Volume 11, Thunderbolt, Chapter 72, Straight into the Heart of America
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The debate made Zhao Gang feel the tricky things. Even the 2nd Normandy Landing, which was amazingly large, was not as difficult as the previous landing. The Normandy Landing Campaign took place at 66:30 on June 1944, and was a large-scale offensive launched on the battlefield of the Central Alliance in World War II. The code name of this combat operation overlord|444 was launched on June 6, and ended after crossing the Seine-Marne River on 819. Although this battle is more than 60 years away, the Normandy Campaign is still the world's largest maritime landing campaign, involving nearly three million soldiers crossing the English Channel to Normandy, France.
Although it is huge in scale, in fact, Americans only need to pass through the narrow English Channel to send their troops. However, compared with the English Channel, the distance between China and the United States is an extremely wide Pacific Ocean. This is not a small strait, but a number that requires ten thousand nautical miles to erase. The reason why the United States escaped the war in the two world wars was that these two broad oceans accounted for a large reason.
Occupying the west coast of the United States is not a big problem, but what I found was helpless is how many people needed to defend this probe position. Moreover, in order not to allow Americans to quickly arrive at this land, an extremely harsh scorched earth policy was implemented in this area. Now it was Zhao Gang's turn to start frowning. After logging in, he could not find a place to supply. There was scorched earth everywhere. The results of the Americans' hard work for a hundred years were destroyed by wars in less than ten years, Zhao Gang stood up and moved the globe to find some inspiration.
North America is a huge continent, with an area of one-third more than South America, and its natural environment is much more complex than South America. In terms of shape, North America is like a huge bull head with two bull legs extending to the near the Arctic Circle. The bull's chin crosses the equator farther and reaches the southern latitude.
Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, two "bow hind legs" in North America encircle an inland sea, the Caribbean Sea
Although Mexico's hegemony in the Americas declined in 1850, the United States' hegemony was born immediately, and the Mexican War was the first manifestation of this new hegemony. In 1648, the US invaded Mexico and occupied all the territory south of the Viagra.
Mexico lost nearly half of this battle, and only retained a "cow calves" west of North America's "cow shank" - a relatively small one, with a territory of only 1/7 of that of the United States. This is thanks to the geographical advantage: the Mexican mountains that run across the "cow shank" in the west are towering into the clouds. The southern foothills are even more steep and steep, which is definitely an insurmountable obstacle for invaders who attack from south to north. The bold plan was released like this.
The first step in the "Stealing Plan" is to use this cow leg.
After a few more sways, Mexico finally turned to China. Historically, since the exchanges between China and Mexico have been very harmonious since the East and West began to exchange. The Mexican government was very disgusted with the Americans. In that American-Mexico War, the United States mobilized nationwide to forcibly plunder the largest state in Mexico. This time, China promised that if Mexico joined China's side, it would restore the territory that Mexico lost in the US-Mexico war after the war.
The Mexicans are very hated to Britain and the United States on the same continent, but are very friendly to China, which is far away from the ocean. Now China proposes to use Mexican territory as a springboard and launch an attack south of the Mexican Mountains, which is exactly in line with Mexico's desire to avenge the United States, and hit it off immediately. The two sides agreed that the Chinese army landed in part of the Mexican Mountains in southern Mexico and attacked south. The Mexican government pretended to be deaf and did not interfere with our army's combat operations.
This very successful diplomatic move in the "Stealing Plan" caught the United States off guard. According to general military knowledge, landings are always chosen to be the closest place to the local area. The Chinese Expeditionary Force set out from Kaohsiung Port on Taiwan Island, and the closest place is the San Francisco area of the United States. Therefore, the US military set up a large number of airports 800 kilometers away, preparing to start massacre after the Chinese landed. The US Secretary of Defense arrogantly declared that "the Chinese will be killed like rats in the desolate western land."
Britain also believes that the war will begin with the invasion of the United States by Chinese troops, and then the British army will enter US territory according to the alliance to assist the US military in combat. France, another ally of the United States, believes that the landing operation of the Chinese Expeditionary Force will inevitably be surrounded by the superior forces of the United States and "suffered from doomsday massacre", even if it can be barely forced.
