Wild North America 1846

Major General Fan Pengfei was not in a hurry to answer General Hill's question. A good hunter must be patient. After all, Americans are much more difficult to deal with than Mexicans, but they are also much fatter.

He took the coffee sent by the officer of the US command, nodded and smiled to express his gratitude, and said, "It smells great, thank you, Mr. Lieutenant."

"It is an honor to serve you, my dear General."

"Your accent is Tennessee, am I right?"

"Yes, but how do you know..."

"Ahem... Lieutenant, you can go down now." General Hill coughed twice, interrupted abruptly, and sent the ignorant little lieutenant away.

General Hill is now the commander-in-chief of the Kansas Army. After just experiencing the war, the troops have so many urgent matters. How can he have time to sit here and brag?

The Union army's fierce attack in the morning alone caused huge casualties of no less than three to four thousand men in the Kansas Corps. Several lines were broken through. The high ground on the left was now in the hands of the enemy. The ammunition of the front-line troops was exhausted.

Urgent need to replenish.

The more than 2,000 officers and soldiers who had just arrived as reinforcements had not yet been properly arranged. The positions needed to be reinforced and the heavy machine guns needed to be properly deployed. He wished he could spend his time split in half in one minute.

"Let me tell you directly, General. My time is very limited. I can only give you 5 minutes. How can you help us?"

"Everything you want."

"Please tell me clearly, will the Tang Kingdom send troops? Will it bring the weapons, ammunition and military equipment we need, as well as tens of thousands of reinforcements?"

"Uh... To be honest with you about the first question... no." Since General Hill was so anxious to get angry, Major General Fan Pengfei stopped beating around the bush.

As soon as he finished speaking, General Hill's face turned dark.

If the Tang Kingdom doesn't send troops, then you are still here to press me. Do you really think it hurts to see me idle?

General Hill was not in the mood to continue talking nonsense, and suddenly stood up and prepared to walk outside.

After the war, I don’t know when the Northern Army will come back. We must make up for the gaps in the defense line as soon as possible. It can only last for a while!

"But you have tens of thousands of manpower. We can help arm them all, strengthen them with no less than 20 heavy machine guns, and organize them to enter the battlefield from the west to flank the enemy's weak right wing... I don't know what this suggestion is?" Major General Fan Pengfei

Sitting firmly on the chair, the old god said calmly.

His words made General Hill stop suddenly, turned his head and said in surprise and joy, "Really?"

"It cannot be true. There are still more than 4,800 officers and soldiers stationed in the Hugo Fortress. There are 7 towns all the way east from the Hugo Fortress. Each town can be armed with 400 to 1,000 volunteer militiamen. It only needs some qualified militiamen.

With experienced officers, sufficient armaments, and an order, they will be able to appear on the battlefield this time tomorrow to flank the Yankees and catch them off guard."

Major General Fan Pengfei calmly picked up the coffee and took a sip. An unspeakable ugly expression suddenly appeared on his face. This damn coffee was bitter, astringent, ground and earthy. After one sip, at least half of it was filled with dust. What a shame.

Is it mud?

He suppressed the discomfort and swallowed, took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his lips, deciding not to touch the damn coffee again, and then said; "We happen to have experienced officers and some ammunition in stock. Now

We need a military order from General Hill, you see... defeating the opponent is that simple."

"If this is the case...then won't all the town defense facilities along the more than 800 kilometers of railway from Fort Hugo to Kansas City fall into your hands?"

"That's wrong." Major General Fan Pengfei shook his head and said with an expression of regret that I sincerely helped you, but you actually doubted me; "There are only two choices before your Excellency General;

One is to follow the method I mentioned. Within 30 hours from now to noon tomorrow, the Southern Army Headquarters will reinforce you with no less than 12,000 troops, and then gather more than 10,000 surprise troops from the west for a flank assault.

You are 60% sure that you can defeat the Northern enemy in front of you, completely relieve the siege of Kansas City, and establish a reversal of victory in one battle.

The other is to continue the current tug-of-war. Even with the addition of 12,000 reinforcements from the Confederate Army Headquarters, the total strength of the Kansas regiment does not exceed 50,000, and it faces Sherman's 140,000 army.

Most of the Southern Army had been fighting hard for more than a week, but the Northern Army commanded by Sherman was still able to maintain a relatively strong fighting spirit due to its absolute superiority in strength and the various units fighting in turns.

If this continues, I probably won't be able to survive for a few days...

Please tell me who is going to go, General, and make a decision as soon as possible.

Whether it is Fortress Hugo or the small towns along the railway line, as long as the relationship between the south and our Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty is not completely broken, this territory will still be yours and no one can take it away.

The Kingdom of Tang Dynasty was just a friendly help to avoid being invaded by the Yankees, so there is no need to read too much into it.

If it falls into the hands of the Northern Army, it will be difficult to take it back."

Major General Fan Pengfei's voice was like the temptation of the devil, which made General Hill's expression visibly shaken. He temporarily withdrew the troops stationed at the border and joined the volunteer militiamen in the railway towns along the way. It was indeed possible to form an effective force of tens of thousands of people.

If led by experienced officers, this is a rare force.

It is obvious from the current war situation that the Southern Army is more well-trained and has stronger combat effectiveness. In most battles, it fights with fewer against many and is able to gain the upper hand.

