According to historical records, starting from mid-September, for more than a month, only one of the newly formed hurricanes in the Atlantic headed northward, but by the time it reached the New York area, the wind had weakened significantly and would not have any impact on fleet activities.
That is Yang Feng's attack time. Before the hurricane starts, the fleet can move north, and he can get at least a month in the meantime, which is enough.
"Your Majesty, I think I must remind you, have you ever thought about the issue of mines? As far as I know, the Americans have laid a large number of mines in New York Bay, Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay, especially in the Chesapeake Bay.
It is said that the Bay of York, which extends from the York River to the ten kilometers outside the exit, has been completely classified as a restricted area. Even shipping from Washington has been closed. I am afraid no one except the US Navy knows how many mines are planted here, so if we attack
It is impossible to land from the port.
If we avoid these two bays and land from the periphery, our attack distance will be very long. At least I can't guarantee that the US military will reach Washington before large-scale reinforcements. It may be possible in New York, but we need to land on the southern shore of New York Bay. In that case, we can destroy at most
By destroying the west part of Newark Bay, we may be able to reach Jersey City, but there is absolutely no way to cross the Hudson River, so our attack will be meaningless." Little Maoqi carefully reminded Emperor Yang, who was obviously in a state of excitement.
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"You don't need to worry about the mine problem in New York Bay. Just because military espionage can't solve the problem doesn't mean that commercial espionage can't solve it. New York is the most important commercial port in the United States, and there are enough channels there. This is good for my employees.
It's not really a secret. As for the mines in the Chesapeake Bay, this one is simpler. Because I didn't plan to attack Washington from there. My strategic design was to seize New York, and then use New York Harbor as a base to attack Washington at high speed by car. Understand
? The distance between these two places is only more than 300 kilometers, and they have a complete transportation system. It is said that they have even built an asphalt hardened road from New York to Washington.
I came with the landing ship this time, and there were two large cargo ships. There were almost a thousand trucks inside. This is the latest new merchant ship launched by Yang's Shipyard. I call it a ro-ro ship. These trucks can be
Drive directly out of the port, of course you can also drive directly up. In addition, we are on the landing ship, each ship usually has ten trucks. In this way, we can gather 1,300 trucks, and then requisition them from New York.
There is no problem with 1,500 vehicles, which can carry at least two divisions of soldiers and launch a surprise attack along the highway at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.
If there is no blockage along the way, we can reach Washington in one day. Even if there is blockage to attack and advance, I think one week is enough. During this time, the main force of the US military that we mobilized to Florida cannot be rushed back. As long as we
We can capture Washington in two days, and we can retreat to New York calmly. Then we can continue to occupy New York, force the U.S. Navy to go to war, and send Mahan and his turtle fleet directly to the bottom of the sea." Emperor Yang said viciously.
Little Maoqi took a breath of air. This is an unprecedented big plan. It is very risky, but if it succeeds, the rewards will also be huge. In fact, just taking New York, even if there is no more attack on Washington, then even if more than ten thousand soldiers die, it will be completely
Worth it.
Of course, before that, all U.S. troops must be mobilized to Florida first. The more the better, even if they put all the U.S. troops on this narrow peninsula, they are welcome. As for the fact that the Spaniards will be under huge pressure, there is no need to consider it.
The lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are nothing compared to Florida and war dividends.
The two guys quickly determined it, and Moltke began to plan the next move according to this strategy. At this time, the US military's attack on Mobile had begun. They used a method that no one had thought of, led by Lieutenant General Merritt.
Two hundred thousand U.S. troops under his personal command sailed south from Montgomery on river merchant ships, landed directly on the west bank of the theater, and then attacked south.
This is indeed a good idea. There is no need to conflict with the National Guards of Mississippi and Alabama, and the shipping in the Mobile River system is enough to ensure the supply of supplies. The only flaw is that his troops cannot be deployed on a large scale. After all, the Second
One hundred thousand people need a lot of ships to transport them. Although there are canals on the Mobile River and the upper reaches of the Alabama River that connect to the Tennessee River and then the Mississippi River, it is also very time-consuming to transfer those small, slow inland merchant ships.
Therefore, the first batch of American troops to arrive and launch the attack were only two divisions.
These two divisions should be considered the elite of the US military. Regardless of the equipment level or the quality of the soldiers, they are not inferior to the Spanish Army that has been trained for two years under the guidance of the Germans. But it is a pity that this time it is their turn to face the machine gun trenches and barbed wire.
