Chapter 1696: Mutual Plans
The United States and Japan are carefully preparing for the Japanese to attack the tanks with a suicidal team, but the Americans are unaware of the premise that the US troops themselves are only 130 kilometers away from the outer side of Juneau, and the two sides are approaching at a distance of more than 100 kilometers every day, especially the special forces, the distance traveled every day has exceeded the speed of the tanks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The next afternoon, after entering July, even Alaska in the north, is a little hot, but the closer to the coastline, there are the warm currents of the Pacific Ocean and the cold current of the Bering Strait, which makes it more suitable here, and the temperature rarely exceeds 27 degrees, but this month, I am afraid it is the most suitable of the year.
The days at high latitudes are always relatively long, when after a day of patient waiting, the sun is slowly setting, and the surroundings begin to be gray, the Japanese special forces have entered the position, through non-stop marching day and night, the special forces have spent two days and one night, marching more than 100 kilometers, and finally reached the preset position, which is on the one hand the strength of the special forces, compared to ordinary troops, in terms of physical fitness and stamina, are above ordinary soldiers, on the other hand, Or because the map is very accurate, the location of each mountain peak and valley is unusually clear, there is no detour, and there are shortcuts all the way to arrive.
When the Japanese special forces arrived, the U.S. troops were still at least 5 hours away from here, about 45 to 55 kilometers, and were expected to arrive between 11 and 12 o'clock in the evening, and as for the standing team, it was almost 15 kilometers away, and it would take 3 hours.
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, that is, after the special forces were in place, the camp was contacted by radio, and 15 minutes later, 20 medium-sized transport planes, carrying a large amount of equipment, flew over the special forces, one by one, metal boxes, were hung on the top of the parachute, and accurately airdropped in the area marked by the special forces, with an error of no more than 500 meters, a total of 12 tons of materials, with a box of 300 kilograms, 40 boxes, all landed safely.
The special forces put away all these weapons, about half of them, their weapons, and the rest, the rest of the team, especially the bomb suits, a special Chinese cloth, and then made into blocks of high explosives, in units of 500 grams, inserted into the cloth bag above, and the wire and detonator contacted each bomb, as long as you press a special controller on the clothes, at most 1 second, these bombs will explode.
The U.S. Chariot Corps did not set off at dusk, although at this time, the mist rose, the sky was dark, and they could no longer be seen in the sky, but they did not set off until the sky was completely dark, and they walked very cautiously, for fear of being discovered, and lost the suddenness of the attack.
The U.S. military also has a very keen sense of smell, and at the beginning, because of the relationship between reconnaissance, they suffered a big loss, and with the advancement of the war, many things that could not be explained before have been explained. The strangest thing they have always had before is that Japan is very clear about their actions, and many of the attacks they organize, even if they are small-scale, will be dealt with by Japan, and there will be targeted arrangements, which is also the time for small-scale attacks, although the situation in Japan is investigated clearly, but the losses are greater than expected.
Sometimes, once or twice, perhaps because of insufficient intelligence, the United States does not know where the reconnaissance comes from, and at first it just thinks that it is a means of reconnaissance, and many times, on land, it is impossible to conduct such a comprehensive reconnaissance, even if the scout reaches a high mountain, the range of what can be seen increases, but once it goes down, it will not work, and the more it goes to the flat ground, or even in the valley, the line of sight will be greatly blocked.
Thinking about all the methods, if Japan wants to clearly discover all their movements, there is only one way, and that is in the air, and there should be no other way.
The US military did not discover the role of the reconnaissance plane before, because it did not put its thinking in the air, it was not that the reconnaissance plane was well concealed, and the small reconnaissance plane could be at an altitude of 8,000 to 12,000 meters, which was not a very large reconnaissance plane in itself, and in the eyes of the ground, it might just be a thing a little bigger than a matchbox, and as long as the sound of the reconnaissance plane was not very loud, it was easy to be ignored, and this was also the fundamental reason why no one on the Chinese side had ever discovered the reconnaissance plane.
However, the size of the matchbox, once you pay attention, especially in a clear sunny day, there will be nothing to hide, the shape of the plane is completely different from other birds, as long as you pay attention, you can find that it may be difficult with the naked eye, but as long as there is a relatively large magnification telescope, you can see.
