Fairbanks, the largest city in central Alaska, was built in 1902 as a result of the gold rush, but the city was too small, by 1914, there were only 12,000 people, and such a city was not even a small town in China. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After the Japanese occupation of Fairbanks, the gold mines were vigorously developed, and because it was deep into the interior of Alaska, it was considered one of the most important inland strongholds in Japan.

Before the war with the United States, Japan's strategy was pessimistic, the population was half different, the industrial capacity was far from the same, and even the geographical advantage was not much, after all, the United States was on the Americas, so from the beginning, Japan's purpose was to position itself internally, in the core area of Alaska, to establish a solid city and defensive position.

It's just that after initial contact and fighting, Junot, which exists as a front of attrition, has not fallen until now, which gives Japan a huge opportunity not to retreat step by step and keep most of Alaska, which is better than smashing Alaska, but as the most core, close to the inland city, Fairbanks has still achieved a lot of development and has become one of Japan's important strongholds.

On the one hand, the location of this airport is basically located in the most core area of Alaska, and the distance to each border is about the same, which is a large strategic depth for China, and it is not easy to be raided by the US military.

Even if China has sent 80,000 or 90,000 people to Alaska, China is not ready to go into battle shirtless and fight with the US military, and the future Sino-US dispute will be more open in the Pacific Ocean than on land, and China is ready to hand over the war on land to Japan, and for now, Japan has done all this very well.

Second, the location of this airfield is quite good, easy to defend and difficult to attack, easy to arrange defense, as long as there are strong enough troops, it is enough to block 5 times, or even 10 times the superior force attack.

Even Fairbanks is a place with a lot of history, not to mention this area 250 kilometers west of Fairbanks, which is even a pristine, uncultivated area, that is, after the reconnaissance troops moved in, it was only a small part of the valley, and it is only now completely developed.

Such a place is not only in Alaska, but also in the United States, as a land that has just been occupied by Westerners, even the territory of the United States is only more than 200 years old, and how much history do they have, which is also the shortcomings of later generations of Americans, in Britain and France can be traced back to the Middle Ages, China is even more worried about 5000 years of civilization, what does the United States have, the founding of the country is only more than 200 years, of course, if you talk about history, there are ah, but before the Western colonizers came, the entire United States was controlled by the Indians, Getting Americans to respect and recognize the history of the Indians is no less than slapping them in the face.

The United States would rather continue to endure the drawback of a short history, and will not admit that they are outsiders, in addition to the massacre of Indians, but also after the mainstream of the United States downplayed the Indians, that is, later generations, and became a superpower, this only faced up to the existence of the Indians, not only returned a lot of Indians' cultural relics, but also established a reserve for the Indians, basically the surviving Indians became a millionaire, just renting out various properties and scenic tickets, it is enough to make them rich, However, there are only millions of Indians in the reserve, and this is still bred for many years, and when the limit is really reached, the number of Indians left behind is definitely not more than 100,000.

Alaska is a vast and sparsely populated place, more than one million square kilometers of land, only more than one million people, here is the Chinese strategic air force force in Alaska, in order to support the Sakura operation, at least 1,000 large and small aircraft, stationed near here, including at least 500 strategic transport aircraft, this is China's largest strategic aircraft outside its own control area, but also the largest scale of the air force outside the country.

The Chinese Air Force, which is still a reserved force at present, can intervene in the war to a limited extent, and has made tremendous progress compared to before, but such a large-scale mobilization of the strategic air force is still very rare, even if it is only a low-intensity ordinary mission, for every member of the strategic air force, it is also a rare opportunity to test, and they must grasp it.

