"It's really a battle of corpses and a sea of blood. It reminds me of Sevastopol! "John. French put down the binoculars in his hand, and his eyes shone brightly. The technical content and military significance of this war between China and the United States are far more significant than that of the Sino-Russian war, especially the application of armored forces by the Chinese and American armies.

As an excellent cavalry officer, John . French admired the Chinese army's use of armored forces.

"I heard that China's General Song was born in a cavalry unit? If I visit, will I be received? "John. French played a major role in the Second Boer War, personally leading his troops into Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State, capturing Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal, and taking charge of the Boer guerrilla forces. So after this war, he jumped from a cavalry regiment commander to the current cavalry division commander. Then there was the Major General of the British Army, and the head of the British Military Observer Mission in the North American War.

"General, I think it's better for you not to visit the Chinese. I think ...... we won't be welcomed by the Chinese generals. "Douglas. Haig put down the telescope in his hand and said.

During the Second Boer War, he was the author of John War. French's chief of staff, unfortunately went to India halfway and left the war. Now again with John. French works together, and it can't but be said that it is fate. It was only Haig who became the deputy head of the Military Observer Mission that his rank was higher than that of John. French was two levels lower, and he was now only a colonel. The value of a soldier can only be blossomed in war!

"Let's go. Let's go back. Let people pack their bags. We're going to Norfolk soon. ”

"Does the general think the U.S. military is about to collapse?"

"Isn't it? My friend? "John. French didn't believe that Haig couldn't even see that.

"Either tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, the Americans can't hold the James River. I just don't know how well the Americans are doing with the fortifications in the Norfolk area. During these days, the entire lower reaches of the James River were under the threat of Chinese airships. Americans are having a hard time! ”

Even the supplies for their Observation Mission were gone. John. French sent someone to Norfolk, only to be cut off by a bomb from a Chinese airship in Norfolk. Someone wrote back that Norfolk was in a bad situation.

The Chinese have poison gas bombs, which is a very bad means of attack. For the anti-aircraft artillery grouping of the cluster defense is a great threat. Although the Norfolk area is seaside and the wind is strong, it can cause a lot of trouble for the poison gas offensive. But there will be advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, strong winds can blow away poisonous gases and make them less lethal, and on the other hand, they can quickly spread poisonous gases, causing panic in large areas in a short period of time.

Gas bombs are enough to disrupt air defense positions. And the panicked air defense positions, which could not even shoot, were like fish on a chopping block in the face of hundreds of tons of bombs, and they were slaughtered by others.

The entire Norfolk area. There is no land that can be called absolutely safe, and the harbors, docks, and ships at anchor are all shrouded in the horrors of airships.

So, forty-seven people up and down the British Military Observer Mission, oh, forty-six now, are all sad about the ultimate fate of the American military. "I think London should continue to increase its research on tanks and airships. We need tanks that run faster, airships that fly faster and have stronger defenses. The nomads are terrible, and so are the hydrogen airships. You know? See the Americans' hydrogen airships turn into big turkeys in the sky. It feels ...... It's very bad. ”

The above is a conversation between the chief and deputy heads of the British Military Observer Mission.

Corresponding to these words, the fierce gunfire on the battlefield was a carpet bombardment by the artillery of the expeditionary force. When the communication trenches and tunnels of the U.S. army's positions along the river finally collapsed after the continuous heavy bombardment by the expeditionary force's airship troops. The hard days of the US military have truly come. They had to brave the powerful artillery fire of the expeditionary force to support the front line, and God forbid that a regiment of men could pull up and a battalion could reach the front line. U.S. casualties have risen sharply.

Mario is already on the front lines. The entire strength of the 56th Army was requisitioned to rush to support. However, air supremacy is lacking, and the US military air has powerful firepower. But it can't be played at all. With Liu Xian behind Song Zuoxian, how could he let the US military's anti-aircraft firepower make a contribution!

All the command of the airship is in the hands of Liu Xian. It's really a death-hungry immortal who greeted the 56th Army.

Although fierce fighting is still going on the battlefield, the ratio of casualties on both sides has changed from three US soldiers in the early days for one member of the expeditionary force to more than 10 US troops in exchange for one expeditionary force now.

Before it got dark, Reagan's 44th Army was completely crippled, the last division was also completely crippled, and the entire 44th Army, three divisions, six brigades, and twelve regiments, all became empty shelves.

Mario had already decided to have the 44th Army withdraw after dark and replace it with the 56th Army. The latter's losses in the daytime movement were not small, especially heavy weapons, but after all, the entire 56th Army still had more than 30,000 people.

