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Marshal Zhao Bowen looked at the United States on the other side of the Rio Grande to bear Igor Pass, and his eyes shone with a glimmer of excitement. That's right, this is the real main direction of attack of the squadron, when the main force of the US army was all attracted to Laredo and McCarron, the squadron secretly dispatched the 2nd Army and the 6th Army to Piedras. These two armies, totaling more than 280,000 troops, plus another 10 infantry divisions, will cross the river from here, quickly crush the opposing American troops, and then open the way with powerful armored forces to launch a surprise attack on San Antonio, an important base in the rear of the American army. As long as you can capture San Antonio, then the battle is decided!

"Have you found out how many troops the U.S. military on the other side has? If an attack is launched, how long will it take to deal with the opposing US troops? Also, how long does it take to get from here to San Antonio? Marshal Zhao Bowen ordered. The movements of the 2nd Army and the 6th Army, in order to avoid the US reconnaissance personnel, have always adopted the method of rushing out by day and night. Although for the soldiers, it was a lot of hard work. But the effect is very good, at least the attention of the US military is really on Laredo and McCarron. In addition, the U.S. Army continued to shrink the strength of the Rio Grande defense line, and also sent a large number of troops from the rear to reinforce Laredo and McCarron, which undoubtedly gave the squadron a very good opportunity. If it can be won, then this battle will completely disintegrate the main force of the US army! Even, the overall situation of the entire North American war has been decided!

"Marshal! Across the river, Igor Pass was garrisoned only by an infantry division of the U.S. Army. In addition, Igor Pass and on both sides of the defense line of up to hundreds of kilometers. Only the 16th Army of the U.S. Army was stationed. Originally, there were three armies here. But now the other two corps have been transferred to Laredo. After the attack began. With the support of the air force, we are sure that we will be able to defeat the US troops on the opposite side in half a day. By the afternoon, the main forces of Army Group were able to cross the Rio Grande. Armored forces will begin to strike at San Antonio. Igor Pass is only 200 kilometers away from San Antonio. And the condition of the roads is very good, at the speed of armored forces, at most in a day and a half to two days, we will be able to hit San Antonio! However, the U.S. Army has two corps of defenders in San Antonio, and we have to mobilize two or three more infantry divisions. Only then will it be possible to defeat the American army and occupy there! The commander of the 2nd Army, General Xie Dingkun, replied. In the Battle of San Luis Potosí in the Northern Mexico Theater, the 2nd Armored Brigade of the 2nd Army suffered heavy losses. But fortunately, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were transported from the country during this time, and now the 2nd Armored Brigade has completed the replenishment, and the soldiers have also been run-in, and their combat effectiveness can basically be brought into play normally. For Admiral Xie Dingkun, this battle is undoubtedly a shameful battle, so he also attaches great importance to it.

"Now it seems that the American troops on the other side of the river have nothing to fear. Our biggest problem was getting to San Antonio in the shortest possible time. And take it! Although the main force of the American army has been transferred to Laredo and McCarron, the rear troops are also rushing to those two places. But we have to admit it. The US military still has a great advantage in terms of strength. In this battle, only the 2nd Army and the 6th Army could be relied on, and the other ten infantry divisions were only used as supplements! Tomorrow is October 25th, and after the attack, I hope that the troops will be able to reach San Antonio on October 28th and launch an attack on San Antonio! Be sure to take San Antonio by October 31st! As for the U.S. military's storage of war materials in San Antonio, it would be best if they could be captured, and if they could not be captured, they would all be destroyed! Not at all left to the Americans! Marshal Zhao Bowen ordered.

"Yes, Marshal!" The commander of the 2nd Army, General Xie Dingkun, and the commander of the 6th Army, General Gao Chang, both replied. The 6th Army still had only three infantry divisions, and the other three infantry divisions were deployed in Alaska, formerly in the United States, in what is now the Chinese Icefield Province. Originally, the Chinese Army was preparing to attack Canada from the Icefields Province, but the road facilities there were too bad, and the swamps everywhere were not conducive to the heavy equipment march of the squadron. In addition, the Canadian government did not build good roads in the area, which made the squadron's operation very difficult. In the end, the squadron had to stop the battle plan. Now, the General Staff has planned to transfer those three divisions to the North American theater of operations, so that the 6th Army can be restored to its original structure. When the strength of the 6th Army is restored, it will be able to undertake more important combat missions, instead of just playing a supporting role on the battlefield as before!

