The reason why Li Yongji personally led the troops to assault was not blindly supported or impulsive, but a well-thought-out strategy, and the reason lies in the current situation.

It is true that the troops of the Dream Division are quite advanced in weapons, and the training time is also long, and the defense line has been set up in advance, so it is said that more than 20,000 people will defend with all their strength, and it is unlikely that they will be defeated by an American army in the sixties of the nineteenth century, let alone ten times or fifty times.

But there are exceptions in all cases, no matter how good the weapons and equipment are, they must be used in the right place, and if the shape is unfavorable, no matter how good the equipment is, it will be greatly reduced.

The current situation is a special case.

First of all, it is late at night, it is still snowing heavily, the line of sight is not good, and the visibility is extremely low, even if the expeditionary force has so-called flares, searchlights, and other night vision equipment, it is impossible to compare it with the daytime, which greatly reduces the long-range strike capability of the expeditionary force.

The second is that the Americans are indeed outnumbered, and 300,000 people is not a small number, especially since this unit is still a model unit specially formed by Lincoln, most of the soldiers are young and strong, and the will to fight is stronger than that of other troops, and they know that they have no way out, so the casualty rate they can bear is higher than that of ordinary troops, and as far as the current situation is concerned, it is estimated that they can bear at least 30 percent of the casualties, which is 90,000 casualties, and the casualty rate of a local battle is already a very terrifying number.

In the end, it was the tactics of the Americans that used it well, feinting on three sides, but sending a large army behind them to carry out a sneak attack, and the most terrible thing was that it succeeded. Of course, there are also reasons for the negligence of the expeditionary force itself, but strictly speaking, if it were not for the previous series of tired enemy tactics of the Americans, which deceived the Chinese and made them relax their vigilance in the rear, they did not expect that the other side would come from the unobstructed river and would not have been successfully attacked.

In a word. This time, the Americans made full use of the favorable time and place, and with the great determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat, they launched an attack on the Chinese who could not move.

On the contrary, although the Chinese have advanced weapons and a higher level of technology and tactics, they are too few in number, they are trapped on the side, and they are quite tired from long-term fighting. Coupled with the darkness of the night and heavy snow, the attack power is greatly reduced, and the strength is less than half of the usual.

The most terrible thing is that the success of the sneak attack troops, although they have not yet broken through the entire camp, has unexpectedly eliminated the concentrated artillery positions. All of a sudden, without artillery support, the strength of the expeditionary force dropped sharply again, and it could only rely on those rapid-fire small arms to stop those crazy Americans.

Of course. Even if there is no artillery support, even if the Americans rush frantically, it is said that the Chinese will not lose the first line of defense, after all, their light weapons are all rapid-fire weapons. Not to mention light and heavy machine guns, even if it is a 56-punch, it will completely blow up those front-loading smoothbore guns of the Americans.

So, the biggest crisis for the expeditionary force. It's a morale problem, or a psychological problem, that can lose the first line of defense. It was all the soldiers of the expeditionary force, under all the blows of the Americans, who began to be afraid.

That's right, it's fear, if it's not fear, if it's not a lack of courage, how can the Chinese Expeditionary Force, equipped with so many advanced weapons, be breached in the first line of defense under such circumstances, and still be unable to launch a counterattack?

Since radio communications were universalized throughout the army at the group level, Li Yongji quickly figured out what was happening at the front line, and also let him know why the first line of defense was lost, and how the port direction, especially the artillery position, was lost.

Let's talk about the problem of the first line of defense, the defense of the first line of defense was quite tight, it can be said that there are a large number of people, the weapons are also very good, and there are three barbed wires, which are said to be completely able to block the charge of the Americans, as evidenced by the fact that they have repelled the attacks of the Americans many times before.

However, when they found that the rear of their positions was on fire and the artillery support they called for was not successful, the officers and men on the front line were actually shaken!

That's right, just because there was no artillery support from the rear, the officers and men of the first line of defense were actually shaken, and when they saw that many of the Americans were lying down on the barbed wire, acting as a pedal for the charge of the follow-up troops, and when they saw that the Americans were still rushing in the face of the rain of bullets, they were frightened and felt that they could not hold on, so some people did not listen to the order and fled backwards without permission.

The most terrifying thing is that this kind of escape was not stopped instantly, that is, it was shot by the people around it, but quickly infected the people around it, causing the people around to run away, which caused a chain reaction.

