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Compared with Huo Jiajun's cheerful celebration of his own victory in the first war, and he kept collecting trophies from the corpses of Americans, as well as replenishing his own ammunition, in preparation for the next war! The operational command room of the US westward advance troops, five kilometers away, was filled with gloomy clouds and miserable fog, as well as endless depression and dullness!

"In this exploratory offensive, our 1st Division lost 7,752 soldiers and wounded 385. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In addition, due to the hasty retreat, the first division lost a total of 25 artillery pieces and the remaining shells, and 5,520 guns, and the first division has basically lost its combat effectiveness!

As the staff officer's voice fell, this simple battle damage report that could not be simpler was heavily pressed on everyone's hearts, although they had also guessed that the combat power of the squadron might be above that of the American ** team, but when the battle damage report of the first division of the army was handed over within twenty minutes, they really understood how terrible the combat power of the squadron was!

In less than half an hour, the formation of an integrated division of the US Army was brutally crippled! Although they also understood that at least more than half of the more than 7,000 soldiers they lost were only wounded! However, because they retreated too quickly, now all of them have become prisoners of the Chinese! On the contrary, in the more than 20 minutes of fighting, the losses that their own side really brought to the Chinese were truly minimal! In particular, the defensive formation, which looked very strange, had really become the biggest enemy blocking the advance of the American soldiers!

"From the description of the commander of the 1st Division, Smith, just now, the enemy opposite us has a very good rifle. The caliber of this rifle is only a little more than half of the Mauser 1871 in our hands, but its power is not inferior at all, and. Its firing stability, rate of fire, and even range have surpassed that of this German rifle in our hands! It can be said that the biggest reason why we have suffered so great losses in this exploratory attack is because of this advanced rifle in the hands of the enemy! In addition, the defensive position of more than 10 kilometers long is also an important reason for blocking our advance, especially under its protection, the exposed area of the Chinese soldiers is very small, and with the current quality of our soldiers, it is not a blessing from God. Otherwise, you won't be able to hit at all!, guys, do you have any solution to this?" said Grant Wood with a serious face.

After hearing his words, a kind of senior officer sitting in the war room couldn't help but look at each other a few times. Whether it was the excellent rifle of the squadron or the strange defensive position that had never appeared in the world, they had never heard of it before, and they had never seen it. So it's unrealistic to expect them to come up with any workable solution!

Until five minutes of silence followed. Only then did a white officer in the uniform of a colonel of the US Army stand up!

"What's your name?" asked Grant Wood, frowning, although he didn't believe that a young man with only the rank of colonel could be compared to the generals in their room in terms of strategy and tactics, but with so many people guarding without saying a word, it didn't hurt for a young man to say anything!

"Report to the commander, I am John Joseph Pershing, the combat staff officer of the Fifth Division of the United States Army!" In fact, this later commander of the US World War I Expeditionary Force had just been admitted to the West Point Military Academy this year, and he had not attended classes for a few days. He was pulled into the army by the US War Department, which was seriously lacking in officers, considering that he had no experience in leading troops. He had never participated in the war, so he became an ordinary staff officer of the newly established Fifth Division of the United States Army! But gold can shine brightly everywhere, and within a few months of joining the army, Pershing has already shown extraordinary military talent, which has also made his military rank rise again and again, and today he followed the commander of the Fifth Division, Tevez, to participate in this important meeting that only the commanders and special personnel of various units can attend!

"You also heard what I said just now, since you chose to stand up, is there any way you can help us defeat the Chinese on the other side?" Looking at this energetic young man, Grant asked with a calm expression.

"One thing, Commander!" Pershing replied quickly, he understood that today was an extremely important opportunity for him, if he could help the eastward advance troops and solve the squadron in the way of the front, then his future military career would be smooth sailing, and he would also become one of the most important generals in the whole United States, he had this confidence.

"Oh, what's it, tell me!" said Grant Wood, with some surprise and some anticipation.

Just now, the commander had already finished talking about the enemy's superiority, advanced weaponry, excellent soldier quality, and a rigorous defensive formation. It can be said that the enemy has made full use of their superiority, but in spite of this, they still cannot make up for their huge disadvantage in the number of troops! Therefore, if we want to win this war, we can only rely on our only advantage, otherwise we will only be defeated!" said Pershing with a calm expression.

