MacArthur was now in the command post on the outskirts of Anchorage, including several of his partners, of course, and the people in the command post were gloomy,

After the squadron took the northern part of the Alaska Mountains, it did not rush to attack them, according to intelligence, the Chinese are now doing two things, one is to transport a large number of people and materials from China to Alaska; The second is that the squadron has entered Canada along the Yukon River, and the Canadian strength along the way or in the north has been swept away.

The squadron has taken the Canadian border city of Dawson, which has a lot of gold, and the last time it actually set off a gold rush, although it has now faded, but it is not that there is no gold, but the gold mine has been discovered, and there are owners,

The squadron captured Dawson, which happened to choke a retreat route for American troops in South Alaska, there was no railroad from Canada to Alaska, only two highways, one was from the north bank of the Yukon River, which passed through Dawson and was controlled by the Chinese, and the other passed south from the Yukon River, through Coyden,

This road will go to Whitehorse, the largest city in eastern and northern Canada, and the Chinese's actions make MacArthur very uneasy, and the attitude of the ** team is intended to cut off their retreat.

MacArthur said to Stilwell: "General Stilwell, based on your many years of experience in China, how do you think the Chinese plan to deal with us?" ”

Stilwell's face was a little weird, unbelievable, MacArthur would actually take the initiative to ask his opinion, it was really the sun hitting the west, Stilwell helped his glasses and said: "The Chinese I contacted before were selfish, arrogant, arrogant and ignorant, they have all the shortcomings of human beings, so it is difficult to judge, although in the past two years, except for some so-called famous generals, but I have been in contact, they are at most good at defense, and their offensive ability is too bad." ”

MacArthur said dissatisfiedly: "Then you tell me, how they defeated the Soviet Union, how they annihilated four-fifths of the Pacific Fleet, how they captured northern Alaska." ”

Stilwell said: "You listen to me, the Chinese are very mysterious, although they have so many human shortcomings, but at the same time they also have a lot of human points, such as China has a very many military books, the most famous is Sun Tzu's Art of War, this world is unique in research, in addition to the Chinese are too mysterious, look at that Wang Hanzhang, before was just a small platoon commander, but as soon as he had the opportunity to become the emperor, and then Sun Liren, Dai Anlan, I have contact with them, they did nothing in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, But in the hands of Wang Hanzhang, he can immediately fight well, so I concluded that how powerful the Chinese are depends on their government, and if the government is powerful, then the people below are also very powerful. ”

"Look at the fact that today it is still Chiang Kai-shek who is president, and now they have driven out the Japanese, destroyed the Soviet Union, and are the first country to hit the territory of the United States since the independence of the United States, you can't believe at all that Chiang Kai-shek lost Manchuria in the more than ten years he was in power, that is, the northeast as the Chinese say, and then the southeast coast of China, as long as the convenient transportation place was occupied by the Japanese, and it was also Chiang Kai-shek who was in power, why is the gap so huge in an instant, it can only be said that the Chinese are too mysterious for people to guess their minds."

"It's very strange to look at the way they attacked Alaska, I still don't understand where they landed from the port, and how they could use helicopters to catch us off guard."

Chennault said: "I agree with General Stilwell's words, I have contacts with China's top leaders, especially Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, frankly speaking, if the Chinese do not infighting, the strength is very terrible, but this nation has always liked infighting, unfortunately that period has passed, we have caught up with their unprecedented moment of unity." ”

"Then what do you say, we can't surrender like this." MacArthur left 70,000 troops in the Philippines and fled alone, and he has not yet found a place, he doesn't want to be ridiculed for the rest of his life.

"Of course we can't do this, democracy and freedom are the trend of world development, and we can't surrender to **, otherwise the world will go backwards."

"Okay, the most important thing now is how to hold South Alaska, as long as we contain it here, the squadron should not dare to go south to the hinterland of Canada."

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At this moment, in the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Yukon River outlet city of Litlik, Chen Cheng and his staff officers are also discussing the next step.

They had only been in Litlik for three days, and they could better command the expeditionary force in Alaska by moving their headquarters, and they could get the news on the battlefield as soon as possible.

At present, MacArthur has shrunk his forces and relies on the huge Alaska Mountains to guard South Alaska, the richest place in Alaska, and the strength of the US army is not small, with 300,000 troops, which can be said to be strong.

Chen Cheng saw that MacArthur had left nearly 100,000 troops in the Philippines and fled, and his record in Australia was mediocre, of course, he was also affected by the fact that the Americans finally gave Australia to the Japanese, so he thought that MacArthur's ability was mediocre and he would not have that kind of courage.

