Deputy Commander Shi Qian jumped off the motorcycle and stood by the river. This was a river flowing through the rocky beach. For Major Shi Qian, this river was neither too wide nor too narrow. Carrying the rifle, Major Shi Qian lit a cigarette for himself and walked to the bushes by the river while smoking. Some of the troops next to him tightened their pants and began to cross the river. Some quickly followed Shi Qian to the bushes and took out their machetes as they walked.
The steel edge of the machete was not bad, and the hard wood was quickly cut through. After cutting the lower end of the branch with a machete, Shi Qian and the others went to the river again. At this time, the comrades in charge of crossing the river were all soaked. The river looked steady, but it was hard to describe what it looked like under the water that couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Even if they pulled a rope to cross the river, it was normal to slip or fall into the depths of the river.
After working for a while, the troops finally found a shoal to cross the river. The motorcycle and truck climbed up and down to the riverbank with difficulty, then drove to the shoal and carefully crossed the shoal. Shi Qian made several signs in succession before leading the troops to stick a wooden stick in the riverbed as a sign.
Although it was already late, Shi Qian still ordered to set off. The river was not a very good defensive position, although the terrain was relatively complex. However, the sound of the river made it easier for the enemy to approach. Although the motorized infantry had many advantages, they were too large and could be easily discovered by the river. If they didn't cross the river, Lieutenant Shi Qian could still consider defending by the river. Since they had already crossed the river, he had to go forward for a while.
The soldiers didn't say anything. After such a march and battle, everyone was already tired. The comrades didn't speak, and some even began to doze off.
Just before the sun was about to set, the troops found a place to set up camp. The barbed wire on the truck was pulled out, and the troops were ready to take advantage of this tiredness to rest. June 26th was just a few days after the summer solstice, and it was the day with the longest days and the shortest nights. The troops hurriedly rested so that they could continue to move forward before dawn.
The correspondent had already communicated with the rear by telegraph, informing them of the approximate location of the vanguard troops. The follow-up troops of the 2nd Division had already begun to engage the enemy infantry. At least the division headquarters thought that the UA troops were rookies and were ready to outflank these rookies. Since they were rookies that were easy to eliminate, the troops felt that there was no reason to give the enemy a chance to grow.
Shi Qian and the comrades of the Party Committee held a meeting to discuss, and everyone decided that the current situation should correspond to those situations. After reaching a consensus, Shi Qian, as the military chief, went through the training content for the past few days and discussed what should be done and what had been done. Already done, see if it is in place. If you haven't done it, hurry up and make up for it.
After training for so long, all the work was completed before nine o 'clock, not long after the sky turned dark. After confirming the arrangements for the night watch, everyone went to sleep. Shi Qian liked to brush his teeth and wash his face, so he slept a little later.
At one o 'clock in the morning, Shi Qian was nudged awake. It was his turn to patrol. The patrol took Shi Qian an hour. After the shift was over, Shi Qian returned to his bunk and fell asleep a few minutes later.
Shi Qian woke up just as the sky brightened. He ate and rested with everyone according to the rules. At half past seven in the morning, the advance team of the follow-up troops finally arrived. After a brief exchange, Shi Qian immediately led his troops forward.
All the military operations were carried out according to the previous training, and all the military operations were carried out in an orderly manner. Within two days, the 50,000 soldiers of the 24th Division surrounded the 20,000 soldiers of the Merika Federation Army. The 20,000 soldiers of the Merika Federation Army were in a mess when they realized the dangerous situation. Their leader was a rather brave man, and he could even be considered a smart man. He ordered the Federation Army to start breaking out of the encirclement along the easiest route to retreat.
This reaction was one of the dozens of countermeasures that the 24th Division had planned. What happened next was a battle where the enemy was trying very hard to break out of the encirclement, and they were very serious in blocking them. In response to the enemy's attack, the 24th Division not only made the enemies break out of the encirclement, but also took down the key points of the encirclement.
Major Shi Qian was in charge of seizing the high ground on the flanks of the enemy. The complexity of the battle was lower than the training. During the training, the Liberation Army at least desperately used heavy machine guns to form a line of defense. In reality, the Merikans were naive enough to think that by placing some infantrymen on the seemingly dangerous terrain, they would be able to achieve the effect of one man holding the pass against ten thousand enemies.
If it was 30 years earlier, or if they were facing the armies of other countries, this kind of battle concept would probably still be valid, and the Merikans would have a high chance of defending the mountain. However, when the Liberation Army's snipers and heavy machine guns made the Merikans dizzy, the infantrymen quickly approached and broke through the Merika Federation Army's line of defense. The Merika Federation Army, who didn't understand what was going on, was attacked from above and below, and was wiped out in a very short period of time.
