Chapter 1117: Street Fighting

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"Boom!" A 60mm mortar shell accurately hit a T5 'Cheetah' medium tank, and the smoke from the explosion of the shell enveloped almost the entire tank. The positions of the American troops cheered.

"Haha! I hit the tank of the Chinese. Those damn yellow-skinned monkeys, send me to hell! "A young American gunner, roared excitedly, this was the first time he hit the tank of the unit of the Chinese armored forces.

It's just that to the surprise of the U.S. military, after the smoke cleared, nothing happened to the tank that was hit. And the turret began to turn, apparently to retaliate!

"Oh God! The tanks of the Chinese were not destroyed! Run, he's going to target us! Several gunners shouted in terror and fled in all directions. Their mortar shell, instead of destroying the tank, angered it.

"Boom!" A 57-mm armor-piercing projectile accurately hit this fire point hidden behind a section of trenches. After the shell exploded, the entire firing point was blown away, and even the 60-mm mortar was directly blown into scrap metal.

"Da Da Da!" The heavy machine gun fire points of the US troops on the positions continued to fire at the armored units of the Chinese Army. However, these dense bullets had no effect other than to leave a little white mark on those tanks and armored vehicles. Instead, it attracted fire from the armored units of the Chinese Army, and one after another fire points were destroyed by tank guns with accurate fire.

"Let the truck behind you come up. Fill the anti-tank trenches of the Americans! We have already suppressed the fire of the Americans! The brigade commander of the armored brigade of the 8th Army ordered. The anti-tank trenches, which are more than two meters wide and almost three meters wide, are not capable of being crossed by tanks equipped with armored forces of the Chinese army. You have to fill in a few roads first.

Hundreds of trucks on standby in the back. After receiving the order, they immediately marched towards the positions of the American troops. The tanks and armored vehicles of the armored forces continued to fire at the positions of the American troops, and all the American troops and firing points that dared to take the lead would be hit to provide protection for the trucks behind. After all, these trucks don't have any combat power.

Soon, the truck was in front of the anti-tank trench of the American army. And began to reverse, dumping the loaded sand and gravel into the anti-tank trenches of the American army.

"Bombarding those Chinese trucks, you can't let them fill the anti-tank trenches, once they fill the anti-tank trenches, we don't want to hold our positions!" An American officer commanded loudly.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Several U.S. mortars and mountain guns quickly opened fire on the trucks. In an instant, several trucks were hit, burned, and burned into piles of scrap metal.

"Knock out the artillery of the Americans!" Almost immediately, the tanks of the armored forces began to attack, and at the same time the FH5 Falcon dive bombers hovering in the sky also began to bomb. Soon the artillery and artillery of the American army were blown up.

In less than ten minutes, after the loss of more than a dozen trucks. Several passages have already been filled in the anti-tank trenches of the US army. The armored units of the Chinese Army immediately opened these passages and killed the American positions.

"Bastard! Organize death squads and blow up those bitch tanks for me! An American lieutenant colonel commanded through gritted teeth. After the U.S. anti-tank units were wiped out, the U.S. Army's tanks and armored vehicles against the armored units of the Chinese Army were only equipped with explosive packs and cluster grenades. It's just that to let the soldiers carry explosive packs and grenades to blow up the Chinese's tanks and armored vehicles is a life-and-death task.

There is no shortage of heroic people among the Americans, especially some cowboy-born soldiers in the west, who are even more fearless of death. Once the squadron invades the United States from Mexico, the first to suffer is the southern and western regions of the United States, which are their hometowns! Therefore, in order to defeat the Chinese and prevent China from harming the US mainland, they will not hesitate to do anything to do so.

More than a dozen brave American soldiers, carrying explosive packs and cluster grenades, rushed towards them like tanks that had just cleared the anti-tank trenches.

"Da Da Da!" The tanks of the armored forces of the Chinese Army, too, spotted these Americans, and detected their threat. The machine guns on the tank immediately began to strafe, a volley of bullets came through, and several American soldiers had already fallen to the ground. However, some agile American soldiers hid to the side. Although the tank is large and heavily armoured, its actions are somewhat constant. An American soldier took the opportunity to put a bag of explosives on the tracks of the tank.

