The sun never sets in America

Chapter 282 Russian-Turkish Storm: Alaska

The Balkans, the front line of the Russian-Turkish war——

Boom boom——

Artillery fire covered the entire battlefield that had been "turned over" many times. Thousands of soldiers from both sides gathered on this small battlefield. They used their flesh and blood to block the bullets fired by the other side and fought to the end. , wars often end with bayonet charges.

The smell of corpses and putrefaction was mixed together, and mixed with the non-stop smoke, giving people the feeling of being in hell, but being pulled back to the world anytime and anywhere.

Behind the war are military observers from various countries. Lieutenant Colonel Hong Tao sent by the Han Dynasty was talking with Prussian Army Colonel Mars. The content of the conversation between the two parties was generally "bloody" and "too long."

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, I believe that this war will ultimately end with Russia's victory."

"After all, in my opinion, it is difficult for the Ottomans to last long on such a cruel battlefield. I can't even guarantee whether they will have the courage to fight for another three months. After all, the war has only been over ten days, but they have already More than 50,000 soldiers were lost."

Mars pointed to the "gray" and beggar-like Ottoman troops with a hint of contempt in his tone.

In his opinion, this group of Ottomans still have a rudimentary understanding of war. Even though they use the most advanced weapons in the world, their fighting will and "rigid" execution system make it difficult to truly use these weapons. To the extreme, this was intolerable to this Prussian aristocratic officer with "Feng" in his name, so much so that he said in front of Hong Tao:

“It’s really hard for a group of farmers to carve wooden boards!!”

When Hong Tao on the opposite side heard this, he smiled, and then said: "Colonel, although they are a group of farmers, as long as they pick up their guns, they are soldiers, no matter whether they are cowardly or incompetent, this Nothing is important, what is important is that the Ottoman army is still there and has not surrendered yet, which is good for all of us, isn’t it??”

Mars was "dumb" for a moment, then seemed to realize something, and immediately replied: "Yes, you are right, they are indeed a group of useful farmers, just like the shepherd dogs on the prairie, no one expects them to defeat the wolves. , I just hope they can pass the news to the owner and delay it for a while before the owner arrives."

Listening to Mars' "metaphor", Hong Tao said nothing, but continued to "observe" the battle ahead.

Next to him, Mars saw that Hong Tao had no desire to continue talking, so he continued to "busy" with what he was going to do, collect more information about the Russian army, collect it, and finally send it back to Berlin.

In his latest war record he wrote:

"Compared to the Ottoman army, the biggest shortcoming of the Russian army is logistics. If their logistics could reach Prussia, even if it was about half the level, they would not be like now, losing at least 40,000 people and still being on the periphery of the Balkans."

"Of course, if I were a Russian general, I would not hesitate to order the officers responsible for logistics to be shot. Every one of them is guilty!!"

"Leaving aside external problems such as logistics, the overall quality of the Russian army can be described as inefficient. In the Russian army, I can't see any meaningful tactics. Only Ula after the artillery is over, as if only Ula can Just like letting the Russians win, although this style of play is very barbaric, I have to admit that it is somewhat useful, especially for the timid Ottoman army, it is really a mouse meeting a cat."

"To sum up, the Russian army is a third-rate army in Europe in terms of combat and logistical weapons, but in terms of population and madness, they are a second-rate army, even very close to a first-rate army."

"And if you want to deal with Russia, you have to exhaust the polar bear first, and then use the sharpest dagger to kill him."

When Mars wrote this paragraph, it happened to be the beginning of a new round of "Ula".

The final result was very Ottoman. The Ottoman army lost 3,000 people in exchange for a temporary "retreat" of the Russian army.

Of course, the word retreat was said by the Ottoman newspapers themselves, and a word was used in the reports of military observers from various countries, that is: "blocking".

After fighting for several days, the Russian army, which added a large number of troops from the rear, "regrouped" and threw more than 80,000 soldiers into Yassen, which had already conquered one-third of the city.

We want to use our greatest strength to sweep away the first and most important line of defense into the Balkans.

Because of the large-scale mobilization of the Russian army, the Ottoman army was forced to mobilize more than 60,000 soldiers to participate in the defense of Yassen.
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Wow---

In the dark bunker, a burst of "dust" fell and sprinkled on the soldiers' caps. These Ottoman soldiers were the defenders of Yassen. They had been here for more than seven days, which made them feel "lucky" at the same time. , also felt a bit of panic. After all, for them, as the Russian offensive became more and more fierce, their life time had also reached the countdown.

This can be seen from the "smoking rate" that has obviously surged in recent days. Although the Ottomans were a true religious country, the Turks themselves were not that religious.

In the eyes of many military officers, it is permissible to break through certain "bottom lines" during war.