At 7 o'clock in the morning of October 25, the defense line of the 64th Infantry Division under the 16th Army of the US Army was quiet. After the ** team launched a large-scale offensive with Laredo and McCarron, almost all the US generals regarded Laredo and McCarron as the key offensive targets of the ** squadron. Although this made life very difficult for the American troops on the defensive line, it was very good news for the American troops guarding other areas. At least, they don't have to face the most vicious Chinese. Some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death even thank God for their blessing because of this.

The 64th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army deployed only one regiment of troops on the defense line of Igor Pass, and the rest of the troops were stationed in the city. It's autumn now, and it's definitely much more comfortable to live inside the city than to be stationed outside the defensive line. If it had been at the beginning of the battle, it would have been a no-no. But now, no one cares that much. In the subconscious minds of the officers of the 64th Infantry Division of the US Army and even the entire 16th Army, they all believed that this would not be the main direction of attack of the squadron. Even if the entire Rio Grande defense line is broken through by the squadron, they can calmly retreat northward without having to fight with the squadron like other troops.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! "Just after 7 o'clock in the morning, many of the officers and men of the 64th Infantry Division of the US Army had just gotten up and were preparing to go to get breakfast after washing up. But at this time, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky.

"Damn! Shelling! This is shelling by the Chinese! Hurry back to the anti-artillery hole! Some experienced officers immediately understood what it was, and it was clearly the sound of heavy artillery bombardment.

Before the panicked Americans could withdraw into the anti-artillery holes, shells exploded around them. One by one, the American soldiers were tossed high, and by the time they fell back to the ground, they had become a pile of minced meat.

The U.S. military, which was completely unprepared for battle, was taken by surprise. By the time they came to their senses, the entire line of American defense had been enveloped in artillery fire.

"General, we are under fierce attack from the Chinese, and they have concentrated at least five hundred heavy artillery! Please hurry up and give us support, otherwise we won't be able to withstand their attack! "The commander of the 64th Infantry Division of the US Army immediately requested support from the commander of the 16th Army, Major General Cameron. From the artillery used by the squadron, he could infer that the squadron must have assembled heavy troops on the other side of the river, which was not at all something that his division, which only had more than 12,000 people, could withstand.

"What? The Chinese are attacking Igor Pass, how is this possible? "Major General Cameron, commander of the 16th Army of the U.S. Army, did not believe that this would be the case at all. In his subconscious, he also thought that the squadron would not attack their defense.

"General, this is true, do you listen to the sound of artillery outside?" The commander of the 64th Infantry Division of the US Army pointed the microphone of the phone out of the window!

Major General Cameron on the other side of the telephone line suddenly changed his face, and he was very clear about the current military strength of the US army, if the squadron launched a large-scale attack in Igor Pass, he would not get any reinforcements at all, and the nearest reinforcements to him were estimated to arrive in two days. This meant that he needed to independently resist the Chinese's huge army.

"Damn, you hold your ground, I'll report to General Pershing right away, we've all been tricked by those damn yellow-skinned monkeys!" Major General Cameron roared. He suddenly realized that the squadron launched a fierce attack on Laredo and McCarron in order to attract the attention of the US military and set a trap for the US army. And the US military stupidly jumped into the trap prepared by the Chinese. Once the Chinese captured Igor Pass and advanced rapidly north, the Rio Grande defense line constructed by the American army would be useless.

Because the U.S. army did not deploy many troops in Igor Pass, the artillery of the 2nd and 6th armies of the Chinese army only carried out fifteen minutes of fire preparation, and then began to extend backwards, focusing the shelling on the urban area of Igor Pass. At this time, the 14th Regiment of the 141st Infantry Division under the 2nd Army also began to force the crossing of the Grande River. More than 4,000 people sailed to the other side of the river in more than 400 small boats that had already been prepared.

The troops on the US defense line had just experienced a terrible artillery bombardment and drilled out of the anti-artillery holes, ready to resist the attack of the squadron, but at this time, the fighters of the Chinese Air Force had already flown to the heads of the US troops. One F5 "Haidongqing" fighter after another strafed the US troops, and the H5 "Hongyan" bombers dropped a large number of bombs on the US positions, turning the US positions into a sea of fire. The FH5 'Falcon' dive bomber accurately threw the heavy aerial bombs mounted under the belly of the aircraft onto the fire points and artillery positions of the US military! (To be continued......)