The sun never sets in America

Chapter 432 Winning over the US military
Central North America, Kansas, Topeka...

"Five hundred meters down, three hundred..."

"Get ready to drop the bomb!!"

"start!!"

"Click", one after another, the latest model of 25 kilogram bombs, with the assistance of the loaders, fell slowly like a stone without a rope.

When the smoke from the explosion came, the airship in the sky continued to conduct observations, waiting for the final data confirmation.

"The wind direction is unstable, please descend again!!"

When this sound appears, it means that the bombing just now did not hit the target at all.

Of course there are weather and distance issues, but the real problem is accuracy.

In fact, not only airships, but even in World War I and World War II in the original time and space, the hit rate of bombs was not high.

"Ahem", the smoke dispersed, and looking at the artillery carts and machine guns that were shattered into pieces in front of him, Battalion Commander Carter said nothing. He just widened his eyes and watched the "Bomb Fish" leave with hatred.

And in the sky, as a newly produced airship from the factory, this airship code-named "Fifty-Six" has a fun code name "Gambler Fifty-Six". The reason why it is Gambler, not anything else, is The most fundamental reason is that when this airship left the factory, the then Navy Commander made a bet. If the bet failed, the Army would have to give up this airship, including the remaining airships, to the Navy.

Hearing that he was about to return, He Zhan shook his head impatiently and quickly flipped the joystick to directly reverse the entire Gambling Ghost. However, this reversal process was a bit too long and took about five or six minutes intermittently. Only then did we finally solve the problem of turning around.

This "qi" is so mysterious that it is impossible to explain it, but no one denies its existence.

But in this war, countless small cities like it were turned into rubble and ruins. In the words of some Han army officers, they were "the next garbage dump."

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These two simple weapons that can be carried by individual soldiers are simply sharp weapons in urban warfare. In just one day, the Seventh Army of the Han Army fell in this small town, with 4,000 soldiers and 4,000 lives lost.

Before the advent of navigation, aerospace basically relied on maps.

"It's so slow. There is no faster airship. If this thing is still so slow, let me tell you, sooner or later the Americans will hit us. Sooner or later..."

Tong Bingjun, who was looking at the map beside him, said nothing and just listened to his thoughts.

Topeka, like the city's founding history, is "short and sweet."

After all, even in ruins, there are bunkers, and they are even more terrifying than in their intact state.

When the Han soldiers stepped on the broken rubble, the first thing they faced was the ubiquitous machine guns and mortars.

But the essence of urban warfare is that even if you blow it up into a so-called "garbage dump", as long as the people inside don't surrender, the war will not really end.

Some people call this spirit the "Longwu spirit", but more people call it the "Qi of the Han Dynasty".

"Drip..."

Han Zhan's only problem is that he is "distracted". Whenever any issue is mentioned, he is prone to over and over again.

"What the heck, what a nonsense, let's return!!"

The beeping sound of the telegram suddenly rang out, awakening Han Zhan who was still dreaming of "new machines".

In the end, it was obvious that the Army won the bet. To commemorate this interesting event, the so-called "gambler" came out of Li Zihao's mouth.

The distance between the two sides may be just a street, a few hundred meters away. If it were placed a few decades later and various laser-guided bombs appeared, Churchill would undoubtedly die.

Just like a joke during World War II, Churchill was giving a speech on a certain street in London. A German bomber just happened to kill him and dropped the bomb, but it did not kill him. Why, because it deviated.

As his deputy, Tong Bingjun spread out the map on the table, lowered his head and looked down at the reference object, and finally gave a nearly accurate "vague answer."

Han Zhan held the joystick while asking about the return distance without looking back.

As the author of Longwu Thirty Years wrote in Longwu Twenty-Fourth Chapter:
"What is Qi and what is spirit? Some people say it is self-confidence, but in my opinion, this is the rising national destiny of the Han Empire. It cannot be stopped or deviated from. No matter how you look at it, it is there and will never be the same. will disappear!"

Han Zhan was born in the third year of Longwu. He had just turned twenty-one and was at his best age as a soldier.

The pilot of Gambler No. 56 is a young man named Han Zhan. The biggest difference between this young man and the original aristocratic pilots is that he is a serious commoner, and his family owns a "tofu shop".

As for the original state of an airship, it not only requires a map, but sometimes you also need to descend to see the direction and geographical conditions, the trend of mountains and rivers, etc.

There are countless young people like him in today's Han army. They all have a common characteristic, that is, they all live in the "Dragon and Wu Dynasty".

"A message just came from the rear, asking us to rush to the west side of Topeka immediately."

"Boom!"

But one thing I have to admit is the "spirit". This spirit is invisible and intangible, but it is distributed in every corner of the Han Dynasty.

