Chapter 698: Feints, Rifts
This war has attracted the attention of almost all countries in the world, and naturally it has attracted the attention of almost all the people in the world.
Since the outbreak of this war, both whites in Europe and blacks in Africa have developed a good habit of listening to the news every day.
Of course, the two groups of people listen to the news in different ways. White Europeans can listen to the radio and buy the newspapers they want.
But in addition to hearing about the Tao, the black people in Africa can only listen to their feelings about the news when they are working for their own employees.
It is not uncommon for one country to single-handedly take on almost the entire world at any time, even in previous world wars.
At that time, Germany was so powerful, didn't it still have allies like Italy, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria?
What's worse is that Germany has so many allies that have not won that world war, let alone the United States, which has almost single-handedly achieved 1v30.
It is precisely because of this that when the United States will be defeated in the war has become a topic of concern for the people of various countries.
Especially in European countries, many people are already praying that the United States will be defeated soon, and their own countries will earn a lot of benefits from the United States, and then use the funds to alleviate the economic crisis at home.
At this moment, the United States, which has the courage to single-handedly challenge the whole world, has become a savior in the eyes of Europeans. Although the courage of the United States did not impress the Europeans, the huge industry and advanced economy of the United States impressed these Europeans all the time.
Of course, for Africans, they may be more hopeful that the United States will win the war.
After all, compared with Europe, which discriminates excessively against blacks, although the United States is also discriminating, the situation of blacks can be regarded as human beings in general.
If the coalition army wins, the only country among the great powers that recognizes black citizens will be gone.
If these blacks want to regain their rights, they may have to wait for Lincoln in other countries to appear.
The perspective is pulled back to the United States, and the United States at this time has re-entered a busy state.
Of course, the government and the people are busy from a completely different angle and purpose. The U.S. government is busy trying to win the war, and at least to get some head start on negotiating with other countries.
The majority of Americans have the same busy purpose, either to escape to the countryside far away from the city and important transportation roads and facilities, or to take an ocean liner directly away from the country that is about to be filled with gunsmoke.
As for whether they will be nostalgic for the United States, where they have lived for a long time? This kind of thing may only be clear to their own hearts.
But even if we are nostalgic for the United States, it is definitely not for the US government and the rule of President Hoover, but for the land of the United States and its own property.
U.S. government.
Recently, President Hoover finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the U.S. government printing a large number of dollars, these currencies that almost fell from the sky attracted a considerable number of Americans to join the military.
At least in terms of face, the total number of US Army personnel has exceeded 300,000, and the number is still increasing.
The first batch of more than 100,000 recruits had already been put into the battlefield to defend against the Canadian offensive from north to south.
In fact, the situation is exactly what the American military expected. Canada's army of more than 10,000 people was only a feint, and their attack on the northern part of Augusta had stopped, and they were constantly fighting a war of attrition with MacArthur's army.
Although the larger U.S. troops prevailed in the long run, they succeeded in dragging 30,000 U.S. troops to Augusta, drastically reducing the number of soldiers that the U.S. army could mobilize.
The Battle of Augusta lasted just over a week before the combined forces launched a new campaign in the Canadian region.
There were many more troops involved in this battle, and it can be seen from the attire of each army that this was a truly united army, containing more than 50,000 soldiers from Britain, France and other countries.
Compared to the feinted Canadian army, the purpose of this combined army's offensive is simpler, but it is more deadly to the United States.
The purpose of this army was not to threaten the eastern seaboard cities of the United States from south to north, but to plunge directly into the heart of the American heartland from the Great Lakes region.
While the U.S. and Canada borders are mostly straight lines, the Great Lakes Canadian province of Ontario is like a sword in the heart of the United States.
The area has direct access to New York and Boston, two of the largest cities in the northeastern United States, and is of great importance.
Even further south, it could threaten the capital of the United States, Washington, which is also the heart of the American power apparatus.
Because of this, from the very beginning of the campaign, this combined army directly stormed Buffalo, opening the way for the combined forces of the Great Lakes region to penetrate into the heart of the United States.