Although at this time, this trend of collective escape was discovered by others in time, and they strafed with machine guns and submachine guns, and killed these fleeing troops, this kind of escape has been discovered by the officers and soldiers of the first line of defense, and because of radio communications, everyone knows that someone has escaped.

At this moment, the morale of the people in the entire first line of defense fluctuated, especially when everyone saw that the Americans were getting closer and closer to themselves, and they used submachine guns to strafe a group of people, and then a group of people came up, which seemed to be endless, and they could not kill them all, and that kind of psychological fear became heavier and heavier.

In the past, when there was artillery support, heavy artillery fire would engulf most of the battlefield in sight, often creating a gap.

This is because artillery attacks may not harvest as many lives as the front-line officers and soldiers with machine guns and submachine guns, but they can form a deterrent effect, so that soldiers do not dare to continue to rush forward, and then give the defending soldiers a psychological buffer, so as not to have the feeling that they will not be able to kill and fight.

However, now that the artillery support is gone, the Americans are constantly charging, coupled with the night and heavy snow, the guide's vision is blurred, and it seems that the attacking Americans seem to be endless, which makes these front-line officers and soldiers who are extremely desperate for their lives afraid.

How could these soldiers be afraid, perhaps? Aren't they experienced? Didn't they never fail? Aren't they well-trained? Why is it that without artillery support, you will be afraid when you see the other side's charge that is not afraid of death?

The answer is that Li Yongji has given them so many benefits that they have learned to be afraid of death!

When Li Yongji trained this unit, the standard of treatment he gave was very high, and it was based on the treatment of the Praetorian Guards, and the overall treatment was much higher than that of the Janissaries.

The salary is high, the food and clothing are good, the war is easy, and almost every time he relies on epoch-making weapons to crush the enemy, which is not good. Fighting a war is like playing a game for the officers and men of the Dream Division, and they feel that when they are actually fighting, they are more relaxed than when they are training.

In the past, they only needed to fight under the cover of their own artillery fire, riding in assault vehicles, trucks and armored vehicles, and fiercely chasing them with their assault rifles and machine guns. So it's not so much a fight as a hunt.

From the time they swept through California, they fought like this, and then they fought New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis, anyway, every time they fought, they fought very easily, and it was a pleasant hunting game again and again.

It's been a long time. They regarded the war as too easy, and at the same time, because the treatment was too good, almost every soldier of them saved a lot of money, and it can be said that everyone was wider than the ordinary landlords in the country. And because of discipline, they can't spend all their time drinking and drinking, and they have always saved their money, so they all cherish their lives very much. They all dreamed that after the war, they would retire from the army and return to their hometown, taking the money they had earned over the years with them. Buy land and daughter-in-law, and be a beautiful guy.

Of course, the thoughts of retiring from the army and going home to become a big man are those who have not pursued, and those who have pursuits and ambitions have different ideas, some of them want to continue to serve in the army and become a more senior officer, and some want to change careers and go back to become big officials, but no matter what, none of them do not cherish their lives.

Because whether they take the money and go back to spend all their time, or pave the way for promotion and fortune in the future, they must have a life to go back, if there is no life, then it will be empty.

It's not a bad thing to cherish life, if it's the same when you're fighting, then it's probably nothing when you're fighting a good fight, but if you encounter a setback, it's fatal.

In the past, the Dream Division has always been fighting a tailwind, or rather, they have been avoiding setbacks, because they have strong firepower, strong mobility, and almost unlimited logistics, as well as a perfect communication system and reconnaissance system, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like they can suffer setbacks.

But now, because of the snowstorm and the rapid cooling down, most of the motor vehicles of the entire army are lying on their stomachs, and the warships are also frozen in the harbor and cannot move, which makes them lose their mobility, and they are attacked by heavy troops at this time, which can indeed be said to have encountered the biggest setback and danger in their lives.

To put it bluntly, it is the army of the Dream Division, which looks very powerful, but the officers and soldiers usually eat and drink well and use well, and their ability to resist pressure has weakened, they have lost the virtue of hard work and simplicity, and they have no strength to work hard, and some are just the ** and ambition to get promoted.

As a result, they were so impatient and enduring hardships that they had only been fighting with the Americans for more than six days, and they still took turns to rest, so they complained that they were tired, and then when they found that the artillery support in the rear had not come, and heard that the rear was being attacked, they were suspicious and suspicious, and in the face of the Americans who were rushing and fighting but were inferiorly armed, they were actually shaken on all fronts!

If the people who use it can't do it, no matter how good the weapon is, it's useless, just like the Italians during World War II, or the British and French who fought with the Japanese during World War II.