After all, hookah is also smoke, and cigarettes are also smoke. There is no reason why cigarettes are sinful, but hookah is not.

"Whoosh", an Ottoman soldier leaned against the cement wall, curled up in the small "bunker", surrounded by soldiers like him. The smoke filled the air and finally covered everyone's eyes until there was a "boom" , and with a "swish" everyone picked up their rifles, ready to fight the Russian army after the gunfire ended.

This situation is very common for them, and can even be said to be a "normal" thing.

In these seven days, they experienced it many times and even had some conditioned reflexes.

"Tap tap", when the footsteps approached, everyone tightened their grip on the lightning rifles in their hands, and even the bayonets flashed a faint cold light through the sunlight that "came through".

"Wow!" Everyone rushed out. After firing the first shot, they began to stab the Russian "cattle" face to face with their bayonets.

stab-

When the bayonet was inserted into the chest of the Russian animal on the opposite side, before the Ottoman soldier could feel happy, he saw a cold light flash through his chest, and his chest felt as "cold" as the Russian soldier on the opposite side.

When the blood-stained bayonet was pulled out, the Ottoman soldier fell to the ground in a "trance". In the end, he died in a foreign country called Yassen that he had never been to, guarding the so-called "empire". land.

When these Ottoman young people shouting "Long live the true God" and "Long live the Sultan" meet Russian young people who also shout "God bless", "Ula", and "Tsar Daddy", the result is destined to be disastrous.

As one Ottoman officer himself said:

"This war is just a piece of shit, and it is a war between shits. The competition is nothing more than who is smellier and who is more disgusting. Other than that, it has no meaning!!"

But in such a "disgusting" war, more than half a million young people from both countries are fighting each other. It may be true as the saying goes: "In the face of war, you have no right to choose, you can only choose to accept it. And win!!”
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Xijing of Han Dynasty——

There was a huge crowd in Xijing City. Because it was Saturday, there were obviously more people on the streets today than on weekdays.

On the street, adults are holding children, and young men and women are playing a game of "holding hands" to test each other.

If you add in the Xijing Zoo and Xijing Grand Theater that are currently queuing up, you can't even feel any atmosphere about war, even if the Han Dynasty has already taken a very obvious side.

But the war seems to be far away, and there is no smell of war smoke at all.

Of course, even if there is a war, it has nothing to do with these ordinary people. After all, there is a group of people who are observing the direction of the war all the time.

When they learned that Yassen might not be able to hold on, the Han cabinet held an emergency meeting overnight to discuss the next step. Finally, after rounds of debates and after being handed over to Liu Peng, they got the agreement and finally realized it. A decision was made to bypass the Imperial Parliament and enter a state of war.

[The latest parliamentary system of Han Dynasty has the power to supervise wars to ensure that wars will not be launched indiscriminately, but these are actually a direct bypass through imperial power]

The wartime status of the Han Dynasty is divided into three levels, which are further divided into A, B, and C. Level A is the highest level of national mobilization. The army has the right to allocate materials and personnel nationwide, as well as the right to requisition.

Even military conscription is mandatory.

This was only used once, during the Sino-American War.

Class B is actually a reduced version of Class A, with similar powers, but limited to certain areas, mainly transportation and military industry.

Transportation actually means recruiting railways, highways, merchant ships and other means of transportation, as well as traffic roads and even related sea areas.

Military industry actually means production and research and development, all related to weapons.

As for the third level, at best it is a wartime situation, but at worst it is actually a local response method, mostly concentrated in overseas territories, etc. Lan Fang’s behavior last time was somewhere in between, and it was also before the war started. It must be approved by the cabinet or the emperor.

The current wartime state is actually the second level, that is, a limited allocation of resources. It is similar to the Han-Ba War period. It is a local war and is far from a full-scale war.

In other words, for Han, Russia is not "qualified" enough.

When the second-level war started, especially in the west coast area, it was obvious that rows of military supplies were dispatched to the seaport. The garrison in Liangzhou received military orders to participate in the war and were asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.

At the port of Jiangxia, the home fleet squadron arrived from Shazhou Port for the first time.

(Port of Seattle)

When nine huge behemoths with a basic displacement of more than 3,500 tons entered Jiangxia Port, it was in the afternoon. At this time, and because of the weekend, there were many people on the port, some of them on the beach. There are tourists playing and basking in the sun, and some are workers and heads of export companies who maintain order on the docks.

and local officials. "Mom, look!"

"Mom, what a big boat..."

A little girl of about seven or eight years old with a ponytail and a one-piece swimsuit pointed at the nine large ships entering the port and shouted excitedly.

Next to her was a woman about twenty-seven or eighty-year-old, wearing a floral dress. The woman was holding a little boy biting a rubber pacifier in her arms. When she saw several huge warships, she also "Stupefied" for a moment, then lowered his head and said:

"Nana, this is a warship, the kind that can fire cannons."

