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West Memphis, a small riverside town located on the opposite bank of Memphis. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

More than 20 years ago, it was still a wilderness, but with the promulgation of Lincoln's "Homestead Law", the construction of the Pacific Railroad and the development of the rich and fertile Great Plains of the Mississippi River, it quickly rose to become a small city with developed agriculture and prosperous commerce, but the subsequent Sino-American war broke the tranquility here, and now except for the Huo Jiajun and the black servant army stationed here and their families, there is no longer a single American to be found in this beautiful riverside town.

However, in the past two years, this small city has not been abandoned because of the departure of the Americans, especially after the headquarters of the Southern Corps of the United States Army was located in Memphis on the other side of the river, which quickly became the focus of the defense of the Huojia Army American Military Region, and in more than two years, the riverside wharf, which was originally very simple, has quickly become a huge reinforced concrete powerful fortress, and the Fifth Fleet of the Navy's inland river fleet also uses this as its home port, controlling the 400 kilometers of the Mississippi River. Firmly blocking the way of the Americans' westward advance.

Now this small city, which used to be extremely quiet in the dark night, looked a little different on the night of December 20, especially the sound of neat footsteps sounded from time to time, as well as a low-pitched shout and the hoarse sound of steel colliding with each other, indicating that the Huo Jiajun, who had been trained strictly, was ready to attack in this cold night.

"Tick tick tick ......!"

The melodious sound of the telegraph, which is scattered and connected. Giving way to the lowest level of the fortifications, the headquarters of the Southern Front in the American Theater of Operations became synonymous with busyness, with telegraph operators coming in and out and operations staff circling around sand tables and maps. It also makes the serious atmosphere inside the spacious war room reveal a hint of heat!

Wang Xiangzong, who was tall and solemn, stared at the military map of top-secret information such as the troop layout and firepower matching of the US Southern Front Corps at a great cost, and the look in his eyes became more and more hot.

"After two years of waiting, we have finally waited for this day!" Wang Xiangzong muttered in a low voice.

"Yes, the hard work of the past two years is for today, as long as we can complete the strategic tasks assigned by the young master. Then we will be able to seize all the land on the west bank of the Mississippi River, and the overall strength of our Huo family army will increase exponentially!" Wu Min, deputy political commissar of the American Theater who cooperated with Wang Xiangzong in commanding the Southern Corps this time, said with a sigh on his face.

In the two years since he came to the United States, Wu Min, who was born in rural Taiwan, knows very well what a wealth this seemingly wild plain on both sides of the Mississippi River is. Especially on both sides of the river, how rich is the black soil that can flow oil at a glance, and he also believes that as long as the Huo family army can occupy the west of the river, then this fertile plain will bring unimaginable wealth to the Huo family army.

"yes!" he groaned for a moment. Wang Xiangzong turned around and asked, "Have all the commanders of the various units arrived?"

"Except for the 56th and 32nd Divisions to cooperate with the River Fleet. In addition to the first line of defense of New Orleans, Tallulah, and Helena, the other divisional and regimental officers belonging to the nine divisions under the command of our Southern Front Corps have already arrived in the conference room!" Wu Min replied.

"Well, let's go! Let's go too!"

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"Division commander, this time the headquarters summoned us for a meeting, are we ready to take the initiative to attack the Americans on the other side of the river?"

Hearing this, Lin Jianzhang turned his head and glanced at the one beside him, who was born as a plantation serf in Texas. After joining Huo Jiajun, he changed his name to Li Fu and learned to speak fluent Chinese in two years. And the black comrade-in-arms who served as his deputy and served as the deputy commander of the third division of the Black Servant Army shook his head with a somewhat solemn expression, "I don't know, but judging from the reconnaissance operation a few days ago and the transfer of troops tonight, our war with the Americans is already on the way!"

"Will the General Staff be too urgent, even if our military quality and weapons and equipment are all superior to the Americans now, but the military strength between our two sides is too different, and now the weather is cold, the roads are difficult to travel, which has caused certain difficulties in logistics supply, compared to the Americans, we are more dependent on logistics, and in the offensive this will further weaken the combat effectiveness of our troops!"

After listening to his words, Lin Jianzhang smiled playfully, "It seems that your officer class in the past two years has not been in vain, Lao Li! This analysis of the battle is all set in one!"

