"Gather, gather quickly!" All the U.S. troops in the entire valley were in chaos, trumpets and whistles were blaring, and countless officers were shouting in horror, trying to gather their troops, but they wanted to disperse them from both sides.
It was not an easy task to gather tens of thousands of U.S. troops who had withdrawn from the range of Chinese artillery in the mountains and forests. The scene of people shouting and neighing made General Norton look livid, especially when he saw that there were still people packing tents and the like.
When I was buying daily necessities, my whole body almost collapsed. When did this happen?
Fortunately, the division that had stayed behind as a reserve was already in a state of preparation for war, so it immediately started to set off after receiving the order. Especially those cavalry who had been following soy sauce, their value was immediately reflected at this time.
, General Norton doesn't care which army they originally belong to. In a word, go south as quickly as possible and attack immediately when you encounter the Chinese. No matter how many there are, you must attack immediately even if you reach one. No matter what, you must not let the Chinese
People have the opportunity to set up a line of defense.
When he thought about another trench appearing behind him and setting up countless machine guns, he couldn't help but feel his hands and feet getting cold. The general opposite him, who was said to be called the Butcher in the Philippines, had too much appetite. He was
Want the entire California Army!
"If you have a big appetite, it depends on whether you have the ability to swallow it." General Norton said with a sneer. He did not believe that the Chinese had the ability to build a defense line several kilometers wide in two hours. Doesn't it take time to dig trenches? Yes.
With the attack of almost 3,000 cavalry, the Chinese would not have time to dig trenches. When 50,000 U.S. troops pressed forward immediately, I am afraid it would be the Chinese who needed to escape in a hurry.
He thought it was quite beautiful, but unfortunately when his cavalry galloped for twenty kilometers and arrived at Gilroy as tired as dogs, they were all dumbfounded. There was an extra line right in front of them.
The three-kilometer-wide embankment is still extending towards the mountains and forests at both ends at a frightening speed. Hundreds of crawler bulldozers are busy there, pushing up the soft soil in the farmland and then piling it up.
The two-meter-high embankment is like a group of busy termites destroying the beautiful pastoral scenery. In front of the embankment, more than a dozen crawler vehicles are slowly driving southward, and countless iron caltrops are being dried from the truck compartment like grain.
The soldier raised his shovel and disappeared into the dense wheat field.
Looking at the rising white light, the horses on which the US cavalry sat were subconsciously retreating as if they were afraid. What was left behind on these vehicles was not only iron caltrops, but also five mines with trip wires in them.
They didn't even bury them and just threw them into the wheat fields. In front of the embankment, another group of engineers were laying out barbed wire. These barbed wires didn't require smashing wooden stakes or pulling them up one by one. They were just rolled up into rings.
A barbed wire fence becomes an insurmountable obstacle when pulled open.
In addition to the front, Chinese soldiers can already be seen on several highlands on both sides. These guys wearing three-color spotted uniforms are difficult to spot from the green background if you don't look carefully, but they have a bunch of them in their hands.
The cold light reflected from the machine gun revealed his identity.
Obviously, with the speed of the Chinese, this valley will be completely blocked without waiting for General Norton's army to arrive. The brigadier general leading the cavalry hesitated. He gritted his teeth and pulled out his saber. At this time, he could no longer care about the scene.
, shouted directly: "Kill!"
Although they were not so reluctant, under the leadership of the commander, the three thousand U.S. cavalry began a desperate charge. The Chinese engineers who were busy opposite them just raised their heads and glanced at the scene of thousands of horses galloping, and then continued as if nothing had happened.
Everyone was busy, and on the embankment that had been piled up at the same time, hundreds of light and heavy machine guns that had been set up long ago sprayed out flames at the same time. Behind them were mortars, heavy artillery, and even some guns from the San Francisco US Army Arsenal.
The rotary cannon found inside swept through the U.S. cavalry with violent firepower.
For the U.S. cavalry, this was a desperate charge. Three thousand cavalrymen held their sabers flat and crashed into a steel wall. Then they were smashed into pieces like fragile porcelain. Amidst the whistling of bullets and cannonballs, the cavalrymen
There were desperate roars and war horses whining in pain, and pieces of blood and flesh spattered as they fell into the wheat fields strewn with mines and barbed wire.
"Why do I look like Seng Gelinqin at Bali Bridge?" Qin Hanting said with interest as he looked at the massacred US cavalry in front of him.
"This is called Thirty Years in the East of Hedong and Thirty Years in Hexi. Feng Shui is changing, and it's time to come to our home." The officer next to him said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, the foreign devils have bullied us for decades. Now it is our turn to bully the foreign devils. Please tell brothers not to be polite and greet these foreign adults properly." Qin Hanting said proudly.
