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Full text without ads Chapter 447 China-Mexico Coalition Army (I)

In the Qinzheng Hall of the Forbidden City, the Chinese Emperor Wang Chenhao held a pre-imperial meeting for three consecutive days. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info (full text e-book free download)

Although Wang Chenhao has rarely asked about political affairs for the sake of imperial democracy, he has left it to the cabinet ministers to deal with. However, as the supreme commander of the empire's navy, land and air force, Wang Chenhao still holds absolute military power.

Although the Chinese Emperor won a victory in the war against the United States, and the progress was generally smooth, the General Staff originally planned to defeat the United States in three months, but now two months have passed, and the Chinese Emperor has only seized Hawaii, the Philippines, and Alaska, three territories outside the United States.

Wang Chenhao was very dissatisfied with the progress of the war, and convened several imperial meetings in succession, urging the imperial side to speed up the pace of the offensive and strive to defeat the United States as soon as possible.

For a long time, the Chinese emperor won every war, and the war always developed in the direction of the Chinese emperor, so the long-term military victory and the rapid expansion of national strength have made the Chinese emperor more and more complacent. As a result, the plan drawn up by the General Staff to defeat the United States in three months was too arrogant, and all kinds of preparations were only discovered to be inadequate when the actual war began.

In the main hall, the main officials of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Navy, Army, and Air Force stood honestly and were trained, and it was not until Wang Chenhao was tired of scolding and began to drink tea that everyone dared to speak.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Wang Chenhao's anger was almost exhausted, Navy Minister Lin Jianzhang first reported: "The main fleet of our navy has been transferred to the Caribbean Sea, and it is expected that a decisive battle against the main fleet of the US Navy will be launched in the next half month. ”

When War Minister Feng Guozhang heard this, he immediately asked: "Lord Lin, our army is about to launch a large-scale landing operation on the west coast of the United States, and the main force of your navy should give our army landing force firepower cover, how can your main force go to the Atlantic?" ”

Lin Jianzhang explained: "The US fleet in the Pacific Ocean has been completely wiped out, and the remaining US warships will not have an impact on your landing operations, and I will leave you 20 battleships, 20 heavy cruisers, 40 light cruisers, 100 hunting ships, and 20 submarines, which are enough to cover your landing operations." ”

Feng Guozhang said: "You have to leave us more aircraft carriers, right?" The US military has deployed a large number of combat planes to the west coast, posing a huge threat to our landing force. ”

Lin Jianzhang turned to the Minister of the Air Force Liu Xiang and said, "Isn't there still an Air Force?" I heard that the air base in Hawaii is almost finished. ”

Liu Xiang coughed dryly, peeked at Wang Chenhao sitting above, and saw that Wang Chenhao had no expression, so he explained: "Because our air force destroyed the original base facilities of the US army when attacking Hawaii, so that our air crew worked overtime to repair them, but they were still unable to repair all the military facilities at the end of May, so they could not provide strong air support for the large-scale landing operation of the imperial army. ”

Liu Xiang was very sad, originally according to his plan, the average Chinese Imperial Air Force was powerful enough to control everything, and there was no problem in completely paralyzing the combat strength of the US Air Force in three months. Liu Xiang and the Air Department studied more than a dozen sets of plans before the war, and according to the comprehensive force assessment, there was no problem with any plan to eliminate the US Air Force and seize air supremacy throughout the war.

However, one factor that the Air Force Commission failed to assess was that the Imperial Chinese Air Force was so strong that it could completely destroy all the U.S. air bases in Hawaii in just one day. It was precisely because the Imperial Chinese Air Force bombed the Hawaiian base complex so violently that after the Battle of Hawaii, the Chinese Imperial Air Force found it very difficult when they tried to repair the Hawaiian base group. It is basically the same as rebuilding, or even more difficult than rebuilding, because the high-explosive aerial bombs blow up the airport runway into potholes, and the reinforced concrete facilities melt under the ultra-high combustion of the white phosphorus bombs, turning them into a lump of obstacles, making it difficult for engineers to dismantle them and spend a lot of time to rebuild.

Originally, the Air Force Committee failed to take this into account when preparing for the war, believing that after winning the Hawaiian Campaign, they could directly use the airfield built by the US military in Hawaii as a springboard to directly attack the US mainland. But it was only after the battle that this major problem was discovered. Since Hawaii was the closest springboard for the Chinese Emperor to attack the US mainland from the Pacific Ocean, the Air Force combat planes could only take off from the Hawaii base, thus seriously delaying the overall attack time and the course of the war.

