Chapter 571: The Surrender of the United States
"Your Excellency, please and the government, evacuate Washington, this place will soon become a battlefield," Henry pleaded in Adams' office in the White House.
"No, I am the President of the United States. Washington is the capital of the United States, and I will live and die with Washington," Adams sternly refused.
"Your Excellency, as long as you and the government exist, even if Washington falls, the United States will continue to fight. We still have a day to win. In the war when we got rid of the slavery of the British and won our independence, Washington was one of the few It was captured by the British for the first time, and even the White House was burned down by the British for a year. But in the end, we still won the final victory." Zominsk also persuaded.
This time, the Ministry of War will mobilize 100 divisions to fight the French here. With Washington far from the coast, the French's naval superiority would be unavailable. The two sides will fight a real land decisive battle here. Although the French have assembled millions of troops, in terms of the number of troops, the United States will not lose to the French at all. Moreover, in order not to lag behind the French in heavy weapons, Henry fully mobilized more than 60% of the entire US artillery force. In terms of artillery, they will also not lose to the French army. Therefore, Henry is confident that he will deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the French in this battle. Even if the French Army cannot be defeated, it can still drag the war on. Moreover, after staying away from the coast, the French supply line will be longer and longer, which will be more beneficial to the United States.
Ultimately, Adams was persuaded. Led the U.S. government to withdraw from Washington, and temporarily moved the government to Nashville in the interior of the United States. Ready to continue to lead the American military and civilians against the French invasion.
The Battle of Washington, which attracted worldwide attention, was delayed until the end of March. In order to improve the chances of winning, France gritted its teeth again and increased its troops. The French 14th Army was also sent to the American battlefield, rushing directly to the Washington front. Moreover, in order to maintain the safety of the supply line, France directly asked European countries to form a coalition force to attack the United States together with the French army. Although the combat effectiveness of these armies may be somewhat lacking in fighting tough battles with the Americans. But it is more than enough to protect the safety of the supply line.
On March 27, the French army, which had completed its deployment, launched a fierce attack on Washington. In order to win this battle, they assembled 6 legions, more than 1.2 million troops. The supply lines in the rear are all maintained by the coalition forces composed of European countries and the Canadian army.
On the other hand, in order to defend Washington, the United States has also assembled an army of 104 divisions, with more than 1.6 million people. However, only half of the army is a regular army, and the rest of the army is all formed by farmers and workers after putting down their production tools. made of guns. Although the number of people is huge, the combat effectiveness has yet to be verified.
"Come on, come on. Washington, will become the tomb of the French," Henry yelled with a ferocious face in the U.S. War Department. The whole of Washington can no longer be regarded as a dead city, it is completely a war fortress. Every street has at least one barricade built, and there are machine gun fire points everywhere on the tall buildings. Moreover, in order to prevent French shelling, the U.S. military built countless strong anti-gun holes in Washington, the kind that can withstand 155mm heavy artillery. The whole of Washington has completely become a steel fortress covered in thorns. Henry has good reason, here, the French will shed the last drop of blood.
The "boom" began in the early morning of the 27th, and the entire Washington was ringing with continuous gunfire. According to the previously calibrated shooting elements, the French artillery launched an overwhelming bombardment of Washington in sub-regions. Countless high-rise buildings were directly destroyed, and a large number of American soldiers hid in the dark bomb defense holes or trenches, shivering.
The French side also understands very well that Washington should be the last tough bone in the war. After capturing here, the United States will have a smooth road for the French army. Therefore, Xiao Jie ordered that Washington should be occupied at all costs to completely destroy the American will to resist.
When the morning sun shone on Washington, the French bombardment finally stopped. A large number of American soldiers were able to get out of the trenches and the artillery holes, take a breath, and start to have breakfast by the way. The battle must go on, but the soldiers must not be allowed to fight hungry. Fortunately, Henry had already prepared it long ago, and stored enough food in Washington to feed millions of troops for more than a year. They don't have to worry about food shortages after Washington is surrounded. As long as they are not completely wiped out, the stored ammunition and food can be used for them to persevere.
"Attack" At 8 o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, six infantry divisions of the French army launched the first round of attacks on Washington.
