Chapter 515: Battle of New York Season 2, MacArthur's Secret
Nicholas II had become unusually short-tempered since he woke up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the one hand, the disastrous defeat of the Siberian Campaign, the first large-scale battle between the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire, dealt a heavy blow to the international prestige of the Tsarist Empire.
On the other hand, because Nicholas II himself almost hung up, two bullets in his body, one hit the calf, causing him to lose one leg, and the other bullet hit his head, which did not directly kill him, but was forever stuck in the skull, stimulating the nerves in the brain, causing him to have headaches from time to time and be irritable.
When Nicholas II woke up, he learned that his left leg had been amputated and was stunned.
It turned out that the Russian Imperial army was defeated and fled frantically, and there was no time to bring medicine at all, and the weather was very cold at that time, and Nicholas II's leg was bleeding profusely, and the military doctor had to tighten his thigh with a belt, so that although the blood that was stopped from flowing continued to cause Nicholas II to lose too much blood and die, it also made the calf not bleed, and the muscles and muscles were frozen to death in the severe cold, and when they returned to a safe place, they had to amputate their limbs.
Nicholas II shot the military doctor who had amputated his limb and cried for three days and three nights.
Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had always joked and ridiculed his relative, was a disabled man with a short arm, and now he has lost one of his legs, which made the proud Nicholas II lose face, and the bullet in his head pressed on his nerves, which made him extremely manic.
"Regroup the army for me, I'm going to kill back, break Li Weiguo's legs, and shoot him in the head!"
Nicholas II roared.
The minister Kuba could only persuade: "Your Majesty, we were able to escape back because of the heavy snow in Siberia that closed the mountains!" The Imperial Chinese Army gave up attacking us because of the heavy snow blocking the road, but at the same time we could no longer use troops in the Siberian theater. ”
Nicholas II was furious: "I am not reconciled, I want revenge, if Siberia cannot use soldiers, then find a place where you can use soldiers!" ”
Kuba smiled bitterly, knowing that Nicholas II was angry, so he didn't dare to touch his head.
"Your Majesty, the Caspian Sea battlefield can be used with soldiers, there is not so much snow there, and the weather is so cold!"
Nicholas II frowned and said: "Caspian Sea? I'm going to fight the Chinese Empire! ”
Kuba said: "The countries in the Western Regions near the Caspian Sea are now all vassal states of the Chinese Empire, and attacking them is equivalent to attacking the Chinese Empire!" The countries of the Western Regions have now become vassal states of the Chinese Empire, they have no military power, once we launch an attack, the Chinese Empire will inevitably send troops to participate in the war, and Your Majesty can take revenge. ”
"In addition, the British have completed the general mobilization for the war in India, and the combined forces of our two countries, the north and the south will attack the Western Regions, and the Chinese Imperial Army will be defeated."
Nicholas II glanced at Kuba, didn't know if it was reliable or not, just nodded.
So, because of the face of Nicholas II, the Russian Imperial Army, which had withdrawn from the Siberian battlefield, did not have time to rest and recuperate, so they left for the Western Regions battlefield.
Just when the Tsarist Russian army was constantly complaining on the march, on the American battlefield, the Battle of New York was in full swing.
Faced with more than 200,000 US troops equipped with new automatic rifles, Li Weijun had no choice but to reformulate his battle plan. Lin Taizeng had already evacuated from Norfolk all the way, and the newly appointed Lin Yongsheng carried out a large-scale retaliatory artillery bombardment of important American cities along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay.
In Mobile, Deng Shichang had the smoothest journey, occupying the entire city of Mobile, and the American troops who came to try to recover the city of Mobile failed to recapture the city because of the incompetence of the commander.
However, Li Weijun knew that a larger-scale counteroffensive of the US army was about to begin, and the New York battlefield was the main battlefield, and in the face of the frantic attack of the elite US troops, Li Weijun had to make an important decision, that is, to abandon the stronghold of Mobile City, transfer all the troops back, and concentrate on the New York battlefield.
Li Weijun's abacus is very clear, the value of Mobile City is far inferior to the value of New York City, and now New York City, half of the city has been ravaged by the Chinese Imperial Army, which has already made the US military crazy, if the other half of New York City is destroyed, then the Americans will definitely be greatly injured, and they will vomit blood in anger.
Therefore, after Li Weijun sent a telegram to the emperor Li Weiguo, he obtained Li Weiguo's approval, and finally abandoned the city of Mobile, transferred Deng Shichang's fleet to the north, joined the main fleet, hit all forces, and fought a decisive battle with the American army in New York.
At the same time, Li Weiguo also ordered the Chinese Imperial Army in Alaska to attack Canada, and dispatched ten towns from Luzon, Ezo, Guam, Australia and other places to Colombia, enter the Caribbean Sea through the Panama Canal, take a short rest in Puerto Rico, Cuba and other places, and then go north, arrive in New York and Rhode Island, and prepare to launch the Battle of New York.
