Having said that, in view of the carelessness of the Germans who landed in Normandy and gave the allies an opportunity to take advantage of it, MacArthur strengthened the defenses of the southwest coastal area of Alaska, and at the same time the reinforcement of troops continued to come,

And the squadron is ready for the final landing on the 17th, and they will cross the Bering Strait and land in Alaska to attack the Americas,

The Bering Strait, located between Cape Dizhnev, the easternmost point of Asia, and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of the Americas, is the dividing line between Asia and North America, with an average depth of about 30~50 meters and a narrowest point of about 85 kilometers; There are many islands in the Strait, including the Deomede Islands, about 16 square kilometers) and St. Lawrence Island on the south side of the strait, and the continents on both sides are Asia and North America, through which the border between the United States and the Soviet Union passes.

This strait connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean) and the Bering Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean) (169 degrees 0' west longitude, 65 degrees 30 minutes north latitude), and its name comes from the Danish explorer Vitas Bering, who crossed the Bering Strait in 1728 when the Russian ** team was in service, and was the first person to cross the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, and was the dividing line between Asia and North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Vitus Bering, born in August 1681 in Holsens, Denmark, died on the island of Bering on December 19, 1741, was an explorer in the Russian Navy.

Bering was invited by Peter I to join the then newly established Russian Navy as one of the captains, he excelled in the war against Sweden, after which he took part in the war against Turkey, he married a Russian, in 1715 he returned to Denmark for the last time, in 1725 he began an expedition to the northern shore of Siberia on Peter's orders, in 1728 he reached the easternmost point of Asia,

Two years later he returned to St. Petersburg, when he fell seriously ill, during the time of his expedition five of his children died, in 1735 he was again ordered to come to the Sea of Okhotsk, in 1740 he founded Petropavlovsk, from here he headed for America in 1741, a storm separated the two ships under his command, Bering himself saw the southern shore of Alaska, on the way back to Petropavlovsk, he also found some islands belonging to the Aleutian Islands, but by this time he was seriously ill, Unable to command his ship anymore, they drifted to a small uninhabited island in the Komandor Islands, where Bering and 28 other sailors on his ship fell ill and died, and today the island is named Bering Island, and 46 of the remaining 77 sailors on his ship later returned to the port from which they departed,

The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, and the Bering Isthmus are all named after him,

Bering Strait is located in high latitude, the climate is cold, snowstorms and fog, especially in winter, the temperature drops sharply, the minimum temperature can reach below -45 °C, the surface of the strait is frozen, the ice thickness is up to 2 meters or more, every year from October to April of the following year is the freezing period, seriously affecting navigation, the sea water in the strait is mainly from the Arctic current to flow into the Bering Sea along the west coast of the strait, the warm sea water from the Pacific Ocean flows into the Arctic Ocean along the east shore of the strait, the strait and coastal areas live in suitable ice and snow ecological environment seals, walruses, fur seals, sea otters, Sea lions, arctic terns, etc.,

At this time, it is already July, so there is no need to break the ice at minus tens of degrees or fight in a sled.

On July 18, at 3 o'clock in the morning, 50,000 airborne troops were assembled, and they are now waiting for the airborne to land to the predetermined combat target, and these airborne troops account for 95 percent of China's airborne troops, which can be said to be all.

And at this moment the transport ships of the navy are also ready, just waiting to depart, and at half past three, these convoys surrounded by small destroyers and frigates and submarines departed,

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the air battle continued, and the huge Chinese transport planes stayed here and countless airborne troops took off, and their destination was not the Siward Peninsula opposite the Chukotka Peninsula, nor the large rear of the Alaska Peninsula, but the coastal areas near the Arctic Ocean,

The area is sparsely populated and desolate, the Americans have few garrisons, and it is difficult for the locals to survive even if they want to organize guerrillas.

Of course, Wang Hanzhang doesn't care so much about these problems, because China has a huge transport plane, China's resources are very rich, not Japan, Germany can be compared with those countries, at this time Wang Hanzhang is very grateful to Confucius, if it weren't for the sentence "unfilial piety has three no queens", I'm afraid China will not have so many people, Wang Hanzhang will also be as powerless as Japan and Germany,

The plane departed from the Chukotka Peninsula in only half an hour, and more than 4,000 people from three regiments of the first wave of airborne troops landed in the rear of Cape Lisbon at Cape Leedsburn, followed by three regiments of airborne troops in the rear of Wayne Wright and Barrowkong in the Arctic Ocean.

The process of airborne landing is quite smooth, but it may be a lot of trouble for such a few people to stop the counterattack of the American army and ensure their supplies.

