readx; Chapter 267: The Third Division Arrives

"The Great Lakes region has a large population, dense cities of all sizes, and developed industries, and almost every city can bring us a lot of trophies, but there are not many American ** teams stationed in so many good places, isn't this putting salted fish in the cat's mouth? Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Haha, you Diao Fei, now you are the deputy commander of the theater, and you are also leading a regular division with nearly 20,000 men, why don't you frizzy Xingzi know how to change!" Deng Shan, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but laugh and scold.

"Hehe, I can't change it!

"Hehe, Commander Deng, don't talk about him! Because of this big swagger, I don't know how many times I have been taught by the young master. But this guy still goes his own way, and he chokes the young master enough, so he doesn't care about him anymore!" "Xi Yong and Diao Fei, who have just served as deputy political commissars of the American Theater, are both one of the first batch of 98 officers recruited and trained by Huo Shan when the Huo Family Army started, so they also know each other!

Wu Guangzong smiled faintly, he had also heard of this Diao Fei from the young master! The military talent is very high, but Xingzi is a little impatient, and he still lacks training! In this war with the Americans, Huo Shan deliberately transferred the Eighth Division to his command, just to use the war to build this piece of jade into a real handsome talent!

"It seems that the task given to me by the young master is not easy to complete!" Wu Guangzong touched his chin, looking at Diao Fei who was excited, he couldn't help but think secretly in his heart.

"Commander. Now the three Marine Divisions have arrived! Do you see where they are being strengthened? Is it us, or is it the Chief of Staff of the Southern Front!" Deng Shan said.

With the setting of the Military District of the Americas. As well as the recruitment of a large number of black servant armies, the original north and south armies have also been changed to the formation of the front army!

After listening to his words, Wang Xiangzong looked at the map of the United States on the table, and after a brief consideration, he said: "Let's let them all come here first! There is no railroad connection for thousands of kilometers from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and even if there are bicycles, it will take three or four days, and then wait for them to go to New Orleans, the headquarters of the Southern Route Army. I'm afraid it will take at least a week, it's too long!" Wu Guangzong said as he took the long wooden pole on one side and drew a large circle in front of the large map of the United States hanging on the wall!

"You see, now our occupation zone is the three western states, and the major cities along the Zhongyāng Pacific Railway and the Southern Pacific Railway, and the entire occupation zone is like a man with two hands open! One of our main strategic tasks is to bring these two hands together and sweep away all the factors of instability west of the Mississippi River!"

"Commander, do you mean that we will encircle the north and south and the east and west, and occupy all the American cities west of the Mississippi River in the United States?"

Looking at the excited expressions on everyone's faces, as well as the look of anticipation revealed in their eyes, Wu Guangzong shook his head lightly. "Yes and no! We are indeed going to take all the American cities west of the Mississippi River, but only the Southern Route Army is really going on the offensive, and this is our mission!" he said as he drew a large circle on the map, "the area east of the Mississippi River and its tributary, the Ohio River, between the Great Triangle. That is, the area along the Great Lakes, where the Americans are richest, is the target of our Northern Route Army's military operation!"

"Commander! Our Eighth Marine Division is willing to be the vanguard of this eastward advance force!" At this time, Diao Fei was holding dual duties. His position as division commander was not removed because he was promoted to deputy commander of the American theater of operations!

"Don't worry! This time the troops will definitely not be without you!" Wu Guangzong patted his broad shoulder and said with a smile.

After speaking, Diao Fei, who didn't care about himself, turned his head to look at Deng Shan, who was standing on the side, and asked, "How is the training of our black servant army?

"The first batch of 40,000 black servants, after more than a month of training, has initially possessed combat effectiveness! At least they will not hear the sound of gunfire and run back! As for the second batch of 80,000 ......!" Deng Shan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, "They are really stupid! It has only taken more than half a month to distinguish between left and right! Compared with our own soldiers, we can become a qualified soldier in three months, and we can become Jing Rui in one year! These black men are really far behind! Even if they undergo our rigorous training, it will take them half a year, or even a year, to reach the combat effectiveness of our fighters for three months!"

There is no way to do this, because the three major races in the world, if they rely solely on physical fitness, then the blacks will never say anything, but now is not the era of cold weapons in the past after all! The first thing a sharp army must have is a certain amount of wisdom and comprehension! Whether it was World War I or World War II, why did the Germans' armies give people a sense of being formidable, and the armies of the three major world powers, Britain, France, and Russia, lost their armor and threw off their armor! They had to look for helpers all over the world! A very important reason is that the Germans attach great importance to education, and highly educated soldiers can learn all kinds of complex weapons of war very quickly!

