712 Concession? North America!

The sky is clear. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

In the setting sun, a rainbow crossed over the ruined fortress of San Lorenzo, but the beautiful colors were already bringing victory, and could no longer attract everyone's attention.

After being patronized by nearly 300 Chinese planes during the day, the fortress, which was once considered impregnable and could withstand the onslaught of the Chinese army, has become dilapidated, with rubble scattered in every corner, flames rising from everywhere, and the fortress guns converted from naval guns are crooked and sideways, and if you look closely, you can see that many of the barrels have melted marks.

Now no one would look at the fortified guns more than once, and even a lot of equipment was ordered to be dropped, and the soldiers crowded the transport ships that came to fetch them back, and because of the narrow docks, only a few could be docked at a time, and although there were gendarmes to maintain order, there was still a crash into the sea, and not even one or two piercing gunshots could be heard.

"This is a defeated army that has lost its fighting spirit, lost its glory, and we are just full of thoughts about running for our lives!"

Looking at the chaotic docks, Tony sighed secretly and quietly wrote this sentence in his notebook, he did not squeeze to the front, but followed the discipline of the back, and lined up with many soldiers, waiting for the arrival of a group of transport ships.

Beside him, a mangled corpse, emitting a foul smell, paved the fortress's road to the docks, blood staining the nearby puddles, and everything was a mess as far as the eye could see.

There was a buzzing sound overhead, which immediately caused a commotion, and Tony looked up to see only a Chinese reconnaissance plane appearing high in the air, although the anti-aircraft guns had fired, it still hovered over the fortress as if it had not seen it.

"It's too high."

Tony shook his head, after being a lookout for half a year, he could already roughly distinguish the height of the other party, which was really out of reach for rapid-fire guns and machine guns. Looking at the plane, he suddenly envied the eagle that flew freely, not envy the performance of the other party, nor envy their strength, but envy that they could fly freely.

"Let one go, let one go."

"Help me, God, help me!"

Suddenly, Tony's thoughts were interrupted by a rapid shout, and he turned his head to see two comrades carrying a stretcher, and on the stretcher, a soldier who had been burned to the ground, was constantly wailing.

The wails and heart-rending made the soldiers waiting for the transport ship, including Tony, involuntarily hang their heads, and after nearly a year of fierce fighting, the American Panama Expeditionary Force was completely defeated.

Panama City was occupied, and the Chinese coalition forces, supported by planes and tanks, were crossing the canal to the north bank at a rapid intersperse, all morale and military spirit disappeared in an instant, and a large number of deserters appeared in the blocking force that were ordered to stay, and even if God came at this moment, it was impossible to recover.

No one wants to continue fighting, this is not the United States after all, even the United States, with a total investment of 1.6 million, the cost of 400,000 casualties within a year, and the number of more than 330,000 prisoners in the war has made people unable to fight, not to mention that today's bombing alone, more than 6,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and if it continues to fight, I am afraid that it will not be able to achieve victory if it is exhausted.

What's more, after the occupation of Panama City, the communication between the east and west coasts was cut off, and the navy became the Atlantic Fleet, and it no longer made sense to continue to guard Panama, so retreat was the only option.

However, even the retreat is not so easy, and the terrible plane bombing has become everyone's nightmare, so the transport ships can only enter the port from evening to early morning.

On the dock, a destroyer was the first to break free from the cable bondage, George Marshall looked at the cabin and walked towards the cabin, his expression was a little lonely, as if he was a few decades old Pershing, and sighed in his heart.

"Boom......."

Suddenly, three violent explosions in quick succession caused a stir on the docks and deck, but George Marshall was not nervous, looking at the three huge clouds of smoke rising from Gatun Lake, he knew that it was the sappers who had been ordered to blow up the locks.

