Chapter 732 Let me forget it

"Wrap." One sound.

When the young staff officer passed by the calendar with the document in his arms, 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 comes to pay attention to this small detail, but after a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at the calendar again before he realized that he didn't know. I feel that it has entered the third day of the Western New Year.

Looking around, it seems that no one has noticed that it has entered 1917, or even if they know it, they don't care about how foreigners celebrate the New Year, but I'm afraid Americans don't care about the New Year, right?

The staff officer hooked the corners of his mouth and walked out quickly.

In the blue sea and blue sky, gulls soar, and endless waves are rushing on the coast. The beach, which used to be full of corpses, looks extremely small in front of the vast Pacific Ocean. No matter how big the explosion, no matter how many scars, it only takes a few days to smooth everything up.

Everything is so beautiful. If it weren't for the dull cannons from time to time in the distance, even he wouldn't want to go back. The Yankees really occupied a good place. The emperor didn't pocket such wonderful things. I'm really sorry for the name of the Pacific overlord.

Ouyang Xiu held a teacup and walked while looking at the war report that had just been sent. Suddenly, he saw the young staff officer who had just been assigned standing in a daze at the door. He couldn't help looking outside. After not finding anything special, he was surprised and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"General!"

Seeing Ouyang Xiu, the staff immediately saluted, and then scratched his head. You can't tell the lieutenant general about making a decision for the emperor, can you? So he hurriedly smiled and said, "No, I didn't think about anything. I just saw that the scenery here was very beautiful, so I looked at it a few more times."

"The scenery?" Ouyang Xiu raised his eyebrows and found that Santa Barbara in the morning was really beautiful. He immediately felt that the new young staff officer was quite interesting and asked with a smile, "I remember you are new here, right?"

"Report to the general, yes."

"Ha ha, this is the front line. You don't need so much courtesy. By the way, where is your hometown? Where did you graduate?

"General Hui, I'm from Ronghe, Shanxi Province. I graduated from the eighth phase of Hebei Baoding Artillery College last year, and I'm an intern staff officer." The young staff didn't expect Ouyang Xiu to ask him about his situation in his busy schedule, and he suddenly straightened his chest and was a little excited.

"Baoding Artillery Academy."

Ouyang Xiu nodded. Over the years, in addition to Fengtian, the army has also built many professional schools across the country. Artillery is becoming more and more important, and it requires a lot of professional knowledge. It must be capable of being able to break out from there to the headquarters of the Second Army in the North American Theater, so laugh. He continued to ask, " By the way, I forgot to ask what your name is?"

"Report General, my name is Fu Zuoyi."

"Fu Zuoyi, well, I wrote it down." Ouyang Xiu read the name and patted him on the shoulder with encouragement: "Go ahead and work hard. If you don't understand in the future, you can ask me directly."

Fu Zuoyi almost jumped up excitedly. Who is Ouyang Xiu? The original commander of the second division of the army, he took it for a while after the second division was reorganized into an armored division. Later, he was transferred to the army as a major general's staff officer, and he was promoted to lieutenant general in a few years! As the old saying goes, that's the founding general! In those years, he and Luo Feng and other generals accompanied the emperor to build great military achievements. Although the military rank is still a lieutenant general, he is already the commander of the second group of troops in the North American theater. His position in the army is second only to Sun Jiugong and other generals. If he can get his personal guidance, I don't know how many young officers will die.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Fu Zuoyi was very excited, but he knew that even with 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 unshocked attitude made Ouyang Xiu very satisfied. After a slight smile, he quickly walked inward.

The temporary headquarters of the army is set up in an old castle west of Santa Barbara, near the sea. This is a small fortress castle with an obvious Spanish style. Because the U.S. military did not expect Xinhua to land here, the fortress was not used, but only used as an outpost observation base.

The inside and outside of the castle are very clean. Due to its proximity to the seaside and isolated geographical location, the navy and scouts really feel that there is no need to waste a few expensive heavy shells, so the damage here is not serious.

Although the genius had just lit up, the hall was already very busy, and the sound of ticking telegrams was endless, and the staff officers did not touch the ground, outlining the position and movement trajectory of each branch team back and forth on the map.

"Regone!"

After seeing Ouyang Xiu, the work suddenly stopped.

"Go ahead, everyone."

After returning the gift, Ouyang Xiu walked into the war room next door. Compared with the noise outside, it was quieter, but it was not much better.

"Where are the 72nd and 75th divisions?" After putting down the teacup, Ouyang Xiu immediately walked to the map. The combat staff immediately picked up the baton and pointed to Santa Maria, north of Santa Barbara and said, "The 72nd Division has arrived in Santa Maria, and the 75th Division supporting the 77th Division has also arrived in Bakersfield, plus the 35th Division, the 32nd Division and the Crazy Lion Armored Regiment. The defense line was basically stabilized, blocking San Francisco's reinforcements to the north.

