Luo Bin didn't know why Chief of Staff Qi Rui looked so unhappy. If it was because of retirement that the combat strength of the troops had declined, Chief of Staff Qi Rui could bring everyone to the frontline command to object. Although he didn't know what Chief of Staff Qi Rui was thinking, Luo Bin could tell that the Chief of Staff didn't object to retirement.
The meeting ended halfway. When he returned to the division headquarters, Luo Bin felt that this trip was a waste of time. When he returned to the division headquarters, he quickly received a report from the frontline. The enemy in the southwest of the 2nd Division's defense area had some unusual movements.
The 24th Division was now stationed at the southwest of the intersection of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The three largest lakes were Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron. These three lakes were like a clover in the heart of the northeast region of the United States. The west petal of this clover was Lake Superior, the east petal was Lake Huron, and the south petal was Lake Michigan. The center of these three clovers was Lake Saint Mary City.
The battle between the China Liberation Army and the UA Federal Army had started half a year ago. With the 24th Division's great victory in the west of Lake Superior, the battle that had lasted for half a year seemed to be coming to an end. The Liberation Army, which had gathered a large number of troops in Su St. Mary, was no longer worried that the enemy might attack from the west. They launched a counterattack against the US Federal Army in the Su St. Mary area, surrounding the 70,000 to 80,000 US Federal Army soldiers in one fell swoop.
After the 24th Division's achievements, the other divisions didn't like working with this division, especially those with a long history. "As the commander in chief's personal guard, we have the confidence to wipe out the enemy in the Lake Saint Mary area!" This was the explanation that the 4th Division's commander gave to the 24th Division. Since the 4th Division was so confident, the 24th Division was stationed at the southwest of the 4th Division's encirclement under the command of the frontline headquarters to defend against the enemy coming from the Chicago area.
As soon as he returned to the division headquarters, the news came. A UA Army of around 20,000 was moving along the north side of Lake Michigan south of the "clover." The UA Army was relatively careful, but no matter how careful they were, they couldn't avoid the regular patrols of the Air Force's reconnaissance planes. Luo Bin's first reaction was that the opportunity had come. If retirement adjustments were unavoidable, the 24th Division would definitely temporarily retreat to the rear for personnel replacement.
Of course, this was not the end of the adjustment phase. The entire army still had to be evaluated, trained, and trained. If he wanted to be sure that he could be promoted from acting division commander to division commander before the adjustment, he would need to have enough merits to become a division commander. Right now, this Federation Army that thought it was smart and headed north was undoubtedly a big fat piece of meat.
The standing army of the United States Federal Army was no more than 100,000. Of the 300,000 to 400,000 soldiers who had been on the frontlines, most of them included the Federal Army sent by the various states. With a total of three to four hundred thousand soldiers, they could be said to be the elite of the United States Army. Although the Americans had mobilized their forces to gather a considerable number of troops. However, these newly recruited troops had three characteristics: they lacked training, officers, and experience.
The twenty thousand United States Army soldiers heading north should be one of the newly recruited troops. Although the 2nd Division only had a little more than 15,000 people, Luo Bin was very confident in facing 20,000 inexperienced weaklings. The 24th Division's Chief of Staff, Colonel Qi Rui, was a commander who loved encircling and annihilating enemies. Although this kind of combat style caused the 24th Division to suffer a lot of casualties. However, this kind of combat style caused every enemy that the 24th Division encountered to be "brand new." Because they didn't have the experience that the 24th Division provided, they would always make the same mistake. The three campaigns that followed the battle of Duluth proved it.
"My division requests to be the vanguard of the entire army!" Luo Bin immediately submitted the request to the headquarters. The Chief of Staff was the highest commander in the headquarters. Unless it was a major issue that required the commander or political commissar's personal instructions, the Chief of Staff could move a division of troops to start a new battle.
Although Qi Rui was younger than Luo Bin, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Luo Bin's trick. The second division's commander might have made it sound nice, but if he really allowed him to go as he pleased, the other two divisions would either have to clean up the second division's mess or watch the second division take all the spoils. Therefore, Qi Rui sent a telegram to the headquarters. "We discovered that the enemy's main force is moving towards Su Saint Mary's direction. Requesting permission for my division to attack and annihilate them."
The 24th Division's commander and political commissar were attending the meeting at the headquarters. The commanding officer of the headquarters, Lieutenant General Luo Yongfu, smiled and said to the two of them, "You have 50,000 people and you want to swallow 20,000 people. Your appetite is getting bigger and bigger."
Commander Zheng Minglun immediately replied, "The 4th Division has 180,000 people and they want to swallow 80,000 people. Their appetite is bigger than ours!"
The head of the 4th Division was originally from the 4th Division. The 4th Division was originally Zhang Yingchen's subordinate. During the Taiping Rebellion, they had forcefully dragged the King Of The East, Yang Xiuqing, away from the Prince Of Qi's Military Governor Of Vaize. If they had developed normally, this kind of division that had followed someone else wouldn't have the right to call themselves the Military Governor Of Vaize's loyal followers. However, during the change in Tianjing, the Military Governor Of Vaize only had a few guards by his side. It could be said that he had single-handedly charged into the army. On the other hand, the 4th Division immediately came under the Military Governor Of Vaize's command. Not only did they protect the Military Governor Of Vaize as he charged out of Tianjing City, they even followed the Military Governor Of Vaize to block the entrance of Tianjing City and rescued the families of many of their old brothers from Tianjing City.
