"Look at these people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info"A long convoy drove on the highway outside Memphis, and many Ming officers and soldiers on the vehicle poked their heads out to look at the vast fields on both sides of the road, and thousands of American prisoners of war were rumbling in the opposite direction.

The number of these captives was so large that the Ming troops on the convoy did not even see the end at all. I saw the dense prisoners escorted by a large number of Ming officers and soldiers, and walked dejectedly and with difficult steps towards the unknown prisoner of war camp.

"How much is that?" The officers and men of the Ming Dynasty climbed into the truck and looked into the distance, but they could not see the end of the POW line at all, and they couldn't help but be surprised.

"I heard it's 300,000." A veteran soldier who knew the situation sat aside and smoked a cigarette and said: "My fellow countryman is a staff officer at the division headquarters, and he told me that after the battle a few days ago, the reported figure was that at least 300,000 prisoners were captured. ”

"There are so many?" Many of the soldiers leaned closer to the veteran in surprise and let out a sound of surprise.

By this time, the road had been temporarily halted due to the passage of a large number of prisoners of war, and the convoy belonging to the 313th Mechanized Infantry Division stopped on the road. The officers and soldiers had nothing to do, and immediately began to brag and chat.

"I heard that the number of American troops defending Memphis this time is at least thirty divisions, more than half a million people." After lighting a cigarette, the veteran became interested and said loudly, "This battle is really as simple as destroying the withering and decaying." The seven or eight armored divisions commanded by Gao Chengshu rushed out of the American defense line on the left side of Memphis like a herd of bison, broke through the positions of the defenders, and then engaged the American counterattack forces in a super tank battle on the west bank of the Mississippi River. ”

"How could it be in the West Bank?" A soldier asked in surprise: "If you are on the West Bank, isn't that your own death?" Behind you is the Mississippi River. ”

"You're right." The veteran took a deep breath of his cigarette and said with a smile, "I don't know what the senior commanders of the US military think, they just deployed a large number of troops, especially armored units, on the West Bank. Our commander is not stupid, of course the Americans will eat it when they take the initiative to send it to the door. General Gao's armored cluster, less than ten kilometers north of the bridge we passed through yesterday, at a place called Marion, crushed the Americans' armored forces. ”

"That must be a lot." A soldier squatted on the sidelines and listened, "I guess there must be at least a few hundred?" ”

"Hundreds?" The veteran pursed his lips disdainfully, and said with an unhappy face, "You really underestimate us." I heard from my fellow countrymen that the battle lasted for two days and two nights, and the two sides continued to invest troops to fight for attrition, and after the war, the number of destroyed US tanks and armored vehicles was at least more than 1,000! And that's not even counting the ones that were seized. ”

"So much?" The officers and soldiers around were suddenly surprised. There are more than 1,000 cars, and if there is a long queue, it will be ten kilometers long. And it wasn't trucks and jeeps, it was tanks and armored vehicles.

During the training, the officers and men of the Ming Dynasty received training in coordinated operations with armored units, as well as anti-armor training. They understood very well how helpless the infantry was in the face of armored troops. How powerful those armored units were. After the hordes of armored troops were in motion, the momentum was simply overwhelming.

If there is no strong enough air support and strong armored forces to fight back, then the armored forces are simply invincible. More than a thousand armored vehicles feel terrible just to think about.

"Everyone knows that the Americans have a lot of tanks, but the quality is much worse than ours." The veteran threw away the cigarette butt and continued, "Of course, our people won this battle in the end, although they paid a lot of costs, but in the end they still won. Not only did it encircle and annihilate a large number of enemy armored troops, but it also took advantage of the situation to seize several important bridges over the Mississippi River. That's the hell out of it. ”

"The same bridge we crossed the river yesterday?" A soldier asked aloud, "Why does it look like there is no damage, but is it not hit?" ”

"Some of the bridges were hit, and they were intense." The veteran said: "In order to seize the bridge, we not only fought, but also sent paratroopers and special operations troops. The resistance of the Americans was not strong, and many of the defenders simply chose to retreat when attacked. ”

"Retreated?" The officers and soldiers around them were surprised. They all knew that an important stronghold like a bridge would usually have a strong garrison, and no matter how bad it was, the bridge would have to be blown up. No one thought that the U.S. military would choose to retreat at this time. It's a terrible thing.