After listening to the report, Ouyang Xiu was not very excited. Although he blocked the road from San Francisco to the south, it did not mean that he won. The U.S. military has deployed six armies in the San Francisco area, almost 1.2 million troops. If you rely on the conventional army to play against the army, you can't stop it if you just rely on five divisions, but now It's not so easy for them to break through, because they have mastered the air sizing power on their side, and with the support of naval guns, there is no big problem with the stability of the defense line.

However, this is only a defense. The attack on San Francisco is still insufficient, and we must wait for the troops behind to arrive.

"How's the weight?"

"It's still loading and unloading, but." The staff officer shook his head with a wry smile. Although a thousand cargo ships were touched this time, Santa Barbara's congenital conditions were insufficient and lacked harbor support. It took at least 20 hours for a landing craft to transfer thousands of tons of materials on a 10,000-ton ship. After arriving at the shore, it had to be transported to the unfolded department by soldiers and trucks. The time in the team, so not only 20 division soldiers have landed, but in fact, the ammunition and food of each unit are not enough.

In the face of this difficult problem, Ouyang Xiu couldn't think of a good way, so he had to turn his eyes to Los Angeles, 50 kilometers away.

Seeing his eyes, the staff officer immediately said: "The 2nd Armored Division, the 1st Marine Division and the 18th Division, the 21st Division, the 22nd Division and the 9th Division have now arrived 15 kilometers away from Los Angeles. The U.S. military's positions in that area are relatively complete, so the resistance of the troops is more tenacious than before.

In addition, according to the reconnaissance, the previous support has now retreated to the Los Angeles army. At present, three enemy armies have gathered around Los Angeles, and another two other armies are moving north from San Diego, with a total of about 900,000 people.

"When will the First Army arrive?"

"The first batch of 10 divisions have departed from Honolulu, and they will arrive in about two days, but their weight still needs to wait. It is expected that all the next 10 divisions and briers will all go ashore, at least half a month."

Ouyang Xiu sighed from the bottom of his heart. The joy of successful landing before began to disappear, and the huge and distant logistics supply line began to make people worry. If the battle can be won in the end, then logistics will undoubtedly be the first!

But it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to complete such a large amount of logistics. You know that even now, with the six psen-attack divisions on the Baja California Peninsula and the troops entering Mexico, the total number of troops engaged in the United States has reached two and a half armies, a total of 46 divisions! About 900,000 people.

Xinhua does not have a military establishment. The army and the marine force are at the largest division level. The army group is only a temporary establishment according to the needs of the operation. Because this battle against the United States is not small, and the troops invested are unprecedented. In order to facilitate command, the army group was used for the first time.

Although it is temporary, it is not a fabrication. According to the combat regulations, a group of troops can have 15 to 20 divisions, an army division or a marine division. His second army is full of 20 divisions, including not only the first land division, the second armored division, the seventh mountain division and the mad lion costume. Elite troops such as the A regiment, and other divisions are all troops with combat experience.

Shoushan, which entered Mexico, is led by the Third Army, most of which are members of the Northwest Army. In addition, the Japanese army also has 20 divisions. Although the combat experience of the first army later is not as good as its own troops, it also includes the first armored division, the third infantry division, the 101st and the 103rd division. 20 divisions that participated in the Northwest Campaign.

According to the plan of the General Staff, when Los Angeles arrives, the following five and a half armies will also arrive one after another. The total number of troops and marines will reach 160 divisions, about 3.2 million people, and will reach 8 armies, two of which are the Japanese army and the Korean army group army. In the future, there will be It may increase to 12, or even 15 army groups.

The reason why we have invested in such a large army is not because of the strong combat effectiveness of the U.S. military, but because of the depth of the United States, and the need for a large number of daily troops to maintain public security and ensure the security of the logistics line after occupation. From this, it can be seen that the general participants are still more worried about logistics.

At present, the current 900,000 people alone need 1,800 tons according to the minimum requirement of two kilograms of food per soldier per day. If ammunition, oil, etc. are added, at least four 10,000 tons of ships are needed every day to guarantee.

However, the lack of supplies does not mean that there is no war. At present, all his second army has landed, and the first batch of materials in the early stage are being accelerated unloading. There are still six divisions in the Baja California Peninsula. Even if the first army can't catch up, it may not be able to fight Los Angeles.

"So should we give up the original plan and launch a strong attack immediately? Navy supplies should also be over. The pilot who took a few days off is estimated to have recovered his physical strength. Is it in advance? Ouyang Xiu was staring at the map, squinting to consider whether to immediately concentrate on attacking Los Angeles, or to wait until the 10 divisions of the First Army arrived and fight as planned, a voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Brother Xiu, leave this battle to me!"

(to be continued)