February is the month with the highest average temperature in Victoria, with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees at noon and around 24 degrees at night.
It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, but no one felt any warmth. The ruins and corpses lying around reminded people that this was a war zone, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood, which made people feel uneasy.
In 30-degree weather, if the body is not disposed of in time, it will rot in a few days, and then there will be a plague that makes people talk about it.
A few seagulls flew over the city without daring to stop at all. The air here seemed to exude the smell of fear.
Following a violent explosion, Marines and government soldiers left their bunkers and continued to move forward.
Washington was in no hurry to leave the bunker. In just a few days of fighting, Washington had become a qualified officer.
Just as Washington feared, a tall U.S. Marine was knocked to the ground by a bullet that flew from nowhere as soon as he left the bunker.
The snipers of the Michigan Army are very cunning. Given the same opportunity, they will target the Marines first. Although the Marines have already changed into government uniforms, Americans have better nutritional conditions and are generally in better shape than the government.
Soldiers are tall and strong, and this fact cannot be concealed.
In fact, it is only in the past hundred years that the physical condition of white people has gradually improved, but not much. In 1818, the minimum height standard for French conscription was 1.57 meters. By 1932, the minimum height standard was actually lowered by one centimeter.
The remaining 1.56 meters, even so, half of the recruits were still eliminated because their height did not meet the standard.
The reason is that France suffered too heavy losses during the First World War. Compared with the direct casualties, the more serious impact was on people's psychology. Compared with honor, life began to become more important.
The lives of U.S. Marines are naturally more important.
What’s more, this is Brazil, and the precious lives of U.S. Marines cannot and will not be lost for Brazilians.
The sporadic killings by snipers could not stop the advance of the large army. Hundreds of soldiers charged together and advanced hundreds of meters in just a few dozen seconds.
At this time, a machine gun position disguised as a ruin on the street suddenly opened fire. Several soldiers were immediately knocked down. The formation of the attacking troops suddenly fell into chaos. Some people fell down on the spot, some hurriedly found bunkers, and some even turned around and ran away, including many
Marine Corps.
This is normal, Marines are also afraid of death.
Human nature.
But there is nowhere to escape.
The Mizhou Army fought ruthlessly. Before the battle began, the soldiers hid in various bunkers and remained motionless. Once the battle began, they used all possible means, so the machine guns were the signal. More machine guns immediately joined in, and as Lee Enfield fired "
In the unique rhythm of "One Minute of Crazy", countless grenades were thrown from the ruins on both sides of the street, causing heavy casualties to the attacking troops.
Washington’s eyes were splitting, but there was nothing he could do.
In order to cover the troops' attack, not far from Washington is the machine gun position of the U.S. Marine Corps.
After the battle broke out, the Marine Corps' machine guns fired desperately, hoping to suppress the firepower of the Mizhou Army.
But it had almost no effect. The Marine Corps' machine guns had red barrels, and the Mizhou Army's firepower was still fierce.
Mortars no longer fired high-explosive shells at this time, but began to fire smoke grenades, hoping to cover the retreat of the attacking troops.
A few minutes later, Washington was on the verge of tears as he looked at dozens of soldiers withdrawing.
This battle is really unwinnable.
When the Marine Corps first entered the war, they once invaded the Mizhou Army's position.
At this time, the Marine Corps was surprised to find that the Mizhou Army's position was actually composed of complete tunnels. These zigzag trenches could minimize the damage caused by shelling to the defenders. The spacious tunnels could accommodate nearly a hundred people.
There is actually a medical room and rest room in the tunnel. No wonder the state army, which is thousands of meters away, still refuses to retreat in the face of the crazy attack of tens of thousands of government troops.
This kind of tunnel tactics looks familiar to Americans.
There were people in the US military advisory group who had participated in the World War. After the frontline troops reported the situation, the US military advisors could see at a glance that the Mizhou Army was using the trench tactics that reached their peak in the First World War.
If you want to ask which company is better at digging holes, Southern Africa is undoubtedly the best in the world.
During the World War, the US military and southern Africa were allies, so US advisers could tell at a glance who the Mizhou Army's tunnel technicians were from.
This can also explain why the Mizhou Army, which is short of major generals, can fight well with the Marine Corps and the government army, which have more soldiers and generals.
While the battle in Victoria Harbor reached a stalemate, a ray of war broke out in Rio.
Some time ago, the Americans used the excuse that they needed time to evacuate their nationals, buying some time for the government forces.
A week later, the Mizhou Army launched another attack, and this time the US troops on the front lines in Rio finally felt what the government forces were doing.
The Mizhou Army has previously seized the air superiority on the Rio front line. Although the government forces have a certain degree of air defense capabilities, under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Mizhou Artillery Force and the Air Force, the air defense firepower is a drop in the bucket and is not enough to bring any damage to the position.
Adequate protection.
