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The sharpness he was worried about was actually not a problem, because Deng Shicai didn't want to use his sharpness, he left Lu Yunqi to suppress the resistance army in California for a year, the purpose was to smooth out his sharpness, fighting here in the United States, Deng Shicai didn't want to use those sharp generals, what he needed was a group of resilient generals.

Ma Youwei, who attacked with Lu Yunqi, has a lot more sharpness, and Ma Youwei will be responsible for leading the 30,000 Ming army and Indian mixed cavalry this time, going north along the Colorado River and directly entering the vast Great Plains of the United States.

He asked Ma Youwei his opinion on attacking the Americans, and unlike Lu Yunqi, Ma Youwei did not have any concerns, he thought that the Ming army would win, and asked him why, he explained that the army's combat effectiveness was stronger, the quality of individual soldiers was better, and the grassroots officers were better.

He also took out Mao Qi's comments on the French army in the Franco-Prussian War to explain, Mao Qi said, "The secret of our victory lies in the legs, and success comes from marching and maneuvering." The French knew the tactics of the Prussian army, but they did not want to learn and, in fact, could not. Dividing into small units required a high degree of self-discipline and self-consciousness on the part of the soldiers, as well as the initiative of junior officers, which the educated and patriotic Prussian soldiers could do, but the soldiers of the Second Reich could not. ”

Ma Youwei believes that the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Ming army who have experienced the Vietnam War are more able to give full play to the initiative, which he has experienced in combat before, in a certain scale of encounters, the Ming army troops fought better, while the US army often seems to be at a loss, and the response is improper, either they do not know how to advance and retreat under the superior forces, so that a small group of Ming troops can successfully get out, or they do not judge the situation under the inferior forces, and those who could have escaped were annihilated by the Ming Jun. For every Ming army consumed, three American soldiers must have to pay the price.

Therefore, Ma Youwei still advocates attacking, even if the US military occupies an absolute superiority in troops, he also hopes to mobilize the US army in the movement through mobile warfare, and create opportunities to divide and annihilate.

Ma Youwei's tactics may not be worth trying, and they may not be able to succeed, but there are risks, and Deng Shicai does not want any risks, because he knows that he can't afford any risks when fighting here, and the Americans can exchange three soldiers for one Ming soldier, but the Ming can't afford to change it now.

If it was in the Vietnam War, he would definitely agree with Ma Youwei's tactics, but not now, now he needs to use a general like Lu Yunqi who is full of concerns, maybe this kind of general will miss the opportunity because of hesitation, but he will not take the enemy lightly and lead to collapse, what he needs now is Lian Po, not Zhao Kuo.

Lu Yunqi didn't know the high hopes that Deng Shicai gave him, he only knew that he was in trouble now, he walked all the way through the railway line, and found that it was really impossible to maintain the lack of troops, the southwest region of the United States was too complicated, after crossing the Colorado Bridge in the area controlled by the Ming army, it was a small town called Yuma, the population was originally only a few hundred people, and now they are all scattered, the reason why this place is called Yuma is because this was originally the Indian Yuma tribe, and the US government built a reserve for them nearby, and granted them a large piece of land nearbyBut then they seized these lands step by step, constantly revising the treaty with the Indians, and the Yuma tribe had been squeezed out of existence, and the Americans built towns on the ruins of the Indians along the Colorado River.

The largest city east of Yuma is Phoenix, which was founded by a veteran soldier from the South after the American Civil War, also on the ruins of the Indians, and no one knows how they perished.

Now that the Ming army has taken control of Phoenix, the Ming army is on guard near the railway line from Yuma on the Colorado River to El Paso on the Rio Grande to the east.

El Paso is a Mexican town, located in New Mexico, and Mexico across the Rio Grande as the border, across the river is the Mexican city of Juarez, the Mexican government is very cautious in this war, but the Mexicans are very enthusiastic, especially the residents of the border area, and the Americans are full of contradictions, many young people who can't forget the hatred of being robbed of most of the territory by the United States fifty years ago, and even swam across the Rio Grande to join the Ming army.

After crossing El Paso into the territory of Texas, from here, the terrain became more open, and it became extremely difficult for the Ming army to maintain the lines of communication.

In New Mexico and Arizona, the north was a vast area of mountains and deserts, with only a few major roads, such as the Grand Canyon, which was closed to make it difficult for Americans to enter the area on a large scale, and it was relatively easy to defend. However, the terrain of Texas is open, and the local meadows and farms are completely unobstructed, and the railway line from El Paso to San Antonio has always been in contention between the Ming army and the American army.

