Pittsburgh Front

Relying on Pittsburgh, the U.S. military has built a field front of hundreds of kilometers, which is about 270 kilometers long and more than 10 kilometers deep through Grove City to Summit on the Great Lakes in the north, known as the "Pittsburgh Defense Line", which is the last lifeline of the United States of America (North).

Why?

More than 600 kilometers east of Pittsburgh is New York, and 396 kilometers southeast is Washington, D.C., and the current American Union (North) has become a slender strip from north to south along the East Coast, concentrating nearly 10 million people and the last essence of the American land.

If you lose, you will naturally have nothing.

The new commander of the Colorado Corps, General Fan Pengfei (promoted), was standing on a high ground from afar, surrounded by a large group of senior generals, who were observing the artillery fire with serious expressions.

From the day before yesterday

The Battle of Pittsburgh has begun, in the face of the superior artillery fire of the Tang Empire, the pitiful artillery fire of the Pittsburgh defenders was quickly disabled, and the monotonous and earth-shattering cannon sound of the M1860 48-pounder mortar gun sounded every 7~8 minutes, smashing the reinforced concrete fortress that the northerners had worked hard to build, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties.

Two days in a row

Five M1860-type 48-pounder coastal cannons rained more than 1,300 shells of astonishing power, which had already blown up the impregnable defensive fortresses of the entire defensive line, and looked even more desolate.

From the early hours of this morning

On the attack front, where heavy troops gathered, more than 630 field artillery pieces of various calibers joined the bombardment, and in the four-and-a-half-hour artillery bombardment, nearly 120,000 shells were again poured into the US position, which was detonated with flames.

A terrible horn of attack sounded

The black-pressed attacking army rushed forward as soon as the artillery fire ended, capturing the first-line and second-line positions of the American army all the way, and encountered stubborn fire resistance in the third-line positions, and the attacking troops withdrew after a little temptation.

At this time, the artillery divisions in the rear were adjusting their firing positions forward, and thousands of corpses of officers and soldiers could be seen in the 2.6-kilometer-wide wilderness of the second-line and third-line positions, most of them soldiers of the attacking Imperial Army.

As the commander of the First Army, General Fan Pengfei was accustomed to seeing more cruel and bloody scenes, and his expression was not moved in the slightest, but looked at all this coldly.

The Colorado Corps took advantage of the opportunity to capture the first and second line positions outside Pittsburgh of the American Army (North) and inflicted a large number of casualties on its living forces, causing a total of about 34,200 enemy casualties and severely damaging the strength of the Pittsburgh defenders.

The cost of thousands of casualties is well within the scope of bearing.

The casualties of these officers and men were not without value, and the strong pressure of the offensive forced the American troops to expose the artillery positions in the rear and the fire points of the fortified bunkers, which were now marked on the map by the trained corps artillery staff, and would soon return fire with heavy artillery fire, smashing his tortoise shells one by one.

The attack on Pittsburgh was based on the strategic need to kill and injure a large number of enemy living forces.

Today's Pittsburgh Defense Line and Pittsburgh, a fortified industrial city, are the fatal points of the United States of America, no matter how much it costs, it cannot be lost, it can be said to be the last lifeline, once it falls, it means that the whole war has entered the final countdown stage.

The latest intelligence available to the Corps shows that;

The United States of America is in the midst of a final extreme mobilization, with men from 12 to 60 years of age carrying guns, hundreds of thousands of black slaves who have fled north, and some able-bodied women being drafted to form the National Guard and women's volunteer teams to defend their homeland and protect their traditional ways of life and beliefs.

Reinforcements from the brigade were rushing to Pittsburgh on foot to replenish the rapidly bleeding defenses and make a last-ditch desperate effort.

This is exactly what the decisions of the Empire's top brass need to be, and to turn Pittsburgh into a gigantic mill of flesh and blood, it depends on how much confidence and determination the American Yankees have invested in this bottomless pit.

The Chang'an Cavalry Corps behind the Colorado Corps is getting ready to go, and once the defensive line is broken, the Chang'an Cavalry Corps, armed to the teeth, will pour in like a tide, and it will be unstoppable.

Then, at the high speed of a cavalry assault, they would go hundreds of kilometers or more, burning crops and villages along the way, destroying factories, and exterminating anyone who dared to resist, which would exist on the vast eastern coastal plains, and give the Yankees nightmarish memories.

The mission of the Colorado Corps was to continue to tear through the entire defensive line, tear it to pieces, and reinforce the American forces in large numbers.

If necessary, it will cooperate with the Northern Corps to carry out encirclement and annihilation.

Fight until the Yankees lose the courage to fight, until the Yankees raise their hands in fear and surrender, and fight until the Yankees even have nightmares when they remember it, and they can no longer raise the slightest thought of resisting.

"Your Excellency, Honorable General, is every war you have fought so cruel?"

The crisp words sounded, this is His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin, the eleventh prince who has just turned 10 years old, he is wearing a small size second lieutenant uniform, and his childish face is full of big black and bright eyes full of curiosity.

