As a soldier, George Dewey, like Will, had ideals that could only be realized in the military. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Why is Will obsessed with the army, because Will likes the life of a soldier in the army, Will likes the straightforwardness of the military and does not need to intrigue with people, and Will can only find a sense of belonging in the army, which cannot be achieved in either the Springfield Police Department or the city government.

George Dewey, like Will, is the only military that is George Dewey's biggest stage.

Of course, if you break it down, it's still different, the United States doesn't have a standing army, and George Dewey is the navy, and Will is a serious army, so Will would rather not be mayor of Springfield, but go to Cuba to pursue his ideals.

"Actually, after this battle, we may be able to try to persuade Washington to set up a standing army." Li Mu thought a little far, if Li Mu pushed Washington to set up a standing army, then maybe Li Mu could get an honorary title such as "the father of the US Army"-

In the future, all the US Army will be grateful to Li Mu, because it is precisely because of Li Mu's efforts that the United States has the Standing Army as a standing arm.

"This attention is good Reem, I support you." Will immediately refreshed his spirits, and his eyes were full of eagerness when he looked at Li Mu.

"If you do this, let alone whether you can succeed or not, the navy will hate you." George Dewey disagreed.

Assuming that Congress allocates $1 million in military spending to the military every year, then if Li Mu pushes Washington to set up a standing army, then this will inevitably split a part of the navy's military spending.

George Dewey still belonged to the Navy after all.

"George, you can't say that, if the United States had an army, then the voice of the military would be louder, it would get more military spending, half of three million would be much more than all of a million." Li Mu is not worried about the reproach of the navy, even if the Congress does not increase military spending, at least Li Mu can get the support of the army.

As far as the current situation is concerned, although the navy does not hate Li Mu, the navy will not be grateful to Li Mu, there is a difference between the two, even if it is hated, it is better than ignoring.

"Whatever you want, if you want." George Dewey no longer persuaded that the future would be unpredictable, and that it was only right to do what was in front of us first.

"Tomorrow there will be a batch of 'Rainstorm' heavy machine guns coming in, this is the last supply before the war, and the next time will be until mid-July, when mortars for testing will be delivered." Li Mu encouraged George Dewey that the United States of Cuba now surpassed the Spaniards in terms of armament.

George Dewey's army was now armed with nearly 200 heavy machine guns, a figure that was still a short number, but it was a world away from the Spaniards, who, with the exception of artillery, were completely inferior in positional warfare.

The current artillery performance is not perfect, generally one or two shots per minute is not bad, and there are not enough artillery officers in Spain because of the coup d'état, which further weakens the strength of the Spanish artillery unit.

Compared with the infantry, which only needs to be trained for a few months, artillery is a high-tech branch of the army, which requires a longer period of training and a higher level of education, and the artillery unit in the nineteenth century has the reputation of "scientist troops", and almost every officer who is proficient in artillery is a mathematician.

"That's the only good news I have for today." George Dewey's face looked a little better, and he raised the cup in his hand to greet Li Mu.

"You're welcome, this is what I'm supposed to do." Li Mu bowed his respects, and he didn't feel much proud.

On the 10th of July, Willis Nikolau led his troops to El Cristo, and the Second Battle of El Cristo began.

Given the experience of the First Battle of El Christo, Willis Nikolau did not dare to take a big position, and after two days of fire preparation before launching an attack, he almost completely destroyed all visible defenses on George Dewey's carefully placed first line of defense, and then ordered his soldiers to attack.

What Willis Nikolau did not expect was that in just three months, George Dewey had set up a complete fortification system in El Cristo, compared with the previous position, the current defense line was similar to a three-dimensional defense line, although the Spanish artillery fire was fierce, but the effect was not great, George Dewey's soldiers were hiding in the hiding cave, and did not suffer much loss, and even after the Spaniards stopped fire, George Dewey's soldiers had enough time to repair the fortifications.

The Spaniards were attacking from behind, and they were faced not only with steep hills, but also with minefields planted in their way, and barbed wire everywhere on the ground, which was the biggest trouble for the attacking infantry.

