Wild North America 1846

Chapter 349 The Victory Has Been Determined
At about 4:00 in the morning, the U.S. attack was frustrated, and heavy casualties were hit by a burst of fierce artillery fire.

The silence of this severe winter was broken at 6:50 in the morning. It was like a volcanic eruption. Countless artillery positions in the south of the Devon Hills roared and slammed dense shells on the US positions, causing flames and smoke to rise everywhere.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Kingdom gathered at the starting position on the south side of the river. The battle formation stretched for more than ten kilometers. The soldiers crossed the river following the extension of the artillery fire, and charged fiercely towards their respective designated targets.

Also at 6:50 in the morning
A cavalry corps moved swiftly into the outskirts of Detroit, cutting the city off from the Northern Field Corps.

This cavalry regiment quickly dismounted and pulled out the barbed wire fence, set up a blocking position, and placed heavy machine guns and 3-pound field artillery. This process was so fast and smooth, as if it had been rehearsed many times in advance.

When the U.S. commander in Detroit, Major General Daniel, got the bad news, he hurried to the suburban fortress to watch, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The blocking line established by the Chang'an Corps focuses on roads, about 2.2 kilometers away from Fort Detroit. Three barbed wire fences have been pulled out and fixed by wooden stakes. In temporary bunkers composed of carriages on both sides of the road, heavy machine guns and 3 pounds Artillery emplacement.

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

In less than an hour, the entire defensive line had been formed, completely cutting off the road for reinforcements from the Detroit Fortress to the field troops, and also cutting off the road for the field troops to escape.

Considering that there are less than 10 defenders in the city, and the number of mobile troops composed of cavalry in front of them is astonishing, almost armed to the teeth, the US commander in the city, Major General Daniel, is in a dilemma.

God, is the Eastern Corps going to wipe out the 29 U.S. troops in the wild?

Do Orientals have such a big appetite?

The answer is clear; yes.

This time, the Northern Corps put all their energy into feeding them. Together with the Chang'an Corps, which has a total of more than 33.3 troops, it is going to fight an unprecedented field battle. Battle of Wen Hills".

In fact, in the early morning of the second day, General Samuel Brown had no more than 2 U.S. troops under his command. After a night of fierce fighting, the black corps in his hands lost more than 29 people, almost all of whom were killed. There are less than a thousand people.

In the heavy shelling in the early morning, the U.S. military lost more than 7600 people and retreated more than 3 kilometers in embarrassment.

Under the cover of artillery fire, a total of 11.76 soldiers from 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 Devon Hills and entered the battlefield, joining more than 2.7 remnants of the Fourth Army , with a total of more than 14.5 troops, launched a 17-kilometer front from south to north, and launched a strong attack on the U.S. troops in the encirclement.

The artillery fire roared, and the bullets were dense like rain...

The 2nd Army (with the 502nd Division as the main force, with a total of more than 2.2 people in total) and the 3rd Army with a total of more than 7.4 officers and soldiers going south launched a strong attack on the US blocking forces west of Detroit.

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

And on this battlefield of hundreds of square kilometers, more than 60 troops from both sides fought desperately, turning the vast area south of Detroit into a bloody slaughterhouse filled with war, and the evolution of the war was unprecedentedly tragic...

around 10:40 am
The 3nd Army (part) and [-]rd Army going south and the cavalry unit of the Chang'an Corps jointly defeated the enemy in front of them, and began to chase deserters all over the mountains and plains, and tightly encircled the huge encirclement.

near noon
The 205th Ace Division of the Fourth Army (Agni Division) and the 101st Ace Division of the First Army (Dahe Division) respectively defeated the enemy in front of them, tore two big holes in the circular defense line of the US Northern Army, and then rushed in fiercely ...

more than three hours later
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the entire U.S. defense line had been torn apart. Under the fierce assault of the Northern Army, a large number of U.S. soldiers were divided and surrounded, either wiped out or surrendered, or fled all over the mountains and plains. ...

So far, the Northern Army has established a victory situation.

The battle gradually ceased after nightfall. The Northern Corps had won a decisive victory, but there were still [-] to [-] US troops scattered on the vast battlefield, and the final battle was not over.

The Northern Corps gathered up the front line and troops in an orderly manner, and escorted the surrendered American soldiers to the rear camp for custody, buried pots for cooking, and prepared for the battle after dawn.

Under the fierce offensive of the Northern Army, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown's idea of ​​"breaking his arm" completely fell through.

