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In April of the 16th year of Yongxing, the independent army expanded to 200,000 people, and Dahua's reinforcements also increased to 20,000 people.

Excluding a small number of remaining troops, they gathered a total of 200,000 troops to go to the Northern Expedition.

As for the United States Government Army, the number of troops at this time has increased to 600,000, which is even more terrifying.

However, their 600,000 troops had too many places to garrison, so only 350,000 troops reached the front lines in Tennessee and Atlanta.

Moreover, with their transportation conditions and logistics support capabilities, maintaining a force of more than 300,000 people fighting on the front line is already the limit.

Even if there are still troops, they can't be sent to the front line anymore because the logistics can't keep up.

Today in the United States of America, the whole country is serving the war.

Adult men went to the battlefield and various high-intensity labor factories, and women and children also entered the factories to produce various materials needed for the war.

The entire country of the United States has been mobilized, and its spirit has been tightened into a rope. As long as this decisive battle is defeated, Dahua will not need to take action, and they will collapse internally first.

The federal army, which was almost twice the size of the enemy, did not have much confidence.

Therefore, they chose to fight a defensive war.

They built an endless trench on the only path that the Independence Army and the Chinese Army must pass.

In Tennessee, the Memphis area was the only way for the Independence Army to go north. The government army decided to start a decisive battle with the independent army here, so they dug a trench that was 100 kilometers long and ten kilometers deep.

Viewed from the air, this fortification is quite spectacular, stretching for hundreds of kilometers and being endless.

However, this scale is actually not particularly large.

On the Western Front battlefield in the original World War I, where Germany and France faced each other, both sides dug trenches that were more than 400 kilometers long and more than 20 to 30 kilometers deep.

Its area is approximately equal to twenty micro-countries like Singapore.

Millions of troops from both sides were thrown into these two trenches, and not a single person was seen.

A single soldier does not have a map of the trenches, and is 100% likely to get lost in the intricate trenches.

The trenches dug by the United States of America in Memphis were not as exaggerated as those on the Western Front, but they were still quite spectacular.

The government forces were forced to have no choice but to rely on labor as they did not have enough technology.

In terms of weapons, they are not as good as the Independent Army and the Chinese Army. They can only rely on their hands to dig out a new world.

And their approach achieved good results at first.

It was the first time that the independent army encountered such a spectacular trench, but they didn't take it too seriously and launched a charge directly.

However, their first two charges were in vain and suffered heavy casualties.

In two charges, the independent army lost nearly 5,000 people.

This surprised Seqie. Although the Independent Army and the Chinese Army totaled 200,000, they could not withstand such consumption.

More importantly, despite so many casualties, they have made no substantial progress at all.

Even though the second charge broke into the enemy's trenches, they were quickly counterattacked and driven back because they were unfamiliar with the trenches.

"Fuck."

He was so anxious that he scratched his hair. He didn't want to ask the main force of the Chinese army for help now. That would make the independent army look useless.

How can an army that has been training for several months fail to fight a tough battle?

"Are the people on the other side crazy? They dug such a large trench."

The officer of the Independence Army complained.

It was the first time they saw such an exaggerated fortification, and they were all shocked.

"We must act cautiously. We cannot attack rashly before we find a way to crack the enemy's move. Otherwise, our force, which has been fortunately trained through hard work, will soon be crippled."

"Will this make the Chinese army dissatisfied?"

"If they are dissatisfied, let them attack. I want to see what they can do in the face of such perverted fortifications."

The officers of the Independence Army shouted.

At the Chinese army's headquarters, Jin Jiusheng was also studying the enemy's trench tactics with his subordinates.

"Judging from the current situation, the enemy's move is quite powerful. Their soldiers hide in the trenches and can effectively withstand the damage of our artillery.

In fact, because we carry a small number of heavy artillery, we are no longer able to form fire suppression on the enemy in front of this kind of trench..."

Chief of Staff Song Bo said.

"Has the plane I asked for arrived? If we want to know more about this trench, we still have to fly around it. Otherwise, all we can see is their forward position."

Jin Jiusheng said that he was not sure yet whether the trenches were powerful or not.

He only knew that he currently knew too little about the enemy's trenches and was in urgent need of detailed information.

"It should arrive tomorrow."

"Then let the enemy pause the attack and wait until we understand the enemy's situation before attacking."

Jin Jiusheng said that four to five thousand people were killed and injured in the two charges, and he could not afford this loss.

In order to train these four to five thousand people, Dahua spent a lot of money.

Fortunately, these soldiers who died in battle were not the main force of the Chinese army and did not need to be given too much pension. Otherwise, it would be enough to make the Chinese army vomit blood.

"By the way, let them start digging trenches to prevent the enemy from sudden counterattack."

Jin Jiusheng added.

If the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Independent Army were the main force of the Chinese army, Jin Jiusheng hoped that the federal army would make a sneak attack.

But he really couldn't rest assured about the military quality of the Independence Army, so he still focused on safety.

If the Independent Army is defeated, the 20,000 people will have to face more than 300,000 federal troops alone, which will be a disaster.

Without heavy weapons, they actually had little advantage when facing the federal army.

Jin Jiusheng's request made Sai Qiu breathe a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Jin Jiusheng would force him to attack regardless of the life and death of the independent army.

At that time, he will be in a dilemma.

But now, just digging trenches for defense is just a trivial matter for the independent army.

Subsequently, the independent army began to dig trenches and build trenches.

However, the trenches they dug were far less sophisticated than those of the Federal Army, and the details were much worse.

This is actually quite normal. The Federation Army has been studying it for a year or two and finally perfected the defense system, which naturally contains countless tricks.

The trench dug by the independent army was not expected to have good defensive capabilities. It only had the effect of preventing sneak attacks by the federal army.

They are now waiting for the planes from the rear to come over, waiting for the planes to obtain information about the enemy's trenches.

In addition, the spies lurking in the United States also received instructions to find ways to obtain the federal army's trench drawings and related intelligence.

The game between the two sides is in full swing.