Chapter 1815: Armored Trains?
In the dark night, a train is moving quickly towards Ogden, but if both sides light up the map, everyone knows that it is in vain, at least 1,600 tanks, at a speed of more than 35 kilometers per hour, crossed Ogden, to Salt Lake City, they were driving from the wilderness, from the survivors of Ogden, are coming towards Salt Lake City, at most after 2 o'clock in the morning, arrive in Salt Lake City, attack Salt Lake City, This is similar to attacking the number of Ogden tanks, although Salt Lake City is much larger than Ogden, but it is only a matter of time before they take it, they are full of confidence in their own strength. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Both sides are acting on or around the railway, the railway of the Great Plains, itself is the best geographical environment, is the best passage, there are only two small rivers less than 2 meters wide, for the train, this small river needs to be crossed by a bridge, but for the armored forces, the tracked type has enough cross-country ability, less than two meters wide, and the deepest part will not exceed 1 meter of the river, and the tank will run over it directly.
In the darkness of the night, the best way to move along the railway, which is not easy to deviate from, is not easy to deviate from the direction, and the two hostile forces, one along the railway, the other is the same, go on the railroad, and the purpose of both sides is almost the same, almost certainly, will be discovered by each other.
It was only about 53 kilometers away, even if it was a little detoured next to the railway, about 50 kilometers on one side and 35 kilometers on the other, and 25 minutes after the departure of the Salt Lake City army, it was encountered less than 23 kilometers from Ogden.
The tank of the new first army, is a glimmer of light, more cautious, although the speed is the highest, but the excellent performance of the Chinese tank, the roar is not very big, the train is different, the premise of huge noise, 10 kilometers away from the gentle roar, can not attract his attention at all, this is the weakness of the train, even if it is placed in the future, ordinary trains, the noise also makes it difficult for passengers to hear the sound outside, as for the high-speed train, it is sealed, the internal noise is not so big, but in fact, I still can't hear the outside world.
The National Guards, who were sitting on the train, did not realize that there were enemies in the field, and they even had the idea of getting off the train near Ogden and rescuing Ogden.
In this era, the various safety measures of the train, far from being in place as in later generations, because it is easy to be dangerous, in the American railway network, there are very few trains arranged at night, most of them are about to arrive at the station, and the second half of the night is very small, even if it is only more than 50 kilometers from Salt Lake City to Ogden, it may only take about an hour to drive, for safety, they are also with their headlights, high-speed travel, huge lights, the entire railway is illuminated brightly, far away more than ten kilometers, You can see it clearly.
To tell the truth, in the dark night, this part of the tanks rushing to Salt Lake City, seeing such a bright light, was also startled, from the beginning of their attack on Ogden, they knew that the attack on Ogden could not be hidden, dozens of kilometers away in Salt Lake City, will definitely find that for the possible reaction of Salt Lake City, also analyzed several results, including the result of sending troops to support.
It's just that from their attack on Ogden to the present, only 2 hours have passed, and in such a quick time, the Americans have mobilized their troops to come over, under such a premise, the Americans dare to come, maybe they are prepared, the defense of the central part of the United States is quite sparse, but on the railway line, no one is sure what will happen, in case, the American army has an armored train in Salt Lake City, it will be a big trouble.
The armored train is the most powerful weapon on the railway, not to mention the current Japanese tanks, even if it is China's main battle tank, it has a certain threat, and it is also the biggest enemy that Japan may encounter against the Pacific Railway.
From the beginning of the attack on Ogden, Japan's Sakura plan has been successful, defeating Ogden, cutting off the Pacific Railroad, has reached the ultimate goal of the Sakura Plan, on the premise that they do not have too many losses, of course they want to go further, cutting off a small section of the Pacific Railroad is the goal, truncating more, is also a goal, this ultimate goal has a problem of degree of solution, after easily reaching the hinterland of the United States, everyone wants to go further, not to barely reach the goal.
In 11 days, through stealth methods, quietly entered the hinterland of the United States, in such a training, every officer is quite level, even if victory is now imminent, they will not be arrogant enough to fight everything, when they should be careful, they must be careful.
