readx; Chapter 384: The Battle of Yili (4)

The Great Lakes are located at the junction of the United States and Canada, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario, the five lakes are connected together to form the world's largest group of freshwater lakes, with a total water area of 245,660 square kilometers, known as the "Mediterranean Sea of the American Continent" and "Freshwater Sea"!

Of course, these are not the concerns of the senior generals of the Huojia Army in the American Theater, what they are concerned about is that the Great Lakes begin to freeze on the shores and rivers of the lake in January in winter, and the freezing begins to be lifted at the end of March and early April, which means that a big hole suddenly appeared in the north of the originally airtight defense line of the two rivers, and the Americans can completely step on the ice, bypass the Yili Fortress, and attack the rear of the Huojia Army's northern front corps.

Thinking of this, the senior officers of the Huo Family Army American Theater who gathered inside the combat command room couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!

"Commander, you should immediately send a telegram to Diao Fei, and ask his Northern Front Corps to mobilize troops to immediately plug this gap, and resolutely not let the American troops bypass!" Deng Shan said first. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Waving his hand, Wu Guangzong looked at the map and said: "The strength of the Northern Front Corps is already very tight, and in addition to the more than 400,000 troops stationed outside Yili City, the US Northern Front Corps still has more than 300,000 troops stationed on the 800-kilometer northern defense line, Diao Fei's defensive pressure is very great, and it is a little late to draw troops from him now!"

"Actually, we don't have to be in a hurry. Although the troops of the U.S. Northern Front Corps can bypass our Erie Fortress, they will never have too many troops!" Wen Wen said confidently as he looked at the battle map on the wall, "First of all. Although the shores of the Great Lakes are frozen, the ice is not too thick, although it is enough for the troops to attack, but it cannot withstand the destruction of artillery and explosives, and the transfer of large troops cannot be without a clue, even Johnston is afraid that we will destroy the ice and then let his troops sink to the bottom of the lake!"

Hear his words. Everyone couldn't help but nodded, the Great Lakes are not Antarctica, and the thickness of the ice is not large. The difficulty of destruction is also low, if the ice is broken by Huo Jiajun, then it will fall into the lake water of a few degrees below zero, or even more than ten degrees. I'm afraid it's really a lot of death!

"Also. The ice is too slippery for transportation, and it can't be compared with the huge volume of the railroad, and if more than 100,000 troops attack it, the logistics problem alone will be enough to drag them to death, so this loophole in the north is destined to be used only as a sneak attack by small forces, otherwise Johnston will not gather his forces to storm Erie Fortress, but attack our rear along this loophole!"

After listening to his words, everyone couldn't help but nod in agreement. After all, modern warfare is not like the ancient cold-weapon warfare, as long as there are weapons. Grain can be captured from behind enemy lines, and it is no problem to go thousands of miles behind enemy lines. Modern warfare consumes millions or even tens of millions of bullets in a battle, and tens of thousands of damaged weapons that need to be repaired and replaced. Therefore, it is doomed that the war behind enemy lines can only be small-scale, low-grade guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare! And those who can perfectly perform this task and have excellent mobile strength will have only one branch of the army in this era, and that is cavalry!

At this moment, everyone thought of this question almost at the same time, "It seems that the only way to save the emergency is to use the Independent Second Cavalry Division first!" Deng Shan said after sighing.

"Well, that's right, if the other four cavalry divisions want to transfer from West Memphis to Erie, even if they are transported by train, it will take at least three days, which is too long!" Pang Wanchun said.

Hearing his words, Wu Guangzong nodded, "Fortunately, after the start of the all-out war, after the large number of cavalry gathered in the Central Army of the United States went north and south, the infiltration and destruction of the US army behind us have weakened a lot, otherwise the First Cavalry Division would really not have time to go north to support!" After a pause, Wu Guangzong turned his head and asked, "Lao Pang, I remember that the Second Cavalry Division is now stationed in Indianapolis for training, right?"

"Yes, they have just come down from the front line, and now they have been resting for less than three days!" As the chief of staff, Pang Wanchun is very familiar with the situation of each unit in his hands!

"Well, then let them go north! They are close, and one day's time, if you make a train, it is enough to reach Yili City! In addition, leave the independent Fifth Cavalry Division to Xiangzong's southern front headquarters, and the other first, third, and fourth independent cavalry divisions will immediately go north to support the northern front corps!" Wu Guangzong quickly issued a military order.

