Of course, there is good news for the Americans. The peak period of Atlantic hurricanes has arrived, which means that the coalition forces will no longer risk attacking the coastal cities in the northeast. After all, the fleet usually has to prepare more than half of the fleet to fight in these places.
With a monthly sailing cycle, if a hurricane suddenly occurs at this time, without a harbor to shelter from the wind, those small destroyers with only a few hundred tons will be easily hit hard.
It can be said that the Americans have temporarily loosened the noose and can finally take a breath from the suffocating tension. Some time ago, the entire U.S. economy almost collapsed, because the Soryu-class cruisers and destroyers in the coalition have always been at the forefront of major cities.
Wandering outside the port, all merchant ships going out to sea were seized by them. Even merchant ships from Britain, France and other countries were intercepted and diverted to Cuba. In addition, all exits to the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean were blocked, so American goods could only be exported to Canada.
, the additional cost makes the price of American industrial and agricultural products much higher than that of other countries, and basically no one cares about it.
Now that the hurricane has temporarily saved everything, and there is still at least three months of safety, because there is no distraction, and the election is approaching, President Arison decided to take the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack, launching a counterattack in the direction of Mobile and California at the same time
, use one or two brilliant victories to win the presidency for themselves. In order to achieve this goal, the US military assembled a total of 200,000 troops on the east bank of the Leso River, and mobilized an additional 100,000 troops to counterattack San Francisco. The slogan shouted was "For Los Angeles"
Revenge for the dead.
"Counterattack? How can they counterattack? Did they fly across the Mobile River?" Emperor Yang said funnyly.
This really surprised him. The National Guards of Mississippi and Alabama blocked all bridges north from the diversion of the Mobile and Leso rivers, and publicly designated that federal troops were not allowed to enter the west bank of the river above this point. Of course, Spain
The military is also not allowed to enter this area. In this way, the more than 40 kilometers of the Mobile River and the Leso River running parallel to the mouth of the sea are designated as the war zone between the two sides. This is a swamp that is close to ten kilometers at its narrowest point.
, waterways, shoals, forests. There is only one railway that needs to pass through four bridges. In fact, fighting in this area is a complete joke. There are more than 200,000 troops on both sides, and no battle has occurred so far, which is enough to prove this point.
"It's not clear. We only know that the US military has assembled on a large scale in Montgomery. This is an alert sent to us by jy company." Little Maoqi shrugged.
"In fact, we don't need to care about this. The Spanish have built a complete defense system around Mobile. So far, there are four divisions there, which is enough to defend the city. As long as the logistics supplies can be guaranteed. The Americans are one year
Don't expect to get into Mobile either, but we now have to deal with the hurricane.
If you want the Americans to surrender, the best way is not war, but a blockade. Even if we never land in the United States, as long as we continue to blockade their ports, the Americans will agree to our conditions within two years. They cannot bear this.
economic impact.
Our blockade has actually begun to work some time ago. Almost no one cares about American goods in Europe because of their price and risks. So it is best not to stop, but in that case, cruisers and destroyers must risk encountering hurricanes, but I think even for
The loss of a few destroyers is well worth it," he continued.
This guy's purpose is actually to let Yang Feng continue the blockade, even at the risk of losing battleships. It is a good thing for German companies that no American goods are interested.
"No, General, we won't have any losses. You know that I am still a scientist. In fact, my scientific talent is not only reflected in industrial inventions or geological reasoning. I also have profound knowledge in weather forecasting. Especially
In terms of hurricane inference, I can basically infer the formation time and movement path of each hurricane in advance, so as long as you listen to me, we will not lose anything." Emperor Yang said shamelessly.
Who knows about weather forecasting? This guy was disturbed by hurricanes during the last Spanish-American War, so he went back to modern times to check the meteorological records of all hurricanes and typhoons from last year to fifty years later, especially the Atlantic hurricanes.
, Americans have very clear records and can easily obtain them in the name of scientific research. He even hired a studio in modern times with more than a dozen employees to be responsible for his inquiries and statistics of the weather and weather conditions of all countries in the next fifty years.
Disaster information is very useful if it is prepared. For example, if San Francisco is a major earthquake, if San Francisco becomes a Chinese autonomous region in the future, it must prepare for this earthquake in advance.
Of course, Little Maoqi would not know this. After hearing Yang Feng's words, he was completely stunned. He looked at this guy like he was looking at Godzilla.
"General, there is no need for you to be so surprised. You must know science. Science is omnipotent." Emperor Yang said reservedly.
