887 American encirclement network nine US imperialists! The people of Mexico have finally come to you!

May 20, 1939, U.S.-Mexico border, Grand River.

On the road to Monterrey, the capital of the Mexican state of Nuevo León, the stars and stripes hunted, military chariots and the deafening roar of motors drifted through the wilderness. The peace-loving and American-minded people of Mexico have never seen such a powerful American ** team, which looks even stronger than the American army in the invasion of 1846. The road was full of huge tanks with two cannons, trucks with heavy guns, and armored vehicles wheeled or tracked, but there were no infantry marching on foot, and all the American GIs were driving in various vehicles...... And those American soldiers all look like broad guys, their pockets are bulging, I wonder if they are full of cute dollars?

This invasion of Mexico can be regarded as a big capital and the greatest determination! It's not like the so-so one in 1846 when tens of thousands of people were sent to call. Instead, it sent 6 armored divisions and 30 infantry divisions, and mobilized more than 1,500 M3 Stuart and M3 Grant. In addition, nearly 2,000 military aircraft of various models provide air cover.

It is no wonder that the Mexican people are excited, such a magnificent military appearance has never been seen in the history of American aggression abroad! This time, the Americans must have made up their minds to annex Mexico! For more than 90 years, the Mexican people have been looking forward to the invading army of US imperialism like the stars and the moon. Moreover, it is such a mighty and majestic army, it seems that it will not be long before the big guys will become citizens of US imperialism.

Both sides of the highway were crowded with smiling Mexicans, waving their arms and shouting all sorts of welcome slogans at the rumbling U.S. invading forces. There are also some cute Mexican girls who are flattering at the US imperialist soldiers...... There were even Mexicans who simply waved American flags and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner Never Falls" in broken English!

On a hill on the north bank of the Rio Grande, two well-dressed U.S. Army lieutenant generals stood side by side, looking at the welcoming crowd on the other side. Contrary to the pomp and circumstance of the welcome on the south bank of the Rio Grande, the American territory on the north bank of the Rio Grande was deserted, with only a few dozen people holding the Star-Spangled Banner to say goodbye, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little low.

"I said George, can you be sure that the other side of the river is Mexico, and where we are standing is...... The United States? One of them, an American lieutenant general in his forties with a bald head for most of his head, said to another tall American lieutenant general next to him.

"You can't go wrong, Omar." The "George" raised his horsewhip and pointed across the Rio Grande and said, "These Mexicans are obviously smarter than their politicians, and know who is the one who represents justice and freedom, well, or rather, they know who will win!" I really feel a little sympathetic to those Japanese devils, who want to go to war with such a powerful army! Their emperor must have gone mad. ”

"It's a pity that those people in Washington are not as confident as you, otherwise we would have entered Mexico City a long time ago, and now let the Japanese take the lead." Another American lieutenant general named "Omar" sighed and said, "George, do you think we can occupy Monterrey before Japan?" I went to Monterrey once a few years ago, and it was a mountain town surrounded by easy-to-defend mountainous terrain, and if we took it first, Texas would be able to sit back and relax. ”

"Omar, don't keep thinking about defense, that's what the enemy has to think about, and we just need to think about attack!"

The two people who spoke were the Japanese troops in Chapter 881 of the United States, who had formed 6 divisions and 1 tank brigade, and 6 Central American divisions, which advanced north along the Central American corridor to Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, in less than 8 days. Then, under the welcome of hundreds of thousands of Mexican city citizens who had collected a few pesos and were organized to cry without tears, a huge entrance ceremony was held.

It was only at this time that the U.S. Chapter 881 regimental army assembled on the U.S.-Mexico border seemed to wake up from a dream, and Roosevelt no longer asked to concentrate more troops to launch another invasion, MacArthur got the order to "allow the attack", and hurriedly divided his three armies into two routes, and resisted with Patton's Chapter 881 Mexican Army in northern Mexico, while inviting Yamashita Fumi, commander of the Japanese Central American Front, the Japanese Chapter 881 ended up with 50,000 men, to the dangerous terrain around Monterrey, How can you keep it for three to five days, and then the 150,000 elites of the empire will arrive. Yamashita stood in front of a giant electric sand table and pointed his baton at northern Mexico Chapter 881 of more than 100,000 troops and northern Mexico preparing to resist the invasion of American troops.