"Mom, can I drive a warship like this in the future??"

the little girl asked innocently.

The woman obviously didn't react. Then she looked at the little girl below and replied softly: "Okay, our Nana will be Hua Mulan in the future!!"

"Mom, what is Mulan??"

"Hua Mulan, she is..."

On the beach, the conversation between the little girl and the woman continued, while the naval ship anchored in the port was making final preparations.

On the pier, Lu Mushan, the commander of the Arctic Ocean Fleet who had just stepped off, shook hands with the local "people" and exchanged a few pleasantries before making his request.

First, requisition local hospitals and ships.

The second is to require the construction of a military camp that can accommodate 10,000 people to supply the troops in the rear.

For these requirements, the local government meets all requirements and handles them as quickly as possible.

The reason for this is that the expenditure this time is borne by the cabinet, or in other words, the finance. Since this is the case, "spending more" is not too much, right? ?

Lu Mushan had no control over these "doorways" in the officialdom, so he simply continued to look at the charts and check the battle plan over and over again.

Two days later, a regiment of the Marine Corps arrived at Jiangxia Port.

When the Marines wearing blue and white military uniforms and carrying tactical backpacks came down, no matter how stupid they were, they knew that something big might really happen.

For a time, rumors of "going to fight", "who to fight", "fighting the United States", "fighting the British", "fighting the Russians" were circulating throughout Jiangxia City.

There is no local explanation for these rumors. After all, it is better to know this kind of thing as late as possible. After all, it is considered "confidential".

On May 28, nearly a month had passed since the war between Russia and Austria began. During this period, the two sides engaged in meat grinder-style fighting and almost brutal casualties.

It ended with the Russian army occupying Yassen and opening up the Balkan channel.

With the influx of Russian troops from the rear, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before the Balkans were completely lost.

Moreover, with the defeat on the battlefield, the low confidence of the Ottoman army was severely damaged, and the war suddenly seemed to have returned to the Eighth Russo-Turkish War.

In the Black Sea and the Caucasus, the Russian army frequently exchanged fire with the Ottoman army.

Everyone understands that the Russian army is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to completely occupy the two Ottoman principalities in the Balkans, and finally launch a thorough attack until they get everything the Russians want.

In such a critical situation, the Ottomans used almost all diplomatic resources in the hope of persuading Britain and France to join this "just" war.

But what is different from the original time and space is that the Ottoman resistance lasted longer due to the addition of Han.

The situation in Europe has also changed. Britain and France really want to intervene, but they are afraid that the other party will benefit, so they have delayed it until now.

Faced with this situation, the Han-Austria Treaty finally worked, and Han had to join in the pressure on Russia in advance.

And this is the main reason why Jiang Xia is so busy.

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Vancouver Island, Canada…

When the Canadian Governor Olson came to inspect and learned that the Han fleet was heading north, he was a little "surprised" at first, and then returned to normal.

And inform the following to prepare to accept those "poor" Russians.

Looking at the rough coast, Olson said this inexplicably:

"When an angry polar bear is hunting, kicking it at this time may be counterproductive!!"

On the sea off Alaska, a good show of regular troops attacking merchant ships is taking place.

Boom boom...

When dense and powerful artillery shells explode on the hull of an armed merchant ship, it also represents the end of everything.

Looking at the sunken Russian armed merchant ship and several patrol ships, Lu Mushan on the flagship Li Guang did not even have a slight fluctuation. He just smoked the almost "extinguished" cigarette over and over again, and finally issued an order:

"Cover the landing!!"

The concise words, coupled with the shells hitting the Alaska Harbor, coupled with the "tenacious" resistance of the Russian forts, created a real blockbuster.

When the Marines entered the Russian stronghold in Alaska while squatting with guns in hand, they saw Russian colonists hiding behind snowdrifts and sneak attacks on them behind wooden houses, as well as a few old-fashioned artillery shells that could still be fired.

Beyond that, there is nothing.

Boom! !

Bullets flew in the sky, taking away one living life after another.

The moment the Marines successfully landed, the Russians had already lost. Even if they had relatively complete artillery batteries, what use could those "corrupted" artillery shells have in the bitingly cold Alaska? ?

The final result was often one-sided. It took the Han Navy and Marine Corps five hours to occupy the entire Alaska coastal strongholds, as well as the Russian strongholds inland.

It is estimated that they can only be left to "fend for themselves" for the time being.

After all, the Han Dynasty was "very busy" and did not have time to cross the ice and snow to fight a group of "robbers" and then get some useless "furs".

When the dragon flag of the Han Dynasty floats over the ice and snow of Russian Alaska, it also means that the connection between Russia and America is interrupted.

Russia will lose America in the foreseeable future, forever.

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(End of this chapter)