Just when the ambitious Wu Peifu rolled up his sleeves and did a big job, the large-scale food poisoning incident that suddenly occurred in the barracks gave him a blow to the head, which made the high-spirited brigadier general feel bad.

The 2nd and 4th Infantry Regiments of the Oregon Division were stationed in a large-scale food poisoning incident, with as many as 2,700 officers and soldiers vomiting and diarrhea, and more than 300 people suffering from severe symptoms and severe dehydration and even convulsions.

In the end, one person died, and more than 270 soldiers were hospitalized for observation, and they were discharged from the hospital after 3~5 days to recover their health.

The unlucky ghost who died died because vomit choked on the trachea, causing a blockage of the airway, and he could not be rescued in a short time.

The gendarmes were quickly dispatched to detain local food suppliers and related persons, and soon found out what had happened.

Because the white soldiers of the Oregon Division were accustomed to drinking milk, the military selected several powerful local farmers as suppliers to provide the soldiers with fresh milk every day as a necessary supply of military supplies.

The problem was that the army needed a large supply, and the farmers did not produce enough fresh milk on their farms, so they bought some fresh milk from some nearby farms they knew, which did not follow strict pasteurization procedures, and it coincided with the rising temperature in early May and the fresh milk spoiled.

The gendarmerie immediately went out to search for the criminals, and in just three days, 137 people were arrested, and the provisional military court decided to hang 105 of them, which were carried out immediately. Only a very small number of women and children have survived.

This is known as the "Milk Incident", where the death of a soldier cost the lives of more than 100 people, and all 13 farms of adult men and women were hanged.

"Huh...... What kind of milk to drink? The risk of this kind of fresh milk delivered to the barracks every day is simply out of control, this time it was fooled, so what about the next time? The military supplies supplied to the troops must be managed in a closed loop to ensure that the risks are controllable. ”

Major General Bian Chunsong, commander of the 1st Honorary Red Division, pursed his lips with disdain, The Chinese division directly under the expeditionary force does not supply fresh milk, only toffee, chocolate, tea and cigarettes.

The daily diet of officers and soldiers is provided with beef soup, mutton soup, vegetable soup and spicy soup, and the dishes are meat and vegetarian dishes, and the staple food is steamed bread, noodles and rice, so there will never be any problems.

At the military meeting, everyone's eyes were on them.

Brigadier General Wu Peifu and Brigadier General Sima Changqing, commander of the Washington Division, looked at each other awkwardly, and then lowered their heads without saying a word, what could they say?

Sima Changqing is the confidant of Marshal Li Xuanzhu of the current Army, who has served as a senior adjutant for many years, and is now in charge of the Washington Division, and has performed remarkably in previous battles.

Now in the garrison of Omaha, only two of their divisions are mainly white soldiers from the Northern Union, because the conditions are better in the big cities, and each officer is provided with a liter of milk a day in the military supply.

The imperial army is a place that pays great attention to seniority, and in the face of the highly decorated and honorary commander of the 1st Red Division, Major General Bian Chunsong, and his words are very reasonable, neither brigadier general can refute it.

In order to avoid criticism and to make those ill-intentioned elements in society follow suit, the military dealt with vague food poisoning, but the blow was not light at all, and all those involved were hanged.

There must be something wronged in this, but who has the time to investigate it carefully?

Only by striking hard, severely, and quickly can we play a deterrent role.

"Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves? Okay, let's cancel the milk supply, change it to beef soup or mutton soup, and don't specialize it in the future, and strictly follow the military regulations on the logistics supply of the troops. Lieutenant General Duan Churui didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he waved his hand and made a decision.

"Let's continue the meeting, and the staff officer of the headquarters will introduce the latest situation of friend and foe, military deployment and response plan, and let's get started......

The Colonel's Staff Officer of the Command, holding a wooden pole in his hand, said to the large map hanging on the wall;

"Ladies and gentlemen;

As the eastern terminus of the Pacific Railroad, Omaha has a total of 13 railway lines, which are radioactive to connect the cities on the east coast of the United States, the industrial town of the Great Lakes to the northeast, and the southern states to the southeast.

In the current situation in Omaha, there are only two directions, and the people of the United States have hoarded heavy defenses.

The main direction is naturally the direction of Chicago, which is connected by the Northeast Railway, and from here it is 735 kilometers to Chicago, the industrial and trading center of the Great Lakes, a super metropolis with a population of more than 1.9 million and one of the important industrial heart cities of the United States.

Continue 460 kilometers northeast from Chicago to Detroit, one of the two strong-beating hearts of the Great Lakes region.

In the main direction

The Mi army mobilized a large number of urban and rural militia, dug up railways, set up trenches and pillboxes, laid out a large number of minefields and barbed wire, and built defensive lines along towns, bridges and lakes, with a preliminary estimate of nearly 400,000 militia and federal troops.

