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However, in the internal artillery system of Huo Jiajun, there are only two calibers of 75 and 105 caliber body guns that have been successfully developed, because the recoil of the caliber heavy howitzer is stronger, and there are new requirements for the structural strength of the gun carriage and the stability and material strength of the new hydraulic booster system, so if you want to come up with a caliber of body barrel artillery, Huo Jiajun still needs to wait for a while. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoTherefore, in the wireless telegram sent by Diao Fei this time, there are only these two calibers of artillery that you want.

"Tell Diao Fei, I can give him the ammunition he asked, as for the Kunpeng-class airship, the artillery division is even more impossible, as for the new artillery, let him come back next month!"

Although there was a lot of ammunition in the telegram, with machinery and equipment and qualified workers from the Americas, the Salt Lake City Arsenal, which had been under construction for two years, and the Phoenix Arsenal in the south, were already fully capable of producing all kinds of weapons and equipment in the current Huo Jiajun. Of course, because the new body-barreled artillery has just been successfully developed, the output is not too high, and now the Huo Jiajun's several major military factories that can produce artillery can only provide 50 75mm guns and 25 howitzers per month!

"Commander, why don't you communicate with the military headquarters and ask them to transfer the twenty-four Kunpeng-class airships of the Navy to us first. In addition, at this time, there was no major war in the navy, and their use of airships was nothing more than patrolling the waterway. In the past, the Feiyan-class airship was enough! Lend us the Kunpeng first, and then return it to them when the new airship rolls off the assembly line!" said Pang Wanchun, deputy chief of staff of the American Theater of Operations, who was standing on the side.

In the Northern Front, the Americans concentrated 800,000 troops to attack us, lost the line of defense on the river, and went from Corey to Erie. There are still 45 kilometers of land defense line, and the defensive pressure on Diao Fei and his team is too great! If they can have more airships, then they will be able to suppress the powerful artillery regiment of the Americans, and this will play a great role in reducing the defensive pressure of the army on the northern front and the casualties of the soldiers. Civilization chimed in.

"Hmm! I'll leave that to you. Later, I will personally send a telegram to Minister Huo Long!" Wu Guangzong is not his mother-in-law's person, so he quickly made up his mind!

"What do you think of the other telegrams?" Wu Guangzong asked again.

"Commander, I think the second, third, fourth, and seventh independent cavalry divisions should be withdrawn!" said Xi Yong, deputy political commissar of the American Theater of Operations.

"Tell me your reasons!" Wu Guangzong did not rush to express his opinion.

"Yes!" After a pause, Xi Yong picked up his baton, came to the large strategic map hanging by the wall, pointed to the situation map of the two sides on the southern front, and said: "Now the vanguard cavalry of the southern reinforcements of the United States has reached the periphery of Jackson's small town. And from Pershing took the initiative to lead the remaining cavalry of the American Southern Front Corps to the west. It can be seen from the operation behind our flanks that the remnants of the American forces inside Memphis have made contact with the reinforcements in the rear! This means that Pierre Beauregarde has understood the current situation on the battlefield. He knew that as long as his troops held out for a little longer. Then we can wait for the rear reinforcements to arrive, then our encirclement will no longer exist, and they will also regain military supplies and restore their combat effectiveness! He will naturally hold on tightly, so the US ** team will be extremely tenacious in defense in the next period of time, which will bring a large number of casualties to our attacking troops on the southern front! This is no longer our original strategy!"

Hearing this, a group of senior officers within the headquarters nodded in unison, although in the battle of Memphis for most of the month, the southern front corps of the Huojia Army took advantage of the superiority in weapons and equipment to eliminate nearly 200,000 American troops. But the attacking side also paid the price of more than 50,000 soldiers killed and wounded. If it weren't for the fact that most of the U.S. troops were recruits who had only been trained for two years and had no war experience, and their will to fight was not strong, I am afraid that the Huo Jiajun would not have paid this price in the urban siege.

"In addition, although the Americans are now putting the main direction of attack in the north, the strength of their midline corps is still strong, and they also have nearly 70,000 cavalry with very strong mobility, although we have our defense, blocking the large-scale attack of the U.S. midline corps, but in the face of thousands of kilometers of defensive line, there are always loopholes in our defense!"