"Colonel Pershing, I admit that what you said is very reasonable, but the weapons and equipment of the Chinese are too sharp, the bullets from the rifles in their hands are like rain, they cannot resist at all, if we only rely on the number of troops to rush hard, I am afraid we will pay an unimaginable price, if the sacrifice of soldiers in exchange for the victory of this war, is it worth it!" Although because of the humiliating defeat, Smith looked pale, and his eyes were full of exhaustion and decadence!

"General Smith's words, I have also considered, if you want to take the Chinese position with the least loss, it can only be done in the dark, the night will weaken people's eyesight, and it will also reduce the shooting hit rate of the Chinese to the minimum, so that the comparison between our two sides in terms of weapons and equipment, soldier quality and defense will be leveled to the greatest extent." However, the numerical superiority of the troops we occupy has been invisibly magnified! I believe that if we do this, our chances of winning the war will be maximized!"

"Okay, Colonel Pershing's strategy is really good! I believe that we Americans must win this war in the end! Damn yellow pigs, this time we must let them taste defeat!" Grantwood said excitedly, he really didn't expect a young man who had never seen or heard of it before to think of such a wonderful military strategy.

Moreover, it can be seen from the thoughtful or excited expressions of everyone in the huge war room that this young man's military strategy is very operational!

Listening to his words, Pershing couldn't help but wrinkle his head secretly. In order to be a commander, he must have his own cultivation and discipline, otherwise he will not be able to become a wise and wise commander at all! Now Grant Wood is really a little incompetent in this respect! However, he is not good at saying anything due to his own position! Moreover, this is the most difficult period for the United States of America, and everything should be centered on achieving the final victory in the Sino-American war!

"Commander, in the next battle, we should not divide our forces, but should concentrate all our troops on the offensive and break the defensive front of the Chinese in one fell swoop, otherwise, we will suffer even greater losses!" Pershing said next.

"Well, what you said makes sense! In this way, the first division has suffered heavy losses today, return to the rear to rest, and the rest of the divisions are ready, and after a day's rest today, tomorrow night we will fully engage in the offensive according to the war strategy just mentioned by Major Pershing, and defeat the opposite squadron in one fell swoop!" Grant Wood said with some anticipation.

"Commander, we can't rest, we should attack immediately tonight!" Pershing said hurriedly.

"Oh, why? Isn't it the same to launch an attack on the Chinese tomorrow night?"

The Chinese have a saying called 'proud soldiers will lose,' which means that proud armies are very easy to incur defeat, just like the Battle of Waterloo of Emperor Napoleon of France! Now, the Chinese have the advantage in weaponry, soldier quality, and defense, and they have just defeated us. Therefore, at this time, their vigilance is the lowest, and they relax their vigilance against us, which means that we are more certain of winning the war! Therefore, we must concentrate all our forces to launch an all-out attack on the Chinese tonight!" Pershing said with a calm and resolute expression.

"Colonel, are you sure? You must know that this is a big battle involving nearly 300,000 troops, and it is not sloppy at all!"

"Commander, please give the order!" Pershing said without hesitation, staring at Grant's eyes.

"Commander, I support Colonel Pershing's opinion, we will attack tonight!" Smith said, standing up.

"Commander, I also support Colonel Pershing's opinion!" ......

Looking at the US Army officers who stood up one after another, with this golden light shining on their epaulettes, at this moment Grant felt a little jealous of this young major who gave advice for no reason! Grant, who has rich life experience and has been in the army for decades, knows very well that as long as this war can be successful as expected, then this US Army colonel named John Joseph Pershing will quickly rise to become a shining new star in the American world!

"Okay, let's decide, we'll do it tonight!"

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"Report, come in!" Looking at the battlefield topographic map on the table, Wu Guangzong replied without raising his head.

"Commander, I've sorted out today's results!"

"Well, let it go!" As he spoke, Wu Guangzong didn't look at the report on the results of the battle sorted out by Wang Huaicheng, but took out a small note from the pocket of his military jacket and handed it to him!

"Look, the Americans are not good! Looks like we're busy!"

After glancing at Wu Guangzong with some doubts, Wang Huaicheng couldn't help but call the small note in his hand with some curiosity. Although there are very few words on it, the news revealed from it scared Wang Huaicheng!

"The Americans will launch an all-out attack on us tonight!" (To be continued. )