Chapter 947: The Fighter Appears

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"Your Excellency Falkenhayne, I think I have to tell you that the Chinese have indeed far surpassed Germany in the development of the Air Force. Their airships are fast, have a large bomb load, and are very powerful in their self-defense weapons, and the US airship troops are no match for them at all. In addition, the Chinese have accumulated rich experience in the use of airships. The airship unit of the Chinese Air Force was much better at the table of the Tierra Corollada than the table of the German airship unit at the fortress of Liège. Although the U.S. military has built a strong defense line in the Sierra Madre do Sur, I believe that even if the U.S. defense line is strong, it will eventually be broken by the Chinese. In the past ten days of fighting, the Chinese have continuously bombed the US military with airships, destroyed their fortifications, killed and injured US officers and soldiers, and caused at least more than 100,000 casualties to the US army. At the same time, the morale of the US military is also extremely low after the end of today's air battle. It is foreseeable that if the US military is unable to defeat the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force and seize air supremacy, it will not be long before their defense line will be broken through by the squadron! I sincerely implore you here to accelerate the construction of the German airship forces. I believe that with Germany's industrial strength, it will certainly be able to build an airship unit that is even more powerful than the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force. Maybe the war in Europe will change because of this! "This is a telegram addressed to the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, Falkenhain, from Major General Haines, commander of the observation mission sent by Germany to the Mexican battlefield. On February 20, the officers of the German Observer Corps witnessed the battle between the Chinese and American airship units, which greatly shocked them and gave them confidence. In the current European theater, Germany and the Entente are in the stage of confrontation. If Germany had a strong air force, it might be able to change the situation.

On the other hand, although China and Germany are allies now, what about after the end of the war? If China and Germany have a dispute or even a war over world hegemony, it will not work without a strong air force. Therefore, the officers of the German Observation Corps have built up the construction of airship units in Germany.

After the air battle on February 20, the U.S. military had lost control of the skies over Tierra Cororada. Although the U.S. military still has more than a dozen airships left. But none of these airships dared to fight anymore, and they stayed in Chilpancingo. The airship unit of the Chinese Air Force continued to bomb the US troops in Tila Corolada, while the Japanese mercenaries also intensified their attacks on the No. 1 heights controlled by the US forces. After the defeat in the air battle. The morale of the American troops was greatly affected, which made them have to pay an even greater price in order to keep the No. 1 heights.

On the evening of 21 February, the commander of the U.S. forces, Lieutenant General Clark, sent another telegram to Admiral Pershing saying that the U.S. forces had lost nearly 20,000 men in today's battle. That's almost twice as much as it was some time ago. If this continues, even if Admiral Pershing sends him reinforcements from two armies again, it will not last long. His incomparably firm faith in holding the Iron La Coroda has slowly evaporated due to the huge casualties of the past few days.

Admiral Pershing was also very dissatisfied with the outcome of the air battle. The U.S. military lost forty airships, but only shot down ten Chinese airships, such an exchange ratio is also too amazing! When the Mexican front of the U.S. Army sent the results of the engagement to the Army General Staff. U.S. Army Chief of Staff Admiral Leonard Wood was also shocked when he saw the results. The U.S. airship unit sent only 150 airships to the Mexican front in the first batch, if the subsequent exchange ratio was 4 to 1. If the US military wants to seize air supremacy, it will not be possible. Therefore, Admiral Leonard Wood placed an order with the airship manufacturing enterprises, asking them to provide at least 500 airships to the US military in the next three months, and at the same time to transfer another 100 of the remaining 150 airships of the US military to the Mexican battlefield.

After receiving a telegram from Vice Admiral Clark, Admiral Pershing instructed him to hold his position no matter what, and the next 100 airships would arrive tomorrow, and then the US military could compete with the Chinese Air Force for air supremacy. There is a huge numerical superiority, and the US military's airship unit still has a great advantage. Yesterday's 50 airships were only the vanguard, and the next 100 airships will be able to arrive on February 22.

At the behest of Admiral Pershing, Lieutenant General Clark demanded that the troops hold Heights 1 regardless of casualties, even if they did not hesitate to shed a river of blood for it. Such an order, although the US army held the No. 1 height, but also paid a heavy price. A division of the American army was sent to Heights No. 1, but often in less than half a day, the division had already suffered heavy casualties and had to withdraw from its position. The U.S. military has to send new troops to the top, and it's completely a matter of fighting for human lives! The No. 1 high ground guarded by the U.S. military is like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring the lives of U.S. officers and soldiers!