However, there are still two benefits to the withdrawal of the US army, one is that the squadron went south to Alaska in advance, and the loss was not large; The second is that the U.S. military has moved out of the way, and the squadron has entered Canada.

Chen Cheng said: "At present, MacArthur's 300,000 army really makes us feel like a fish in the throat, it will be difficult to annihilate them if we fight him for a while and a half, if we don't fight, go directly to Canada to section their back road, this seems to be unworkable, this road is deserted, there is no railway, even the road is not developed, our army can not be supplied at all." ”

Deputy Commander Gu Zhutong said: "It is imperative to take Anchorage, Anchorage is an important port in North America, and there is also the largest airport in northern North America, and the pressure on our logistics is much smaller to take here, and 300,000 American troops are stuck here, we have to send at least 400,000 troops to defend them, otherwise the army that goes deep into Canada will always be afraid and unable to exert its combat effectiveness, which is too bad." ”

Chen Cheng said: "It's a pity that our naval strength is too weak, otherwise we would have forcibly landed on the Kenai Peninsula, and see if MacArthur would still dare to be arrogant." ”

Chief of Staff Wang Yaowu said: "Now that Dawson has taken it, we should increase our forces to attack Canada, wait for the opportunity to seize Fort Coi, and then attack MacArthur from the east, west, and north, I am afraid it will not be so easy for them to escape, and their fleet has suffered heavy losses in this naval battle." ”

"That's right, but it's very difficult to operate, if there are too many troops, we have a difficult supply, and you know fully automatic weapons, it's a money-burning thing."

"We have no way to cut off their sea route for the time being, we can only cut off their land route first, and now Dawson and Fairbanks are in our hands, but there is a road between the two that is the most important road from Canada to Alaska, as long as they control here, the Americans will not be able to get a lot of supplies by land, or it will be very difficult for them to evacuate from here on a large scale."

Chen Cheng looked at Dawson and Fairbanks on the map, there is indeed a road between them, and one of the small towns called Grand Delta is particularly eye-catching, if this place is taken, it can indeed cut off the land road of the American army in Alaska,

There is a railroad in Alaska, that is, from Fairbanks to Kentwell at the foot of the South Mountains of Alaska, and then to Anchorage all the way south to Port Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, which is the only railroad in Alaska, and there is no more railroad for thousands of kilometers around him.

At either end of the railroad, the cities of Fairbanks and Anchorage each have a road to Grand Delta, where they meet and then follow the river east and finally split into two roads again, one to Dawson and one to Fort Coi, their first meeting point is at Wyojoth, the second meeting point is at Watson Lake, and a few hundred kilometers south to Fort Nelson, where the railway is located.

There is no MacArthur's 300,000 troops, and it is a fool's dream to want to fight southward, and they can't take Anchorage, and the squadron that is not strong in naval strength cannot solve the logistical problem by sea, and the US submarine and fleet are united and attack everywhere based on the Kenai Peninsula and Hawaii, and the logistics of the squadron are not secure at all.

Only by taking full control of Alaska, the Chinese fleet, although not strong, can ensure the safety of ships to the greatest extent with the assistance of radar and land-based air force, and the navy should be able to suppress the US fleet with heavy losses in the area south of the Northeast Pacific basin.

"It looks like we're going to defeat MacArthur, so we can only take the Grand Delta at any cost." Chen Cheng patted it on the map spread out on the Chinese table,

Gu Zhutong said: "At the same time, we must also organize a force to attack from the Alaska Peninsula to the direction of Mount Redott to contain the US troops there, and the Kentwell at the foot of the southern mountain range of the Alaska Mountains is also the target of the attack, I think as long as Kentwell and Grand Delta are taken, the 300,000 US troops in southern Alaska have only one way to surrender." ”

Chen Cheng said: "Yes, but MacArthur has gathered heavy troops here, and once the battle starts, it will be a battle, and our material supply is a difficult problem, and this must be properly solved." ”

"In addition, let the navy's submarines be dispatched more to cause damage to the U.S. military's supplies as much as possible, and it would be best if they could cut off their supplies."

Chen Cheng also knows that the weapons and equipment of the Americans, the firepower is also very powerful, once it is consumed, it will be endless, if there is no sufficient supply, even if there are many people, even if the fortifications are strong, in the face of the strong firepower of the squadron, it will definitely be vulnerable, fully automatic weapons, armed to the teeth of the squadron will not be able to defeat the American troops with burning sticks.