With such achievements, the 4th Division considered themselves the Commander in Chief's loyal followers. No one could say anything else. Now that the 4th Division, with the 4th Division as its core, was trying to swallow the 80,000 soldiers of the Merika Federal Army in the Sue Saint Mary area, no one was willing to compete with them for achievements.
"We will temporarily move the 55th Division to the 24th Division's position. The 24th Division will fight well." Lieutenant General Luo Yongfu could only temporarily balance the situation. On one side were the old troops, and on the other side were the new elites. He couldn't completely favor one and discriminate against the other. However, a troop like the 55th Division was rather pitiful. Although their achievements in perfecting the battle line and not giving the enemy any opportunities were on the record, compared to the 4th Division, which was engrossed in eating meat, and the 24th Division, which was moving like the wind on the battlefield, the 55th Division was probably a passerby.
Division Commander Luo Bin didn't even have a shadow of the 55th Division in his heart. He immediately started moving after receiving the order to move out. Since the Merika Federal Army had no experience, Division Commander Luo Bin used the extremely traditional method of motorized infantry. He didn't carry out a long-distance attack. Instead, he ran into the enemy head-on.
The commander of the vanguard troops was the deputy commander, Shi Qian. This youngest son of Shi Dakai sat in the front of a three-wheeled vehicle. On the road, there was a long line of three-wheeled motorcycles and three trucks. The motorized troops were just that arrogant. Just four platoons of troops dared to rush into the face of the enemy's vanguard troops of 20,000.
The enemy's vanguard troops were cavalrymen. Before the cavalrymen could shoot with their lances, the three-wheeled vehicles stopped. Three members of each vehicle jumped down and used the three-wheeled vehicles as cover. The concentrated bullets caused many casualties to the Merika cavalrymen. Left with no choice, the cavalrymen immediately turned around and ran. The three-wheeled vehicles immediately began to chase. The two riders calmly used their rifles to shoot at the riders behind them. The braver ones among the cavalrymen slowed down and tried to fight back. However, the motorized infantry were no newbies. As soon as they saw the enemy's movement, the shooters immediately fired at the enemies who had slowed down. Slowing down meant that they were more easily hit. Those brave men used their lives to prove their loyalty to the United States of America. They also proved that practice made perfect in war.
Those who dared to stop were killed early, and those who didn't would only die later. The motorized drivers and the shooters on the motorcycles became more and more familiar with each other. Their shooting accuracy was far greater than the cavalrymen on horseback. Even if the cavalrymen tried their best to retreat, they still fell off their horses one by one. The motorized soldiers chased the cavalrymen all the way back to the vanguard infantry formation.
When the infantrymen saw the enemy charging at them, their first reaction was to stop and set up their positions. Just as they were doing that, the trucks pulled the troops over. Not only the infantrymen got off the trucks, but there were also mortars and 37 mm artillery. These accompanying firepower didn't care about the cannonballs at all as they fired at the vanguard infantry. Smoke, dirt, and rocks flew everywhere from the explosions of the cannonballs. Coupled with the flying shrapnel, the vanguard infantry suffered many casualties. Under the terrified expressions of the American infantrymen, the vanguard infantry left without a care in the world.
Vice Commander Shi Qian didn't go back the way he came. The American rookie troops had a special trait that Shi Qian had encountered a few times. Once they encountered an unexpected, direct, and strong attack, their first reaction was to stop and move forward. They would send out scouting teams to try and figure out what happened.
The 24th Division had sent out troops to hunt down these American scouting teams. Later on, during the military democracy meeting, Shi Qian made a suggestion. The troops would find a path that was slightly further away and use their mobility to outflank them. No matter how many scouting teams the enemy sent out, their main force wouldn't move. The 24th Division wanted to wipe out the enemy's main force, not the enemy's scouting teams.
Now, Vice Commander Shi Qian was sitting in the back of the truck with a rifle. The motorized driver was walking on a path that had been marked out. Shi Qian recalled Chief of Staff Qi Rui's words.
"A few years ago, I heard a senior say that the military relies on construction. I didn't understand it back then. I thought that it was enough for the military to have orders and directions. What does construction mean? I thought that construction meant building factories and doing production. If the logistics department wanted to provide more equipment to the military, they would need better technology and production standards. So construction probably meant strengthening the construction of the military industry. Now I understand that the military needs to be built. Without construction, orders and directions alone won't be able to ensure that the military wins every battle. "
Shi Qian agreed with the idea of combining construction and the military's combat ability. The commanders of the motorized infantry weren't surprised. The motorized infantry didn't get to where they were today by giving the former infantrymen or cavalry some new equipment and telling them how to use the new equipment. For the troops to learn how to use the equipment, they only needed orders and directions. But for the troops to utilize the advantages of the equipment in battle and for the troops to advance under the enemy's intense fire, they needed the troops to have the desire to defeat and eliminate the enemy.
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