Chapter 1733: The Power of Technology
The United States saw the reaction of the Japanese in its eyes, and to a certain extent, after understanding what Japan was afraid of, immediately raised this aspect; in the midst of such continuous attacks, it suddenly put tremendous pressure on Japan, and under the premise of continuously losing its position and even losing a large number of vital forces, Japan really felt that it could not hold the Juno Line. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is something that Japan has never felt like this since it occupied Alaska.
Even if Juno loses, Japan's Alaska strategy will not completely collapse, the current Japan, is not a year ago, just on North America, unstable Japan, more than a year, not only let Japan immigrate 40 million in Alaska, while establishing a solid line of defense and industrial areas, these give Japan the resilience to continue to fight, the most important thing is that Japan has established a second and third line of defense, not yet to the extent of being fully established, but after Juno is lost, these lines of defense can be retreated, At the very least, it can withstand the advance of the American army.
It's just that from sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and having enough confidence to block the offensive of the American army in Juneau, to now, the entire Juno defense line is in danger and may be lost at any time, in this case, the meaning of Operation Sakura is completely different.
The previous Kawasaki Meijing's Sakura operation was an action to demonstrate Japan's strength, and it was more of a sense, as a direct attack on the US mainland, even if there was a tank, arrived on the US mainland, and killed the American nationals, as long as this goal was achieved, Japan could already be satisfied, but from the consciousness, it could be a huge blow to the United States, to a certain extent, the will to disintegrate the entire American resistance, and even affect the determination of the United States to fight in Alaska. Even the mainland of the United States cannot be defended, and it must be guarded to the mainland of the United States, not Alaska, which is far away and whose will is seen as an enclave.
This act itself, which was only seen as symbolic and important, but had no real effect, has now become an action that has to be carried out, and it is questionable whether Japan will be able to keep Juno. The follow-up defense line is already being built gradually, but it is a pity to lose Juno like this, and to be able to hold it for an extra year means that Japan's foundation in the Americas is more stable.
Japan is looking for the law of attack of the US military, the weight of US heavy artillery is quite large, and the same is true of artillery shells, and it is very dependent on logistics, and the United States has now chosen to attack once every three days, and this is the case, even if the US military has smoothed out the logistics, it must take three days to transport artillery shells and other materials from the rear, and only after these materials and weapons are in place will the attack be carried out, so a relatively regular method has been formed.
In less than one month, Japan has lost an average of 12 kilometers of defense line, counting the length of 120 kilometers, which is already more than 1,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a large part of the entire defense line on the periphery of Juneau.
Logistics has become the key to the U.S. military, and it has also become the key to Japan's breaking the U.S. attack, before only entering the United States, now, Kawasaki Meijing's task has become that it is necessary to cut off the Pacific Railroad, and how much can be destroyed, and strive to cut off the Pacific Railway, even if it is only a few months, for Alaska's support, it is very large, after all, when there is a problem with logistics, the United States cannot give Juno's frontline support a sufficient amount of logistics materials, the frontline offensive will inevitably be delayedWith Alaska's unique environment, as long as it is suppressed for a few months at a critical moment, it may be possible to delay it for a year.
Japan can have such a foundation in Alaska, because the first time to occupy Alaska is relatively good, when the news of Alaska came out, it was almost winter, winter 7 months, for Japan, it is simply a needle in the sea, from an outsider, to a geographical advantage of Alaska, this is the fundamental reason why the United States is struggling, has spent a huge blow, and still has no way to move forward a lot.
From a possibility, the Pacific Railroad as the ultimate goal, to the goal must be completed, and if you have the ability, you can destroy as much as you want, this is like a huge pressure, pressing on Kawasaki Meijing's body, Kawasaki Meijing no matter how you say, is only just the existence of the armored force, his confidence in the armored force, comes from the combat effectiveness of the US tanks, but also from the contact with the armored force, but can you cross 5000 kilometers and enter the hinterland of the United States, at least Before approaching the Pacific Railway, it cannot be detected by the United States, and only on the premise of approaching the Central Pacific Railway can it carry out operations.
itself is a dispensable, powerful combat mission, but it has become a strategic task that must be completed, the Japanese high-level support for Kawasaki beauty is also greater, whether it is personnel, or weapons, how convenient how to come, but the focus is still modification, Kawasaki beauty has been a little bit of a tank training, as a commander, only need a slight understanding of the basic efficacy of the tank on it, to solve before the arrival of winter, but now, can set off at the fastest speed, It is necessary to set off as fast as possible, even if it is already autumn in the hinterland of the United States, it is necessary to continue fighting, and it must be held on for as long as it can last, and even the armored forces need to continue their operations in the hinterland of the United States in the winter, striving to destroy more railway lines.
