Chapter 698: Equipment for fighting here and there

The general responsible for resisting the Canadian attack was U.S. Army Chief of Staff MacArthur. ░░x░.░c░o░m░

Some people may be curious. Although conflicts broke out between President Hoover and MacArthur, why is it still MacArthur who leads the U.S. army and the Canadian army to fight this time?

In fact, if you take a look at the current reserve of Army generals in the United States, it is actually not surprising.

If the U.S. Army is a stepmother, then its generals are orphans.

Because the number of U.S. Army personnel has remained at an extremely low level, the number of U.S. Army general reserves has also remained at an extremely low level.

The reason is also very simple. There are only so many troops in the army, and there are only so many positions for army generals.

If you want the United States to have one more army general, you must retire one of the current army generals.

Such a difficult training environment has led to the fact that there are currently no so-called famous generals among the US Army generals. MacArthur is already considered to be quite capable.

The U.S. military did not make any contribution in World War I, let alone expect some generals to stand out in World War I and become those familiar famous generals.

Even Army Chief of Staff MacArthur may not have as much actual combat experience as any division commander in the British, French and Australian armed forces.

This is no joke. Compared with the frequent replacement of soldiers, the replacement of generals is not that frequent.

Most of Australasia's current generals have fought in World War I and participated in many colonial wars. Their actual combat experience far exceeds that of the US Army.

Especially because of the rotation system of expeditionary force generals established by Arthur in World War I, almost every division was on the battlefield of World War I, and every division commander served as a commander for a time, which effectively improved the army's combat capabilities and The actual command ability of senior generals.

Compared with the U.S. Army generals who have almost no experience in actual combat, the resumes of the Australasian Army generals can be considered luxurious. ஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ

Of course, compared to the Army, the U.S. Navy's training system for generals is much better.

After all, U.S. hegemony cannot be separated from the navy, and the Pacific strategy cannot be separated from the development of the navy.

The navy is still very important to the United States, and the reserve of naval generals is much larger than that of the army. There are even many naval generals who participated in the naval battles of World War I.

MacArthur, the current Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, holds the rank of four-star general and looks like a famous general from various countries.

But in fact, MacArthur's resume so far is also very ordinary. In addition to serving as a division commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, he was also the principal of West Point Military Academy a few years ago.

Even in 1 was a captain. In just one year, Arthur completed his promotion to the rank of colonel and became a major general when he served as the principal of West Point Military Academy.

Later, when he was selected to become Army Chief of Staff, MacArthur was awarded the temporary rank of four-star general.

From this point, it can be seen that MacArthur's actual combat experience is that of serving as a division commander, and his command ability has not experienced a real war test.

But the good news is that the army currently led by MacArthur is only two divisions in size. With the experience of commanding one division in World War I, there is no problem in commanding these two divisions.

In order to defend against the Canadian army's attack, the first thing MacArthur did after taking office was to order soldiers to dig a large number of trenches.

Although he did not participate in World War I for a long time, MacArthur still learned a lot during World War I.

The large amount of trench warfare used by Germany and France in World War I was the real reason why the war lasted for several years. It could not be better used for defense at present.

Moreover, the US military has advanced weapons. If it is just for defense, there is no problem in blocking the Canadian army.

The progress of digging trenches by soldiers alone is still too slow. In order to effectively dig trenches, MacArthur hired a large number of nearby people to help the army dig trenches.

In an economic crisis, it was easy to pay to find people. Soon tens of thousands of Americans gathered, holding shovels and pickaxes in their hands and digging trenches enthusiastically.

But soon, MacArthur discovered the loopholes in his strategy.

These American soldiers were a little unfamiliar with digging trenches, not to mention the people who had no idea what a trench was.

During the excavation of trenches, some cut off the water pipes leading to the city, some accidentally cut off the road, some directly dug a large ditch and flooded a large amount of military supplies, and some almost dug to the opposite side to the enemy. Building trenches.

Fortunately, the Canadian army is still some distance away from where the trenches were dug, otherwise, this would be a big joke.

MacArthur quickly dismissed the unhelpful people, and the construction of such military facilities had to be done by the soldiers themselves.

However, the proficiency of American soldiers is not very high, but it took several days to dig several kilometers of trenches.

In order to block the advancement of the Canadian army, the U.S. army suffered hundreds of casualties and barely managed to delay the Canadian army for a few days.

