With the Dale Hills as the focus, the American troops from all sides launched a tidal attack, and the fierce gunfire resounded through the world, bringing a strong war atmosphere to this wilderness.

"Da Da Da, Da ......"

More than a dozen Storm heavy machine guns fired wildly, knocking the attacking US soldiers to the ground like cutting wheat, and the sound of neat rows of guns rang out from time to time, harvesting human lives with great efficiency.

"Muster the artillery for me and blow them all out." Major General McDonald-Knox looked at the American soldiers who were retreating like a tide, and ordered with a blue face.

From more than 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in these two and a half hours, the U.S. Army had failed in its seventh group charge, and the wilderness around the Dale Hills was littered with corpses, and the corpses of black and white soldiers were overlapped, and there was no longer discrimination against each other.

After the remnants of the Fourth Army retreated here, they immediately occupied the original defensive facilities, and used heavy machine gun fire points and platoon gun fire to stabilize the defense, repelling the attacks of the American army again and again.

The artillery in the rear of the US army roared again, smashed the round solid shells fiercely, and when they fell into the trench, they smashed a cloud of smoke and dust, smashed on the chest wall and splashed mud, and fell into the position and were injured and killed when they touched it.

From the binoculars, it can be seen that when the coalition soldiers were bombarded by artillery, several of them worked together to push the heavy machine guns away from the position, presumably hiding behind the chest position, and then pushing it out when it was necessary to counterattack.

The Napoleonic artillery equipped by the US army can only carry out probabilistic shelling, but cannot carry out accurate artillery bombardment, and each round of 20-minute concentrated artillery shelling can only destroy a few heavy machine guns, killing and wounding more than 100 people, and the actual effect is not great against the Tang army with complete defense facilities.

The attack has so far added up, and it has only been more than 1,000 casualties.

This was just a scratch in the face of the Fourth Army, which still had a total of more than 30,000 troops.

On the other hand, under the heavy machine gun and precision platoon gun strikes, the attacking US troops left more than 10,000 corpses on the position in a short period of two and a half hours, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Seeing that the time has reached 4:30 p.m., and it will be dark in another hour, hundreds of thousands of troops are unsheltered in this wilderness, and the severe cold of minus a few degrees is a very difficult night!

What to do?

The commander of the US army, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown, seemed to have a big bone in his throat at this moment, and he couldn't swallow it, and he was reluctant to spit it out, and he was in a dilemma.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, he asked; "What are the movements of the other units of the Oriental Legion?"

The command officer replied after saluting; "Report to Your Excellency, General; The enemy was north of Detroit, and the 2nd and 3rd armies west were moving south.

Among them, the enemy's 3rd Army has already exchanged fire with our blocking forces, and it is about 17 kilometers away from the battlefield, and it will take about three hours to reach it if the blockade is broken.

The 2nd Army of the Northern Corps, which is about 55 kilometers away, should arrive tomorrow at noon or later.

The First Army of the Northern Corps south of Dale Hills has been assembled, and more than 20 wooden bridges are being built over the river, and our army's Philadelphia Corps is under close surveillance. ”

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown twitched slightly, turned to Major General McDonald Knox and said;

"Now the situation is clear, and the cunning Orientals use these two coastal cannons as bait to engage our army in a battle of unprecedented scale in the Dale Hills.

I was amazed at their appetite, and this was the kind of battle I wanted, on our turf...... Yes, there is...... Fight to the death with the Orientals.

Now, in my capacity as Commander of the Supreme Command of Detroit, I hereby order;

Major General Mike Davin, commander of the West Virginia Corps, immediately led his troops out of the city to deploy the defensive line, and commanded the enemy Third Army and the Second Army to fight southward, and must hold out until 6 p.m. the day after tomorrow, that is, 48 hours.

The Ohio Corps was ordered to make a swift attack, to join up with the headquarters of the Philadelphia Corps and line up in the northern part of the Dale Hills, to prevent the First Army of the Northern Corps from crossing the river, and to hold out until 6 p.m., or 72 hours, the day after tomorrow.

In addition, I ordered all the remaining black regiments in the city to attack and join up with the main force of our army, and I will destroy the Third Army in the Dale Hills at any cost, and seize the two coastal cannons on the other side of the river.

In addition to inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, completely eliminate the threat of coastal artillery to the defense of Detroit City, and stabilize the current situation on the Western Front.

The herald ordered all the reserve artillery units to go out of the city, strengthen the direction of the main attack, and must take the Dale Hills within 24 hours, this time we are going to do a big one, guys! ”

"May God bless America, sir."