In 1880, Germany's education expenditure had already reached 1 percent of the gross national product, and in 1900 it had risen to %, while in the same period in France and Britain had only 1 percent! By 1911, Germany, with a population of only 63.56 million, had more than 62,000 national schools! There were 10.34 million students enrolled, with an average of one primary school for every 1,024 people! The level of universal education in Germany was higher than that of any capitalist country in the world at that time!

In the two wars, Germany used these high-quality talents, cāo controlled the use of Jingzhan German technology, produced several war weapons, and fought in the east and west, France, Britain, the United States, Russia, and later the Soviet Union used repeated defeats again and again, so that the world remembered the strength of the Germans!

Of course, there is also a country very similar to the Germans, and there is that small country in East Asia! The same emphasis on education, the same madness, the same toughness! Although their industry is limited because of the small size of the country and the small number of people, the quality of their soldiers is second only to the Germans!

Of course, this is also why Huo Shan has always insisted that the soldiers of the Huo Family Army must study hard to read and write on the first day of enlistment! Only soldiers with knowledge and their own ideas can become excellent soldiers!

However, these black people in the United States were originally of low status, and in addition to farming and the strength to work hard! They were basically illiterate! Therefore, they who lived in the United States and were able to eat and clothe themselves did not know to rise up to resist until a hundred years later, when they had knowledge and culture!

Now these blacks are basically just elm pimples, and it is so difficult to train them into a sharp army!

"Then there shouldn't be any problem with them patrolling and maintaining order in the city, right?" Wu Guangzong also understood that it was really difficult for blacks to train them into qualified soldiers in a short period of time, so he didn't think about sending them into battle at all!

"That's fine! Although they still don't know how to use rifles, there's nothing wrong with revolvers!

"Well, that's it!" Wu Guangzong nodded, "Lao Wen, are all the combat materials of our troops ready?"

Wen Wen, deputy political commissar of the Pacific Military Region, is also the political commissar of the Huo Jiajun expeditionary force, but some time ago, after the Huo Jiajun swallowed the Hawaiian Islands in one bite and established Hawaii Province, he stayed there to temporarily act as governor and handle the administrative affairs there! Now everything has stabilized in Hawaii! He was also officially appointed as the political commissar of the American Theater half a month ago!

"Don't worry! There is no problem! Weapons, equipment, and ammunition are already ready for you! 200,000 bicycles have also been delivered, enough for all of your troops!" Although railways in the United States, especially east of the Mississippi River, extend in all directions, and transportation is very convenient! Not every place is connected by railroads! Therefore, bicycles that can greatly increase the speed of the troops' movement are still indispensable!

After listening to his words, Wu Guangzong nodded with satisfaction, "Did the army headquarters agree to the telegram we sent last time?"

"We have already agreed! Now that the machinery and equipment have been shipped to San Francisco, and we have received a large number of workers from the United States! The construction of the arsenal and steel plant for the production of rifles, bullets, shells, and mines has begun, and I believe that in two months, our logistical pressure will be reduced by more than half! However, our application to immigrate to the three western states of the United States and to build a railroad from Seattle to Los Angeles has not been approved!"

"Well, the Government Council disagrees, or is it ...... the military department!" "If we can quickly immigrate here, then Huo Jiajun will be able to completely gain a foothold here, and these people can be regarded as expanding their territory! Moreover, the construction of a longitudinal railway in the three western states can also strengthen the ties between the three places, and link the two armies of the Huo Jiajun in the north and south by rail, forming a whole! If Canada had not belonged to the British Commonwealth, Huo Jiajun would not have been able to do too obviously, and he would have applied for the extension of this railway line to Alaska long ago!

In addition, no matter how you look at his two applications, they are beneficial to Huo Jiajun, but why didn't they pass!

"The Government Council and the Military Department have agreed! It was the young master who personally ordered it, so our application was not approved!"

"Young Master?" Wu Guangzong asked in surprise.

"Yes! But after reading the battle plan for the entire theater of the Americas that we have drawn up, the young master gave us a deadline! As long as we can keep the Americans east of the Mississippi River within a year, then he will not only agree to our application this time, but will also send troops to the United States again to help us!" Wen Wen finally said with a smile.

"Commander, isn't it just a year? With the little military strength of the Americans, there is no way to break through our defense line at all!" Diao Fei, who was standing on the side, said with some leaps.

Wu Guangzong nodded silently, staring intently at the world's fourth-longest river running through the north and south of the United States, silently!

Seeing him like this, the other people in the war room looked at each other a few times, and then they all fell silent!