Chapter 1002: Hold on or Retreat?

"General, the 147th Division was surrounded by the Chinese and suffered heavy losses. General Owen asks for his help! A staff officer rushed into the headquarters in a hurry and reported to Major General Donald.

"Hell! I don't have any reserves left? How do you support him? Major General Donald scolded. Although, the 147th Infantry Division of the US Army was no more than five hundred meters away from the command of Major General Donald in a straight line. However, the American army suffered heavy losses on all fronts, and the entire forces under the command of Major General Donald were sent. In the face of the 147th Infantry Division's request for help, Brigadier General Owen, he was really powerless. At the same time, this also means that the squadron is already very close to his headquarters, and after the squadron eats the 147th Infantry Division, the next step will be to launch an attack on the neighborhood where his headquarters is located!

"General, what should we do now? Atlisko is already surrounded by Chinese regiments, our army has suffered heavy losses, and the remaining army does not have much combat effectiveness! The staff officer looked at Major General Donald with a prayer in his eyes, and a desire for life. There is no doubt that no one wants to die in war, even if they had extremely lofty ideals when they joined the army, but in the face of life, they can give up everything.

Major General Donald was also a little hesitant, the combat effectiveness of the squadron was completely beyond his imagination. It is completely inconceivable that three armies and 150,000 troops will be annihilated by the Chinese in just half a day. There are only two paths in front of Major General Donald, either continue the fight and in the end all the American troops are killed by the Chinese. Either surrender now and save everyone's lives. For them, they have done their best, not that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, but that the squadron is too strong!

At this moment, the sound of jīlie's gunfire suddenly stopped. This came as a surprise to Major General Donald.

"Could it be that reinforcements are coming? Or is there something wrong with the Chinese? So the attack stopped! Major General Donald secretly guessed. If that's the case, then they still have a chance to escape Atlisco.

"Go see what's going on? Why did the Chinese stop the offensive! Major General Donald ordered.

The staff officer quickly left the headquarters and went out to inquire about the news. However, a few minutes later, he returned to command with a look of joy on his face.

"What's going on? Are our reinforcements coming? Major General Donald hurriedly asked. If he could, he certainly wouldn't want to die for his country. It would be better if reinforcements could come and meet them and allow them to break through from Atlisco. It's just that he seems to have forgotten that in the face of a powerful squadron, Lieutenant General Richard, the commander of Puebla, definitely did not have the courage to send troops to meet them.

"General, the Chinese have sent emissaries to negotiate with us, demanding that we surrender to them immediately. And only give us twenty minutes, and if we don't reply within twenty minutes, they will attack again, and will not accept our surrender again! After the staff officer finished speaking, he looked at Major General Donald, hoping to get a positive result from Major General Donald.

When Major General Donald heard this, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. However, to get him to give the order to surrender to the squadron, he was somewhat unable to do it. His troops had only been on the battlefield in Mexico for less than a month, and as a result, they were about to surrender to the Chinese, which was really humiliating for him. Of course, if there is really no way, he has no choice in order to save everyone's lives.

"What about the messengers of the Chinese?" Major General Donald asked. If he had to surrender, he hoped to negotiate terms with the Chinese side and try to get as many conditions as possible for the US military.

The Chinese messenger left a message and left. General, the Chinese only gave us twenty minutes, now eight minutes have passed, and we have twelve minutes left! The staff officer urged with some anxiety. Obviously, none of them wanted to let go of this opportunity. Although surrendering to the Chinese, this is somewhat shameful. But in order to survive, everyone can't care so much. In any case, the most important thing is to save Xìng's life first!

Major General Donald opened his mouth to reprimand the staff officer, but in the end nothing was spoken. He glanced around the entire command, and the other officers had stopped what they were doing, and looked at Major General Donald pitifully. From their eyes, Major General Donald saw the desire to survive. In their opinion, the US military has completely failed in this war, and they have done their best and completed their mission. Now, they should save their lives and wait until the war is over to start a new life.

"Give the troops at the front, lay down their arms and surrender to the Chinese!" Major General Donald seemed to use all his strength to finish these words. It's just that after Major General Donald gave the order, the officers and soldiers of the command cheered happily, which made Major General Donald deeply shocked!

