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After listening to Wang Xiangzong's meticulous and accurate analysis of the northern war situation, the two couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the senior generals of the Huo Jiajun American Theater, the two of them have a very clear understanding of the current anxious war situation between China and the United States, so they can quickly analyze the feasibility of a large-scale cavalry transfer north from Wang Xiangzong's words just now!

"I agree with Xiangzong's northern strategy just now, but we can only send three cavalry divisions north to participate in the battle!"

After a pause, Wu Guangzong picked up the thick porcelain teacup on the table and took a sip of it, let the two of them digest it for a while, and then continued: "The reason why this is so is because Illinois and Indiana, which are located in the north of the United States and are close to the Ohio River, will have the temperature drop below zero after entering January, especially this year, the temperature is lower than in previous years, which means that the ice of the Ohio River will also become thicker than in the royal year!"

Wu Guangzong's words made the two of them suddenly shocked in their hearts, combined with the information they had obtained, it was naturally not difficult to conclude that the situation that Wu Guangzong said was indeed very likely to happen.

In the end, they made the mistake of empiricism, and in past years, although the lower Ohio River froze during the coldest months of January, even on the coldest nights, the ice was only a few centimeters thick.

And during the day, when the sun is shining, the ice will also melt quickly as the temperature rises, and it will not affect the navigation of ships, so the wide Ohio River cannot be shaken at all. The role of the Huo family's most powerful defensive barrier!

However, if everything is as Wu Guangzong said this year, then the ice in the Ohio River will become thicker this year. If this thickness can bear the weight of the human body, then the Ohio River, which was originally relied on by the Huo family army as the Great Wall, will completely lose its original defensive role! The originally impregnable northern defense line will also become full of loopholes!

In this way, the Americans will be able to rely on their offensive superiority and strong forces to choose the place of attack anytime and anywhere on the more than 2,000-kilometer river defense line, and the Huo Jiajun will also be completely passive!

Moreover, compared to the US ** team with weak equipment and low combat effectiveness. Even though Huo's troops were more powerful in terms of combat power, more than a million troops were distributed across thousands of miles of rivers to defend themselves, compared to the Americans who were able to concentrate their troops at several points to attack. Huo's defense line will face a stronger challenge.

If once the Americans break through a defensive point, and then hundreds of thousands of American troops break into the rear of the Huo family's army, then it is likely to lead to the complete collapse of their defense line of thousands of miles, and the Huo family's army is likely to face a major rout at that time. One is not handled well. I'm afraid they will lose all the land they have acquired in the United States for four years!

Thinking of this, Wang Xiangzong and Wenming couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and they were a little scared in their hearts.

"Commander, in this way, the cavalry units cannot be transferred to the north, and they should be used as our mobile forces to strengthen the strength and defensive strength of the central line!" Wen Wen then said.

"No, it is necessary to strengthen the defensive intensity of our northern defence. All three cavalry divisions were transferred to the Northern Corps. Wu Guangzong said categorically, "Compared to the lower Ohio River region. The upper reaches of the river defended by the Northern Corps are under greater defensive pressure in winter due to thicker ice and longer ice periods. In addition, the remaining five cavalry divisions, I am not going to leave all of them in the middle line, but to take out three to strengthen the corps on the southern front!"

"What?" asked Wenming, with an anxious look on his face.

"Commander, if the strength of the six cavalry divisions is all strengthened to the other two corps, then the strength of our middle line corps will only be 400,000, and the Americans on the opposite side will have nearly 800,000 troops!"

"I know!" Wu Guangzong pondered for a moment before continuing with a hesitant expression: "Actually, I have always had great doubts about the military strategy implemented by the Americans!"

After a pause, Wu Guangzong muttered: "Why do they know that with a large number of river warships and many shore defense guns, we occupy the channels of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River, and establish a strong defensive advantage. And if you want to neutralize these advantages, in the absence of more river warships fighting with us for control of the river, then the only way to attack us is in winter, taking advantage of the thick ice in the upper reaches of the Ohio River!"

"Yes, that's right!" said Wenming.