There is a huge difference between prosperous times and non-prosperous times, and that is self-confidence. This self-confidence may come from the sustained economic development of the Han State, or it may come from the historical "miracle" of the Han army's victory in every battle.

"Let me see, it will probably take at least a little more than half an hour, no more than forty minutes."

Fortunately, the U.S. military at this time did not have decent air defense weapons. The only machine gun it had was a machine gun that could not shoot high, so it could only watch helplessly as this evil airship "shit" on their heads at close range.

Six bombs fell, kicking up a burst of dust like a dark cloud, covering nearly a hundred meters nearby. The thirty meters in the center were no longer any different from the "Sahara".

But in this era, airships are similar to bombers, and they do not have the weapons that bombers can carry. In fact, every bombing depends on the weather on that day, whether the wind is strong, and even the scale of descent will be determined in the future. Bombers can't compare.

"Stop adding more troops!!"

It is more likely to come from the atmosphere of society.

And soon, Han Zhan's thoughts were over.

“How long until we return??”

"Meaningless!!"

The commander of the Seventh Army, Guo Jingnian, is a typical literary general. He wears gold-rimmed glasses on his face, a cigarette in his mouth, and every inch of his military uniform has been ironed. To be his guard, the most important thing is to know how to Ironing clothes.

As a general from a scholarly family, even though Guo Jingnian had joined the Han army and was the second-ranked commander wearing two stars, he still could not change his "bookishness" when doing things. , always likes to say some "fake and empty words".

After giving the order just now, Guo Jingnian looked up at the sky. When he saw several airships flying this way, he shouted without hesitation:
"Tell those Peace Corps that their chance has come!!"

When the sound of "rumbling" resounded through the ruins, one team after another was separated. The Peace Army with white faces and blue military uniforms were driven into the "pig pen" by the Han army behind them. ".

When the machine gun sounded, Guo Jingnian from behind just looked at the falling Peace Army soldiers in the telescope quietly, doing nothing. For him, the lives of these people were not important at all, and even they themselves were cannon fodder.

Regarding cannon fodder, his always-held view is to use it if it can be used, and "destroy" it if it cannot be used.

Anyway, he must create value and squeeze out the oil. This is completely inconsistent with his family environment.

"Boom!"

When another artillery shell landed where the Peace Army appeared, Guo Jingnian couldn't help but give the order to withdraw the troops. For this kind of "cow-hide candy", he is still unwilling to pay too much price even if the price is a group of "second devils" who are not worth anything in the first place.

When the air and space offensive and defensive battle that lasted for an hour and a half ended, Guo Jingnian sent a telegram about the war to the headquarters in the rear.

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"This war is actually coming to an end faster and faster. Although those Americans are still resisting, one thing they have to admit is that the south can no longer fight."

"Once the Great Lakes region is lost, it doesn't matter whether the remaining eastern part or the central part we are fighting now."

Xu Hao, who had just been transferred to the Central Army as army commander, expressed his views on the war for the first time at a meeting of the Central Army's Supreme Headquarters.

Perhaps due to his experience in the south, especially "by the side of little Zhuge Yuanqing", Xu Hao gave people the impression of "confidence".

When Gao Gao didn't respond, Xu Hao continued:

"Just now, there was another stalemate in Topeka. The Seventh Army suffered a lot of losses. The Americans have a strong will to resist!!"

"But in my opinion, these are not problems. The so-called strong resistance is just a natural reaction, and even they themselves may not be willing!!"

"After all, who would want to die when you can live??"

Xu Hao's slightly humorous words caused a burst of laughter in the audience.

Then listen to:

"I personally believe that in many wars to come, we should not just use brute force, but also wisdom!!"

"What wisdom, wisdom between people, between countries!!"

"I propose that we formally contact the top brass of the US military, and even lower-level officers, and allow them some excessive conditions, including re-employing them..."

Xu Hao's remarks caused a "commotion" around him, and some people even raised sharp questions about the "reuse" he just said.

"General Xu, I know that you were a hero in the last war and even directly participated in the decision-making of the siege, but I want to know, what do you mean by reuse??"

"Should we recruit them into our army, make them redundant, or reward them with gold and silver, or even give them titles?"

"If they are not greedy enough and put forward one condition today and another condition tomorrow, how can we satisfy it? Once satisfied, it will be a big trouble in the future. If not satisfied, problems will arise..."

A lieutenant general named Zhou Zeng was the first to stand up and question Xu Hao's "win over plan", which all revolved around "interest distribution."

The opponents around us are all the same. Their idea is to give as little benefit as possible.

In fact, if you think about their thoughts carefully, it is actually easy to see.

After all, this post-war distribution is a big one. If one more group of people is divided, it will still be a group of "defeated generals". It is not cost-effective no matter how you think about it.