As a result, the U.S. Marine Corps and the government forces participating in the war were unlucky. To be honest, the U.S. Marine Corps has never been so aggrieved. In the wars that the U.S. military participated in, there were rarely times when the firepower was at a disadvantage. Most of them were at a disadvantage.
At times, the U.S. military relies on its firepower superiority to bully others. It continues for days or even weeks with indiscriminate bombing, almost completely destroying the enemy's positions, and then the U.S. military deploys ground troops to harvest the fruits of victory. This has almost become the U.S. military's battle
template.
As a result, this scheme failed in Brazil. In the past, it was Americans who bombed others, but now it is finally the Americans' turn to be beaten.
The Mizhou Army used not only high-explosive bombs, but also incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs for bombing.
Southern Africa uses Brazil as a weapons testing ground. During World War I, poison gas bombs were still very useful, and they are not banned now. So in Southern Africa, all kinds of bombs come in turns. Throw them first if they are useful.
Let’s talk about it later. Professionals will naturally evaluate it after the war is over.
The pilots of the Mizhou Army are not afraid of getting tired. Sometimes they can even fly more than a dozen times a day, and they simply enjoy it.
The American troops that had just entered the war were in bad luck.
When have Americans ever been so angry? It can be said that without firepower superiority, Americans will not fight at all. It is a joke to expect Americans to carry forward the spirit of millet plus rifles. Therefore, after only one day, the Marines who had just participated in the war hurriedly returned
Rio de Janeiro.
In just one day, the US military suffered more than 500 casualties.
There are only 3,000 US troops on the front line in Rio.
So when Hopman approached Jones again, he was furious as soon as they met.
"Do you want to fight a full-scale war? If not, please stop providing assistance to the Michigan Army immediately. Do you know that your pilots have caused heavy losses to our Marine Corps? You must be responsible for this?
Hopman clutched his chest, feeling like he was about to have a heart attack.
The losses were really heavy, with more than 500 casualties in just one day. This was the most tragic loss suffered by the US military after the World War.
Of course, apart from being angry, Hopman was even more frightened by the strength shown by the southern African army.
This is just a secret aid provided by the southern African federal government to the Mizhou Army, and it did not declare war in a big way.
To put it bluntly, those currently participating in the war are not the elite troops of Southern Africa. If the elite troops of Southern Africa were participating in the war,
The consequences are really unimaginable.
Hopman now doubts whether any Marines would be able to escape back to Rio if the 1st Cavalry Division, the two leading armies of southern Africa, or the Northern Rhodesian Division entered the war.
"Why are there Marines on the battlefield if you don't participate in the war?" Jones smiled. The angrier Hopman became, the happier Jones became.
The United States and Southern Africa are now the two most powerful countries in the world in terms of industrial strength. Therefore, Southern Africa and the United States are in direct confrontation in many fields.
For both parties, only the other party is qualified to confront them.
“Don’t pretend to be confused. Do you dare to say that your southern Africa did not participate in the war?” Hopman stopped pretending. 500 Marines were killed. The U.S. government will definitely want an explanation. Maybe the U.S. Secretary of Defense will resign because of this.
Jones pouted and said nothing. The United States has already joined the war, so why should it ask southern Africa to exercise restraint?
Since the outbreak of the Brazilian Civil War, there has been no shortage of radical voices in southern Africa, demanding that the southern African federal government declare war on the United States and truly demonstrate the national prestige of southern Africa.
The federal government also wants to show its national prestige in this war.
It’s a pity that it’s unrealistic. Don’t forget that southern Africa and the United States are thousands of miles apart. One is in the southern hemisphere, the other is in the northern hemisphere, one is in Africa, and the other is in North America. So how to fight?
If we really want to declare war, for southern Africa, the long supply lines will make people want to die. If we take the initiative to send more troops to Halifax, it will be useless if we send too few troops. If we send too many troops, we will not be able to provide logistics, let alone Halifax.
Sri Lanka is less than 1,000 kilometers away from New York. How many troops can be sent there to withstand the US military's attack?
Don’t forget that the United States also has 100 million people.
So this problem is the same for southern Africa and the United States. It’s not that Southern Africa doesn’t want to fight, but it can’t afford it. It’s not that the United States doesn’t want to fight, but it also can’t afford it.
So since the war started, Southern Africa and the United States have maintained a tacit understanding to maintain contact and limit the conflict to a certain extent. Neither the U.S. military nor the Southern African army participating in the war in Brazil exceeds 10,000 people.
"That's enough now. You have taken advantage of it. You have thrown the dignity of the U.S. government to the ground and trampled on it. You have to pay the price for your actions!" Hopman has not forgotten the blackmail until now. It's true that dogs can't change that.
What.
ps: I finally finished the three-shot vaccine today. Friendly reminder: don’t take a shower within two days after the vaccine. It doesn’t matter anything else. I saw a buddy today and said that he had just finished the vaccine and he couldn’t drink alcohol, eat cold food, or eat anything.
It's spicy and if you can't eat sour food, it's really not that taboo.