After taking over the key points, they set up barbed wire and minefields before nightfall. The end had finally begun. The Merikans, who realized that something wasn't right, didn't dare to face the Chinese troops who had the advantage in numbers during the day. During the consecutive days, these Chinese troops caused the Merikans to suffer heavy losses in every battle. Therefore, the Merika Federation Army chose to fight at night.
Therefore, the Merikans attacked the barbed wire and machine gun positions, as well as the minefields and machine gun positions. The beginning and the end were as tragic as described in the textbooks. After the human bodies were torn apart by the iron barbs or cut by the shrapnel of the mines, they were bathed in the death storm of heavy machine guns and artillery shells.
The battle completely ended with the enemy's organized resistance, and the last remnants were completed by the Japanese servant army commanded by Yuan Weiting and the others. More than 20,000 soldiers of the Merika Federation Army were buried in the large pit, and they died of various causes.
In the battle report, everyone only paid attention to two things. The application of their own and the troops' training in the battle, and the rewards that they and the troops could receive for this battle.
Shi Qian had been a little excited before he set off, but now he only felt tired. Of course, he was satisfied with his achievements and had high expectations for his future promotion. However, with the war being like this, every step required the commander's concentration to complete the work, and this kind of concentration consumed a lot of energy. Throughout the entire battle, other than the initial encounter that allowed Shi Qian to fully display his human hunting instinct, the other battles didn't bring Shi Qian any excitement or new feelings. When the war became a simple execution of military operations, when the war became a simple work, Major Shi Qian felt a kind of boredom, as well as the emptiness and great fatigue brought about by boredom.
Under this emptiness and fatigue, Shi Qian suddenly felt that he understood how Wei Jianjun felt. Of course, he would obey orders and continue fighting, but once the troops reached the rear and entered the stage of rest and retirement, Shi Qian also wanted to leave the troops. Shi Qian used to think of war as a victory and glory, a place where one could display all of one's intelligence and mental strength. Now that Shi Qian had reached a state, this glory and romance were completely gone.
The annihilation of 20,000 people was no longer a big deal for the Liberation Army. In more than half a year of fighting, the Liberation Army had killed at least 500,000 to 600,000 American soldiers. As for other combat personnel, there were also hundreds of thousands of them. Compared to millions of people, 20,000 people was only a fraction of a percent.
However, for the American bigwigs in Huasheng, these 20,000 people were not such a simple number. Although this unit didn't have the Federation Army elites on the front lines, they were still considered to be very fighting force. After this unit encountered the Chinese, they did send a telegram to Huasheng. Later, after the fierce battle with the Chinese and after being surrounded by the Chinese, they sent telegrams several times.
Two days after learning that they were surrounded, the reconnaissance troops arrived at the battlefield and found only some burial sites. After digging them up, the soil was filled with the dead bodies of the Federation Army. According to the reconnaissance troops, of the original ten people, one had gone crazy from fear, and two had become mentally unstable.
It had to be said that the current Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Army, President Garfield, was very emotional. As a hero who had participated in the Civil War, he knew about war, or at least the war during the Civil War. To completely annihilate an army of 20,000 people in two days required ten times the number of troops and a strong will to fight.
Now that the Chinese had surrounded St. Mary's, they also sent troops to carry out a destructive attack on the United States Army. So how much combat strength did the Chinese army have after suffering such heavy losses?
President Garfield didn't want to serve another term. In fact, he was very confused that he could actually serve another term. The president, who tried to give the federal government more power, was strongly opposed by the Senate and criticized in the House of Representatives. But there were still people who were willing to support him to continue. This kind of support and opposition made it difficult for President Garfield to determine who was an enemy and who was a friend.
However, once the war started, everything changed. Many people valued President Garfield's identity as a hero of the Civil War. Without waiting for President Garfield to speak, many people had already publicly expressed their support. Of course, President Garfield wanted to serve his country, but there was so much bad news on the front line that Garfield himself did not have the courage to persist.
Faced with the current situation, Garfield asked President Lincoln's son, Lincoln Jr., next to him, "Mr. Secretary of War, how much do you think the Chinese army lost when they besieged our relief troops?"
Whether it was Secretary of War Lincoln Jr. or Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, both showed expressions that were not too sad. As President Garfield wanted to say, if the Chinese wanted to annihilate the 20,000 soldiers of the United States Army, there must be a one-to-one ratio of casualties. If the Chinese also lost 20,000 combat strength, then the Chinese troops in the direction of the relief troops not long ago would probably be much less.
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