"Boom!" With a bang, one of the tank's tracks was blown up. The tank lost the ability to move, but the turret could still be rotated and could continue to attack the American soldiers. At this time, the follow-up armored vehicles also killed, and the infantry riding inside quickly got out of the car, and cooperated with the machine guns on the armored vehicles to wipe out these American troops.

Two infantry regiments of the 10th Infantry Division, which were accompanying the armored forces, also arrived in time to effectively protect the tanks. Torrents of steel began to sweep towards the positions of the American troops.

"General, the Chinese's tanks have already rushed to our positions, and we may not be able to resist it!" A brigadier general, division commander, and a major general said. It is clear that after the armored units of the Chinese Army rushed to their positions, they were already doomed to hold their positions.

"We can't retreat without receiving an order from General Davis!" The Major General said with a cold face.

After the armored forces broke through the American defense, the infantry of the Chinese army and the Japanese mercenaries sent a large number of troops to attack. The defensive line of one corps deployed by the American army at Jesús Maria was broken through and cut into several pieces, small in the thousands, and tens of thousands in the most.

After that, the 8th Army invested two infantry divisions, and the Japanese mercenaries also sent ten divisions and regiments, hitting the superior forces, with the cooperation of armored forces and air force, to encircle and annihilate the American troops of this army. The battle lasted from morning to 3 p.m., when the American army was annihilated, except for more than 20,000 people who surrendered in the end, the rest were basically killed, and the battle was very fierce.

After taking Jesús Maria, the squadron did not stop there, but launched an attack directly on San Luis Potosí. The 8th Armored Brigade of the 8th Army is still the main force. The plan of the commander of the 8th Army, General He Bingju, was to reach the city of San Luis Potosi today and open a passage so that he could attack the city of San Luis Potosi tomorrow.

The resistance of the US troops was very fierce, and in the afternoon battle, the 8th Army devoted all its artillery to shell the US positions, and the air force also dispatched more than 200 planes to bombard the US positions indiscriminately, almost completely destroying the US fortifications. However, this could not destroy the American army's determination to fight, and even with the protection of infantry, the 8th Armored Brigade lost more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles. After attacking the positions of the American troops, it is not uncommon for the brave American troops to launch suicidal attacks on Chinese tanks and armored vehicles with explosives packs or cluster grenades. Even though most of them were shot, very few succeeded.

At half past five in the afternoon, after two hours of fierce fighting, the U.S. military's outer defense line in San Luis Potosi was torn open by the squadron more than two kilometers long. For this reason, the squadron swooped down at the cost of thousands of people, lost more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles, and the Japanese mercenaries who fought with the squadron lost a full division of troops. And the U.S. military suffered considerable losses in the battles with the squadron that repeatedly fought for this line of defense. However, despite the heavy losses, the road to San Luis Potosí has been completely opened.

After that, the squadron did not attack the city of San Luis Potosí at the first time, but attacked the east and west sides to expand the results. Under the onslaught of the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries, the American troops were defeated one after another and retreated to the city. The battle lasted until the sun went down.

"General, all our outer positions have been captured by the Chinese, and the Chinese will launch an attack on the city tomorrow!" Lieutenant General Cole reported to Admiral Davis. It was the first time he had seen the strong combat effectiveness of the squadron.

"Although the progress of the Chinese is very fast, it is beyond my expectations. But that's okay, we're ready. Once the Chinese invade the city, then we will be able to destroy them with street fighting, beat them painfully, and make them pay a heavy price! Admiral Davis said. He knew that there was no chance of holding San Luis Potosí, but he hoped that the battle would cost the squadron dearly.

The city of San Luis Potosí is about 10 square kilometers in size, with streets crisscrossing the city and low-rise houses everywhere. If it's an outsider, I'm afraid I'll get lost inside. After a few months, the U.S. military built a lot of fortifications in the city, and almost the entire city turned into a fortress.

On the morning of August 27, the squadron launched an attack on the urban area of San Luis Potosi, and hundreds of heavy artillery guns of more than 105 mm caliber shelled the urban area southwest of San Luis Potto for half an hour, almost completely destroying a part of the urban area. The Chinese Air Force also dropped dozens of tons of bombs, turning the city into flames.

After the fire preparation was over, tens of thousands of Japanese mercenary divisions rushed into the city of San Luis Potosí, and they would be the first troops to enter the city and fight street battles with the American army! (To be continued......)