Li Weiguo did not give the order to attack the east coast of the United States, not because he did not want to, but because it was easier to deter the Americans than to attack without attacking, which made the Americans worried all day long, and they were worried about the landing of the Chinese Empire on the east coast, forcing Roosevelt to deploy heavy troops on the east coast for defense.
In this way, the number of troops invested by the US military on the west coast and in the New York battlefield will also be relatively reduced, which will be more conducive to the Chinese Imperial Army to launch the Battle of New York.
However, Roosevelt was not a fool, he was well aware of Li Weiguo's strategic purpose.
Similarly, Miles, the commander of the U.S. military who commanded the New York battlefield with full authority, is more aware of the great military significance of New York. Once New York falls, it will be a heavy blow to the United States.
In order to seize the initiative in the war and destroy the Chinese Imperial Army that had invaded New York before a large number of reinforcements from the Chinese Empire arrived, US Commander Myers organized the first attack echelon of the New York combat force, with the US Central Army as the backbone, that is, Roosevelt's descendants, all equipped with the most advanced M1893 rifles, equipped with the best and most extensive artillery and heavy machine guns of the US Army, and were also the elite of the US Army with combat experience who were withdrawn from the Battle of Rhode Island.
On December 13, the second phase of the Battle of New York broke out. The U.S. military launched an all-out assault on the Imperial Chinese Army in downtown New York, and at the same time dispatched airships to conduct aerial reconnaissance, focusing on the headquarters of the Imperial Chinese Marine Corps, the Brooklyn docks, and the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy entering the river in the downtown area of New York.
The U.S. military initially focused on Queens and Manhattan, trying to drive the Imperial Chinese Army out of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island.
However, Li Weijun soon guessed Miles' intentions and mobilized the fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy to carry out heavy artillery bombardment along the Easter River.
The dense artillery salvo of hundreds of warships caused the American artillery to shut down one after another, unable to support the American troops attacking Queens across the river, forcing Miles to abandon Queens first and turn to Manhattan Island.
At the beginning of the second phase of the Battle of New York, the American army had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and firepower, except in the area near the bay and the various rivers in New York, where there was the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet, and the American artillery suffered losses.
Miles had nearly 600,000 U.S. troops in his hands, but the New York City could not deploy so many troops at the same time, so he could only concentrate 2 U.S. Central Army and 2 heavy artillery divisions equipped with 150 mm.
At this time, the Chinese Imperial Army in New York had only more than 6,000 marines, and urgently mobilized 2,000 men from the hands of Shi Dakai, the governor of Rhode Island, to replenish the Marine brigade.
Because the U.S. military still has more than 100,000 troops deployed on the periphery of Rhode Island, Shi Dakai does not dare to act rashly, the tens of thousands of troops in his hands have suffered heavy casualties in the previous 500,000 army battles with Miles, and it is already the limit to provide 2,000 elites, because at this time, if Miles comes back to attack Rhode Island, Shi Dakai can only recruit Chinese residents from three cities on Rhode Island to participate in the war.
Lin Yongsheng and Deng Shichang's reinforcements had not yet arrived, and it would take half a month for more reinforcements from the Chinese Empire to arrive, so this period was the most difficult time for Li Wei's army.
Miles chose to fight Li Weijun at this time, showing the determination of the famous general.
However, the Chinese Imperial Army relied on strong fortifications and stubbornly resisted, and snipers fired black guns to paralyze the US command system, delaying the US offensive and constantly delaying time. The naval fleet kept gathering fire salvos to suppress American artillery fire, making every step forward for the American army to pay the price of blood.
After several days of hard fighting, the U.S. Central Army recaptured strategic locations such as Washington Square, the East Village, and Lower Manhattan at a heavy cost of casualties.
The Imperial Chinese Army retreated to Grand Street and Central Street, and constantly called for the support of the Imperial Chinese Navy naval guns on the Manhattan River, so that they were able to repel the fierce attack of the American army.
On December 17, the Chinese Empire officially announced the formation of the New York Dispatch Army, with Admiral Li Weijun as commander, the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and three marine brigades, the 205th and 207th towns of the Cuban Garrison, and the 702nd Regiment of the Puerto Rican Garrison, with a total strength of 50,000, to further expand the battle against New York.
Considering that a large number of reinforcements from the Chinese Empire had arrived, and after the landings on Manhattan Island and the Big Island of New York, the U.S. Army was no longer able to eliminate the Seventh Marine Brigade of the Chinese Empire, so he had to redeploy the battle plan and prepare for a long-term war with the Chinese Imperial Army.
As a result, the Chinese Imperial Army used Queens and Manhattan Central Street as its strongholds, and massively increased its troops, deploying infantry artillery, cannons, and heavy howitzers.
