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"General, the chief of staff is calling!" A communications officer handed a telegram to Lieutenant General John Pershing.

Lieutenant General Pershing took the telegram and looked at it, his face suddenly became stern, and then he ordered: "Summon the commanders of all armies to the war room and start a meeting immediately!" ”

The content of the telegram was simple, the Chief of Staff of the US Army, Vice Admiral Leonard Wood, informed Vice Admiral Pershing that the American fleet had completed the task of destroying the Santa Cruz Island naval base and the Tumaco naval base of the Chinese Navy. However, the losses of the American fleet were not small, and now the fleet is ready to withdraw to the Atlantic. Once the U.S. fleet withdraws to the Atlantic, the control of the eastern Pacific will return to the Chinese Navy. The Chinese will be able to send a steady stream of reinforcements to Mexico by sea, and it is estimated that the first batch of reinforcements will arrive in two weeks. Therefore, Lieutenant General Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff of the US Army, asked Lieutenant General Pershing to seize the time, crush the squadron in Mexico as soon as possible, completely drive the squadron into the sea, and seize the initiative in the war!

Ten minutes later, Lieutenant General Pershing appeared in the war room. Only eight army commanders attended the operational meeting. The commanders of the other two corps, who were in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora, were unable to make it to the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received a telegram from His Excellency the Chief of Staff that the fleet has completed its scheduled combat mission, but its own losses are not small, and they are ready to withdraw to the Atlantic. So time is running out for us! We must do everything we can to launch an attack on the Chinese! Lieutenant General Pershing said sternly. Originally, he was still waiting for the U.S. fleet to attack the Pearl Harbor naval base and destroy all Chinese naval bases in the eastern Pacific. In that case. It will be even more difficult for China to send reinforcements to Mexico or to attack the West Coast of the United States. However, he did not expect that the US fleet would not dare to go north to attack the Pearl Harbor naval base!

"How can this be? With the Pearl Harbor base as support, the Chinese were able to use it as a transit point to continuously send reinforcements to Mexico. If we want to defeat the Chinese, it will become more difficult! A middle-aged major general complained. He was the commander of the 11th Army of the 10 armies formed by the US Army on the Southern Front, Major General George, and was an old subordinate of Lieutenant General Pershing. In fact, this time among the ten armies of the US army on the southern front. Half of them were old subordinates of Lieutenant General Pershing. In addition to Major General George, commander of the 11th Army, there were Major General Moon, commander of the 12th Army, Major General Davis, commander of the 14th Army, Major General Clark, commander of the 16th Army, and Major General Richard, commander of the 19th Army.

"Alright. You don't have to complain, it's already like this, and complaining doesn't have any effect, what we can do, even if we use this time, to complete our combat goals! The combat preparations of the armies are complete, right? Lieutenant General Pershing asked.

Everyone nodded, they were eight armies. will be the main force for the offensive in southern Mexico. The other two armies launched an offensive with Chihuahua and Sonora, but only to contain the attack. In addition, the Díaz government's 200,000 Mexican troops will also fight with the US military. It's just that these rabble Mexican troops, although they are equipped with weapons provided by the United States. But how much combat power there is, this will only be known after going to the battlefield. But one thing is for sure, these Mexican troops will certainly be useless!

"Now that the armies are ready, then. The attack starts the morning after tomorrow! The 11th and 13th armies, attack from Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosí! The 12th and 15th armies attacked from New Enlaing to San Luis Potosí. 14th Army. The 16th, 17th and 19th armies attacked the state of Saketcas from Coahuila. After taking here, continue to the south, cut off the retreat of the Chinese, and encircle and annihilate the main forces of the Chinese at San Luis Potosi! Lieutenant General Pershing ordered. In the last Mexican War, San Luis Potosí was the site of a decisive battle between the Chinese and American armies. And this time in the war, this place has once again become the place of decisive battle!

"Yes, General!" Several army commanders received orders one after another.

After the meeting, they returned to their respective units overnight. The offensive was about to begin, and they had no time to spare. It is still very advantageous for the US military to launch an offensive now. U.S. forces in northern Mexico are five times larger than squadrons. The equipment of the US army is not much worse than that of the squadron, and the only gap is even in the individual soldiers. But the gap is not very large, and with a huge advantage in troops, it should not be much of a problem for the US military to win!

