Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 432: Citi Performance

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!After Citi announced its participation in the war, President Howard ordered a mobilization.Among them, due to the changes in Mao Zicheng, their original plan of 250,000 troops in the early stage became somewhat insufficient, in order to form more pressure on the Will Army.Was increased to 350,000.

Since Citi’s standing army has exceeded half a million people, and there are more than one million in reserve, they will assemble as quickly as possible, and will re-sign 500,000 troops to enlist in order to prevent the army from being sent out. At that time, he was copied into the nest.

Citi has a population of more than 100 million people and a strong industry, so equipping and dispatching a million troops is nothing to them.

On September 11, 308, the first expeditionary force of Citigroup went to Europa.This time, they set off with them in a large amount of goods. Now Citi is already a member of the Allied Powers. Naturally, the Allied Powers first purchased weapons and supplies from Citi.

This time the Citi Army set off and Pershing served as the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Army. At first, the army he led was defeated by the soldiers of the will and was defeated. Even when he was a professor of the Austro-Hungarian army, he was at a disadvantage, but they soon adapted to it for a hundred years. The battlefield gradually showed the nature of a strong army.

This may be the difference between an emerging country and an established country. Soldiers in emerging countries seem to be full of vitality and adaptability, because their mechanism is simpler and people's pursuit is farther.

Finally, they were recognized by the Entente Group, allowing them to serve as the main force that launched the Battle of Amiens and the Battle of Saint-Miel.

Since the beginning of the war, the Army of the Will has guarded a wedge-shaped protrusion between the Meuse and Moselle rivers south of Verdun to protect the key centers of the Metz and Briey iron mines, which are the military of the will. A rich source of ore required for steel.

This protrusion was inserted into the right wing of Gaul for sixteen gillies, cutting off both the Verdun-Turkish railway and the Leba-Nancy railway.

If the Allied Powers are to carry out any successful large-scale offensive in the defense zone between the Meuse River and the Argon Forest, the elimination of this protrusion is essential, and this defense zone has been selected as the next target.The army of the will to clear out the salient of Saint-Mière has become the first operation of Citigroup under its own command.

Pershing drew up a detailed plan. He asked the Mi Army to advance to both sides at the same time, and the focus of the assault was on the south.The diversionary attack will point to the top of the protrusion.

In order to attack on a large scale, he assembled more than 550,000 US troops and 110,000 Gallic troops!I love to read novels www.looktxt.com

The Air Force assembled three hundred aircraft, most of which were provided by John and Gaul. This was the largest number ever assembled for an offensive.On both sides of the protrusion, about four hundred Gaul tanks were gathered.More than 3,000 artillery pieces and 3.3 million rounds of shells ensure that the attackers will use high explosives to completely blow up the enemy's positions.

The defense force of the Will Army includes eight divisions and two brigades on the line of fire, as well as five divisions in reserve.Even if Pershing emphasized the painstaking secrecy measures, the Will Army began to realize that the concentration of troops and materials heralded an attack.Anticipating that this blow would be unstoppable, they gradually withdrew from the protrusion on April 2.

At 6 am the next day, the bombardment started from the south side of the protrusion.Three hours later, the second barrage shooting started from the west.Despite all possible efforts, the Army of Will is still not completely immune from the results of Pershing's careful arrangements.The engineer used a special blasting tube-full of long iron pipes-to explode rows of barbed wire.The other soldiers, equipped with sharp wire cutters and axes, made wide gaps in the dense barbed wire.Rolls of small square barbed wire used as protective pads for advancing infantry are laid on obstacles.

The attacking force passed the mess of barbed wire so quickly, which was unprecedented.The use of Citi’s creativity in actual combat shocked the Gaul.A few days later, hundreds of military officers visited the site to learn how this was done.

Pershing recalled: "After a survey, one of the officers said in a serious manner that the advantage of the Citizens over the Gauls is that they have long legs and big feet."

In order to cut off his opponent's retreat, Pershing ordered two pincers to force forward.Within twenty-four hours, the first division from the south and the twenty-sixth division from the west met in Vinale Village.By the evening, this protrusion was basically captured.Just because of previous agreements with Foch, Citi was unable to advance to Metz.

In less than 30 hours of fighting, 16,000 people from the Will Army were captured, 450 artillery pieces were captured and about 200 square acres of land were lost; the number of casualties of their soldiers is unknown.Citi’s casualties totaled 7,000.

Although this battle was due to the fact that the army of the Will Army was small and not elite, it also showed that the U.S. Army Army had grown into a strong army in less than half a year.

Pershing was excited by the victory of the Mi Army. He called the Ministry of Defense, and he wrote: "I firmly believe that our army is second to none in Europe-that our staff is not inferior to any army."

He even shot the case and yelled at him: "Whoever dares to ask me if Citigroup will fight again, I'm not polite to him!"

Since then, the Will Army has completely fallen into a strategic defense on the Western Front, and even if Maozi has undergone a major change, it seems that they cannot be saved...