Chapter 1020: Is the Huaxia Army Strong?
"Will the Americans lose so quickly?" When the news came, even Fan Chong was a little surprised and couldn't help but have a lot of suspicion in his heart.
"The U.S. ** team is not as strong as imagined!" Meng Xiang smiled.
Later generations have had a lot of summaries about the U.S. ** team. The current U.S. ** team is not even as good as the world police that have been sharpened in later generations.
At this time, the US Army was called a second-rate level, and it was not without reason. The restrictions on the Army in the United States have made the US Army not have a deep foundation. Even though many officers have been accumulated one after another, under the rapid expansion, the US Army is also mixed. Purely in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the American GIs are definitely not comparable to the Chinese soldiers who have been trained hard in the new barracks.
In the fight with the Japanese, it is only necessary to rely on the super firepower created by the strong industrial base of the Americans to constantly push flat, and no matter how crazy the Japanese are, they can only stare dryly.
But now the Americans are facing a Chinese army with equally powerful firepower, but they are deflated everywhere.
The air power, which the Americans have always been proud of, was restrained by the Huaxia Air Force.
More than 1,300 American fighters and more than 1,500 Huaxia fighters have been fighting back and forth these days. Although the Chinese Air Force has not yet won an overwhelming victory, at least the Americans have no air support.
Without air support, without waiting for the Garand semi-automatic rifle to compete with the Huaxia Suomi submachine gun and TJ-38 automatic rifle, the Huaxia tank force had already crushed the Americans' formation.
Sheldon and Pershing encountered grizzly bears and rhinos, which were even more ferocious than tigers and leopards, and had to be quickly defeated.
The Sixth Army Group did not fight much with the Germans, and in the face of a torrent of chariots that were even more ferocious than the Germans, it was defeated in a hurry, and it could only be blamed on bad luck.
The American GIs lost these supports, their morale plummeted, and they fled.
"Maybe Americans will be extra brave when they defend their hometowns, but when they fight abroad, their interests are the most important, and these Americans who have received a modern education will pay with their lives for those empty slogans?" Meng Xiang is not surprised by this, the more thoughtful people are, the less they will blindly obey, as long as they do not endanger their own vital interests, it is difficult to expect them to die heroically.
Everything that tries to fool people, such as those religions, is preceded by lofty ideas. But in the United States, all kinds of ideas fall at the feet of money. Therefore, Americans sensibly chose to protect their lives first. Even if there are some conscientious soldiers among them, they cannot block the impact of the torrent of steel in China.
What was supposed to be an operation to break through the defense line of the Euphrates River was immediately changed to a pursuit battle after discovering the confusion of the Americans.
The U.S. ** team partially retreated towards Aleppo and Latakia, and some directly followed the defeated Turkish army to the northwest, and at first they maintained a neat formation and did not panic. However, under the continuous division and crushing of the Chinese tanks, the Americans, like the Turks, who had long since collapsed, fled for their lives.
As long as they fled, they should not be expected to organize much more combat effectiveness, and the Chinese army pursued this group of defeated troops all the way across the Turkish port of Adana and all the way to the front of the Taurus Mountains.
After three days and three nights of pursuit, the Americans later gathered only more than 3,000 stragglers near the Taurus Mountains.
The others were either annihilated or captured, including the more than 20,000 American troops trapped in Aleppo, and even the 30,000 American troops who went to support Latakia were also attacked from both sides, and the white flag was raised directly after more than 10,000 people were annihilated.
In the days that followed, sporadic captives were discovered. As soon as the Americans, who had nowhere to escape, saw the Chinese army, they raised their hands very obediently.
In the whole battle, 370,000 American troops were annihilated, 450,000 were captured, and the American troops who fled back with the Turks made the 90,000 American troops who supported the 20,000 British troops, and only more than 7,000 escaped.
The Turks were annihilated by more than 130,000 and captured 170,000, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many people to escape, so that the Chinese army could not be busy with the prisoners, and those Turks mixed with the Americans were familiar with the environment, maybe the Americans would have been completely annihilated.
However, Meng Xiang was also content, with less than 7,000 casualties, fought a beautiful battle to cross the river, and annihilated so many enemies, and made a good start directly in front of Europe.