Xiao Maoqi swallowed hard and decided not to get entangled with this guy on scientific issues. In fact, this was not the first time that he was shocked by Emperor Yang. After all, the two parties were old friends and had been hooking up since five years ago.
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"Your Majesty, if that's the case, we shouldn't use your miraculous talent only in coastal blockade, right?" He immediately thought of a more important question and asked tentatively.
"Otherwise, why do you think I have to land in the United States before this?" Emperor Yang said with a smile.
Little Maoqi showed a happy smile. He knew that the Emperor's confusing orders in recent times must have some big conspiracy hidden behind them. As expected, he made himself guess. After all, he was still thinking about New York and Washington.
"In that case, our second battlefield must be opened as soon as possible. Almost 200,000 US troops can be contained in the direction of Mobile. It is said that the US military in the California direction will invest 100,000 people, so only 300,000 will be deployed. We need at least another 300,000 US troops.
Three hundred thousand American troops were attracted to the south," he said immediately.
"Yes, so after the new batch of landing ships and reinforcements arrive, we must choose a port to land in Florida." Emperor Yang nodded and said.
"Then we have only two choices, Pensacola or Tampa, but no matter which one we must prepare for a fierce battle, neither of these two ports is easy to capture, and it goes without saying that Pensacola
Yes, we already felt the difficulty last time. Tampa is also difficult to fight. This port is deeply embedded in Tampa Bay, and the waterway has long been blocked by mines. The fleet will definitely not be able to enter. We can only choose to find a place to land on the outside, and then
If the infantry storms the US military fortress, it will turn this port into a meat grinder for us. I am afraid that we will already be bleeding like a river without the US military reinforcements arriving.
The same problem exists in Jacksonville in the north. The city is deep in the upper reaches of the river. Our battleships cannot enter. We can only enter by destroyers escorting landing ships. In that case, they will become the target of US military fortress artillery. The northern part of the river mouth is full of tidal flats.
, even if the landing ship seizes the beach, we will not be able to move. Although there is a suitable landing site in the south, after landing we will fall into a dead end forced by swamps, rivers, and seawater, and it will be equally difficult to move forward." Xiao Maoqi said, it seems that he and his staff
We've already looked into this problem and didn't get any good results.
"Why do we have to seize an existing port? Why can't we seize a piece of land first and then build a simple dock ourselves? Find a beach closest to Cuba. We don't need to bring in big ships. We only need landing ships and small boats of about a thousand tons to dock.
That’s it. It doesn’t seem difficult to do, right?
You see, our goal is to keep the U.S. military away from New York, so naturally the farther away the better, for example, this place is very suitable!" Emperor Yang smiled and poked his scepter to Miami.
"Here, it seems like this is still no man's land, right?" Xiao Maoqi said in astonishment.
At this time, Miami was really considered a no-man's land. Although there were more than a thousand residents before the war, after the war started, they would definitely not be willing to live close to the enemy, especially when most of the residents here came from
The planters who came to the north to grow oranges didn't have a good impression of Spain, so they all fled to Tampa or Jacksonville.
But there is a railway here that leads directly to the north. If they land here and then push northward and build the port at the same time, then the US military will definitely be happy. What they look forward to most is a decisive battle with the coalition forces on the Florida Peninsula. Next, they will definitely launch a large-scale
The north pressed forward, and then the two sides started a stalemate on the Orlando and Tampa lines, each other adding more troops. Pressing all 200,000 Spaniards onto a 200-kilometer-wide front, the Americans would have to at least double the effort to stop them. After all, at this time
The American troops were a ragtag group of people who had been hastily recruited and could not be compared with the Spanish army trained by the Germans. What's more, the Spaniards also had poison gas bombs. Double the number of troops to stop the attack was the minimum, maybe 600,000.
In this case, in the direction of Mobile and California, at least 900,000 U.S. troops will be pinned on the battlefield more than a thousand kilometers away from Washington. No matter how efficient their railways are, they can't expect a large-scale withdrawal within a week.
Go, not to mention that their opponents would not be able to let them withdraw.
Because they believe that the coalition forces will not move north during the hurricane, the Americans can only leave a hundred and eighty thousand rubbish in the north. This country currently has an army of one million, and then use a division to seize the beach and storm the port. The remaining
Landing ships and troop transports loaded four to five divisions of German and Russian troops to land at the port. The 60,000-strong army was enough to sweep from Washington to New York. (To be continued...)