Chapter 518: Tanks and mortars make their debut
January 8, 3995, February 10, 1895, the weather is fine, **** Vermilion Bird, suitable for sacrifice, insect removal, hunting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At the docks of New York Harbor, the Chinese Imperial Army was heavily guarded and ushered in the fourth batch of Chinese Imperial reinforcements.
The wharf was crowded with people, the roar of machinery and vehicles, and groups of soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army disembarked from the troop carriers, assembled at the wharf, and then set off for various barracks on Long Island to rest and recuperate.
This group of reinforcements was different from the past, on the surface it was still a well-trained standing army of the towns of the Chinese Empire, but in fact their weapons and equipment had been updated.
Three months ago, in the early and middle stages of the Battle of Rhode Island and the Battle of New York, the Imperial Chinese Shence Army collided with the elite of the US army equipped with the new M1893 automatic rifle, and suffered a big loss for a while.
At that time, after Li Weiguo learned of this incident, he immediately ordered the Beiyang Ordnance Heavy Industry Group to fully open the production line of new infantry automatic rifles, in addition to the new heavy machine guns, mortars and other weapons also lifted the ban.
In the past, these new weapons and equipment were only supplied to the major special forces of the Chinese Empire's Shence Army, and the Imperial City of the Chinese Imperial City Imperial Forest Army and the Miyagi Yulin Army were also equipped, and now the Ministry of War has lifted the ban, so that these mysterious weapons have been equipped in the Shence Army units in various major theaters of the Chinese Empire, so that the Shence Army has completed its rebirth within three months, instantly overwhelming the US army, and regaining the position of the world's highest army.
The infantry of the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ten Towns that arrived this time were all equipped with 7.62 mm lightning submachine guns or lightning assault rifles, with 30 rounds of ammunition, which could be fired in bursts or bursts. Previously, it had been equipped with the special forces of the Chinese Empire and used as a light machine gun, but now it has been issued to the front-line combat divisions and regiments, directly as a single weapon, replacing the Patriotic rifle, and the M1893 automatic rifle of the US Army is simply weak in front of it, and the firepower is several times worse.
In addition, each infantry squad is also equipped with a Thunderbolt heavy machine gun, which is an upgraded version of the Bloody Heavy Machine Gun, which is changed from water-cooled to air-cooled, and also uses the standard 12.7x99 mm Chinese standard heavy machine gun ammunition, which is as powerful as the Bloody Heavy Machine Gun, but the rate of fire, range and accuracy have been greatly improved.
Each infantry platoon was equipped with mortars, which was also because Li Weiguo considered that in the New York city operation, the 75-mm infantry gun and the large-caliber 155-mm heavy howitzer were inconvenient to fight, and they were hindered by the firing range of high-rise buildings, so they could not give full play to their firepower superiority, so he had the courage to put them into use on the battlefield in advance to support the firepower of the Imperial Chinese Army in street battles.
You must know that mortars in history were discovered by mistake in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, and only after 1910 were developed and equipped by the military of various countries around the world, and only played a role during World War II.
Although Li Weiguo equipped the special forces of the Chinese Empire with this kind of mortar early on, and now put it into the New York battlefield after the ban is lifted, it has also virtually greatly advanced the course of history.
Of course, Li Weiguo is really helpless, if it weren't for the fact that the US military has become tricky, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of the "gardener", Li Weiguo would not want to accelerate the historical process so quickly.
In addition to individual weapons and equipment, this time Li Weiguo also made a bloody investment, and put one of the treasures of the 51st District, the tank, on the battlefield.
The T23 tank, with a total combat weight of 22 tons, frontal armor of 30 mm, is armed with a 37 mm short-barreled gun and a Thunderbolt heavy machine gun, an eight-cylinder diesel engine with a power of 182 horsepower, and a maximum speed of 20 kilometers per hour on road and 6 kilometers per hour off-road.
This time, Li Weiguo directly transferred 50 T23 tanks to Li Weijun, with the aim of directly breaking through the heavily fortified New York defense line of the US army.
In addition to tanks, Li Weiguo also transferred a strong logistics force to Li Weijun.
This is the 5th Engineer Battalion, which is part of the Special Operations Brigade of the Central Theater of Operations.
Don't underestimate this engineer battalion, the number of wheels naturally cannot be compared with the regular engineer battalions in various towns of the Chinese Imperial Army, but the floating capacity of the wheel bridge, one special operations brigade engineer battalion is equal to ten regular army engineer battalions, and the efficiency is more than ten times or even more time.
This is because the equipment of the 5th Engineer Battalion of the Special Operations Brigade is all tracked armored boat and bridge vehicles, which can quickly erect pontoon bridges no matter how wide or deep the river is. If it takes a regular army engineer battalion ten hours to assume a pontoon bridge over the Hudson River in New York, then the fifth engineer battalion only needs half an hour to erect a pontoon bridge that can pass tanks and combat vehicles.
