As a soldier, George Dewey, like Will, his ideals can only be realized in the army.

Why Will is obsessed with the army? Because Will likes the life of a war in the army, Will likes the straightforwardness of soldiers and does not need to intrigue with others. Will can only find a sense of belonging in the army, which cannot be achieved either in the Springfield Police Department or in the city government.

Like Will, George Dewey, only the army is George Dewey's biggest stage.

Of course, if it is subdivided, it is still different. The United States does not have a regular army, while George Dewey is the navy, and Will is the serious army, so Will would rather not be the mayor of Springfield than go to Cuba to pursue his ideals.

"Actually, after this battle, we may try to convince Washington to set up a standing army." Li Mu thought a little far. If Li Mu promotes Washington to set up a standing army, then perhaps Li Mu can still get a reputation title like "Father of the US Army"-

In short, Li Mu will also become the benefactor of the US Army. In the future, all the US Army will be grateful to Li Mu. It is precisely because of Li Mu's efforts that the United States has the Army, a permanent military.

"Be careful, Reim, I support you." Will immediately became refreshed and his eyes looked at Li Mu were full of enthusiasm.

"If you do this, don't talk about whether you can succeed. The Navy will hate you." George Dewey disagreed.

This also involves the military expenditure dispute between the arms. Assuming that Congress allocates one million US dollars to the military every year, if Li Mu promotes Washington to set up a standing army, then this will inevitably play a part of the navy's military expenditure, so-

George Dewey is still a Navy.

"George, you can't say that. If the United States had an army, the military would have a louder voice and would receive more military expenditure. Half of three million could be much more than all one million." Li Mu was not worried about the navy's criticism. Even if Congress did not increase military expenditure, at least Li Mu would have the support of the army.

As of the current situation, although the Navy does not hate Li Mu, the Navy will not be grateful to Li Mu. There is a difference between the two. Even if it is hated, it is better than ignoring it.

"Whatever you want, if you want." George Dewey no longer persuaded that future misfortunes are unpredictable, and it is serious to do the things in front of you first.

"There will be a batch of 'storm' heavy machine guns coming tomorrow. This is the last supply before the war. The next time will be in mid-July, and there will be mortars for testing. "Li Mu cheered George Dewey. In terms of weapons, the equipment level of the United States of Cuba has now surpassed the Spanish.

George Dewey's army is now equipped with nearly 200 heavy machine guns. Although this number is still insufficient, it is a world of difference compared to the Spaniards. In addition to artillery, the Spaniards were at a disadvantage when conducting positional warfare.

The current artillery performance is not perfect. Generally speaking, it is good to be able to shoot once or twice a minute. There are currently not enough artillery officers in Spain due to the coup, which further weakens the strength of the Spanish artillery troops.

Compared with infantry that only needs to be trained for a few months, artillery is a high-tech army that requires longer training and a higher level of culture. The artillery units in the 19th century were known as "scientist troops", and almost every officer proficient in artillery is a mathematician.

"This is the only good news for me today." George Dewey's face looked a little better and he raised the cup in his hand to greet Li Mu.

"You're welcome, this is what I should do." Li Mu bowed and didn't feel much proud.

On July 10, Vila Nikolaou led his troops to El Cristo, and the second Battle of El Cristo broke out.

With the experience of the first battle of El Cristo, Vila Nikolau did not dare to be strong. Before launching the attack, he carried out two days of fire preparations and almost completely destroyed all the defensive facilities that could be seen on the first line of defense carefully set up by George Dewey. Only then did Vila Nikolau order the soldiers to launch an attack.

What Vila Nicholau did not expect was that in just three months, George Dewey had set up a complete fortification system in El Cristo. Compared with the previous positions, the current defense line was similar to a three-dimensional defense line. Although the Spaniards' artillery fire was fierce, it did not achieve much effect. George Dewey's soldiers were hiding in the hidden hole and did not suffer much loss. Even after the Spaniards stopped fire strikes, George Dewey's soldiers had enough time to repair the fortifications.

The Spanish attacked from the ground. They were not only facing steep mountains, but also minefields buried in their way and barbed wire fences everywhere on the ground. These were the biggest troubles for the attacking infantry.