, and it will inevitably collapse under the continuous attacks of the United States' supporters. In this case, it may usher in a turning point in the war, take advantage of the great defeat of the Chinese army and reverse the unfavorable situation.
China unexpectedly landed from the Mexican Mountains in the north, which was 600 kilometers away from Pisa than San Francisco. The military staff of the three allies in North America did not expect that the Chinese army would land from here and start combat operations against North America.
On July 12, 1917, the Chinese Expeditionary Force successfully landed in a small valley on the seaside in the western Mexican Mountains under strict confidentiality, and then launched an attack on Louisiana, an important central American city in the south of the Mexican Mountains. After a fierce battle for a day and a night, our army successfully captured Louisiana, an important city on the west coast of North America. This news immediately reached Zhao Gang's ears.
"After landing on the 12th, our army immediately marched towards Louisiana. The British offensive was not prepared, and organized resistance quickly collapsed. At 15:00 p.m. on the 13th, our distant army command had advanced to the suburbs of Louisiana, and then launched artillery bombardment in the city, destroying the enemy's fortifications. The morale of the Pakistani army was low, and the city defense commander Talarna announced his surrender under the last passage of our army. Our army entered the downtown area of Louisiana at dawn on the 14th to receive services......"
"The American's head is flooded. Isn't this just taking off his pants and waiting for me to fuck me?" Zhao Gang laughed, "I knew these Johns were not beaten and didn't expect to be so useless..."
The subsequent reports were repeated, exaggerating the slightest losses of our army, how serious the blow to the enemy was, and the reports of celebrations held in various places. I swept it past, thinking about the importance of Louisiana.
For the landing party, the biggest problem is logistics supply. With a reliable harbor, a reliable supply channel and a reliable foundation to launch the next military operation. Louisiana is a transportation hub in North America. This place originally belonged to Mexico. Britain implemented colonial rule locally and was not popular with the people. It seems that the finishing work will be completed soon. Once the supply route is consolidated, the expeditionary force can further attack inland.
However, it was really a surprise to everyone. The US military was of average quality and well-equipped, but it had too poor fighting will. It had a huge number and could not compete with China's elite troops. If we attacked the US mainland directly from the beginning, with the combat effectiveness of the US military, our army would definitely suffer heavy losses. Even if we capture any port, it would be at the end of our strength and would be recaptured soon. Thinking of this, I began to admire the guys in the General Staff. It seemed that they were not completely merciless.
The next day, the newspaper began to report on the capture of Louisiana, and it was not an exaggeration to call it a news bombing. It is said that several local cities held celebrations, and tens of thousands of people marched on the streets with banners such as "We love our motherland". Zhao Gang did not think that this behavior had any significance, but it was not a bad thing to inspire people's morale.
The United States was naturally furious about this matter. According to the secret files of the United States exposed after the war, the US government's wishful thinking was to let China and Britain engage in a bloody war of attrition. They believed that Britain was not China's opponent, but at least it could consume a large part of China's strength. When Britain felt it was difficult, the United States would intervene as an ally to repel China, and if possible, attack China's local area. Even if it could not attack China, it would take the opportunity to intervene in the internal affairs of Britain and further increase the United States' international status. The best result was of course the birth of a new "American hegemony", but they themselves knew that this was unlikely, so they wrote "Strive for it".
As a result, this was just their wishful thinking. China took over an important military state on the border of Mexico. What made the United States even more embarrassing was that the local American army surrendered under the muzzle of China's main battle tanks without serious resistance. This was a great mockery of the US government's "The US Defense Forces are the most systematic and combat-effective army in the world."
The American people suddenly fell into a state of panic - Louisiana has always been called a solid fortress that does not fall and a hub of the US Pacific Defense Plan. Unexpectedly, the Chinese army took only one day to capture it. The combat effectiveness of the US military can be imagined. The US government had to cope with the heavy military pressure of the Chinese expeditionary force on the one hand and deal with the people who marched on the streets to ask the United States to withdraw from the Sino-Greece War. It was in a panic and had to send a signal to Britain for help.
Chapter completed!