Seventy-thirty-two let me forget it

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When the young staff officer passed by the calendar with the document, he took down a piece of calendar paper and threw it into the trash can next to him before he saw it, this is his job, except for him, no one usually pays attention to this small detail, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at the calendar again, and realized that he had unconsciously entered the third day of the Western calendar.

Looking around, it seems that everyone has not noticed that it has entered 1917, or even if they know, they don't care about how foreigners celebrate the New Year, but Americans probably don't have the heart to celebrate the New Year, right?

The corner of the staff officer's mouth hooked, and he walked out.

The blue sea and blue sky, the gulls soaring, the endless waves crashing on the shore, the once corpse-strewn beach, in front of the vast Pacific Ocean, looks incomparably small, no matter how big the explosion, no matter how many scars, it only took a few days to smooth everything out.

Everything is so beautiful, if it weren't for the dull sound of cannons from time to time in the distance, he wouldn't even want to go back, the Yankees really occupied a good place, and the emperor didn't have such a wonderful place, he was really sorry for the name of the hegemon of the Pacific.

Ouyang Xiu held the teacup, and while walking, he looked at the battle report that had just been delivered, and suddenly saw the young staff officer who had just been assigned standing at the door in a daze, and couldn't help but look outside, and after finding nothing special, he asked in surprise, "What are you looking at?" ”

"General!"

Seeing Ouyang Xiu, the staff officer immediately saluted, and then scratched his head, he couldn't tell the lieutenant general about the decision he made for the emperor, right? So he hurriedly smiled dryly: "No, I didn't think about anything, I just saw that the scenery here is beautiful, so I took a few more looks." ”

"The view?" Ouyang Xiu raised his eyebrows, and found that Santa Barbara in the early morning was really beautiful, and immediately felt that this young staff officer who came was quite interesting, and asked with a smile: "I remember that you came, right?" ”

"Report to the General, yes."

"Hehe, this is the front line, no need to be so polite, by the way, where is your hometown? Where did you graduate? ”

"General Hui, I am a native of Ronghe, Shanxi, a graduate of the eighth phase of the Baoding Artillery Academy in Hebei last year, and a trainee staff officer." The young staff officer didn't expect Ouyang Xiu to actually ask him about his situation in his busy schedule, and he suddenly puffed up his chest and was a little excited.

"Baoding Artillery Academy."

Ouyang Xiu nodded, in addition to Fengtian, the army has also built a lot of professional schools across the country over the years, artillery is becoming more and more important now, and there is a lot of professional knowledge required, to be able to break through from there to the command of the Second Army in the North American Theater, there must be some ability, so he smiled and continued to ask: "By the way, I forgot to ask what your name is?" ”

"Report to the general, my name is Fu Zuoyi. 【 I want: super fast update ]"

"Fu Zuoyi, well, I wrote it down." Ouyang Xiu read the name and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly: "Go get busy, work hard, and if you don't understand it in the future, you can come and ask me directly." ”

Fu Zuoyi was so excited that he almost jumped up, who is Ouyang Xiu? The original commander of the Second Division of the Army, after the Second Division was reorganized into an armored division, he also led it for a while, and later was transferred to the War Department as a staff officer of a major general, and was promoted to lieutenant general in a few years! According to the old saying, that is the founding general! At that time, he and Luo Feng and several other generals, accompanied by the emperor to build a great military exploits, although the military rank is still lieutenant general, but he is already the commander of the Second Army in the North American Theater, and his status in the army is second only to Sun Jiugong and other generals.

The opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Fu Zuoyi was very excited, but he also knew that even if he had the guidance of the general, he would have to rely on his own efforts in the future, so he took a deep breath and saluted: "Thank you, General!" ”

Fu Zuoyi's attitude of pampering and not being shocked made Ouyang Xiu very satisfied, and he smiled slightly and walked inward.

The temporary headquarters of the group army was set up in an old castle west of Santa Barbara, near the sea, which was a small fortress castle with a distinctly Spanish style, because the American troops did not expect Hua to land here, so this fortress was not used, but only used as an outpost observation base.

The castle looked clean inside and out, and due to its proximity to the sea, the navy and scouts really didn't feel the need to waste a few expensive heavy shells, so the damage here was not serious.

Although it was not long after dawn, the hall was already very busy, the sound of ticking telegrams was endless, and the staff officers were not touching the ground, outlining the directions and movements of each unit back and forth on the map.

"Stand upright!"

After seeing Ouyang Xiu, the work suddenly stopped.

"Everyone's busy."

After returning the salute, Ouyang Xiu walked into the war room next door, which was quieter than the hustle and bustle outside, but it was not much better.