After the trenches were dug, MacArthur finally breathed a sigh of relief and decided to fight a long war of attrition with the Canadian army.

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The real reason that gave MacArthur the confidence to fight a war of attrition was that President Hoover had made certain progress.

Of course, the progress here refers to conscription, not the support of the government or consortium.

Although the American people are not very interested in defending their country, after the government provided food and a stack of dollars, the American people admitted that their previous opposition to the government was still a little louder.

Encouraged by a large amount of funds and food supplies, the U.S. Army's recruitment progress was a little faster, and 200,000 people were quickly gathered.

But there is a problem, that is, the U.S. Army does not have that many weapons and equipment reserves.

But this is not a problem for the U.S. military. After all, for the United States, which can legally hold guns, it is not difficult to equip every soldier with a rifle.

However, due to the hasty preparation, the rifles were obtained, but the models were somewhat varied.

Among this batch of more than 100,000 newly recruited troops, there are dozens of types of rifles, and there are also more than a dozen types of bullets.

Some recruits received weapons that they were not familiar with at all, and there were even several incidents of misfires and injuries to friendly troops.

Now the United States no longer has to worry about logistical issues. Major military factories are speeding up the production of weapons and equipment, and the weapons held by the private sector are fully sufficient to replenish soldiers.

If the gun in your hand is out of bullets, just throw it away. Compared to replenishing the gun with bullets, it is better to change to a gun with bullets.

Well, if you didn't look at the various rifles in the hands of these recruits, these more than 100,000 recruits would look like an army.

But unfortunately, although the number of U.S. Army soldiers has exceeded 200,000, there are only 80,000 real veterans.

The remaining troops will have to go through a period of training if they want to join the war. At least they must be familiar with the weapons in their hands, so as not to harm friendly troops on the battlefield.

Rifles and bullets are easy to put together, but machine guns and artillery are not so easy to put together. Although American industry is strong, the military industry is not as prosperous as industry.

After all, the advanced level of weapons and equipment in the United States before World War I was not as advanced as that in Europe. During World War I, a large number of weapons and equipment orders were taken away by Australasia, and the expansion of the U.S. military industry was not large.

This also leads to the fact that the United States does not have many weapons and equipment reserves. After all, there are only so many soldiers.

In order to provide the army with sufficient machine guns and artillery, John Joseph Pershing, the "famous general" of the Army who was responsible for training these new recruits, dug out a large number of old weapons from the Army warehouse, including but not limited to the machine guns equipped to the Army during the previous world wars. and artillery, even artillery from the Civil War decades ago.

Fortunately, these weapons have been well maintained in the army warehouse, and at least they are no problem to take out and use.

Speaking of this "famous general" John Joseph Pershing, he should be one of the few generals in the U.S. Army who has actual combat experience except MacArthur and is considered a famous general.

This veteran general who experienced the Spanish-American War and World War I had actually retired a few years ago.

President Hoover spent a lot of money, and many even personally gave General Pershing $2 million after the war regardless of victory, in exchange for the old general's comeback.

Of course, because General Pershing was too old, it was naturally impossible for him to take command in person.

As a matter of course, the task of training new soldiers was handed over to General Pershing, and by the way, there was also the matter of raising weapons and equipment for the new soldiers.

After General Pershing's various collections, the weapons and equipment for this batch of more than 100,000 recruits were finally assembled.

After the weapons and equipment were assembled, the training of these recruits officially began. The first lesson of their training is to be taught by experienced soldiers how to use the weapons in their hands.

However, some models of weapons are too strange, even those produced by small private workshops.

Even experienced soldiers did not know how to use such weapons. General Pershing had no choice but to invite the original owners of the weapons to teach them how to use these weapons.

The deadline given by President Hoover to General Pershing was 6 months.

The industrial strength of the United States is still not weak. Despite the impact of the economic crisis, the weapons and equipment production lines are still fine.

General Pershing only needs to insist on recruiting new soldiers to obtain new weapons and equipment produced from the military factory, and their combat effectiveness can also be greatly improved.

However, how to survive these six months was really difficult for the old general. It is simply impossible to rely on the 80,000 American troops alone. This also means that there is a high probability that these recruits will go to the battlefield, and this is on the premise that they have not mastered any combat skills.

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