelt, he did not like Roosevelt, but he had his own beliefs, and he and Roosevelt had a common language in the fight against the Chinese Empire, which is the real reason why the two of them can still fight side by side today.

"We must not allow the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Imperial Army to discover our firepower points, especially the exit of the passage, otherwise it will bring us a catastrophe."

Roosevelt nodded in agreement, and asked, "Then what do you have good suggestions?" ”

Patton then said: "Let's release the smoke ourselves and block the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Empire!" ”

This was a good idea, and Roosevelt agreed.

Soon, thick smoke rose from many places in Death Valley, filling the entire Death Valley in the blink of an eye, and the pilots of the Chinese Imperial reconnaissance planes who were reconnoitring in the air soon could not see the situation below, so they had to turn back.

Seeing that the Roosevelt guerrillas used smoke to crack the aerial reconnaissance, Duan Qirui couldn't help but pay attention to it, and he realized that he had encountered a difficult enemy.

"Since you release smoke, it's just right, I have also found a way to break the enemy!"

Duan Qirui drew inferences from each other, and soon realized the effect of smoke, so he immediately notified the artillery of the Chinese Imperial Army to fire a large number of smoke bombs at Death Valley.

Knock knock knock!

The cannon sounded again, and the advancing Cleveland army suddenly knelt down in fright, thinking that the Chinese Imperial artillery had begun to shell indiscriminately again, using them as substitutes for the dead.

As a result, they soon found out that it was just a false alarm, and the shell did not explode violently after it landed, but only smoked all the time, and soon the entire Death Valley was completely covered in smoke.

After Cleveland was surprised, he hurriedly came to Duan Qirui's side to ask, this time he understood his intentions, and immediately gave a thumbs up, and then ordered his troops to move forward boldly with confidence.

The sound of the cannon also made the Roosevelt guerrillas nervous, but they soon realized that something was wrong.

Roosevelt and Barton were alert when they saw a cloud of smoke outside, with visibility less than five meters.

"Not good, the enemy released smoke grenades, our machine gun shooters can't see the enemy, and if the enemy sneaks up, the consequences are unimaginable!"

It was a pressing question, and both Roosevelt and Barton found it very intractable.

"Order all bunkers to conduct fire reconnaissance immediately, and if there is a counterattack there, hit it hard!"

There was no way out, and Roosevelt's guerrillas entered the bunkers, mounted machine guns, and began to fire into the depths of the smoke.

The sudden sound of bullets and gunfire in the smoke really scared many Cleveland government soldiers, who immediately fired back.

Suddenly gunshots rang out, and no one knew who was being beaten, anyway, they were shooting indiscriminately into the smoke, because only by shooting could they reduce the fear in their hearts a little.

However, it was the Cleveland government soldiers who suffered from this kind of indiscriminate shooting, because they really shot indiscriminately and did not see where the enemy was.

On the other hand, the Roosevelt guerrillas were originally conducting fire reconnaissance, and once they discovered that there was an enemy resisting in any direction, they would immediately understand that the enemy was approaching in that direction, so they would concentrate their fire and fire fiercely.

Even if you can't see each other clearly in the smoke, it is still very effective to strafe the rabbit with heavy machine gun fire and hit the rabbit.

Casualties among Cleveland government forces began to surge, which increased their tension and fear. (To be continued.) )