Within two hours of being put into the ground troops, the Spaniards paid nearly 3,000 people, but had not yet completed their first attack. They were not even able to force the defenders to use grenades. The barbed wire fences everywhere, elusive landmines, roaring heavy machine guns, and thin but precise and deadly cold guns together became obstacles to the Spanish's path forward.

Viagra Nikolau is not a peerless genius. Faced with a strong defensive position, Viagra Nikolau's only countermeasure is to fill in human life. The Spaniards are not even familiar with the coordination of infrasted artillery, which greatly reduces the attack power of the Spaniards, and it looks like thunder and raindrops are small.

"At this time, we must use the scattered line tactics. Our defenders do not have artillery now, and normal defensive positions must have artillery. If scattered line tactics are used when attacking solid positions, then under the enemy's firepower, the scattered line will avoid casualties to the greatest extent, because the soldiers' positions are scattered, and a 75-mm shell can be dropped, at most half of our squad. Now, the Spanish tactics, one shell can kill at least half of their company if one shell is down-" On the observation position away from the main battlefield, Tom was explaining the "scattered line" tactics to Will in detail.

Since the Napoleon period, artillery has been known as the god of war. The Spanish can acknowledge that Li Mu supports the United States of Cuba and can tolerate the United States selling light weapons to Cuba in their personal name. However, the Spanish will never allow the Americans to sell artillery to the United States of Cuba, which will lead to a war between Spain and the United States.

So even though the war has been going on for several years, the United States of Cuba still has no artillery.

As for mortars, this is not among the Spanish embargoes. The Spanish didn't know what mortars were, so they couldn't ban them.

"Well, it seems that the straggler line makes some sense." Will, holding the telescope, had to admit that the straggler line was indeed a little better than the thin red line in the attack.

"Although Reim has never been to the army, this guy is just a genius. His strait line is just the first step. I heard that there will be some 'three-three system' in the future. It's a pity that we probably have returned to America by then and we won't have the chance to understand this tactic." Tom said incredible, and there was an indescribable regret in his words.

In fact, in Li Mu's view, the "scattered line" also has its unsatisfactory points. In the future, the "three-three system" created by Pla's Mou Biao will be the real "terminator".

Of course, while carrying forward the "three-three system", Li Mu also wanted to play with artillery coordination, armor coordination, left and right trapezoidal shapes, etc., but that was all in the future, and it was a bit early to talk about it now.

"The fox line cannot completely solve the problem. When facing dense artillery, the troops will still suffer huge losses." Will does not understand the "three-three system". Just seeing the big situation now, it is still not optimistic.

"This is not because we don't have artillery. If we have artillery, we can counter the enemy's artillery. Look, we can see the Spanish artillery positions now, without any cover. This is obviously bullying us without artillery." Tom's tone was unfair.

Just as they were talking, Spanish soldiers finally broke through the encirclement and blockade of barbed wire and landmines and began to attack the trenches.

The originally sparse cold guns suddenly became dense. Even though the training intensity of the ordinary troops in the United States of Cuba was not as strong as that of the Guantanamo infantry regiment, they were much higher than that of the Spanish colonial army, and their shooting accuracy was guaranteed. In addition, the two heavy machine guns that were suddenly added, the Spanish offensive was like a wave that was shot on the waves on the waves, and they finally returned in vain.

"It seems that we will not get a chance to play for a while." Will's teeth were very upset.

"If possible, I would rather never have a chance." Tom didn't want to charge. Li Mu recently said that he wanted to establish a training camp in Guantanamo Infantry Regiment. Tom really wanted to continue this kind of double-paying job.

On the first day of the attack, the Spaniards made no progress. If the damaged barbed wire was ignored, George Dewey's soldiers did not even use grenades and drove the Spaniards back to their original position.

That night, George Dewey sent a telegram to Li Mu, asking Guantanamo infantry regiment to move to the rear of the Spaniards and be ready to attack at any time.

From the strength of the attack on the first day, George Dewey clearly felt that the Spaniards were not confident enough. Even if such an army was a little more numerous, it was really not worth worrying. George Dewey was confident to fight.
Chapter completed!