amaotonovel Chapter 344 Chess Game (7)
Chapter 344 Chess Game (7)
"General, news from the front."
"Hmph, the frontline troops have probably already taken Vegas, right? Hmph, without air superiority at the front, let's see how Alice deals with my army group!"
Instead of backing down these past few days, Mike Douglas has been pressing forward relentlessly. After all, the Mojave Desert is where he has amassed a large force, and this location is not affected by the natural barrier of the Rocky Mountains.
By capturing Mojave, the United States army could reach the heart of California, leaving the rest of the land undefended and exposed to his massive mechanized forces.
"No, General... I'm sorry, but please take a look at this."
But the secretary's words froze his smile, and after he saw the report filled with cowardice and shirking of responsibility, the room fell into a long silence.
What does it mean that "due to a sandstorm, our troops were unable to see the enemy's movements, were attacked by the enemy, suffered heavy losses, and were unable to provide follow-up support to Vegas"?
What does it mean to say "it is estimated that the enemy has at least three divisions lying in ambush"? How could three divisions pass through the defensive lines on the edge of Vegas city and the defensive lines of friendly forces in the north?
That's a division! Not just a few guerrilla squads! Even kids playing naval warfare games wouldn't let a fleet slip through their defenses!
"Are they incompetent? The sandstorm makes it impossible to see the enemy? Then how come the enemy can see them? It's because of the sandstorm that we have the opportunity to advance our lines without being attacked from the air! If they can't even figure this out, then their military commanders should be replaced!"
Mike Douglas was now a little red-hot. The difficulty in advancing the front line was not the fault of the front-line troops. He knew that the mysterious armed force in Alice's hands was something they could not reach. It was small in scale, but it was enough to control the air. On this basis, it used a large number of former United States air forces to carry out the simplest and most basic air strikes. A large number of warplanes that were used by other forces to fight for air superiority were now being used by the front to undertake ground strike missions.
Those outdated fighter jets, those F-4 fighter jets currently in service with the United States, were numerous. With air superiority secured, these fighter jets circled overhead like flocks of birds, defecating over the United States forces.
Now that Mojave Earth has finally had a chance to escape those flocks of birds on the front lines, you're telling me: several enemy armored groups have cut off the roads in eastern Mojave?
"That damned bitch! Damn it! I'll crush her!"
In his office, Mike Douglas raged, saying that once Vegas, or the entire Mojave region, was under Alice's control, the negotiations would be very passive, and even their subsequent peace talks would be very detrimental to the United States!
"General, I don't know if you know her, but Alice was the founding president of America..."
Mike Douglas suddenly realized this—Alice possessed a powerful claim to Amelansi! And now, Amelansi was struggling to resist the Northern Lucy Empire, and he was aware of the incompetence of the current Amelansi government—would Alice return to Amelansi in the future?
After all, according to the law, Alice's presidential term has not yet ended, and she can take office again without even having to hold a new election!
"Damn it, she's getting harder and harder to deal with. In the end, I see what she's thinking. She just wants Columbia to dance in her hands!"
Mike Douglas paced around the room, pondering Alice's motives and how to gain an advantage in the negotiations—the Western Ocean Treaty's ultimatum to Colombia was to cease the civil war, declare its accession to the Western Ocean Treaty, and support the treaty's camp.
However, the demands for a ceasefire varied among the various parties. The syndicates demanded the maintenance of the syndicate-liberated zone system, while the Front demanded a thorough proletarian revolution in Colombia. As for the Confederate States? The Confederate States did not even discuss it; they supported the Imperial Pact because Glenorda, although called the Glenorda Workers' State, actually practiced a completely rigid system of rule.
Moreover, in private, the union and the front were under the same system, and the front was even originally a western branch of the union.
If the two sides were to actually unite, it would indeed be a very bad situation for the United States—Mike Douglas realized that although the United States faction had considerable territory, it was now at a complete disadvantage.
He quickly processed what he realized—no matter what, maintaining the current situation of dividing without fighting, and on this basis uniting the labor unions and the front to prioritize the strikes against the southern insurgents, would be the optimal solution at present.
"Existence is everything, everything is for existence. If we can ensure that the traditions of the central United States are not influenced by those radicals, and on that basis, eliminate the Glenardians in the South, eliminate a potential adversary, that would be the best possible outcome for us."
“I think we shouldn’t be concerned about the gains or losses of a single city or battle. Alice must be thinking the same thing. All this fighting in the Mojave is ultimately for the negotiating table. In any case, if we win the battle against the southern rebels, their vast south will provide us with a more advantageous position.”
Mike Douglas nodded. The South was not an industrialized society like the North. In the South, many traditional farming families were no different from those in the Midwest. Apart from Ronnie Hugh, they were more likely to support the equally conservative United States, which supported private ownership, rather than the syndicalist mobs or Alice's men who enforced communal ownership.
Upon arriving here, he immediately issued orders for the frontline troops to maintain the front line but not withdraw from Mojave. He instructed them to strive for an immediate ceasefire in negotiations, maintain their presence in Mojave, and construct as many defensive fortifications as possible. After all, the desert is vast, and every unit that wants to advance in this wasteland must endure the losses caused by the high temperatures.
Building fortifications at the edge of the desert is the best way to buy time!
At the same time, the United States' continued presence in Vegas would also minimize the possibility of the Front fully exploiting the city's wealth. The city can be rebuilt, but if it falls into the Front's hands, things won't be so rosy.
What he can't have, Alice can't have either.
With this in mind, Mike Douglas immediately issued orders, but the first priority was not actually to establish a ceasefire agreement with the labor union, and then to use the labor union's ceasefire agreement to maintain pressure on the front line.