Under the pressure from top to bottom, Kawasaki Meijing stayed in the modification workshop almost every day, coordinating the progress of the modification, as for the Japanese War Department, almost a day a phone call urging, requesting, China to complete the modification as soon as possible, if it is not for the Chinese side specifically mentioned that the tank must be adjusted to a certain extent, otherwise, the tank can not fully play its role, let alone more than 5000 kilometers, even if it is 1000 kilometers, it is very difficult, they will even directly let those captured American tanks out of the horse.
Kawasaki Meijing really followed the Chinese engineers, only to find that the tank is not as simple as they imagined, some seemingly simple changes, but will make the tank reborn changes, such as speed and controllability, China seems to be a simple modification, but all bring a huge improvement in the performance of the tank.
But this is not the thing that makes him the happiest, the performance of the tank is only one part of the improvement, and what they are most happy about is actually the increase in the number of tanks, and nothing can compare to the increase in the number of tanks. When the Chinese engineers arrived in Juno, the most important task was to modify the tank, and on the other hand, to help them check if there were any tanks that could be repaired. Although it is said that the Chinese technicians have also made inspections before, but what are those armored forces, they are armored troops at best, or not very qualified armored troops, many of them are not on active duty, not yet professional, they can at most rely on experience, repair minor problems, or by replacing parts, simple repairs.
Their efforts, no matter what, there will be certain omissions, at least some tanks that can be repaired, have been put into the ranks of abandonment, this group of Chinese engineers who came to the Americas, each of them is technically capable and professional, and there is also a deputy chief engineer, such armored professional engineers, even if there are very few in China, there are only 4 major tank groups, and such technicians can be gathered.
If it weren't for the fact that there was a bigger plan behind China, China was going to send special forces to carry out a covert attack on the Japanese armored force under the Ming Xiu plank road, and completely cut off the Pacific Railway, at most it would be to get a few mechanical engineers and an ordinary tank engineer to come over, instead of sending enough elite armored engineers like this.
After this group of engineers arrived in Alaska, on the first day of inspection, among the abandoned tanks, at least 100 tanks were inspected, you know, at this time, there was no war in the back, there was no feat of annihilating 14,000 tanks of the United States, the tanks in the hands of Kawasaki Meijing were just over 1,200, 100 is not a small number, this is still a preliminary inspection, and then, with the deepening of the inspection, it was found that the number of tanks that can be repaired is still increasing, and this number has increased a lot
Such an increase in numbers, on the one hand, is the technology of technical personnel, on the other hand, China's modification program, brought about a comprehensive replacement of the power system, many destroyed tanks, the reason why they can not be repaired, is mainly because the engine is broken, in the high-speed driving and battlefield environment, the damage to the power system will be very large, often large-scale change of direction and emergency stop, will make the engine fail, and whether it is the US military, or Zhang Tianyou's subordinates, for such engine problems, it is impossible to repair, Such a tank, of course, was scrapped.
Many of the engineers who arrived from China have excellent capabilities in the field of engines, and with the help of some necessary tools, these engineers can also repair engine problems, but there is no need for this, China's new power unit, under the replacement, has rescued some of the damaged tanks, and this part of the increase is more than the previous small problems, and the increase in tanks, to a large extent, has increased the armor force involved in the Sakura Project, and it is almost a suicidal attack when entering the hinterland of the United States. Each additional tank will increase the lethality of the armor force, especially for the unprotected rear, 1200 tanks may only be able to play a basic role, and 100, 200, or even more will allow him to choose more tricks when fighting. (To be continued.) )