As a matter of fact, as early as this spring, the US military discovered the traces of a reconnaissance plane, and in particular, at the same time as discovering the reconnaissance plane, it also sent a small force to test it.
Aircraft reconnaissance, this is a bit unbelievable, there are also planes in the US military, but the speed and altitude of the plane are far from reaching this height, if it is an American plane, it has long been discovered by the Americans, and it may not be impossible to even shoot down, at this time, it is still too early to study this plane, and the plane has many technical difficulties, but knowing that Japan used a relatively advanced plane to reconnoitre, it was not paid attention to before, but now it has been noticed, so it is good to be careful.
It is precisely because of the discovery of the reconnaissance plane that the US military will enter within 300 kilometers of Alaska and begin to march day and night, although it is said that in this way, the difficulty of marching has been greatly increased, and in the eight hours at night, it can travel at a maximum speed of about 10 kilometers, and a maximum of 70 kilometers a day, which is twice as bad as before, with an average speed of about 17 kilometers and about 150 kilometers a day, but it is better to be safe. The distance of 300 kilometers and the delay of two or three days are not a problem at all for the US military, as long as it can be kept secret and the suddenness of the incident can be guaranteed, everything is worth it.
It is safer to drive at night, but it is easy to get lost, 8000 tanks, divided into 8 parts, each part has 1000 vehicles, about 5 armored divisions, so that during the day, the encamped woods are easier to find, in Canada, it is colder in winter, but there are many cold-resistant trees, large areas of forest, as long as you do a good job of investigation, finding, you can still find, not to mention that it is summer, the grass and trees are flourishing, more than a hundred years or even thousands of years of forests, almost everywhere.
There is still one day to go, and we will be able to reach the US camp, and in the camp, certain preparations have been made, either to set up a tank camp in the forest, or in the middle of the large camp, and even the first attack on the position in the future will be selected at night, and the tanks will be sent up to ensure suddenness, and finally let the tanks achieve the preset strategic intentions before.
For more than a month, the long-distance run, especially after the northward from Vancouver, was almost spent in shaking and constant stopping, and the vehicles needed to be abandoned every day, so that the current commander-in-chief of the tank corps was as hard as iron, and tens of thousands of dollars of tanks, saying to give up, these abandoned tanks directly became parts one by one, filled into accessories.
In order to ensure safety, a team composed of 30,000 people, most of whom are mechanical engineers and repairmen, has also been quite exercised in the thousands of kilometers of marching teams, at present, once the tank fails, at least 15 minutes, at most 30 minutes, you can complete the repair, in fact, what to repair, in order to hurry, they gave up many tanks all the way, even when repairing, only to replace parts, fortunately, to ensure that 8000 tanks, can arrive smoothly in Alaska, Already the greatest credit, before that, no one thought that so many tanks would be able to reach Alaska.
In the march north of Vancouver, nearly 500 tanks had problems every day, and most of the time was consumed on the maintenance of tanks, which can be seen, that was in the early stage of the march, the failure rate was very large, and the maintenance personnel were not perfect, not only the speed of travel was not fast, but there were also many abandoned tanks.
With the in-depth study of many maintenance personnel, the in-depth study of armored forces, their repair speed and efficiency have been significantly improved, almost most of the repair personnel, can see the problem at the first time, judge where the problem is, whether it is replacement or repair, there is already a set of plans, so that most of the faulty tanks, can have a trade-off to complete the repair, not to be abandoned in vain, even if it cannot be repaired, it can also become useful parts, although the United States tank standardization is not high, a little processing, You can fill it on top of other tanks.
It is this efficient approach that allowed the U.S. military to break down in the later stage, especially after crossing 500 kilometers north of Vancouver, although the daily breakdowns were still about the same, and the final repair was completed, and the number of successful pull-ups was far more than before.
It is the guarantee of these failure rates, which is also the fundamental reason why the US military dares to drive at night within 300 kilometers, although the attrition rate has increased to a certain extent compared with before, but on the whole, it is still within an acceptable range.
As long as the safety is ensured, before the Japanese find out, send 8,000 tanks to the Juno front, at the critical moment, the tanks quickly move forward, rush to the defense line, everything is worth it, what is the waste of a few days, even the loss of a dozen or hundreds of tanks, it is acceptable. (To be continued.) )