And the rest of the airborne troops are also constantly in space to that area, in order to deal with the counterattack of the US troops from these areas,

The squadron was airborne, and MacArthur and others were taken aback by this news, they didn't expect that the squadron would choose to be airborne in this place where birds don't.

Although it was already late July at this time, it was almost August, and the weather was not cold, but this place was deserted, and the squadron could not replenish food at all, not to mention that the area had no important strategic value.

"Are the Chinese crazy, that area is a desolate place, the road is impassable, they actually choose to be airborne in that area, and they are continuing to increase troops, even if a large number of soldiers are airborne there, I am afraid that it will not be able to meet the supply of so many soldiers."

Chennault scratched his head and said: "Don't underestimate the Chinese, they have created too many miracles, just like when I was in China, I felt that most of them were so unbearable, but they drove out the Japanese, recovered the territory occupied by the Soviet Union, and destroyed the Soviet Union, and now except for North Korea and India, plus Turkey and Israel, the whole of Asia has been controlled by them, I can't believe it's true, all this is like science fiction, It's a miracle that something that only appears in fiction actually appears in Chinese! We really can't be careless. ”

Stilwell glanced at MacArthur, the madman, and said: "Yes, although I don't feel good about the Chinese, but this is one of the only existing ancient countries, and it has just created a drooling feat, if those countries in the Middle East are scum, the Soviet Union is definitely not." ”

MacArthur said: "Then what should we do, I am afraid that the Chinese are a false shot, and the large-scale airborne landing there is just to attract our forces and attention, and when the time is right, they will attack from the south with all their strength and seize Alaska." ”

MacArthur's basis is that southern Alaska has always been the economic, political and cultural center of Alaska, no matter how the Chinese fight, if they do not capture this place, they will not take Alaska, and the ultimate goal of the Chinese is also here.

Stilwell said: "We now have more than 300,000 troops, with complete fortifications, the more people in the Chinese airborne Yuan do that the greater the logistical pressure on them, I think I buy you should not change everything, the main force of the troops should still be placed in strategic places, especially coastal areas, if these areas are captured by the Chinese, they can use cargo ships to supply, if these ports are in our hands, then they can only rely on transport planes to supply, a small number of troops in a short period of time to supply them, But they will definitely not be able to stand it for a long time, I think that at present, we are sending a quick and wrong squadron to clear these squadrons, and on the other hand, we are asking the air force to increase the attack on the Chinese transport team, and without weapons and ammunition, the squadron will starve to death there, you see. ”

Chennault agreed: "I think this is the only way to do it at the moment, we only have to control the port and it is best not to give up the sea lane, Lingwa is air supremacy, only air supremacy is in hand, and the squadron will die as many as possible." ”

MacArthur nodded, theoretically it is true, if the squadron has no supplies, it is not an opponent of the American army armed to the teeth at all,

At this time, in addition to the big landing, the squadron also launched a fierce attack on the Alaska Peninsula, and the Air Force went all out to bomb every place where there might be American troops.

Of course, things will not be so simple, the Americans are not vegetarians, their air force is very strong, everyone can say that they are equal, so one after another big air battles are inevitable,

However, the Americans did not expect one thing, that is, China has an air-cushion landing craft, and the biggest advantage of this landing craft is that it does not need a port or a simple port like the landing craft or kayak at this time.

The working principle of the hovercraft is to use a high-power fan to quickly press a large amount of air into the bottom of the hull, so that a very high-pressure air mass is formed between the bottom of the hull and the water surface, and the hull part or even all of it is lifted away from the water surface, so that it is like adding a flowing air cushion between the hull and the water surface, reducing the resistance of the water to the hull, so that the hull can travel at high speed on the water surface or relatively flat land, and the forward power of the hovercraft is generally obtained by the fan on the hull blowing the air backwards. Just like the propeller power plant used in the early airplanes, the hovercraft has many excellent characteristics, it has fast speed, small acoustic field, magnetic field, low pressure, good concealment, strong adaptability, etc., especially suitable for use as a landing conveyor in landing operations, but there are also some shortcomings, mainly short range, large fuel consumption, low economic benefits, etc.,

The hovercraft has fast speed and amphibious driving ability, which can not only sail at a certain height from the water surface, but also sail on relatively flat terrain such as beaches, mud, swamps, water network rice fields, ice and snow fields, etc., and can cross obstacles equivalent to about 70% of the height of the hovercraft apron at a certain speed, cross a trench equivalent to one-third of the width of the hull, and can adapt to most coastal environments, and later generations have studied that the hovercraft can land on 75% of the world's coasts.