Chapter 1844: A dilemma
Seeing the gunboat coming out, Zhou Xing knew very well that the U.S. troops were in earnest, and in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Zhou Xing quietly left, which was very simple for him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info The Chinese army, especially the army, has only been established for a few years, and it is still a new force, full of vitality, there is basically no nepotism, indiscriminate and indiscriminate, basically on a certain height, everyone's basic ability is good, there is a foundation for foothold, although nepotism exists, it is only to give a step, and what really goes to a certain height depends on the strength of all aspects, and there is absolutely no incompetence.
This is not the case in the army, and even more so in the special forces known for their ability, you can only become an officer when your ability is superior in all aspects, and although a senior officer is not necessarily the most powerful in the entire brigade or even in the wing, it must be one of the most powerful people in that group, at least it cannot fall behind the first group, especially since the army has only been established for a few years, and most of them are young and middle-aged.
Zhou Xing is the same, before becoming the deputy captain, he was a senior special forces, he successfully entered the main election in the training of the first batch of special forces, in 8 years, he went from an ordinary member, all the way to the high position of the deputy captain, but about the physical training, he has never relaxed, quietly integrated into the woods behind him, even if it is close, there is not much sound coming out.
The same is true of the other commanders, they are like shadows, along the woodland, quickly leaving, not slow at all, but not moving at all.
Leaving quietly, without alarming anyone, this is the strength of the special forces, even if these Americans are close at hand, don't want to find out, let alone a distance of 3 kilometers, and a river in the middle, and even on the other side, the carefully searched American troops set their eyes on them because of the sudden appearance of gunboats.
On this side of the river, they have searched more carefully, there is no trace, and even on the ground that is slightly foggy in the early morning, there are no traces of footprints, which is enough to prove that the participants in the explosion should be on the other side, they have no way to cross the river, and they can't swim across, God knows if the other party is ambushed on the other side, and in the face of a potentially dangerous swimming, the company commander can't give this order, and he can't ask for people.
The arrival of the gunboat was tantamount to a certain extent, and he took the responsibility of taking it over, and after a little hesitation, he ordered the 20 cavalry to leave again, and they would give back the details of the four bridges here, and the results of the preliminary investigation.
The river defense force was sent by the commander of Sacramento, and after knowing that the Sacramento bridge was blown up, he knew that something was wrong, and he just felt that something was wrong before, so the army that was sent, in terms of his own intentions, did not think that the four railway bridges that communicated the entire Sacramento were all blown up, this was definitely not a natural disaster, it was definitely done on purpose. As a brigade commander of a regular army, with thousands of trained soldiers in his hands, his military literacy is sufficient, he knows very well that the cavalry is coming, and he can only do a simple investigation, the other party must be on the other side of the bridge, and the cavalry cannot cross the river, sending gunboats is the most correct choice.
The commander not only sent gunboats, but also two companies of infantry on the gunboats, and they will land on the opposite bank with the support of gunboats, striving to catch the enemy, at least find out some clues, this is what he must do, not discovering the enemy's actions, strangling the enemy's actions in the plan, it is already his biggest problem, now there is not even a little clue, and he doesn't even know who the enemy is, this is a big trouble.
Although the United States does not have the art of imperialism and scheming, there are still some basic rules of officialdom, when is this, this moment, is not a good moment, Washington has just ordered the California troops to be concentrated, in order to deal with the crisis of Japan's attack on the United States, at least Japan can not let Japan destroy the Pacific Railroad inside the Rocky Mountains and the Central Mountains, compared with the plains, the difficulty of the construction of these railways has increased by at least 10 times, and even in some places, without paying huge casualties, don't want to complete the construction.
This point, the garrison and the entire three states on the west coast, are very clear, they also received Washington's order, immediately moved, although the army has not been mobilized, but the timetable for the transfer of troops, the concentration of various materials, and even the reception of Sacramento has been completed, as long as the personnel come up, they will go to the Rocky Mountains in a row, and strive to block the footsteps of the Japanese army in the mountain pass, or even beyond.
