Chapter 334: The Last Leisure Time Before the War
The motorized divisions brought out by Li Yongji are all large-scale units, and there are four regiments below, each of which has a standard quota of 7,500 men, and in terms of equipment, except for the guard regiment directly under Li Yongji, which has been strengthened, all the weapons and equipment of the other three regiments are the same.
The reason for this is that it is to facilitate supply, and secondly, it is to allow each regiment to fight independently, so a division, in fact, is much larger than a corps of the US army at this time.
The Dream Division has all been motorized, the vehicle carrying rate has reached 100 percent, and the basic weapons have all become modern burst weapons and supporting heavy firepower, so if such a unit fights head-on, as long as the supplies are sufficient, it is more than enough for a regiment to abuse the US army.
Now, Li Yongji personally led the most powerful guard regiment, plus Li Fei's second regiment, the two regiments combined with 15,000 men, together to form a roundabout attack corps, in terms of attack power, it was enough to defeat the Ohio Russian regiment of the United States head-on.
So, if you can face the enemy head-on, why do you have to make a roundabout? The reason is very simple, a roundabout operation can be attacked from a weak position in the rear, and greater results can be obtained with smaller losses, so Li Yongji chose this method.
From ancient times to the present, when an army is attacked from two sides, it will cause chaos and morale, and if the security part of the rear is attacked, the effect is more obvious, and it can even directly cause the collapse of the whole army.
Because if a large corps is facing another large-scale corps, it will put such as the headquarters and logistics center in a safe place in the rear, and this rear security zone is often the most vulnerable. Once this zone of safety is attacked, the ripple effects will be immeasurable.
In short, after the painstaking bluff attracted the attention of the American troops to the front of the Western Front, Li Yongji led a roundabout corps composed of two motorized regiments and began to cross the river in the rear of the coalition army at nine o'clock in the evening on the first day of the offensive.
After crossing the Ohio River and reaching the south bank of the river, the roundabout group continued southward for about thirty kilometers, clearing the woods along the river, and then all turned on their headlights and, under the guidance of their guides, began to drive eastward along a narrow path.
This is the advantage of having a modern vehicle, if it is a cavalry, even if there is a guide, even if it is a torch, it will not be able to increase the speed to more than 20 kilometers per hour in this dark night, but for a modern convoy, it is easy to increase the speed to 45 kilometers per hour by turning on the high beams and driving along the inherent trail.
In fact, the speed of the convoy could have been even faster, because the motor vehicles in this roundabout team only had military trucks and paratrooper assault vehicles, and heavy troops such as armored vehicles had already been included in his carry-on space by Li Yongji in advance, in order not to slow down his marching speed.
Of course, as far as the officers and men of his own troops are concerned, Li Yongji's rhetoric is that the heavy equipment has already been transferred in advance, and when the time comes, the drivers and the like, they only need people to find these armored vehicles again and use the equipment.
Anyway, it's not the first time Li Yongji has done this, so everyone doesn't care, after all, they are all used to it.
Although they were all lightly armed vehicles, it was a night march after all, so it was better to be cautious, so although the guide repeatedly assured that the road was fine, Li Yongji still forcibly ordered that the speed should not exceed 45 kilometers per hour.
After all, these trails are not high-standard asphalt roads, just some rammed earth roads, and they are very narrow, originally for horse-drawn carriages, but now they are safe for motorized vehicles to travel at a speed of less than 45 kilometers per hour.
The whole roundabout unit walked for five hours, a full 200 kilometers, before arriving at the reserved ferry, and then the troops did not rest, and immediately began to cross the river.
The sappers of the unit used the modern pontoon formwork carried by the trucks, plus kayaks and other things, to build a pontoon bridge over the Ohio River in an hour and a half, after which all the personnel got out of the car to reduce the weight of the vehicles, and when only the driver remained, the vehicles were the first to pass the pontoon bridge.
After the vehicle crossed the river, the personnel began to use a straggler posture, quickly trotting onto the pontoon bridge and crossing the river as fast as possible.
It took more than an hour for all the personnel to cross the river, and by the time all the personnel crossed the river, the sky was already slightly white, and it was about to dawn.
This speed of crossing the river is already quite terrifying from a modern point of view, after all, this is 15,000 people, and it takes an hour to cross them all, which is indeed a god speed.
But in Li Yongji's opinion, this speed is too slow, which makes him quite dissatisfied, because in the past, when training, it only took half an hour for 30,000 people to cross the river, but now it takes more than an hour for 15,000 people, which is indeed worth reviewing.