However, the combat effectiveness of these armies is very worrying, although the vast number of Mexican patriotic generals have already recognized the situation of the world war, so they have also made up their minds to resist the United States. But the ordinary Mexican soldiers below don't have the slightest will to fight! Well, of course, the Mexican military and civilians hate the United States, who let them annex half of Mexico more than 90 years ago! But now the United States knows its mistake and is finally ready to correct its mistake and "annex" all of Mexico! Imperialism that knows its mistakes and can be corrected is still good imperialism! So the Mexican military and civilians are happy to forgive them......

And now, after learning the news of the invasion of the US imperialists, the vast number of Mexican soldiers and civilians are mentally ready to become American citizens, so they have no hostility towards the US invading army! It can't arouse any will to resist, and if the US imperialism that he has been looking forward to is beaten away, he won't be able to cry!

"Your Excellency, according to intelligence, the Americans' invading army has more than 30 divisions, including 4 to 6 armored divisions, with more than 1,000 tanks, nearly 2,000 aircraft, and more than 2,500 artillery pieces! However, our Northeast Military Region and Northwest Military Region have only 100,000 people, no tanks, no aircraft, and even a few artillery, all of which are 75mm caliber field guns that the US military eliminated after World War I. Therefore, it is simply impossible for General Carlos to hold out in Monterrey for more than 48 hours. ”

Of course, Cárdenas could not tell the Japanese that his people were looking forward to the stars and the moon and the American invading army, so they had no will to resist at all, so they could only emphasize the theory of weaponism.

"Yes, Major General Carlos can't hold out for three days, and the Americans will be able to enter Monterrey in 48 hours. Similarly, Major General Gonzalez's Northwest Military Region could not hold out for a few days, and at most a week the American army could advance to Torreon. ”

"The enemy is strong and I am weak, and there is a huge disparity in strength, which is also a matter of no choice."

"Fortunately, there are Japanese allies, and we are all counting on Japan......"

The Mexican generals gathered around echoed President Cárdenas. Their words reached the ears of Yamashita and Ishihara through the translation, and the eyebrows of the two Japanese generals couldn't help but tighten into a ball. In the past two months, the two of them have learned the sloppiness and slackness of these Spaniards and Indians in Central and South America. It is easy to occupy these countries, but it is even more difficult to use the people of these countries to form an army to fight!

And the Central American Federal Army, which took nearly 2 months to form on the basis of the original Central American Sixth ** Team, in the eyes of Yamashita and Ishihara, their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the Chinese Feng warlords originally supported by Japan! That is, it can shout and cheer to strengthen the momentum, so that they have no fun fighting the US army, even if they are cannon fodder, they are not qualified.

Looking at the embarrassed expression on the face of this Mexican president, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness of the Mexican army is also on par with that of the Central American Federal Army, and it must not be counted on. The original plan of using 50,000 Mexican troops to hold Monterrey for a week to buy time for the main Japanese army to move north, and then set up defenses on the front line of Monterrey to block the southward movement of American troops is also not possible.

"There is no point in resisting US troops in Monterrey for 48 hours." Ishihara thought for a moment and began to make a suggestion:

"It is better to order Major General Carlos to retreat and abandon Monterrey...... We put the battlefield here. He pointed to the city of Bayes, about 500 kilometers south of Monterrey, and said:

"Our eight divisions are already in the Pacific and will be in Mexico by mid-June at the latest. So now we still take the defensive position first and consume the strength of the US army in the defense. There are about 500 kilometers from Monterrey to the city of Bayes, and if we destroy the railway, it will take at least 10 days for the Americans to transport troops by road. Ushijima-kun's 11th Army was to travel north by train, and it would take two days to arrive at Bayes City and begin to set up defenses. My 10th Army drew one division and six Central American divisions to defend San Luis Potosí, and the remaining 6th Division, 102nd Division, and 1st Tank Brigade could reach Valles in three days, plus the 50,000 men of Major General Carlos, and we could concentrate at least 180,000 troops around Valles. If we defend tightly, we should have no problem resisting three times the number of American troops, as long as we can hold out until the reinforcements of those 8 divisions arrive, and then we launch a counterattack, we will definitely be able to defeat the invading American troops. ”