Wang Chenhao continued to drink tea, and after reprimanding them just now, his mouth was dry. Although Wang Chenhao was angry at the lack of consideration of the General Staff, he put himself in his shoes and thought about it, the time for the rise of the Chinese Emperor ** was still too short, and there were already some seedlings to help grow, so he couldn't blame them too much, after all, they were still too young.

Wang Shizhen said at this time: "According to the CIA report, the Americans took advantage of this time to mass-produce fighters and bombers on their homeland, and their bombers were O-400 imported from the United Kingdom, and their combat performance was already very close to our most advanced H2 bomber. Therefore, if a large-scale landing operation is to be carried out, it is necessary to seize air supremacy, otherwise our landing force will suffer heavy losses. ”

Wang Shizhen said the key, which is what everyone is most worried about.

Wang Chenhao put down the teacup, looked at everyone, and said: "You should know very well that the European battlefield has told us that if there is no air supremacy, the losses will be very large. Several of our previous battles have benefited from air supremacy, so if the Hawaii Air Base Group is not repaired, the landing force will face a major threat. ”

Then, Wang Chenhao turned to Liu Xiang and asked, "When will it be completed?" ”

Liu Xiang hurriedly said: "Weichen has ordered urgent repairs at all costs, and it is expected to be completed in the second week of June." ”

Feng Guozhang said: "If our army is not able to land on the west coast of the United States in late May, it will not be able to contain the main force of the US army, but will give the US military more time to prepare." ”

Lin Jianzhang said: "Our navy will go to the Atlantic Ocean to strive for the total annihilation of the main force of the US Navy and seize sea supremacy. If the United States loses naval protection, then strategically we are already invincible and can slowly look for opportunities. ”

Wang Shizhen said: "Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the United States in an effort to paralyze the United States politically. After all, the areas we occupy now are all U.S. overseas territories, and it is possible that the United States will be forced to give up these three overseas territories. If our political deception succeeds, we can buy some time. But this is not very likely, and it is possible that the Americans will deceive us politically in turn, so we need a practical solution. ”

Wang Chenhao thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Maybe you can use Mexico or Canada." ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly remembered that during World War I, Germany tried to join forces with Mexico to wage war against the United States, but at that time, because the German navy had been confined to the North Sea and could not reach the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico was finally forced by the intimidation and threats of the United States and finally gave up.

Now Wang Chenhao thought that since the preparations for landing directly on the US mainland were not sufficient, he could change his mind and land from Mexico or Canada, so that he would not be able to carry out a brutal landing operation, and he could attack the US mainland by land through Mexico or Canada. Obviously, once the Chinese Emperor ** landed, its powerful armored forces would be invincible.

Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and they all came to the spirit.

Feng Guozhang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's reminder, Weichen also has an idea. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded, and Feng Guozhang said: "Since the Hawaii base group is not ready, waiting for a long time can only benefit the United States and not us." If we can take advantage of Canada or Mexico, our army will be able to avoid huge landing casualties, and with our army's combat effectiveness, once we land in Canada or Mexico, it will no longer be a difficult problem to attack the US mainland. ”

Everyone nodded.

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "That's right! That's what I thought about, too. It's just that Canada is a British colony, and with the relationship between Britain and the United States, it is impossible to lend it to us. Mexico has a grudge with the United States over the forcible occupation of 2.2 million square kilometers of land, and Mexico's defeat in the Mexican-American War has not gone away. If it can be used, it will not be a problem to use Mexico, and it can even join Mexico to fight the United States. ”

Wang Shizhen agreed: "What Your Majesty said is very true, and Weichen also thinks that the Mexican side will join us in attacking the United States, and will lend it to us in the end." ”

"Mexico has just completed the revolution, and the collapse of the original U.S.-backed regime is enough to prove that Mexico is extremely dissatisfied with the United States, so we can use this to start," Lin said. ”

In February 1913, Huerta, the general of the Díaz Ministry, took advantage of the people's discontent with Madero and relied on the support of the United States to stage a coup d'état and assassinate Madero to steal power. The Mexican people have launched a struggle against Huerta. In July 1914, under the blows of the peasant armies of Sabape and Villa, with the cooperation of the workers' strikes and the constitutionalists, Huerta stepped down and fled. In August, the constitutionalist Carranza seized power and assumed the presidency. In November, U.S. intervention forces were forced to withdraw from Mexico. In 1916 the Carranza government defeated the Peasant Army. In December of that year, under the pressure of the people, the National Constituent Assembly was convened. On February 5, 1917, a new constitution was adopted and promulgated, marking the completion of the bourgeois-democratic revolution of 1910-1917 in Mexico.

Due to the US intervention in the Mexican Revolution, the Mexican government was extremely dissatisfied with the United States, and after discussing with the ministers, Wang Chenhao decided to lobby the Mexican government to participate in the war against the United States.

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