Chapter 1802: Hurricane across the board
On the day of passing through the Missouri River and resting, it is the easiest time for the entire army to be discovered, and it is also the last chance for the Americans, perhaps the Americans will not be able to avoid the fate of the destruction of the Pacific Railroad North, at least Salt Lake City and the cities along the way, the losses will be reduced a lot, but unfortunately there is no if, the Americans simply did not realize that the Japanese would be bold enough to sneak attack the Pacific Railroad, and they were still immersed in a unilateral attack, although Juno gave them a little headache, but next, after the emergence of a new generation of tanks, They could break through this line of defense, and at this moment, they simply did not realize that Japan could threaten their homeland. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
War is like this, it is not a simple number game, it involves many complex things, from the efficiency of the troops, to the strength of the troops, and even many things that have little to do with the battlefield itself, and finally determines the victory or defeat of the battlefield, the overall strength of the United States is stronger than Japan, but in the competition with Japan in Juneau, it is not Japan's opponent, the reason is very simple, Japan has concentrated its absolute power in Alaska, and in a short period of time, built a large-scale offensive.
Before the First World War, it was always easier to attack than to defend, Napoleon created the use of artillery to the extreme, setting off the era of attack, but with the emergence of trench warfare, the use of barbed wire and machine guns, during the First World War, defense was easier than attack, even if it was as strong as the attack power of the German army, in the face of the protection of the Entente, it must be steady and steady, and it must find an absolute advantage before launching an attack.
The same is true of the United States, although he found the best way to attack the trenches, and with the help of this armored assault, the trenches were breached, but the Japanese responded in time, and after losing a large number of troops and tanks, they achieved only insignificant results, and when winter was approaching, perhaps even such a small result would be lost.
In their opinion, it is not easy for the United States, which has railways in the country and is so powerful, to attack Juno so much, and the Japanese are not familiar with the place, at most they will attack Canada, and they will not be able to hit the United States at all.
From the hinterland of Alaska to the United States, at least more than 3,500 kilometers, in this era, there is no expeditionary force, can expedition more than 3,000 kilometers, with this ability, it is better to choose to attack Canada, so that the cost is a little smaller, and it is easier, so in the United States-Canada coalition army, there is a part of the reserve force, stationed in some important cities in central Canada, in order to prevent the Japanese from attacking, but unfortunately, they missed the point of directly attacking the United States.
This is a blind spot in thinking and tactics, but it was caught by China and Japan, China provided Japan with a jaw-dropping modification, and Japan used decisive forces, the two were combined together, and such an unimaginable terrible plan was formed, this omission became a nightmare for the United States, in the evaluation of the history of the United States in World War I, this mistake was in the second place, the first place was of course in the winter when Japan landed in Alaska, giving the Japanese a chance, If the attack on Alaska had not been carried out in the event of casualties, perhaps the history of the United States would have been rewritten.
Along the way, the first encounter was on the third day of entering Canada, when I met a hunter on horseback, of course, they were killed by a sniper gun, and then from Canada to the United States in these days, the New First Army encountered dozens of waves, about a few hundred people, none of these people were able to escape the pursuit of the tank troops, and even in the later stage, the New First Army specially sent a mobile unit to do this.
Hundreds of names, at this time there are already people looking for them, but unfortunately there are no people, no corpses are dead, no one knows where they went, the natural conditions of this era are far worse than those of later generations, and the humans devoured by wild beasts and harsh terrain are far more than those of later generations, and there are even some people who have found the rut marks of the tank, but unfortunately no one knows what this is.
Tanks are absolutely upper-level in the U.S. military, ordinary soldiers or low-level officers, as long as they are not tank troops, have very little understanding of tanks, even if they are here, they may consider a Japanese sneak attack, but they don't know that Japan will organize such a huge force, even the low-level officers and soldiers of the U.S. Army don't know, let alone ordinary Canadians, they don't have that sense of crisis compared to the army, they don't even stop here in the tank rut print, they just go elsewhere to look for it.
In Canada, in the United States, this was the case at the beginning of the twentieth century, the legal system in all aspects was not perfect, not to mention the hundreds of missing, tens of thousands are not impossible, and even if there is no evidence, two or three months, half a year without a clue is normal, Japan's actions are noble and fast, they only took about 8 days from Alaska to the US border, and it may only take 3 days to break through the US border, 11 days before and after, more than 4,000 kilometers in length, not to mention at the beginning of the 20th century, Even at the end of the 20th century, and even at the beginning of the 21st century, the speed of the deployment of troops was no less than that of airlift.
