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On January 28, 1912, when Europe was still in the middle of ice and snow, the bolts of the guns could not be pulled apart because of the ice, and a large-scale war had stopped, on the other side of the Atlantic, in Mexico, four months after the outbreak of the war, the largest battle between China and the United States would begin. After months of preparation, millions of squadrons and hundreds of thousands of mercenaries are ready to attack!

At 8 a.m. on January 28, General Zhao Bowen, Minister of the Chinese Army and Supreme Commander of the Mexican Battlefield, gave the order to begin the attack. From the Balsa River in the north to the Sierra Madre do Sul, millions of squadrons and mercenaries launched fierce attacks on the American lines.

The direction of the squadron's main attack is none other than US Army General John Brown. Pershing's judgment of Iron La Corollada. Although the U.S. military here is heavily defended, as long as it can break through here, it can directly threaten Mexico City, and then rely on the convenient transportation conditions in the north-central region of Mexico to reach the north of Mexico, posing a threat to the U.S. mainland!

The Second and Seventh Armies of the Chinese Army, as well as the 1st to 30th Divisions of the Rìben Mercenaries, were responsible for the attack on Tiela Corollada, with a total strength of more than 700,000 troops. Of course, they have to face a lot of American troops, in addition to the 500,000 American troops deployed on the front line of Tierra Corolada, the 500,000 American troops deployed in Chilpansingo can also support the front line in a day. In addition, the U.S. military has built a lot of fortifications in the past few months by relying on the South Madre Mountains, so that the squadron wants to break through the direction of the U.S. Army and cross the South Madre Mountains. Capture of Chilpancingo. It's very difficult! As. If you choose to bypass the Sierra Madre do Sul, you need to make a detour of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, and in the relatively backward transportation areas of southern Mexico, a detour of thousands of kilometers is enough to make the Chinese army, equipped with a lot of heavy equipment, pay a heavy price!

Hartiangis, a small town twenty-five kilometers from Tierra Corolata, is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Madre do Sul, which is also the forward position of the American army. Admiral Pershing deployed four corps here, with a total strength of 200,000 men. Including the 11th, 23rd, 24th, and 25th Armies of the U.S. Army, commanded by Lieutenant General George, commander of the U.S. 11th Army. Admiral Pershing's order to him was to resist the Chinese attack as much as possible and consume the Chinese's strength to the maximum. This has also become the first line of defense of the US military that the squadron has to break through.

The Battle of Sierra Madre do Sul began with heavy artillery bombardment, and at 8 o'clock in the morning, after Admiral Zhao Bowen gave the order to attack, the Second and Seventh Armies of the Chinese Army hit nearly a thousand heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 105 mm. Heavy shelling was launched on Hartiangis.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells whizzed and fell into this town, a town of less than two square kilometers. It was almost completely enveloped in the heavy artillery fire of the squadron. Balls of orange fireball rose up in the town, destroying all the buildings, trees, and the like. This is a hellish scene for the American soldiers stationed in the town. Although they built a large number of anti-artillery holes in the town, the soldiers of one of the armies in the town all hid in the anti-artillery holes after the squadron began to shell. But the fierce shelling seemed to make the whole earth tremble, and the American soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery holes held their heads one by one, trembling, and kept praying to God in their hearts that their anti-artillery holes would not be hit. If it is hit by a 155 mm howitzer, the American soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery hole are likely to be buried alive because of the collapse of the anti-artillery hole!

To the east of Hartiangis, Lieutenant General George, commander of the U.S. 11th Army, was standing on a hill, observing the town's movements with a telescope. Because the town is not large, Lieutenant General George only put one army in the town, and on the foothills on both sides of the town, two divisions were deployed, and the rest of the troops were all stationed as reserves to the east of the town.

"General, the artillery fire of the Chinese is very fierce, the 23rd Army is afraid that it will be under a lot of pressure, should our artillery launch a counterattack?" Major General Tom, commander of the 24th Army of the U.S. Army, built Yì Road.

"Wait a little longer! We have less than five hundred heavy artillery, less than half of the Chinese. Moreover, the power and shè of the heavy artillery of the Chinese are greater than ours, and premature investment will make us suffer more losses! Wait until the Chinese infantry is attacking before firing. Also, prepare the troops on the high ground on both sides of the town and return fire as soon as the Chinese attack! Lieutenant General George said.

