May 28, 10:00 a.m

North of Chicago on the position

With the sound of a neat platoon of guns, a group of white deserters in ragged clothes with their hands tied behind their backs were knocked to the ground by a dense barrage of bullets, and after the execution, the soldiers loaded their bayonets and stepped forward to mend the deserters who had been left behind.

This scene happened again and again, and it no longer aroused the interest of the officers.

It's different from the past

The soldiers of the Northern Legion of the Tang Kingdom were lined up on the black earth, and the black pressure was not in sight, and hundreds of military flags fluttered in the wind, conveying an unusual solemn atmosphere.

General Chen Chuan, commander of the Northern Army, Lieutenant General Lei Jueshen, deputy commander, and Lieutenant General George Rabiot gathered together, and everyone had a very solemn look on their faces.

This was the 13th day after the Battle of Chicago, and the battle was unprecedentedly bloody and brutal, the U.S. Confederate Hill Corps had been crippled, and less than 60,000 of the nearly 200,000 troops were now left, unable to continue the offensive.

Most of the white cannon fodder in the hands of the Northern Army and the Southern Army was also consumed, and the oil star could not be blown up if they continued to squeeze.

Now, the army of the Tang Kingdom has officially appeared.

After 13 days of repeated tug-of-war and bloody battles, the defensive line north of Chicago was still maintained between the third-line position and the fourth-line position, and the first-line position and the second-line position had been attacked one after another and were under the control of the coalition forces.

The U.S. Northern Army maintained about 110,000 troops in positions north of Chicago, mainly distributed in third- and fourth-line positions.

Deployed in accordance with the principle of "the front is light and the rear is heavy", more than 30,000 troops are retained in the front third-line positions, and about 80,000 heavy troops are hoarded on the fourth-line positions, which can be reinforced to the front line and launch counterattacks as needed.

The mission of the Northern Army is to eat the 110,000 troops in one bite and lure as many reinforcements as possible in the city to send them to their deaths, so as to reduce the pressure of the subsequent siege battle.

Admiral Chen Chuan looked at the criss-crossing positions in front of him and ordered with a calm expression; "Let's start the general assault, my command is moving to Chicago tonight."

"Yes, sir."

At the sound of the order, hundreds of artillery pieces suddenly roared angrily, raining down dense shells on the enemy's positions, blowing up smoke and dust, and flying into the sky with stumps and broken arms.

The fierce artillery fire of the Tang Kingdom was covered, and every time it was lost, it was aimed at the dense place where the northern army's troops were gathered, in order to achieve the maximum lethal effect and cause serious damage to the defending northern army.

However, in the past 13 days of bloody fighting, except for the more than 800,000 shells fired in the first day's total attack, all other artillery battles have been sporadic and stopped after more than 10 or 20 minutes.

The main purpose was to destroy the enemy's artillery fire and kill and injure the heavy troops gathered on a large scale, which was tantamount to reducing the strength of the Northern Army's counterattack in disguise, so that the cannon fodder troops could withstand it.

Today's round of artillery battles was different, and after the fierce artillery bombardment lasted for an hour, the firing range began to extend deep into the enemy's depths, covering a larger area of the Northern Army's positions.

See this scenario

The front-line commander drew his bright command knife and ordered loudly; "The whole army attacked ......"

The soldiers of the Tang Kingdom quickly entered the position, attacked and advanced at trotting speed with rifles, and the tide spread over, and soon crossed the wilderness about 3.5 kilometers wide, approaching the 3rd line position garrisoned by the Northern Army.

The shells "whizzed" overhead, and the extended shelling lasted 10 minutes before coming to an abrupt halt.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom happened to be close to the position of the Northern Army, and immediately rushed forward without hesitation, raising the rifles in their hands to carry out a one-sided killing of the remaining American soldiers.

This kind of tight infantry and artillery tactics can only be well executed by a well-trained army.

The soldiers of the white cannon fodder unit were frightened to lie on the ground when the shells were fired, cowering in the trenches, and they didn't dare to charge against the shells at all, and they didn't dare to do so when they were killed.

Many soldiers were buried in the collapsed trenches, while many more people were so shocked by the fierce artillery fire that their ears were buzzing, and they could not even distinguish between the south, the south, the north, and the west, and even wandered around the positions like madmen.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom rushed up and shot at the soldiers of the American Northern Army who were still active, and after a short but not fierce battle, they quickly occupied the position like a tide.

Of the more than 30,000 people on the third-line positions of the US Northern Army, more than 6,570 were killed and wounded on the spot, and hundreds of people were missing (estimated to have been buried by collapsed trenches), and the remaining nearly 18,600 people were captured.