"Da da da da" Under the fierce shelling of the French army, the firepower of the surviving U.S. military also quickly began to counterattack. Many French soldiers were hit directly and fell on the way to attack. But their comrades stepped on their dead bodies and continued to move forward.
"Mortar, get rid of that machine gun position for me." A young company commander was lying on the ground, staring at the machine gun position that was constantly blazing in front of him. His troops have been suppressed here for more than ten minutes, and at least a dozen people fell under this machine gun position.
A 37mm mortar was quickly erected. "Boom" a shell, after drawing an arc in the sky, accurately hit the fire point of the machine gun, completely lifting him up.
With a "bang" shot, the figure of the company commander who was rushing forward suddenly stopped and fell to the ground. However, the soldiers just looked at it sadly and indignantly, and continued to attack. The company commander was killed, and the deputy company commander continued to command the battle.
The same scene keeps happening throughout the Washington area. There were constant casualties and victories lost. Almost two million people fought life and death here. Almost every second, someone dies.
After three days of hard fighting, on March 30, all the positions outside Washington were occupied by the French army. Fighting began to spread to downtown Washington.
However, the frontline descendants of the French Army were not happy at all. In this short period of 3 days, they paid a full price of 100,000 people. Although the casualties of the Americans must be greater than that of the French, so that even if Washington is captured, the French army will be severely injured and unable to continue the offensive, and will have to withdraw troops from the country again. In addition, such heavy casualties may even lead to domestic anti-war demonstrations. If that is the case, it will definitely cause domestic turmoil.
Such a huge casualty also attracted Xiao Jie's attention. Although there is war, there will inevitably be casualties. However, such a huge casualty still made him unacceptable. Moreover, this is only a battle in the suburbs, and the battle in the urban area is obviously much more difficult than that in the suburbs. If this is the case, will the French army still need to pay double casualties to win the final victory?
The French army temporarily stopped attacking, which made Henry very happy. This is what he wanted. Let the huge casualties frighten France, make them retreat, or drag the war on. And France's current national strength obviously cannot allow the war to drag on indefinitely. In that case, I am afraid that France will be defeated before the United States is defeated.
It was not until April 15 that the French attack resumed. This time, before the attack, the French army prepared for artillery fire for a full day. The fierce artillery fire almost blew up the entire Washington DC into ruins. However, for the fortifications carefully prepared by the US military, the lethality is still very limited. Henry had long considered that Washington would be blown into ruins. Therefore, most of the US military's fortifications were directly poured with reinforced concrete, or they were simply built underground.
The Combat Engineer Corps, sorting out a special unit, entered the position, and under the cover of other troops ~www.mtlnovel.com~ broke into Washington.
The Combat Engineer Corps is a unit in every French Army Corps. But there are not many people, and each legion has only one regiment. There are only 6 regiments in the 6 legions on the front line. This is obviously not enough for the broad Washington. Therefore, during the few days when the offensive was stopped, seven regiments were dispatched from France again. They will cooperate with the army to destroy the US military's fortifications one by one.
The soldiers of the Combat Engineer Corps were all highly skilled in blasting technology. Under their attacks, the barricades and bunkers of the US military were destroyed one by one. If you come across something that even they can't destroy, just call the artillery. In order to provide support for the army, many field artillery and heavy artillery were directly pulled into Washington. In the later stages of the battle, even the air force joined in. Using an airship to carry heavy battles and throwing them from the sky is much more powerful than heavy artillery bombardment.
Under the various attacks of the French army, the Washington defense system that Henry had placed high hopes on was gradually eroded by the French army. Progress has been slow, but new breakthroughs are being made every day.
The battle lasted until the end of June. Washington fell when Henry committed suicide in the War Department of the U.S. Army and wiped out the last recalcitrant U.S. troops.
After that, several legions of the French Army quickly advanced towards the hinterland of the United States. Large swathes of the United States are headed for occupation. Not to be outdone, Canada sent additional troops to attack from the north.
At the end of August 1834, the French army came to Nashville.
At this time, Adams did not resist anymore, but sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs to beg for surrender from the French army.
Chapter 571: The Surrender of the United States
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