The establishment of strategic airports, the island is different from the land, on the island, as long as there is enough space on the island to build a strategic airport, you can build through this space, after all, the islands that can build airports are limited, and the islands that can build strategic airports are even less, any strategic airport can be built, even if it is just an island that can barely be built, it can also be rated as A-level at the level, strategic airports and non-strategic airports, whether it is combat effectiveness, or protective rings, there is a huge difference, For example, in the entire southwest Pacific Ocean, there are tens of thousands of islands of various kinds, and very few of them are really called Class A, and as for the strategic islands, there are only two islands, the islands and Hawaii, which are not only capable of building large-scale airports, but also seaports and naval ports, which are much stronger than other islands in all aspects.

Unlike the islands, the strategic airfield on the land, as long as there is no obstruction around, the view is wide, Japan, with the support of China, built a large-scale strategic fortification system, the construction of a large-scale airport, is not a problem, in the very beginning, China did not plan to station strategic aircraft in Alaska at all, at most built a 1500-meter runway, for reconnaissance aircraft to take off and land.

This itself is one of the airports for reconnaissance aircraft, the scale is not large, at most it occupies a tenth of such a valley of more than 20 square kilometers, the previous mission was the reconnaissance and mapping of the entire Alaska, that is, after the cherry blossom plan was mentioned, China began to expand the airport, and the entire valley, more than 20 square kilometers of the area are used.

Although China's construction speed is very fast, but the airport has always been the highest standard, the higher the standard, the higher the difficulty of construction, after all, the runway is not just a cement or asphalt surface, just the surface of the paving, at least 5 times, at most even 12 times, different laying, the final formation of the ultimate body, not only the thermal expansion coefficient is reduced to the minimum, various properties and flatness, but also far more than a laying.

Because of this, in Hawaii, for example, most of the airports have been completed for more than a year, but a small number have not yet been fully built, precisely because these airports are of high standards. Fortunately, there is a previous 1500-meter standard runway as a foundation, temporarily built, not as the main take-off area, the previous 1500-meter runway, is also a standard runway, has been built for a year, on his basis, supplement both sides, such a speed is still quite fast, in just one month, a 3600-meter runway has been built, temporary take-off and landing of large strategic aircraft is completely possible.

However, according to the standards of Chinese airports, if you want to use it comprehensively, in the next year, you still need to build on this runway, resurface at least 4 times, and modify part of the runway to achieve sufficient strength and service life.

For China, it is now over, China has no intention of operating Alaska, this operation, is also to support the Sakura Plan and the Chencang Plan, once the Sakura Plan and the Chencang Plan are completed, that is, about a month, the temporary runway is enough, when the Sakura Plan is completed, China's strategic air force will withdraw from Alaska, some things that need to be kept secret will all be destroyed, and the rest will be left to the Japanese army, there is no need to lay such a complete runway.

Although the runway has only completed a simple paving, but as long as it is not attacked, hard damage, this runway is enough to support high-intensity take-off and landing for more than a year, China needs only one month, so enough, of course, this kind of only the middle 1500 meters is a high-standard runway, the rest are temporary, in the most important for take-off at the end, will let the strategic aircraft take off above, slightly insufficient, fortunately in this valley, the surrounding mountains are not high, take-off and landing vision is also enough, As long as you choose the right angle, whether it is take-off or landing, there will not be much problem.

As for the issue of defense, this is the key to choosing this place as a strategic airport, the unique environment of the valley, after the construction of a series of fortifications on several arteries and high places, it is enough to protect the airport, and even after strengthening the construction of some positions and permanent fortifications, the protection capacity will rise to a higher level on the original foundation.

It turned out to be just a reconnaissance airfield, and even the surrounding mountains were not well arranged, a large number of strategic bombers and ordinary aircraft were stationed, and the security level of the entire airport was turned several grades, in order to ensure safety and independence, it was defended by at least 2 divisions of field army, which were all regular troops urgently transferred from China, so that itself, only the Chinese army with less than 5,000 people stationed, suddenly soared to 80,000 people.

Not only has a large number of personnel and equipment been added, but in the depths of the hangar, there are even 300 tanks, which will be used to ensure the safety of the entire base in the event of any problems, and this arrangement is absolutely foolproof.