After receiving Ma Xiaoshuang's briefing, Cai Ye also soon received a report from the Latvian side that the sudden withdrawal of 200,000 US troops made him very angry, and the Americans went so far as to withdraw the 200,000 US troops in violation of the agreement, which made a huge hole in the Latvian defense line.

If the Soviet army gets the news at this time and suddenly launches an attack and captures Latvia as quickly as possible, then the more than 200,000 troops in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and other countries who remain in Estonia will be surrounded by Soviet Russia, and the only way is to evacuate from the Baltic Sea, but in the case of not being able to raise a large number of ships in a short period of time, the fate of the 200,000 allied troops can be imagined.

Cai Ye has an army in his hands, but the only way to fill the holes in the defense line left by the withdrawal of 200,000 American troops as quickly as possible is to let the local army in Latvia go up, the area of Latvia is not large, and the establishment of the country is also after the end of World War I, it is only a few months from now, and the army is also the Latvian army left by the former Tsarist Russia, the total number of this army is more than 100,000, and the weapons and equipment are all German goods purchased from the Chinese army, combat effectiveness is not weak.

The Latvian government is also worried that the Soviet Union will suddenly invade, and they should defend the territory as they should do. Cai was relieved when he learned that the Latvian army had taken over the defensive line.

The next step is to sanction the 200,000 U.S. troops who withdrew without authorization. At present, the Chinese army still has two infantry divisions near Berlin, Germany, and only one corps of the Seventh Army has been transferred to the north and northeast of Romania, which is attacking the southwest of Soviet Russia. There are also more than 200,000 people in Poland, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and other areas, and some of them are just in the way of the withdrawal of American troops to the west coast of France.

Cai gave an order to Liu Chenglong of the Seventh Army Corps, asking him to immediately lead his troops to intercept the 200,000 American troops who were retreating to France, besiege and disarm all of them, and arrest the American commander Pershing.

Liu Chenglong received the order and was first shocked at how the Americans could suddenly retreat, but he soon got the relevant news, and then he led his troops to approach 200,000 American troops from three directions: Germany, Bohemia and Moravia according to Cai Yi's order.

The winding highway is crowded with people, bustling with people, and there is no end in sight. Pershing sat drowsy in a moving Chinese off-road jeep.

Several American cavalrymen on tall horses galloped quickly to this side, Pershing was woken up, he opened his eyes and looked over, only to see these reconnaissance cavalry running over, one of the lieutenants panting and reporting to him: "General, fifty kilometers ahead, there are two divisions of the Chinese army blocking the way back of our army, and according to reliable information, one army from Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia in the south is rapidly rushing towards our army, and the strength of the other side is not clear for the time being." According to the inference, these three armies should all be the 15th, 26th, and 88th armies of the Seventh Army of the Huaguo Expeditionary Force, and if this is the case, their total strength has exceeded 200,000. more than the strength of our army".

Pershing's face changed after hearing this, and he immediately beckoned to the driver: "Pull over, adjutant." Send someone to inform the chief of staff and the commanders of the armies and divisions to convene an emergency meeting."

"Yes, General!"

Pershing after the last time France did not care about the reminder of the Chinese side, the 700,000 American troops were wiped out. The position was once swept to the end, and he was once demoted to a groom to raise horses. However, Wilson was always very optimistic about him, and it didn't take long for him to be re-promoted to lieutenant general, and this time he joined the Allied forces as the commander of 200,000 American troops, and Wilson appointed him to the post against public opinion.

Pershing is always very arrogant, this is related to his background, in fact, many people from noble families and big families, wealthy families are naturally arrogant, this is related to their family background, they are born with natural advantages over other ordinary people, they can be well educated, and have help and resources on the road to success that others do not have, Pershing is one of them.

Pershing's guards quickly set up a tent on the side of the road and stood guard around it, while the American soldiers on the nearby road had stopped advancing, all sitting on the road or on the grass on either side, but had not set up camp.

The corps commanders, division commanders, and other generals who had been notified quickly rushed to the makeshift tents in Pershing for a meeting.