The soldiers of the attacking Tang Kingdom army suffered only a few hundred casualties, and their rifle fire was accurate and ruthless, forming a comprehensive suppression of the soldiers of the Northern Army.

In particular, the outflanking tactics are tacitly coordinated and the speed of action is very fast.

It's not that these soldiers of the Northern Army don't want to resist, but when they come back to their senses, they are already surrounded by the guns of the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, and the slightest dare to act is a dead end, so they can only obediently put down their swords and guns and arrest them.

As long as it is professionally combed by the army of the Tang Kingdom, this is equivalent to another 15,000 white cannon fodder (all officers and sergeants must be removed, and some old fritters and diehards must also be removed), and then as long as they put on a gray-blue shirt of a soldier of the Tang Kingdom, they can be directly pushed to the battlefield to fight.

As soon as the "infantry and artillery coordination tactics" practiced by the Tang Kingdom for a long time appeared, it showed great power on the battlefield, easily occupying the three-line positions that had been repeatedly contested, and capturing a large number of enemy troops.

After occupying the third-line positions, the artillery units in the rear immediately moved forward under the carriages, and all the artillery positions were completely placed after just over an hour.

Different from cannon fodder troops, when the army of the Tang Kingdom is attacking with all its might, the artillery units follow up at any time and provide timely artillery support as needed, and the treatment is completely different.

The 106th Division and the 110th Division were the main troops of the attack, and they completed the offensive task well, among which Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju, commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment of the 110th Division, made a swift assault and led his subordinates to block more than 7,000 American troops in a hilly depression and disarmed them all.

This hilly depression was a garrison of the US army's third-line position, and after the artillery bombardment had stopped, it was ready to reinforce the front-line position to repel the attack of the coalition forces.

Who knew that as soon as the U.S. troops rushed out of their hiding place, they collided head-on with the 5th Infantry Regiment that was rushing to attack, and then fell like a leek in a burst of accurate and deadly volley gunfire, and was forced to retract their heads.

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju immediately commanded his men to occupy the commanding heights of the hills on both sides, and moved several heavy machine guns on them, and demonstratively fired a few shuttle bullets, and the enemy had to raise his hands and surrender.

There is no escape from being blocked at the door, is it looking for death if you don't surrender?

Looking at the long queue of the prisoners who were escorted away, looking dejected, Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju couldn't be happier, he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his face, and loudly commanded his soldiers to prepare for the enemy's counterattack.

"Quick, everyone move faster, the second company helps the heavy machine gun platoon to reset its position, choose a place with a condescending firing range and a wide range, move faster, the enemy will come up soon."

"Report to the sir, the enemy's counterattack force has come up, about 1,800 meters away from us."

"Command the battalions, prepare for battle."

"Yes, sir."

As soon as this delay occurred, the US troops gathered in the 4th line positions in the rear had already organized a tidal wave of counteroffensives, and the black pressed US soldiers spread all over the field, maintaining a general line of march amid the sound of war drums.

At first glance, there are about tens of thousands of people.

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju was not afraid when he saw this, but licked his somewhat dry lips with his tongue, and his eyes showed a fiery light, this is all a walking feat!

The officers and men of the 110th and 106th Divisions, who were guarding the battle line, did not attack, but loaded their bullets and prepared to give the enemy a head-on attack.

Five or six minutes later

The soldiers of the Northern Army who counterattacked had approached within a kilometer, and at this time, the artillery positions behind the army formation of the Tang Kingdom roared angrily, pouring dense shells into the wilderness, and the smoke and dust of the explosion were everywhere, and countless soldiers of the Northern Army were torn to pieces by the violent explosion......

This round of shelling alone caused two or three thousand casualties in the Northern Army, and it had to retreat in embarrassment.

The shelling came and went quickly, and after 15 minutes the shelling stopped, and calm returned to the battlefield, except for the strong smell of blood pouring into the ears and noses with the smoke of gunpowder, and the broken corpses everywhere, making people realize that this was a cruel battlefield.

Perhaps aware of the unusual offensive on the part of the coalition forces, the American forces soon organized a large-scale counterattack.

They had to recapture the 3rd line of defense, otherwise they would not be able to hold Chicago's northern perimeter positions without reliable depth with a thin 4th line of defense.

The loss of the northern perimeter positions will lead to a domino effect on the western and southern perimeter positions, which will be surrounded and annihilated by the coalition forces, thus breaking the entire hard shell of Chicago and introducing the flames of war into the city.

Therefore, the U.S. military has to attack even if it doesn't work once, and if it doesn't work twice, it will be three times, and so on.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon

The first two attacks organized by the Americans were repelled by short and heavy artillery fire, and they organized a third attack, this time without being intercepted by artillery fire, and successfully approached within 700 yards of the third-line position.

