Chapter 426: Head Like Rain (7)
The two major mountain systems in the United States, the Rocky Mountain region, are relatively not humid and have a high altitude, so the magnificent Grand Canyon and various rocky mountains look relatively bare. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info pilots who have flown in the Rocky Mountains, when they reach the highest peak, the Appalachian Mountains, which are only 2037 meters, see mountains with mountains and mountains.
Dense forests cover these mountains, and the Appalachian Mountains in July are as beautiful as a super screen of green. Of course, this is the whole. From the air, the perennial smoke near Pittsburgh has finally dissipated a lot recently due to the war. Then you can clearly see that the vast land where cinders, slag, and slag are piled up seems to be scars on the green earth.
Large swathes of the forest were cut down, and with the extravagance and waste of the Americans, they just cut them down, not planted them. Untouched stumps are left on the ground, because new trees can't grow freely because of the root system that runs all over the ground.
All of this was filmed, stitched together into patches of photographic maps within the intelligence department of the Fifth Corps besieging Pittsburgh, and a more elaborate battlefield map was made.
In the vast expanse of Pittsburgh's rear, troops in gray uniforms were on the line. Yuan Weiting also had maps in his hand, which were not as elaborate as Pittsburgh as a battlefield, but there was also information about rivers, lakes, mountains, and especially the places where the American population lived.
The 700,000 troops were divided into 70 brigades, each of which encircled a piece of land of more than 10 square kilometers, and then combed through the land like a comb. Every brigade is a combat unit, and if you encounter a hard bone that you can't gnaw on, there are also motorized units of the Liberation Army that undertake such a difficult task.
Yuan Weiting is actually an anxious person, but Wang Shizhen is a very tolerant person. And the Japanese have a good point, they are more obedient, and the Japanese still have the mass sentiment of 'even if you are a mouse, you must be the best one'. Let them do this kind of meticulous work, and they really do a good job.
So when 100,000 U.S. Federal Army troops went to reinforce Pittsburgh on August 2, they suddenly received orders to send a force of 3,000 men to act alone. This never-ending order puzzled the commander, Major General Pershing, who considered it a very important assault operation. So he sent Colonel Montes, a member of the Order of Congress, with 3,000 men.
It also took a lot of effort on the part of Major General Pershing to make such an appointment, and the battle between the US Federal Army and China was very fierce. Since the founding of the United States, the United States has regarded itself as New Rome, and the federal army is very similar to the legions of the early Roman Republic, basically hiding troops from the people, and gathering troops into battle when a big war is needed. The situation at this time is very similar to that before Marius's reforms, when the Roman legions were defeated in every battle on the battlefield, and all 26 legions were wiped out without changing them. The same is true of the U.S. Federal Army, which was killed by more than a million in the heat of the war.
Now Pershing commands 100,000 men, and his rank is only a major general, and the current situation of American officers is so bleak. Because no regimental-level unit can still be organized out of the battlefield after it is actually put into battle, the U.S. Federal Army presents a model of 'training rookies, putting the trained rookies into battle, and then recruiting new rookies for training'.
Colonel Mendes has not participated in combat for many years after graduating from the military academy, but his experience is much stronger than that of a rookie, and with his professional background, Colonel Mendes can already be regarded as an old bird.
To his old friend, who had experience in bombing railways together, Major General Pershing earnestly advised. Colonel Mendes simply handed over his son, Second Lieutenant Bennier, to Major General Pershing. Since they were old friends who had gone through the trials of the province together, Major General Pershing already knew Colonel Mendes's thoughts, and he also knew that this trip was dangerous, so he could not let his son Beniel die on the battlefield together.
Pittsburgh is located at the mouth of the Ohio River where the O'Legner River and the Monlon-Mer-Haila River merge into the Ohio River, just on the banks of the O'Richner River, and Colonel Monters led 3,000 elites to break away from the army and set off with an atmosphere of 'the wind is sluggish, the O'Legner River is cold, and the strong man is gone'.
The march of the large army was not fast, and Major General Pershing and his troops continued to walk for two days, and on the morning of the third day, Colonel Monters rushed back to the headquarters covered in sweat. Major General Pershing was terrified, believing that Colonel Montes's troops had probably been ambushed and suffered heavy casualties, and he fled back alone.
Colonel Monters first took the water cup and poured two glasses of water before saying to Major General Pershing with a strong smell of sweat: "The Chinese have sent us women and children from the Great Lakes region." ”
"What?" Major General Pershing was stunned, he could not understand for a moment what Colonel Montes meant.
Colonel Monters went on to explain: "The Chinese killed our men in the Great Lakes region, and they sent the women and children by rail to the vicinity of Pittsburgh, bypassing the battlefields in Pittsburgh, and then the women and children were sent by rail to our side. The first batch had sixty or seventy thousand people, and it is said that there are many more to come. ”
Major General Pershing did not know how to respond to this question at all, he did not expect that the Chinese would play such a hand. Without waiting for Major General Pershing to speak, Colonel Monters said: "We shall quickly ask Hua Shengton to mobilize a train to send these women to the city in the rear. ”
"And then?" Major General Pershing finally spoke.
"And then? And then, of course, it's time to settle them! Colonel Montes replied.
"Where to settle down? By whom? Where does the food come from? Major General Pershing asked three questions in a row.
Staring at Major General Pershing for a moment, Colonel Monters said with great dissatisfaction: "Aren't you going to accept those women?" ”
Major General Pershing shook his head greatly, "Of course not!" But I'm afraid that Warlord's side won't agree. And if we were to accept these people now, how many vehicles and manpower would we need to use? We don't have that much manpower! ”
"Do you want me to put these women near the battlefield?" Colonel Monters probably understood Major General Pershing's intentions.
Major General Pershing just sighed, but did not answer again.
The development of things was as expected by Major General Pershing, and Hua Shengton quickly replied after receiving the news, "Settle on the spot, and we will send a few more truckloads of food." You can send troops to keep them safe. ”
Because I watched Major General Pershing dictate the draft of the telegram, I also saw Hua Shengton's call back. Colonel Monters could only look up to the sky and sigh, "There is a Mao near the battlefield!" ”