"Where did the 72nd and 75th divisions go?" After putting down the teacup, Ouyang Xiu immediately walked to the map, and the combat staff officer immediately picked up the baton and pointed at the one north of Santa Barbara

"The 72nd Division has arrived in Santa Maria, the 75th Division supporting the 77th Division has also arrived in Bakersfield, and the 35th Division, the 32nd Division, and the Wild Lion Panzer Regiment have basically stabilized the defensive line and blocked the reinforcements from San Francisco to the north," Santa Maria said. ”

After listening to the report, Ouyang Xiu didn't have much excitement, although he blocked the road from San Francisco to the south, but it didn't mean that he won, the U.S. army deployed 6 armies in the San Francisco area, almost 1.2 million troops, if you rely on the conventional army to the army, only five divisions really can't be stopped, but now it's not so easy for them to break through, because their side has air supremacy, coupled with the support of naval guns, there is no big problem with a solid defensive line.

However, this is only a defense, and the attack on San Francisco is still insufficient, and it is necessary to wait for the arrival of the troops behind.

"How's the baggage?"

"It's still being loaded, but it's ......." The staff officer smiled bitterly and shook his head, although this time touched a thousand cargo ships, but Santa Barbara congenital conditions are insufficient, lack of harbor support, a landing craft to transfer thousands of tons of materials on a 10,000-ton ship, it takes at least 20 hours, this is not counting the time when it arrives at the shore and has to be transported by soldiers and trucks to the hands of the troops that have been deployed, so don't look at the 20 divisions The soldiers have all gone ashore, but in fact, the ammunition and food of each unit are not sufficient.

Faced with this kind of problem, Ouyang Xiu couldn't think of a good way, so he had to turn his eyes to Los Angeles, which was 50 kilometers away.

Seeing his gaze, the staff officer immediately said: "The 2nd Armored Division, the 1st Marine Division, the 18th Division, the 21st Division, the 22nd Division, and the 9th Division have now arrived 15 kilometers outside of Los Angeles.

In addition, according to reconnaissance, plus the army that had come to support and has now retracted to Los Angeles, there are currently 3 enemy corps gathered around Los Angeles, and 2 more corps are moving north from San Diego, totaling about 900,000 people. ”

"When will the First Army arrive?"

"The first batch of 10 divisions has already set off from Honolulu, and it will take about two days to arrive, but their baggage still needs to wait, and it is expected that the next 10 divisions and baggage will all want to go ashore, and it will take at least half a month."

Ouyang Xiu sighed in his heart, the joy of the previous successful landing began to fade away, and the huge and distant logistics supply line began to worry people, if this battle can be won in the end, then logistics will undoubtedly be the first credit!

But it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to complete such a large logistics, you must know that even now, with the addition of 6 feint divisions on the Baja California Peninsula and the troops entering Mexico, the total number of troops engaged in the US operation has reached 2 and a half armies, a total of 46 divisions! That's about 900,000 people.

China does not have such an army structure, and most of the army and marines are at the division level, and the group army is only a temporary establishment according to operational needs, because this operation against the United States is not trivial, and the number of troops invested is unprecedented, and the group army establishment is used for the first time in order to facilitate command.

According to the operational regulations, a group army can have 15 to 20 divisions under its jurisdiction, and it can have both army and marine divisions, and its second group army has a full strength of 20 divisions, including not only the first marine division, the second armored division, the seventh mountain division, and the mad lion armored regiment, but all other divisions and regiments are units with combat experience.

Shoushan, who entered Mexico, led the Third Army, most of which were the team of the Northwest Army, plus the Japanese and North Korean armies were also 20 divisions, and although the First Army came later in combat experience was not as good as the troops under his command, there were also aces including the First Armored Division, the Third Mechanized Infantry Division, the 101st Division, and the 103rd Division, and 20 divisions that participated in the Northwest Campaign.

According to the plan of the General Staff, after Los Angeles arrives, the follow-up 5 and a half army groups will also arrive one after another, and the total investment of the army and marines will reach 160 divisions, about 3.2 million people, and will reach 8 group armies, of which 2 are the first Japanese army and the North Korean army group army, and it is possible to increase to 12 or even 15 group armies in the future.

The reason why such a large number of troops have been invested is not because the US military has strong combat effectiveness, but because of the large depth of the US territory, which requires a large number of daily troops to maintain law and order and ensure the security of the logistics line after the occupation.

At present, these 900,000 people alone need as much as 1,800 tons according to the low requirement of two kilograms of food per soldier per day, and if you add ammunition, fuel, etc., you will need four fewer 10,000-ton ships per day to support.

However, the lack of supplies does not mean that the war cannot be fought, at present, his Second Army has all landed, the first batch of supplies in the early stage is being unloaded at an accelerated pace, and there are still 6 divisions in the Baja California Peninsula to contain it, even if the First Army cannot catch up, it may not be able to defeat Los Angeles.

"So should we abandon our original plan and attack immediately? The replenishment of the Navy should also be over, and the pilots who have rested for a few days are estimated to have regained their strength, is it ahead of schedule? Just as Ouyang Xiu was staring at the map, squinting and considering whether to concentrate on attacking Los Angeles immediately, or wait until the 10 divisions of the First Army arrived as planned, a voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Brother Xiu, or let me forget about this battle!"

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