Although Theodore Roosevelt was mentally prepared from the moment he made the decision, when he really received the urgent telegram from the Western Front, he still felt a black eye: "It's really a trap!" ”

At the same time that the U.S. military was massively increasing its forces and launching an unprecedented onslaught on Vancouver, a huge fleet suddenly appeared and drove straight into the part of the bay that belonged to the United States before the U.S. military could react. It's easy to complete the task and open up a safe path. www.biquge.info), they easily bypassed Rooney Island and covered the landing of a large number of landing ships between the cities of Bellingham and Burlington.

Due to the existence of the Cordillera mountain system, the terrain of the west coast of the United States is rugged, and there are not many shallows that can be landed directly, but even so, the US government cannot afford to build strong coastal forts in every vicinity. Therefore, it is impossible to cover everything, and in this premise, the defense of coastal cities is obviously more important than uninhabited deserted beaches, and the trade-offs made by the US government are completely reasonable.

However, the Chinese army did not directly storm the harbor, but chose to land on the beach. Originally, this didn't matter, because according to the perception of the US Navy, the speed of beach landing is very slow, and with the fact that those beaches on the west coast of the United States are not very large, one or two regiments of troops can go ashore in one day, and the formation will inevitably be disrupted, and at most they can only fight on the scale of company-level troops when they first go ashore, but what the Americans did not expect is that there is a large landing ship in the Chinese fleet with a large tonnage, but it can directly rush to the beach, and in just one day, a fully manned marine brigade can be sent ashore. What is even more rare is that their basic establishment was not chaotic at all during the landing process, and they were able to enter the battle with regimental troops immediately after rushing to the beach, which is a big problem!

Compared with the more than 400,000 U.S. troops who are storming the Vancouver defense line, a brigade of 10,000 men is really insignificant, and even the defenders of Seattle are much more than them, but the problem is that not far north of the landing site There happens to be an east-west mountain range that divides this narrow coastal plain between Vancouver and Seattle in two, as long as the Marine Brigade can take the mountain pass, it can cut off the railroad and highway connecting Seattle and Vancouver, cut off the back roads and supplies of the more than 400,000 American troops, and use the strong combat effectiveness of the Marine Brigade. As long as they can take the lead in seizing this dangerous terrain, not to mention more than 400,000 US troops, even a million US troops will be difficult to move, not to mention that they can also directly get the powerful fire support of the fleet......

But it is a matter of life and death for more than 400,000 troops, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, then it can't help but rush! As a result, just as the headquarters of the 1st Marine Division of the Chinese Army had predicted before the war, not only did the more than 400,000 American troops who attacked Vancouver turn around and storm the mountain pass, but even the American troops in Seattle, who were quite nervous, launched an offensive from the south. However, in the face of the sea of fire created by countless naval guns, the sea of people can only turn into a sea of blood......

Well, if it is used to attack the enemy hiding in a well-established position, the actual lethality of naval guns is not as great as their deterrent, but for the infantry in a charge who is completely unprotected, it is really a cannon and a powder. The commanders and fighters of the Marine Corps didn't even need to shoot and kill themselves, and in the face of the enemy in the mountains and fields in their field of vision, they only had to report the enemy's position to the fleet and wait for the artillery fire from the sea, which they had practiced countless times before, and they were simply too proficient......

As a result, in just three days, the number of casualties of the US army exceeded 150,000, and the morale of the US army completely collapsed. Somewhat ironically, even the Warlords suffered heavy casualties, which greatly affected their deterrent, and the coverage of naval artillery fire was too great!

When the overseers could not play a sufficient deterrent role, many troops mutinied because the officers were too urgent, which made the desperate US Ninth Army more and more panicked.

There is no way back to the south, and to the east you must cross the mountains and primeval forests, and even if you can get to Spokane, where supplies are already tight, how much can you give them? Even the commander of the Ninth Army fell into despair, he sent a telegram to the White House saying that surrender was inevitable, and the only thing he could do was to give the remaining supplies to those soldiers who still had the courage to fight and were unwilling to surrender to the Chinese, so that they could have a greater hope of getting out of the primeval forest alive......

How could Roosevelt possibly agree to his request? Even if you resist to the death, it will not do much, and it will at least consume a little of the enemy's strength; Even if there is a huge disparity in exchange, desperate resistance will not consume much Chinese troops, at least it can buy a little more time, and what the United States needs most now is time!

For this purpose, Roosevelt did not even care about his personal credibility, knowing that it was impossible to rescue the Ninth Army, but still promised a blank check in the telegram, "Reinforcements will arrive soon, and we must not give up lightly until the last moment!" ”

The commander of the Ninth Army was not a general on the first day, so how could he not see the tricks of Mr. President? But he has always believed in the creed that "soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty", and he finally forced himself to accept the order and ordered his officers and soldiers to resist to the end, but this was useless......

With the 1st Marine Division all ashore and Vancouver receiving reinforcements from the sea, the total number of Chinese troops has increased to more than 100,000, and it has the full appetite to swallow the US Ninth Army, which has less than 400,000 troops, especially the latter is still trapped on the narrow coastal plain, which is like dumplings have been put into a bowl, and the time is completely ripe to launch a general offensive and completely wipe it out! (To be continued.) )