The U.S. Army is on the retreat! Their counterattack on the Conseil Bluffs salient was just an illusion! Although Bai Qili is not an outstanding military strategist like Juan, he can't be a stupid person, if he still can't figure out what is going on when he sees the scene in front of him, he, the cavalry commander, is too incompetent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter! Bai Qili thought to himself, an army that retreated in a hurry in the night was the dream target of the cavalry! As long as their own cavalry can come up, they can definitely crush the enemy's ranks and plunge them into complete panic.

Randomly, he secretly said "It's a pity", Zhu Juan is really a wise man this time, and he must have made a mistake! His original deployment was actually the most perfect...... If a powerful cluster of 120,000 cavalry appeared here now, it would definitely sweep away the retreating American troops!

"Quick, go and give the order, let everyone come! Get ready for battle! Bai Qili restrained his thoughts and ordered loudly.

"But the king didn't let us attack!" The chief of staff of the First Cavalry Corps on the side immediately reminded.

"I am the commander of the army, and I have the right to make decisions on the spot!" Bai Qili waved his hand without hesitation, "Send another telegram to the headquarters and report our findings...... The Americans are going to run away, they are going to run away! With that, he immediately turned his horse's head and galloped all the way to the assembly area of his troops.

In this situation, not to mention that there is the right to make decisions on the spot, even if there is not, Bai Qili will also have a vote! This is clearly the sky; One; Root; Read; The novel gives a great victory, and the victor is not to blame everywhere.

The area where the cavalry was assembled and rested soon ushered in a disturbance, and Bai Qili, who was still riding on a horse, and the staff guards under his command shouted: "Dispatch!" Get ready to go! Everyone stood up and saddled their horses. Strap on the belly band. Everyone was whispering, "Great! We're finally going to go! Finally, it's our cavalry's turn! ”

There were also a few horsebacks that deftly shuttled between the assembly areas of the various cavalry regiments. There was also an order delivered on horseback: "The commanders of the regiments go and assemble at the army commander." Receive a combat mission! The cavalry commanders mounted their horses one after another and galloped towards the place where Bai Qili's headquarters was located. Everyone's expression was excited, and the cavalry army finally had a chance to show their skills. Ever since they left the battlefield in early August, they have been spectators, and they have long been anxious to see the infantry showing off their skills - if this continues, the battle will be exhausted by the infantry!

Bai Qili's headquarters was actually an open space, with more than a dozen saddlebags piled together. It becomes a place to put the map. There are also several telephones and a bulky radio station powered by a hand-cranked generator. The antenna had been set up, a soldier sweating profusely shaking the generator, and a messenger ticking the news that the American troops were retreating to the headquarters -- King Jujuan would have received a lot of reports of this tonight, and it was not only Bai Qili's team that had been sent out to reconnoitre. Bai Qili stood there with his waist crossed at this time, walking around incessantly, waiting anxiously for the arrival of his subordinates.

As soon as the horse rode the war horse quickly, the voice of the name and number of the horse came before it arrived: "Riding a regiment of Zhang Xianli has arrived!" Li Guoan of the Second Riding Regiment has arrived! An Zihua of the third regiment has arrived! Wang An of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment arrived............ "More than a dozen young and sturdy cavalry officers gathered around their commander, all eager to try.

Looking at the regiment commanders under his command and the four division commanders who had been waiting here for a long time, Bai Qili's eyes were extremely fierce: "Brothers, the opportunity has come!" Do you want to fight! ”

"Yes!" The answer is no doubt.

Bai Qili pointed to the map: "See it." This is our battlefield...... 15 kilometers southwest of the Conseil Bluffs salient, everything is a battlefield! Lao Mei is retreating. They're going to run! But we can't let them escape, that's the mission of our 1st Cavalry Corps! Catch up with them, crush them, hack them to death with sabers, leave them with no way to escape, and buy time for the infantry behind! That's all there is to it, now receive the task, gather the troops, and set off in half an hour! ”

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"Damn, you want to run away......"