The situation in Texas is a little more complicated than in California, there are Indians, and Mexicans, there are countless blacks, the land area is vast, there are many farms and pastures, the white cowboy culture is prevalent, but the total population is not much, this is the biggest difference between fighting in the United States and fighting in Asia, when in Vietnam, whether it is marching or fighting, it is always in a densely populated area, and you can always see a village and a village, but in the United States, you always need to march in the field, Sometimes there are no people in sight after walking for dozens of miles.

The population of Texas is less than a quarter of that of California, with a population of only about 500,000, including blacks, Mexicans and Americans, and it is necessary to deal with these complex residents, and the language problem is a big obstacle, but Lu Yunqi recruited a large number of young students who know both Spanish and English at the Mexican border, and there are also many officers in the Ming army who understand English, which temporarily solves the communication problem.

The biggest problem is how to solve the problem of communication lines, if he was not satisfied with deploying too many troops on the communication lines before he set off, after he passed this way, he began to worry about whether he could really ensure the safety of logistics and supplies even if he put most of his troops on the communication lines.

The number of troops is already insufficient, and the railway lines spread out for thousands of kilometers are already stretched, how can they have the spare strength to enter Texas to compete with the US military, and they can't even reach Houston, so what kind of decisive battle can we talk about?

After staying in El Paso for more than ten days, Lu Yunqi was always thinking about the back road, and he found that no matter what, he could not use 100,000 troops to ensure the smooth flow of traffic in Texas and attack Houston and other big cities.

He soon set his sights on the Rio Grande, which stretched for 2,000 kilometers from El Paso to its mouth, the boundary between the United States and Mexico, which was not well navigable, with a small volume of water and a high sand content, and was navigable by no transport ships except for its own sections.

He asked the scouts to disguise themselves as merchants, enter the Mexican side, survey along the river, and with the help of local overseas Chinese and diplomats, inspected the entire section of the river, although the navigation conditions are poor, but it will not be cut off, if a large number of flat-bottomed boats can be built, it is tantamount to an additional transportation channel, I dare not say that it can ensure the supply of the army, it is still possible to ensure 100,000 people, it is much easier to maintain the smooth flow of this river and ensure the flow of the river than to ensure that the railway is not dug up, only need to build a fortress in the dangerous section of the river, and build one every ten miles, 2,000 kilometers is only 400 fortresses, and a fortress is stationed with 100 soldiers, but 40,000 people.

The Americans also built railroads along the U.S.-Mexico border, that is, along the river, so the railroad and the river can echo, and the forts built can be strong to ensure the smooth flow of the railway, and the railway can be used to take the railway when it is unblocked, and the interruption of the railway can also facilitate the river, which greatly enhances the reliability of transportation.

Lu Yunqi's report was soon sent to Deng Shicai, who strongly supported his plan.

So Lu Yunqi immediately organized people to build flat-bottomed boats, the army lacked the necessary talents, but this kind of small boat carpenter can be built, Mexico is also not a small country, close to the US-Mexico border is a relatively prosperous area of Mexico, El Paso has a certain industrial base, is an industrial and mining city, recruiting Mexicans on the other side can help build ships, and even directly place orders with Mexican merchants on the other side, they also help build a lot of ships.

In a month, 1,000 flat-bottomed boats were built, iron plates were laid on the bottom of the ships, and an army cannon was installed, so that these flat-bottomed boats of about 100 tons became small gunboats in an instant, with a certain degree of protection.

Then Lu Yunqi began to use the river as a road, constantly building a pillbox line on the shore to advance, and on the river he used these flat-bottomed boats to help transport supplies, and the army advanced along the river, advancing a thousand kilometers in a month, building 200 pillboxes, and advancing to the confluence of the Pecos and Rio Grande rivers.

From here, the Grande River went all the way south, deviating from Lu Yunqi's march route, and the closer it was to the estuary, the more beneficial it was for the United States, and even more unfavorable for the material security of the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Yunqi decided to use this place as the end point of the river road to build a fortress and logistics base, and he also named this riverside base Daliangcheng, echoing the Daliangshan that Lian Po once built.

Three hundred kilometers east of this place is San Antonio.

But at this time, Lu Yunqi was able to use only sixty or seventy thousand troops, how could such a few people attack San Antonio? The million-strong U.S. army can be reinforced from Houston and other places at any time.

Lu Yunqi simply did not take the initiative to attack, built strong fortifications near Daliangcheng, and waited for the American army to attack. At the same time, along the Pecos River upstream to the city of Pecos, a bunker was built along the west bank of the river, and the river was used as a line of defense.

In this way, the railway between El Paso and Pecos, the Pecos River and the Rio Grande formed a square security zone that could be used as a rear base for the Ming army.

Then he stationed troops and hoarded food here, and he didn't believe that the Americans would not attack!