On the Chinese artillery positions, observation balloons have been raised, and the artillery positions of the US army are being searched. It's just that when the Chinese artillery opened fire, the American artillery kept sinking, making the two 155-mm heavy cannon battalions of the Chinese artillery useless for the time being. Once the U.S. artillery starts shelling, they will use the advantage of shè Cheng to suppress the U.S. artillery!

On a high ground five kilometers from Hartiangis, Lieutenant General Xie Dingkun, commander of the Second Group Army of the Chinese Army, and General Du Qizheng, commander of the Seventh Group Army, were also using binoculars to observe the situation on the front line. The commander of the mercenary army, General Yoshimasa Oshima, stood respectfully to the side, looking enviously at the Chinese artillerymen who were constantly firing. The mercenaries were poorly equipped, with only 10,000 men per division, and were armed with only 36 60 mm mortars, six infantry guns, and six 120 mm heavy mortars. And an infantry division of the squadron, more than 18,000 people, is equipped with a four-company artillery battalion with 12 155-mm heavy howitzers and 36 105-mm light howitzers, and each regiment below also has 4 105-mm light howitzers, 4 infantry runs and 4 120-mm heavy mortars. Each battalion also had two infantry guns and two 120 mm heavy mortars, and each company had three 60 mm light mortars and one 80 mm medium mortar, which was several times more numerous than the mercenaries. This kind of firepower made General Oshima Yoshimasa very envious, even in the most powerful period of Rìmoto, there was no such powerful firepower. The Chinese Army has always adhered to the doctrine of artillery, insisting on destroying the enemy with firepower and reducing infantry casualties, and it is under this theory that the artillery of the Chinese Army is second to none in the whole world!

"The Americans still hold their breath and let us shell, but they don't fight back, and are willing to be turtles with shrunken heads!" Admiral Xie Dingkun said.

"Haha, Lao Xie, the Americans know that their artillery is inferior to ours, and they are preserving their strength! However, we have to guard against the troops deployed by the Americans on the high ground on both sides of the town! In the event of an attack on the town, the Americans would be in a position to strike a powerful blow at the infantry attacking the town. Therefore, I think we should take the high ground on both sides of the town first! Admiral Du Qizheng said, pointing to the foothills on either side of Hartiangis.

"Hmmm! I also think this way, although the Americans have deployed heavy troops in the town, as long as we take the high ground on both sides, it will be easier to conquer here! Admiral Xie Dingkun said. However, it is not difficult to attack the high ground on both sides of the town. Although the altitude is less than 600 meters, and the relative height is less than 100 meters, the Americans have built a circle of ring fortifications on the high grounds, from the mountainside to the mountain, equipped with a large number of light artillery and heavy machine guns. Attacking such a well-fortified fortification will definitely pay a great price! If the squadron is allowed to attack such a well-defended position, such a loss will be very distressing. However, now China has a better choice, and these hard bones can be gnawed by mercenaries. Anyway, there are quite a few rì himself, how many people have died, and they will be able to replenish it soon!

"General Oshima, if you want to capture Hartiangis, you must first capture the high ground on both sides. We deliberated for a while, and the daunting task was entrusted to the mercenaries. Our artillery will provide you with fire support. I believe that the heroic mercenaries will be able to successfully defeat the Americans once they succeed! Admiral Xie Dingkun said.

When General Oshima Yoshimasa heard this, his heart suddenly felt bitter, although he already knew that once the mercenaries went to the battlefield, they would definitely be cannon fodder, but he did not expect that the battle had just begun, and the Chinese would let Rì himself go to death! The fortifications that everyone had built on the hills on either side of Hartiangis, he had also observed with a telescope. Fortifications made up of circular trenches, from the mountainside to the bottom of the mountain, with heavy machine guns and mortars, were enough to form a tight defense. To capture such a defensive position, I'm afraid it will take a lot of human lives to fill it!

Does he still have a choice, though? The whole rì is already under China's control, and the reason why China formed the rì mercenary army is to let rì himself be cannon fodder! Although he felt sorry for the soldiers who were about to die, Yoshimasa Oshima immediately accepted the order. After all, it's better to let those ordinary rì themselves die than to let them, the high-ranking generals, die! Besides, which of the high-ranking generals of Rì Ben is not a person who is used to seeing life and death and is hard-hearted? These ordinary soldiers are nothing more than tools to earn profits for them!

"Please rest assured, the heroic mercenaries, once they defeat the Americans, take the high ground on both sides!" General Yoshimasa Oshima said loudly! (To be continued......)