Chapter 1843: Who Did It
After more than a day of rapid marching, and even day and night advances, the special forces arrived in Sacramento at about 4 o'clock in the morning, planted bombs, plus retreated, and when the explosives were detonated, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning, the summer days were relatively long, at 6 o'clock, the sky had begun to dawn, but the visibility was not high, the fog had been permeating around the city, the nearest bridge, from the city, were about 15 kilometers away, and they could not be seen with telescopes, and the defenders in the city hesitated slightly, In the western part of the United States, the number of horses is quite large, and in the regular army, there will basically be a cavalry force, Sacramento has a total of a cavalry regiment, and the commander sent two companies of cavalry, and it took them almost half an hour to complete the preparation and come this way. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing the cavalry come out, Zhou Xing relaxed slightly, it's not a river patrol company, no matter how strong the cavalry is, it can't cross the river, only the patrol company is the biggest threat to them, their gunboats can easily drive on the river, 6 inches to 8 inches of artillery, easily hit a range of more than 8 kilometers, really found the traces of the special forces, the threat is quite big, maybe which artillery fire covers, there will be a lot of casualties, which is absolutely unacceptable for China's special forces, Even the danger of infiltrating has been successfully completed, and the explosives that have been arranged are impossible to be pursued by the other party when retreating, causing damage.
The distance of 15 kilometers, for the cavalry, that is, a little more than 20 minutes, when they set off, it was almost 7 o'clock, the sky had completely brightened, about 7 kilometers away from the position of the bridge, that is, the fast horse galloped for about 10 minutes, because the sun gradually rose, the fog dissipated, and the visibility gradually rose, this part of the American soldiers, saw a somewhat unforgettable scene in this life, the four bridges connecting the railway, one left, all destroyedThese important transportation hubs connecting the east and west are all gone, these bridges are important bridges of the Pacific Railroad, two of which are still railroad bridges, they shoulder the important task of connecting Nevada and other cities in California, and similarly, disappeared without a trace, for a while, Sacramento became a lonely city, surrounded by four waterways, and the liaison with any other city except for water transportation, all fell into paralysis.
The cavalry team, a little confused, they were stunned by everything in front of them, stayed in place for about a few minutes, the horse team was divided, 10 cavalry turned back, they needed to go back, to report to the city, in the era when there were no radios and walkie-talkies, the cavalry was the fastest way to communicate, as for the rest, they still need to figure out what happened, although there was a huge explosion, but no one dared to guarantee it, it must be destruction, if it was an earthquake, or the bridge collapsed on its own, Then it is possible that the bridge is broken, in short, it was attacked, and some of it is too unbelievable.
This is just the best idea, everyone knows, this is the bridge of the Pacific Railroad, this is the bridge that has been running for 50 years, it is the most important east-west artery bridge in the United States, even if it encounters some force majeure, it will collapse, it will not collapse all at once, not an attack, how is it possible, the current Sacramento garrison has entered the first level of combat readiness, which is also the fundamental reason why they can come within half an hour, but when they leave the city, no one thinks they will find anything, Even if the Japanese attacked Salt Lake City and even destroyed a large number of Pacific Railroads, the distance between them and them was at least 800 kilometers, and there was a mountain range in the middle of the United States.
Reality gave them a huge slap in the face, everything in front of them told them unmistakably that something big had happened, all four bridges were destroyed, they came relatively quickly, several bridges, about ten kilometers away from the city, under the rapid running of the cavalry, 20 minutes, they were able to reach the vicinity of the bridge, because a large number of explosives were used, on the bridge, there was a lot of smell of gunsmoke that did not disperse, this smell they were very familiar with, in training, in the exercise, This kind of smell is often smelled, such a strong smell of gunsmoke, who is it, and how many explosives are used, is it the Japanese?
The first thing that the U.S. military thought of was the Japanese, after all, in the propaganda, in the intelligence they had, only the Japanese entered the territory of the United States, and burned and looted in the central part, is it possible that Japan has the ability to attack the central part of the premise, but also has the ability to sneak attack the other end of about 1,000 kilometers, this is completely inconsistent with the common sense of war, this is all risk, the probability of success is very low, once it fails, the Japanese who are responsible for the implementation will encounter a catastrophe, who will give such an order, and who will carry it out?