Within two hours of the ground forces, the Spaniards had paid the price of nearly 3,000 men, but they had not yet completed the first assault, and they were not even able to force the defenders to use grenades.

Willis Nikolau is not a peerless genius who is not born, in the face of a strong defensive position, Willis Nikolau's only countermeasure is to fill it with human lives, and the Spaniards are not even familiar with infantry and artillery coordination, which makes the Spaniards' attack power greatly reduced, and it looks like thunder and rain are small.

"At this time, we have to use the skirmish line tactic, our defenders now have no artillery, and the normal defensive position must have artillery, if the skirmish line tactics are used when attacking a strong position, then under the enemy's fire, the skirmish line will avoid casualties to the greatest extent, because the soldiers' positions are scattered, and a 75-millimeter shell can knock out at most half of our squad, and now the Spaniards' tactic, a shell can kill at least half of their company-" Far from the observation position of the main battlefieldTom is explaining the "skirmisher" tactics to Will in detail.

Since the Napoleonic period, artillery has been known as the god of war, and the Spaniards can tacitly support the United States of Cuba and tolerate the United States selling light weapons to Cuba in their personal name, but the Spaniards will never allow the Americans to sell artillery to the United States of Cuba, which will lead to a war between Spain and the United States.

So the war has been going on so far, although it has been fierce for several years, the United States of Cuba still has no artillery.

As for mortars, this is not part of the embargo imposed by the Spaniards, who do not know what mortars are, so they are forbidden.

"Well, it seems that the skirmish line does make some sense." Will with a telescope had to admit that the skirmish line was indeed a little better than the thin red line in the attack.

"Don't look at Reem who has never been in the army, this guy is a genius, his skirmish line is only the first step, I heard that there will be some 'three-three system' introduced in the future, it's a pity that we have returned to the United States by then, and we have no chance to understand this tactic." Tom's words were astonishing, and there was unspeakable regret in his words.

In fact, in Li Mu's view, the "straggler line" is also unsatisfactory, and the "three-three system" created by a certain biao of PLA in the future is the real "terminator".

Of course, while carrying forward the "three-three system", Li Mu also wants to play with infantry and artillery coordination, armor coordination, left and right trapezoids or something, but that is all in the future, and it is a bit early to say it now.

"The skirmish line will not completely solve the problem, and in the face of dense artillery, the troops will still suffer great losses." Will doesn't know what the "three-three system" is, and just as the big situation is seen now, it is still not optimistic.

"It's not because we don't have artillery, if we have artillery, we can counter the enemy's artillery, you see, we can see the Spanish artillery positions now, there is no cover at all, this is a clear bullying that we don't have artillery." There was hatred in Tom's tone.

As he spoke, a Spanish soldier finally broke through the barbed wire fence and mines and began to attack the trenches.

The originally sparse cold guns suddenly became dense, and even though the training intensity of the ordinary troops of the United Cuban States was not as high as that of the Guantánamo Infantry Regiment, it was much higher than the training intensity of the Spanish colonial army, and the shooting accuracy was still guaranteed.

"It looks like we're not going to get a chance to play for a while." Will was itchy and unpleasant.

"If I could, I'd rather never have a chance." Tom didn't want to charge into battle, Li Mu recently said that he wanted to establish a training battalion in the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment, and Tom wanted to continue this kind of double-paid work.

On the first day of the attack, the Spaniards made no progress, and if the broken barbed wire fences were ignored, George Dewey's soldiers drove the Spaniards back without even using grenades.

That night, George Dewey sent a telegram to Li Mu, asking the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment to move to the rear of the Spaniards and be ready to attack at any time.

From the strength of the attack on the first day, George Dewey clearly felt that the Spaniards lacked confidence, even if such an army was a little more numerous, it was really not a matter of concern, and George Dewey was confident that he would fight a battle.

Li Mu is not very optimistic, in any case, Willis Nikolau has 90,000 soldiers, nearly twice as many as the United States of Cuba, and in the face of such an enemy, he should still be more cautious.