On February 23, when the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force bombed the Tierra Cororada, the airship unit of the US military appeared again. At half past nine in the morning, a large group of black dots came from the eastern sky. The airships of the Chinese Air Force, which had already had an experience, dropped all the bombs at the first time, and then rose to an altitude of 1,500 meters to prepare for an air battle with the US airship units. However, they later discovered that the size of the US airship unit this time was more than twice that of the previous one, and the number of US airships was more than 100, while the Chinese Air Force had only 46 airship units, less than half of the US military.

"Haha! This time look at how arrogant these Chinese are! Lieutenant General Clark was in the secret headquarters of Tyrana Colorada, watching the situation in the sky with a telescope, and after seeing a large number of US airships appear, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he was finally able to raise his eyebrows at this moment after a long period of grievance. The last time the U.S. airship unit was defeated, this time there should be no such situation!

The officers and men of the US military also cheered one after another. During this period of fighting, the US military paid huge losses because of the airship units of the Chinese Air Force, which made these US officers and men extremely hostile to the airship units of the Chinese Air Force. How they wish to see their airship unit shoot down all the airships of the Chinese Air Force!

The soldiers of the squadron and the Japanese mercenaries were a little worried. Last time, the airship units of the Chinese Air Force defeated the airship units of the American Army with the same numbers on both sides. But this time, will the airship units of the Air Force still be able to defeat the enemy with ease? Everybody is a little worried.

As a matter of fact, Admiral Chen Qifeng, commander of the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force, also frowned after discovering that the number of US airship units was very large. Hundreds of US airships are enough to pose a great threat to them. Even if the U.S. airship unit can be defeated in the end, there may not be much left.

It was at this time that the Chinese Minister of the Army, Field Marshal Zhao Bo, made a choice for Major General Chen Qifeng, and Marshal Zhao Bo ordered the airship units of the Chinese Air Force to withdraw from the battle and retreat to Acapulco.

Major General Chen Qifeng obeyed Marshal Zhao Bo's order and ordered the airship troops to retreat westward. The speed of the Chinese Air Force's airship is 10 kilometers higher than that of the US military, and the US military cannot catch up, so it can only watch the withdrawal of the Chinese airship troops. However, the Chinese airship unit fled without a fight, which greatly encouraged the US officers and soldiers, because it seemed to mean that the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force was no match for the US military.

The airship unit of the US military was also very regretful, thinking that it would be able to inflict heavy damage on the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force, but it did not expect that the airship unit of the Chinese Air Force would flee directly like a coward.

Several airships tried to find the squadrons on the ground to vent their anger, and although these airships did not carry bombs, the heavy machine guns on them would still cause great damage to the ground army units.

However, when these airships entered the sky above the Chinese army units, hundreds of pillars of fire suddenly rose into the sky, and the anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by the Chinese army opened fire one after another, and the dense bullets immediately turned the two US airships into fireballs, and the remaining two airships also quickly turned around and fled, terrified. However, this also gave other US airships a warning. The anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by the Chinese can actually pose a threat to airships located thousands of meters in the air, which makes the commander of the US airship unit who originally wanted to bomb the Chinese army with a gourd painting scoop have to dispel such an idea. The airship is large and inflexible, and it is difficult to escape when faced with the threat of anti-aircraft machine guns from the ground!

Because a large number of US airship units arrived, and the airship units of the Chinese Air Force were ordered to avoid a decisive battle with the US airship units, for a time, the battle of Tiela Corolada was temporarily at a standstill. However, this situation did not last long.

On the afternoon of 24 February, three transport ships entered the port of Acapulco, where F5 Haidongqing fighters were lifted off board and transported by truck to the field airfield south of Acapulco. This time, a total of one brigade, that is, forty F5 "Haidongqing" fighters, arrived at the Mexican battlefield, followed by a group of H5 "Hongyan" bombers and a group of FH5 "Falcon" dive bombers arrived on the Mexican battlefield to seize air supremacy for the Chinese army on the Mexican battlefield!