Manet's rebel army developed to the point where it had branch units.
At present, his main force is the one led by Ivan the Great, which has the largest number of people, about 100,000. The other two troops obey his command but do not act with him. The total number of people is about 50,000.
An army of 150,000 or 160,000 is no small number.
Because of the equipment provided by Zeng Wangcai and the financial support secretly given by Yellen and Taij, Mane can develop even if he develops twice as many people.
Later, Ivan the Great kept persuading him, saying, "My lord, the quality of the soldiers is more important than their quantity. We only need 60,000 men on hand. With this, we can win the tough battles, and it will be easy to run away if we cannot win."
But Mane was getting cocky. His growing power made him lose his temper. He no longer even looked at the guerrilla manual and was determined to take over the entire California as quickly as possible, drive out the government troops, and formally establish a country.
Under such circumstances, Mane has ended up in this situation today, being blocked not far from the California border.
The battle had been going on for several hours and the troops had suffered heavy losses, but because of Ivan the Great's strict military discipline and the presence of the main force, they had not collapsed.
"Why go to the next state?" Mane asked painfully, "We want California, but now we can't even take California, how can we care about the next state?"
"You have forgotten all the guerrilla manuals." Big Ivan reminded him unhappily, "When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy retreats, I advance. How could you forget such a crucial tactic?"
Those eight words struck Mane like a bolt of lightning.
Mane came to his senses, he began to reflect and realized his mistakes.
He thought that with an army of more than 100,000 and the support of ordinary people, he had reached the highest level described in the manual.
But the conditions for the realm are there, that is the strategic level, and you cannot let the tactical level be at odds with the strategy, right?
"Big Ivan, you're right to remind me." Mane regained his composure after waking up, and his smart IQ once again took over the high ground. "We still have a chance now. All GMs have sacrificed their lives. This is something that appears many times in the manual. It's not terrible to make mistakes. What's terrible is not correcting them. Go ahead and command the battle. We'll listen to you on the battle level."
Seeing Mane's statement, Big Ivan breathed a sigh of relief and returned to work to implement the sacrificial evacuation plan.
This brief discussion between the two of them brought them back to their previous state, with one in charge of military affairs and the other in charge of ideology, a very classic combination.
In order to cooperate with Big Ivan's mobilization, Mane took the risk and went to the front line to do ideological work for the troops left behind.
Then, Mane evacuated to the next state with the main force.
On the way of retreat, Mane thought again and again and said: "Big Ivan, I decided to adopt the opinions of those people, cooperate with them, and introduce civilian personnel to serve as deputy positions in the front-line troops."
"Those Dong adults?" Big Ivan was surprised.
"Yes, that's them!" Mane said firmly, "I've thought it through. They are right. The road to rebellion is not easy. It's easy to arm people, but it's not easy to arm people's ideas. With the civilian deputy positions, it will be easier to convey our ideas. I decided to bring them in."
Speaking of deputy civilian positions, do they sound familiar to you?
This was the result of the discussion between Zeng Wangcai and Chen Hong. Zeng Wangcai suggested that Chen Hong discuss with his superiors to change the form of supporting Mane and not to use any armed forces, as it would be impossible to get any armed forces anyway, so it would be better to take the ideological route.
When the higher-ups heard Zeng Wangcai's idea, they thought it was brilliant and adopted it immediately. They then selected a group of people with reliable thinking and even more reliable hearts from the military and special forces at home and abroad to form a team to contact Mane.
Zeng Wangcai did not show up at first. After all, his own identity was still a mystery to Mane.
Without Zeng Wangcai's intervention, someone rashly offered to help Manet. Naturally, Manet was very wary and refused outright.
Later, Zeng Wangcai called Mane and told him directly that he was from Dongda University, not Elephant University.
Even after learning half of the truth, Mane still did not accept Zeng Wangcai's advice. To put it bluntly, Mane had his own ideas about rebellion and became arrogant.
Now, after the ideological mobilization just now, Mane realized how reliable the advice of the University of East London was.
"Aren't you worried that they have ulterior motives?" Big Ivan warned cautiously, "Although we have obtained the equipment of the Dongda people, we still have to be careful."
"Don't worry about the ambitions of the Dongda people!" Mane smiled confidently. "When I learned about Jim's identity, I understood their intentions. They don't have much ambition. If they have any ambition, it's actually because they hope we can succeed. Whether California secedes, whether it succeeds or fails, it will only benefit the Dongda people, especially now. The longer our struggle lasts, the better it will be for them."
Mane is worthy of being the GM of the Americans in the future. He is now able to think about big issues from a political perspective.
"Moreover, we can have some reservations!" Mane continued, "We only need to use their people at the brigade level, or at most at the regiment level. A unit this large can be equipped with one of their people, and nothing will go wrong."
Did you notice that it has a bit of the flavor of our Anti-Japanese War back then?
This battle of encirclement and counter-encirclement ended with Manet's rebel army paying the price of more than 10,000 people. Manet's large army escaped and escaped the encirclement of more than 100,000 government troops from the sky and underground.
The temporary command center of the government forces.
The newly appointed Xiao Bu attached much more importance to California than Xiao Ke. After discussing with the top military officials, he sent a young general to suppress the rebels.
Lieutenant General Pierce is young and strong. He is one of the most ruthless fighters in the U.S. Army and has participated in many wars.
This general is the commander of the "Quiet Operations Command" established by the United States. He has great power. He leads a part of the army to California and has the right to mobilize armed forces from all over the country.
And this man did not live up to his reputation. Not long after he came here, he designed this trap and let Mane jump in.
For the first time, more than 10,000 rebels were killed. This was the best record since the war began, but Pierce was not very happy: "I order you to continue the pursuit and leave two regiments to guard the prisoners. Remember, treat the prisoners well. At the same time, call Alke and ask them to pay attention to the rebels who escaped."
More than 10,000 people, not all of them died in battle. Only a few died, and the majority survived.
It is impossible to expect the Americans to fight and shed blood on the battlefield. Their thinking is not yet that high.
Mane had foreseen this, and after some encouragement, he persuaded the troops he recruited later to stay, and took away the veterans and elite troops.
And the people he left behind have now become Pierce's trouble.
We cannot kill them, and we have to provide them with food and water, and arrange treatment for the injured. It is a huge burden.
If you don't do anything about it, this matter will soon be known to the whole United States, making those who follow the rebels even more determined to go all the way to the end.
Zeng Wangcai landed at this critical juncture. Of course, he did not land through official channels this time. It was very easy to come from Mexico.
After getting ashore, Zeng Wangcai contacted Mane immediately.
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