The sun never sets in America

Chapter 374 American Civil War

Although the news of the fall of Helena has not yet reached the front line, the Han army on the front line has already moved due to the sensitive radio transmission of the Han army.

"Our army was besieged by a large number of Han troops. They were attacking us like crazy!!"

"Our unit is currently engaged in a decisive battle with the Han dogs. Please rest assured, Commander Heinxi. We must hold our position. The regiment has finished fighting. Go up, regiment commander. The division has finished fighting. I'm going!!"

"Even if we fight with bayonets, we must maintain the dignity of the United States!!"

This is the most American-spirited words that American four-star general Heinch has heard in recent times, and it is also the most touching words for him.

But after being moved, there is the cruel reality.

Just now, the hundreds of thousands of Han troops who were fighting and slowly playing positional warfare with "tacit understanding" suddenly rose up and attacked them crazily like they were taking gunpowder. You know, apart from the initial fight, In such a "crazy battle", after the two sides enter a stalemate stage, positional warfare is the mainstream of both sides.

According to Heinxi's calculations, the Han people should be waiting for news from the south. After all, the war has reached this level. In fact, everyone knows exactly what you are thinking.

The Han army's combat strategy is actually very obvious, which is to use the central part to withstand the main force of the US military, make a fierce attack on the left, attract the remaining US military forces, and finally exert force in the south to disintegrate the American rule in the southern states.

The top leaders of the United States also understand the current trend very well, so after the fall of Russia, they issued a death order and did not allow any more places to "lose ground".

For those overseas natives, except for some local nobles who could be used, most people had a "slave mentality". Using the natives as livestock was the norm, or tradition, of the Han army in the colonies.

"Both pulling and stroking, dividing the North and the South to promote the openness of the contradiction between the North and the South."

This war has actually brought the contradiction between the North and the South into the open, but everyone has to pretend not to see it and resist the "Han traitors" together.

In the early days, everyone tacitly agreed to keep the United States running. But after the New York Times tore off this "mask of hypocrisy" and coupled with the "unfairness" of the war, the contradiction between the North and the South suddenly became clear. noodle.

For prisoners, the Han army has a set of rules summarized over the years, which basically follow the three-class system.

And this was also the main reason why the northern factions wanted to be recovered by the South alone after the fall of Oklahoma. It was said to be "washing away the shame", but in fact it was intended to watch the South's jokes in front of the entire United States, in order to belittle the other party's " model".

For example, in the southern army, most of the generals are from the south, which is a very obvious signal.

Economic problems are the root of all problems. The huge difference in economic models between the North and the South makes it difficult for both sides to pee in the same toilet. However, because of history and real "threats", they have to make a certain degree of compromise.

Of course, in external propaganda, the Han Dynasty described the Northern Army as being more "qualified" and "moral" than the Southern Army, and described the Southern Army as "inferior", "backward" and "barbaric".

Moreover, military ammunition, capture and other logistics were provided by factories in the north, while the south only provided part of the manpower, food and cotton.

The authoritative media in the North, the New York Times, is one of the best. The newspaper once used the sentence "Southern cowards" resounding throughout the United States.

The situation in the United States will naturally affect the situation of the war. This is why the Han army dared to take risks on the left, because it saw that the south could not cause trouble on the right to break the siege of the north.

Although it is basically impossible to have an emperor among them, it can be seen how quickly the attitude towards prisoners changes.

The North hopes that the South will provide people and money, and then start the industry of the North, and take advantage of the old opportunity of the war to prosper the industrial and commercial economy of the North.

This is the biggest "contradiction" between the North and the South, or it is an old problem since the founding of the United States. The differences in economic structure between the North and the South have led to the fact that the fundamental contradiction between the two sides has never been fundamentally resolved.

Although this "honeymoon" was also a fake honeymoon, it did indeed change the destiny of the United States and even the entire Americas.

Even lions are not at odds with each other, and this is basically obvious. This is why Lincoln used the words "unity" and "collaboration" many times in his speech to Congress in the middle of the month.

After many battles, the Han army would differentiate between northerners and southerners.

Among them, the attitude towards the US military in the north is always better than that of the US military in the south, which is mainly reflected in food and other treatment.

This is the local paradox that Liu Peng said to Liu Yu. He once jokingly called the current situation in America a war between a "tiger and two lions."

From a supply perspective, the North almost dominates the South. This unequal pattern naturally leads to the outbreak of conflicts between the two sides.

The fundamental reason is still because of the "softness" or "appeasement" of the Han Dynasty in the war. In essence, it hopes to promote the internal disintegration of the enemy's army and reduce the enemy's fighting enthusiasm and will by preferential treatment of prisoners.

But in fact, the real purpose is for the population, or slaves who can be consumed wantonly by northern factories.

In this protracted war, of the total US$500 million spent, at least 300 million were provided by the North, and the rest was provided by the South.

But in this time and space, due to the strong intervention of the Han State, the conflicts between the United States and the United States not only did not break out, but instead entered a "honeymoon period of cooperation" to a certain extent.

