Chapter 417: A Dangerous Battle Situation

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"Whew!" After taking a deep breath, Wenming slowly spit out again, calming his thoughts, but the expression on his face was still very serious, and the heavy worry in his eyes did not cut in any way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, as one of the top military commanders of the Huo Jiajun American Theater, it is related to the success or failure of the Huo Jiajun in the American War, and even the lives of millions of soldiers on the front line, so he knows that he must remain absolutely calm.

"Guangzong, I believe that Young Master Jiren has his own natural appearance, and there will be absolutely nothing wrong! Moreover, I also believe that Huo Long, Huo Hu, and Huo Feng will also do their best to find the whereabouts of the young master, so let's deal with the matter in front of us first! The attack of the U.S. Army on the Yili front has become more and more fierce recently, and now that the Americans have almost concentrated all their forces here, Diao Fei and their pressure is very great. ”

After listening to his words, Wu Guangzong also nodded, he knew that it was far away from the Pacific Ocean, even if he knew that the young master was missing, he couldn't help. Therefore, instead of worrying in vain and wasting time, it is better to put all the limited energy on the increasingly fierce battle situation at present, and create a sky for the future of the Huo Jiajun in the Americas.

"The Americans have sent more troops to the Yili front again?" Wu Guangzong asked, turning to look at the large military map spread out on the central table, and twisted his eyebrows.

"Yes! According to the latest intelligence from the Military Intelligence Agency, this morning the US War Department again dispatched three army groups, nearly 210,000 men, to continue to reinforce the front line in Erie! This is already their third troop increase since they launched another attack on us on 20 February!" It's obvious. The Americans' resurgence put a lot of pressure on him.

After hearing his words, Wu Guangzong's brows also furrowed tightly. It is obvious that the Americans carefully arranged and guarded the defense line of the two rivers in order to break through the Huo family's army. It's already unscrupulous, and it doesn't care about sacrifice.

Since the second round of fighting began on February 20, it has been less than three weeks now, and the Americans have sent 800,000 troops in three groups in the direction of Erie, although the average training time of these people is less than half a month, and many of them have just learned to shoot. Even bankrupt workers and peasants who couldn't even stand in line, but this was 800,000 troops with rifles, not civilians.

And. In this era when technology is not very developed, the ant sea tactic is often the most successful and powerful tactic of this era, and the failure of Napoleon's expedition to Russia and the fact that Russia is still standing in two world wars illustrates the power of this tactic.

It's obvious. Now some desperate Americans have also taken a fancy to this tactic. Moreover, the large number of unemployed workers and peasants in the country due to the severe economic crisis also provided excellent manpower for this tactic. Coupled with the strong military pressure from the east and the west, the Americans quickly abandoned the democracy, equality, and human rights they had always insisted on, and pushed a large number of ordinary people with almost no rigorous military training onto the battlefield with low salaries. Therefore, in terms of the number of troops, the number of troops deployed by the United States on the Yili front line exceeded three to four times that of Huo's army, and it almost formed a crushing situation.

Touched the jaw of the stabler. Wu Guangzong also felt that the current battle situation in Yili was tricky, although he relied on the strong fortifications built in the early stage. The Northern Route Army of the Huojia Army still firmly blocked the eastward march of the United States from Yili, and inflicted a large number of casualties on these poorly trained American troops with its powerful firepower.

However, the fierce war caused the U.S. Army to suffer heavy losses, but also allowed their troops to grow rapidly. The combat effectiveness and experience are becoming stronger and stronger, and the pressure on the Huo Jiajun North Route Army is also becoming more and more intense.

"This is the latest report from the front!" said Wenming, taking out a telegram he had just received from the black briefcase he had placed on the table and handing it to Wu Guangzong.

"Such a big loss?" Looking at the numbers above, Wu Guangzong couldn't help frowning and said.

Hearing his words, Wen Wen also nodded with a serious expression, "Since the beginning of the war, the number of troops that the Americans have strengthened to the front line in Erie has reached 1.5 million, accounting for almost one-third of the total number of the current US Army. Although we have wiped out more than 600,000 American troops in the nearly month since the start of the war, we have killed 1,000 enemies and suffered 800 losses, and we ourselves have also paid a heavy price of 90,000 minor and serious injuries and 56,000 deaths! Moreover, with the improvement of the Americans' military quality, combat ability, and will to fight, as well as their familiarity with our combat methods, coupled with the damage to the Erie Fortress, the losses of our troops will become greater and greater. So we have to prepare early!"