"General Xu, you just said that you need to negotiate and induce. I think your idea is good, but I don't understand one thing about your so-called negotiation. How to negotiate, who to talk to, how to negotiate, and how can you make them believe it? , and can you still agree to what we say?”

The commander of the Central Route Army, Ding Wei, was an old-school army general. He was one generation older than Li Zihao and Dong Ziqin. Even if they met, they would have to call them "senior".

As for what Wei Ding said just now, he actually understood very well how to recruit surrender, where to recruit him, what conditions to use, and how to make the other party trust him.

After all, if we cannot come up with effective conditions that are recognized by both parties, it will be impossible to convince the American generals who are currently "stinky and tough".

After all, it is risky for this group of people to surrender. They need a valid reason for their families at home and even for the soldiers below.

And this is the biggest difficulty at present, even more than the so-called conditions.

After all, conditions are nothing more than a question of how much meat to cut and how much food to share. If you share less, there will naturally be no one. If you share too much, people will come uninvited! !

The so-called "transaction" is a transaction, and the war itself is a huge transaction, but it is always in a state of fluctuation and game.

In the surroundings, voices about "not cost-effective" or even "failure" kept ringing. To sum up, they are not very optimistic about such a plan to persuade them to surrender. After all, if they were willing to surrender and had not surrendered early in the war, why bother to follow the Han army? To "persuade".

Xu Hao looked at the "old Jianghu" in front of him for a few times, and then answered:
"Actually, our promises to those Americans are just a mirror image, and they are the least guaranteed. After all, until the war is over, who can believe what we say or even the promises we make..."

"Even if we do this, it will make those US troops who are planning to surrender even more vigilant. The final result will be nothing in vain..."

Xu Hao first talked about the disadvantages, then changed his tone and said:
"Since ancient times, the name is not justified and the words are not correct. I would like to ask everyone, is the so-called Peace Army of the United States justified in name and correct in words??"

Although the people around are thinking about what just happened, it does not mean that they are incapable of reaction. How can a puppet army like the Peace Army and the Japanese devils be justified? The so-called peace is just a trick to deceive themselves and others.

It's okay to fool those stupid people, but those with a little bit of brains are "deceiving themselves".

After all, this so-called Peace Army has a "Second Devils" style from beginning to end. Even because of the nature of the Second Devils, in some conquered areas, the attacks against the Peace Army were even greater than those of the Han Army.

All countries and nations in the world have one thing in common, that is, traitors are more hateful than enemies! !
And this is not difficult for the well-informed "senior officers" present to understand.

"Then you think that what is justifiable and justified can't be done until everyone in the world knows about it, right?"

Wei Ding held the tea and raised his eyebrows as he looked at the young general in front of him, who Yuan Qing said had a "promising future", and was thinking about what he meant.

The other officers around are also waiting for Xu Hao's next answer. Obviously, although they don't agree with having another profit sharer in their hearts, if they can bring the war to a quick end and reduce more casualties, "surrendering" is not an option. It's not impossible.

Xu Hao picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip of the tea, which actually had no taste to him, and then said righteously:
“Why does the Peace Army have such a bad reputation among Americans? Is it really because it’s not good enough??”

"No, according to my observation, the Peace Corps is currently a common retreat for many US soldiers, and the same is true for some officers."

"But why they continue to fight life and death, in the final analysis, it is because of the two words "retreat", so-called success is also a retreat, and failure is also a retreat. Although the Peace Army is good, there is one thing it is not good at, and that is dignity. If you go to the Peace Army, It is equivalent to losing dignity and becoming a dog to the Han people. This idea is very popular and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "

"If you don't believe me, you can go and see if the Peace Army you have commanded basically relies on supervising operations to fight. Once there is no one to supervise operations, there will be conflicts, mischief, and even surrender to the enemy..."

This sentence obviously moved all the officers around, especially those who participated in commanding the Peace Army. For them, the Peace Army was like a minion who could come and go at a moment's notice, but this minion always It feels so numb, so numb that I'm not even a human being.

At this time, Xu Hao on the court immediately continued:

"Everyone, what I just said is just the psychological problem of the soldiers. There is another important issue, which is our occupied area. Have you noticed that as long as there is a place guarded by the Peace Army, the resistance is extremely strong. On the contrary, our army It’s much better with the feudal army.”

"Are they more hated? No, it's just because they are Americans!!"

"A common identity, a common mother tongue, and a common culture are the root causes of all these problems..."

Xu Hao talked for a long time and finally got to the topic of "culture". When the people around him heard this, many of them had put away their initial attitude of looking down on outsiders and began to take notes seriously.

“The best way to solve this problem is to create an identity, a new identity!!”

"What identity??"

Wei Ding couldn't help but ask.

Xu Hao pondered for a while, and then spoke:
“New country, new everything!!”

(End of this chapter)