The U.S. attack was thwarted at 4:00 a.m., and the U.S. troops suffered heavy casualties from a burst of heavy artillery fire, and the U.S. troops fell silent, and did not attack again after 4:30, and the battlefield of Devin Hills showed a frightening silence.

The silence of this bitter winter day was broken at 6:50 in the morning, as if a volcano had erupted, and countless artillery positions in the south of the Devon Hills roared angrily, smashing dense shells into the American positions, exploding with flames and smoke and dust.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Kingdom gathered on the starting position on the south side of the river, and the battle formation stretched for more than ten kilometers.

It was also 6:50 a.m

A cavalry regiment thrust into the outskirts of Detroit with swiftness, cutting off the connection between the city and the American Northern Field Corps.

The cavalry regiment quickly pulled out the barbed wire, set up blocking positions, and placed heavy machine guns and three-pounder field guns, a process that was so swift and smooth that it was as if it had been rehearsed many times beforehand.

By the time Major General Daniel, the commander of the American forces in Detroit, got the bad news and hurried to the fortress on the outskirts of the city to watch, his whole face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The Chang'an Corps set up a road-focused blocking line, about 2.2 kilometers from the Detroit fort, three barbed wire fences have been pulled out and secured by wooden piles, and heavy machine gun and three-pounder artillery positions have been set up in makeshift bunkers made up of wagons on both sides of the road.

The horses mounted by the enemy had retreated, leaving only heavily armed infantry to guard the defensive line.

In less than an hour, the entire defensive line had been formed, completely cutting off the way for the Detroit fortress to reinforce the field troops, and also cut off the way for the field troops to flee.

Considering that the defenders in the city were already less than 100,000, and the number of mobile troops in front of him, which was composed entirely of cavalry, was staggering and almost armed to the teeth, the commander of the American forces in the city, Major General Daniel, was in a dilemma.

God, is the Eastern Corps going to wipe out the 290,000 American troops in the field?

Do Orientals have such a big appetite?

The answer is very clear; Yes.

This time, the Northern Corps used all the strength of milk, and together with the Chang'an Corps, a total of more than 333,000 troops, it was to fight a field battle of unprecedented scale, known as the "Second Battle of Detroit" in history, also known as the "Battle of Devin Hills".

In fact, in the early morning of the second day, General Samuel Brown no longer had 290,000 American troops under his command, and after a night of fierce fighting, his black regiment lost more than 24,000 men, almost all of whom were killed and less than 1,000 wounded.

In the early hours of the morning, the US troops lost more than 7,600 people and retreated more than 3 kilometers in embarrassment.

Under the cover of artillery fire, a total of 117,600 troops of the First Army, the Second Army (part of the main force) and the Fifth Army of the Northern Army crossed the 30-meter-wide river south of the Davin Hill and entered the battlefield, converging with the remnants of the Fourth Army of more than 27,000 people, totaling more than 145,000 troops, and launched a 17-kilometer-long front from south to north to launch a strong attack on the American troops in the encirclement.

Artillery fire roared, bullets rained down......

The 2nd Army (with the 502nd Division as the main force, totaling about 22,000 troops) and the 3rd Army, with a total of more than 74,000 officers and soldiers, worked together to launch a strong attack on the American blocking forces west of Detroit.

The battlefield within a radius of hundreds of kilometers was a pot of porridge, and the bloody morning in Detroit was overcast, the sky was overcast, the cold wind was howling, and the gloomy weather seemed to be the end of the world.

On this battlefield of more than 100 square kilometers, more than 600,000 troops on both sides sacrificed their lives to fight to the death, turning the vast area south of Detroit into a bloody slaughterhouse filled with war, and the war evolved into an unprecedented tragedy......

Around 10:40 a.m

The 2nd Army (partial) and the 3rd Army marching south joined forces with the cavalry units of the Chang'an Corps to defeat the enemy in front of them, and began to chase and kill deserters all over the mountains, and tightly encircled the huge encirclement.

It was close to noon

The 205th Division (Agni Division) of the Fourth Army and the 101st Division (Dahe Division) of the First Army respectively routed the enemy in front of them, tore two gaps in the circular defensive line of the US Northern Army, and then fiercely assaulted into it......

More than three hours later

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the entire US defense line had been torn apart, and under the ferocious assault of the Northern Army, a large number of US soldiers were divided and surrounded, either annihilated or surrendered, or fled all over the mountains......

At this point, the Northern Army had already laid a victorious situation.

The battle gradually stopped after nightfall, and the Northern Corps had won a decisive victory, but there were still 7~80,000 American troops scattered on the vast battlefield in the east and west, and the final battle was not over.

The Northern Corps methodically gathered the battle line, gathered the troops, and escorted the surrendered American soldiers to the rear camp to be guarded, buried in pots and cooked, and prepared for the battle after dawn.

Under the fierce offensive of the Northern Army, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown's idea of "cutting off one of his arms" completely failed, and instead all the main forces of the defending corps were encircled, which can be described as a complete defeat.