After listening, Wu Guangzong nodded, and after pacing back and forth with the information in his hand for a few steps, he turned to ask, "How is the battle situation in the other two directions?"

"The south and center lanes are very good, especially with the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere and the gradual thawing of the Mississippi River, our river fleet is enough to defend the entire river and make the Americans afraid to cross the minepool. The upper reaches of the Ohio River are undulating, mountainous and forested, and as long as we firmly hold a few transportation arteries, it is enough for Americans to look at the river and sigh. So these two directions are the safest. ”

After listening to Wenming's words, Wu Guangzong nodded, and then explained seriously: "Although we have an advantage in these two directions, we can't relax either, in case the Americans break through the defense line, then we will be really in trouble!"

You must know that the Huo Jiajun American Theater is not like the Americans can increase their troops unlimitedly, so almost all of the millions of troops are concentrated on the front line of the fierce war. Therefore, once the United States breaks through the defense line of the two rivers, then the loss of the Huo family's army, which is empty inside, will be great.

"Well, I believe that with Xiangzong's ability, they will not give the Americans such a chance! And since the start of the war in Yili, we have basically not drawn many troops from these two routes, so with the help of the river fleet. There will be no problem holding the Mississippi River line!"

After nodding, Wu Guangzong said in a deep voice: "The three Marine divisions we have now placed in New York, with the help of the fleet, with the help of the Hudson River, the East River, and the canal connecting the two rivers, are enough to contain the attack of the Americans from any direction. So they don't need to worry about it yet!"

"Well, that's right, the plan formulated by the young master is really a clever move, and three divisions were tightly placed in New York, and they contained millions of American troops, and they could only defend the eastern sea frontier and did not dare to advance westward, otherwise even if our million army forces alone could hold the defense line of the two rivers, I am afraid that the losses would be unprecedentedly large!"

"You're right, the longer we hold out in New York, the better it will be for our overall Americas situation. Therefore, their ammunition and supplies need to be further strengthened. Wu Guangzong said.

After listening to his words, Wenming nodded and said with a smile: "But I think even if we don't have to come forward, the government and the military department will vigorously support them!"

Hearing this, Wu Guangzong also smiled and nodded.

In addition to giving great support to the Americas war situation, the occupation of New York by the three Marine divisions of the Huo Jiajun quickly changed the tone of the government, which did not approve of this operation at the beginning.

As the economic center of the United States, it is also the most prosperous and largest city in the United States, and over the centuries, it has concentrated a lot of wealth. Although the serious economic crisis has shrunk the wealth here, the Huo Jiajun has also harvested unimaginable huge wealth here in strict accordance with the 'three feet high' raiding action that Huo Jiajun explained at the beginning.

Gold, silver, machinery, jewelry, precious cultural relics, and industrial raw materials such as steel and coal are all worth more than $300 million. Shipwfuls of wealth transported to the occupied territories of the Americas made the people of the Ministry of Finance and the Logistics Department of the Military Department laugh crookedly. That's enough money to sustain the entire Americas.

As the largest city and financial center in the United States, New York is the first choice for every college graduate to choose a career, so it also gathers a large number of graduates from Yale University, Harvard University, Princeton University and other top universities in the United States.

It was also home to New York University, the largest private university in the United States, Columbia University, one of the Ivy League schools, and a host of other educational institutions. It's arguably the largest talent pool in the entire United States.

After taking here, the Government Council has looted more than 300,000 talents from all walks of life such as professors, business executives, and finance, although the number is not as good as that of Huo Jiajun's looting in the United States in the past two years, but the quality is comparable. Even if the war ends in the end, at least half of the talents cultivated by thousands of colleges and universities in the United States in the past 50 years have been robbed by the Huo family.

Later, it was with these talents that Huo Jiajun's economic, political, educational, and military aspects ushered in a blowout development in the second five-year plan, and quickly became a major industrial power in the world at that time. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

After the two discussed the current battle situation for a while, Wu Guangzong threw the pencil in his hand onto the map, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said with a serious expression: "Now is also the time for the next plan!"

"Well, that's right, the Erie Fortress was too damaged by the heavy artillery of the Americans to be used as a barrier. If the troops are allowed to hold on here any longer, it will only increase unnecessary casualties, and it is time for them to withdraw to the second line of defense, and the troops can also take the opportunity to correct it. Moreover, this can also effectively lengthen the supply lines of the Americans, which is very powerful for us!" Civilization also favored Wu Guangzong's decision.

"In that case, then give them orders!" Wu Guangzong decided. (To be continued.) )