Admiral Fan Pengfei changed his grim expression, rarely leaned down with a gentle smile, and replied in a soft voice; "Your Excellency the Duke, generally speaking, the battle scene will not be so large, this is already a large-scale battle of 100,000 people, such a battle will often last for several days or more, and the casualties of the warring sides are relatively large."

"Have so many of our soldiers died?"

"Most of them have died, and a small number of officers and soldiers are wounded, and we will do everything we can to treat the wounded, because they are warriors who have opened up territory for the empire and deserve respect."

"Seeing the sacrifice of so many warriors, I am really sad, can you tell my father not to fight, isn't it good for everyone to be happy together?"

"Your Excellency the Duke, His Majesty the Emperor has had nothing since the beginning of the army, and has laid down a huge country step by step, holding up a sky for our Chinese people in North America, creating a happy and happy homeland, and going through countless ups and downs and difficult journeys. His Majesty has said many times; An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood. Now I would like to send this sentence to His Excellency the Duke, and I ask you to keep it in mind in all circumstances, that every inch of the land is paid for with the lives of countless warriors. In this world, cowardice will be beaten, and power does not believe in tears. ”

"An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, I seem to understand a little." On the childish face of His Royal Highness Don Li Xin, there was a composure that was not commensurate with his age.

Children who grow up in the royal Newan receive the best education from an early age, are in a pervasive hierarchy, and mature much earlier than children of the same age.

After the experience of war and gunpowder, a rapid transformation began.

In their lives, nursery rhymes and childhood fantasies are rapidly receding, and the pressure to survive and thrive comes with it.

This is not only the pressure brought by the royal children enjoying the high position, but also from the appreciation of the father and the competition of the royal brothers, all of which are prompting the young royal children to mature rapidly.

After Admiral Fan Pengfei explained, he straightened up again and resumed his usual grim look, men naturally have their own set of methods for cultivating children.

The key is not to preach, but to let children experience it for themselves, see it with their own eyes, and think with their own heads.

Standing behind His Highness Don Li Xin were seven or eight young ensign officers, some twelve or thirteen years old, some fourteen or fifteen years old, all of whom exuded an obvious pampered aristocratic demeanor, and they were also silently watching the bloody battlefield, experiencing the greatest ideological subversion in their lives.

Even if you can't help but vomit, you have to stand up and continue to watch after vomiting.

These noble children are the companions of His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin, all of whom are from the top aristocratic families in the empire, and the oldest 15-year-old boy who already has fluff at the corners of his mouth is Liu Daqing, the eldest son of Prime Minister Liu Xianjun.

Don't look at His Royal Highness Don Li Xin is the eleventh prince, but because he is the third son of Empress Liu, he was awarded the Duke of Colorado, ranking third in the Tang royal succession, second only to the two brothers. His identity is far more noble than the eldest prince, the second prince, the fourth emperor, the fifth prince, and the sixth prince.

Just look at the fiefdom, His Royal Highness Tang Li Gan, the third prince, is the prince, who was awarded the title of King of Qin, and is the only prince of the Tang Empire so far, and the title of Duke of California is the most essential part of the Tang Empire.

The second son of the queen, His Royal Highness Tang-Li Kun, the seventh prince, was crowned Duke of the North.

The third son of the empress, His Royal Highness Don-Li Xin, the eleventh prince, was crowned Duke of Colorado, all of which were native provinces of the Tang Empire.

What about the other three dukes who were crowned princes?

His Royal Highness the eldest prince, Tang Li Yuan, was crowned Duke of Hawaii.

His Royal Highness Don-Li Geng, the second prince, was crowned Duke of Panama.

His Royal Highness Don Li Dian, the fourth prince, was crowned Duke of Alaska.

These three are all overseas provinces, and their influence and importance cannot be compared with the local provinces, and the key lies in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, and the importance is not at the same level.

None of those top nobles in the empire are stupid, and they almost broke their heads in order to compete for the companionship of His Royal Highness the prince of the lineage, aren't they all for the sake of the long-term interests of the family?

The child grew up with the prince from an early age, and this intimate friendship will last for a long time, and it is a precious treasure that can not be exchanged for anything, and as the empire expands, the national power grows and becomes more and more important.

The Tang Empire was different from the semi-slavery and semi-feudal dynasty of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the royal family treated the nobles more humanely, and would not shout and kill at every turn, nor would they regard them as slaves and maids to practice arbitrarily, let alone worry that they would be beheaded if they offended the saints.

As long as you don't commit treason and don't break the law, you can live a nourishing life all the time.

In this regard, similar to the Western feudal dynasties, the royal family of the Tang Empire was relatively enlightened, able to listen to opposing opinions, and knew people well.

But if you want to become an upper-class aristocrat who always holds power and enter the small circle of the core decision-making level, then it is absolutely not wrong to get close to the royal family, there is no thicker and more solid thigh.

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