It turned out that it may take a few days, or even a week, to be able to put together a good army, under the attention of the United States from top to bottom, it may be less than a day and a half, and it will be able to complete the consultation, from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and even Sacramento, at least 50 trains have been mobilized, which is also thanks to the Pacific Railroad being cut off, whether it is a passenger train or a freight tanker, each train can accommodate at least 2,000 people, and when the time comes, 100,000 people can be sent at one time, even if it is with supplies, It can also send 60,000 people, after all, relative to people, materials do not occupy space, a train wagon, may only be able to load about 200 people at most, according to the limit of 100 kilograms per person, that is, 20 tons, but if you load materials, with the current load-bearing capacity of American railways, you can load more than 45 tons.
With such a mobilization ability, coupled with the rugged terrain and environment of the mountains in the middle of the United States, it may not be possible to intercept the Japanese army in the mountain pass, but it can be fortified step by step in the mountain range, at least to keep the most critical essence, no matter what, as the commander of Sacramento, as long as he makes the people set off smoothly, he has a credit, but at this critical time, at the moment when the operation has not yet begun, the Pacific Railroad enters the west gate of the Central Mountains, and the 4 railway bridges located on this side of Sacramento, It was blown up, and it directly made it impossible for this plan to continue.
The infantry is easy to do, through some boats, even a large number of riverboats located in San Francisco, can help 100,000, or even 200,000 infantry cross the river, but next, the infantry is not the infantry itself, to play the role of an infantry, and even the logistics materials to be mobilized, the weight of the infantry is much higher than the weight of an infantry, the infantry can go by themselves, but those materials need to be transported, the railway is the most convenient way, without the railway, thinking of the towering and rugged entire central mountain range, everyone knows, It's an impossible task.
The most important thing is, no matter who it is, since they can blow up these four railway bridges, they must be able to continue to destroy them, in case they succeed in crossing the river, and they will also transfer the railway train from another aspect, what if they continue? Will it continue to destroy, just like blowing up bridges, if this is the case, hundreds of thousands of regular troops will be cut off and divided on this side of the Central Mountains of the United States, it will be a nightmare for the United States.
The most important thing is that this commander has a big brain, why did he blow up this key bridge at the stall they mobilized, could it be that the intelligence was leaked inside, otherwise, it would not be such a coincidence. This commander must have shirked his responsibility if he thought so, but for him, what should he do if he did not shirk his responsibility, he was completely unjustified, without any warning, he was blown up four bridges, and the Pacific Railroad was completely cut off, just like Salt Lake City and Ogden, the difference is that those cities have been conquered, and here are small forces.
On the Sacramento side, on the one hand, they sent gunboats to the area where the incident occurred to try to save as much as possible, and on the other hand, they urgently sent a telegram to Washington, which was no longer something that Sacramento could handle, and once this line was cut off, unless they ventured and passed by ship, they could only rely on the North Pacific Railroad for transportation.
The North Pacific Railroad is an important railway connecting the east and west of the United States, but it is much inferior to the Pacific Railway, not only the mileage traveled far exceeds the previous plan, but the capacity will also be greatly compressed, the North Pacific Railway, the peak capacity is only one-third of the Pacific Railway, which means that they cannot arrive at the first time, in a sense, the significance of their troops is not great.
The Sacramento side is blocked, and the western exit to the Central Mountains has been blocked, in which case the possibility of them rushing to the Rocky Mountains is basically lost, unless they send troops over the Central Mountains of the United States. It's just impossible, any general with a little military common sense will not give such an order, how terrible the Central Mountain Range is, every American knows that sending hundreds of thousands of army troops over the Central Mountain Range to the Great Plains to confront the Japanese armored forces armed to the teeth is simply to send them to death, there is no supply, no logistics, and even heavy artillery cannot be carried, how can they fight the Japanese.
If you take the northern route, you can reach the central part of the United States, even if the capacity is a little worse, it is finally a quick way, but the Japanese have always been on the Salt Lake City line, along the Pacific Railroad, and the North Pacific Railroad, close to the American border, is about 600 kilometers between the distance, this is the most critical point of constraint, can be sent over, but that is only to block Japan's retreat, not to give Japan the possibility of escaping from the American border.
It's useless, Japan has penetrated deep into the territory of the United States, whether it is in the east or in the west, it will not let them go, and even transfer troops from the east, not only more troops are mobilized, but also more lines of action, and the order given to him is in the Rocky Mountains, runway North Pacific Railroad is what's going on!