Just as the American and Spanish armies were fighting in Mobile, Major General MacArthur, who led 40,000 American troops across the entire American continent to California, also began to regain the American territory that had been trampled by the invaders. Of course, it was said to be recovery, but in fact it was
He had only received them in the past. From the time the train left the Rocky Mountains, he had not met a single Chinese. Instead, he had seen many American settlements that had been razed to ruins. The surviving compatriots could not help but burst into tears when they saw their relatives in the motherland.
His eyes were filled with tears, and he was almost holding his horse's head in tears.
It can be said that these people have been living like a year in recent times. The Chinese have not come to harm them. In fact, they have never seen Chinese soldiers at all. The people who are burning, killing and looting outside the two urban areas of San Francisco and Los Angeles are all black ghosts.
There were no Mexicans, not even Japanese. Moreover, these people were promised that the Chinese Army would not care about them no matter what they did, and they would not even share the property they robbed. In short, they were completely free to move around.
In this way, those black ghosts and Mexican immigrants who have been struggling in poverty all their lives are having fun, and the entire California has almost caught up with the Chinese Hong Tianwang. There are flames of war everywhere, corpses everywhere, and countless villages have become ghosts. The surviving Americans
They had to hide in the mountains to fight guerrillas with them. According to Lin Chaodong's estimation, after all this trouble, California's white population dropped by at least half.
This miserable scene has also completely stirred up the hatred of black Americans by white Americans. In many places in the United States, violent activities to expel black people have even occurred. National conflicts are disrupting the entire country. Of course, these have nothing to do with the Chinese. In their
Americans in the controlled area have not been treated in any uncivilized manner. In addition to temporarily accepting military control, even the original municipal institutions have resumed operation. The major media under Yang Feng are sparing no effort to brag about the civilized qualities of the Chinese people, especially the military control in California.
Association director Lin Chaodong has been beautified into a true gentleman, changing his image of a butcher in the Philippines.
Lin Chaodong was not prepared to fight MacArthur on the vast land of California. His mission was just to defend San Francisco, so he not only withdrew the Qin and Han Dynasties in Los Angeles, but also withdrew all troops outside the San Francisco Bay.
After returning, even a few small towns on the east coast of San Francisco Bay were abandoned. Then the various ministries totaled nearly 50,000 people and were divided into two parts, one in San Jose and the other in San Francisco. All warships of the Navy sailed into San Francisco Bay.
Hundreds of large-caliber naval guns completely cut off MacArthur's hope of attacking from the east. Except for a narrow corridor less than ten kilometers wide along the coast, the east coast of San Francisco Bay is full of mountains further east. If he wanted to attack from this route, two
The Forty-zero cannons were watching with eager eyes. Unless they were prepared to commit suicide, they would definitely not choose this path.
Then he only had one choice left, to circle a large circle that was hundreds of kilometers long and had no railways or even decent roads. It was all farms, and then attack north from a valley in the south of San Jose. This valley only had
Three to four kilometers wide, even if one person guards one meter, five thousand soldiers are enough to block him out, let alone 20,000. When he arrived here and saw the dense barbed wire fence opposite, Major General MacArthur was completely desperate.
, after experiencing the battle in Cuba that was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He knew very well that even if he filled the valley with the corpses of American soldiers, he could not hope to open this line of defense, let alone this was only San Jose. Going forward, he had to go to
The attack on the San Francisco Peninsula was of course carried out under the cover of naval guns in the bay. That was the real hell.
To retake San Francisco, it is no longer a matter of fighting the courage of the soldiers and the brains of the commander. It must be fought at the expense of who can use up all the bullets first. Obviously, at this point, he has no hope at all.
, the U.S. military does have material advantages in fighting on the mainland, and the Pacific Railway can continuously guarantee its material supply, but the California battlefield is not the focus, the focus is on the Gulf Coast. When the time comes to distribute materials, it is difficult to say whether they can meet the needs here.
Although the Chinese are on a cross-sea expedition, they have the largest port on the east coast of the Pacific. Those 10,000-ton giant ships of Yang Shipping can sail from China to San Francisco in one month. All arsenals in China will provide support for the Chinese soldiers here.
, as long as there are four ships running against each other, the Chinese will definitely have more supplies than their own. This is a far-off battle, at least Major General MacArthur has no time to see victory.