"Your Excellency General, we should take advantage of the night to break through to the west, and now there are still more than 27,000 New York Corps and Philadelphia Corps, and there is still the strength to fight!"

"Yes, Your Excellency, as long as we can escape back to the city of Detroit, there are still nearly 100,000 troops in the city, which is enough to fight the Orientals to the end until the last soldier."

"I'd rather die than surrender, please lead us to fight a way out, right?"

Looking at the earnest looks of the gray-faced officers around him, the ashen Lieutenant General Samuel Brown's face looked slightly better, as if he was cheering himself up, and waved his fist and said; "Then decide to break west, General McDevin, how many of your West Virginia regiments are left?"

"The troops are all scattered, I only gathered less than 4,000 people, some of them are still soldiers of the 25th and 59th regiments of the New York Volunteer Regiment, and the formation is all disrupted, it's really damn it!" Major General Mike Devin had a feeling in his heart that he was a dog.

Recalling the ferocious attacks of the Eastern army during the day, wave after wave, he still has a deep psychological shadow in his heart.

"General McDeven, the only way for our army to break through to the west is to survive, and those cunning Orientals must also be able to guess that they will inevitably set up heavy layers of defense in the encirclement on the west side of the battlefield. The only way to open a way out was to send an army to attract enemy fire, and we took advantage of the cover of night to break through the weak points of the encirclement. ”

Lieutenant General Samuel Brown has said so much, the meaning is already obvious.

He looked at General Mac-Davin's increasingly ugly face and said in an encouraging tone; "America will always remember the heroes who sacrificed their lives for him, in defense of the universal faith in democracy, liberty, and justice, in defense of our white homeland and way of life, and in the fight for final victory. We must have a sacrificial army to attract enemy fire, General McDeven ......"

"I know...... Leave it to the Virginia Corps, and hopefully this is the final glory. Major General Michael Devin replied in an abrupt tone.

Now is not the time to pick and choose, even if he knows that he will die, he has to bite the bullet and continue.

Otherwise, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown has the right to enforce battlefield discipline and drag him down and shoot him directly.

At this moment, Major General Mac-Devin's heart was full of sorrow as an outcast, as well as a deep fear of the Eastern army, and the complex feelings intertwined in his heart made him speechless for a long time.

Everybody knows

Under the heavy encirclement of the Oriental Army, the remnants of the 27,000 American troops want to break out of the encirclement, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Someone has to die, but why me?

This cloudy night was the best cover, and after Lieutenant General Samuel Brown decided to break out, the large force of American troops quickly began to move towards the western part of the battlefield.

At two o'clock in the evening

Dense gunfire suddenly erupted in the western part of the battlefield, and in the midst of the gunfire, piles of bonfires poured with gasoline were quickly ignited, revealing the faint figure of American troops, and then they were shot down by rows and rows of dense bullets, as if cutting wheat.

It won't be long

Not far from the other direction, there was a dense burst of gunfire, and the American troops who were eager to break through finally tore a gap and broke out of the siege regardless of the casualties, and their figures melted into the vast night.

"I'm numb, do these ghosts always look at me as a bully in the 502nd Division?" Fan Pengfei was smoking, jumping to his feet and scolding.

His 502nd Division was honored in the First Battle of Detroit, and he was directly promoted to the rank of colonel, and was included in the list of reserve generals, and the future is bright.

The 502nd Division, as the executor of the suspicious strategy, played the role of the Second Army all the way south, and was also one of the main forces of the encirclement on the Western Front, and its performance in the daytime battle was remarkable.

Who knew that at night, a large number of American troops actually broke through his defensive line, which was bearable, which was unbearable?

"Pass my order, the whole division will go to the northwest to pursue, regardless of the unit formation, and directly blend in with the US troops fleeing west. After daybreak, if there is a regiment to fight as a regiment, and if there is a battalion to fight as a battalion, be sure to leave behind all the enemies you see. Colonel Fan Pengju was also anxious, and after scolding and arranging the order, he immediately led his men to pursue westward.

The other officers dispersed in a hurry, and each returned to his unit to lead his troops in pursuit to the west.

It must not be able to fight, and now the black hand can't see the five fingers, so I can only follow the crowd to the northwest, and let's talk about it at dawn.

The 502nd Division fought two tough battles in a row, and the losses were not small. However, because the baggage regiment is as high as nearly 5,000 people, there are still more than 13,000 personnel in the army today.

At the sound of an order, the whole division marched westward.

As a result, on the battlefield on the Western Front in this dark night, there was a strange scene, a large number of American soldiers who broke through were mixed with the officers and soldiers of the 502nd Division, all of whom buried their heads and marched westward.

Anyway, there are mostly white officers and soldiers in the 502nd Division, and even if they chat on the road, there will be no barriers, and they will only know which part it is.

After two days and one night of fighting, most of the American soldiers were tired and hungry and were about to collapse, as long as the officer said "stop advancing and rest on the spot", it is estimated that most of the soldiers can fall asleep when they lie down, who still cares about these idle things?

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