"That's right, the Americans ran away." The veteran said proudly, "Our army is invincible, and the U.S. military now has no will to resist." After the defeat of the armored forces, many American troops hurriedly abandoned their positions and chose to flee. It's just that where can these infantry outrun the armored forces? Look over there. ”

The veteran stretched out his hand and pointed to the large number of American prisoners of war on both sides of the convoy and said, "Most of these American soldiers who fled chose to surrender after being pursued and surrounded by armored forces." By the time the war had been fought, most of the Americans' elite troops had been lost. Now these are simply a rabble. ”

"Then we will win this war." The surrounding Ming officers and soldiers were excited. After all, everyone has already seen the dawn of victory, which makes the officers and soldiers very happy. After all, even soldiers are looking forward to the end of the war sooner. After all, no one wants to die on the battlefield.

"That's right!" The veteran shouted: "We have won this war!" ”

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The strong defensive lines set up by the American forces in Mississippi and along the coast were surprisingly easily broken through by the Ming army. Millions of defenders had to be completely defeated and suffered heavy losses. This result not only surprised the Ming army, but also shocked the US military.

Originally, although the combat effectiveness of the US army was not as good as that of the Ming army, it was not much different. This time, millions of troops were invested in Mississippi and the defense line, and it was originally thought that this defense line would be able to hold out for at least a month, but who knew that it would collapse on the whole line before it could hold on for even a week, and lead to the loss of a large number of technical weapons and personnel.

After some investigation, an unbelievable result was sent to the hands of the US military leadership. The current US military has gradually lost its combat effectiveness. The reason is very simple, most of the elite troops have long been exhausted in the perennial war, and most of the main forces of the US army at this time are those recruits who have little combat effectiveness and combat experience.

As for why the elite troops of the US army are consumed in large quantities, the Ming army seems to have no problems all the time. The main reason is that the Ming army has achieved a large number of victories for a long time. Because almost every battle ended in victory, the Ming army was able to retain a large number of elite recruits. However, the U.S. side has been defeated for a long time, and if it is defeated, it will basically lose all its troops.

In this case, the elite troops of the Ming army are fighting more and more. On the side of the US military, on the contrary, the more they fight, the less they fight. It's like according to statistics, since the Ming army landed in the Los Angeles area, it has been in the period of time. The average monthly permanent attrition of the Ming army due to fighting and wounds ranged from 180,000 to 200,000. The number of prisoners is less than a tenth of that number.

On the other hand, on the side of the U.S. military, because of the successive defeats on the battlefield, their losses were very staggering. After the landing of the Ming army, the average monthly attrition of the US army due to combat injuries and illnesses was more than 400,000 people! And that's not counting the captives of at least two hundred thousand people per month.

While a large part of these losses went to the National Guard everywhere, the National Guard is also the military force of the United States. Since the Ming army landed, the U.S. military has lost more than five million soldiers. That's a terrible number. Young people in the United States are now largely in the military. If they continue to recruit, they will only be able to relax the recruitment cap.

A large number of recruits who had not undergone rigorous training flooded the army, and because of the successive defeats and the occupation of large areas of the mainland by the Ming army at this time, the morale of the American army was low, and a large number of troops had no intention of fighting. This is also a big reason why the US military collapsed so easily.

In this breakthrough of the Mississippi River, only the armored forces of the American army really had bright spots. They dutifully fulfilled their duties as soldiers during the war, and almost all of them were wiped out in the battle. However, the performance of the infantry was so bad that instead of providing sufficient support, the infantry dragged the armored forces back.

To make matters worse, the US military top brass now does not dare to abandon an inch of land. Not only because of the huge blow to the morale of the military, but more importantly, this is not far from the US military's superweapon program base, once this base falls into the hands of the Ming army, then the Americans will no longer have the slightest possibility of turning the tables in this war.

This is the main reason why the top brass of the US military made such a brainless request to force the defenders to deploy on the west bank of the Mississippi River. After all, the ass decides the head, and they can't help it.

Moreover, because of the continuous fall of the homeland, in order to gather enough troops to send to the front line to fight, most of the newly recruited officers and soldiers are not of high quality, and the training time has been greatly reduced. This kind of army is simply not able to compete with the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty. As time passed, the defeat of the US military was decided.

For the current U.S. military, the only thing that can still stop the Ming army at this time is their superweapon program. Therefore, the U.S. military began to draw large numbers of troops from various places to Tennessee to block the Ming army's approach. (To be continued.) )