The U.S. Army has not fought a large-scale war since it successfully fended off the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the American continent. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info those that happened in the Americas and fought against small countries supported by the Ming Dynasty do not count. After so many years, the US Army, which has been hiding on the American continent and playing by itself, finally left the American continent and landed on the main battlefield of the World Island.

And as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force, George . Smith. Admiral Patton was unlike most American generals.

Born in California, General Patton grew up listening to people around him talk about a desperately powerful country across the Pacific. California has always been the main gathering place of Chinese Americans, the second largest majority ethnic group in the entire Americas, and although they are rebellious in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, they are still superior people in the Americas. All this stems from Daming's strong position in the world.

From an early age, General Patton had too many illusions about that ancient empire across the Pacific. Watching the Chinese students living in the surrounding wealthy areas proudly telling the story of the events on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in the universal language, General Patton's interest in Daming became more and more high. He was desperate to learn about the super-empire that miraculously ruled the world, and that even the outcasts who were considered traitors were always obsessed with and proud of.

After graduating from West Point, General Patton did not choose to join the army, but took the initiative to apply to go to the embassy in the imperial capital to become an attendant military attaché. This was constantly being politically charged at the time. It is rare for the United States to propagate the theory of brainwashing and the threat of the Ming Dynasty.

During his four years in the Ming Dynasty, not only did the Chinese he learned since he was a child become incomparable, but he also wore an imperial accent. It gave him a more detailed understanding of some of the details of this huge empire. The Ming Dynasty was powerful, and the empire possessed vast lands that were extremely rich in all kinds of materials, so that the Ming did not need to worry about the supply of any minerals.

Daming has a large population of highly qualified and educated people. This is not the indigenous people who know nothing but eating, hunting, and having children, this is the real excellent population base with higher education. The Ming Dynasty even had the luxury of sending a large number of high-quality talents to the army. In this era when education capital is extremely expensive, this kind of thing can only be done by Daming.

The rapid economic development of the Americans has given them great confidence that they are no longer much worse than Da Ming. Even when their financial revenues were almost close to the Ming Dynasty, many Americans believed that their opportunity to replace the Ming Dynasty as the new world hegemon was imminent.

But General Patton knew very well that the industrial strength of the Ming was almost endless, and they just didn't go all out.

The industrial power of the Americans cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty. Once a war does start, unless it can quickly defeat the Ming army or destroy their industrial base. Otherwise, once they fall into a long-term and protracted war, the Americans will not be able to consume the Ming Dynasty.

After the start of the war, General Patton has been calling for the US military to take the initiative to attack the Ming in the early stage of the war. However, at that time, the mainstream thinking in the United States was to use the allies to consume the power of the Ming Dynasty, and was unwilling to rush into the main battlefield at the beginning. The idea is good, because after consuming the power of the Ming and the allies, it will be very helpful for the United States to rule the world after the war. But only if you can win and have the last laugh.

The Americans used the time of the allies to delay the Ming Dynasty to greatly strengthen their own power, but the Ming Dynasty also quickly became strong in the war. And instead of narrowing, the gap between the two sides has been gradually widened. It was not until the Americans made up their minds to go to war that General Patton, who had high hopes from the president, set foot on the African continent with the American expeditionary force.

After several months of outpost battles with the Ming army, General Patton already had a bottom on the strength of the Ming army. This army is much stronger than the American army under its command. This is true both in terms of military morale and training equipment. Except for numbers, the Americans were no match for the Ming army in any way.

As for the so-called numerical superiority, it is just that the Ming Dynasty had to disperse its forces when it went to war with the whole world at the same time. Once the Great Ming concentrates the power in his hands, then there is no country on this planet that can compare with the Great Ming. Even if it's the quantity. This is true in numbers on all fronts.

After the Ming army launched the Tunisian campaign and broke through the desperate defensive line boasted by the French in a short time. General Patton was determined to launch a powerful counterattack against the advancing Ming army. Regardless of the final outcome, this counterattack will be carried out. Because they need to let all the US troops know the true strength of the Ming army and improve the will to fight.

Originally, after arriving in North Africa, General Patton took the initiative to ask for the US army to be thrown into the attack on the fortress of Gibraltar, intending to pull out the nail behind him. He was extremely dismissive of the incompetent Spanish army. In his eyes, even the indigenous Indians of the American continent were more powerful than the Spanish.

