On September 13, the order to hold on to retreat was sent to Patton. He was angry and tore the telegram to pieces and cursed everyone in the Joint Conference loudly.

Several division commanders looked at each other, wondering why he was so out of control, the enemy had intercepted him in front of him, and he would definitely not be able to rush over. Wasn't Washington's arrangement of retreat the most obvious and wise decision? Why did Patton so angry? Is he still thinking about turning defeat into victory? Not to mention the German planes chasing and attacking all the way above his head, even the pursuers behind him were exhausted, and the troops had been reduced to only about 50,000. If it weren't for the support of Recife's friendly forces and the Land Airlines, everyone's mentality would have been ruined long ago.

Defend against El Salvador, not to defend;

Counterattack El Salvador, but failed;

Retreat from El Salvador, he was in a mess all the way, and lost his troops all the way. After walking for only 200 kilometers, he took 8 days, and the total force dropped from 110,000 to less than 70,000. How much is the distance from Recife? More than 400 kilometers. At this speed and loss, the German army did not even have to intercept it in the middle, and the pursuit soldiers were exhausted to death.

Senior officers didn't know how to describe their deep feelings and helplessness, so they didn't understand Patton's temper.

Only Hewitt knew the reason why Patton was furious was the same in Africa. As a result, Patton abandoned the troops he had gathered from the Horn of Africa in the last defense circle and boarded the plane to retreat in a mess. That was the most shameful battle that Patton felt much more shameful than the long-distance marching in the Horn of Africa. Now he had to build a defense circle on the spot to retreat from the air, and he had to retreat in batches and groups, which hit Patton's painful memories at once, which made him unable to suppress the outbreak.

Although Hewitt is the navy and it is not convenient to interfere in the command of the army, he must stand up and smooth things out at this critical moment: "George, I understand your feelings. I have experienced this similar scene once. That kind of pain and anxiety are with me, but this time it is different. All the troops are American soldiers. One can be withdrawn. If you don't retreat, General Roosevelt will die in vain. He fought his life to buy time for the retreat of the group army."

I don't know if Hewitt's persuasion worked or Patton remembered the dead Roosevelt, who was killed. He shed tears and was in great pain. He ordered to find a suitable area nearby to defend and prepare for the order to retreat.

Under the urgent consultation of the staff, he adopted the suggestion and allowed more than 60,000 people to gather in Simandias. This place is more like a basin, with hills on all sides, which is not conducive to heavy equipment passage. There is a relatively flat valley in the middle, which is more conducive to defense from the terrain. As long as the two gaps in the middle and west are guarded, the German army coming from Alakalu or the Rommel cluster chasing behind him can be blocked.

If the German army wants to continue pursuing, they can only attack the gaps on the front or side. The former will face the fortifications urgently built by the US military, while the latter can only choose to detour, which means that they must go more than 120 kilometers of roads.

Arnold's China Airlines provided emergency assistance, commanding the aircraft to quickly airdrop more than 200 tons of steel plates with holes to lay them on the flat ground to quickly build the runway. This is also the mystery that the US military can often quickly repair the airport. It is related to the escape passage, and all the officers and soldiers rushed to help, and after a night, they built a temporary field airport as quickly as possible.

The US military's actions were quickly controlled by Rommel. After looking at the map, he showed a strange smile: "Okay! This place is good!"

Gauss didn't understand what he wanted to say, but after listening to the subsequent deployment, he understood everything.

"Tell General Garland to draw all the fighter jets in his hand to El Salvador, and then send a telegram to Marshal Mashar, asking the aircraft carrier formation to approach the waters near Alakalu and prepare to enter the battle!"

At a glance, you can tell that Rommel's interest was not to annihilate the US ground force. He had the idea of ​​surrounding the points and attacking aid from the air. In order to prevent the situation from being uncontrollable, Rommel made the pursuit cluster block the entrance, and on the other hand, the second armored grenade division landing from the Alakalu line detoured from the right wing, and then let the Shaoken troops detour from the left wing, preparing to encircle the valley.

Patton, no matter whether you leave or not, Rommel is watching you from the outside...

"Now let's see a wonderful aviation war!"

Simandias is only more than 200 kilometers away from El Salvador, and less than 300 kilometers away from the HNA cluster on the Alakalu line. The US military in Recife is more than 400 kilometers away from the place. Judging from the frequency of dispatch and range, the German army obviously has the upper hand, while the German army only needs to mobilize fighter jets to attack. The US military needs to use fighter jets to cover the transport aircraft. The difficulty of the two sides is obviously different.

Garland agreed with Rommel's arrangement and specifically motivated the pilot: "The opportunity to show off one's skills has come. Young men, the glittering Knight Cross is waiting for you!" Of course, it is impossible to have no sacrifice when fighting. He specifically told the German team that blocked the entrance outside the valley. If you are hit, fly out of the valley and then jump. If you really can't control it, at least you don't jump into the valley, don't jump into the valley!