1,600 tanks under the officer's order, stopped advancing, and then dispersed, even the officer knew that the possibility of having an armored train in the middle of the United States was very small, but even if it was a 1% possibility, he could not take the risk, really 1,600 tanks, exposed to the attack range of the armored train, even if they escaped as fast as possible, the final result would definitely be heavy losses.
If it is replaced by Alaska, these small probability things will not be included in the commander's consideration at all, and these super small probability things are taken into account, then the required response methods are almost myriad, and there will not be a mature commander like this, which is tantamount to focusing only on small aspects and not paying attention to large aspects.
However, in the Sakura Plan, the first thing to consider is always safety, and no risk can be taken at all, and there are only so many tanks entering the United States.
The brightly lit distance is very far, conservatively estimated to be at least 10 kilometers or more, under the premise of not being able to see what it is, the huge tank forces immediately separated, out of the range of the railway line, scattered around, although this is useless, the attack range of armored trains is much larger than that of ordinary tanks, especially some armored trains equipped with more than 250 mm naval guns, he covers a range of at least 10 kilometers on both sides of the railway, which is no longer a safe distance that tanks can enter in a short time, even now, When the tank convoy disperses, it is mainly dispersed to about 2 kilometers around the railway, such a distance, it is impossible to escape the range of the armored train, but fortunately, this is at night, the view is blocked by the night, as long as there is no movement, it is unlikely to be detected, and the night will be the biggest cover, enough for them to avoid the attack of the armored train.
Of course, this has already begun to attack, it is really an armored train that can't let it go, at least not to let these armored trains go to Ogden, here is still 23 kilometers away from Ogden, just outside the range of the armored train, as long as it is properly arranged, the railways on both sides of the armored train are blown up, no matter how powerful the armored train is, I'm afraid it can only lie down, the strength of the armored train is based on the internal line of combat and protection, and it is a huge constraint not to leave the railway line, Such trains are basically rare in later generations, the reason is very simple, under the premise of increasing the accuracy and attack intensity of the aircraft, it can easily destroy the railway line of the armored train, so that the armored train is in a desperate situation, or even a dilemma.
Under the order of the commander, some tanks are responsible for planting explosives, which are enough to blow up a 50-meter-long railway, and a small part is responsible for detouring, once it is determined that it is an armored train, the railway line behind the armored train will be destroyed, so that the armored train can be imprisoned, so that the armored train can be fixed in this area, and the overall situation cannot be affected.
In the area near the explosion point, more than 20 tanks were specially left to prevent other situations from happening, if it is not an armored train, then such a train, it is necessary to leave this train, no matter what this train is for, this train cannot be allowed to pass through their side and enter Ogden, especially if it is really an armored train, on the premise of paying a certain price, he must be left behind, and he must not be allowed to make trouble in Ogden or Salt Lake City.
10 kilometers, for a train of more than 50 kilometers, that is, it will arrive in about 10 minutes, when the Japanese tanks ambushed next to the railway, when they saw the true face of this train, they breathed a sigh of relief, not that they were afraid of armored trains, just an ordinary train, this train, either passed on the Pacific Railway, or came from Salt Lake City to support, no matter which one it belonged to, it had no impact on the next occupation.
I have to say that the New First Army is still relatively lucky, in the United States, because of the relationship between the local defense, rarely use armored trains, the armored trains on the American railway line are only found near New York, and in other places, there are almost no armored trains, if Salt Lake City has it, even if it is a very ordinary armored train, it will make this part of the convoy going to attack quite passive, to a certain extent, it will be attacked early, and this armored train will not be able to take down.
The power of armored vehicles and tanks, basically the larger the number, the greater the power, if there are only a few dozen tanks, the tens of thousands of people used by the other side can be surrounded and destroyed, only more than a thousand vehicles, is the force that can be attacked and defended.
It seems that luck is still on the side of Japan, as long as they take Salt Lake City, at least, the army and armored trains in the east do not need to be considered, the only thing that needs to be considered is the west, but their task is much simpler, as long as they destroy these stations along the way, they can solve the problem, and when the time comes to leave the railway, the armored train can only rely on the railway to act, as long as they leave the railway line, the tanks of the new army will have the greatest initiative, and they can attack and retreat as much as possible.