On the road from Corona to San Bernardino, nearly 90,000 American troops rushed to the east. In order to run faster, many US soldiers did not hesitate to throw away their weapons, ammunition, hats, and other burdens. Behind them, the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army is in hot pursuit. The rout of the American army was beyond the expectations of the Seventh Army. Originally, Lieutenant General Du Qizheng, commander of the Seventh Army, thought that after the arrival of the US Third Army, there would be a fierce battle. But I didn't expect it at all, the 3rd Army of the US Army found that Corona had realized, and the remnants of the 4th Army were retreating, so they immediately joined it, and even the blocking of the US generals became delusional.

At this time, the powerful role of cavalry was brought into full play. Because it was very difficult to transport war horses across the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the United States. Therefore, the cavalry brigades of the Sixth Army and the Seventh Army only had two cavalry battalions and more than 2,000 cavalry. However, in the process of pursuing the scattered American troops, these cavalry played a great role.

Two cavalry battalions of the Cavalry Brigade of the Seventh Army launched a pursuit of the scattered American troops. The cavalrymen waved the sabers in their hands and quickly rushed into the ranks of the American army, the snow sabers were shining, and with the gallop of the war horses, they could cut off their heads very lightly. This makes every white light shine, and a human head will rise to the sky.

The American soldiers who were dispersing were stunned by this killing, and many American soldiers fell directly to the ground and raised their hands to surrender to the squadron. The cavalry of the Seventh Army, in the process of pursuit, did not cut off the light ones into one by one. Two thousand cavalry, at least able to force thousands to tens of thousands of American troops to surrender. Then wait for the infantry in the back to come up and take the prisoners. After that, they launched a pursuit of the fleeing American troops. Repeatedly. A large number of American soldiers gave up resistance. Became a prisoner of the squadron. Until the time of the night generals. The pursuit of the Seventh Army was only over. But in just a few hours, more than 50,000 of the dispersed American troops were captured, and the rest were not, only more than 30,000 escaped back to San Bernardino at night. The remaining tens of thousands of people were scattered. Or deliberately became a deserter. For these young people who had just joined the army, the cruelty of the battlefield made them feel a deep fear. Rather than waiting to die on the battlefield. It's better to take the opportunity to escape. Anyway, the entire West Coast region is in chaos, and there will be no gendarmes to arrest them.

The Seventh Army was in Corona, and it could be described as a complete victory. More than 50,000 American soldiers were captured, and more than 30,000 were killed and wounded, plus the US 5th Army that was wiped out at Owen, the Seventh Army had already wiped out more than 100,000 American troops.

When the remnants of the 3rd Army were defeated and would retreat to San Bernardino, Samuel? Lieutenant General Yang knew what had happened. After hearing the news, Samuel? The lieutenant general was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Two armies, 120,000 U.S. troops. It was so light that it was wiped out by the squadron.

After that, Samuel? Lieutenant General Yang was caught in a dilemma. Whether to retreat immediately or continue to hold on to San Bernardino was a bit undecided. Although the 6th Army was approaching San Bernardino, he did not think that 200,000 American troops would be able to withstand the attack of the squadron. You must know that it is now attacking San Bernardino not only with the main forces of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army, but also with the main forces of the Sixth Army. The two armies together amounted to 200,000 men. There will not be the slightest problem in defeating the US army with the same strength.

Samuel? Lieutenant General Young, who finally handed over the problem to Secretary of War Russell? Alger, let him make the final decision. U.S. Secretary of War Russell? Alger did not expect that in just a few days, the occupation of the West Coast would become like this. In the past few days of fighting, the American troops besieging Los Angeles have lost almost a third of their troops. Moreover, the hundreds of thousands of American troops in San Bernardino are also in jeopardy.

Despite the reluctance to retreat, the Minister of War Russell? Alger knew that if these hundreds of thousands of American troops were lost, the entire West Coast would be completely eroded.

On the morning of August 19, Secretary of War Russell? Alger to Samuel? Lieutenant General Yang gave the order to retreat. The American forces in San Bernardino were asked to retreat to the east, join up with the 6th Army, find favorable terrain in the east, and block the ** team.

After receiving the order, Samuel? Lieutenant General Yang immediately ordered the U.S. 1st Army to begin a retreat to the east, followed by the 2nd Army and its subordinate units. However, at 11 o'clock in the morning, the 1st Army sent a telegram back, claiming that Cajon had been occupied by the squadron, and that the road for the American troops to retreat east had been blocked, and there was no other way unless the San Antonio Mountain Flash was translated.