In addition to losing his temper at the beginning, asking them to defend the second line of defense, and asking the team to strictly supervise and enforce the law, Li Yongji quickly realized that it is useless to just lose his temper now, and it is not now to change it, and it seems that it is not safe to count on the law enforcement team who are also afraid of their lives.

At present, the most important thing is to quickly raise everyone's morale, let everyone see the hope of victory, let them understand their strength, or let them understand that if they don't work hard, they will end up together, so as to restart the mind of fighting desperately.

Moreover, this morale-boosting action must be fast, otherwise after a long time, the fear of emotion will be quickly contagious, and if the negative emotion is really spread on a large scale, then the general trend has really gone.

It was with this in mind that Li Yongji decided to personally lead the troops to attack, and he wanted to use his behavior to set an example to make everyone lift their spirits and fight hard with the Americans again.

As for the danger, there may be, but Li Yongji is not afraid, after all, compared to the danger at the front, his advantage is quite large.

You must know that what Li Yongji used this time was the Guards Armored Battalion he carried with him, and this unit had a total of more than 500 people, and the main force of the attack was an independent heavy company equipped with 12 VN1 8×8 wheeled infantry armored vehicles, and two motorized infantry companies equipped with paratrooper assault vehicles and Thunder Dragon trucks to accompany the infantry, and all the soldiers were special forces.

The combat effectiveness of this unit is beyond doubt, and the most important thing is that the vehicles of this unit are all unshrunken military versions, and they can operate normally even at a low temperature of minus 40 degrees, so in the current weather of minus 20 degrees, the power system is not affected at all.

Of course, due to the snow, the mobility of these wheeled vehicles will also be affected, but after so much time, Li Yongji has already asked people to modify the vehicles of this unit, not only the Thunder Dragon truck and the Type LYT2021 paratrooper assault vehicle have been replaced with triangular tracked wheels that can walk in the snow, but even the VN1 type 8×8 wheeled armored vehicles have been replaced with 12 Type 89 tracked armored vehicles.

The reason why he did not change the wheeled combat vehicle, but directly purchased a new tracked armored vehicle, was because it was too troublesome, time-consuming and laborious to modify the VN1 armored vehicle, and Zhang Xinda had a batch of tracked armored vehicles to be sold to a certain African country, so he simply transferred it to Li Yongji first.

These 12 Type 89 armored vehicles are inferior to the VN1 armored vehicles in terms of firepower, with only one 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and no artillery, but the armor is thick and powerful, and they are not afraid of snow at all, nor are they afraid of attacks from the Americans.

Not to mention the American smoothbore guns, even the American smoothbore guns, attacking these tracked armored vehicles at close range, are useless.

As for the lack of firepower, in fact, the 12.7 mm heavy machine gun is completely sufficient, plus this is a tracked armored vehicle, which can carry infantry and attack the Americans without pressure at all.

Even, because Li Yongji was going to go against the trend, the installation of artillery on armored vehicles would have little effect, and machine gun fire was the most suitable weapon for killing.

The best thing is that the Type 89 armored car is easy to handle, not much different from the VN1 armored car, it is not difficult to master, the original driver quickly got started, and it is no problem to use it at all.

In other words, at present, in the entire expeditionary force, only the Guards armored battalion is modified or newly equipped in the formation, and it is also the only mobile force that can be formed into a free assault, and the most important thing is that everyone knows that this unit is the Guards unit directly under the commander, just like the banner of the Chinese army, it is a symbolic unit.

Therefore, Li Yongji led this army to rush and kill, not only was it fast, it could quickly stabilize it, but it could also boost morale and drive everyone to counterattack.

As long as the morale of the soldiers of the expeditionary force is raised, they are no longer afraid of their heads and tails, and they are no longer afraid of death, then relying on their weapons that far surpass the opponent's strength, as long as they hold on for a period of time and regain stability, then they still have a great chance of winning this battle!

All in all, composure overwhelms a qiē! As far as the current situation is concerned, as long as everyone can calm down, the balance of victory is still in favor of the Chinese, and the longer the time, the greater the Chinese's chances of victory, after all, the Americans this time are just a momentary blood courage, not sustainable, after this momentum, after understanding how many casualties there are, they will definitely be immediately depressed, and it is impossible to launch an attack of the same scale again.

Then, if you want to stabilize the entire position again and no longer panic, you must boost everyone's morale!

For the time being, what better way to boost morale than for the commander-in-chief to be on the front line and personally lead by example to charge the enemy? (To be continued......)