In the midst of worry and anticipation, the last night of the Pacific Railroad was spent peaceful, except for the sentinels, alarmed by birds and wild beasts, who were strictly ordered not to fire their guns at will, and the whole camp was relatively quiet and unattacked.
The day of trimming, from about noon to the early morning of the next day, more than 20 hours of trimming, so that everyone's fatigue along the way, almost all dissipated, this day can be remembered to the history of the Japanese army, the Japanese armored forces traveled a long distance, attacked the hinterland of the US army, cut off the huge project of the United States Pacific Railway, which attracted worldwide attention, it cannot be said that everyone is on the military history, writing a heavy stroke, but the name of the new first army and the following three divisions and regiments, a brigade, must be written, this honor and sense of achievement, Pushing them, their spirits are extremely excited.
Just after 6 o'clock, the team that had been prepared early set off, this time, it was not combined into a whole, but 4 parts, divisions and brigades, all marching separately, in a zigzag shape, the front and left and right were attacking troops, they also set out the attack camp, the center was the military headquarters, brigades and logistics teams, the largest, but the fewest combat missions, the brigades were positioned as reserves, and were responsible for protecting the security of the military headquarters.
The distance between the front, the left and the right, and the military headquarters in the center in the three directions is about 12 kilometers, and this distance, placed on the ordinary army, can not be called a very long distance, and the armored troops placed in it can rush to the position of the other side in 20 minutes, and the echo between each other is still relatively in place.
Yesterday, when the armored forces were repairing, the reconnaissance plane formation did not rest, they focused on the targets of the next operation, carried out a carpet search, marked all the key areas, three directions, in the reconnaissance results, within the range of 600 kilometers, there will be 17 villages, these are the more ordinary villages in the United States, the largest village has about 90 houses, the least village only has 10 houses, in terms of the number of houses, it is not a densely populated large village.
The division divided into three parts, each convoy has to deal with an average of 5, these villages do not have the most basic force, it is impossible to have much blocking effect on the armored troops, at most delay the armored troops for a certain time, and the armored troops are not ready to stop in the next 500 kilometers of distance, more than ten hours, may not be able to reach Salt Lake City until late at night, but such a quick charge, it is basically impossible to be reported.
In this era, communication is not so developed, in the United States, except for the city, there are few places to telegraph, most of them are along the railroad, Salt Lake City is definitely there, they are close to the Pacific Railroad, around Salt Lake City, the cities outside the railway line are definitely not, they raid these cities and villages, it will not take long, just settlements, not even city walls.
The United States has no tradition of city walls, the largest New York, also has no city walls, in the United States, especially in the west, or wood-based houses, these houses, may be able to block thieves, once the horse bandits in the western, may not be able to attack them, those fences and gates on the outside of the village, may be able to ensure the safety of the village, but against the army that is completely unarmed and armed to the teeth, even if it is not an armored force, it is really not good, let alone an armored force.
In Kawasaki's view, they have been secretly sneaking and suppressing for so long, and they have changed to use force to announce their arrival Even if it really reached Salt Lake City in the first time, even to the US General Staff, the Americans couldn't react, the huge United States, that is, the advantage of the Americans, but it is not easy to mobilize troops, as for Salt Lake City, located in the hinterland of the United States, there is a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers from the US border, this place is out of a railway hub, the city is not big, The industry is also not developed, how can it be possible to station a large army, that is, as the capital of Utah, where a battalion of the National Guard and a regimental militia reserve are stationed.
Such troops are not very few, but compared to the 5,000 armored new army, it is really not enough, this army does not even have a few large-caliber artillery, even if the troops of the three divisions and one brigade of the new army, all of them are the army, they can't resist them, let alone the armored forces, the strong armored forces will definitely break through to the Pacific Railway, this railway with this magical significance for the United States, will inevitably be destroyed by them, this is not only the belief of Kawasaki Meijing, It is also the officers at all levels of the New First Army who are also deeply convinced that it is this belief that supports them to enter the United States, and now that the order to sneak has been canceled, today is the time to really exert their strength.