"Your Excellency, General, we should take advantage of the night to break out to the west. There are still more than 2.7 soldiers in the New York Corps and Philadelphia Corps, and we still have the power to fight!"

"Yes, Your Excellency General, as long as we can escape back to Detroit, there will still be nearly 10 troops in the city, enough to fight the Orientals until the last one."

"I would rather die than surrender. Please, Your Excellency General, lead us to fight a way out?"

Seeing the earnest expressions of the disgraced officers around him, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown looked a little better, as if cheering himself up, he clenched his fist and said, "Then decide to go west." Breakout, General McDavin, how many men are left in your West Virginia regiment?"

"The troops are all broken up. I only gathered less than 4000 people. Some of them are soldiers from the 25th New York Volunteer Regiment and the 59th Regiment. The organizational system is all disrupted. Damn it!" felt like a dog.

Recalling the ferocious attack of the Eastern Army during the day like a torrent of iron, one wave after another, he still has lingering fears and has left a deep psychological shadow.

"General McDevon, our army's westward breakout is the only way out. Those cunning Easterners must have guessed that they will inevitably set up heavy defenses in the encirclement on the west side of the battlefield. If you want to open a way out, you have to send a The army drew enemy fire while 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 Mike Devon's increasingly ugly face, and said in an encouraging tone; "America will always remember those heroes who died for him, in order to defend democracy, freedom and justice, and to defend our White homeland and way of life, for ultimate victory. We must have a sacrificial army to draw the enemy's fire, General McDevon..."

"I know...just leave it to the Virginia Corps, I hope this is the last glory." Major General Michael Devin replied in a dry tone.

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

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

At this moment, Major General Mike Devon was filled with the sorrow of being an abandoned son and the deep fear of the Eastern Army. The complicated emotions intertwined in his heart made him speechless for a long time.

Everyone knows
Surrounded by the Eastern Legion, the remnants of the US military, as high as 2.7, want to break out of the siege, which is tantamount to nonsense.

Someone has to sacrifice, but why the fuck me?

This cloudy night is the best cover. After Lieutenant General Samuel Brown decided to break through, this large group of US troops quickly began to move towards the west of the battlefield.

around two o'clock at night

Intensive gunfire erupted suddenly in the west of the battlefield. Amidst the gunfire, piles of bonfires doused with gasoline were quickly ignited, revealing the indistinct figure of the US military, and then were surrounded by dense bullet rain row after row. Shoot down like cutting wheat.

soon
Intensive gunshots came from another direction not far away. The U.S. troops eager to break out launched an attack regardless of casualties, and finally tore a gap to break out, and their figures merged into the vast darkness of the night.

"I'm so numb, do these ghosts see my division 502 as easy to bully?" Colonel Fan Pengfei was so angry that he jumped up and down and scolded.

His 502nd Division was honored in the first battle of Detroit. He was directly promoted to the rank of colonel in the army and included in the list of reserve generals. The future prospects are bright.

As the executor of the suspicious strategy, the 502nd Division played the role of the Second Army and marched southward with great fanfare. It was also one of the main forces in the encirclement on the Western Front, and its performance in daytime battles was remarkable.

Unexpectedly, at night, a large group of US troops broke through his defense line, which is tolerable and unbearable?

"Pass my order, the whole division will set off to pursue the northwest direction, regardless of the formation of the troops, and directly mix with the American troops fleeing westward. After dawn, if there is a regiment, fight as a unit, if there is a battalion, fight as a battalion To fight for the unit, you must keep all the enemies you see." Colonel Fan Pengju was also in a hurry, and after laying out orders cursingly, he immediately led his men to pursue westward.

The other officers dispersed in a rush, and each returned to lead their troops to pursue westward.

It is definitely impossible to fight, now it is so dark that you can't see your fingers, you can only follow the crowd to the northwest, 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 5000 people, there are still more than 1.3 troops in today's army.

With an order, the whole division headed westward.

So in this dark night that shrouded the western front battlefield, a strange scene appeared. Among the large group of American soldiers who broke through, officers and soldiers of the 502nd Division were mixed, and they all headed westward with their heads buried.

Anyway, most of the officers and soldiers of the 502nd Division were white, so even if they chatted on the road, there would be no barriers.

After two days and one night of fighting, most of the U.S. soldiers were exhausted, exhausted, and hungry. As long as the officer said "stop advancing and rest on the spot", most of the soldiers would probably fall asleep when they lay down. Who cares about these nosy things?

(End of this chapter)