However, the nearby San Antonio Mountains, between the mountains, have no roads at all and cannot be crossed. So, Samuel? Lieutenant General Young ordered the U.S. forces to quickly return to San Bernardino, and then retreat south to San Diego. There are also tens of thousands of American troops there.

It's just that it's over now. The main forces of the Sixth Army of the Chinese Army have reached San Bernardino. and quickly forcibly occupied the road south of San Bernardino, blocking the road for the southern withdrawal of American troops. In the evening, the main forces of the Seventh Army also arrived, and the 1st and 2nd Armies of the American Army and their direct subordinate troops, totaling more than 140,000 people, were surrounded in San Bernardino.

The main force of the US military was surrounded, which caused a shock in the US government. If the American army in San Bernardino were annihilated again, the American army would have lost more than 300,000 troops. This is definitely a fatal blow to the US military. The entire West Coast will no longer have sufficient troops and confrontation squadrons. As long as the squadron is willing, the territory west of the Rocky Mountains on the west coast of the United States will fall into the hands of the squadron like a ripe peach.

To this end, Secretary of War Russell? Alger commanded Samuel? Lieutenant General Yang must hold on to San Bernardino. At the same time, the U.S. forces near San Bernardino were ordered to do their best to rescue the besieged U.S. troops.

However, this qiē was all in vain. Newhall's 8th Army and Palmdale's 7th Army were intercepted north of Los Angeles by three infantry divisions of the Chinese Army's 7th Army. Despite the fact that the squadron had three infantry divisions, there were only more than 50,000 people. The two armies of the U.S. Army numbered 120,000 men. However, the 120,000 US troops attacking the three infantry divisions of the squadron in defensive operations could not achieve any results at all.

The U.S. 6th Army, moving south from Victorville, was stopped by two infantry divisions of the Sixth Army occupying Cajon. After the occupation of Cajon, the two infantry divisions of the Sixth Army were tasked with cutting off the eastward escape of the American forces in San Bernardino on the one hand, and preventing the rescue of the American forces in San Bernardino on the other. Despite the fierce offensive of the American troops, they were simply unable to tear through the defense line of the squadron.

The attack on San Bernardino by the main forces of the Sixth Army of the Chinese Army and the main forces of the Seventh Army began on August 20. The two armies, concentrating more than 600 heavy artillery pieces of more than 105 mm caliber, carried out a fierce bombardment of San Bernardino. In less than three hours, the beautiful town of San Bernardino was reduced to rubble, and the American artillery was completely lost.

After that, eight infantry divisions belonging to the Sixth Army and the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army launched a fierce attack on San Bernardino. Supported by strong artillery fire, they broke through the positions set up by the American troops on the outskirts of San Bernardino and stormed the city.

In the fierce street fighting, the US military was not the opponent of the squadron at all. Light machine guns, mortars and snipers have exerted great combat power in street battles. A large number of American soldiers were killed, and the rest of the people either desperately fled or raised their hands to surrender, and there was no second way out.

U.S. forces resisted in San Bernardino for two days, but were unable to reverse the decline. Samuel? On the afternoon of August 21, Lieutenant General Yang announced his surrender, and more than 80,000 American soldiers laid down their arms and walked into the prisoner of war camp of the squadron.

Subsequently, the two armies of the squadron launched a fierce attack on the 6th, 7th and 8th armies of the US army. After learning of the surrender of the American troops in San Bernardino, these American troops also lost their fighting spirit and only knew how to flee for their lives in a frenzy. In the pursuit of the squadron, many American troops surrendered to the squadron in desperation.

By August 24, the battle was almost over. The 500,000 American troops besieging Los Angeles were basically completely lost in the space of two weeks. Only part of the 6th, 7th, and 8th armies of the U.S. Army escaped, and the rest, except for a few who escaped, were basically captured.

The final results of the battle show that during this stage of the battle, more than 300,000 American troops were captured. Of the 100,000 American troops killed, only a few tens of thousands escaped. As a result, the strength of the US military on the west coast has dropped to just over 200,000, and the US military is no longer able to stop the attack of the squadron. In this battle, the losses of the squadron were very small, with less than 20,000 casualties, of which less than 8,000 were killed and seriously wounded, and most of them were only slightly wounded.

After breaking the blockade of the US army, the squadron began to send powerful troops to attack north and south from Los Angeles to encircle and suppress the remaining US troops on the west coast. In addition, several divisions were organized and continued to march eastward, with a great deal of passing through the Rocky Mountains and attacking Nevada, which made the whole United States very frightened. Once the squadron attacks the hinterland of the United States, the US military is powerless to stop the squadron's attack! (To be continued.) )

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