Compared to the U.S. military, which has 500,000 troops, the squadron's troops deployed in Mexico are very weak. The Chinese troops deployed in Mexico mainly consist of the 11th, 12th, and 68th Divisions of the Sixth Army, as well as artillery brigades, cavalry brigades, guard brigades, engineer brigades, baggage brigades, and military field hospitals, with a total strength of about 100,000 troops. In addition, there were twenty-five divisions of Mexican government troops. However, although these Mexican government troops are equipped with the standard equipment of the Chinese Army and have been trained for several years by officers sent by the Chinese Army, even the Chinese side does not dare to guarantee how much combat power they will be able to exert after they arrive on the battlefield. After all, there is a big difference between ordinary exercises and actual combat. In addition, the 25 divisions of the Mexican government army are all light infantry divisions, the artillery and cavalry have been weakened, and the firepower is not comparable to the infantry divisions of the Chinese army, each division has only about 12,000 people. After the declaration of war between China and the United States, according to the provisions of the original treaty, the command of the Mexican government forces was handed over to the Chinese garrison. By now, the remaining twenty-five divisions of the Mexican Army have all been assembled on the front line, except for five divisions that remained in Mexico City and the southern region!

San Luis Potosí, which has become the headquarters of the Sixth Army of the Chinese Army. More than 100,000 troops of the Sixth Army and 20 divisions of the Mexican Government Army were all assembled on a 400-kilometer long line of defense from the city of Bayes in the east to the Saketcas in the west. San Luis Potosí, Saketcas, and Ciudad Valles were the three points of support for this line, with San Luis Potosi in the center and Saketcas in the west, the most important of which were the squadrons.

The large-scale build-up of U.S. troops in northern Mexico has also attracted the attention of the Chinese side. Both the squadron and the Mexican government forces were ready to withstand the American attack. As we all know, the strength of the US military is much stronger than that of the Sino-Mexican coalition forces, so this battle will be very difficult. But neither the Sixth Army of the Chinese Army nor the Mexican Government Army had a way out. The squadron is certainly the primary target of the U.S. military to eliminate, but the Mexican government forces will not let go of the U.S. military. The U.S. government has always supported the Díaz government on its back, and is very hostile to the Madero government in the south, which makes the Madero government have to follow China to the black!

The surprise attack of the US military caught China by surprise, and the reinforcements sent by the General Staff arrived in Hawaii. In addition, after the security of the Eastern Pacific is confirmed, the Seventh Army will depart from Hawaii and go to Mexico. Therefore, it will be at least two weeks before reinforcements arrive in Mexico. That is, the Sixth Army and the Mexican government will have to arrive at least two weeks or even longer for the US troops. As long as this period of time is over, as soon as the Chinese reinforcements arrive, the tide of the war will be able to develop in China's favor!

On the morning of 19 September, General Gao Chang, commander of the Sixth Group Army of the Chinese Army, also held an operational meeting, which was attended by not only the three division commanders and several brigade commanders under the Sixth Army, but also Mexican Army Minister Pancho Villa and some generals of the Mexican government army. Although Pancho Villa was very poor a few years ago, the Chinese side still let him stay in the position of Minister of War in order to control the Mexican government army, but the main generals of the Mexican government army are almost all trained by the Chinese side, and Pancho Villa has been completely hollowed out. This made the powerful Pancho Villa very dissatisfied, but there was no way to do it!

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the information we have received, the US military is about to launch an offensive in the near future. The current comparison of the strength of the enemy and the enemy is also very clear to everyone, and we are at a disadvantage for the time being. The U.S. military has gathered more than 500,000 troops this time, and there are 300,000 troops from the Díaz government to support them. And we, the Chinese and Mexican coalition forces combined, are only more than 300,000 people. However, I would like to tell you that we are not hopeless in this battle. Chinese reinforcements to Mexico are already on their way and will arrive in Mexico in two weeks. After that, reinforcements will continue to arrive. As long as we survive this time, we will be able to regain the initiative on the battlefield! Admiral Gao Chang said!

"General Gao, the Americans are powerful, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to hold the defensive line, or let's retreat back first!" Pancho Villati yì said.

"If we can't reach the American attack, we will retreat. But not now. If you retreat without firing a shot, that's not going to work! We have been building this line of defense for several years, and it is time for it to come into play. At the very least, we will wait until the Americans have broken their heads on the line of defense and then retreat! Admiral Gao Chang insisted.

Although Pancho Villa disagreed with Admiral Gao Chang's views, he was helpless. Those generals of the Mexican government army, Gen will not listen to him!

At 8 o'clock in the morning of September 20, the U.S. military launched a fierce attack on the Chinese and Mexican government forces from three directions, and the Mexican war broke out again!