I have to say that this man spoke very well. After he said this about a despicable and shameless predatory war, it immediately rose to the level of humanistic care. Although he knew that this guy was moved by the bright prospect of looting the United States, Xiao Mao
Qi and others still had to admit that they felt much better after he said this.
However, this does not mean that he agrees with Yang Feng's strategy. Such a risky plan cannot be solved on paper. There are too many problems to face during the two thousand kilometers of maritime expedition. The first is the threat of the US Navy. If
If they really do this, the U.S. Navy must be completely eliminated, and at the end of the day, they have to block it in Norfolk so that they cannot have any impact on the route.
This should not be difficult to solve, after all, the coalition's maritime power is more than twice that of the Americans.
Second, and most importantly, there must be a detailed map of the U.S. coast, especially the planned landing area, from the depth of the sea to the deep expansion area on the shore, as well as the garrison status of nearby U.S. troops, transportation issues, and of course the most important thing is the U.S. military
When will reinforcements arrive soon?
There are a total of twelve landing ships in the coalition, which can only carry one division to seize the beach at a time. Such strength can only carry out short assaults and cannot carry out long-term operations, so this issue is particularly important, but this requires complete intelligence support, which is very difficult.
Obviously neither Germany nor Russia has such intelligence capabilities.
Yang Feng looked at Xiao Maoqi who asked this question with a smile, then stretched out his hand backward, and Yuan Shikai, who was following him, immediately handed over a roll of maps.
This question is too simple for Yang Feng. The Yang Consortium is so pervasive in the entire world that drawing a landing zone map for him is not like playing for fun.
When Little Maoqi looked at the map in his hand, his mouth opened like a frog waiting for insects. Everything he needed was on this map, such as transportation, terrain, water patterns, tide times, beach conditions...anyway, a landing operation.
Everything you need is there, even the contour lines are marked. With a map like this in hand, Philadelphia feels like it has been stripped naked and displayed in front of you.
"Your Majesty, how did you get it?" Little Maoqi exclaimed. This map is enough to be locked in the top-secret archives of the US military.
"What's the difficulty? My manager in Philadelphia took a few employees out to sea to catch fish. It's not a military restricted area. As for transportation, you can just drive around by yourself. You need to inquire about the situation of the US military garrison.
"? Don't you know that their weapons are all produced by Raytheon Company?" Yang Feng said casually.
Xiao Maoqi didn't say anything. He had now determined that the managers of this guy in Germany must be doing the same job. After returning, he must remind the Ministry of National Defense. Be careful of those employees of the Yang Group. Of course, what he didn't know was
It is already too late at this time. All maps of Europe from the coast to the interior are in the archives of the Chinese General Staff. It has been more than five years since the expansion of Yang's consortium. If there is not even this efficiency, then Yang Feng's
It's time for the managers to get busted too.
The intelligence problem was solved, and Xiao Maoqi studied other aspects. There is really nothing more to say. Of course, such a plan must be approved by their respective countries, but there will be no suspense, since it is Yang
The emperor personally proposed it, so you have to agree even if you don't agree. Anyway, even if it fails, it will just be a loss of soldiers. Compared with Emperor Yang's mood, eight thousand dead soldiers are nothing.
Besides, this plan is indeed very feasible. The American generals, like Moltke and others, have not yet liberated their minds enough, so in their opinion, this war will definitely be fought in Florida. Merritt led
All the elites of the US military were deployed according to this strategy. Two of the six new army divisions were in Tampa, two in Jacksonville and two in Pensacola. This formed a triangle to protect the entire Florida. In his expectation, if
The Spanish did not want to storm the fortresses in Tampa. They would definitely choose to land in Miami and then attack north along the railway line.
The U.S. military led by him will rely on the Great Swamp as a barrier. The northern front will block them in Jacksonville. This is a dead end. There is no other way except risking casualties and attacking. If they attack Orange and Tampa westward, then in
To block the southern Everglades, they will definitely have to face the Tampa fortress anyway, otherwise their supply line cannot be guaranteed, and the war will evolve into a protracted stalemate. A cross-sea expedition like this will definitely not be able to stalemate the US military fighting on the mainland.
As time went by, I realized that the casualties were too high and it was not cost-effective, so I stopped.
This is the most appropriate strategy for the US military. After all, without sea control, it is impossible to defend the enemy from outside the country. There is no other choice but to bring the enemy in and fight. Besides, Florida is sparsely populated. Even if the enemy is sent to Orlando,
It would not cost much to control the front line, but this would lengthen the enemy's supply line, which would be more beneficial to the US military.
