Chapter 180 Operation in the North

In the war that is about to break out in the United States of America and the Commonwealth of America, all countries in the world are looking forward to it.

They wanted to see how powerful the US Southern Army, trained by the Spanish Army, was and whether it could overwhelm the regular US Army.

Although the Spanish army’s current reputation is related to fighter jets, in the final analysis their opponents are nothing more than Cuban rebels and religious rebels in Spain, and they have never fought directly with any European power in the world.

This also made all European countries have some doubts about the Spanish army, believing that they did not defeat many powerful opponents like Germany. Therefore, there is still some doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Spanish army.

You must know that from 1860 to 1871, the Prussian Army successively defeated Denmark, Austria, France, etc., and many other European powers.

The strength of the Prussian army has always been admired by the European people, which is why the Spanish army did not win the title of the world’s first army.

The current confrontation between the German and Spanish armies, although it is not yet officially started, must be considered to be about to start.

You must know that the US Southern Army trained by the Spanish Army now faces the US regular army.

Although the strength of the American regular army is indescribable, it is still a white army after all. If the army trained by the Spaniards can easily defeat them, it can also show a trace of the strength of the Spanish army.

The U.S. Army Northern Army was trained by classic Prussian officers, although the Prussians came to the North for a relatively short time,

There has not been a decent reorganization of the US Army, and even the Army sent to the battlefield in the north of the United States has nothing to do with the Germans at all.

This war can reflect two aspects, one is how powerful the army trained by the Spaniards is, and the other is the ability to test the strength of the U.S. Northern Army.

This also means that once the militias trained by the Germans take to the battlefield in the future, comparing the American infantry with the new-style infantry trained by Spain, it is natural to see who is stronger or weaker.

The distance between Li Shimei and Washington was very short, and the armies of the two sides had officially faced each other in almost one day’s march.

Although the North and South of the United States seem to have vast territory, in fact, the area where the war really broke out is the eastern coastal area.

Limited by the limited number of troops on both sides and the war potential that has not been fully mobilized, the more prosperous eastern coastal areas are naturally an important site for the two sides to compete for.

As for the western and central regions, they have not developed any economic value during this period. They are vast and sparsely populated, and are synonymous with the central part of the United States at this time.

This means that the middle and west of the United States do not have any war value worth fighting for.

Although the economy of California in the western United States is prosperous, it is too far away from the important central cities of the United States, so California’s influence on the war is not particularly great.

Even in California and Texas in the United States, they have always been dissatisfied with the rule of the US government, and even if given the opportunity, California would not hesitate to give up the identity of the United States of America and turn to its own independence.

If they go to California, both the economic strength and the population are well developed. In addition, they are separated from the eastern United States by a dry and barren plain, which also makes them less threatened by land. a lot of.

Whether it is north or south, to conquer California is bound to pass through the great desert in the middle of the United States, which is extremely difficult for the U.S. Army to supply.

Although the railway running through the east and west coasts of the United States has been completed during this period, some parts of it were mastered by the south and some parts were mastered by the north, which means that the use of this railway is a great problem.

But right now, whether it is the North or the South, neither side will focus on California. No matter how strong the local economic strength and population of California are, it will not be a difficult opponent for either side.

And now California still nominally swears allegiance to the northern government, which means that the southern government will take certain precautions against California.

Although they talk about defense, in fact, the barren population of the south has made their troops stretched thin, which is why they hired Spanish officers to train their small army.

To know that they are completely disproportionate to the population of the north, they can only rely on the elites on the ice sheet to complete the confrontation with the north.

If the quality of the soldiers on both sides is basically the same, but the population in the north is much larger than that in the south, the war between the two sides is likely to develop in the direction of the first Civil War.

During the First Civil War, except for the initial period of the war, the southern army carried out too few attacks on the north, and the number of attacks made the north suffer a little loss.

However, after the end of the early stage of the war, Beiping, following its strong industrial strength and population, quickly began a counter-offensive against the south.

In the end, the Civil War ended in just a few years, and the result is self-evident, the southern government was defeated by the northern government.

A Civil War killed about 1 in 10 adult males in the United States, an extremely serious war for any country.

This can also be regarded as causing a serious injury to the fledgling United States. Why did President Grant, a military-born president, oppose war so strongly?

It was precisely because he saw the cruelty of the first difficult war that he was so strongly opposed to the outbreak of war.

In the final analysis, war is cruel after all. No one who has seen war will hope that war will come to him.

For any period of time, there are more people who yearn for peace than there are people who yearn for war.

On the front line of the United States at this time, at the junction of Washington and Richmond, the army of about 200,000 people on both sides once again formed a formation and began to prepare for the war.

The power of the Maxim machine gun has been thoroughly proved in several wars.

Therefore, the generals in the north of the United States did not use limited infantry tactics as foolishly as motorcycles, but began to use paratrooper tactics to fight against the Maxim machine guns in the south of the United States.

And they also began to learn tactics such as trenches in the south to avoid the bombardment of esp1875 artillery and the strafing of Maxim machine guns.

Anyone who has seen the power of the Maxim machine gun and the esp1875 artillery will no longer line up neatly to welcome their massacre.

With the exception of the United States, all European countries closer to Spain began to contemplate in their minds how to resist the Spaniards, a tactic beyond this era.

