Chapter 698: Equipment From All over the Place

The general responsible for resisting the attack of the Canadian army was MacArthur, the Chief of Staff of the US Army.

Perhaps some people would be curious. Obviously, President Hoover and MacArthur had a conflict, so why was it still MacArthur who led the US Army to fight against the Canadian army this time?

In fact, if you look at the current reserve of US Army generals, it is not surprising.

If the US Army is raised by a stepmother, then the generals of the US Army are orphans.

Because the number of US Army has always remained at an extremely low level, the number of US Army generals has also remained at an extremely low level.

The reason is also very simple. There are so many troops in the army, and there are 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 no so-called famous generals among the current US Army generals. MacArthur is already considered to be quite capable.

The US Army did not make any contribution in World War I, let alone expect some generals to stand out in World War I and become those well-known generals.

Even the Army Chief of Staff MacArthur may not have the actual combat experience to compare with any division commander of the British, French and Australian Armed Forces.

This is not a joke. Compared with the frequent replacement of soldiers, the replacement of generals is not so frequent.

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

Especially because of the rotation system of expeditionary generals established by Arthur in World War I, almost every division went to the battlefield of World War I, and every division commander served as a commander, which effectively improved the combat capability of the army and the actual command capability of senior generals.

Compared with the US Army generals who are almost blank in actual combat, the resumes of the Australasian Army generals can be regarded as luxurious.

Of course, compared with the Army, the training system of US Navy generals is much better.

After all, the hegemony of the United States is inseparable from the Navy, and the Pacific strategy is inseparable from the development of the Navy.

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

The current U.S. Army Chief of Staff MacArthur is a 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 the president of the West Point Military Academy a few years ago.

Even 16 years ago, MacArthur was just a captain. In just 16 years, MacArthur completed the promotion of the rank of school officer, and became a major general when he served as the president of the West Point Military Academy.

Later, when he was selected as the 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 only as a division commander, and his command ability has not been tested by real war.

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

In order to defend against the attack of the Canadian army, the first thing MacArthur did when he took office was to order soldiers to dig trenches in large numbers.

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

The large number of trench warfare between Germany and France in World War I was the real reason why World War I spread to several years. It is better to use it for defense now.

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

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

It is still very easy to find people with money during the economic crisis. Soon, thousands of American people gathered, holding shovels and pickaxes in their hands and digging trenches enthusiastically.

But soon, MacArthur found the loopholes in his strategy.

These American soldiers were a little unfamiliar with digging trenches, not to mention the people who didn't understand the structure of trenches at all.

During the trench excavation, some people dug up the water pipes leading to the city, some accidentally dug up the roads, some directly dug up a large ditch that flooded a large amount of military supplies, and some almost dug up the opposite side to build trenches for the enemy.

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

MacArthur quickly dismissed the people who were making things worse, and the construction of such military facilities had to rely on the soldiers themselves.

However, the proficiency of American soldiers was not too high, but it took several days to dig a few kilometers of trenches.

In order to stop the advancement of the Canadian army, the US army paid hundreds of casualties and barely delayed the Canadian army for a few days.

After the trench excavation was completed, MacArthur finally breathed a sigh of relief and decided to fight a long war of attrition with the Canadian army.

The real reason why MacArthur was so confident in fighting 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 the consortium.

Although the American people are not very interested in defending their country, after the government took out food and a thick stack of dollars, the American people admitted that their previous voices against the government were a little louder.

Under the incentive of a large amount of funds and food supplies, the progress of the US Army's recruitment has also been a little faster, and 200,000 people have been gathered soon.

However, there is a problem, that is, the US Army's weapons and equipment reserves are not so much.

But this is not difficult for the US military. After all, for the United States, where guns can be legally owned, it is not difficult to equip soldiers with a rifle.

However, because the preparation was too hasty, the rifles were obtained, but the models were a bit varied.

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

Some recruits got weapons that they were not familiar with at all, and there were even several incidents of accidental discharge and injury to friendly forces.

Now the United States does not have to worry about logistics issues. Major military factories are expediting the production of weapons and equipment, and the number of weapons held by civilians is also sufficient to supplement the soldiers.

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

Well, if you don’t look at the various rifles in the hands of these recruits, these more than 100,000 recruits do look like an army.

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

The remaining troops have to go through a period of training to be put into the war, at least to make them familiar with the weapons in their hands, so as not to do things like hurting friendly forces on the battlefield.

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

After all, the advanced level of US weapons and equipment before World War I was not as good as that of Europe. During World War I, a large number of weapons and equipment orders were snatched away by Australasia, and the expansion scale of the US military industry was not large.

This also led to the fact that the US had a small reserve of weapons and equipment, after all, there were only so many soldiers.

In order to provide the army with sufficient machine guns and artillery, the "famous general" John Joseph Pershing, 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 and artillery equipped to the Army during the previous World War, and even artillery from the Civil War decades ago.

Fortunately, these weapons have been well maintained in the Army warehouse, at least there is no problem in taking them out for use.

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

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

President Hoover spent a lot of money, and even many people would give General Pershing $2 million in their personal name after the end of the war, regardless of victory, before the old general came back.

Of course, General Pershing was too old to command in person.

As it should be, the task of training new recruits was given to General Pershing, and there was also the matter of raising weapons and equipment for the new recruits.

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

After the weapons and equipment were gathered, the training of these new recruits officially began. The first lesson of their training was that experienced soldiers taught them how to use the weapons in their hands.

However, some weapons were too strange, and even those produced by private workshops.

Even experienced soldiers didn't know how to use such weapons, and General Pershing had no choice but to invite the original owners of the weapons to ask them how to use these weapons.

President Hoover gave General Pershing a deadline of 6 months.

The industrial strength of the United States is still not weak. Although it is affected by the economic crisis, it is still no problem to set up a new weapons and equipment production line within 6 months.

General Pershing only needs to persist for 6 months, and these new recruits can get new weapons and equipment produced by military factories, and their combat effectiveness can also be greatly improved.

However, how to survive these six months is really difficult for this old general. It is impossible to rely on the 80,000 troops of the United States alone, which also means that these new recruits are likely to go to the battlefield, and they have not mastered any combat skills.

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