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"Heavy machine guns, fire suppression. Mortars, knocking out the heavy machine guns of the Americans. Shoot freely and wipe out the Americans to the maximum! "The officers and men of the 21st Division of the 2nd Group Army of the Chinese Army, who rushed to the No. 1 heights, quickly suppressed the American troops who were trying to recapture their positions.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The mortars opened fire at their maximum rate of fire, and the dense shells fell on the attacking American crowd, taking away the lives of the attacking troops. The offensive level of the US military is much worse than their defensive level. When attacking the positions held by the squadron, it is even more difficult, and it is completely considered to be sent to death.

After the occupation of Heights 1 by the squadron, Lieutenant General George was furious and immediately ordered the troops on the front line to retake Heights 1 and send more reinforcements. It's just that since the squadron has captured the No. 1 height, there is no reason for the Americans to seize it again. General Xie Dingkun, commander of the 2nd Group Army of the Chinese Army, ordered the 21st Infantry Division to hold the high ground. Only by taking the high ground will it be possible to capture Hartiangis with minimal casualties.

After the occupation of Heights 1 by the squadron, the defenses of the American troops on Heights 2 on the right became more and more fragile. The Japanese mercenaries who were in charge of attacking here were under great pressure, and the division commanders ordered the mercenary soldiers below to attack at the cost of their lives, and they must do their best to take the No. 2 high ground, otherwise, they would seem to be more incompetent when the No. 1 high ground has been taken.

And this also put great pressure on the American troops guarding the No. 2 Heights, under the fierce attack of the Japanese mercenaries, the casualties of the American troops were getting bigger and bigger, if it weren't for the fact that Lieutenant General George was worried that the No. 2 Heights would also be occupied by the squadron and sent reinforcements in advance. Maybe it's changed hands.

"Puff puff!" Bullets shot into the human body, making a deep sound, and the charging American soldiers were harvesting their lives by the dense bullets. In the face of the squadron's powerful firepower, they were pinned down at the foot of the mountain, and they couldn't raise their heads, so they could only lie on the ground, let alone attack.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese's firepower is too strong. Our men could not break through their lines, and the troops at the front were already suffering heavy losses. The commander of the 24th Army of the US Army reported to Lieutenant General George. His 24th Army, which had been crippled, had lost the rest of its forces on the hillside in the attempt to retake Heights 1.

"Hell. In any case, once we have to retake Heights 1, otherwise, we will not be able to hold Hartiangis. It's only been two days since the battle began, and Admiral Pershing wants us to hold out as long as we can! Lieutenant General George said angrily, not knowing whether he was angry at the incompetence of the American army or angry at the squadron's despicable tactics.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General. So what do we do now? Anyway, the 24th Army has no ability to continue fighting! The commander of the 24th Army said. Now, almost half of the army is killed and seriously wounded, and with the light wounded, there are not many intact soldiers left. Arguably. The 24th Army has completely lost its combat effectiveness.

"Immediately organize troops to attack the No. 1 height, and I will draw troops from the 25th Army and the 11th Army." Lieutenant General George said.

"Then, Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I request that the 24th Army be withdrawn to Chilpancingo for rest!" said the commander of the 24th Army. They had too many wounded to heal and had lost almost all their combat strength. It is also necessary to replenish more recruits, and when these recruits are replenished to the troops, it will take a certain amount of time to run in. The 24th Army will not be able to go to the battlefield again for a short time. In fact, if the commander of the 24th Army of the United States Army had thought, it would be better for them to withdraw to the country to recuperate. It's just that if you want to withdraw to the country for recuperation, I'm afraid you have to get the consent of General Pershing and the chief of the general staff.

"Well, your army can retreat to Chilpancingo to rest, and I will send another telegram to Admiral Pershing, asking him to send another army to fight in Hartiangis!" Lieutenant General George said. Although the commander of the 24th Army obviously did not want to fight any more, he had no reason to leave this army with all the casualties behind. After all, the 24th Army was completely incapacitated.

"Order the artillery, prepare to fire on the No. 1 heights, let the Chinese taste the power of our artillery fire!" Lieutenant General George ordered. The hidden artillery can no longer be hidden, and if the high ground cannot be recaptured, then this time the blocking battle is likely to fail quickly, which is unacceptable to Lieutenant General George.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! "After the U.S. attack was repulsed, a sharp whistling rang out over High Ground No. 1.

