Idaho, the pocket formation painstakingly arranged by the U.S. military, is in the final battle. Obviously, Pershing was not satisfied with the result of only one small fish in the net this time, and after tightening the encirclement, he began to think about the strategic plan again.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we may consider ambushing the enemy's reinforcements halfway through!" Douglas MacArthur proposed

Pershing's eyes lit up, and then it dimmed again, the enemy's reinforcements were at least in the hundreds of thousands, how to ambush?

If the number of people is small, it is not used, and the number of people is too large to be kept secret, the plan is a good plan, but when it is implemented, it is difficult to complete!

"No, MacArthur, we can't keep it secret when we mobilize a large army, the enemy already knows about our situation, and it's impossible not to take precautions!" Pershing denied

Douglas MacArthur did not give up and said: "We can camouflage and let the troops enter in batches, the enemy's march must be very long, and we will launch a sneak attack at night!" ”

Pershing thought for a while and said: "Your plan is only suitable for small troop operations, no matter how disguised we are, it is impossible for us to send hundreds of thousands of troops over without being discovered by the enemy!" ”

Douglas MacArthur asked rhetorically, "Why does it have to be hundreds of thousands of troops?" If we just send out tens of thousands of troops, and then disperse them and disguise them as regional militias, even if the enemy finds out, they will not pay attention!

And I also found a problem, our troops are very conducive to night operations, as long as the soldiers' uniforms are dyed black, under the cover of night, the enemy will not find anything! ”

Pershing thought for a moment and said, "Okay then, you just go ahead and try it, I hope you can succeed!" But before we do that, we still have to eat the enemy army in front of us as soon as possible, and then go to deal with the enemy's reinforcements! ”

With a tenfold superiority in troops, Pershing had nothing wrong with saying this, and they had the confidence to eat this Japanese army in a short time.

Confidence is not equal to strength, and the US military, which was in charge of the attack, was soon slapped in the face.

Due to the lack of adequate training, the American soldiers behaved very badly, and when attacking, they often rushed forward, and they were not able to carefully look for the enemy's weak points, nor were they able to cooperate with the artillery in an orderly manner, and the results were naturally disastrous!

Three days have passed, and the Japanese troops are still cowering in a single place, stubbornly holding their positions, although they are now suffering heavy casualties, but this battle still has no intention of ending!

Douglas MacArthur had already set off with his troops, the future five-star general, who was only a lieutenant colonel a few months ago, and now the commander of the US First Army.

This war was seen as an opportunity to become a hero, as long as the sneak attack was completed, the enemy reinforcements were severely damaged, and the main force was combined to drive the enemy into the sea, and the battle situation was completely alive.

With the prospect of a resounding victory, the United States of America would have the capital to negotiate peace with the League of Nations to end a war that should never have happened.

And as a key figure in this war, a turning point, he, Douglas MacArthur, is naturally a hero of this country!

The reality is always cruel, and when he came out with the troops, Douglas MacArthur knew that he was in trouble, and although the Black Uncles were very brave in fighting, they were really scattered in terms of records.

Douglas MacArthur did not notice it at first, but when he arrived at the place where he had been booked, he counted the numbers and suddenly realized that the war had not yet begun, and that a regiment of soldiers had been lost.

If you lose it, you will lose it, it is very normal for the army to fall behind in a hurry, and what bothers him the most is that now many officers cannot find soldiers, and soldiers cannot find officers, and they gather together in a chaotic manner!

These are all minor problems, he is also a future famous general, although he became a famous general after a bunch of defeats, he still has basic abilities.

Douglas MacArthur decisively ordered: "Order all units to lead people in the order of formation, and bring them back to their own distribution!" ”

It's not the first time, he already has a lot of experience in dealing with it. Although he knew that the group of soldiers under his command was a rabble, he was still full of confidence in this operation!

Pershing gave him the order to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy army, and if that was not possible, to retreat to the next best thing, to disrupt the order of the enemy army and delay their march.

As long as you completely do any of the above tasks, it doesn't matter if the whole army is annihilated, you can win strategically!

Therefore, the supplies they carry are also very limited, and the retreat does not exist, as long as the task is completed, he can take some of the officers to hide in nearby towns, this army is already an outcast.

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By dusk, the Japanese had arrived outside Wells, a dozen kilometers away from the ambush site that MacArthur had prepared. Now that the American troops are ready to move again, MacArthur does not think that the Japanese will come at this time, and of course they will move to the next ambush point.

As outsiders, it was impossible for the Japanese soldiers to enter the city to rest, and unless they were going to rob, the Japanese soldiers would not approach the American quarters alone, which meant danger.

In a country where everyone has guns, it is better to restrain yourself and keep up with the big army, otherwise you may eat peanuts at any time, which is a lesson that countless Japanese soldiers have learned with their blood!

Yusaku Uehara naturally won't make this kind of mistake again, the opportunity to rob is always there, and now it's still important to save people, the Second Army has been trapped in the enemy's encirclement for three days, and it may end at any time, how can he delay time?