With an order

The Tang Kingdom army fired a dense and accurate platoon of guns, which caused effective casualties to the U.S. troops within 700 yards, followed by round after round of steady and lethal platoon gun output, killing and wounding hundreds of U.S. soldiers each time.

However, there are only a few British-made Mini rifles and Sharps rifles in the U.S. military, which can cause damage to the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom at such a long distance, and due to the extremely limited number, the killing effect is almost negligible.

The U.S. army continued to march more than 150 meters in the wilderness, and finally collapsed after enduring the unilateral 8~9 rounds of gun attacks from the Tang Kingdom, fleeing to the rear in a swarm.

At this time

The 106th Division and the 110th Division of the Tang Kingdom lined up in a neat horizontal line to attack, and the flags of the 105th Division and the 113th Division appeared on both sides of them, and the army of more than 40,000 people pressed over like a mountain and a sea, and every 50 meters they would stop, firing two rounds of guns, and shooting a large number of retreating American soldiers to the ground.

And this further exacerbated the panic of the enemy, and the one who ran was throwing his armor all over the mountains, and even the commander could not stop it, so he could only flee with his head in his hands.

The fleeing American troops did not stop when they reached the fourth line of defense, and those officers who tried to stand up to stop were quickly overwhelmed by the deserters shrouded in fear, and the sound of a rowful of guns from the rear from time to time undoubtedly amplified the feeling of fear.

Run away, the farther away the better!

When the American deserters crossed the fourth line of defense like a flood and fled in the direction of Chicago City, the Tang Kingdom sounded the clarion call for a general attack.

Only a great tremor was heard, and two cavalry wielding sabers rushed from the rear, and the magnificent sight of ten thousand horses galloping caused the soldiers of the kingdom to cheer loudly, and the battlefield boiled.

The two cavalry rushing out from the rear quickly crossed the friendly and obstructed 4th line of defense, and then pursued the American deserters in the wilderness, the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing was deafening.

There are still 13 kilometers from the U.S. Army's outer 4th line of defense to the city of Chicago, a suburban area with many towns and factories, and vast tracts of farmland and wilderness.

This distance was originally nothing compared to hundreds of thousands of troops, but the entire northern front battlefield was defeated too quickly.

After the Tang Kingdom discharged the strength of 4 field divisions, the soldiers of the Northern Army, who had suffered 8~9 rounds of unilateral accurate and deadly platoon gun strikes, suddenly collapsed.

At a distance of 700 yards, each round of volley gunfire would cause five or six hundred casualties among American soldiers.

As the distance between the two sides decreases, the hit rate rises exponentially in a straight line.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to within 600 yards, more than 40,000 soldiers of the Tang Kingdom fired a round of guns, and the soldiers in the first two columns of the Northern Army fell like cutting wheat, and the casualties were as high as two or three thousand, which was also too terrifying.

The old man in the north is indeed very sacrificial and brave in battle, but it does not mean that he is willing to fall on the way to charge so worthlessly, and he can't even touch the enemy's edge.

To endure the bloody slaughter unilaterally, no matter how strong the nerves are, they will be broken.

When a rout occurs, everything is irreparable.

The army of the Tang Kingdom was still closely behind, firing two rounds of guns every 50 meters, falling behind the ass like a life chaser, which made the fear more infinitely magnified.

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju led his infantry regiment to occupy the fourth-line position of the US army, and each company was completely clearing out the remaining enemy, and the gunfire rang out everywhere on the front more than 30 kilometers wide, and more troops behind him poured up.

Standing on the edge of a warehouse and taking a few breaths, Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju waved his hand to let the soldiers disperse, searching for what trophies were in this warehouse, and whether there were any remnants of the enemy?

Then he looked up at the end of the distant field of vision, the war horses whistling away, and the dull sound of gunfire characteristic of the "thirteen rings" carbine kept coming, and those soldiers of the Northern Army who were caught up could still leave a life if they did not resist.

Otherwise, it is almost impossible to survive.

The defensive corps of the U.S. Northern Front was defeated too quickly, and the reserve army in Chicago City barely had time to reinforce, and the 110,000 troops on the front were swallowed by the Northern Corps.

As far as Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju knows;

While breaking through the enemy's northern defense line, the Northern Army formed a rapid assault force with the ace 101st Division as the core, which will sweep the battlefield on the Western Front from north to west, and cooperate with the friendly forces attacking head-on, swallowing the approximately 90,000 troops that the United States has been placing on the periphery of the Western Front in one gulp.

The faint sound of guns and cannons in the extreme distance is proof, the army of the Tang Kingdom either does not move, or it is a big scene of thunder and thunder, and the 100,000 troops are linked to the assault, and the hard shell of the entire Chicago perimeter front is shattered in one day, revealing the mouth-watering metropolis.

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