Chicago, General Command of the U.S. Army

Lieutenant General Garvetz, who was the general commander of the German 2nd Army, was presenting his battle ideas on a large hanging map with a long wooden pole in his hand, but now he was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general of the United States Army.

After the defeat of Germany

The huge German Army, which numbered several million people, was disbanded on the spot, and all officers and soldiers were repatriated, not to mention any pension policy, and they were not even paid basic salaries.

The war tribunal carried out a large-scale liquidation of the German Junker military aristocracy, confiscated the estates, castle shops and various tangible assets, some were sentenced to prison, some were separated from their wives, and the entire German Junker military aristocracy suffered a heavy blow.

A few years down

Many people are getting worse and worse, and some people have to accept an olive branch from a beautiful country and cross the Atlantic to North America, and Lieutenant General Galwitz is one of them.

There were many other famous German generals, such as General Otto von Zanders, who led the Ottoman army to successfully stop the British Gallipoli landing, was responsible for the heavy losses suffered by the Anzac Corps, and also successfully interrupted the British attempt to open a war on the southern front.

After paying a heavy price, it had to retreat on all fronts.

After the US military obtained this group of German officers with rich experience in warfare, the command and combat capability of the entire army has reached a new level and become distinctive.

"Honorable President Taft and gentlemen;

What I am showing you here is a campaign plan carefully formulated by the US General Staff Headquarters, which is called "Operation Christmas."

This battle will mobilize 1.42 million U.S. troops, which will be divided into the northern front, which is dominated by Chicago, and the eastern front, which is flanked.

On the battlefield of the Northern Front

Our army will concentrate the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies and the National Guard in 17 states, totaling 1.09 million troops, and launch a resolute counterattack on the Japanese army besieging Chicago in three directions.

On the flank battlefield, that is, on the middle line battlefield with the Japanese army entrenched in Kansas City as the combat target, the Fourth and Fifth Armies, totaling more than 330,000 troops, will act simultaneously with the main battlefield.

The entire offensive action plan was officially launched in the early morning of December 16, covering the enemy's positions with intensive artillery fire, with the main battlefield on the northern front shelling on the 5th and the flank battlefield on the eastern front on the 4th.

Other words;

The flanks of the Eastern Front will cease shelling and launch a full-scale offensive one day before the main battlefield on the Northern Front, which is the most important part of the planning of Operation Christmas.

In order to defeat the enemy of about 120,000 Japanese troops in Kansas City, our army organized a strong force of 330,000 troops, and invested eight tank battalions with a total of about 1,000 "Wilson" tanks, more than 1,300 aircraft, more than 770 large and medium-caliber artillery pieces, and elite units of the 4th Army.

The first battle was a decisive battle

On the first day of the campaign, it was determined to break through the 30-kilometer fortified area of the Japanese army, enter Kansas City, and carry out an encirclement and suppression operation against the Japanese army with superior forces and armored tank units, and completely annihilate the enemy ......"

Speaking of which

Lieutenant General Garvetz stopped, turned to the President of the United States, William Taftau, and the Chief of Army Staff, Admiral Fred C. Ainsworth, who were sitting below, and bowed slightly, and said confidently;

"Your Excellency, Mr. Chief of Staff;

The essence of the entire battle plan of "Operation Christmas" is to flank the battlefield on the Eastern Front, please see the map;

Once the battlefield on the Eastern Front breaks through, our army will encircle and annihilate the Japanese army defending the enemy in Kansas City, and at the same time, an elite mobile force will be divided, with a total number of about 85,000 people, equipped with no less than 500 tanks and a larger number of wheeled combat vehicles, and plunged into it from east to west.

Crossing more than 340 kilometers of barren Gobi Beach and the Great Kansas Plain, it attacked Denver and defeated nearly 30,000 Japanese troops there, and won the battle.

According to intelligence;

The local garrison in Denver was the 4th Division of the Japanese Army, as well as two independent mixed brigades of Suzuki and Yamada, which had no armored units, and its combat effectiveness was weaker than that of other Japanese divisions, so it was not difficult to win.

Denver, on the other hand, was also the largest city occupied by the Japanese army.

According to the news sent by the local rebels, while our army is rapidly attacking, the local rebels will cooperate with the destruction of railway bridges, delay the movement of the Japanese army, cooperate with the US army to recover Denver, and tightly control the most important city in Colorado.

Once the above purpose is achieved

Our army will cut off the waist of the Japanese army, cut off the railway artery for the Japanese army to transport personnel and materials from south to north, and also cut off all the logistics supplies of the Japanese army.

