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Hearing his words, Boregard nodded, and from the young man's name, he knew that the little guy in front of him was a German-American. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Rummenigge, I know you're a brave warrior, right?"

Looking at the commander's majestic and encouraging gaze, Karl Heinz Rummenigge couldn't help but straighten his back and plucked up the courage to reply loudly: "Yes, Commander!"

"Okay, so now tell me what's going on on the front lines?" Finally, Pierre Beauregarde's tone couldn't help but reveal a hint of sternness. There is no way, the urban environment is staggered, which hinders Boregaard's line of sight, and the backward intelligence system, which can only be transmitted by manpower, makes it impossible for him to understand the situation on the front line at the first time and make targeted layouts. It's just too painful for a commander-in-chief.

"Yes, Commander! Artillery, lots of artillery!" said this, Rumenit's face couldn't help but show a look of fear, "At nine o'clock this morning, the enemy concentrated more than two hundred artillery pieces and launched an artillery bombardment of our position for nearly two hours, and the 36th Division of the 6th Army, the 45th Division of the 14th Army and the 78th Division of the 24th Army that defended the Ruhr neighborhood with us, lost more than half of them in the enemy's bombardment, and our division was located outside the range of the shelling, so the losses were small. However, the squadron, with the cooperation of those airships in the sky, then launched a large-scale attack on our defensive line, because we had no heavy firepower, and the heavy machine guns were mostly destroyed by the enemy's small-caliber artillery, so in less than two hours, we lost half of our troops......!"

"Whew!" Pierre Beauregarde's face, which had become so bad from the bad news, that he exhaled a little better.

As the squadron's foothold on the south bank of the Mississippi River became more and more stable, the consequences of his army being blown up and most of the warehouses of military supplies were finally revealed. In the face of more and more artillery and large-scale shelling by the Chinese, the US **** team could not come up with any means of countermeasures. The only dozens of artillery pieces were also bombarded by airships, and they were completely lost. Although it is blocked by the terrain of the city of Memphis. But with only the rifle in hand, it will not stop the Chinese for long.

"Commander, let my cavalry charge again at night, maybe we can destroy the Chinese artillery positions!" Joseph Pershing, after the young communications soldier went out, couldn't help but say.

Hearing his words, Pierre Beauregaard's eyes lit up with a hint of emotion. But after thinking about it in the end, he shook his head, "John." We have already tried this method, in fact, the Chinese have long expected our deployment, and I believe they will not give us this opportunity!"

Hearing this, Joseph Pershing's face couldn't help but show hatred, his teeth were even more clumsy and gurgling, and he scolded the cunning squadron commander in his heart. Because when the Southern Front of the Huojia Army first concentrated large-scale artillery to launch artillery bombardment on the Americans stationed in the city of Memphis, they used to send cavalry to destroy the Chinese artillery.

Moreover, in order to avoid the huge airship in the sky, they deliberately chose the time at night. But. Obviously, the Huo Jiajun had long been on guard against them, the only mobile unit within the US Southern Front Corps, and concentrated a large number of light and heavy machine guns in advance, so that the unaware Pershing cavalry troops crashed head-on. Although, in the end, he found out that something was wrong and gave the order to retreat in time. However, the backward command method still made his Third Cavalry Corps and the Independent Sixth Cavalry Division pay nearly half of the casualties, and in the end less than 20,000 cavalrymen were able to come back alive!

"Harry, order that the 42nd, 59th, and 64th Divisions support the 56th Division, and that the squadron must not be allowed to cross the Ruhr block, otherwise we will be in danger!" said Pierre Beauret.

The Ruhr neighborhood was originally the most prosperous commercial area in Memphis, and it is also one of the oldest neighborhoods in Memphis, not only the Graca Church, Juan Battista Church, Docalmo Church, Neves Church, and San Bento Church, which were built in the 16th and 18th centuries AD, with gorgeous interiors and beautiful paintings, but also many commercial buildings built in the mid-18th century because of the prosperity of the cotton and slave trade. This is the city center and the commanding heights of the whole of Memphis, and if Chinese occupy this neighborhood, then any military movement of his Southern Front Corps will have no secret from the other side, if they carry artillery up to the roof of the building and launch a condescending artillery bombardment......!

Pierre Beauregarde shook his head, a sight he would never want to see.