The South's idea is very simple, that is, "protect me". At least give me more weapons and ammunition so that I can protect myself.

Although he later issued an apology under pressure from Lincoln, the conflict between the North and the South was indeed made public.

If these are considered "internally negotiable" issues, then Han's actions can be regarded as naked favoritism.

In order to reduce production costs in the north, and thereby gain a price advantage in international trade competition.

But in the face of the US military, so-called kindness alone is not enough. To use Dong Ziqin's report before the war:

Although on the surface, the North and the South are blowing "patriotic slogans" loudly, they actually have their own agendas.

Some people in the northern forces just don't want to "do it in vain", or they want to use the war to transform the south in order to free the slaves, which they have worked hard for many years, but to no avail.

But defending the southern states is just empty talk. Otherwise, if the South relies on its own strength to resist hundreds of thousands of Han troops who are like "cougars", isn't this going to force those southerners to become independent? ?

As president, Lincoln knew very well the situation the United States was currently facing.

But the apparent peace cannot conceal the fundamental contradictions.

Originally, according to the history of the original time and space, the conflict between the North and the South in the United States would fundamentally erupt, triggering the Civil War that affected millions of lives.

In the early days, due to the irregularity of the prisoner system, the standards for prisoners were sometimes good and sometimes bad, and some senior officers ridiculed them as "sometimes a slave, sometimes an emperor."

Although this so-called release of black slaves was under the banner of "morality" and was euphemistically called: "American spirit."

And this is the main reason why for both the North and the South, the Northern Army has always enjoyed second-class treatment, and the Southern Army has always been treated as a third-class, almost slave.

As for the second level, it is actually the total "rules for the use of prisoners", or usage, in the wars over the years.

In the earliest days, in order to maintain military expenditures, it was common to plunder indigenous people and secretly exchange them for war funds.

This led to endless quarrels between the North and the South. Even now, when Lincoln is calling for Americans to unite, because of the Han Dynasty's deliberately divided treatment of prisoners, there are still many people in the media from the North and the South who are arguing endlessly.

Just as Dong Ziqin, the commander of the right army, reported: "The US military in the south is content with the status quo, unable to regain Russia, and has no intention of confronting our army. It seems to be at odds with the north. If our army attacks the left at this time, it will surely make a difference! !”

Just like what Chief of Staff Yuan Qing said at the beginning of the battle: "If you pass through the snowy mountains and conquer Helena quickly, then the army will move forward. If you don't build a successful attack, you will never return!!"

Now, the snow-capped mountains have passed, and below Helena, all the army has gone out, leaving only "contributions".

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Da da da! ! !

The sound of machine gun bullets, accompanied by the sound of "shell casings" falling to the ground, constantly appears in this small but extremely important "119" highland.

This highland is a position controlled by the infantry battalion of the 15th Han Division. It is considered an important "eye of the formation" in the entire war.

"Click, click, click." The machine gun that was so majestic and sparking just now suddenly paused. When he lowered his head, he saw that there were no bullets.

With a "click", the bullet chain was reattached, and the clicking sound sounded again, like a symphony. Just now it was just a "low" in the middle, and now it is a "change of tone."

Under the machine guns, a large area of ​​the American troops that had just rushed up instantly fell down, and the remaining ones were basically eliminated by the infantry.

When it was over, the corpses on the outside and inside of the entire position were piled up as high as the mountain. In the words of the battalion commander of this position later, it was "the mountain road was filled with corpses" and "a ghostland."

"Pa", Commander Wilms of the US 7th Division directly broke his pipe and cursed angrily: "Damn it, what kind of brains do those people in the purchasing department have? Han Chinese machine guns have been around for so long. They It’s actually not copied yet!!”

"I think they just want to use the blood of American children to consume the ammunition of the Han people!!"

Weems was very disappointed that there was still no "machine gun". In his opinion, machine guns were not high-end weapons, and at least their technological content was definitely not as high as that of battleships.

A country that can build world-class battleships can't build gadgets like machine guns. This is a big joke in Wilms' opinion.

He even doubted whether "corruption" had occurred.

In fact, Wilms doesn't understand the development of weapons very much. According to the development process of a weapon, it can be roughly divided into three parts.

The first part is the experiment, which is the accumulation of research data, which is considered a breakthrough.

The second part actually means that we already have a nearly finished product, but it still needs a lot of experiments and correcting the flaws.

The third part is finalization, and finally production.

The process of mass production is not that simple. First of all, the production line is not that easy. What's more, it is a large-scale production line. The mold type alone takes a lot of time, and even more Not to mention the other more time-consuming tasks of training workers, recruiting engineers, and even participating in management.

Each of these requires a lot of time.

This is why, until now, the US military still does not have a decent machine gun. In addition to the difficulty of imitating the machine gun itself, the main reason is "production".

As a professional soldier, Wilms did not understand the twists and turns involved.

But this does not prevent Wilms from scolding those damn "civil servants" over and over again, those guys who talk nonsense before taking the stage but turn out to be nothing after taking the stage.

