However, in this way, after drawing a large number of troops, the defense of the three major central cities on the west coast of the United States will definitely be greatly weakened, and the reinforcements sent from China can take advantage of the weakness and take them down directly, even if the three mountain divisions are all wiped out, this deal is not a loss, not to mention that those 100,000 people are not ordinary troops, where is it so easy to eat? Not to mention that the officers and men are all the best of the best, and they also have the great advantage of being good at fighting in mountainous areas, and their weapons and equipment alone can scare people to death when they say it......

"A fully staffed mountain division, equipped with 216 105 mm mountain guns, which is unique to us in China, said to be mountain artillery, in fact, the length-to-diameter ratio is close to the cannon, even if the West imitates it, it can't be used, because they don't have the canopy (super donkey mule) cultivated by Xia Kedao to carry a 300-kilogram barrel, so our mountain division can easily hang all enemies in the range of artillery fire, not to mention that this number alone is equivalent to the firepower of three American infantry divisions. Pen & Fun & Ge www.biquge.info Besides, the Americans have not yet invented a real mountain artillery that is easy to disassemble and transport, that is to say, they had no artillery available at least in the early stage of the war when they engaged our mountain troops, and we can bully people with mortars alone, and even if a mountain division does not count 60 guns, the number of mortars is more than 400 ......", Li Hui looked around with confidence and said with a smile, "You say, what do the Americans rely on to destroy our mountain division?" Crowd tactics? Then we are welcome! ”

As an ace troop, a lot of information is kept secret, and even among the important ministers like the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, only a few such as the Minister of War know the details, and now after Li Hui disclosed it, it immediately attracted an exclamation, everyone knows that the mountain division is very strong, but in any case, they can't imagine that it will be so strong, no wonder that with the size of China, it can only afford to raise five standing mountain divisions.

However, contrary to the jubilant atmosphere in the field, several military bigwigs who knew the situation in advance were obviously much calmer, and before the cheers subsided, Yan Fu frowned and pointed out a sharp question, "Strong firepower will have a big advantage in the engagement, but the logistical pressure will also increase dramatically, if it is an internal operation, there is no need to worry too much about this, but those three mountain divisions are fighting deep behind enemy lines, how to solve the logistics supply?" The troops responsible for cutting off the North Pacific Railroad and the Great Northern Railroad are in good condition, after all, they are very close to the national border, and there are also railways directly connected, and they only need to seize Spokane, which is the intersection of the two railways, to cut off all the two railways, but the three railways in the south are all in the hinterland of the United States! ”

"The United States is vast and sparsely populated, especially in the west, and it is impossible to make strong walls and clear fields, so grain can be collected on the spot, and even beef and mutton can be eaten directly as food, anyway, the west is mainly pastures, do not worry about the source, and jerky is easier to carry than grain, vitamins can be supplemented by medicines, and there is no problem within half a year, so that part of the supply can be exchanged for more valuable weapons and ammunition. What's more, the donkeys and mules equipped by the mountain division are already very strong, because of the particularity of this mission, the number will be twice as much as the normal establishment, almost one mule per person, and the supplies brought by it will be enough for at least a month. Coupled with the fact that after they went south, they mainly engaged in field warfare, and their ammunition consumption was less than that of positional warfare, so I think two or three months would be completely fine. In addition, the captured weapons and ammunition can also be put to good use, which can also save a lot, as long as the Marines take the three major central cities in the west and free up troops to open up the railway line between the rear and them, there is no longer a need to worry about logistical supplies. Li Hui was not worried about this, and said very optimistically.

But this does not dispel Yan Fu's doubts, because Li Hui's estimates are based on the premise that everything is going well, what if the situation is not so smooth?

"Didn't you say that before? Even if all these three mountain divisions were sacrificed, it would be worth it, let alone just taking a little risk? Li Hui's cold-sounding words made Yan Fu wake up suddenly, and he realized that because a series of wars since the founding of the People's Republic of China have been too smooth, he has even forgotten the cruelty of the war, so that he began to pursue low casualties excessively. The current opponent is the top power with a population of no less than 80 million and the world's largest industrial output value, and it is still fighting a full-scale war that bets on the national fortunes of the two countries, how can it still lose so little army like the sacrifice of the First Sino-Japanese War and the war against Britain? It's just a few tens of thousands of people, even if it's an elite ace, it can be sacrificed for the sake of the overall victory......"

"In fact, the mountain division on the northern front will not be destroyed, even if the two mountain divisions that go south, they are not outcasts, they can only be said to be a little dangerous, and there are other real dead soldiers." Li Hui said with a sinking face, "After the meeting, I will issue an order to recruit veterans with war experience from China to form a volunteer division, whose mission is to advance into the eastern United States, destroy transportation and the local economy, create panic and stimulate the outflow of the American population, so as to destroy the foundation of the United States, and at the same time try to contain the main force of the United States Army and buy time for friendly forces to sweep away the western United States......

As soon as they heard this, they understood that this so-called "Chinese volunteer division" would inevitably be wiped out; once the United States began its general mobilization, the national army would soon increase to more than 3 million, and most of them would remain in the east (because the newly formed units needed to be reorganized), and more than 30,000 people would die in one division. Although some victories can be achieved in the initial stage by avoiding the real and attacking the false, after all, the disparity in troop strength is too great, and it is an external battle, and sooner or later it will be surrounded and eliminated by the superior forces of the US military. This is the real life of nine deaths, and compared with it, the chances of the officers and soldiers of the Mountain Division surviving peacefully after the war are still not small......

"Is such a sacrifice necessary?" , Yan Fu had never fought on the battlefield after all, and he was somewhat unbearable after hearing it.

Li Hui replied categorically, "Even if we succeed in seizing the land west of the Rocky Mountains from the United States, it will only be a loss of a little skin for the United States, after all, the population of the west is less than 10% of the whole United States, and the proportion of industry is even lower, if we want to really destroy the foundation of the United States, we must fight to the east of the United States, but it is too difficult for our large forces to fight over, and it is impossible for logistics and supply to keep up, so we can only adopt this method, which I call 'unrestricted warfare'......"

After listening to the concept of unrestricted warfare, Prime Minister Yuan Shikai and Minister of War Cheng Tianshu, who was born in the Flying Tiger Army, suddenly had their eyes lit up, while Liu Buyun and Yan Fu, who were born in the Navy and paid more attention to the sense of honor of soldiers, both frowned...... (To be continued.) )