"The battle in St. Paul is over for the time being. Only a small number of Americans tried to cross the Mississippi River. Other Americans did not engage in armed conflict with our troops." At around 12 o 'clock in the evening, the General Staff summarized the latest news.
In the battle plan, the city of Sao Paulo might be ablaze at night, but in reality, the resistance in Sao Paulo had basically ended. The city was quite quiet, and the headquarters didn't feel the atmosphere of war. In this environment, many comrades were already yawning. After two days of bumping on the truck and experiencing a day of mental torture, the yawning after relaxing was contagious.
Qi Rui couldn't help but yawn, and then his eyes were moistened by some tears. These tears had nothing to do with emotion; they were purely physiological reactions. He rubbed his eyes, yawned again, and said, "The entire army enters the night to rest."
"Do we really not have to worry?" Deputy Chief of Staff Zhu Jiyun also yawned, but he still looked quite energetic.
"Now, we just need to determine who the enemy is. Our enemy at this stage is probably not the UA citizens, but the UA regular army, the National Guard, and those Americans who don't know what's good for them. At least for now, it doesn't look like the situation on the West Coast. " Qi Rui made his own judgment. Looking at Zhu Jiyun's thoughtful expression, Qi Rui continued, "If everyone has no objections, the entire army enters the night to rest now."
No one in the headquarters objected. The Liberation Army was not ordered to slaughter in St. Paul. According to the instructions of the entire war, the purpose of the Liberation Army was to destroy the UA Army and the reactionary UA rulers who tried to attack China. The UA citizens did not enter the operational vision of the Liberation Army. Since the UA citizens in St. Paul did not attack China like mad dogs, no one had any desire to attack the UA citizens.
The order was quickly passed down. The headquarters arranged for staff officers to be on night duty, and everyone fell asleep on the camp bed. There was no shortage of battles on the battlefield. As soon as the battle began, they were naturally told to get up and fight. At this time, it was best to sleep a little longer. Not only the headquarters, but all the other troops also had the same opinion. Those who had the means naturally found a place with a roof, while those who didn't had the means wrapped their coats around their backpacks and slept for a while.
Before Qi Rui lay down on the bunk, he really hoped that he could think of something, but he didn't expect that he would fall asleep after just a few thoughts. The deep water stopped abruptly. Qi Rui woke up. Glancing at the luminous hands on his watch, he saw that it was time for morning exercises. His biological clock for the past ten years was adjusted to this time, and he also turned over.
At this time, the sky was still dark, and some people in the headquarters were still sleeping. Some people woke up when they heard the commotion, such as Commander Zheng Minglun. When Qi Rui took the toothbrush jar to brush his teeth, he saw Zheng Minglun also carrying the toothbrush jar and towel to the water bucket to wash up.
The food had already been served. The two of them took their canned food to the kitchen cart and exchanged it for the same type of canned food. Then, they each took two steamed buns and a portion of porridge back to the headquarters.
"This time, it's not as intense as the battle on the West Coast." Zheng Minglun's tone was calm, as if he was discussing whether the canned salmon tasted good.
"If we make any mistakes, those Americans will probably still shoot at us." Qi Rui didn't relax at all. The battle on the West Coast had left a deep impression on him. Not to mention the city battles, they had to fight in the rural areas. Every time they fought, it was a cruel battle. It wasn't that those American farmers were really good at fighting, but they often resisted until they were basically killed. At that time, the troops involved in the battle were also in a killing frenzy. Since the Americans had reached the point where they would be killed immediately if they didn't surrender, it wasn't difficult to pull the trigger on the Americans.
Zheng Minglun raised his head and looked at Qi Rui. He lowered his head and drank a mouthful of soup, then said slowly, "Our goal is to get rid of the American Federal Army. Political Commissar Shen made it clear that killing all the American Federal Army in the northeast is our battle goal. Since the end of the battle with the Huai army, I haven't heard such a straightforward order. "
Qi Rui didn't immediately respond. His father, Vézé, had talked to him about the North American battle. Of course, it wasn't easy to destroy the United States. The first stage was to kill as much of the American Federal Army as possible. After fighting so many battles on the West Coast, Qi Rui's understanding of the United States had improved a lot. No matter how the book said that China was a unitary country, and the United States was a federal country, Qi Rui couldn't quite understand the true meaning of the phrase "the states' power was greater than the federal power". He only understood what was going on after he personally killed his way there.