Looking at Lieutenant General Samuel Brown's slightly crazy face, a group of senior American generals were awe-struck and replied with a salute.

On the line of defense from Detroit to Cincinnati, there are more than 550,000 troops on the Western Front and more than 710,000 troops on the Eastern Front.

Compared with before the Battle of Chicago, when the total strength of the Northern Army once reached 1.83 million, the overall military strength of the US Federation has been weakened by one-third, and it has lost field troops with a lot of combat experience, such as the Sherman Corps in the south, the Georgia Corps defending Kansas City, and so on, and the losses are not insignificant.

After four years of war, the US Confederate States (South) now have a total strength of about 840,000 troops, including 620,000 troops on the Eastern Front and about 200,000 garrisons on the Western Front and the southern states, mainly concentrated on the Cincinnati line, accounting for about 70%.

Because of the small population base in the United States, the total number of troops in the United States (South) has always been weak, never exceeding one million, and now the total number of troops of 840,000 is already exhausted.

And the more you fight, the less you fight, there is no source of replenishment.

If it weren't for the alliance agreement reached with the Tang Kingdom at the beginning of the year, the US Alliance (South) would have been defeated at this moment.

On the eastern front, which is about 150 kilometers deep between Washington and Richmond, the United States and the North and the South have gathered heavy troops, fighting for every inch of land.

so far

The north and the south have not yet decided a clear victory, and they are gritting their teeth and holding on until the last moment, vowing never to give up.

In the entire Western Front battlefield, due to the decisive action of the Tang Kingdom, the sharp edge of the troops was like a wildfire, which has completely reversed the situation of the overall superiority of the United States of America (North), and the Northern Army has been defeated and retreated, losing its army and losing ground.

Detroit can be said to be the last strong fortress on the Western Front, and if it can't hold here, it can be said that the whole war is over.

The entire North American battlefield will focus on the eastern part of the United States, with the Tang Kingdom and the United States allies joining forces to attack in the west and the south, while the United States of America (north) is fully defeated, and the rest is only struggling.

If you want to reverse the defeat, you can only pray to God forbid!

As a senior general of the US Northern Army, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown is well aware of the importance of holding Detroit to the overall situation, and he is also a veteran who retreated from the Battle of Chicago, and knows the truth that "if you hold for a long time, you will lose".

Since the Northern Legion of the Tang Kingdom intends to swallow his troops in one bite, it is in the middle of it, and simply makes the cake bigger for an unprecedented scale of general battle.

Today, the city of Detroit can be described as heavily armed, and in terms of military strength alone, it is not inferior to the Northern Corps, or even slightly surpassed. Moreover, the U.S. military has a large number of black cannon fodder and forcibly recruited white villagers, and its strength is quite strong.

After the First Battle of Detroit, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown still had 196,000 white defenders, 137,000 black soldiers, and more than 100,000 forcibly recruited white farmers, with a usable force of more than 440,000 troops.

Even if we lost nearly 50,000 troops in today's battle, we still have 390,000 troops.

General Samuel Brown mobilized his forces to leave only 100,000 white defenders in Detroit, and mobilized a large number of cannon fodder troops to completely besiege the Third Army, intending to completely annihilate it.

It is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers.

Dale Hill is just a low hill 12.5 kilometers south of Chicago, about 6.7 kilometers long and less than 2 kilometers wide, composed of 27 low hills of all sizes, more than 100 meters high and 30 or 40 meters low, which is not a steep terrain.

The remaining nearly 30,000 troops of the Third Army cowered in the Dale hills, relying on the chest wall trench to defend the battle, desperately resisting, and behind it was a river more than 30 meters wide.

What kind of moth can be played with such terrain?

Judging by all indications

This is a very favorable battlefield environment for the defenders of Detroit, if they can annihilate the Third Army in a battle, destroy or capture the two coastal cannons on the other side of the river, and deal a major blow to the Northern Army, it will be able to ensure that Detroit will be able to survive safely in the next 3~4 months.

At least until the Northern Legion recovers, it is not capable of posing a lethal threat to Detroit.

It was precisely after taking into account a variety of circumstances that Lieutenant General Samuel Brown was thrilled, and after a little hesitation, he made up his mind to win the decisive battle.

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the tiger mountains.

More than an hour later

Night covered the land, and the guns of the bloody Davin Hills battlefield gradually faded away, and one bonfire after another was lit, and the stars were dotted on this empty wilderness, dispelling the darkness and cold.

