Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1114 Turning point in Peoria
However, this scene did not happen, until the train passed in front of him, the fingers that had been clasped on the launch engine were not pressed.

"Report No. [-], the target has left No. [-] area." Watching the train gradually go away, the soldier reported in a low voice to the microphone hanging on his ear.

In the temporary front finger, the enemy's marching route has already been replaced by a blinking cursor. Every time the train advances to a place, the cursor changes from dark to bright.Seeing the train gradually approaching Lashio, everyone's eyes were once again focused on the commander.

"Tell the general reserve team to get ready." Zhang Xueliang ordered in a deep voice at the moment when the train's sign coincided with Peoria's.

The moment the train overlapped with Peoria, there was a burst of warm congratulations in the tense command post. Clark, who had been standing in front of the screen, looked relaxed at this moment, and turned his head to look at the unsparing Xiang The people with smiling faces here nodded with a smile.

"Order the 502nd Regiment to immediately investigate and eliminate the Chinese troops in Peoria, and establish a forward base. At the same time, order the 101st Division to quickly land and complete the occupation of Peoria." Once entering the city, it means that the 502nd Regiment has already Completely out of the most dangerous situation, at this moment, all they have to do is to open up an airport for landing and guard it until the arrival of the 101st Division.

Hearing the order, the staff officer's answer was full of confidence. At this moment, everyone knew that the fifth army had more than half of the victory in their hands.As long as the 101st Division reaches its destination, the rest of the work is to block the entrances and exits of the nearby jungle step by step, and then carry out a clear-cut campaign without any suspense.

When the order was transmitted to the 502 regiment in the form of radio waves, the soldiers in the regiment were surprised at what they found.As a small city with a population of only 4, the US troops in Peoria had been emptied long before the war started.

The information sent by the headquarters shows that this is a small town populated by Chinese. Even so, this is not enough to reassure the soldiers. Looking at these local residents who are completely indistinguishable from the enemy's appearance, the head of the 502nd regiment spent a long time. It took time before the subordinates put down the guns pointed at the residents.

Executing the order is the immediate priority. The narrow square in the city was temporarily requisitioned, and after clearing the obstacles, it became a temporary parking area.After safely setting up the surrounding firepower points, at this moment everyone can finally relax and wait for the arrival of the large army.

After experiencing the fear before, the relaxation at this moment makes people feel like a vacation. Although Chinese people who are no different from the enemy are constantly walking around, it does not affect the relaxation of everyone in the slightest.After a while, large-scale helicopter groups will appear in the sky, and they will bring supplies, equipment, and soldiers so many that the enemy has a headache, and by then, all these nightmares will also end.

Under the expectation of everyone, soon, there was a faint roar in the sky, as if a large group of locusts were flying towards the monster wind. Through the binoculars, everyone clearly saw a Chinook armed with a Cobra. Accompanied by helicopters, they flew quickly, and behind them, there were dozens of times more transport helicopters.

"Everything is coming to an end!" Looking at the approaching helicopter, the head of the 502 regiment muttered in a low voice.

Everything that followed confirmed his expectations. In the camera, an anti-aircraft missile suddenly appeared and flew straight from the ground when the Cobra was about to land. Then, the explosion and flames turned everyone's hopes into bad news.

Think of the Afghan war that year, when the Afghan guerrillas used Viper rockets to cause the Chinese to lose hundreds of helicopters.In the face of portable, simple and reliable individual air defense weapons, while showing off their power, helicopters have also fallen into the same predicament as tanks.During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, China lost a total of 120 helicopters.And all of this is the result of the difference between the enemy's weapons and their existence.

At this moment, what the U.S. military is facing is not the stragglers in Iraq or Afghanistan, but the well-trained Chinese army with excellent individual air defense weapons. nightmare.

The first explosion became a signal, and when the light flashed, all the escort helicopters quickly turned their airborne weapons to the place where the light had just flashed, and at the same time threw a lot of firepower down.The previous missile seemed to irritate the middle finger of the overlord of the sky. Although it hit a target suddenly, it was responded a thousand times later.

Under the fierce counterattack, the entire jungle immediately turned into a flame. Seeing his masterpiece, just as the military controllers panted and released the launch button, a light flashed again in the direction opposite to the previous attack.

Compared with the previous attack, this time, the opponent obviously invested all their strength. The smoke screen fired by the individual anti-aircraft missiles made the entire jungle instantly filled with gunpowder smoke like a wildfire.In the sky, the alarm systems in all the helicopters were beeping hoarsely at the same time, reminding everyone in the aircraft that the missile was coming.