Looking at the confidential staff officer who turned around and went out to convey the new military order, Wu Guangzong looked eastward, looked at it for a while, and then asked: "Old Wen, is there any news about the fleet and the snow wolf? When will they do it? Now we are facing a lot of offensive pressure from the nearly two million US Army!"

"I've already asked, the Snow Wolf Special Forces are ready, but the fleet encountered a storm at sea, and although it didn't suffer any losses, it may be a little late, so the official date of the operation is set for the early morning of February 9th!" said Wenming with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

"Hehehe, New York, New York! I really want to see what the Americans' faces will look like after we occupy the largest city in the country when they find their economic capital again, and I believe that Alan Arthur's expression will be wonderful!" Wu Guangzong said with a smile.

Hearing this, several people couldn't help but show an inexplicable smile on their faces, and their eyes showed a look of expectation.

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"Boom!" "Poof, poof, ......!"

Wang Pu spat vigorously the dust that had just spilled into his mouth from his mouth and nose, his face was mixed with blood, sweat, mud and gunsmoke, like a ghost, and the camouflage cotton uniform on his body was also tattered, and the shoulder symbolized the rank of sergeant, and he didn't know when he disappeared one, this person looked even more embarrassed than the most wretched person called Hanako.

"Damn, this American devil learns everything from us, and this grenade has been thrown on our heads, what a fucking bad luck!" Holding his Type 80 rifle, aiming at an American soldier who had just finished throwing a grenade and was about to run forward, and then knocked him down with one shot, Wang Pu, who served as the squad leader of the first squad of the second company and three platoons of the third regiment of the 48th Division and the first battalion of the third regiment, couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.

The 48th Division is a new unit formed by the Huojia Army two years ago, and its soldiers are all second-line garrisons from the base areas of the Huojia Army in Fujian and Zhejiang, so the training level is not bad. As the leader of the first class, Wang Pu, although he has never gone to military school, has a good marksmanship, and within 400 meters, it is almost a matter of where to fight!

After knocking down four more American soldiers in a row, looking at the American soldiers who were almost in no formation, but very open to each other, Wang Pu couldn't help but wrinkle his head, picked up the magazine that had been pressed next to him, stuffed it into his Type 80 rifle, and then loaded it, pulled the trigger, and the whole action was very skillful.

"Tiezi, where is your machine gun? The American devils are about to rush up!" After hearing the mute fire of the scorpion light machine gun assigned to his squad, Wang Pu couldn't hear the familiar gunfire for a long time, and he still couldn't help but ask.

"Squad, squad leader, Tiezi is dead!" At this moment, a somewhat choked voice sounded from Wang Pu's side.

"What?" Hearing this, Wang Pu was shocked, turned around and looked, only to find that Liu Tiezi, the machine gunner in his class, didn't know when the small half of his head had been cut off by shrapnel, and his originally strong body was now lying on his stomach in the pit, and the white brain mixed with red blood soaked the black soil under his feet. Looking at this scene, after Wang Pu frowned, his eyes couldn't help but show sadness, this was already the fifth comrade-in-arms in his squad to be sacrificed! After two days and two nights of fighting, too much blood and corpses of the warring sides had been buried on this black soil on the outskirts of Yili City!

"Don't cry, Hu Yazi! The Americans are coming up again, hurry up and beat him with a gun, and avenge Tie Li and Kuroko!"

Hearing the words of the squad leader, he had just turned eighteen years old this year, his face was covered with gunpowder smoke and mud, and he could still see a trace of youth, his eyes suddenly became firm, and his face showed a look of hatred, he stood up, raised his right hand, and wiped the tears on his face with his already tattered sleeves, "Squad leader, I listen to you, beat him hard, and avenge Tiezi, Wang Heizi, and Lao Zhao!"

"Revenge!" the rest of the squad of fighters also let out an angry roar. Two days of brutal fighting had turned them into the most determined warriors.

One bullet after another was fired, and soon the Type 80 rifle had two magazines, and ten bullets were used up again, Wang Pu threw down the rifle in his hand, then grabbed the light machine gun crooked to the side, hung the cartridge belt, and tightly pressed the butt with his broad chest, and then pulled the trigger fiercely, and soon a long tongue of fire burst out of the muzzle, and at once swept five or six American soldiers who were preparing to charge.

However, the two days of fierce fighting also made the inexperienced American soldiers experience elite soldiers, and they knew very well that every automatic fire point of the Huo Jiajun was a sharp weapon that hindered their advance, so soon five or six grenades were thrown towards Wang Pu, and the heavy machine guns located in the rear of the American ** team also began to shoot here.

The soldiers on both sides used their weapons to fight to the death, and the battle became more and more intense! )