However, the European allies are not so at ease with the Americans, they have already divided their own defense lines and theaters of war, and no one is willing to let the Americans intervene. Everyone knows what the Americans think, and no one wants to recruit the Americans after repelling the Ming army.

The Spaniards said they could deal with the war in Gibraltar and did not need the intervention of the Americans. The French, who were close to Spain, supported this.

The Americans, who do not have a strong navy in the Atlantic, can only give up. General Patton was angry but helpless. Because the president sent him a telegram asking him to respect the wishes of the allies. General Patton did not understand this kind of political matter, and he did not want to understand it. He had no choice but to follow orders from home.

General Patton named the counterattack he orchestrated as Iron Fist. The main purpose is to annihilate the Ming army that is too sudden to improve morale and will to fight.

He turned a blind eye to the French's demands for a large-scale, all-out counterattack to regain lost territory, and even to Libya. He was a general in the American army, not French. The American Expeditionary Force is even more not a foreign legion of the French!

General Patton mobilized the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, and 9th Panzer Divisions, as well as three heavy mechanized infantry divisions, to launch an offensive against the Ming troops who had advanced to the periphery of Sfax Harbor. At the same time, he asked the U.S. Army Aviation to provide support to the front line to the best of its ability. This will be the first large-scale military operation of the Americans in this world war. All of a sudden, it was very important up and down.

Outside the port of Sfax, the defensive position of the 293rd Infantry Division of the Ming Dynasty.

"Everyone work hard, the Americans are coming over soon, everyone get the defensive positions as soon as possible!" The Ming officers urged the soldiers on the position to complete the civil engineering work as soon as possible in order to deal with the impending counterattack of the Americans.

It was already early morning on June 5, and the Ming army on the outskirts of Sfax Harbor was preparing to respond to the attack of the Americans after dawn. In front of them was the 293rd Infantry Division, and covering their flanks was the 227th Infantry Division. The 2nd Panzer Division, exhausted from the long battle, temporarily retreated to the rear as a reserve.

After careful consideration, Wang Dexiang decided to take advantage of the American offensive to carry out a counter-assault operation. He did not invest his forces in reinforcing the three divisions on the periphery of Sfax Harbor, but chose to pull out a battle line on the periphery of the U.S. Army for counter-encirclement, trying to eat several elite U.S. troops in one go.

This plan called for the troops of the three divisions stationed on the outskirts of Sfax Harbor to tightly entangle the Americans and provide fighters for the flank roundabouts. Once the operation is successful, the American Expeditionary Force in Tunisia will be heavily damaged, which will be very beneficial for the next operation.

As for the French army, which still has a good number, Wang Dexiang doesn't care much. The French were now frightened birds, unable to recover from the chaos and go into battle in a short time. The French army is now also only numerous.

The improvised positions were certainly not very strong. After all, the traditional offensive of the Ming army. When the sky was faintly bright and the distant horizon began to glow white, the powerful artillery fire of the Americans smashed overwhelmingly.

The US armored division has 54 large-caliber howitzers and more than 100 other artillery pieces. There are more than 300 tanks and anti-tank destroyers of various types, in addition to more than 100 armored vehicles and more than 1,000 trucks and other vehicles.

The mechanized infantry division of the US military has more than 50 heavy guns of 105 mm or more, more than 100 other artillery pieces, and more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles. Seven divisions of the American army that launched an offensive against the Ming army on the outskirts of Sfax harbor had more than 1,000 artillery pieces of various calibers, and more than 1,000 armored vehicles and tanks. This is already a very large-scale operation.

Thousands of artillery pieces smashed the Ming positions to the surface of the moon with a dense rain of bullets. A large number of improvised positions were destroyed, and the Ming officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses in weapons and equipment.

Soon, the artillery counterattack of the Ming Dynasty also quickly unfolded. Compared with their American counterparts, although the number of Daming artillery is slightly smaller, their training level and weapons and equipment are stronger than those of the American army. The dim night sky before dawn was filled with flying meteors, and the whole earth was trembling. The two sides were evenly matched for a while.

Shelling vs. counter-shelling, suppression vs. counter-suppression. More than ten kilometers apart, the ground was full of huge red light that was not rising. It was the traces and brilliant sparks left by heavy artillery shelling.

The artillery operation between the small number, but the elite Ming artillery, and the American artillery, which was large in number but inferior in technical and tactical level and equipment quality to the Ming army, soon fell into a stalemate. And the power to change that will come after dawn.

The artillery, known as the king of land warfare, is very afraid of air strikes. (To be continued.) )