"Moreover, it is winter again, and a large number of American cavalry units have come to our rear by means of frozen rivers and destroyed our railway lines and logistics, which has had a very serious impact on our current warfare. Although we have repeatedly sent troops to clear it, no matter how fast the two legs are, they are not as good as the four legs. The only way to deal with cavalry is cavalry. Therefore, I think that the four separate cavalry divisions of the Southern Front should be brought back, and as long as they exist, they will be able to compensate for the lack of mobility of our troops. ”

"In addition, the Southern Front Corps has been fighting continuously for nearly a month, and now the American reinforcements have caught up, and there are still 150,000 troops in Memphis City, and it is impossible to destroy them in a short time. Moreover, this also coincides with the overall strategic policy of the military headquarters!"

After Xi Yong finished speaking, he took a breath, and after feeling a little thirsty in his mouth, he picked up the enamel water tank on the table and took two sips.

"What do you think of Lao Xi's opinion?" Wu Guangzong asked as he looked at the crowd who were secretly thinking.

Originally, the purpose of our first attack on the southern front was to force out the Americans' hidden rear hand, but now this military goal has been achieved. Moreover, we have also achieved the result of destroying more than 200,000 enemies, which is already beyond our expectations, and now that the US army's support corps is almost in Memphis, we don't need to take the initiative to attack anymore!" After a pause, "the most important thing we should do now is to withdraw our troops, recuperate and recharge, and take the initiative to wait for the Americans to come and touch our iron wall." Yan Jiye, deputy chief of staff of the American Theater of Operations, also agreed.

"Lao Wen, what is your opinion?" Wu Guangzong turned his head again and asked.

After flicking the cigarette ash and taking a puff, Wenming twisted the remaining cigarette butt in his hand with the sole of his shoe and put it in the ashtray on the side. The old habit he has developed over the years has not changed his old habit of using the soles of his shoes to extinguish cigarettes," I agree with Lao Xi's opinion. After a pause, Wenming's eyes looked extremely profound, "I remember that when the young master explained the strategic purpose of this battle of the Americas in the telegram, he once said that for this war, what he wants is not to win, but to maintain an undefeated draw, and it doesn't matter if he even loses one or two games." As long as the balance of power in the war of the Americas is maintained and the American team is held east of the Mississippi River for more than a year, then we will win this war!"

"Therefore, this war has only just begun, and we still have to fight in the future. Therefore, what we are thinking now is that we should try to preserve our forces when blocking the Americans from crossing the river, rather than taking the initiative to attack. Therefore, the withdrawal of troops on the southern front is beneficial to the overall strategic situation of our Americas!"

Hearing this, Wu Guangzong nodded indifferently, he understood that the strategic purpose of this American War was to use the war to consume the development potential of the United States, and to urge Britain to recognize that the land west of the Mississippi River belonged to the Huo Jiajun. Now all wars in the theater of operations in the Americas must be fought around this strategic purpose!

"Send a telegram to the headquarters of the Southern Front Corps and the independent 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th cavalry divisions, and ask them to retreat immediately after receiving the telegram order!"

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"Whoosh...... Boom!" The heavy howitzer slammed into the positions of the 1st Regiment and 3rd Battalion of the 55th Division with a characteristic scream, and the waves of air and shrapnel that exploded removed a layer of soil, trees, and sand and gravel within a radius of 30 meters around the bullet point. Although the maroon gunpowder filled with the internal artillery shells of the US army is not as powerful as the TNT explosives loaded with Huo Jiajun's own artillery shells in terms of explosive power, the power of the heavy artillery shells is not bad.

However, the commander of the third battalion, Lu Zhendong, who graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy in 82 and has been two years old, did not show the slightest shock or surprise in his eyes, and firmly grasped the telescope with both hands and stared at the battlefield in the distance. Although the darkness of the night blocked his vision, with the help of the fire of the shells, he could still see the movement of the enemy troops two hundred meters away.

"Let the brethren prepare, after this wave of shells, the Americans should attack again!" Lu Zhendong commanded.

"Yes, battalion commander!" said the signal soldier and ran out with the order. With the cover of tunnels and tunnels, as long as the shells of the Americans happen to fall into the tunnel or within five meters of the tunnel, then these shells are not too threatening to the soldiers of the Huo family.

"Battalion commander, it seems that the Americans have reversed the past and used these methods! After fighting for more than ten days, it is still the same as the artillery covering and the infantry charging!" Xia Haiqiang, deputy commander of the third battalion, said with a slight contempt in his words.

Hearing this, Lu Zhendong shook his head and said: "No, the tactics of the Americans are not without progress, at least they have learned from us about the skirmish line attack, and they have also begun to realize that the concentrated application of artillery will open the way for the army's attack! Moreover, from their position arrangement, we can also see some shadows of us!" All this means that the US military commanders are not stubborn and stubborn, they are rapidly drawing from us what is good for them to strengthen themselves, they are improving, and they are becoming more and more difficult to deal with!"