In addition to these six divisions, there are six other second-line divisions, which use new smokeless rifles, but the machine guns use Browning potato diggers and Gatlings, and some Hotchkiss, in short, everything
A little bit, but the number is less than half of the main front-line divisions, and the number of submachine guns and mortars is even less. As for barrel artillery, because Raytheon Company has limited production, I feel shameless to go out and imitate them and fear that Raytheon will cut off their weapon supply, so
When it was no longer possible to equip rapid-fire artillery, we had to imitate the Krupp 75 field gun.
These second-line divisions are on standby in several states near Florida, ready to go south to support at any time. Merritt's goal is to fight the enemy attrition. In fact, this means that nearly half of the main US military force is in the south, and there are only 13 divisions in the north.
, including three divisions on the west coast, because there is another division of the Chinese Army in Hawaii, and no one can guarantee that they will not land in San Francisco, so they have to guard against it.
The remaining ten divisions are scattered across the northern states of the United States. These are all third-line divisions. Most of them still have old-fashioned black powder rifles. It would be good if a division could have a few machine guns and artillery. If such a division faced Germany
As for the expeditionary force, it is estimated that if four divisions can block one of them, it will be good. Even if the Russian expeditionary force can defeat two of their divisions, it will be more than enough.
If a short assault tactic is adopted, taking into account the mobilization time of the US military, and taking three to five days as the attack period, then the landing force of one division can encounter up to three US divisions. With such a comparison of forces, it is fully capable of retreating unscathed, and even more
What's more, the fleet at sea can also provide a protective circle of more than fifteen kilometers for the landing troops, so there is nothing to worry about.
In fact, what Britain, Germany and other countries like most about the landing ship designed by Yang Feng is not that it can land quickly, but that it can retreat quickly. You can just open the hatch at the beach and run in. It will not take more than half a day for a division to board the ship and get offshore.
Hours, for a small boat to land, this is simply unbelievable. A quick retreat means that the security of the attack is greatly increased. It will definitely be difficult to evacuate with a small boat behind.
These thoughtful generals, after Yang Feng went to visit the scenery of Havana, especially to admire the Cuban cigar manufacturing factory, went through repeated deductions, and finally had to admit that Emperor Yang's trick was indeed brilliant, but American civilians
They may be in bad luck now, but when they think about the endless amounts of money in their pockets, the little guilt in these guys' hearts disappears in an instant.
Soon, the governments of Germany, Russia and the West all sent replies to their generals, saying that everything was to comply with Emperor Yang's command. Now even if the pirate combat plan was officially approved, the next step was to officially implement it.
The target of the first battle was Philadelphia, but instead of landing near Atlantic City as originally envisioned by Yang Feng, which was full of tidal flats and swamps that were not suitable for landing ships to seize the beach, they entered directly from Delaware Bay to shorten the attack time as much as possible. Delaware Bay
There is a newly built fortress on the left and right of the entrance, but they are small fortresses that are not difficult to open. This problem needs to be solved by the naval fleet. After destroying these two fortresses, with the draft of the landing ship, you can easily go upstream to Philadelphia.
Even destroyers with shallow drafts can sail in.
As for how to act specifically, Yang Feng does not need to take care of this. In short, we must destroy the city to the maximum extent, equip the landing ship with a large number of incendiary bombs, and before leaving, use naval guns to wash the ground and hit Philadelphia with thousands of rounds.
Let’s talk about the cannonballs.
The first combat mission was naturally carried out by the Spaniards. Everyone was here to help them. It was natural for them to take the lead in doing bad things and get scolded. It happened that the Spanish army was organized like the German army, with a division consisting of two brigades and four troops.
The regiment plus an artillery regiment were organized. Since the cavalry, engineers and non-combat personnel were removed, the combat force was exactly 12,000 people, and twelve landing ships were just right.
The second batch will be in charge of the Germans, and the landing target is yet to be determined. The third batch will be in charge of the Chinese and Russian coalition forces. The number of Russian troops in one division is relatively small, and those who cannot be landed will be deducted. In addition, the Chinese army happens to be in this group as well.
The plan was confirmed, and then the coalition fleet set sail from Santiago and arrived in Havana, and then a Spanish division waiting here began to board the ship. This scene naturally fell in the eyes of the American spy hiding in Havana, but he did not have a small transmitter and could only use civilian
The telegram was sent to Jamaica in code and then forwarded domestically by the U.S. Consulate in Jamaica. By the time Washington received the telegram, the attack fleet had actually set sail.
The news that the Spanish army was about to land immediately made Merritt nervous. Because the landing site was uncertain, all the garrisons in Florida entered combat mode, including the merchant ships preparing to block the waterway. They were all on standby at their predetermined positions, waiting nervously for the enemy.