An officer suddenly ran up to Yusaku Uehara and said, "Report, Your Excellency Commander, General Kojiro Uchiyama has sent a telegram asking for help again, and the U.S. troops are now attacking day and night, and they are about to be overwhelmed!" ”

Yusaku Uehara scolded angrily: "Waste, it's just a shame on the face of the Imperial Japanese Army, tell them to hold on to me!" Order the troops to speed up the march and rest after another twenty kilometers! ”

With his order, the Japanese soldiers, who were supposed to camp and rest, had to continue on their way. The car was born, but the Japanese army did not have the courage to let the soldier sit in the car, and his main way of marching was still two legs!

This is the United States, how can the movements of the Japanese army be concealed from the American army? Although the American people are very dissatisfied with this administration, they still know who to choose compared to the Japanese army.

MacArthur, who had just packed up his belongings and was about to transfer, decisively chose to stop after receiving the information and waited for the Japanese army to send him to the door.

As the minutes ticked by, night had fallen, and the Japanese soldiers had to turn on their flashlights and continue their march, suddenly increasing the distance by twenty kilometers, and even if they were well trained, they were still exhausted.

Douglas MacArthur smiled, he never dreamed that such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would be met by him! What could be easier than sneaking up on a tired army?

Looking at the long march of the Japanese army, MacArthur decisively let go of the front army, the middle army, and the rear army of the Japanese who was his target, in addition to being easier to get his hands on, the logistics of the Japanese army were also in the rear army, as long as he succeeded in his strategic purpose, it would be achieved!

He didn't care what the Japanese army would do without supplies. As a great American, he has long been very dissatisfied with the policy of non-resistance in the states, and if he can let the local militia and the Japanese army fight, he will not mind pushing it!

MacArthur asked, "How many Japanese troops have passed?" ”

The adjutant thought for a moment and said: "The Japanese army has already walked out of our ambush circle for about five kilometers, about three kilometers are passing by, and there are still two kilometers that have not entered the ambush circle!" ”

That's right, they have no way to count the number of enemy troops when they are blind in the dark, and the only way to deduce the number of enemies by judging the length of the march has become the only way.

MacArthur thought for a moment and said, "Order the troops to prepare for battle and attack in half an hour!" ”

"Yes!" The adjutant replied

I have to say that Uncle Hei is really very advantageous at night, and the distance of only a few hundred meters is that the Japanese army treats them as air.

The waiting time is always long, tick, half an hour finally passed, and the rear of the Japanese army also entered the ambush circle, MacArthur gave an order: "Attack!" ”

Then the American soldiers followed the pre-drills and launched an attack on the exhausted Japanese troops!

The sudden attack, the Japanese army was directly blinded, the enemy was in darkness from top to bottom, and many Japanese soldiers thought they had encountered a ghost! Fortunately, these ghosts are also afraid of bullets, otherwise it is estimated that these logistics soldiers have collapsed by now!

This is caused by the unique military system of the Japanese, usually they are accustomed to placing the most capable main forces in the front army, so that when fighting, the most powerful combat effectiveness can burst out; The logistics troops with low combat effectiveness are placed in the rear army, and the enemy has been taken care of by the troops in front, and the rear army is naturally the safest!

Unexpectedly, this time by mistake, they met MacArthur, a bold guy, who didn't play cards according to common sense at all, and people came with troops to send them to death!

The purpose of the Americans is very clear, with tens of thousands of cannon fodder troops, they will severely damage the reinforcements of this coalition army, and they will make a lot of money!

Such a use of troops is naturally unimaginable to normal people, but the current US Army is no longer normal, and the people who defend this country have become the lowest level of society, and other classes have betrayed the country!

And the officers who command this army are also radicals, and they don't care about the casualties of the soldiers!

It just so happened that the black uncles were well-limbed and simple-minded, and they were good cannon fodder troops, and they were brought over to die, and they didn't know it, maybe they thought that against these Japanese dwarves, they could fight three at a time!

The battle in the rear soon attracted the attention of Yusaku Uehara, who was commanding the soldiers to set up camp, and the dense gunfire made the battlefield veteran realize the problem, and subconsciously said: "Send someone to see, what's going on behind?" ”

Before the guards could go far, an officer ran up to him and said, "Report, Your Excellency, Commander, our rear army has been attacked by the enemy, and now we are fighting fiercely with the enemy, and we are asking for reinforcements!" ”

Yusaku Uehara reacted suddenly, and subconsciously said: "Oh no, our supplies are in the rear army, once it falls into the hands of the enemy, the consequences are unimaginable!" Order the 3rd, 4th, 16th, and 19th Divisions to immediately return to reinforcements the same way! ”

When the Japanese reinforcements arrived, it was already late, and the vehicles carrying supplies behind had already been patronized by the American troops, a question of Molotov cocktails, as a party to the sneak attack, how could MacArthur not be prepared?

The battle continues, the raging fire has been ignited, and the Japanese soldiers can only watch the supplies being burned, and they are still busy fighting!

Under the influence of drugs, the American soldiers have now fallen into a state of frenzy, and under the cover of night, they do not know that the officer who commanded them in battle has quietly left the battlefield and disappeared into the night!

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