The northern military uniforms are messy in color and have low combat effectiveness, but they are better in numbers. After a few bloody battles, their impact cannot be underestimated.

The Kansas Army suffered this huge loss. Although it had the upper hand in this round of defense battles, it killed and wounded more than 40,000 enemy troops in total, which was almost double its own casualties.

However, due to the huge disparity in military strength, the situation became more critical.

Although the Southern Headquarters is still trying its best to mobilize reinforcements, the two or three trains of reinforcements every day are of no great use. Every day the battle consumes as many as four to five thousand casualties, and the war situation cannot be completely changed.

What Major General Fan Pengfei said is indeed reasonable. At the critical moment, a new force will rush out from the flanks to cooperate with our own all-out counterattack. It is indeed possible to defeat the Yankees and then cover them up...

The problem is; the Tang Kingdom is not a good bird!

Just when General Hill was hesitating, General Simpson poked him and said carelessly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think what General Fan said is very reasonable. No matter what,... let's get over the current difficulty first and then talk about other things."

Fortress Hugo fell into the hands of friendly forces. That is a headache for the big shots above. The two sides can’t fall out, right?"

"General Simpson can see clearly that the Tang Kingdom's war loan to the South has reached 450 million yuan, and the entire Borderlands of Kansas has been mortgaged to us. Why do you want to covet the Hugo Fortress? It is worth so much

How much does it cost?" Major General Fan Pengfei sneered in a very cooperative manner.

General Hill and Major General Simpson were persuaded. Judging from the current situation, the Tang Kingdom and the South were not an alliance but an alliance. First of all, the huge war loan was not fake, and the massive transportation of supplies to the South was not fake either.

This was extremely confusing and made General Hill think deeply;

How about temporarily leaving border defense to potential allies and getting through the immediate crisis first?

I have to say; who plays what bird?

King Richard was a master who couldn't take enough advantage. Through the war, he conquered the eight northern states of Mexico, and also plotted to control the prosperous areas of Mexico City and surrounding areas. He also had his eyes on the Aztec Republic in the south, and single-handedly dominated the country.

puppet government.

After winning the First American-Tang Dynasty War, the Tang Kingdom ceded land to six northern states in the United States, and also planned to build the Great Lakes heavy industry region with the Chicago metropolitan area as the core...

What is good above will be replicated below.

No... Major General Fan Pengfei, adhering to the wishes of the General Staff Headquarters, took advantage of the old crisis in the south to add insult to injury.

This kind of hypocritical behavior is like the neighbor next door who can't open the pot. If he continues to hold on, the whole family may starve to death. Therefore, the Kingdom of Datang offered to let your little girl live with me until your family's life improves. What a mistake.

This is what it means to be inseparable.

What does the Fort Hugo line mean?

This is a natural geographical barrier between the United States and the Tang Kingdom, consisting of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of desert and Gobi Desert. Fortress Hugo is the high wall blocking the westernmost part, and its importance is self-evident.

After more than ten years of painstaking efforts by the United States, Fortress Hugo has been repeatedly strengthened, tallered and widened, and various forts and defensive trenches have been installed. The local garrison and residents number more than 10,000 people.

It can be said that this is a majestic city standing on the Gobi Desert, a large fortress built for war. It has two reservoirs alone and the railway can reach directly into the fortress.

If the army of the Tang Dynasty wanted to attack this line of defense during the war, the casualties of 20,000 to 30,000 people would be considered small. If the US military reinforcements were timely, then the cost of conquering the fortress would be very high.

No more.

It is about 810 kilometers from Fort Hugo to the east of Kansas City (it is still more than 60 kilometers to the west of Hugo to the Red Rock Valley Fort). There is a station every hundred kilometers along this railway, which has now developed into a small town.

With varying numbers of garrisons and police, they can demolish railways at any time according to orders from the top, preventing the Tang Kingdom's troops from continuously invading the great inland plains of the United States.

If a war is launched against the United States, these are unavoidable obstacles.

If the seven towns along the way destroy the railway line, how long will it take to restore it?

By that time, there were no more fighter planes, and the Americans were able to quickly mobilize powerful military and civilian forces to form a new solid defense line in Kansas City and launch a bloody tug-of-war with the invading Tang Kingdom army...

It’s still unclear whose hand will kill the deer?

Losing control of Fortress Hugo and the seven towns along the route is tantamount to opening the door to the armies of the Tang Kingdom armed to the teeth with no protection. The danger can be imagined.

If the Tang Kingdom were to guard the Hugo Fortress, it would form three iron gates: the Hugo Fortress, the Red Rock Valley Fortress and the Phoenix Fortress. Behind the Phoenix Fortress, there would also be the river defense line and the Taoyuan Valley Pass Fortress.

The formidable and extremely large fortress complex is simply impregnable.

If the army of the Tang Kingdom takes control of the 7 small towns along the railway, and the easternmost forces reach Manhattan, then it will become a reality that they can have an unobstructed view of millions of square kilometers of the Great Plains east, south, and north of Kansas City.

threaten.

The offensive and defensive momentum has shifted!

The world-renowned powerful cavalry troops of the Tang Kingdom can conveniently enter and exit the Great Plains of the central United States as if they were home. Dozens of cities and hundreds of towns within this range are all under the threat of the Tang Empire's cavalry.

No exception.