Although only one special operations brigade was transferred to the Fifth Engineer Battalion, 200 tracked boat-bridge vehicles were transported, and the engineer battalions of the armies in each town were equipped.
The secret equipment was disembarked at night and then quickly transported to the Long Island Barracks, where it was briefly studied and operated for a few days before being put into battle.
With these secret equipment, Li Weijun vowed to Li Weiguo to defeat the American troops on the other side of the Hudson River within three days, occupy Washington in three weeks, and destroy the United States.
However, Li Weiguo poured cold water on Li Weijun in a telegram and warned him that he must formulate more than two sets of combat plans, because the best combat plan may be variable.
Li Weijun was very puzzled, it stands to reason that if there is a variable, it must be that there is a problem with the first plan, and then the second or third plan has to be adopted. Among them, only the successful plan will be called the best combat plan, but it must be after the battle to know which is the best combat plan!
Why did His Majesty the Emperor Li Weiguo insist that there would be variables in the best battle plan, but not in the first plan?
This is not scientific!
If Li Weijun knew about Li Weiguo's current plight, he would not have been so suspicious.
Li Weiguo is really worried now, he doesn't know the outcome of the Battle of New York, assuming that the Battle of New York won the Chinese Empire, it must have won very beautifully, but the problem is that there is also a MacArthur who knows the result of the Battle of New York, if MacArthur makes trouble from it, then history will change at this moment.
Fortunately, Li Weiguo has already issued a killing order to MacArthur, even if MacArthur knew something and revealed something, it will not change the trend of history for the time being.
Of course, the premise must be that MacArthur did not touch the important events of history, and if he killed the key figures in an important historical event, then history would inevitably be changed.
At this moment, Li Weiguo has been regarded by MacArthur as the biggest enemy in his life, because MacArthur knows the history created by Li Weiguo, and what he wants to change is also the history created by Li Weiguo.
The two are destined to be mortal enemies.
Li Weiguo's only advantage is that he knows MacArthur's identity, while MacArthur does not know Li Weiguo's identity.
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Li Weijun changed into a brand-new military uniform, specially sprayed on the men's perfume given to him by Li Weiguo, and stood on the bridge of the battleship Fury refreshed.
"Units report!"
"The main forces of the Fifth and Seventh Towns entered the positions of Central Street, Kenny Street, Broadway Street, and Henry Street on Manhattan Island, the 1st Tank Battalion was in position, and the 1st Artillery Division was in position!"
"The thirty-third and sixty-second towns arrived in Astonia and on the east bank of the East, respectively! The 2nd and 3rd Artillery Divisions are in position! ”
"The 18th, 51st, and 77th towns arrived at the front line of Yanks and Mount Vernon, the 2nd Tank Battalion was in position, the 1st Engineer Battalion was in position, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Artillery Divisions were in place!"
"The Third Fleet has arrived at Smith Squatting Bay!"
"The Second Fleet has arrived in Newark Bay!"
"The First Fleet of New York Bay is ready!"
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Li Weijun nodded, and all units arrived at the war zone according to the predetermined plan, and according to the agreement, all units would launch an attack on time at seven o'clock in the morning!
The battle was divided into four areas, A, B, C, and D, and only D, that is, the line of Yonks and Mount Vernon, was the real main attacking force, which had to quickly cross the Hudson River with lightning speed and encircle the American troops in New York from the flank and rear. As for the other directions, they are all feints to contain the main forces of the US army.
Of course, Li Weijun is still very obedient, after he was warned by Li Weiguo, he did not put all his weight on the Hudson River, after all, he has a tank in his hand, even if he does not outflank the rear of the US army, he can still defeat the main force of the US army on the frontal battlefield.
Therefore, if the D Zone attack fails, then the main attack direction will be quickly placed on Zone A, which is the most prosperous Fifth Avenue on the main island of Manhattan.
Because there are tanks in both directions participating in the battle, one master at a time, the order of primary and secondary can be changed at any time.
Of course, from the bottom of his heart, Li Weijun wanted to do a big one, he hoped that the raid in the Ding area would be successful, as long as the army of the three towns crossed the Hudson River, then it would be difficult for the US army to drive the elite of the Chinese Imperial Army in the three towns back to the east bank of the Hudson River, and the result would inevitably be that the US army found that the flank and rear were lost, and had to withdraw from the New York battlefield, otherwise they would not be completely annihilated.
However, Li Weijun would not let the US army retreat easily, so he pressed the main forces up, bitten the US troops to the death, and beat the water dogs, even if he could not completely annihilate the US troops, he would inevitably inflict heavy losses on the US troops.