"Commander, if these three divisions are transferred to the front line, what will happen to the defense line in our rear?" Since the largest military warehouse in Memphis was blown up by the Huo family army because of their negligence, Pierre and the headquarters of the Southern Front Army have deliberately strengthened the defense of the rear!

"I don't care about that, the key now is to hold the Ruhr neighborhood!" After a pause, Boregard turned abruptly, "General Pershing!"

"Yes, Commander!"

"Now I'll give you a mission!" paused, "Immediately gather all the cavalry you have at your disposal now, bring a week's worth of supplies, and set off immediately this evening! Attack northeast along the railway, and cooperate with General George's reinforcements, repel the Chinese cavalry, and reopen the railway!"

Now the troops in his hands have lost more than half of the troops in the squadron's attack for more than half a month, and in addition to the light and serious wounded, there are less than 150,000 units left in combat effectiveness. The reason why the U.S. Army on the Southern Front suffered such heavy losses in the face of military superiority was that the military supplies they had stored here were blown up at the beginning of the war, and the almost inexplicable airships in the sky blew up all the remaining heavy weapons such as artillery. Let them fight only with rifles. And now the ammunition has also begun to be scarce, if the contact with the rear cannot be opened as soon as possible, then the remaining US ** team will not collapse because there are not enough supplies and ammunition!

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"Tick-tock......!" The continuous crisp chirping of the wireless telegraph, the telegraphers running back and forth kept handing over the received codes to the front desk, and then there were special telegraphers who parsed out the telegrams one by one according to the codebook, handed them over to the confidential staff officers, and conveyed them to the headquarters. After several years of application and development, coupled with Huo Shan's guidance, Huo Jiajun's internal radio intelligence transmission has formed a complete system.

"Report that the Southern Front Corps has telegraphed that they have captured the western and southeastern neighborhoods of Memphis, annihilating five American divisions and 80,000 men! ”

"Report, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th Cavalry Divisions have jointly called, they have now retreated to Jackson Town, but they have been attacked by the 3rd Cavalry Corps coming out of the direction of Memphis in the rear and the reinforced cavalry units of the US Army on the southern front.

"Report, the railroad patrol force reports that within a week of the US attack, they have repelled several small units of US troops! But there are still five railroads that have been blown up by the US military!"

"Report, the Southern Front Corps telegraphed, they hope that the later department can send them another 5 million rounds of light and heavy machine gun shells, 500,000 rounds of mortar shells of various calibers, 200,000 rounds of light and heavy howitzers of various calibers, and 200,000 rounds ......of shells for large-caliber fortress guns!

"Okay, you can say it, what does this guy want from Diao Fei?" Wu Guangzong waved his hand and asked with a smile.

"If there are 100 Kunpeng-class airships, if they are not enough, 50 will be fine! Two new-style independent artillery divisions, or 300 new-caliber artillery pieces!" After finishing speaking, the confidential staff officer, who had just graduated from the Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy this year, immediately handed over the telegram in the folder to Wu Guangzong's hands like a hot hand.

"Diao Fei, this kid has a lot of appetite, he has a thick skin, and he has a good eye, so he actually pulled up all the good things at once!" In the entire command of the American Theater of Operations, the people who dare to call Diao Fei, who has been promoted to lieutenant general and served as the commander of the Northern Front Corps, except for Wu Guangzong and Wang Xiangzong, who commanded the Memphis campaign thousands of kilometers away, there is only the civilization who served as the political commissar of the American Theater!

Hearing this, Wu Guangzong also smiled and nodded, the Kunpeng-class airship has shown enough value through the battle of Memphis, but it is a pity that there are only twenty-four Kunpeng-class airships in the entire army, although after actual combat, the War Department has once again placed an order for one hundred ships to the Taiping Military Factory, which developed and produced airships. However, although the construction of airships is not as complicated as shipbuilding, the first airship will be delivered for at least three months, so there are currently no new airships in the entire theater of the Americas to enter the war.

As for the new artillery divisions and the new 75mm, caliber guns, the reason why they are so popular is that they all use the latest hydraulic booster system.

The weight of the new guns was reduced to half because of the elimination of cumbersome gun mounts, making them lighter and more maneuverable. In addition, after the introduction of the new hydraulic booster system, the rate of fire of the gun has also been greatly improved, taking the new 75mm field gun as an example, the previous frame retreat gun has a maximum rate of fire of only 15 rounds, but the new barrel retreat gun has doubled the rate of fire to reach a maximum rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute. And the accuracy and accuracy of shooting has also risen significantly.