Chapter 368: The U.S. Army's Counteroffensive (Part II)

It is no wonder that even the commander of the Eighth Army, who had experienced a brutal civil war, couldn't help but burst into tears, the United States has a population of 80 million, and if it fights hard according to this exchange, even if China's ability to project troops on the North American continent is limited, it is enough for the United States to shed all its blood!

"I have tried my best to make the Chinese army as strong as possible, but I didn't expect that the real Chinese army is even stronger than this......", Theodore Roosevelt frowned and sighed, but he still quickly made a decision, "Then suspend the offensive, anyway, whether the attack of the Central Route Army succeeds or not, the purpose of containing the enemy's main force has been achieved, I hope the Ninth Army can succeed, otherwise the United States may face a protracted war that is even more cruel than the Civil War......"

However, also due to the loss of artillery, the Ninth Army of the Western Front also suffered heavy casualties in its attack on Vancouver, but the situation was better than that of the Eighth Army, south of Vancouver was a plain terrain, and it was easier for the US army to deploy its forces.

After all, as the attacking side, the ability to bear casualties is far from being compared with the defending side, with the current standards of the US military, the casualties are more than three percent before losing the offensive ability, which can already be called an elite trump card, and the defending side, it is not uncommon to hold on to the last person. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAlthough the number of Chinese troops stationed in Vancouver is only one-tenth of the number of invading US troops, if they continue to fight hard like this, they will definitely lose the US military!

"What to do? Do you want to continue to increase the number of troops? In the event of an Chinese attack on Seattle ...... from the sea", even though Theodore Roosevelt was always resolute and somewhat troubled by the continuous blows of bad news, as one of the most outstanding presidents of the United States in history, he finally made up his mind to gamble, "Let's fight, if we succeed, victory in this war is close at hand!" And if there is no increase in troops, this war will inevitably turn into a protracted war, and the casualties will probably far exceed one million, and the importance of the northwest battlefield will not be so great at that time......"

The stubborn resistance of the Western Route Army made Roosevelt waver in his idea that the Central Route Army had contained the main force of the Chinese Army in North America, but he never expected that whether it was the Fourth Mountain Division stationed in Vancouver or the Fifth Mountain Division attacking Spokane, they were only partial divisions, and the real main force was somewhere else. Clearly, the unconventional disposition of the Chinese Mountain Division skewed Theodore Roosevelt's judgment of the size of his troops.

It is worth mentioning that Roosevelt also arranged another surprise army, the so-called Eastern Route Army, and gave them the order to go north through the valley on the west side of the Rocky Mountains to surprise the most likely logistics base of the Chinese army, Cranbrook, as long as they could take it, the Chinese army attacking Spokane would not be able to get supplies from the railway line, and how long would they be able to hold out in the rugged mountainous area where transportation was difficult?

Because the valley march was prone to ambushes, and the harsh and changeable weather along the way was also a major threat, the strength of the Eastern Route Army was much smaller than that of the other two routes, and it was only a brigade, and the sneak attack was the best. However, I don't know whether to say that it is lucky or unfortunate, this unit has just set off when it encountered the cold current of the Arctic Ocean moving south, the temperature in the valley plummeted by more than 20 C, and the weather that had already begun to thaw suddenly returned to the cold winter, even if certain precautions had been taken, the sudden drop in temperature still caused many US officers and soldiers to have frostbite, and what was worse was that due to the heavy snow blocking the road, the logistics supply was also completely interrupted.

As a result, the commander of this unit decisively aborted the surprise attack plan and led the army to retreat, he did not agree with this surprise attack plan of "patting his head to decide", and now he had a reason to refuse to implement it, "Mr. President of the White House, how did he know that even in the spring, as long as there is a cold snap, the Rocky Mountains can still freeze to death, and where is this area where can fight now?" ”

But the general didn't expect that in the opposite direction, at this time, there was a Chinese army marching similar to theirs, and it was also facing such difficulties, no, because the location was further north, it should be more difficult, but this Chinese army did not give up!

"Mahler, Lao Tzu is climbing ice and snow here, but those Zhejiang guys are still staying ...... Cranbrook oven", Zhao Hu rubbed his hands that had been frozen and complained, because the temperature was too low, the hot air he spit out immediately turned into white fog, because the temperature was too low, the fog condensed not water droplets, but ice crystals, if you didn't experience it personally, it was really hard to believe, a few days ago it was still full of spring, but now it is close to minus 20C cold, If it weren't for the officers and men of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Mountain Division, they would have been prepared to protect themselves from the cold, but they would not have been afraid of frostbite or even freezing to death.

"I said Huchen, others can complain about this, but you can't, it wasn't you who took the initiative to ask for help before, and it wasn't us who came to be pioneers. At that time, you also said that the southerners were afraid of the cold and squeezed out the comrades of the Second Division! Zhao Hu's partner called Zhao Hu to find someone to help him in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and unceremoniously pierced it.

Zhao Hu was born in cavalry, but he was also good at mountain warfare when he once traveled south and north, and he was born in the Flying Tiger Army, and the shortcomings of his cultural level in the years after the founding of the People's Republic of China were finally made up, at least it was no longer an obstacle to becoming a senior general, so Li Hui appointed him as the brigade commander of the first brigade of the first mountain division in line with the idea of using practice without life, and became a pivotal cadre in the Chinese National Defense Force, but the old problem of the big mouth still can't be changed, but he didn't expect that his crow's mouth actually became a prophecy, The troops really encountered cold snaps and snowstorms, and they were quite powerful, and it is not to blame the brigade political committee for making fun of them.

"We are the first brigade in the world, following the team of the head of state to fight the world, the most important and arduous task, how can we give it to other troops?" After being exposed by the political commissar, Zhao Hu suddenly blushed and defended. But this so-called "No. 1 Brigade in the World" title is just Zhao Hu's self-styled, and the other two meritorious troops from the same origin are also competing for this honor. (To be continued.) )