In a situation where there was no federal army at all, the people of the American states were fighting with their lives against China. The states were fighting so hard for their own states, and the federal government didn't do anything at all. It would be strange if the states paid attention to the federal government.
The resistance was also different. The villages that directly surrendered were formed by immigrants who had only been in the United States for a few years. The earlier the immigrants arrived in the United States, the fiercer the resistance. There weren't many old American immigrants on the West Coast. The Great Lakes region was densely populated by old American immigrants. The Military Commission of the Liberation Army had no plans to attack the East Coast of the United States. The people on the East Coast were old families who had lived in the United States for hundreds of years, and their sense of identity with the United States would only be stronger.
Qi Rui still remembered his father describing the future war in a relaxed tone like a butcher describing the steps of killing a pig. "If you want to destroy the United States, you can't rely on defeating the United States on the battlefield, but first, you have to bleed the United States dry. Let the federal government of the United States, which can lead large-scale wars, collapse. Then, it will be a long-term thorough sweep of the place. Once you clear a piece of land, you will quickly immigrate to the United States to occupy it. "
"The motorized infantry is this sharp butcher's knife. The first step to killing a pig is to cut off its head and buttocks. Letting the blood out is the first step." Qi Rui sighed.
"Butcher's knife? I think it's more appropriate to call us a butcher's knife. "Zheng Minglun slightly adjusted the content of what Qi Rui said. He had to admit that after this adjustment, he felt that his realm had improved a lot.
Qi Rui was amused by this feeling, but after a laugh, he could not help but put on a serious face. "I'm really looking forward to the Koreans and Japanese coming here as soon as possible. The army is really not suitable for a lot of work."
"Yes, that's why they say that we are butcher's knives, and the Koreans and Japanese are butcher's knives. In my hometown, we also kill cows, but killing cows is a big deal. The cow's head is used as a sacrifice to the heavens. Butchering a pig is not so serious. Let's do this big thing well before we talk about it. "Zheng Minglun could not help but sigh.
Qi Rui had an idea. He asked, "Commander, do you think we won't have any more military conflicts with the citizens?"
"I think the people here are more sensible. Maybe they think that the United States Army will come, so they don't want to lose their lives for nothing. I really hope that these people will continue to think that way. "Zheng Minglun's voice was much more powerful, probably because he had finished his breakfast.
This made Qi Rui feel enlightened, and he could not help but nod heavily. If the United States Army did not support them, then the brave resistance of the people on the West Coast could also be explained from another perspective. The people on the West Coast knew that they could not count on the federal government, which was thousands of miles away, so they could only resist for their own interests. Or rather, they were so scared that they lost their minds, so they chose to fight like mad dogs.
However, the people of St. Paul knew that the United States Army was only a hundred kilometers away. If they could not save themselves at this time, they would not be able to enjoy their new life after the United States Army wiped out the Chinese people.
This was indeed human nature. It was completely different whether one had a backer or not. However, thinking about it this way, Qi Rui had a deeper understanding of his father Vézé's words. The Liberation Army was not only going to bleed, but also to cut off the United States' backbone. When the states in the United States could not get the support of the United States Army, they could use a butcher's knife to slaughter the states in the United States like fat pigs for the New Year.
Thinking of this, Qi Rui suddenly remembered another sentence that his father Vézé had said before. "After Qin Shi Huang, the traditional expansion of China relied on the power of the central government. Where the Chinese army could go and what degree of victory it could achieve depended on how much power the central government had and how many troops and supplies it could put in. This is the characteristic of China, but the United States is different. "
When Qi Rui heard this, he did not understand it, so he had long forgotten it. Now, he racked his brains to analyze the position of the war at this time. After some new understanding, he suddenly remembered what his father had said. More importantly, he now deeply agreed with what his father Vézé said.
The countless wars in the history that he had learned flew through Qi Rui's mind like snowflakes, and then they were sorted into a complete system. Indeed, unless it was the era when China was torn apart, when the Qin sent troops to the north and conquered Nanyue. The Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu and expanded to the Western Regions. The Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty used troops several times, and even the former Qing Dynasty, the foreign military expansion and military operations of these dynasties that did not adopt the feudal system were all led by the central government.
This was especially true for the Liberation Army, where a series of military operations came from the central government. Whether it was the establishment of China's new western gate, Madagascar Province, or the expansion of East Africa in which only an administrative organization was established but not included in China's territory. They were all led by the central government. Whether it was expansion in all directions, seizing or not seizing, all actions were decided by the central government and supported by the central government.
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