Chapter 1799: The Missouri River
The last 300 kilometers were not difficult for the Japanese troops, and they were completed in less than 9 hours, and the border between Canada and the United States was just a demarcation line on the map, and there was no hostile relationship between the United States and Canada, and the United States did not have to guard against Canada at all, which was the tradition of the United States, and even the border between the United States and Canada in the future 21st century, there was also not much defense, and there was basically no border defense between Canada and the United States, and the two sides could easily communicate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In this era, the United States already has a national border, but the huge United States, it is impossible to defend every national border, let alone this era, when according to the map, after entering the marked area of the U.S. military, Kawasaki Meijing, who is in charge, breathed a sigh of relief, although it is also an adventure in Canada, but how do these compare with the United States,
At this time, it is of special significance to Japan, Japan's door was opened by the United States, all the Japanese have a very unique feeling for Americans, that kind of inferiority complex and with a certain kind of madness, now called China's subordinates, although Japan has always been one of China's vassals, but the madness in their hearts is still released, before all the way of sneaking, in order to enter the United States to make a big fuss, and now approaching the United States border, this meaning is absolutely different.
On the U.S. border marked on the map, Kawasaki Meijing made a special stop for 1 hour, and came to rest for a while, and then took a lot of photos next to some more eye-catching references.
An hour later, the video data that should have been left behind, Kawasaki Meijing no longer had the slightest hesitation, and directly ordered the tank troops to march at full speed, at this time it was two o'clock in the afternoon, from the American border, to the side of the Missouri River, almost more than 200, almost 300 kilometers, even if the armored troops advanced at full speed, it would take at least 8 hours, that is, until about 10 o'clock in the evening, to be able to reach the Missouri River.
The Missouri River, as the most important river in the northwest of the United States, is the longest river in the United States, the Mississippi River is the fourth longest river in the world, second only to the Amazon River, the Nile, the Yangtze River, he is also one of the most important rivers in the United States, flowing through 29 states in the United States, a total of only 50 states in the United States, or including Alaska, 29, is almost 60%.
The Missouri River originates in the Rocky Mountains, along the way to Montana, the dimension is higher, the volume of water is larger, and it is relatively turbulent, fortunately, after flowing through Montana, it enters the vicinity of the Great Plains, and the water flow slows down a lot, the water volume of this piece of river is not large, most of the width is between 500 meters and 1000 meters, which belongs to the pass.
Unlike the rivers that passed before, this is a really big river, the narrowest point is close to 500 meters, and the deepest part is four or five meters.
In fact, the Zhouqiao troops, which are composed of at least 180 armored vehicles, are also relatively depressed, they are basically under the backbone of the Chinese Zhouqiao troops, filled with some Japanese composition, on such a journey, they have not shown their strength, they have long been impatient, according to the map provided by the reconnaissance troops, as early as a few days ago, at the time of the airdrop, they have already airdropped the most suitable places for crossing the river, including a comprehensive clear map, and even a part of the hydrological feature map.
This was a great help for the Zhouqiao troops, who could find the narrowest spot based on the reconnaissance planes, and in the Sakura Plan, the Missouri River would take a day or two to cross.
All the way to the march, it seems that today, the morale of the whole team is very high, there will be a little twists and turns in the past, this time a full eight hours, the march is high, very soon, at about 10 o'clock in the evening, finally arrived at the side of the Missouri River, this is the place carefully selected by the Zhouqiao troops, here is not only the narrowest place, but also the water is relatively shallow, most of the water is below 50 centimeters.
After the armored team is encamped, the boat and bridge troops have to make a unified assessment of the surrounding 14 landing sites to find out the most suitable, and if there is only one that is most suitable, then only one bridge can be built.
However, it is not the limit, the boat bridge force has the ability to assume 10 bridges at most, under the same preparation, the more bridges represent the faster the passage capacity, at any time, whether it is the era of cold weapons, or the era of hot weapons, crossing the river is the most vulnerable of a force, even if it takes more time to prepare before, when crossing the river, the faster the better.
When the Zhouqiao troops took advantage of the night to carry out the first wave of exploration of the Missouri River, the results were very satisfactory, the Missouri River flows through the plateau, the drop is large, and the sand content is also large, but in the area of the Great Plains, the relationship between the siltation in front, the bottom of the river is not sediment, but some hard pebbles, this kind of bridge is more suitable for the hypothetical bridge of the Tanzhou Bridge troops.