"Will, send a report to Washington and tell them the current situation here. If we forcefully attack San Francisco, we may have to be prepared to sacrifice the lives of 100,000 young men." After figuring out the current situation, Lao Mai sighed and said to him.
The adjutant beside him said.
"General, what if Washington insists on ordering you to attack?" Will said after hesitation.
"I will refuse. They can remove me from my post, but they cannot let me force the soldiers to die!" Lao Mai said firmly.
"In that case, if we report in another way, maybe the effect will be better!" Will shrugged.
Then he drafted a telegram full of joy of victory. The California Army recovered all occupied territories except San Francisco, including Los Angeles, and expelled the Chinese invaders to the San Francisco Peninsula. At present, our army has advanced to San Jose and is just waiting.
Once the reinforcements arrive, they can drive the invaders out of American soil in one fell swoop.
His reinforcements, Major General Norton, and another 60,000 American troops were loading in Virginia at this time!
Sometimes, if you put things in another way, the effect will be completely different. Although the U.S. government is certainly aware of the fishery involved, it will never expose it, because at least this will allow those American people who have never heard good news to finally
I heard good news, so even for propaganda purposes, the US government will glorify this as a victory.
Looking at the telegram drafted by Will, MacArthur naturally understood his intention. Although he felt it was a bit shameless, he also knew that this was the best choice at the moment.
"Send it!" he said helplessly.
Sure enough, after receiving this telegram, President Arison, who was devastated by the disastrous defeat in Mobile, immediately announced the good news of the victory. For a time, major newspapers in the United States continued to praise General MacArthur. After all, at this time
The United States is in great need of a hero who can inspire morale. After a series of tragic defeats, it finally has a general who can give the people hope.
Major General MacArthur, who led 40,000 heroic American soldiers, drove the Chinese out of California, recaptured many cities including Los Angeles from them, and forced the invaders into the little San Francisco. Now he only waits
Once the reinforcements arrive, they can be driven into the sea in one fell swoop. For the sake of publicity, the U.S. War Department even added a bunch of enemy annihilation numbers to him. Even MacArthur was confused about this. He could swear that he gave the War Department
There was absolutely no mention of any fighting conditions in the report.
"Uh, more than 10,000 of us were wiped out? Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?" Emperor Yang said in astonishment as he looked at the newspaper in his hand.
"These Americans are really good at bragging. They dared to say that they killed more than 10,000 of us without even fighting!" Yuan Shikai was also speechless for a while. The Americans' victory made Xiao Maoqi and others baffled. These guys were too embarrassed to ask Emperor Yang
, but they all pestered him to ask about the situation. You must know that the reinforcements have not arrived yet, and the Chinese Army has only 18,000 troops in San Francisco. It is terrible to lose 10,000 now.
"This kind of behavior is not good. It will make the American people look down on us. The United States is a country that is very vulnerable to beatings. We must make them fear us and tremble with fear when our names are mentioned in the future. But if MacArthur does not launch an attack,
We can't counterattack them! That would be boring, we have to let them attack us." Emperor Yang said with some dissatisfaction.
Americans have a very good memory. If you look at the Korean War, you will know that it was a draw at most and they would not dare to attack China again for decades. If they win a one-sided victory in San Francisco, the Americans will bleed there.
If it flows like a river, they will probably remember it for fifty years.
"It's not difficult to force them to launch an attack. We might as well help them brag together, hold MacArthur up high, blow them a big bubble, and then suddenly pop it for them. Then
At that time, even for the sake of the face of the US government, they must order MacArthur to attack by force, so that we can give them a good beating." Yuan Shikai said.
"Yes, let's do it!" Emperor Yang smiled sinisterly, blowing bubbles was his forte.
After receiving his order, Tomorrow Daily and People's Radio, which had originally been silent on the matter, immediately joined the ranks of praising MacArthur. With the world's largest media participating in the American god-making movement, this man who originally
The little-known general suddenly gained a dazzling halo and became the red sun of the American people. This confounded Arison and the U.S. congressmen. They really didn't understand what benefits Yang Feng would gain by helping them praise MacArthur.
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Under the pressure of MacArthur's reputation, Merritt had to launch another offensive in Mobile. The result was naturally no suspense. After losing 5,000 men, Merritt had to admit failure.
At this time, the first batch of reinforcements from Europe arrived in Cuba. This support force included two German divisions and two Spanish divisions, bringing two ro-ro ships and six landing ships. In addition,
Ten escorting cruisers and destroyers. (To be continued...)