In fact, not only Weems, but the entire US military's desire for machine guns has now reached its extreme. Even the stupidest and most conservative officers know the power of machine guns.

There were even cases where Han army machine guns were seized and treated as treasures, but they were reluctant to use them.

A small machine gun became a huge "gap" between the two sides, dividing their strength to a new level.

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On the battlefield, the "clicks" and "roars" continued, accompanied by blood and life, composing a large-scale "stage play".

It's just that this stage play is performed with human lives.

On the battlefield, the scene was basically like this. The Han army mainly attacked and the US military mainly defended. However, in some important places, it was reversed.

Basically, on the battlefield in Montana, the Han army is still in a dominant position. The most important reasons are the weapon gap and the strategy.

If the birth of the machine gun was to make bullets as powerful as artillery shells, then the Han Army's compilation of machine gun attack guides truly maximized the advantages of machine guns in offense.

According to the standards of the Han army, a machine gun will be equipped with at least twelve to sixteen infantrymen for cover and increased mobility when attacking.

During an attack, there will often be seven or eight soldiers attacking around a machine gun. In essence, it is necessary to exploit and protect the firepower advantage of the machine gun as much as possible.

Considering the vulnerability of machine guns to mortars, when the attack comes, there will be an observation team of about four people to observe the movements on the opposite side at all times. Once any abnormal movement is discovered, they will either move or call the gunners and sharpshooters to snipe.

In general, the Han army's current offensive basically revolves around machine guns, whether it is mobile warfare or trench warfare that better reflects the value of machine guns.

They are all the exploration and practice of machine guns by the Han army.

The Han army's strategy is also more flexible than the US military, which is currently on the defensive.

At the beginning of the war, Li Zihao used "flexible" and "rigid" to describe the Han army and the US military in his petition.

He even described the previous situation as "the dominance of the war lies with Han, not the United States."

Because of this sentence, Li Zihao had to explain it countless times to prove it.

Now it seems that the real argument is not in the court, but in the war.

In this war, the Han army basically dominated the direction of the entire war. If the Han army attacked the south, the United States would be divided between the north and the south.

If the Han army attacks the left, the US military will have to face the problem of protecting the north or the south.

If the Han army moves, the beauty will move. If the Han army does not move, the beauty will be useless. This is the normal state of the entire war.

This is also the reason why the Han army has become larger and smoother in recent times. On the contrary, the US military has become more and more difficult to fight.

As the Supreme Commander of the U.S. Army, Hoffman Capone, wrote in a letter to Lincoln:

"The strength of the Han army is actually not too different from ours, but their war concept is at least ten years ahead of ours. What they have, machine guns, are very good, but they cannot completely dominate the war. What really dominates the war Yes, we are currently passively defending. If the Han army wants to attack, we will defend. If the Han army does not attack, we will not fight. If this continues, if we do not fight, we will lose!!"

This is the case on the Montana battlefield. The penetration of the Han army is not too strong, but it is always stuck in the weakest place of the US military. The same is true in the defensive areas. It is "solid as a rock" and makes the US military fall to the ground. tooth.

The war, from beginning to end, has always revolved around the Han army's baton, and it has never changed in the slightest.

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"The US 7th Division has been divided and surrounded by our army."

"The U.S. 12th Division has withdrawn from the war due to heavy losses."

"Currently, there are eight divisions from the 11th, 3rd, 6th, 20th to 25th, totaling more than 120,000 people confronting our army."

"The remaining hundreds of thousands of American troops are basically stuck on the center line and cannot move."

In the command post, the staff officer holding intelligence documents was reporting to all senior officers the intelligence on the current battlefield.

Among them, the main report is the "Northwest Side" that is currently leading.

As for the southeast, where large US military forces gather, it is still in a stalemate, which is what Li Zihao calls "big eyes staring at small eyes."

"Our army currently has basically no difficulty in wiping out this U.S. military, but the final price of wiping out this U.S. force of hundreds of thousands must be the U.S. military's conservatism in subsequent wars."

"I'm sure that by then they will cling to it and turn into a shrunken turtle."

Yuan Qing's mouth showed "sarcasm" inadvertently. He knew very well the characteristics of this group of Americans. They were arrogant when they won and discouraged when they lost. This was their "daily operation".

But they are not without their advantages, that is, they follow what is good. Once they really encounter difficulties, they can easily fall into a kind of "conservatism", or "stick to it".

This is also the reason why Yuan Qing said that he should avoid annihilating the US troops on the northwest side, because he was afraid that the US troops would be so painful at once that they would not play again next time.

"I see, one sheep is driven, and two sheep are led."

"Since 120,000 people are afraid of them running away, we won't let them run away this time."

Li Zihao said immediately, and the eyes of those senior staff officers and officers who were well versed in the art of war brightened.

"General Li means to use these 120,000 people as bargaining chips??"

Yuan Qing followed up and asked.

Li Zihao said nothing, but he said everything.

(End of this chapter)