In fact, Japan's Sakura plan, on the surface, is a crazy death plan, even before China did not modify the tank, the mortality rate of this plan is quite high, the reason why it can run until now, on the one hand, the United States is defenseless, on the other hand, it also has a huge relationship with China's support, Japan is equivalent to using the tanks of the First World War, but what it enjoys is the second, even after World War II, the air force support, even if there is no direct ground attack, just reconnaissance, It would be enough to raise the level of secrecy in Japan by several levels.
These American troops didn't think so deeply, standing on the bank of the river, the cavalry carefully searched the other side and the other side of the river, the perpetrators they wanted to find, they couldn't go back empty-handed, they were fast enough, the perpetrators should not be able to run far, right? If it is a traditional method, 50 minutes of time, may run a few kilometers, but this is not a traditional method of causing trouble, it was detonated 20 minutes after the explosives were arranged, for specially trained special forces, 20 minutes is enough to run 5 kilometers, even after the explosion, the US military that arrived at the first time, and the distance between the special forces is more than 5 kilometers, let alone 50 minutes, more than an hour, enough for the special forces to throw more than 10 kilometers. In fact, China's special forces have done a very good job in this aspect, when the cavalry approached the bridge, the closest distance to them Chinese special forces was at least 12 kilometers away from them, and they all hid in the dense forest next to them, huge distance, plus there were not many traces, the most important thing is that all four railway bridges were blown up, including two mixed bridges of railways and highways, it is impossible for the US military to fly over the river, these rivers are relatively deep, It was impossible for the cavalry to wade through the water
As a cavalry officer stationed nearby, he was familiar with the hydrological characteristics of these rivers, even during the dry season of winter, the deepest part of the river was more than 3 meters, not to mention now, some time ago, in the central mountain range, there had just been a burst of heavy rain, and the river water had risen at least more than 1 meter than usual, in this case, it was almost certain to die to go down the river.
The officer in charge of the cavalry was at a loss, a little stunned standing there, Zhou Xing has been using binoculars, carefully observing, the others have retreated, only a few of them are left, three or four kilometers away from the bridge, here you can see the location of the four bridges and all the bombing points, all in full view, but also quite secret, this is about a relative height of 200 meters of small mountain bag, above the mountain bag, densely covered with lush trees, plus a certain camouflage, even if it is close at hand, it is difficult to find the situation here, Not to mention a few kilometers away, on the other side of the river.
They were in the bunker, quietly using the telescope, at this time it was already 7 o'clock and almost 8 o'clock, the visibility was already very high, with the help of high-power telescopes, he could clearly see the whole situation of the American troops on the other side of the river.
However, just when the commander of the cavalry company was at a loss, there was a sudden sound on the river, and the four gunboats set off from the dock, and after they adjusted their direction slightly, they drove towards the position of the bridge, relatively speaking, the speed of the gunboats was still very fast, about 30 knots, which was converted into kilometers per hour and more than 50 kilometers per hour, which was faster than the cavalry.
Seeing the gunboat dispatched, Zhou Xing knew that his time to watch the play was over, and his position was too close to the river, only 3 kilometers, which was within the range of the gunboat, although he knew very well that the camouflage he designed was also a must in the entire special forces, and he was not worried about being discovered by the US military at all, but he was not afraid of 10,000, just in case, the gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall, this time the blasting task has been completed perfectly, continue to observe, just assess the response and training quality of the US military, Rather than fighting a decisive battle with the US military, the focus of the entire Chen Cang plan will always be on the railways, especially those deep into the Rocky Mountains, to annihilate how many US troops and weaken the war potential of many Americans, which has little to do with him.
This time the plan of action has been a perfect success, all the railway bridges near Sacramento have been destroyed, a large number of railway junctions have been destroyed, although 4 tons of explosives have been wasted, these have not been collected until now, for him, the task is over, the other party is obviously enraged, after the cavalry, and sent gunboats, definitely not to come to the armed parade, must be covered with artillery fire on this section, if you don't go at this time, you can't go later.