Ten minutes before the final reply from the Chinese side, the US military had already ordered surrender. The US officers and men who were fighting on the front line did not have any resistance to this order. Even after the order was given, they scrambled to lay down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender to the squadron. They no longer have the courage to continue fighting the squadron. The attack of the armored forces of the previous squadron had completely frightened them.

Half an hour later, Major General Donald met with the commander of the squadron, the commander of the 2nd Army, General Xie Dingkun. Major General Donald handed over his rifle to Admiral Xie Dingkun, and the U.S. forces on behalf of Atlisco formally surrendered to the squadron.

Admiral Xie Dingkun accepted Maj. Gen. Donald's surrender and said that the American officers and soldiers would be treated as they deserved. Of course, the premise is that these US officers and men must cooperate. If they surrender and still want to cause trouble for the squadron, the squadron will not be relentless.

The surrendered American troops, more than 70,000 people, some of whom were wounded and wounded. These surrendered American soldiers had pale faces and looked a little depressed, but more of them were happy for the rest of their lives.

After the surrender of the American troops, the squadron immediately began to clean up the battlefield, and those American soldiers who surrendered were also required to do the work of carrying and burying the corpses. At the same time, the squadron also began to recuperate after the battle and count battle damage. In addition, those damaged tanks have also begun to be repaired, and each tank is an important weapon, and if it can be repaired, none of them will be abandoned. At the same time, the rest of the tanks should be overhauled immediately to ensure that they are in the best possible condition for the next battle.

At half past six in the evening, Admiral Xie Dingkun got the battle damage report. In the battle of Atlisko, although the squadron destroyed 150,000 enemies, its own losses were less than 3,000 men. It's just that the losses of the tanks are a bit too much, which makes Admiral Xie Dingkun feel a little distressed. By the time they stormed the city of Atlisco, the three armoured brigades had lost more than 20 tanks, most of them T4 Wolves. In the battle in Atlisco, only the T5 Cheetah medium tank took part in the battle. In total, more than 30 tanks were lost during the battle. Thankfully, very few of these tanks were destroyed, most of them were faulty or their tracks were blown up, and they were still usable after repair. However, it also shows that in this battle, the squadron's armored units lost almost a battalion of tanks. And in Puebla behind, there are more American troops, and I am afraid the losses will be greater. In addition, after taking Puebla, the squadron had to make a 120-kilometer detour to block the back of the American troops in Mexico City. Along the way, there will definitely be quite a few tanks and armored vehicles with non-combat losses.

Admiral Xie Dingkun ordered the repair men to repair the tanks as much as possible, and then the baggage troops replenished the supplies and ammunition for the various units, and at the same time replenished the tanks and armored vehicles and trucks. With more than an hour left before dark, it is unlikely that we will get to Puebla. In addition, after a day's jī battle, most of the soldiers were already very tired. Therefore, General Xie Dingkun ordered a section of the 2nd Army and a part of the 7th Army, as well as a medium tank battalion and a mechanized infantry battalion of three armored brigades to stay and recuperate, and then rush to Puebla early tomorrow morning. As for the task of intercepting Puebla, it was entrusted to a part of the 7th Army led by the commander of the 7th Army, General Du Qizheng, another twenty infantry divisions, and three light tank battalions of armored brigades. Barring accidents, this force is more than capable of intercepting the five American armies in Puebla.

When Major General Donald ordered surrender again, he also sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Richard, who was stationed in Puebla, informing Lieutenant General Richard of his decision to surrender with his army. At the same time, in the telegram he also told about the strength of the squadron, and Lieutenant General Richard led the army to retreat and preserve the strength!

Lieutenant General Richard was also shocked when he received a telegram from Major General Donald that the main force of the squadron was attacking Atlisco, and on the one hand he reported the situation to Admiral Pershing for instructions from Admiral Pershing, and on the other hand ordered Puebla's five corps to enter positions and prepare for the attack of the Chinese.

However, as Atrisco's U.S. forces were quickly defeated, Lieutenant General Richard became more and more uneasy after learning about Atlisco's battle situation. However, without receiving an answer from Admiral Pershing, he did not have the authority to order a retreat, abandoning the strategic point of Puebla! rs!。