At this point, the Japanese army could not easily mobilize materials and troops through the main arteries of the railway, and the more than 600,000 troops facing each other on the northern front became a source of water and faced the danger of rout on the entire front.

What the U.S. troops on the northern front need to do is to tightly attract the main force of the Japanese army, so that they have no time to be distracted, return to the army to reinforce Denver, and win the fighter plane for this move "Black Tiger Dig Heart".

As long as the above-mentioned combat objectives are achieved, the 610,000 Japanese artillery shells on the northern front are fired one less round, and the soldiers are killed one less and one is missing, and if they want to escape back to New Mexico, they will lose the convenient railway passage, then they will have to cross the Gobi plain on foot, which is more than 800 kilometers on foot, and it is almost impossible to accomplish such a task under the cover of our army.

Mr. President, today is December 15th, and as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Beautiful Country, you need to be officially authorized to launch such a large-scale campaign.

God testifies that the military has the confidence to complete the task, and that the beautiful country needs a hearty victory, and we can do that and bring it to the table.

Now, everyone is waiting for your decision......"

As soon as Lieutenant General Garvetz finished speaking, he immediately won thunderous applause.

President William Taft clapped vigorously with a red face, then stood up and walked to Lieutenant General Garvetz's side, his eyes glistening with tears of excitement, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and came back and said loudly;

"Guys, we've been waiting for this day for too long, the United States needs a big victory to wash away its shame, and we're going to crack down on the arrogance of the Japanese people, they owe too much blood debt, it's time to get it back.

Mountains and rivers were shattered, the land fell, and the people suffered too much.

We need a victory to build confidence, build consensus, and restore the glory of the past.

To this end, the United States has been unremittingly advancing the preparations for war, and has invited British, French and German partners to contribute wisdom to the defeat of the Japanese invaders.

Before making the most important decision, I would like to hear from General Edmund Allenby.

A legendary general, General Edmund Allenby led the British army to defeat the Ottoman army in North Africa and Western Asia, and let us applaud him. ”

After President William Taft finished speaking, he was the first to applaud, and the generals present applauded.

A reserved Admiral Edmund Allenby stood up and bowed down to thank the generals who applauded left and right, wearing a British military uniform, as the general military adviser to the US Army General Staff.

As the commander of the victorious North African army, Edmund Allen was much better than his German counterpart, not only with the noble title conferred by King George V, a generous salary, but also the courtesy of the leaders of various countries.

Admiral Edmund Allenby, with a beautiful British mustache, nodded reservedly, and said after the applause stopped;

"As Lieutenant General Garvetz confidently introduced, I have to admit that this is a genius military plan that will win the greatest victory at the least cost.

The biggest defect of the Japanese army is that it has few vehicles and poor mobility, and it belongs to a typical mule and horse division, and if it loses Denver, an important railway hub connecting the upper and lower levels, the entire battlefield will inevitably be ineffective, and the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse.

Based on the sand table deduction made by my colleagues in the Army, I think the core essence of the plan of "Operation Christmas" is to break through the battlefield on the Eastern Front in one fell swoop, and then implement large-scale armored forces to maneuver and occupy Denver, an important railway hub city, in one fell swoop.

Combat operations must be swift and fierce, and I have no doubt that my former German colleagues would be able to organize such a large-scale campaign.

They have proved themselves with countless facts that they are indeed worthy of being one of the best military men in the world.

To sum up, I am very optimistic about this "Christmas Operation" and hope to hear the real good news at Christmas. “

In the eyes of General Edmund Allenby, he was optimistic that the military operation would be a complete success.

He is an experienced soldier, and the quality of the battle plan and whether it is well organized can be judged at a glance by virtue of intuition and professional military qualities.

There is no doubt that this is a very good military program.

General Edmund Allenby's judgment strengthened President William Taft's confidence.

God knows, how much pressure he was undertaking?

For the full four years of his first presidential term, President William Taft has been quietly preparing for this battle, visiting Europe twice, doing his best to repay the remaining war reparations of the Ocean Empire, and secretly pushing Britain not to renew the "Anglo-Japanese Alliance", for which he has made many concessions and deals under the table.

Everything is for today.

Therefore, when President William Taft stood here, facing hundreds of generals and colonels, he couldn't help but burst into tears and said with emotion;

"I and every citizen of America have done so much to wait for this day, we need this victory, we need to defeat the Japanese slaves, we need them to pay their blood debt.

The people of America have never been afraid of sacrifice, and in the dead of night, I knelt down and prayed to God, asking for mercy and looking forward to the day when glory would be restored.

I and 40 million of my compatriots trekked in the dark, silently paying without expecting anything in return, firmly believing that one day the evil would-be wouldn't make the price of blood.

