Tune the Pacific

Chapter 715 Starting from Mexico

December 10, 1916, central California Bay.

The magic work of nature is perfectly reflected in the narrow Gulf of California. After being blocked by the peninsula, the water is always calm and deep, and the beach can enjoy the sunshine 360 days a year, forming a large area of deserts on both sides.

The waters in the Gulf of California are one of the few offshore deep-water trenches in the world, with an average depth of more than 2,000 meters. If it weren't for the many volcanic islands in the Gulf, it might have become the best deep-water port in the world.

Guaimas, located in the middle of the bay, belongs to the Mexican state of Sonora, adjacent to Arizona and Texas in the United States. Although the state has a large area of deserts, it is also the best wheat and cotton producer in Mexico, and it is a good holiday resort with hot summer and warm winter.

Two large roo-ro ships are slowly pasted with a floating deep-water wharf, which is similar to the semi-submersible lightning levee used by the U.S. Pacific Fleet in San Diego, but larger and wider, and can even drive tanks.

It took 20 days to build the pier, which arrived almost at the same time as Gu Weijun. Fortunately, the water in the bay was deep enough, otherwise the floating pier could not be too long and could not be docked on large ro-ro ships.

The huge rolling wheels and unique loading and unloading methods stunned the Mexican soldiers who came to pick them up. They never thought that there were ships in the world that could directly drive trucks in and out, especially when tanks and self-propelled guns came out, but compared with these, the sea outside the dock The blood cloud dragon claw flag fluttering in the wind made them understand why the powerful United States in the eyes of Mexicans would be frustrated, and eventually even naval ships would not dare to leave the port again.

Six Hornet reconnaissance fighters skimmed through the sky of the port and flew to the U.S.-Mexico border. Under the wings was a large fleet of 6 ro-ro ships and 73 ocean-ton ships. More than 20 warships escorting them were scattered around like hounds.

If there is anything strange, it is that several flags in the escort fleet are a little eye-catching. This is the first time that the Maritime Self-Defense Force has sent warships to carry out Allied escort missions.

"Brother, how do you think I think this flag is so unpleasant?"

In the temporary camp of the dock, standing in the tent and holding a telescope for half a day, Yongshan felt uncomfortable all over, as if he had seen the scene of the navy crossing the Yellow Sea during the First Sino-Japanese Sea.

Compared with Yongshan, Shoushan was much calmer and said with a smile, "Come on, don't think too much about the past. Now they are allies, and don't forget that there will be 15 divisions in the two countries, which are much more than us."

"What about more? I'm not Cai E!" Yongshan seemed to have some grudge and muttered, "It's nothing to remove a major general. If anyone dares to work here and doesn't work, I will shoot him in person!"

Shoushan smiled, but when his eyes swept to greet him, the Mexican army, which was crowding by the dock to watch the fun, frowned. The matter that Cai E scared Park Jung-eun has spread. It is said that the North Korean Minister of Defense went to Yeong in two days to explain, but this is not what he is most worried about. Although the North Korean army is the worst of the three East Asian countries, it still showed its prestige when fighting Panama City, at least compared with the big straw hats in front of him, it is worse than the militia. The undisciplined and organized Mexican army is much better.

After fighting for so many years and serving as the Chief of Staff of the Northwest Army, his eyes are much more tricky. At a glance, he can tell at a glance that the Mexican army is probably not as good as the sick men of Russia and Osman. If he cooperates with such an army, he will certainly have a lot of trouble. .

"Has the U.S. military deployment in Texas and Arizona arrived?"

"It's here." Yongshan took out a telegram: "The United States is afraid. Ten armies have been deployed in the two states, about 100 divisions, about 2 million. The headquarters also reminded us that several third-line armies in the east may also arrive recently, and let us be careful that the United States will attack Mexico first."

"Hmm." Shoushan nodded. It was possible for the headquarters to predict that the total number of troops currently stationed at the border reached 2 million, and he was fully capable of taking advantage of the opportunity of Mexico's recruitment of troops. This is also what he was most worried about. Once so many troops came in along the border, the Southern Front had not fully arrived. Besides, whether you can block these three axes is the key.

"What about the Air Force? When can you come?

"I don't know yet. It depends on when the mine clearance in Panama City will end, because the aircraft of the Air Fourth Division can't fly here directly, but the headquarters said that the two Yin Shang-class motherships are already on their way here and will arrive here in seven days at the latest to replace the two heavy carriers off the coast of Tijuana, responsible for the air force before entering. The protection and cover mission.

As soon as he heard that two motherships had been sent, Shoushan was finally relieved. Now there is only one light mothership here, which can only provide reconnaissance, and even air warfare is difficult. Moreover, the United States has indeed worked hard on the plane in the past two years of war. Although it is far from its own side, it is better in the large number, especially recently. The Curtis D300 bomber in service can carry 200 kilograms of bombs, which is still very threatening, so without perfect air protection, it is difficult for armored forces to make a difference in front of aerial bombs.

"Report, the commander of the Mexican army is here."

In the report, the two brothers Shoushan and Yongshan saw that Lieutenant General Gonzalez, the commander of the Mexican army, was coming down with several officers and hurriedly greeted them.