After the three locks were blown up, even if the Chinese occupied Panama, it would take almost five months to completely repair them, which means that they will not be able to use the canal before the end of March next year. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

This is an extremely critical time, after serving as Pershing's adjutant, he also knows some news, from the navy's point of view, next March will be the concentrated delivery period of warships of the Entente countries, including the United States, there will be at least 13 types of capital ships and at least 30 cruisers delivered, plus the current warships, there will once again appear in the Atlantic with a super fleet of nearly 100 ships.

This is the power after the Entente, and the power after the Atlantic!

According to the analysis of the telegrams exchanged in the United States, the top leaders of the Entente have completely abandoned the strategy of a decisive battle in the Pacific and are ready to take advantage of the desolation and depth of the US West Coast in an attempt to drag China into endless attrition, and have reached the strategy of weakening the enemy and then attempting a counteroffensive.

But the question is, will the United States still have the ability to fight back after the West Coast is in a mess?

The top leaders of the Entente obviously put all the treasure on the navy, and are ready to take advantage of the natural conditions of the Caribbean Sea with many islands and complex hydrographs to launch a Jedi counterattack, but can they defeat the Hua Navy, which has absolute superiority in equipment?

George Marshall shook his head, these problems are not something that he, a little major, can figure out, he only knows one thing, after losing Panama, the Entente will lose all the counterattack channels, although you can still take Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope, but in fact, those two roads are even more difficult to take, not to mention that after Australia lost the Chinese naval power has been sent to any corner of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean without any scruples, just the long-distance attack ability of the other fleet, it is not comparable to the Entente.

So why would the top brass do this?

Could it be .......

A thought immediately rose from Marshall's heart, and the moment the golden light of the slanting sun pierced his eyes, he suddenly figured it out!

The high-level has already had the idea of ...... to promote peace!

Thinking of this, the corners of Marshall's mouth felt a bitterness that had never appeared, after more than two years of war, the Entente had finally exhausted all its strength, so he would have this kind of thought. But is it easy to make peace, and is it so easy for the Far East arsonist to let Britain and the United States save their vitality and do negotiations?

If you want to fight and make peace, you have to complete two main things first, the first is to greatly deplete the opponent's strength on the West Coast, which alone is extremely difficult.

If it is hoped that this prerequisite can be achieved by virtue of depth, then the second one is even more difficult, that is, it is necessary to inflict heavy losses on the Chinese Navy in the decisive battle in the Caribbean Sea, which is destined to break out, which is even more difficult than the previous one!

So, can these two things be achieved? Marshall shook his head, he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he was ready to put everything aside and go back to the cabin for a good night's sleep, but the sound of footsteps shattered his sweet dream.

"Major, this is the news I just received, you can give it to General Pershing for me." The staff officer handed the telegram to Marshall, and at this moment no one was willing to face General Pershing's gloomy face.

"Both are bad news." Seeing Marshall flipping through the telegram, the staff officer handed him a cigarette and continued: "The army attacking Colombia has begun to retreat, just like us. ”

Schell oh, this news is not surprising at all, after losing Panama, it would be unwise to go to Colombia again, not to mention that after seven or eight days of fighting, even Sincelejo couldn't break through, let alone go deeper! So immediately opened the second telegram.

"No need to turn it over." Staff Officer You sighed: "This news is terrible, the Mexican government has already issued a mobilization order three hours ago. ”

"What?!"

Marshall's hand that had just opened the telegram suddenly froze, and after a long pause, he seemed to still look at it again in disbelief, but his face suddenly changed after reading it.

Sure enough, the telegram said that Mexican President Carranza declared a state of emergency and began to call up troops on the grounds that the United States had placed a large number of troops on its borders, causing serious security to Mexico, and according to the order, Mexico would call up 1.5 million soldiers within a month to resist possible US aggression.

Marshall can't describe the feeling at this time, his heart is covered with a layer of haze, the actions of the Far Eastern strongman are too much, this side has not completely defeated Panama, and that side has already hooked up with Mexico, although I don't know how much he spent, but one thing has been revealed, he doesn't want the United States to end the war smoothly! He didn't want the Entente to have a chance to promote peace, and he didn't want the war to get out of his hands!