The three thousand U.S. troops did not interfere at all with the Fourth Division's defense line construction. Before they even got close to the engineers who were spreading barley and mines, the entire army was wiped out during the charge. The last surviving U.S. cavalry was
He sat blankly on the horse and looked at the densely packed dead bodies behind him. He didn't know what he was thinking. Then no one shot at him. He just stayed there like a fool until the main force of the American army led by General Norton arrived.
But at this time, the Fourth Division's defense line had been completed. Eighteen thousand soldiers used rifles, machine guns and artillery to form an insurmountable obstacle on the six-kilometer-long embankment. There were more than a dozen flanks on both sides of them.
Focus on firepower and stand ready to welcome the guests who come to your door.
Although the U.S. troops who had rushed more than 20 kilometers to get here were so tired that they almost collapsed on the ground, General Norton did not hesitate at all and directly ordered the first 20,000 U.S. troops to launch a full-line attack. After understanding the situation in front of them, these U.S. troops
The soldiers also worked hard, dragging their heavy legs and holding rifles in their hands. Amidst the violent storm of bullets and artillery shells, they hit the front line of defense again and again like a tide. Unfortunately, the result was like hitting a dam.
Like the tide, they were shattered to pieces, leaving only layers of dead bodies to tell their tragedy.
This scene made Army Secretary Alger's legs weak, especially the reporters who came with him. At this time, they actually understood that they might have to lose their lives in California this time. They were all crying and trembling.
He looked at the desperate attack of the US military.
As more and more U.S. troops arrived, their attacks became more fierce each time. However, no matter how hard the U.S. troops attacked, the defense line of the Fourth Division on the opposite side remained unmoving. As evening approached, the returning landing ships attacked again.
The Hawaiian Division from San Francisco was sent over. The addition of more than 10,000 people completely made the U.S. military lose any hope of breaking out. By this time, Lieutenant Colonel Pershing and his men had long been wiped out. Even the original U.S. military in history
The super general was beaten to a pulp by submachine guns, but more than half of his soldiers chose to surrender.
As night fell, large searchlights powered by small diesel generators were lit on the Chinese position. The dazzling light beams illuminated the entire valley as bright as day. On the contrary, the defense line behind the searchlights was dark. At this time
The American attack has stopped. They can't even open their eyes in the face of these searchlights. Besides, the number of casualties has exceeded 10,000 so far. The remaining ones have long since lost the courage to attack, and now they can't even eat.
Without eating, each one was so hungry and tired that their hands and feet were weak, and each one slumped on the ground and stared blankly at the sky that was as dark as their future.
At this time, the 40,000 U.S. troops in Milpitas were struggling in a hell of blood and fire. Except for one landing ship that had completed the army's transportation mission and continued to transport ammunition to Monterey Bay, the rest all sailed into San Francisco.
Bay, until they drove to Brigadier General Kate, who was fighting with the Japanese-Japanese Black-Mexican Allied Forces, and ravaged his men with dense artillery shells at close range. Under this situation, the US military could not continue to fight. Brigadier General Kate, who woke up, immediately led his troops to retreat.
Preparing to return to Livermore, he did not know at this time that General Norton had been trapped.
Unfortunately, at this moment, all the Chinese fleets on the sea in the distance came over, and countless large-caliber artillery shells kept hitting their heads. The stunned American troops panicked and ran back again.
After all, compared with these terrifying giant cannons, the landing ship's seventy-five cannons were much cuter, and as a result, they fell into a desperate situation over and over again.
"Your Excellency, perhaps we should make a rational choice now." In a farmhouse in Gilroy, General Norton said helplessly to the Secretary of the Army who was circling around.
He was already exhausted mentally and physically. In fact, when he arrived here and found that the Chinese defense line had been completed, he already understood his end at that time. There was no point in continuing to fight. At most, he would have to pay tens of thousands of lives. This battle
The attack was a mistake from the beginning. In this case, there is no need to continue the mistake. Even if he led his men into the Hamilton Mountains and discarded all weapons and ammunition, he would not be able to fight back to Sacramento. What's more, in this case, the Chinese
It was impossible not to capture Sacramento. There were only a few thousand American troops stationed there and a few landing ships sailed along the canal. They had no other choice but to surrender.
Heading south to Los Angeles is even more of a joke. Not to mention whether they can escape the interception of the Chinese. Even if they can break through, how can the US troops on foot outrun the landing ship? If the Chinese get ahead of them and reoccupy the unmanned
With Los Angeles on the defensive, where will you go? Will you lead tens of thousands of defeated soldiers without food or ammunition into the Rocky Mountains or into the desert? (To be continued...)