After the Battle of Pittsburgh two years ago, the Americas Theater Command formulated a series of solutions to the problems of chaotic command, low quality of officers and men, and poor tactical execution ability of the black servant army in a series of eastward wars. And Li Fu, as the deputy commander of the Third Division of the Black Servant Army, is one of the most outstanding officers among all the black officers trained!

After listening to the words of his top boss, Li Fuhei's face, which was like the bottom of a pot, couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment. However, years of military training had trained his nerves enough that after only a few seconds, he had forgotten any other emotions that had nothing to do with military affairs.

Looking at the worried look on Li Fu's face, Lin Jianzhang smiled, stretched out his hand and patted his companion's broad shoulder, and said, "Okay, don't worry! In order to win this war, we have been preparing for two years, except that the number of troops is inferior to that of the Americans, we have an advantage in any other aspect, including weapons and equipment, and the quality of soldiers. After a pause, his face showed a confident look, and he said slowly in a firm tone: "We have won this war!"

Thanks to Huo Shan's initial teachings and a series of victories in the face of European armies, all the officers and soldiers of the Huo family have enough self-confidence. Especially in all the wars against the U.S. ** team, the Huo Jiajun has almost maintained a record of complete victory, and the psychological advantages established over the years have made every soldier in the American theater of the Huo Jiajun firmly believe that in this major war that has been postponed for more than two years, their side will achieve a brilliant victory, so even if the nearly two million troops built up by exhausting the United States' national strength far exceed their own in number, no one in the Huo Jiajun has ever thought of defeat.

This kind of self-confidence and belief in victory was shocking to Li Fu, a black officer who had been oppressed by white Americans for a long time and already had servility in his bones, and in his mind, the US Army, which was almost twice the size of the Huo Jiajun Army in the American Theater Army, was an invincible existence.

"Wow......" Just as Li Fu was about to speak again, clear footsteps came from outside the conference room door.

As Wang Xiangzong and Wu Min walked in with a group of staff officers, the conference room, which had been heated by the transfer of the evening, suddenly returned to quiet. After that, with Lin Jianzhang, who was wearing the colonel's epaulette on his shoulder, 'stood up' in a loud voice, all the officers in the conference room stood up with solemn expressions.

Standing in the center of the conference room, the majestic gaze slowly swept over everyone, and an indescribable atmosphere made the wide conference room fall into an unspeakable silence, on the faces that were yellow or black, when facing Wang Xiangzong's calm gaze, the originally straight back straightened a little again, and the eyes of the black officers who had not joined the Huo family army for too long even flashed a moment of hesitation!

Time passed by second by second, and the solemn posture made the spacious conference room smell the needle, I don't know if it was intentional, Wang Xiangzong did not open his mouth to let everyone sit down, until a quarter of an hour later, he slowly said: "Maybe on the way here, you have already guessed the purpose of summoning you here today." You are not mistaken, according to the strategic planning of the army headquarters and the theater command, our Southern Front Corps will be the vanguard of this final decisive battle between us and the Americans, and we will fire the first shot for the entire theater!" Wang Xiangzong's face was very calm, and he did not hide anything in his words, but the sonorous and powerful words gradually made the atmosphere in the conference room gradually become hot.

"I know!" said in a heavy tone, and his sharp eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces, "Compared with other brother troops, most of the divisions and regiments of our Southern Front Corps are second-line troops dominated by blacks, and the training time of the troops is short, and the weapons and equipment are poor. However, none of this is a reason!"

"Just four years ago, when our People's Army just left Taiwan and went to Nanyang, there were basically no mortars in its hands, except for a rifle and a few grenades, and the troops had only been trained for three months. But it was with such a force that we defeated the Dutch, defeated the Portuguese, and finally deterred Britain and France, ensuring the current independent status of the Chinese People's Army. I think that we have all come through the victorious way all the way through such a difficult situation, do you still have a reason to fail when you face a group of US Army troops that have been defeated by us countless times again when the weapons and equipment are better and the quality of the soldiers is more outstanding?"

"No!" the roar in the conference room was filled with blood, making it impossible for everyone who heard it to calm down.

Looking at their faces full of excitement and their erect chests, Wang Xiangzong nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, I remember your promise just now, and I look forward to receiving the news of your victory! In addition, what I want to tell you is that both black and yellow people are treated equally in my eyes, as long as you can achieve the final victory in the war, then I will personally ask for credit to the headquarters for you after the war!" )