"These damn Mexican mongrels, maybe we shouldn't have spared them last time, they miscalculated their strength." The staff officer had followed Pershing into Mexico not long ago, so he disdained the combat effectiveness of the Mexican army and did not pay enough attention to it, but Marshall had already understood Li Mo's intentions, that Far Eastern strongman would definitely not rely on Mexico, he just wanted the second largest human resources in North America that Mexico has.

Although the Mexican army is very poor, even if it is armed with millions of people, it is impossible to really threaten the United States, but the problem is that when the West Coast is facing a large-scale landing of the other side, Li Mo's move makes the United States have to use it twice!

No matter how bad Mexico is, as long as he arms 2 million troops, the United States must also come up with at least 1 million to compete, which means that the troops invested in the West Coast will be reduced by 1 million, unless it is conscription again, but ......, conscription, is it still possible?

This arsonist, he moves too, too quickly!

Marshall took a deep breath and understood why the staff officer didn't give the telegram directly to Pershing, at this time to convey the news, God knows what would happen, so he immediately showed a miserable smile to the staff officer: "Do you want me to go and hand it over to General Pershing?" ”

"Thank you so much." The staff officer nodded with a wry smile, looking at the back of him leaving, the smile on Marshall's face was miserable, not because he was pulled out by others to top the thunder, but because the news was too amazing!

Is it possible not to give this important news to the general? Marshall gritted his teeth and walked towards the cabin.

The jeep slowly stopped in Panama City.

Chen Ping, who had just arrived, walked out side by side with Colonel of the Colombian Army and Chief of General Staff Erdogan, who looked at the ruined cities around him, and his heart was already extremely shocked, although he knew that the Chinese plane was powerful, but he still did not expect that the destructive power would be so strong, at this time he understood how correct it was to choose to stand on the side of China.

In fact, Chen Ping was also quite surprised by the degree of destruction, although he had long known that the Brute Niuyun explosion bomb was powerful, but after seeing the actual combat effect with his own eyes, he was still deeply shocked by its power, although the city outside the car window could not be compared to the super metropolis of Shanghai and New York, but in terms of scale, it was still ranked first in South America, but the car drove all the way, but almost saw a complete building, the streets were paved with debris after the explosion, and mottled and blackened blood stains could be seen everywhere.

"Chief of the General Staff, General, the US military blew up the locks on Lake Gatun, and in addition, reconnaissance aircraft spotted a large convoy in the Bay of Limon outside the fortress of San Lorenzo, and they are evacuating."

"Retreated?" Erdogan took a step forward in surprise, he did not expect that the US army, which is incomparably powerful in the eyes of South Americans, actually chose to withdraw immediately after losing Panama City.

"Not only from here, but the army attacking Sincelejo has also begun to retreat!"

"Great!" Hearing the news brought by Cai Yi, Erdogan forgot the shock just now, the corners of his mouth were about to crack to the root of his ears, he promised Hua to let the United States let go of the landing, he really took on huge pressure, and some people even thought that Hua was preparing to deliberately weaken Colombia, but now, all rumors have disappeared.

Now the U.S. troops here are also leaving, in just a few days, the entire Central and South American states seem to be turned upside down, the good news that the recovery of Panama is imminent, so that he has forgotten even the tragic situation around him, for him, the recovery of Panama is already a supreme merit, although this merit is obtained by the help of others.

What's more, it's just that a Panama city was bombed, what does it matter, as long as you are not an idiot and you know, controlling the canal is equivalent to having everything.

Chen Ping was not surprised by the news, the pontoon bridge has been erected, and now except for the Colon area on the Atlantic side, there is no longer any US military presence west of the Panama Canal, although there are still hundreds of thousands of US troops in the north, but after the canal is cut off, it is no longer worth it for the United States to continue to hold Panama, especially the core landing plan of the Houyi plan With the first fleet transporting weapons quietly arrived in Mexico three days ago, it is almost impossible for the United States to continue to maintain so many troops overseas.