Today I have finally waited for it, and now I announce that Operation Christmas has been officially approved, and I ask the Chief of Staff, Admiral Fred C. Ainsworth, to announce the relevant orders. ”

After the president's decision, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

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December 16, 5 a.m. sharp

On the northern Chicago front, 10,000 artillery pieces roared, and the hot shells were intertwined into a fire net, smashing towards the Japanese defense line, and in the blink of an eye, the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, like a sea of fire.

The same was true on the Kansas battlefield on the Eastern Front, which was more than 770 kilometers apart, with artillery roaring and bombing Japanese positions into a sea of fire.

The Japanese did not show weakness either, and after a brief silence, the artillery soon launched a counterattack.

The two sides went back and forth, and the fight became a mess of porridge, but it was obvious that the American troops were more prepared, had more artillery and artillery positions, and counterattacked more sharply, and gradually gained the upper hand.

After dawn

The U.S. planes flew out in a fierce battle with the Japanese planes, and the battle was fought from the sky to the ground.

Fighter jets roared past, blood stained the sky, and from time to time fighter planes pulled long black smoke and fell, exploding into a large ball of fire.

The curtain of the Third American-Japanese War began

The large-scale artillery bombardment of the U.S. military at any cost made the headquarters of the North American Dispatch Army of Fuso feel a sense of ominousness, so they began to increase troops and send supplies to the front line like crazy to meet the upcoming and cruel battle.

In particular, the main battlefield in the north was the top priority of the Japanese army's defense, and it was also the main destination for troops and materials.

This is because the Great Lakes region is the best place in the Japanese-occupied area, with its factories and developed agriculture and animal husbandry, and contributes a huge amount of tax revenue every year, accounting for more than half of Fuso.

And this invisibly fell into the trap of the German conspiracy.

At this point

You have to admire the quality of Germany's excellent officers, who are good at taking advantage of the weaknesses of human nature to plan excellent military plans that are interlocking and tightly knit, and once you step into the trap, you will never be able to get out.

The "Christmas Plan" formulated by Lieutenant General Galvetz only gave the Japanese army one day to react, and it was the first to stop the shelling on the Kansas City battlefield on the Eastern Front and switch to the stage of all-out assault, creating a time gap.

When the Japanese command reacted, the frontal battlefield in the north also launched an attack on all fronts, and the magnets generally tightly attracted the main force of the Japanese army, creating a good opportunity for a flank breakthrough.

By this time, it would be extremely difficult to readjust the troops.

And so it was

December 19th

At 3 p.m. on the fourth day of the all-front shelling, the battlefield on the flank of the Eastern Front suddenly took the lead in stopping the shelling, and the US troops headed by tank and armored units pressed on the entire front, charging and attacking fiercely at any cost, and in only three hours, they advanced 20 kilometers in depth and defeated several counterattacks organized by the Japanese army.

Subsequently, more than 300,000 U.S. troops pressed on all fronts, leaving no reserves, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and had already entered Kansas City before nightfall, starting a bloody battle with hand-to-hand combat.

After a night of bloody fighting until the early hours of the morning, nearly half of the 120,000 Japanese casualties in Kansas City had been surrounded by American troops.

The German military commander was very experienced in dealing with such a dying man, and at this time he intensified his attack, and in the face of the enemy's desperate counterattack, he would inflict heavy casualties on his own.

Therefore, in addition to ordering the troops to be tightly surrounded, the German military commander turned the offensive into defense on all fronts, holding on to the ruins of the current city, waiting for the artillery units to advance.

Then bomb one piece, attack another, the focus is to prevent the Japanese counterattack, using heavy machine gun crossfire to kill and injure a large number of enemy living forces, and weaken the strength of the Japanese army's dying struggle.

meanwhile

Quickly organize a mobile force, mainly tanks, armored vehicles and other armored trucks, with a total number of 105,000 men exceeding the previously planned 88,000 men, and set out on the 21st, marching from east to west, and quickly advancing in the direction of Denver, so as to catch the Japanese by surprise.

The two places were separated by more than 340 kilometers, and it took only two days for the US assault force to reach the city of Denver, and then launched a fierce attack without stopping.

Two days later

This US assault force successively defeated the Japanese Fourth Division, as well as the Suzuki Brigade and the Yamada Brigade, and the whole army swung into the city of Denver, cutting off the main artery of the Japanese army's north-south railway, and launched an encirclement and suppression battle against the Japanese army in the city.

At this point, the 750,000 Japanese troops on the North American front fell into an existential crisis, the country of Fuso shook, the world shook, and a good show began again.

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