After a few greetings, Shoushan took Gonzales to visit his walker. Just now, he was watching the flowers in the fog. He only felt that the walker was very powerful. After listening to the introduction, the Mexican generals were stunned one after another. Especially after seeing the tank and self-propelled gun, he widened his eyes and seemed to believe that he could not believe these more than a dozen tons of weight. Everyone can run and fight.

In addition to seeing the unique walker for the first time, Gonzalez was even more surprised by trucks. When he mainly used mules and horses for transportation in Mexico, Shoushan alone brought 2,500 trucks, and when he heard that he would arrive in 2 days, he set off from Australia to carry 5 Japanese and North Korea. When there were at least 4,000 trucks in the transport fleet of the infantry division, their faces changed a little!

There are not so many trucks in Mexico!

At this time, he began to be a little afraid. If President Caranza did not agree to join the alliance at that time, Xinhua would have directly bypassed the Mexican political axe to seize the Baja California Peninsula. In the face of such a terrible army, I'm afraid that the matter of being forcibly bought by the United States will happen again.

"General Gonzales, what's going on with the Americans?"

"Yes." The problem of Shoushan immediately made Gonzalez think of the reason for coming here and hurriedly said, "Last night, some of us found that the US [***] team had entered Juarez, and there were quite a lot of them."

"Last night?!" Shoushan's face is dark. It's noon. I just told myself about the news last night. What's the use? Juarez is a combination of Mexico and Texas and Arizona. The geographical location is very important, but in such a critical place, it took almost 20 hours to know that the Mexican army is really "powerful"!

However, at this time, Shoushan had no time to "comfort" the Mexican army. He hurriedly asked, "Is it cavalry or infantry?"

"There are cavalry and infantry." Gonzalez looked anxious when he saw Shoushan and said easily, "General, please rest assured that I have sent cavalry to scout, and our country has not publicly declared war on the United States, so they will not attack us yet."

"No wonder, this guy thought it was still a hundred years ago when the war began to line up. You cut it one by one!" Yongshan was defeated by Gonzalez and quietly pushed down the staff around him.

How dare the staff officer reply at this time, but his face is also red. The efficiency of the Mexicans is really poor, and it is too idealistic. Since they are all here, it is strange that the United States does not declare war first, and it is strange to take the opportunity to defeat Mexico first!

Since he is a friendly army and a partner to cooperate in the future, Shoushan can only suppress his anger. He pretends that he is not familiar with the location of Mexican cities. When the staff spread out the map and asks for advice on the location of Juarez, he thinks about how to deal with it.

"Brother, Juarez is about 250 kilometers from here, and 20 hours is enough for the cavalry to get here. Is it for the plane?" Yongshan leaned over and said in his hometown language that Gonzalez couldn't understand. Uh-huh." Shoushan nodded quickly. He didn't want to rely on Mexico's low communication and intelligence efficiency in the future. The latter immediately contacted HNA for investigation.

A moment later, three long-range hummingbird water reconnaissance aircraft quickly took off from the Gulf of California. After a circle, they immediately flew in the direction of Juarez, and then several hornets followed.

Gonzalez is not a fool. After seeing the plane fly to Juarez, his face also changed. He asked, "General Shoushan, do you think the United States will go to war without declaration?"

"The United States has started a war." Looking at the Mexican lieutenant general like an old farmer, Shoushan could only take a breath and pointed to Juarez and said, "General, Juarez is a Mexican territory. Now that they have come in, it means that they have fought without declaration!"

"Yes, why didn't I think of it?" Gonzalez was stunned, and then he thought that the U.S. military had entered Mexico, which naturally represented a war.

"Damn it." Gonzalez stamped his feet and shouted at several officers around him. After a while, several horses accelerated to leave. It seemed that they should have been transferred troops.

Shoushan couldn't laugh or cry at the bottom of his heart. At this time, he remembered the transfer of troops. No wonder Pershing regarded Mexico as nothing a year ago. Fortunately, before he came, he got a hint from the General Staff and the headquarters, asking him not to rely on the Mexican army and be prepared to fight hard alone.

"General, I just got the news."

In the report of the staff, Shoushan quickly took the telegram. After looking at it twice, the corners of his mouth suddenly turned crooked and handed the telegram to Gonzalez, who did not seem to believe it: "M. Lieutenant General, at 8 o'clock this morning, the United States declared war on your country, and their army not only entered Juárez, but also occupied Mossigali and Tijuana. "."

"Damn American bastards, they are so despicable!"

Looking at the angry Gonzalez, Shoushan smiled even more bitterly, but he still had to grit his teeth now, because the general ginseng needed a complete and good Mexico, so as to contain the second-line troops of the U.S. military and lay a good foundation for the upcoming landing war.

"Armoured Regiment, let's go! Contact the First Fleet and ask for air support.

Shoushan took a deep breath, walked to Gonzales, pointed to the two provinces bordering the east coast of Mexico and Texas, and said, "General, this is up to you. I believe the U.S. military must have launched an attack from there. I can block here, but that side determines the future of Mexico!"

Gonzalez nodded and understood the meaning of Shoushan. At present, only 6 of the 21 divisions supported by Xinhua have reached 6, which is definitely impossible to cover the entire U.S.-Mexico border, so if it can't stop the enemy in the east, Mexico will be in trouble!

"Block them for 5 days, and I can send troops to support you!"

(to be continued)