Seeing Roosevelt's distraction, Pershing hurriedly comforted, "President, although the Huaxing Army is menacing, their logistical supply is also a big problem.At the moment, we can't fight hard with them, we still have to be prepared for a protracted battle, we just need to take the initiative to evacuate inward, preserve our strength, and it will be difficult for the Huaxing Army to launch an offensive in depth because of logistical problems" "Immediately notify it, let Washington's defenders hold on to the end, and then evacuate on their own after the citizens retreat, and the troops in other states will also move back immediately, and try to avoid fighting the Huaxing Army head-on" Roosevelt was silent, and agreed with Pershing's statement in his heart.Although Washington is anxious to ask for support, it can only sacrifice them for now."
Yes, I'll do it right away," Pershing ordered, and soon went down to make arrangements after saluting.The situation was too urgent, and if Washington's Huaxing Army went north, the garrison in New York would be completely in a state of being attacked from the back.So now they can only let the defenders stationed in Washington sacrifice, although nominally under the banner of covering the people, in fact, let them drag the Huaxing army and buy time for the other troops to withdraw.Pershing understands that Washington's 300,000 troops are still going to be cannon fodder in the end.Washington's troops soon received orders, and Commander Mitchell gathered all the generals and conveyed the orders of the Department of Defense to them with a solemn face.Instead of waiting for reinforcements to arrive, they were told to hold out in Washington.The generals exploded on the spot, and their faces were full of depression."
Commander, the Huaxing Army is a million-strong army, how can we hold it" "Yes, Commander.The people of Washington have already withdrawn, what does it mean for the Ministry of Defense to let us hold on" "Commander, why don't you reflect the actual situation to the Ministry of Defense again, our brothers have not much left, there are no reinforcements, that is absolutely impossible to hold"""The US generals complained indignantly, not understanding how the Ministry of Defense could give such a stupid order, but they wanted to take eggs and smash stones."
Okay, that's what the president meant.The order has been given, and we can only resolutely carry it out. ”Mitchell interrupted the generals' discussion and continued, "Now I will arrange the task of defense, and the 100,000 men who previously supported Annapolis will now immediately withdraw to the second line of defense.According to our strength, it is not appropriate to clash head-on with the Huaxing army.Rely on the trenches to fight a positional battle with the Huaxing army as much as possible, we can't defeat them head-on, and they don't want to bypass us and take a step forward" The generals looked at Mitchell's resolute appearance, and all of them accepted it helplessly, and all of them received the order with serious faces.But no one has the bottom in their hearts, in the battle of New York, the million-strong army can't move the Huaxing army at all, just relying on their 300,000 people, where will they be the opponent of the Huaxing army.In the city of Annapolis, the vanguard of the Huaxing Army has gone ashore and blocked the counterattacks of the American army again and again under the cover of powerful firepower.The 100,000 U.S. troops who supported the area have now suffered more than 10,000 casualties.The local militia was wiped out, leaving corpses in the harbor.Landing craft continued to come ashore, and the strength of the Huaxing Army increased, and the US troops had no choice but to retreat to the city.The ordinary people in the city evacuated in panic and all went to Washington, and under the artillery fire, billowing smoke rose everywhere.Many of the tall buildings on both sides of the street have collapsed into ruins.After only a day or two, it became an empty city.The U.S. troops stationed in the city soon received orders from the command in Washington.Let them immediately withdraw from the city of Annapolis, and all of them should be withdrawn to the second line of defense, and try to avoid a frontal battle with the Huaxing army.These American troops on the front line were already red-eyed, and they were full of reluctance when they received the order, and they scolded the command headquarters for being a bunch of cowards.The war was so cruel that when the Huaxing army landed, it bombarded the shore without hesitation, and tens of thousands of people died under the artillery fire, whether it was the militia or the local citizens.When more than 100,000 U.S. troops arrived, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and there were still bloody corpses.As a man, you can't defend your homeland.These American troops, who were still a little afraid in their hearts, suddenly rose a sense of responsibility, and vowed to fight with the Huaxing army to the death, and after the Huaxing army assembled on the beachhead, they were preparing to launch a general attack on the city, but in the end, they did not see half a figure.All U.S. troops withdrew to Washington's perimeter front, handing over an empty city to the Huaxing Army.They were not happy, and the generals of the Huaxing Army still felt that they had to be comfortable.I wanted to annihilate them all, but I let them slip away before they could fight.After Wu Xuming and Chu Tianyue finished commanding the landing operation, they went ashore one after another and took a circle around the city of Annapolis with great interest.The Huaxing army has begun to loot supplies in the city, and what is most lacking at the moment is supplies, and there is no too much.There were still many old and weak women and children in the city who had not evacuated, and the Huaxing army did not embarrass them, and all of them were let go.Although he came to grab the territory, he couldn't make that ruthless move after all.New China was too deeply influenced by Confucianism, and in most cases it still followed the idea of benevolence and righteousness, and did not want to be like a brute.As soon as the white people came ashore, they did not show any mercy in killing the local Indians.In their eyes, the Indians were a bunch of uncivilized orangutans.They are God's people, worthy to live in this world."
It's really a good place, no wonder His Majesty the Emperor has never forgotten this place, and he will attack here at such a big cost" Wu Xuming took the generals to visit the city, looking at the completely exotic style, and couldn't help but praise it.As the capital of a state, Annapolis City is still quite particular about urban construction.Because of its proximity to Washington and its excellent port, life here is quite comfortable.The streets are lined with two- and three-storey villa-like buildings, and the neat streets are spotless, with dense green vegetation everywhere.If there was no war, it would be a place of complete paradise, not inferior to any city in New China."
The foreign devils know how to enjoy it, they were originally nested in that small place in Europe, but after they became strong, they invaded all over the world and opened up such a good territory for their descendants, all of which is only three or four hundred years old.And no matter how powerful we Han people are in history, we don't have such a vision, and we will always just live with our own one-third of an acre of land, if it weren't for His Majesty the Emperor, our children and grandchildren might have to live on that territory forever" Chu Tianyue also sighed, thinking of so many powerful dynasties in history, none of them thought of opening up new territories overseas.The population of the new China has swelled to 600 million, and it is under a tightly controlled population policy.There is already an imbalance in resources per capita, and if we take a long-term view, there is no place to balance these populations.In less than a hundred years, the Huaxia people will definitely worry about resources
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