At this time, Wang Xiangzong, who had been thinking about the military strategies mentioned by Wu Guangzong, suddenly raised his head and said: "However, in the north, which should have been the focus of the attack, the Americans have only put down 45 troops, while the middle line corps has 800,000, and the southern line has quite a few corps, with 320,000! At that time, Americans did not know that this winter the weather in the north would suddenly become colder than in previous years, and that the ice of the Ohio River would leave us with holes in our impregnable northern defenses!"

After listening to the explanations of the two friends, Civilization also quickly reacted, "You mean to say that the focus of the Americans' attack is our middle line?"

"Hehe, it's not the middle line but the south line!" After the two glanced at each other, Wu Guangzong said with a smile.

"How is this possible? Even in the middle and lower reaches of the Mississippi River in winter, it will not freeze at all, and we will be able to rely on our superior river warships for defensive operations! A strong attack will inevitably bring a large number of casualties to the troops, can't the US War Department think of it?" Wen Wen asked rhetorically with some surprise.

"Of course they knew, but they also knew that once they broke our defenses on the Mississippi, their army would be able to drive long into our rear, with relatively few troops, and the Southern Corps, which was under increased defensive pressure, would not have many troops to intercept them. At that time, their army will be able to continue to enter the west of the river along this breach, and our defense along the river will collapse completely. Wang Xiangzong said.

"Not only that, the Americans have been trying to regain control of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, but the warships they have built have been blocked by our river warships and shore guns in the branches of the two great rivers, and they can only survive under the protection of their own artillery. If, this time, they can break through our defenses and gain an advantage on the Mississippi River, then the American warships will be able to smoothly enter the Mississippi River, gradually gain a foothold under the cover of their shore guns, and then compete with us for control of the river!"

After listening to Wu Guangzong's words, the spacious war room fell silent, as the top commander of the American Military Region, they certainly understood the importance of control of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River to both the Huo Jiajun and the United States.

As long as the control of the two major rivers, especially the Mississippi River, is also in control of the war, and the side that loses control must deploy a large number of troops on the banks of the river to prevent the other side's sudden attack, and a large number of troops also need astronomical military spending, and a large amount of military expenditure will also become a heavy burden on economic development, which is unwilling to bear for the two sides that aspire to become world powers.

Therefore, the control of these two great rivers, especially the Mississippi River, has become the key to the battle, and it is also the focus of the two sides want to fight!

As the controller of these two rivers, Huo Jiajun naturally did not want the Americans' conspiracy to succeed, two years have passed, the inland river fleets of both sides have fought dozens of times around this control, but each time Huo Jiajun has defeated the attack of the American fleet with the support of superior warships and shore defense heavy artillery, so that they can only hide in the branch channels of the two big rivers, relying on the protection of shore artillery to exist.

"In that case, should we continue to send troops to reinforce the Southern Front Corps?" Wen Wen asked.

Hearing this, Wu Guangzong thought for a while, then slowly shook his head, "No, everything just now is based on our speculation, and we can't act rashly without direct evidence." Moreover, now that we are facing 800,000 US ** teams, our defensive pressure is also very great. So until the Americans' midline corps does not move, we can only wait and see what happens!"

"Do you think the Americans still have their hole cards unfolded?" Looking at the military sand table full of red and blue flags in front of him, and the two sides were clearly distinguished, Wang Xiangzong suddenly asked.

"Hmm, Xiangzong, do you mean that the Americans still have the strength left in their hands now?" Wu Guangzong looked at the sand table in front of him, frowned tightly, and asked in a somewhat heavy tone.

Facing the puzzled eyes of the two, Wang Xiangzong nodded slowly, "According to the investigation report of our Military Intelligence Agency, the artillery configuration of most divisions and regiments in the United States is very small, usually only a dozen, or even less, and it is rarely a new type of artillery, and the caliber of these artillery pieces is basically field artillery below 75mm caliber! However, through the Military Intelligence Agency and the Security Bureau, we also know that the Americans have also been in the British in order to deal with our heavy artillery group. In the hands of the French and Germans, more than 200 heavy guns of 100mm caliber or more, as well as 500 field and mountain guns of other calibers, if we add the light and heavy artillery produced by their arsenal in the past two years, then the number of new artillery pieces in the hands of the Americans now exceeds at least 1,000! However, now we have not seen these artillery pieces among the more than 1.5 million US ** troops opposite us, where did they go?" )