In the Coastal Cannon Camp south of the Devon Hills

In a well-sheltered semi-underground headquarters, General Chen Chuan, commander of the Northern Army, Lieutenant General George Rabiot, deputy commander, Major General Mai Xiaozu, commander of the First Army, Major General Wu Shrimp (shrimp boy), commander of the Fifth Army, Major General James Kahn, commander of the Fifth Army, and other senior officers were all seated, listening to the latest strategic deployment conveyed by the chief of staff of the Corps with serious expressions.

Since it's a trap, how can there be no afterstrokes?

According to the pre-deployment of the event;

The main forces of the Second Army had moved to the south of the Davin Hills, on the left flank of the First Army.

The Fifth Army, which was more than 150 kilometers south of Detroit, had also secretly moved to the right flank of the First Army, waiting for an attack.

The total strength of the three armies is 117,600, all of which are ambushed in the area south of the Davin Hill, and the remnants of the Fourth Army with more than 30,000 people in the fierce battle are only separated by a small river more than 30 meters wide, and they can come forward to reinforce at any time.

The Second Army, which pretended to go south, was played by the 502nd Division (White Servant Division) and several Chinese cavalry regiments, deliberately widening the distance and moving south from the north of Detroit in a hollow formation, creating a huge momentum for the whole army to move south.

The cavalry regiment was responsible for covering the surrounding battlefield, so that the US reconnaissance unit could only guess from a distance, and it was difficult to reconnoiter the details.

When the Third Army west of Detroit moved south, it was blocked by the American army and then hesitated, only taking out its 503rd Division (White Servant Division) to deal with the enemy, and did not make any effort to break through and quickly move closer to the Dale Hills.

The deployment of the entire Northern Corps is a big pocket, and the 265,000 troops of the entire corps will be concentrated to use the Dale Hills as bait to carry out annihilating strikes against the US Northern Army that enters it.

Accompanying the Northern Corps was the Chang'an Corps brought by His Majesty the King, a cavalry-based high-mobility assault corps currently stationed in Romulus County, about 30 kilometers south of the Dale Hills, ready to fight northward at any time.

The Chang'an Corps has a total of more than 68,000 cavalry, in addition to the cavalry force dominated by the two cavalry divisions of the Royal Guard, there are also Omaha cavalry divisions, Colorado cavalry divisions and 7 local cavalry regiments, equipped with 3-pounder field cavalry guns and split "Storm" heavy machine guns, and the attack firepower is very fierce.

The total number of troops of the Tang Kingdom participating in the Second Battle of Detroit was 333,000, of which the highly mobile Chang'an Corps was responsible for settling pockets, that is, cutting off the connection between Detroit City and the American army in the field, and striving to annihilate it in World War I.

And this small river, which is more than 30 meters long south of the Davin Hills, is ready in the upper reaches of the river, and it can be cut off at the first order, and the small river will dry up in a few hours.

In the cold winter nights, the parched riverbed would soon freeze hard enough to flood the kingdom's army, inflicting deadly damage on the enemy.

"The big fish have been hooked, so let's see if we have this good appetite and swallow them all in one bite."

Admiral Chen Chuan was in high spirits at the moment, pointed to the north with his hand with an awe-inspiring expression, and said;

"On the Davin Hills, the Yankees are storming day and night, trying to swallow the bait before danger strikes, and it looks like they're going to be disappointed.

Our troops not only stocked up on the Devin Hills with sufficient ammunition and supplies, but also fully equipped with 142 heavy machine guns, woolen coats and hot soup supplies for all soldiers.

Not to mention sticking to it for three days, it's no problem to stick to it for a week.

His Majesty the King has additionally allocated the Chang'an Corps to help in the battle, and in this battle, our Northern Corps will completely annihilate the American army and fight a beautiful battle to present His Majesty's eastern tour.

Now I command;

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the upstream is intercepted on time, and there must be no mistakes.

The headquarters of the 1st, 2nd (incomplete) and 5th armies were to make all combat preparations by 7 a.m. and act in accordance with the established battle plan.

The artillery began its all-out artillery bombardment at 6:50 a.m. on time, and after 1 hour and 10 minutes of shelling, the artillery fire extended forward, covering the main force of our northern corps to cross the small river and spread out to the left and right of the main force of the US army.

The Chang'an Corps will also arrive at Detroit at 6:30 a.m., cutting off the city's connection with the main force of the U.S. Army in the field.

Right now...... Do you get it? ”

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, it's all clear." A group of senior officers stood up in unison, raised their hands and saluted in reply.

Admiral Chen Chuan ordered with a serious expression; "Then do what you are told, and there must be no mistake."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

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