At this time, the front line of the two armies along the Missouri River was a time of tranquility. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the end of August 1875 onwards, there seemed to be a tacit understanding between the two sides, and at the same time large-scale attacks were stopped. It seems that the top brass of both armies has become Jérôme. Peel's faithful believers have enshrined defensive omnipotence as the truth. The infantry have become engineers, and their daily task is to dig and dig with shovels. The good plains were dug to pieces. Trenches, barbed wire, deer barrages, communication trenches, and anti-artillery fortifications were built in dense layers, and if you look down from the air, you will find that on the land on both sides of the Missouri River, there seem to be two cobwebs that are so narrow that they have no head and tail. Behind these two "spider webs", the engineers of the Donghua Kingdom and the American Empire are also sweating and working hard, building roads one by one, temporarily paved railways, warehouses for storing supplies, and field hospitals for the wounded, all of which appear as if they were magical. It seems that both sides are ready for a protracted standoff on the Missouri River!

Of course, all this apparent calm is an illusion. Although the high command of both warring parties is prepared for a long war of attrition. But at the same time, they are not willing to lose their lives, wealth and time in the endless war of attrition. In order to break this impasse that had just formed, the two sides were preparing for a large-scale offensive campaign almost simultaneously. However, due to a series of methods adopted by both sides to conceal the truth or paralyze the adversary, as well as the negligence of the intelligence agencies of both sides -- it is not that there is no relevant information, but that there is too much information of all kinds in various novels, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so that the command of the war ignores the really crucial information. In short, whether it is Donghua or the United States. I didn't realize that the other party was playing with the same idea as myself.

And even if you are aware of it. It is impossible to change the battle plan that has been prepared for a long time. More than a million troops. Thousands of artillery pieces and countless supplies have arrived at their designated positions, and many troops who will be tasked with sharp knives have been mobilized, and everyone from officers to soldiers is gearing up to draw a successful end to this war with an unprecedented victory. At this time, the attacks on both sides had reached the point where it was impossible to stop.

In Jujuan's mind, he still thinks that the Battle of the Missouri River is truly decisive. As long as he can break through the defense line of the American army, he can sweep the rear of the American army with a powerful cavalry legion. Forcing the collapse of American forces along the Missouri River. The outcome of the war is decided. It was certainly impossible to hit New York and Richmond, but it was perfectly feasible to advance the front along the Missouri River. When the time comes, it's really time to move to strategic defense......

So Jujuan paid no heed to the intelligence service's report that the American Empire and the Confederate States of America were forming a powerful cavalry group—what role would their cavalry play if the American Missouri River cluster was defeated? After consulting with Zhu Jishi, who had come to inspect the Missouri River front, King Juan, who considered himself Napoleon's second, set the time for the general attack at 2:30 a.m. on October 30, 1875.

And the area where the general attack will be launched has long been determined. It is the Konsell Bluffs Bridgehead area on the east bank of the Missouri River. In the fierce fighting in August, this was the area where the fighting was most severe on the entire front. The U.S. military concentrated more than a dozen infantry divisions to attack in turn, just to completely erase this bridgehead of the Donghua Army from the map. The Donghua Army, on the other hand, fought to the death and did not retreat, and also mobilized eight infantry divisions to take turns in battle. By 27 August, after the main offensive of the US army was stopped, the East China Army also launched a counterattack with five new infantry divisions in the area of the Cantel Bluffs bridgehead. The length and width of this bridgehead has been extended to 30 km and 5 km, and the best starting position for the counterattack has been formed!

The autumn breeze is gentle. The night is like ink.

Under the cover of this night, the army of the brigade was rolling forward. The horses picked up the bells, the people took the titles, and there was no sound except for the neat footsteps and the occasional sound of the officers' commands. The headquarters of the Sixth Army, which had been assembled in Lancaster County, had now been ordered to act, and several large armies, with their baggage and artillery, marched desperately this night in order to reach the position where the attack was launched before dawn.

Those who will take the lead in this attack, which was named "Autumn Wind Operation" by King Zhu Juan of Donghua, are the new units of the Sixth Army, the Ming Royal Guard, the Donghua Guard, the Japanese Expeditionary Force, and the First Roman Army of Donghua. More than 200,000 heavily armed officers and soldiers, supported by 4,000 artillery pieces and mortars, will launch the fiercest assault on the enemy in front of them!

And after the success of their assault, the 150,000 people of the Second Army, the Third Army and the Second Roman Army of Donghua will form the second assault group, and launch a new round of onslaught on the depth of the American army along the gap opened by the previous first assault group! Then there was the Third Assault Group consisting of the 1st, 4th, 6th and Korean Legions of the Ming Army.

According to the plan, after the successful attack of the 3rd assault group, the defense in depth of the US army should be completely broken through. Thus, the fourth wave of attacks would be carried out by the 1st Cavalry Cluster, which consisted entirely of cavalry. The core of the first cavalry group was the six cavalry divisions of the Donghua Army, and then it was filled with 22 cavalry regiments and 66 cavalry regiments, expanding all six cavalry divisions into cavalry corps, forming a powerful cavalry group with more than 120,000 people. They will break through the gap in the US defense line, and then sweep all the way to the south, destroying all the roads, bridges, warehouses, military stations, headquarters, long-range artillery positions, and other targets with destructive value in the rear assembly area of the US army, creating panic to the maximum, disrupting the command and dispatch of the US army, and cooperating with the main force of the Sixth Army to sweep southward, striving to completely defeat more than 60% of the troops on the US Missouri defense line! All the way to Kansas City, and if possible, to besiege the main forces of the Confederate States of America around Kansas City with heavy troops. Then the battle line was pushed from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River, thus establishing Donghua's strategic advantage in this North American war in one fell swoop!

The commander of the Sixth Army, who was also the commander of the First Assault Group, General Liu Mingchuan of the Ming Army, rode on horseback and advanced with the staff officers and the column of the group army headquarters. This famous figure in history is now the commander of the new generation of the Ming army. Although there was a lot of wind and dust all the way, it couldn't hide the radiance on his face. Around the column of their headquarters, there were all infantry of the Ming Royal Guards marching in large groups, dragging carriages of various light artillery. The heavy artillery belonging to the Royal Guards had already entered the designated artillery positions a few weeks earlier. The movement of the army now consisted of light artillery for the infantry. For example, 75mm field guns, 80mm mortars, and 40mm rapid-fire guns converted from the Navy's 40mm machine guns were designed to deal with the reinforced concrete forts of the American defense line. In the past two months, the Chinese and American armies have spared no expense in building some reinforced concrete permanent fortifications in their respective forward positions, and it is difficult to deal with them with ordinary 75mm guns, so they have temporarily modified some 40mm rapid-fire guns, and equipped with armor-piercing blasting shells. In addition, the officers and men of the various units responsible for the first wave of assault missions also underwent targeted training and learned a variety of tactics for dealing with trenches, barbed wire, and pillboxes.

After two months of hard training and careful preparation, we will soon see results! Liu Mingchuan rode on his horse and looked at the army under his command with satisfaction. What a dedication he has spent on them in the past two months! The training was extremely targeted, and even the fortifications made of reinforced concrete pillboxes and trench barbed wire were specifically replicated for repeated drills. In order to familiarize them with the battlefield in the shortest possible time, many Donghua army officers and non-commissioned officers were also integrated into the most elite guards of the Ming army for the first time! With such an elite, with such a thorough preparation, and with such a powerful concentration of troops, he really couldn't find a reason why he would fail! (To be continued......)