Pershing took the burning cigar and said with a serious expression: "Gentlemen, we have encountered big trouble on the way home, just now the intelligence department sent the information, two divisions of the Chinese army blocked the front at the junction of Poland and Germany, these two divisions should have been stationed near Berlin. In addition, from Bohemia, Moravia, and Simisia, there is an army coming quickly to our side, if nothing else, they can arrive in two days, according to the analysis, these three armies should be the 15th, 26th, and 88th armies of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, including the two divisions in the west, their total strength is about 230,000, and we now have only 170,000 men, and there are more than 10,000 wounded. I think the reason why they blocked our way, everyone understands very well, we evacuated without the order of the Allied High Command, and now the Allied High Command will definitely impose sanctions on us, before leaving, we have taken into account that the Allied High Command is likely to do so, and now we have two choices, first, to forcibly break through the Chinese army's blockade and enter France before they complete the encirclement; Second, negotiate with the Chinese army, let them open a path for us to pass, which one do you think we should choose? ”

Chief of Staff Kuster? Li shook his head and said: "General, I don't think it is a wise choice to negotiate with the Chinese army, if the Chinese army will negotiate with us, it will definitely not send more than 200,000 people to intercept us, but should send people to contact us first!" ”

Pershing frowned and said, "According to your meaning, we can only choose to forcibly attack the two Chinese army divisions fifty kilometers ahead, break through their blockage, break away from the Chinese army before the three armies in the south arrive, and quickly advance towards French territory?" ”

A division commander shook his head and said: "General, I think this approach is by no means a wise move, judging from the equipment of the Chinese army, their marching speed is definitely higher than that of our army, and now the Chinese army in the south is only two days away from our army at most, we will definitely be caught up, as long as the two divisions of the Chinese army in front can block us for a day, we will be besieged by the Chinese army, and we will be unable to escape at that time!" ”

These words made everyone's faces, including Pershing, covered with dark clouds, how could the two divisions of the Chinese army only stop them for a little time? They all know that the army discarded all the heavy weapons when evacuating, and now the whole army does not have much artillery that can be used, only some light mountain artillery and mortars can be used, and with the configuration of the Chinese army, the two divisions of the Chinese army in front each have a heavy artillery regiment, and the Chinese army also has air force fighters to provide air support, although Pershing has 170,000 people in his hands to use, but the strength of the two divisions of the Chinese army has 40,000 people, and the ammunition is sufficient, it is definitely not that Pershing lacks heavy weapons in his hands. And the U.S. military, which has no logistical supplies, can rush through in a short period of time.

Another corps commander said: "General, we may withdraw to the north, bypass the two Chinese divisions blocking the road to the west, and then make a detour to Hamburg in northwestern Germany, while we inform the ships and naval fleets on the west coast of France that they will meet us there."

Pershing smoked a cigar, his face did not turn bright, he said: "The idea is good, but the distance to make a detour is too far, the Chinese army will definitely not let us easily bypass, as far as I know, the two divisions of the Chinese army in front are mechanized troops, and they can march two or three hundred kilometers in one day, unless we also have such equipment, otherwise we will always be intercepted by them!" ”

Another division commander said coldly: "General, we still have a way, that is, to turn around and attack Warsaw to the east, and arrest all the allied commanders, especially the supreme commander, only in this way can we hold the supreme commander hostage and let him order all the troops along the way to be released, and we can withdraw safely to the territory of France."

Everyone was shocked, and Pershing shouted: "My God, I think you are really crazy, absolutely crazy, attacking the Allied High Command, is this to make us completely turn our faces with Huaguo and make us enemies of all countries?" The Allied High Command is a military organization held up by various countries, and attacking it is tantamount to declaring war on the whole world, and immediately abandon this idea of yours! ”

Everyone broke out in a cold sweat, they retreated without an order It is already a violation of military orders, this problem is not particularly serious, at most Pershing will be punished a little bit, everyone else should be fine, if once force is used, the nature of the matter will completely change, they will even be characterized as rebels, and even the United States may declare them rebels in order to get rid of their involvement, it is not impossible, the United States is now difficult to protect itself, where is there still energy to manage these 200,000 troops, There are still five or six hundred thousand American troops waiting to return home on the west coast of France, and their return is now a problem.

Chief of Staff Kuster said at this time: "If we cannot exchange fire with the Chinese army, what we can do now is to discard all unnecessary baggage, and then quickly move to the north, seize all the ships along the Polish coast, and return home with the looted ships."

Pershing's eyes lit up, and the others nodded when they heard this method: "This suggestion is good, but you can give it a try." (To be continued......)