The Funahashi troops are preparing for the bridge, and Kawasaki Meijing also reported to the country that today is an important day, not only crossing the US border, but also entering the banks of the Missouri River, which is a huge progress for Japan, they have entered the territory of the United States, from the strategic height of the cherry blossom plan, they have succeeded, even if they can't cross the Missouri River, as long as they carry out activities in this area, they can be regarded as having achieved the strategic task.
However, when entering the transit of the United States, and when I was in southern Canada, because of the relationship between the lower dimensions, even if I avoided most of the cities and villages, I still encountered some people, but it was also a great plain, because of the hurricanes, the terrain here was flat, there was not much output, to a certain extent, it was sparsely populated, and in 3 days, I only encountered more than 30 waves of people.
Of course, the result of these people was to kill them, and even the bodies were buried in an open place, which is something that will be very troublesome for the Americans in the hinterland of the United States, once it alarms the Americans, and this is absolutely unacceptable to them.
This is a war, a war of life and death, both sides are working hard for such a war, Kawasaki Meijing knows very well that once Japan breaks through the Juno Line, and even breaks through many of Japan's defense lines after that, it will definitely not be soft-hearted towards them. Even if it has been rooted in the United States for decades and has made outstanding contributions to the United States, and even the Pacific Railway itself, with the help of the Chinese, this is the premise of the authority, the Americans still carry out cruel destruction of the Chinese, not allowed to own property, real estate, and even the opportunity to work, water knows, in a foreign country, after everything is robbed, what kind of scene will these people face, if it is not for China's action, tens of millions of Chinese will face nightmarish results.
Although Japan also has expatriates in the United States, there are not many personnel, and under the premise that Japan actually occupies Alaska, these Japanese expatriates will not be taken care of, although they know that the situation of these expatriates will be bad, but they are not China, and they do not have the strength to get all the expatriates back at once, before starting, some important ones, such as high-level intellectuals, rich businessmen, and some important ones have been brought back, but these people only account for about 3% of the expatriates in the United States, and the remaining 97% There's no way back
Fortunately, the number of Japanese people who went abroad was not as large as that of China, and the entire United States, that is, about 1 million, fortunately, not all of them were lost, and in the months between the start of the war, especially in the winter when the war was not so fierce, about half of them, with the help of China and Germany, ran back.
In this era of the Great Plains, horses are still the most common means of transportation, but how fast can the average horse fart run, in order to avoid leaks, Japan not only mobilized a large number of reconnaissance forces, there are planes to help them reconnoiter in the air, but on land, they also have the strength to reconnoitre, and if they find that they can't compare, they will launch an attack, with a speed of more than 35 kilometers in tanks, there is no mental calculation or unintentional, it is impossible for anyone to run out of the tracking of the tank, even if the speed is about the same, but, The tank has a machine gun with a range of more than 1,000 meters, which is the difference between soldiers and civilians, and an army is very overwhelming against civilians, not to mention armored strength.
Although a large number of people disappeared, at least more than 300 people were killed in the three days after entering the United States, but there were no dead or dead people, because there were no witnesses, everything that passed was swept away, and the villages that were avoided were not afraid of discovery at all with the sparse living environment of the Great Plains.
When Kawasaki Meijing reported the news to the Japanese army base camp, Zheng Shuming was also reporting, mainly not the encounter with people on land, or the process of marching, these have already been reported, and there is nothing to say, but there are many things that can be said about this process of crossing the river, whether it is the preparation before crossing the river, determining the crossing point, or building the Zhou Bridge, and even from the process that has been built, the lack of the Zhou Bridge troops reflected.
As a battle, Zheng Shuming can't do it, he doesn't know much about military aspects, but in terms of machinery, he is an expert, a master, and some of the problems reflected in the Zhouqiao troops, as long as they can be solved by the mechanical aspect, he can even give some general directions.
War is not a loss is the best booster for the development of military science and technology, some problems that cannot be seen in peacetime, or problems that are not realized, are really exposed in the war, in such a little accumulation, China absorbs nutrients from Japan's actions, you know, at present, China is already armored and motorized, even a little bit of power growth, for China's huge base, is also a huge promotion.