The former enemy headquarters of the Donghua Army in the town of Cantel Bluffs resounded with the shouts of Jujuan, although the king of Donghua who was modeled on Napoleon I was not lacking in military talent, but in the end he was still young and somewhat inexperienced in military command, and after successfully achieving a breakthrough in the "Autumn Wind Operation", he fell into a brief hesitation because of the great detour of the Americans and their bluff on the frontal battlefield, and had a trace of doubt and unnecessary worry about the victory that had already been achieved.

For example, the fear that his troops would lose too many losses in the process of breaking through the American lines to be able to quickly defeat the American Emperor south of Conseil Bluffs -- this fear was not unreasonable, because the losses of the troops were indeed very large, and as of this evening, the units of Army Group Missouri had reported more than 60,000 killed, seriously wounded, and missing for a long time! This was only the losses that occurred in the two days and one night of fighting, and did not include the First Army under the command of Chen Yucheng against the American Union. Losses that occur when the team storms.

The second concern was the movement of the American cavalry group that had broken through his rear, and Juan had concentrated his forces to the maximum extent possible in order to break through the American defense line on the Missouri River, at the cost of a very empty rear of his own. Most of the area was guarded by the Chinese militia, and only along the Pacific Railroad and Lordan Province were guarded by regular troops, and their numbers were not large. It's okay to stick to a few points, but you don't have the ability to break through the American cavalry cluster in the field! The plains of Nebraska and Kansas are dotted with thousands of Chinese villages and towns, and although each village has some defenses, it is impossible to stop the American cavalry group. If these American cavalrymen are allowed to slaughter and plunder the land of the two states, the loss of personnel will be unbearable!

It was these two worries that made Jujuan hesitate a little, and actually gave it to the American emperor. An opportunity to evacuate.

Jujuan and Yang Xien walked together to the front of the map, a huge map that was two people tall. The red and black arrows on the map are densely marked. The tactical flags, representing units above the regimental level, fiercely confronted each other on the front line of Conseil Bluffs and the front line of Kansas City. On the map, it seems that you can smell the fierce battle.

"There are still too many U.S. troops, at least 1 million on the Missouri River (in fact, there are only 700,000 left), and at least 600,000 in Kansas City, which adds up to 1.6 million, and we only have about 1.15 million, which is 450,000 less than them...... It is unrealistic to annihilate them completely, and it is only feasible to defeat most of them, annihilate one of them, and inflict maximum damage on them. Yixuan, where do you think we should attack? Des Moines or Kansas City? ”

Des Moines is home to the Missouri River Cluster Command of the American Empire, as well as the logistics storage site for the entire cluster, about 120 kilometers from the Cantel Bluffs salient. In addition, there is a convenient railroad connected to the important U.S. stronghold on the Missouri River front. The U.S. troops withdrawn from the Missouri River front line will definitely concentrate on Des Moines, so the only way for the Chinese army to eliminate the retreating U.S. troops to the greatest extent is to capture Des Moines. But this was not easy, because Des Moines was built by the American Empire as a frontier fortress, and it was not a hastily constructed field fortification on the Missouri River front.

"Let's go south and attack Kansas as originally planned." Yang Xien thought about it and immediately dispelled the idea of capturing Des Moines, "Des Moines is a big fortress, surrounded by dense trenches and reinforced concrete fortifications, and it can't be taken down without artillery bombardment for several months. Moreover, the railway line from the Missouri River to Des Moines is not connected to our railroad, and it is impossible to get through without a month of construction. If the army now pounces on Des Moines, the logistical problems will not be small. ”

"How's it going in Kansas City?" Jujuan nodded, and seemed to agree with Yang Xien's opinion, attacking Des Moine was not in the plan of "Operation Autumn Wind". "Thomas. Did Jackson mean to retreat? (To be continued......)