In the early morning of September 14, the US transport aircraft first transported a batch of fuel and supplies, and even brought two radars, and then took away the first wave of retreating personnel: all the downed land aerial parachute crews and some naval officers and soldiers. The total number of retreating personnel was nearly 2,000. Hewitt himself refused the first wave of retreat and insisted on staying.

Since the German army did not interfere with this, the first round of retreat seemed very successful, greatly encouraging the confidence of the US military officers and soldiers.

But the retreat in the afternoon became unsuccessful. Garland organized more than 200 fighter jets to raid. Although Recife sent US Army Air Fighters to cover, they could not withstand the fierce attack of the German army. This was the ace pilot who had fought on the east and west lines for several years. Anyone who could pull it out was qualified to be an instructor of the US military.

Although the combination of p-51c+p-47d is good at fighting power, the attack power of ta-152+do-412 should not be underestimated. Soon the US military discovered that in addition to the experience gap between them and the German army, the biggest gap is firepower.

Except for the lucky few who are equipped with Sispanno guns, most of the US fighters are only equipped with 6 7mm heirlooms, while most of the German fighters they face have 4 20mm cannons, usually 2 20mmmg213 + 2 20mmg151 combinations. There are also a very small number of German super aces equipped with 2 experimental 30mmk213 (30mm version of mg213 rotary cannons). However, unlike the mk213 in history, this time the cartridge was increased and the rate of fire was reduced. The initial muzzle velocity was increased from 530 meters/sec to 760 meters/sec, and the rate of fire was reduced from 1000-1200 rounds/minute to 800-900 rounds/minute.

When fighting with fighters, the power of mk213 is not very obvious, because whether it is p-51 or p-47, the effects of being hit by mg213 and mk213 at key positions are basically the same, but when used to deal with transport aircraft, the important value of mk213 is immediately revealed.

The c-47 is considered a very solid transport aircraft. Generally, there is no problem with 3-4 rounds of 20mmmmg151 ammunition at non-core locations. If it is mg213, you can barely hold on, but as long as you hit 2 rounds of mk213, you will basically only have one way to crash.

On this first day, known as the Brazilian air combat frenzy, the German army shot down 127 US fighter jets and 57 C-47 transport aircraft at the cost of 39 fighter jets. The entire valley was filled with wreckage. Patton watched the plane crash from the air in pain and had no choice. He even thanked the brave army aviation officers and soldiers, who were transporting more than 5,000 troops on the same day with unprecedented fearless spirit.

On September 15, Garland increased the offensive aircraft to more than 400. Not only did the Air Force fighters continue to come and join, but even HNA carrier-based fighters also entered the attack. He fully understood Rommel's idea and did not waste time. He sent attack aircraft to bomb the emergency runways, and only focused the attack on the transport planes.

The next day, the German attack group changed its strategy. Instead of a large formation rushing up, it divided into 20-30 multiple formations to attack and attack, and ran away when they hit. Once a group of US fighter jets were drawn out, the Ta-152, which was ambushing at high altitude, pounced on the air and used the BZ tactic to kill the group of US rookies. After several times of being fooled, the US military either did not come out or rush out in large groups. The former was more convenient for the German army to adopt the tactic of running when they hit, while the latter was even more rogue to use the gaps of US fighter jets to attack transport planes in the valley.

On this day, the losses of US fighter jets dropped to 108, but the losses of transport aircraft increased to 94. In the end, the number of people retreated was only more than 4,000. The navy and crew finally retreated, and the most troublesome wounded and sick people were retreated next.

On the third day, the US military once again drew troops from Recife to increase its escort force. There were more than 200 p-51p-47s patrolling at the valley airport every moment, and the German army could not find a good phone.

At this time, Garland's commanding effect reflected his experience in commanding the Condor Legion to fight the Spanish Civil War and his experience in competing with the Royal Air Force in North Africa was fully utilized. After obtaining Rommel's consent, Garland turned his finger and did not try to chew the US military aircraft group in the valley, but instead pulled the main force of the attacking group to Recife.

More than 400 bombers, all attack aircraft were dispatched, and they attacked under the protection of more than 300 fighters. Taking advantage of the opportunity that most of the US fighters in Recife went out and had weak air defense power, the US base was turned upside down. The US military lost more than 1,000 people, anti-aircraft artillery positions, airport runways and large amounts of supplies were blown up. A bomb even landed directly behind Li Qiwei, who was patrolling the defensive position. Fortunately, he was agile and immediately threw the pilot to the ground and dropped the bomb. No one expected that he would almost kill the new commander of the 5th Army.

Li Qiwei, who escaped the disaster, looked as if she was ashen: The Germans' threat was really a bit amazing...
Chapter completed!