You must know that in the face of the crazy shooting of Maxine machine guns, it is completely unrealistic to rely on the bravery of infantry, unless you can skillfully use human sea tactics like the Russian Empire.

But this is obviously unrealistic. To know the super high rate of fire of the Markkin machine gun, the soldiers who charge heroically can only be madly lumped like wheat.

And this combat power is not only an opponent, it has been confirmed, whether it is the Cuban rebels, or the religious rebels in Spain and the Moroccans, the modern army has made the Spanish Maxim machine gun famous in the world .

Therefore, although the U.S. Northern Army lacks combat effectiveness and the quality of its troops is not good, it will still learn its lessons.

Although this lesson was learned from the Spaniards’ practiced enemies, if they did not have this information in advance, they would have been lined up as in the Napoleonic Wars.

Charged towards the Spanish position, and once this happened, it must be an extremely spectacular sight.

The Southern Army, taught by the Spanish Army, knew the power of the Maxim machine gun from the very beginning.

Therefore, they are also eager to encounter rebels or indigenous troops who do not understand tactics at all, like the Spanish Army, to enhance their military exploits and prestige.

For the Spaniards, in the upcoming war, once the army trained by Spain shows his worth, there is no more suitable propaganda for the Spaniards.

Taking advantage of the situation, there are countless countries seeking military cooperation with Spain, and Spain can also take this opportunity to apply the industrial technology and industrial strength of other countries to complete the industrialization of Spanish society.

Moving on now, the two Confederate divisions in the north, commanded by Spain, in a sense represent the face of the Spanish Army.

In a more traditional way, the U.S. Army is the disciple and/or apprentice of the Spanish Army.

What kind of master would dislike teaching his apprentice well enough, and in turn lose face?

And in the early morning of March 18, the Confederate Army began to attack the North just like during the First Civil War.

Even the Spanish Army had no good way of attacking enemy positions.

Therefore, it can only be said that these troops are carrying bayonets and sprinting towards the northern army positions with the will of war.

Compared with the first World War in the future, the difficulties faced by the Southern Army at this time are still extremely small.

You must know that the northern army on the opposite side has neither machine guns, nor does it know how to pull barbed wire and other obstacles that hinder the advance of infantry.

Therefore, as long as the southern army charges properly, it can still break through the northern army’s position.

He had already blown the horn of war on the battlefield of the Southern Army, but in the face of the Northern Army huddled in the trenches, he could not actually do any effective damage.

Although the accuracy of the Power Rifle is indeed very high, it still cannot achieve a superb design rate in the face of the enemy hidden in the trenches.

While reducing the casualties of the Northern Army, it also increased the logistical pressure on the Southern Army.

It may be possible to kill an enemy with one bullet in the past, but when the enemy starts to hide, those 10 bullets or even 100 bullets to kill an enemy are extremely good infantry.

Unlike the old-fashioned queuing and shooting, the Northern Army, which has begun to know how to dig deep trenches, has made significant progress in its advanced level.

At least curled up in the face of the Spanish bombardment, the American soldiers in the trenches no longer have to worry about death, waiting for danger.

The trenches in the north of the United States are relatively deep, because there is no machine gun, they can only use the old-fashioned hand-cranked Gatling to fight back,

This kind of weapon is always old, but in fact, the ultra-high rate of fire can still cause great damage to the Southern Army.

In addition, the fighting will of the Southern Army has not been high, and the training time is extremely hasty. They learned the appearance of the Spanish Army, but they only learned a skin.

This also caused a headache for the southern soldiers in charge of the attack. As long as they launched an attack, they would face the opponent’s Gatling, which would definitely cause them enough damage. If they didn’t attack, they could only watch helplessly. The independence of the South was not the result they wanted.

Therefore, passive defense is not the consistent choice of the Northern Army. In addition, the number of the Northern Army is at least four times that of the Southern Army.

This also makes them want to tentatively attack the south in addition to defense, to test the possibility of defeating the southern army.

Therefore, after the first wave of the southern army’s offensive could not be defeated for a long time, the southern soldiers in black uniforms retreated like a tide and returned to their trenches, leaving only countless corpses of unknown people.

After the southern soldiers in charge of the attack all turned back to their positions, the esp1875 artillery purchased from Spain began to bombard the north again.

In a sense, a lot of mass consumption is best for Spain.

Not to mention the consumption of a series of products such as rifles, artillery and machine guns, as well as the supplementary bullet of 7.62, which is a unified specification,

If the war between the North and the South is fought to the death, then this will be a long-term effective income for Westerners.

Therefore, the Spaniards, who had already taken advantage of the Americans, were eager to see the war between the North and the South.

You must know that the financial revenue brought to the Spaniards by the war is huge.

This is why the Spaniards welcomed the outbreak of the American Civil War,

All the adults in the world interact with each other for interests, and only with enough interests can they reap the sincere blessings of another person.

At least for us it is,

Now, because of the money that the Americans have sent to buy weapons, Spain has gradually begun to lay some insignificant technical facilities in all cities, such as public toilets and sports fields.

So, anyway, Alfonso XII will rack his brains to let the American Civil War never allow him to stop.

The benefits of the war to Spain are too many, and Spain definitely does not want to end this evenly matched battle as soon as possible.

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