Although the United States has also deployed troops in the Buffalo area, the number of troops is far from the number of combined forces.
This is actually quite normal, after all, the US army at that time was only about 200,000, and more than 100,000 were trained.
Even if the remaining 80,000 people are deployed only on the border with Canada, it will be absolutely impossible to take care of all the border areas.
More U.S. troops were deployed directly in Scranton, west of New York, Burlington, west of Boston, and of course, Augusta, which had already entered the offensive and defensive battles.
Such a deployment of troops was naturally impossible to stop the combined army, and by July 28, the combined army had already attacked Binghamton, east of Buffalo, and was only a hundred kilometers away from New York.
The purpose of this army is not Washington for the time being, after all, it is still too risky to go it alone. Attacking Washington will have to wait until more troops come together, and the United States is also a great power after all, and it deserves to be treated with caution by the combined forces.
The purpose of this army was to attack New York to the east, and even if it was weak, it would have to attack Boston, and encircle MacArthur's army with the army north of Augusta.
As long as the 30,000-strong US army commanded by MacArthur is eaten, there will not be many so-called veterans left in the US Army, and all the remaining are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness will naturally be much weaker.
July 30, 1928, U.S. government.
A meeting on the Army's operational plan was held at the White House with the participation of President Hoover, Secretary of State Lighters, General Pershing, MacArthur and other senior military officials.
"Generals, this is the most critical moment for the United States of America. All the disasters of the past cannot be compared with today's, and we must unite to overcome this disaster as one.
If we can win this war, I will do everything in my power to repay your support. But if we lose this war, guys, we will be American sinners and be etched in American history.
I believe that neither the government nor the military want to see the United States perish.
Whatever our previous relationship was, for now, I hope that we can unite and not bring our dear Motherland to the brink of extinction. At the conference table, President Hoover looked at the top of the military and government with a serious face, and said passionately.
It's a pity that this speech obviously did not impress the top military and government leaders sitting in the audience, and they did not even cooperate much on the surface.
President Hoover's face turned cold, and the passionate look just now disappeared in an instant, turning into the conceited and proud man: "General MacArthur, how is the situation on the front line now?" ”
After the second offensive by the coalition forces, MacArthur's forces grew from 30,000 to 70,000.
This also meant that, with the exception of a few defensive positions, the troops in the northeastern part of the United States were almost entirely in MacArthur's hands, and his battle plan was the most important thing for the United States.
MacArthur sorted out the materials by himself, and when he saw everyone's eyes and President Hoover's gradually cold eyes, MacArthur stood up and said indifferently: "At present, the enemy has been blocked by us in the Scranton-Binghamton-Burlington line.
As long as the enemy does not increase his troops, I am confident that the current enemy will be kept out of the defensive line. ”
As early as after the Washington tragedy, MacArthur and President Hoover had a lot of contradictions.
President Hoover wanted to put all the blame on MacArthur, and MacArthur also wanted to throw the blame on President Hoover.
This not only created a grand occasion in which the president and the chief of the army staff threw the blame at each other after the Washington tragedy, but also made many American people feel cold about the government.
After all, in the eyes of ordinary Americans, the military is subordinate to the government, and the top administrator of the government is President Hoover.
In addition, MacArthur did have President Hoover's order, although this order was somewhat inconsistent with MacArthur's approach, but the mobilization of troops was indeed an order from President Hoover.
Because of this incident, President Hoover lost the trust of the people and strengthened the military's power to a certain extent.
At least for now, even if President Hoover and MacArthur have a lot of contradictions, President Hoover still does not have the courage to remove MacArthur from his post.
You must know that MacArthur already has more than 70,000 US troops in his hands, which is more than one-fifth of the total number of US troops at present.
More than half of the 80,000 veterans in the United States are controlled by MacArthur, and if MacArthur really has any ideas, I am afraid that the recruits trained by the United States alone will not be able to stop MacArthur's actions at all.
The size of the army in his hands made MacArthur no longer take President Hoover seriously, and President Hoover finally tasted the bitter fruit that President Coolidge had tasted, that is, the threat to his political rights brought about by excessive indulgence.
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