Of course, it is understandable that it took so much more time, after all, this is not a drill, but a real battle, and everyone is not familiar with the surrounding environment, and it is a long-distance run overnight, and the energy and body are reduced, so that many accidents occurred in the process of crossing the river.
For example, if someone accidentally falls into the water and causes a small chaos, a vehicle accidentally breaks down, blocks the pontoon bridge, and the guide delays crossing the bridge, etc., so to speak, if there are no such small accidents, then the speed of crossing the river will be reduced by at least half an hour.
In any case, the successful crossing of the river before dawn can be regarded as a preliminary achievement of the tactical goal, at least not detected by the Americans in front.
Even in modern society, if you don't increase the density of patrols at a distance of 200 kilometers from the main position, it is very difficult to find out whether there are hidden enemy troops, not to mention that in this era when there are no satellites, no unmanned aerial vehicles, and no aerial reconnaissance of all kinds, it is quite difficult to quickly discover whether there are enemy troops in the dense forest 200 kilometers away.
Moreover, the river crossing point chosen by Li Yongji is also very good, it was originally a barren riverside tidal flat, surrounded by a bush, and there is only a trail that can barely walk out, and there is still a certain distance from the main road, so it is difficult to find this place unless you are interested in investigating.
In addition, even if they are discovered, it is no problem, after all, this is a distance of 200 kilometers, and the US military does not have a radio, and there is no telegraph line here in advance, so even if someone finds out their whereabouts, if they want to report to the US military, they can only go by running or riding a horse to report the news.
Not to mention whether this guy who reported the news could run away, even if he could, and reported the situation to the command of the Ohio River Corps in time, and their commander believed it, it would be too late to react.
Because according to Li Yongji's plan, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, what the roundabout corps wanted was a soldier who was quick and fast, and what he wanted was a surprise, so after dawn, they would take the initiative to attack.
"Order the whole army to rest in place for two and a half hours!" Li Yongji, who crossed the river, immediately issued an order, "During this time, hurry up to eat and drink, and urine, and if you are not in good spirits, you will eat the instant coffee powder distributed to them, in short, you can do whatever you want." By the time the two-and-a-half-hour is over, we'll be on the hunt, but there's no time to rest. β
After giving this order, Li Yongji walked into the recreational armored car he had just released from the space, closed the door, lay down on the long folding sofa bed, and turned on the stereo with the remote control, then closed his eyes, pillowed the back of his head with both hands, and quietly listened to the music.
Soon, when a light and soothing, harmonica-based music flowed out of the hi-fi speakers in the car, Li Yongji felt that someone came over gently, and at the same time, a good smell of hot milk aroma came to his face.
Sure enough, when Li Yongji opened his eyes, he saw a young woman with short hair and a camouflage uniform kneeling in front of him.
At this moment, Su Ho, who did not apply powder and had short hair in a military uniform, knelt down in front of the sofa, supported her chin with her elbows, and was also listening to the song quietly. You don't sleep? β
"Well, it's going to sleep." Li Yongji nodded.
Indeed, the reason why Li Yongji was able to agree to everyone to rest for two and a half hours was not because he was particularly sympathetic to the officers and soldiers below, but only one of the reasons, and the real reason was that Li Yongji's own waking time was almost at the end and he was about to fall asleep.
As mentioned earlier, as I get older, plus it may be a problem with the space-time trading system, in short, Li Yongji is now not only infinitely powerful and far beyond ordinary people, but also has much more energy than ordinary people, anyway, he is no longer an ordinary person, and it is almost the same to say that he is a superman.
But this kind of Li Yongji also has a disadvantage, that is, Li Yongji must have two hours of deep sleep every day, in other words, his waking time is only twenty-two hours at most.
Of course, this time of wakefulness and sleep is not absolutely fixed, after Li Yongji's own exploration, he found that the so-called waking time is the maximum waking time he can have after waking up.
If he falls asleep early, he can still sleep, but he still has to sleep deeply for two hours, and after two hours, he will continue to have twenty-two hours of awake time, and the awake time that has not been used up before will be invalidated.
That is to say, after he wakes up, he will start to calculate, at most twenty-two hours of wakefulness, once twenty-two hours have passed, he will enter the time of sleep, at this time, even if he drinks more coffee, it will not work, or he will automatically fall into a deep sleep, just like the battery is exhausted, at most there will be a half-hour warning before, that is, he will start to sleepy.
This is different from normal people, although normal people should sleep every day, but once something is needed, they can go without sleep for two or three days, and even if they fall asleep, they can generally wake up quickly.