, 50,000 Spaniards built a complete defense system designed with the help of the Chinese outside the city of Mobile. For Arison's presidential throne, the US military, which lacked offensive experience in this area, plunged into this terrifying meat grinder. Four
Thousands of American soldiers fell in piles in front of the positions blocked by barbed wire. The blood even flowed into the Mobile River like a river. The red river water washed down the Mobile Bay and left an obvious trace.
"Don't worry, as long as our supplies can be supplied, let alone the 40,000 US troops, even if they all come with 200,000, they can't expect to open our defense line. There is only one way to break through such a defense system, which is to use
It is absolutely impossible to hit a super-large caliber artillery with seven or five guns. It is very difficult even with one hundred and five guns. The United States does not have such good things." Wang Shizhen was quite proud while smoking a cigar that Manuel lit personally.
He looked at the American soldiers in the distance who were piling up dead bodies under machine guns.
His current identity is Manuel's advisor. As the earliest participant in the Battle of Asan, he can be said to be an expert in this defense system. At that time, the Qing army's combat effectiveness had completely wiped out the Japanese.
Looking for teeth, not to mention that the quality of these Spaniards is much higher than that of the Qing army. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the US military is not even as good as the Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War, except that the equipment is better than the Japanese.
"One of our artillery regiments will soon arrive with the newly purchased 105 artillery pieces for reinforcements." Manuel said with a smile. Naturally, these artillery pieces were purchased from Yang Feng.
"That would be easier. The Bofors-made 105 cannon has a range of more than fifteen kilometers, and we have aircraft above us to help. Even if the Americans build a larger-caliber artillery, the range cannot be comparable to this kind of artillery.
Even if they come then, they will be killed within their range." Wang Shizhen nodded and said.
In fact, the Americans are indeed studying larger-caliber artillery. The Chinese army's artillery has already been replaced by 105. They know this very well. After all, this is how Los Angeles was killed by the artillery range gap. But the problem is that now
The technical level of the United States, let alone the army cannon, even the naval gun can only fire a little more than ten kilometers at most. It is impossible to create a cannon that can be deployed on land and has a range of more than fifteen kilometers.
, they don’t have the modern gun steel used by Bofors Company. These 105 guns are steel purchased by Yang Feng from Hyundai. Even Bofors Steel itself cannot produce it, but the special steel factory in Fuzhou can produce it with slightly better quality.
A little bit worse.
To put it bluntly, this era is about playing with steel. Whoever has the leading steel technology will have an absolute advantage. The German arms industry is outstanding, and it relies on Krupp Steel. The U.S. Navy developed greatly at the end of the 19th century, and it relied on Harvey.
Carburizing steel? When it comes to technology in this area, no one can compare with Yang Feng. He just lacks scale now. If China's steel production capacity is increased to more than 10 million tons, he is absolutely confident to go out and promote it.
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Wang Shizhen and Manuel were there using binoculars to admire the beautiful scenery of the battlefield. Lieutenant General Merritt on the opposite side was almost crying. His 40,000 US troops lost more than 12,000 people in just one morning, eight of them.
Qian Yong fell to the line of defense in front of him, with a one-third casualty rate!
This was just an attack, and the other side was completely unscathed. Moreover, the Spaniards had not used poison gas bombs, and of course he did not dare to use them. He also had a small amount of poison gas bombs produced by the United States, but they were not mustard gas, but phosgene.
If used, it will definitely trigger a larger-scale poison gas retaliation from the Spaniards. When both sides have mastered this terrible weapon, the best way is for no one to use it.
The U.S. military, which suffered a heavy setback, had to temporarily stop the attack and re-examine ways to deal with the Spanish. The failure of this attack also gave Arison and the U.S. Congress, who were preparing to celebrate victory, a blow. As for the American people, there was not much reaction.
They are all used to the U.S. military losing battles. It would be truly shocking if they won a battle!
As for the three states participating in Southwest Mutual Insurance, they are congratulating themselves on what a wise choice they have made.
Fortunately, the Spaniards were not interested in launching an attack on the U.S. military. The two sides were in a stalemate outside the city of Mobile. Large numbers of U.S. troops were coming along the river, and ship after ship of supplies were being unloaded at the Port of Mobile.
, of course Americans don’t know that more than half of these supplies come from their own country.
The Raytheon Company in Texas is working at full capacity to produce weapons to maximize the supply of weapons for its country and its enemies. In fact, even the farmers in these three states have joined in this feast of supporting the enemy.
Ships of grain and canned meat were transported to Havana for inspection under the guise of being exported to Europe, and then transferred directly to ships bound for Mobile, where the invaders could eat and drink well enough to continue beating the soldiers of their own country.