The most important thing is that in this real battle with the Americans, Meng Xiang also found more confidence.
"That's the end of our army?" Eisenhower's face was full of disbelief.
In just nine days, the whole battle was over. Finally, the bad news had already arrived, and the more than 20,000 Americans and 30,000 French who had supported the British army had also surrendered together after being attacked by the Chinese army.
The 110,000 American troops sent by the Americans to Turkey and Syria are all gone, and even if more than 7,000 escapes are found, it is unknown how many will return to the battlefield.
"Is the Huaxia army really that strong?" Ridgway, who was next to Eisenhower, asked.
Many of the generals around him have been fighting in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and they don't know much about the Chinese people in the far Far East.
Fortunately, there was a Li Qiwei who was transferred by his side, and it was said that he had done an investigation report on the Chinese people. He had warned everyone before the war began, but no one paid attention to it, including Eisenhower himself.
"Huaxia's army is very strong!" Li Qiwei cautiously used the word "very" and said,
"Huaxia not only has tens of millions of excellent soldiers, but their soldiers can also be fully trained in the recruit training camp. They, like the Japanese, generally do not surrender for the honor of their family, fighting to the death. Their new government would also offer a generous pension so that they would not fear death. They also have war tactics that have been passed down for thousands of years, and their officers can learn the essence of modern warfare from the Germans. The most important thing is that their weapons are even more advanced than ours. ”
"Their weapons are stronger than ours?" Immediately, someone around him was surprised in disbelief.
The strong self-confidence of the Americans comes from the huge industry that they consider to be the world's first; although the level of military research and development may not be the most advanced in the world in some respects, nor is it comparable to that of China, which used to give the impression of the Americans to be extremely backward; even if China is developing now, it is still unbelievable that it can surpass the old military empire of the United States in terms of weapons.
"They have the help of the copycat company and can directly get the most advanced weapons of that mysterious copycat company." Li Qiwei just said lightly, so that everyone had no more doubts.
The copycat company, which is also helping the Germans, has made the world aware of its strength.
"And do they have a large number of advanced weapons?" Someone asked.
Since it was purchased from someone else, there must have been a limit to the quantity, otherwise the huge expenditure on arms purchases would have crushed the government finances of the poor China in that impression. A small number of advanced weapons are simply not enough to influence the tide of battle.
"For example, their two automatic rifles with a caliber of 7 mm and 792 mm are much stronger than our Garand rifle, which is almost like a light machine gun. While we were still asking the soldiers to save every bullet, they were almost one per man. Ridgway paused and continued,
"In the last few battles, the Chinese have introduced two new tanks with a caliber of 90 mm and millimeters, and we have heard that their nicknames are Grizzly Bear and Rhinoceros, which have begun to become popular. None of our other tanks could compete with it, even our T26 tanks, all a little worse. And not only in terms of performance, but also in terms of quantity! The number of such advanced tanks of the Huaxia even exceeds the combined number of the Germans Tiger and Tiger King! ”
For this group of European legions who have not even seen the madness of the Japanese, Li Qiwei can only compare with the German ** team:
"Don't think that our fighters can bomb the Chinese, their fighters have already begun to popularize jets. I dare say that their air power is even stronger than that of the Germans! ”
After a while of inhalation, there was still some disbelief on everyone's faces.
Without experiencing these things in person, nothing can easily shake the steel male of a soldier
"The strength of the Chinese may be strong, but they have battlefields in Japan itself, in the Ural Mountains, in Southeast Asia, and even in Australia, how much strength can they invest in the Middle East?" Some people still don't think so.
The defeat at the Battle of the Euphrates may have been due to other reasons, and some even blamed the Turkish army for its delays.
Even Eisenhower thought Ridgway was exaggerating.
"Don't underestimate the offensive ability of the Chinese! Chinese people like to keep a low profile, and once they lift their hole cards, they must be ready. Now that they had crossed the Euphrates, they were certainly ready to take all of Turkey. I firmly believe that if we do not take action, the Chinese will soon come knocking on the door of Europe! Li Qiwei looked at the disapproval of everyone around him, sighed in his heart, and warned again.
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