You must know that in the past few months, the strength of the US military has increased from one million to 3,140,000, and Roosevelt has no choice but to defend New York.
With so many U.S. troops blocking the battlefield in New York, although New York is a super metropolis, it may be no problem to suddenly enter a battle of millions of troops, but once it retreats, it will be a big problem, and more than three million U.S. troops will inevitably be in chaos, and this is the opportunity for Li Weijun.
When the time comes, the tanks will be directly crushed up, the heavy machine guns will burst out, the artillery will bombard, and the more than 3 million US troops will leave at least more than one million corpses, and this is the combat goal of Li Weijun.
In order to achieve this goal, Li Weijun also let go, and he must become the most famous general in the history of the Chinese Empire.
At the same time, MacArthur also returned to Norfolk, he did not plan to go to the New York battlefield, he had already done what he had to do, and told the officers such as Patton and Marshall the direction of the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army in another way of reasoning.
These officers were all officers who participated in the Battle of New York, and whether they could convince Miles and prevent the disastrous defeat of the US Army in the Battle of New York was no longer a question that MacArthur could influence.
MacArthur, who returned to Norfolk, tightened his control over 200,000 American troops, wantonly dismissed and transferred those officers who were unwilling to accept the "MacArthur Idea," wantonly appointed officers who admired "MacArthur," and wantonly promoted and appointed officers from the grassroots level, so that they would be grateful for MacArthur's charity.
In this way, MacArthur quickly mastered the 200,000 U.S. troops in Norfolk, although these U.S. troops were not equipped with the most advanced M1893 rifles, but MacArthur had already forced Norfolk's arsenal to start designing and manufacturing some advanced weapons and equipment that were ahead of the times.
However, MacArthur is still unable to compete with Roosevelt, because Roosevelt's reputation in the United States is too high, and his reputation in the army is also very high.
To this end, MacArthur made a public speech, accusing Roosevelt of not following his advice and suffering a crushing defeat at the Battle of New York.
At the beginning, Americans all over the country naturally did not believe MacArthur's arrogant words, but MacArthur was happy, as long as the Battle of New York was defeated, Roosevelt's prestige would be severely hit, and then the Battle of Washington, Roosevelt could not defeat the Chinese Imperial Army and was forced to move the capital.
Whenever he thought that these things were about to happen, MacArthur would wake up laughing in his dreams.
It's just that the next unexpected incident suddenly made MacArthur confused.
In front of the U.S. officers and soldiers in Philadelphia, MacArthur mercilessly criticized Roosevelt and Myers, accusing them of not listening to his advice and soon losing the Battle of New York.
Just as MacArthur was spitting around, on a building in the city, two Chinese Imperial special forces quietly aimed at him with the intelligence cooperation of the local Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
"The target is at three o'clock, the distance is about 850 meters, and the wind speed is about 4 meters per second!"
The first sniper with a sniper rifle speaks his stats through the sniper scope.
"The target is in the direction of three o'clock, the field of vision is wide, the half-speed wind is adjusted to the left by 0.5 tight, the standard atmospheric pressure, the humidity is 85, and the upward adjustment is 0.5 dense!"
The secondary shooter makes corrections to the data provided by the main shooter by means of a telescope and a simple mechanical measuring instrument.
"Understood! Target Locked! ”
"850 meters, this distance is a bit far, are you sure?"
"Whether you are sure or not, you have to shoot, he hardly leaves the barracks, this open-air speaking environment is our only chance!"
"Well, shoot at your own discretion after locking on!"
Bang!
The gun rang out, and a 7.92mm special sniper shell accelerated within the rifling and was discharged at a speed of 800 meters per second.
1.5 seconds later, the co-shooter saw through the telescope that MacArthur had been shot in the chest, a scoop of blood spurted out, and the whole person was instantaneous, and he immediately shouted: "Hit!" ”
As a result, the main shooter said with a gloomy face: "What's going on? I'm aiming for my head! ”
The deputy shooter was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It doesn't matter, we succeeded in assassination!" ”
The main shooter said: "The target was just shot and fell to the ground, and he is being rescued urgently, I don't know if he is dead!" ”
The deputy shooter quickly packed the equipment and reminded: "Go back and wait for news from S.H.I.E.L.D., and retreat immediately, there are masters in the US army who have already seen us!" ”
The main shooter was stunned for a moment, and then found from the sniper scope that sure enough, there were already several US military officers in the US military camp who were looking at him with binoculars, and stretched out their fingers to point that a group of US troops frantically rushed out of the barracks and obviously rushed towards this side.
So the two hurriedly packed up their equipment and quickly evacuated.
Downstairs there were cars prepared by S.H.I.E.L.D., which quickly disappeared within the Philadelphia neighborhood. (To be continued.) )