But Li Yongji is different, no matter how big something happens during his sleep, it is useless, he will not wake up no matter what, even if he cuts with a knife or shoots him, it is useless. Therefore, when Li Yongji was sleeping, it was also when Li Yongji was the weakest, so Li Yongji paid great attention to protecting his weakness and did not say anything to anyone.
In order to hide this secret, Li Yongji has always paid attention to the issue of time, what to do, the first thing to think about is whether he has enough waking time, and generally speaking, he will not keep his awake time for twenty-two hours, but at most eighteen hours before going to sleep.
Fortunately, Li Yongji is the emperor, so he has this qualification to be capricious, so Li Yongji has made a rule for himself, usually working for a maximum of ten hours, and the rest of the time is his private rest time.
If there are special circumstances, such as this kind of long-distance military operation, the working hours can be extended to eighteen hours, and the other time is his fixed rest time, during which even if the enemy attacks, he will not care about anything, and the people below will be responsible for everything.
In order to maintain this system, especially to protect his own safety, Li Yongji has been with the guard regiment for a long time, no matter what happens, the guard regiment will not be sent out to fight alone, but a veritable guard force!
During Li Yongji's rest, no one was allowed to disturb him with anything, and at the same time, the guard regiment also began to enter the period of maximum alert, at this time, if anyone forcibly broke in, no matter what reason, no matter who it was, even if it was him, the guard regiment had the right to arrest and even shoot.
In short, under Li Yongji's willful and strict orders, to this day, his safety is fine, and no one can get within fifty meters of him while he sleeps.
However, Li Yongji deeply knows that some things are done too deliberately, which will cause suspicion, after all, he didn't have such rules before, and this was the situation that he only appeared later.
In addition, during his sleep, there will always be various accidents, and people outside may not fully comply, so Li Yongji did not completely eliminate outsiders during his sleep, but found a henchman, and this henchman is Soho.
In other words, Soho is currently the only person who can stay by Li Yongji's side while he is sleeping, which makes Li Yongji look much more normal, and his so-called dislike of outsiders approaching him has just become a special habit.
Li Yongji once did a lot of research on Soho prettyly, and it can be said that she checked her ancestors for eight generations, until she found out that she was indeed innocent and had a very stable personality, so she regarded this pillow person as a confidant.
Of course, people's hearts are flesh and blood, especially Li Yongji's heart is actually very weak, so after staying with Soho for a long time, he slowly and really began to treat her as his own relative, except for some secrets that he can't say, almost speechless, in terms of intimacy and trust Cheng DΓΉ, even more than the queen Yin Susu who gave birth to him.
Now, although Li Yongji wanted to go to bed in advance so that he could nourish his spirit and prepare for the upcoming battle, after seeing Soho kneeling beside him, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are you so engrossed?" β
"It's such a good song." Soho asked rhetorically, "I don't think I've heard it before, Your Majesty, what's this piece called?" β
"Uh, that's it." Li Yongji was stunned, and then remembered that this song seemed to be one of the songs in the batch of USB flash drive that Zhang Xinda had just sent, and it was normal that Soho hadn't heard it before.
Listening carefully, Li Yongji immediately heard what this song was, so he said: "This is called "The Glory of the Knight King". β
"Glory to the Knight King?" Soho blinked, then nodded, "Indeed, although there is a little sadness, it does contain a kind of majesty of a king, as if the king has just finished a battle and began to feel compassionate. β
"Ugh." Li Yongji heard her say this, but he didn't know what to say, because he had already discovered that this Soho had become more and more inclined to the path of a literary and artistic young woman under his own influence and care, especially when listening to songs, his thoughts were even more floating than himself.
"Ahem." Li Yongji didn't want to continue the topic, so he looked into her eyes, "Hey, I said it, this journey will be very tiring and hard, I won't let you come, you have to follow, you see, your eyes are bloodshot." β
"The slave is the maid of His Majesty, and it is my duty to follow His Majesty and serve His Majesty." Soho leaned on the edge of the sofa with his hands and looked up at Li Yongji, "So, wherever Your Majesty goes, the slave and maid will follow." β
"But ......"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Su He suddenly smiled, stretched out his right arm again, and made a gesture to show his biceps, "The slave has always exercised her physique, and she has been practicing the grappling technique taught by Lord Wu Shouyun. β
"Hey, okay." Seeing her like this, Li Yongji no longer persuaded her, but stretched out his hand and hugged Soho in his arms, "Since this is the case, let's listen to the song quietly together and enjoy this last leisure time before the war." βR1152