The sun sets, and the night slowly obscures the sky. The battle seemed to ease as the sky darkened. Only the artillery cluster of the expeditionary force was still like hysteria, and with Liu Xian's command, there was a burst of non-stop bombardment. And this night, the gunboat formation in the lower reaches of the James River did not run over.

Liu Xian commanded the bombardment of artillery clusters, and he could hit six or seven out of ten, which of course he relied on a virtual map to finalize, and if it wasn't for the cover on the surface, it would have been easy. But on the bright side, Liu Xian only relied on the night reconnaissance of the airship unit and a military map that he kept messing around.

This kind of demonic thing, Liu Xian has done a lot. I'm not afraid of itching when there are more lice, and I don't care anymore. Therefore, tonight's shelling is only a little bit of the glory of the tall monument that he is destined to remain in the long river of history. But what Liu Xian didn't expect was that this shelling allowed him to conquer the entire British Field Observation Mission in an instant, especially Haig.

The expeditionary force quickly turned the tide of battle with poison gas bombs and two new types of bullets, which was only a technical victory, just like the armored units that preceded it. The great achievements of the Chinese in sweeping Russia at the beginning made the whole of Europe tremble. But when the little nomads, A7V and other tanks appeared in Britain, France, Germany and other countries, most of Europeans' fear of China was instantly eliminated.

There is absolutely no difficulty in this thing for the technical level of Europe, and the two new bullets are also small cases. As long as there is time, everything is not a problem. Even the airship units of various European countries will seriously study the Chinese airship combat methods, such as the dropping of poison gas bombs in the upwind direction......

These changes were not as shocking to the British field observation team as Huang Zhongdalu, and they were in awe.

But tonight's shelling is different. The British were also stationed on the other side of the James River, and the whole observation mission was divided in two, so they knew very well how much the hysterical shelling of the expeditionary force's heavy artillery group had inflicted on the 56th Army of the US Army that had entered the position. The strength of two regiments could be crossed out from the formation of the 56th Army. Liu Xian's knife was completely pierced into Mario's lung tube. Lao Mei is going to die of distress.

Early the next morning, Liu Xian had just woken up from his sleep, and the attendants waiting outside the tent reported with a smile the success of the previous night's shelling while he was washing. The airship unit reported that 12 of the 17 rounds of shelling last night had hit the enemy, and according to the remains of the scene, at least two regiments of the US army were reimbursed.

After daybreak, the two armies fought again. Naturally, the strength of the US troops on the front line was much higher than yesterday evening, but the expeditionary force did not stop overnight. Two battalions of troops crossed the James River and set up an artillery position on the opposite bank.

The US troops, which suffered serious losses in heavy firepower, fell into a bitter battle as soon as the battle began. And with two elite battalions on the opposite shore and an expeditionary force resting and preparing overnight, with the cooperation of the overhead airship troops, it was really like a hot knife cutting butter, and it was extremely sharp.

"Mario shouldn't have stopped attacking at night. Their gunboats should not be deplored, so the night artillery battle was stopped. In Richmond, the American army could only interrupt the rhythm of the Chinese with a non-stop attack. Pin down the Chinese artillery groups and the troops crossing the river with gunboats, and block the pontoon bridges built by Chinese with elite squads...... "John. French's eyes were full of regret, he didn't know what Mario had in mind, and he actually changed his previous strategy. Did he really think that a 56th Army would be able to hold back the Chinese army?

"Now that the night has passed, the Chinese have established themselves on the other side of the James River, they have at least two Chinese battalions of troops for the attack, and with the cooperation of artillery and airships, the entire Fifty-sixth Army is not necessarily their opponent...... "Who made the Fifty-sixth Army lack artillery now!"

Sure enough, the war didn't come out of John. French predicted that after only fighting until noon, the expeditionary force advanced more than ten miles to the east, breaking through the resistance of the three lines of defense of the US army, and the US 56th Army suffered heavy losses. The section along the river, which was still fighting fiercely yesterday, has completely turned into a large rear of the position, and a large number of expeditionary forces are crossing the river with it. And at such a critical juncture, the US army's river gunboat formation still did not show up. French and Douglas. Haig understood that it was not Mario who felt sorry for the river gunboats and was reluctant to use them to carry the shells, so that the expeditionary force had a quiet time for the night, but that the river gunboat formation, and even the Hampton Royals Harbor ......, had a big problem!

"Commander, General Singh of the 56th Army has sent another request for retreat."

The object of the staff report of the command was Dwight. William. Mario stared sharply at the map in front of him, deaf to the staff officer's report. "Where did the 78th Division go? I need General Raymond to be on the battlefield in two hours! ”

"Where is the 19th Mechanized Division?"

"Tell them to continue their retreat, to retreat to the Norfolk Chester Line......"

"Warehouse? Burn it. Burn them all! All stocked items ......" (to be continued......)