The U.S. military deployed heavy troops in Lower Manhattan, Jersey, and the Bronx, and the originally small engagement area was not suitable for hundreds of thousands of troops.
Miles's goal changed from the rapid destruction of the invading Chinese Imperial Army to a large-scale encirclement.
The US military has successively invested 8 group armies, 48 divisions, 15 independent brigades, and 9 temporary brigades, and even the military police regiment, security corps, and city police corps near New York have joined the encirclement of the Chinese Imperial Army.
Two months later, the total number of troops committed by the U.S. military reached more than 1.1 million. The Chinese Imperial Army successively transferred troops from Australia, Guam, Ezo and other places also participated in the war, and a total of 13 main divisions, 5 marine brigades, and the 311th town of Rhode Island were temporarily organized, with a total strength of 330,000 people.
After two months of fierce battle, 1.1 million U.S. troops and 330,000 Chinese Imperial troops were evenly matched.
The U.S. military only felt that their faces were disgraced and thrown to Mars!
The U.S. military failed to drive the Chinese Imperial Army out of New York, and the Chinese Imperial Army failed to break through the U.S. encirclement and blockade line, and the two sides faced each other like this.
The Battle of New York was fought to this extent, the US military was on fire, and Roosevelt was even more furious, because almost the entire New York City was destroyed, especially the most prosperous Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn districts, where thousands of high-rise buildings were razed to the ground, Wall Street was in ruins, and many American bank businessmen who did not have time to escape, including their belongings, were looted by the Chinese Imperial Army.
Trillion-dollar New York City was destroyed, hundreds of banks were ransacked, and 180 tons of gold and more than 300 tons of silver were shipped away.
In this battle of New York, the personnel, weapons, ammunition and equipment of the Chinese Imperial Army lost hundreds of millions of yuan, but the gold and silver treasures recovered were enough to make up for the consumption of this battle, and there was even some surplus.
However, the U.S. military suffered a great loss, not only did the flowering city of New York become a scorched earth, but the U.S. military's casualties, weapons, ammunition, and equipment losses far exceeded those of the Chinese Empire, reaching as much as $10 billion.
After Roosevelt looked at the data report of the Ministry of Finance, he was so angry that he vomited blood.
However, the roof leak happened to rain overnight, and it was at this moment that the latest report from the intelligence department arrived in front of Roosevelt's eyes.
"Mr. President, according to reliable information, the Chinese Empire has increased its troops again, and this time there are at least ten towns of troops!"
"What? Ten Towns? ”
Roosevelt was so shocked that he instantly forgot about the damn Treasury statement.
At this moment, the Chinese Imperial Army, which has a total strength of more than 200,000 troops in New York, has caused more than one million American troops to lose a lot of money. If there is another army of ten towns, it is conservatively estimated that there will be 200,000 people.
Because the last time, the Chinese Empire increased its troops by ten towns, and at that time each town was only a standing army, with about 12,000 to 15,000 people in each town.
But this time it was different, and in the past two months, all the standing town garrisons of the Chinese Empire had been converted to wartime formations, and the number of troops in each town had increased to at least 20,000 men, or even more.
In other words, the army of ten towns is at least 200,000, and may even be close to 250,000 or 300,000.
Roosevelt sat on the spot.
"Mr. President, MacArthur asks to see you!"
Roosevelt was stunned: "Why is he here?" Didn't he go to New York? ”
Since winning the Battle of Norfolk, MacArthur has been a rising star in the U.S. military, and has been reused by Miles to become the real power in the U.S. military.
Of course, Roosevelt was going to meet MacArthur, but when he learned what MacArthur was coming for, his mouth grew in shock, enough to eat a football ball.
"What do you say? Will Miles be defeated? New York lost? A million U.S. troops will be wiped out? ”
MacArthur nodded very seriously and said, "Also, if you don't listen to me, the Chinese Imperial Army will quickly attack Washington after the capture of New York, and they will bloody Washington, and a million Americans in Washington will die under the butcher's knife of the Chinese Imperial Army!" ”
Roosevelt said angrily: "Fart! Do you have prophecy? Could it be predicted that the Imperial Chinese Army would carry out a massacre in Washington? Ridiculous! ”
MacArthur sighed and said, "I've already persuaded Miles, he doesn't believe me!" Now I come to persuade you, if you don't believe me either, then this tragedy will be an eternal pain in the hearts of future generations of Americans! ”
Roosevelt snorted coldly: "You can get out of here when you're done!" ”
Seeing that Roosevelt didn't believe it, MacArthur just shook his head and regretted that he wanted to leave, but he seemed to be unwilling, and still held on to the last trace of fantasy and said: "If I say that I am from the future in fifty years, will you believe me?" (To be continued.) )