The loss of Panama City means that the east and west coasts of the United States are divided, unless there is the power of a counteroffensive, otherwise continuing to garrison can only consume troops in vain, even if the United States does not lack manpower, it does not mean that it is unlimited, when China's millions of troops are eyeing the west coast, the United States has no strength to maintain overseas troops.

The only thing that made him feel a little pity was that the three locks of Gatun Lake were blown up, even he had no way to do this, and the dense lake became a big difficulty for the delivery of troops, and it would take at least five or six days to make a detour, not to mention that even if a small group of troops could be delivered, it would be impossible to hold it in the face of hundreds of thousands of US troops.

The three locks were bombed, and it will take at least four months to repair them, which means that at least by the end of March next year, the canal may be opened and the navy will be able to enter the Atlantic.

March is a critical node, judging from intelligence, a large number of ships in Europe and the United States will be delivered in March, and the United States alone has as many as 8 ships, waiting for the navy to pass through the canal, it is bound to be an unprecedented decisive battle!

Only by defeating the Anglo-American rear fleet in the Caribbean, then it can be said that this war is won, as for winning the war by land, Chen Ping never thought about it, after all, it is impossible to fight from the west coast of the United States to the east coast, so in the Houyi plan, the west is just a large consumption of vital forces, and the focus is still on the east.

"General Erdogan, here I want to congratulate you, I think one more month, Panama can return to the arms of your country!" Chen Ping put down the telegram for the time being, but congratulated Erdogan first.

"Haha......." Although Erdogan was happy in his heart, he also knew who helped him achieve this feat, and hurriedly said modestly: "No, this is your credit, without the help of your team, we would not have been able to recover here." ”

This guy is clever, Chen Ping smiled: "It's a pity, the whole city has been destroyed." ”

"No, it's not a pity, the war is inherently cruel, as long as we can recover here, we Colombia are willing to pay any price!" Erdogan still seems to be very resentful of Panama's betrayal at the instigation of the United States more than ten years ago, gritting his teeth and saying: "These damn bastards should all be sent to the gallows!" ”

Chen Ping smiled, until he did not continue the topic, because according to the pre-war agreement, after Panama returned to Colombia, Hua will automatically have the permanent navigation right of the canal, as well as the right to permanently garrison troops in Panama City and San Lorenzo fortress, in order to protect the interests of the canal from infringement, as long as the troops can be stationed, there will definitely be businessmen and family members to follow, although not colonized, there will definitely be more and more Chinese in Panama, this method is much better than direct colonization.

However, Chen Ping did not continue to talk about the idea of this issue, because the government is behind it, not to mention that as long as Colombia is not stupid, it will not violate this agreement, after all, it is not the United States that covets Panama, and with Colombia's strength, it will not be possible to keep this place without Chinese play, so the top priority at present is to take the entire canal as much as possible, and then send an engineering team to repair the locks.

As if seeing Chen Ping's thoughts, Erdogan, who was in a good mood, immediately patted his chest and promised: "General Chen, please rest assured, I will do my best to report the situation here to the president, the canal is very important to us, and I will let him open it as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you, General Erdogan." After Chen Ping politely thanked him, he said about Mexico: "General Erdogan, there is something I want to tell you, Mexico has promised to join us. ”

"Really?!"

Chen Ping didn't seem to see the wide-eyed Colombian general, squinted his eyes, and asked like an old fox: "By the way, general, can I ask you a question?" ”

Erdogan, who was immersed in the shock of Mexico's joining the alliance, did not react at all, but nodded subconsciously: "What is the problem?" ”

"There are no problems with Panama anymore, I wonder, are the generals and your country interested in attacking the United States with us?" Chen Ping lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and suddenly smiled: "Perhaps, Colombia can get a concession on the North American continent." ”

"Concession? North America! ”

Erdogan swallowed his saliva violently, has Colombia become a power that can have concessions?!

: One less, no special reason, just a cold, a little sick, won't pretend to die or come back to life, hehe.

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