In the city factory

It is reported that there are more than 600 sets of armored vehicles, which are generally equipped with machine guns and small and medium-caliber artillery, and are expected to be used as a field soldier to contain our army's armored assault force.

The secondary direction is Kansas City, more than 400 kilometers to the southeast, where the Mi people have built complete defenses, hoarded nearly 70,000 troops, and are trying to mobilize reinforcements from the surrounding areas, and the data changes every day.

Today, the industrial forces of the United States have mobilized with all their strength to build guns, artillery and ammunition, and are trying to build an armored force, which is an obstacle in front of our army.

Gather relevant information, you can see;

As the world's No. 1 industrial power and economic power, the United States has sufficient industrial capacity and war mobilization capacity, and we should not take this lightly.

Follow local instructions;

On the basis of converging the allied forces of various countries, the Imperial Expeditionary Force should launch relevant campaigns as planned no later than early June, so as to gradually destroy the enemy's confidence in resistance and achieve the goal of winning the war.

By order of the Army Staff Headquarters;

The expeditionary corps that successfully landed in Virginia on the East Coast was named the Eastern Corps, and its main operational targets were key cities on the East Coast, including Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.

With Omaha as the front position, the assembled expeditionary corps was named the Western Corps, and its main combat targets were the industrial cities of the Great Lakes, including Chicago and Detroit.

In order of attack

The Eastern Army should be the first to start the battle, with the goal of occupying the capital area, breaking through Washington's outer defense line in one fell swoop, inflicting heavy damage and crushing the enemy's psychological bottom line.

Occupying the cities of the United States is not the goal, forcing the White House to bow its head and admit defeat, and obediently go to the negotiating table to accept the peace agreement, is the ultimate goal.

At present, all military plans must be implemented around this ultimate goal, and pressure the United States must be exerted step by step, so as to finally achieve the victory we desire. ”

Speaking of which

The colonel's staff officer gave a solemn military salute, put away the wooden pole in his hand, and walked down quietly, his task was completed.

Listen to this introduction

The senior officers present had mixed feelings in their hearts, and the intentions of the empire were already very clear, as long as the people of the United States surrendered, the war could end at any time, and all that remained was the arrangement of military occupation and the aftermath.

In this way, there are not many opportunities for the big guys to make contributions, and they must be cherished.

Therefore, the Army General Staff Headquarters asked the Imperial Expeditionary Force not to rush to attack, but to wait for the Allied troops to arrive one by one, to gather the forces of the 12 Allied Powers, and to strengthen the momentum.

Today, the Fuso 3rd Division and the 15,000-strong Russian expeditionary force have arrived in San Francisco, but due to the lack of sufficient rail capacity, they can only stay in the cities on the west coast for the time being, waiting for the expeditionary force to arrive in Omaha first.

According to the requirements of the General Staff Headquarters, the transport of the Allied armies should be given higher priority and placed in front of the Imperial Army.

Due to wartime conditions, the Pacific Railroad was able to run 27 pairs of trains per day, and in addition to transporting supplies, the maximum capacity was 14 passenger cars per day, transporting 12,000 heavily armed troops (not counting heavy equipment such as artillery, trucks, and armored vehicles) to the Omaha front, and the whole journey time was seven days.

If you count the mules and horses and other equipment carried by friendly troops, it will take a week to transport nearly 40,000 troops from Tsarist Russia and Fuso...... By the way, there are more than 3,000 British soldiers who have traveled thousands of miles from Somalia, all of whom are Somali mercenaries, and now they use the official name of the British army to fight, and they also need priority transportation.

Another 160 British troops have landed in the Hamptons on the east coast, commanded by Colonel Li Jianyang, including 76 guards, 29 storekeepers, 12 explosives handlers, 13 logistics officers, 4 accountants, a few cooks and two dozen naval reservists.

The British army has a total of 3,200 people, but it landed on two coasts, east and west, and the North American continent is 4,500 kilometers away in the middle.

Perhaps, it embodies the international spirit of emphasizing participation, and this is politics.

The Imperial Expeditionary Force was no longer able to complain about the British Army, and in the second Boer War, nearly 400,000 British troops fought a bad fight, which almost made the world powers laugh and lose face.

To tell the truth, in the minds of the royal army of the ocean empire, which is now arrogant, only the advanced armies of Germany, France and other European continental powers can wrestle their wrists, and the others are all looked down upon.

The First World War in North America was a battle in which the Royal Army of the Ocean Empire stepped onto the altar, and its fierce combat effectiveness has been recognized by the world.

In the era of artillery and giant ships, strength is the confidence to speak.