"Crash landing!" Commander 101 witnessed all this happening, and the only thing he could do was shout into the microphone. In his opinion, facing the enemy's supersaturated attack, any deception is like a child's trick , It is completely impossible to control the attention of the missiles all over the sky. Now, the only thing to do is to lower the altitude, hoping that the subsequent forced landing will be unscathed.

The FN6 missile has become the protagonist of the sky at this moment, and the army's anti-aircraft missile battalion has turned the entire low altitude into a dead zone. The fragments of the FN missile outlined the entire space into a steel hell. Although the American armed helicopters, which have always advocated defense, could only be forced to bow their heads in front of this steel hell.

Amidst the sound of ping-pong-pong, the group of helicopters was forced to land in the jungle around the airport, which was only a short distance away from them. Against the background of crackling, the big steel birds that had been showing off their might in the sky were now scattered like dead fish. In the whole jungle.In the cabin, the American soldiers who had fantasized about making dumplings for the enemy before climbed out of the deformed cabin, and then, under the yelling of the officer, ran to the assembly point in a daze, wielding the engineering shovel, to fight for the possibility. Final preparations for the coming battle.

"Notify the staff, tell Your Excellency the General that we have just been ambushed by the enemy, and we have ordered the fleet that has not taken off to suspend takeoff, and at the same time request to send troops to support." The 101st division commander quickly ordered to the correspondent as soon as he climbed out of the cabin.

"General, what should we do?" After quickly recording the order, the correspondent did not leave, but glanced at the division commander and asked in confusion.

"Hold your position and wait for reinforcements. I believe they will come." The division commander nodded silently, and then said.

"How many enemies are left?" He casually asked the staff without looking at the report in front of him.

"At least it should be a battalion of the enemy, and none of the dozens of helicopters escaped. Do you think this is enough chips?" Before the staff officer could answer, Zhu Peide came over with a smile and asked.

"Whether the chips are enough or not depends on what the enemy thinks. As far as I see it now, it's not a big problem." Smiling, he turned his head and said.

"I don't think so. The Americans are known as the army that respects life the most. Their soldiers are all carved out of gold. They would melt if you hold them in your hand. Now they are one regiment plus one battalion." Zhu Peide couldn't believe it. reminded.

The answer was yes with a smile. The latter didn't want to answer his doubts, but continued to look at the information in front of him.

Good news always seems to go hand in hand with bad news.Just when Clark was fortunate to occupy Peoria without bloodshed, what happened to the 101st Division made his originally excited mood suddenly turn cold.The enemy let go of the 502 regiment, but dared to ambush around Peoria to attack the helicopters. This arrangement can no longer be simply described as clever and stupid.

Since the enemy dared to lay an ambush under Peoria's nose, it is enough to show that the 502nd regiment has been completely surrounded, including the battalion that fell before. troops.

"What should I do?" Clark didn't know anything, he only knew that if he gave up the 502nd Regiment and the Airborne Battalion rashly, then what awaited him after returning home would be the same.However, if we go to the rescue, then what is waiting for the 5th Army may not be as simple as we think now.

One battalion plus one regiment, the bait is big enough to make the 5th Army hurt.But if they are rescued, what awaits the Fifth Army is likely to be a complete trap.

One of the most old-fashioned Chinese tactics is to surround the spot and fight for aid. Putting a regiment in front of you is enough to make the Fifth Army have to seriously consider its later actions.

No one likes to jump into traps, and Clark himself is no exception. For him, such an obvious trap is purely a kind of contempt for him.

"Tell the head of the 502nd regiment that he is now appointed as the military chief of the Peoria area. His mission is to do his best to highlight the encirclement. The other troops stop advancing and prepare to return." Looking at the map, that is encircled The goal of being together, Clark said hesitantly.

"General, I feel that if we retreat, we will really fall into the trap of the Chinese." Just as his subordinates were about to leave with the order, the former staff officer came over again and reminded in a low voice.

"What do you want to say?" For Clark, there is no way to turn things around now, and the only thing he can do is to minimize losses.

"I think that behind us is the biggest trap for the enemy." The staff officer summoned up his courage and said.

Clark was particularly dissatisfied when the staff interjected again. The guy in front of him, who couldn't even pronounce his name, seemed very interested in playing against him in terms of command strategy.At the critical moment, Clark even wanted to call the guards to pull this guy out.But just when Clark was hesitating whether to call the guards or do it himself, the staff officer had already walked quickly to the map.

(End of this chapter)