"Shelling! Hide! The junior officers and veterans of the squadron on the high ground shouted loudly as they began to look for hiding places. The U.S. military built a lot of anti-artillery holes on the high ground, and although many of them were destroyed by Chinese artillery fire, there were still some left.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Before the Chinese soldiers on the high ground could enter the anti-artillery holes, the American shells fell on their heads. The shells exploded, and the air waves threw the Chinese soldiers into the air, and the shrapnel shot in all directions, taking away the lives one by one. For a time, the entire No. 1 heights were shrouded in American artillery fire, and the squadron suffered considerable losses.

"Artillery counterattack! Suppress the artillery of the Americans! Admiral Xie Dingkun anxiously ordered. Now it is the Chinese soldiers who are under bombardment from the Americans on the No. 1 heights, and any losses make the generals very distressed.

More than two hundred 155-mm heavy howitzers and 155-mm heavy cannons have long been ready and have been waiting for American artillery to fire. After the U.S. artillery fired, the artillery observation balloon in the sky quickly discovered the location of the U.S. artillery position, and then passed the specific direction to the artillery below.

"Fire!" Immediately after the preparations, the commander of the Chinese artillery gave the order to open fire. The sooner they suppressed the artillery of the American army, the smaller the losses of the Chinese soldiers on the heights!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells smashed into the artillery positions of the US troops, and after more than ten seconds, clusters of orange-red fireballs rose from the artillery positions of the US troops. The 155-mm heavy artillery is full of power, and every time it goes down, it will cause great casualties to the American army.

"Boom!" A U.S. 105-mm light howitzer was hit, the barrel of the gun was blown up and twisted, and the U.S. artillery around it was even more debunked.

"Boom!" A bunch of shells were hit, and suddenly there was a violent explosion, and more than a dozen cannons in the entire artillery position were destroyed.

In less than 20 minutes, many artillery positions of the US army were hit by intensive fire, and the US army suffered heavy losses under the suppression of the artillery by the Chinese artillery. More and more artillery was destroyed, artillery was killed.

Half an hour later, the commander of the American artillery reported to Lieutenant General George: "General, the Chinese artillery fire is too fierce, our artillery has suffered heavy losses, and up to now, hundreds of artillery pieces have been lost, and thousands of artillery casualties have been lost." If we continue, I'm afraid we will lose all our artillery! ”

"Hell, why not fight back? Can you only be beaten? Lieutenant General George said unhappily.

"General, the Chinese's artillery has a longer range than ours, and those who suppress our artillery are 155 mm caliber howitzers and cannons, and our artillery can't reach them at all!" The U.S. artillery commander said with some grievances. Although the United States is an industrial power, it is not an industrial power, and there is still a big gap between it and Europe in terms of technology, especially in military technology, and the artillery produced by the United States itself is far inferior to that of Europe, and it is also much behind China. The 343 mm guns used on each of the navy's battleships and the 381 mm guns used on the 'Pennsylvania-class' battleships that were about to enter service were all imported from the British.

"Suspend shelling, preserve strength. Someone, order the 42nd Division, immediately launch an attack on the No. 1 heights, and recapture the heights no matter what! Lieutenant General George said. If all the artillery is lost, then the American army will completely lose the ability to engage the squadron. Therefore, despite the heavy losses, he had to order the artillery to withdraw from the battle.

On the US position, the US 42nd Division, which had received the order, immediately launched a fierce attack on the No. 1 position, and finally survived the US artillery bombardment squadron, drilled out of the anti-artillery hole, entered the position, and blocked the US troops. At the same time, General Xie Dingkun also dispatched two regiments of reinforcements to rush to support.

After a fierce battle, the American attack was repulsed, leaving corpses on the hillside. It was only after the sun went down that the American offensive stopped. However, in today's fierce battle, the US military lost at least tens of thousands of people.

"Old Xie, the No. 1 Heights have been taken by us, and the door to attack Hartian is half open. Tomorrow, if we can take Heights 2 as well, we will be able to attack Hartiangis. You see if this is the case, tomorrow let my Seventh Army attack the No. 2 height, the Japanese mercenaries under the intensive fire of the American army, suffered heavy casualties, and lost 40,000 or 50,000 people in the past two days. General Du Qizheng, commander of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army, said.

"Lao Du, I suddenly had an idea." Admiral Xie Dingkun said.

"Oh? What's the idea? Admiral Du Qizheng asked.

"The U.S. military has much more troops in the Sierra Madre do Sur than we do, and if we want to defeat the U.S. military, or even defeat the U.S. in the future, the most important way is to destroy the living forces of the Americans as much as possible! Therefore, I think we can take advantage of the mentality of the US military wanting to recapture the No. 1 high ground and kill the living forces of the US military as much as possible! Admiral Xie Dingkun said.