The use of 180,000 Japanese-Mexican forces to resist about 360,000 American divisions of 20 to 24 U.S. forces seemed foolproof in terms of numbers. However, if it is compared with the aircraft, artillery, and tanks of both sides, the United States has at least a 10-fold advantage! Even if you can hold it, I'm afraid you will suffer heavy casualties! Ishihara's plan seems to be a bit conservative, and it doesn't fit Yamashita Fumi's mind very well. He thought for a moment, and was about to raise an objection, when he suddenly saw Ishihara Wan'er glaring at him. Only then did it occur to me that among the Mexican generals here, there might be "friends" from the United States.

"Alright! That's what we planned. Yamashita smiled and nodded, agreeing to Ishihara's plan. Naturally, the Mexicans had no objection, and President Cárdenas decided on the spot to let the Japanese Central American Front command the 200,000 Mexican troops. In addition, it is guaranteed that an additional 300,000 troops will be mobilized within three months. Provided, of course, that Germany or Japan can provide weapons to equip these forces.

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U.S. Chapter 881 Regiment Command, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

"Sir, telegraph." Matthew. Major General Ridgway stood behind MacArthur with a top-secret telegram, and the elder Mai turned around and took the telegram from him, which was sent by the Army General Staff about the latest battle plans of the Mexican Army and the Japanese Army! Mexico is one such country, which, on the surface, seems to be nationalist, but in reality, the middle class is full of American spies, and the lower class is full of American spies!

"Command, get Barton to speed up, and don't let this bastard Carlos slip away!"

MacArthur had no doubts about the authenticity of this information, and as he himself was chief of the Army General Staff, he naturally knew how hard the American side had infiltrated Mexico. Maybe the people at the top are not necessarily American spies, but in the middle level, in the Mexican Army Staff, I don't know how many people are receiving American allowances!

Major General Ridgway quickly recorded MacArthur's order, handed it to the other party for signature, and was about to turn away, but MacArthur said, "Prepare a plane for me, we are going to Norfolk." ”

Ridgway was somewhat surprised that Norfolk was the port city of Virginia and the home of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. This Atlantic Fleet has only two usable battleships at the moment, and there is not even one aircraft carrier! Such a small amount of strength to defend the entire Atlantic coast is really enough, so it was not sent to participate in this Central American campaign. However, in the past two days, due to the "rebellion" of Elizabeth Lori and Churchill, most of the Royal Navy was pulled from Britain to Canada, so the Atlantic Fleet was greatly relieved, and it was possible to undertake some tasks to defend beyond the east coast of North America. MacArthur's idea should be to use the Atlantic Fleet to help in the war.

"Mr. Admiral, do you want to ......?" asked Li Qiwei. He was MacArthur's chief of staff, and it was his duty to turn his chief's ideas into practical plans.

"There's an idea." MacArthur did not hide it, he strode over to the military map hanging on the wall, took out his corncob pipe, filled it with tobacco, rubbed it on the fire and took a few puffs, his brow furrowed as if he were thinking about something. He pointed to the Yucatan Peninsula on the map and said: "I want to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army is concentrated on the San Luis Potosí-Bayes line, and use the 1st Marine Division and the other 3 motorized infantry divisions to launch a landing on the Yucatan Peninsula, and then advance westward from the Yucatan Peninsula to cut off the Central American corridor, so that the main force of the Japanese army will lose land contact with the six Central American countries." Then we counterattacked the six Central American countries, where intelligence now had only about 5,000 Japanese marines and six vulnerable infantry divisions of the Central American Federal Army. If it weren't for the heavy losses of the 1st Division in the San Lorenzo Fortress, they might have been able to recapture Panama! ”

As soon as he heard MacArthur's vision, Ridgway knew it was a clever plan to quickly defeat the Japanese army in Central America. Once the six Central American countries lose contact with the main force of the Japanese army, the United States will certainly be able to eliminate Japan's forces there in the shortest possible time and restore the original order in Central America. It was even possible to open the Panama Canal and allow the main forces of the US Pacific Fleet to enter the Atlantic, so that it would be difficult for the Germans to land on the east coast of the United States.

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