Chapter 1670: Winter in the Americas
In a modern war, as long as the generation difference between the two sides is not at a certain level, how much effort the opponent has made, how many troops, and even the largest force that can be mobilized, almost all of them are on the table, and one side really has the ability to hide the vast majority of the troops, and the level of the two sides is not at the same level at all, just like the United States and Iraq during the Gulf War, one side is ready for land warfare, but the other side does not fight a land war with him at all, and the powerful tank force is under the asymmetrical attack of the air force, immediately disappeared, this is the generation difference of weapons. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
However, in the First World War at the beginning of the 20th century, a lot of data was estimated, except for big guys such as the main ships of the navy, it was impossible to hide, and the rest, hiding the strength of a few divisions and hiding a part of the strategic artillery, were commonplace, and many things were only inquired about on the battlefield, and some even had to be opened to see the opponent's combat effectiveness, and then they considered what changes the other side had made.
After all, a few divisions of troops, it is impossible to play a decisive role, Germany is strong enough, pressing the entire Entente in Europe, the battle loss rate is relatively small, but Germany can form a pair of two at most locally, in most cases, it is one to one, a little more, it will put Germany under great pressure, and the strength of several more divisions will not have a very big impact on the battle of millions of people, and it will not play a decisive role.
The United States also wants to inquire about what Japan has prepared here, but this is the winter in Canada, the temperature is below minus 12 degrees, and it has to climb over the Rocky Mountains, which is even in the future, wild survival and extreme sports, and climbing over the Rocky Mountains in winter, it is also an extremely dangerous and extremely high mortality project, not to mention the dispatch of reconnaissance teams, in the field, the personnel sent out, even if they are well-trained, how many people will die.
The Americans would not have thought so at all, but the Americans would not have known that when they were preparing, Japan was still preparing, not only mobilized more troops, but also built a steel defense line, and built a defense line at least 5,000 kilometers long, and there were as many as seven completely protected defense lines, even if two of them, enough to accommodate more than 3 million people to fight.
This is a terrible statistic, that is to say, even if the United States has made all kinds of hard efforts to break through the two lines of defense in front of Japan, when the distance from Juno is further, Japan can completely retreat into the rear line of defense, so that the effect of breaking through the front two lines of defense is greatly reduced, if you want to break through the entire line of defense, you have to deal with 7 lines of defense, God knows, whether there will be a line of defense behind it, this is all a problem.
The Americans knew that Japan was consolidating its defenses, which was also expected before, but they did not expect that Japan's defense line was so large-scale, and under such a strong defense line, Japan was still filling these defense lines as much as possible, and the personnel who arrived in Alaska in the early stage, except for some of the working personnel, who were working hard to build buildings and defense lines, the remaining young adults would be drawn out and joined in the training, and in the future they would become infantry who had undergone preliminary training. Then fill in this line of defense.
The role of the defense line is to minimize the difficulty of the soldiers, some well-trained soldiers, on the fixed battlefield of the defense line, compared with the well-trained infantry, there is not such a big difference, after all, are lying in the trench shooting, as long as the marksmanship is passable, others, can be weakened a little, these soldiers, can not train a variety of subjects, even the physical training can be weakened, as long as they can shoot, know how to carry out orders, stuffed into the trench, is a qualified soldier.
This is a quick success, which is equivalent to saying that these soldiers can only play a role in the defense line, once out of the defense line, this part of the soldiers, will not be much higher than the civilians, let alone one-on-one, even if it is one-to-two, one-to-three, when encountering a well-trained army, it is a dish, which is extremely irresponsible in any army, but it has become a natural practice for Japan, he needs to ensure the solidity of the entire defense line, and if necessary, he can exchange human lives for the opportunity to hold the defense line.
Japan knows very well that the difference between Japan and the United States is that it first puts itself in the position of a weakling, and without Canada's unique environment and the severe cold here, they don't even have the strength to fight the United States, let alone hold Alaska. Now, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is in front of them, not to mention a great chance, even if there is only a 1 percent chance, they have to put in 100% effort.
In this way, the prelude to the war began to appear, the United States and Japan, across Canada, began to prepare for the war, one side is a powerful industrial country, the industrial strength of the United States, in addition to China, the whole world is the leader, Germany, Britain and France combined, only the United States is about the same, the United States has the qualification to support the entire Entente, compared with the United States, Japan is too far behind, may only a fraction of the output value, but Japan also has advantages, their population is rich, and there is a tradition of war Japan, The most important thing is that Japan, with the support of China, has chosen a very good point, and Japan is still under the vast ocean, and it can also have the advantage of geographical advantages, I have to say that Japan's life is really good.
It can be said unceremoniously that as long as a war starts, it will easily appear in the same state as Europe, and under the stalemate between the two sides, the United States, which is not even prepared for such a state and has no choice of making a protracted war, will inevitably suffer big losses as long as the war starts, and whether the losses will be great depends on whether the Americans wake up in time.
I didn't think that the front line of defense would be armed to the teeth, Japan used tens of millions of national strength, under the premise of China's large losses, and made out 5 million troops, such a mobilization capacity, in the eyes of the United States is unimaginable, in principle, the mobilization ratio of 10:1, but between different countries, there are still subtle differences, the United States is slightly worse, the United States has a population of more than 100 million, to mobilize more than 10 million troops, this is very difficult, but Japan has a population of less than 60 million, In addition, more than 8 million troops have been mobilized before and after, and there is still room for it.
Winter is coming, as a high-latitude region, all areas outside the influence of the oceanic climate, the interior of Canada, the temperature has already dropped to below minus 10 degrees, and the heavy snow has been blowing down, as if it has not melted much after it has come down, and there is a white world everywhere, the cold current formed by the huge Canada will follow the entire American continent and affect the entire United States, at the beginning of the 20th century, there is no greenhouse effect, and the temperature is very low.
In such a white world, neither the United States nor Canada will choose to send troops, even if the US troops, one step away from the Rocky Mountains, have also stopped, they must ensure that when spring comes, they are sending troops, that is, Japan has chosen correctly, at least 8 months of preparation time, as long as this time is used well, Japan will establish a solid line of defense, in order to offset the difference in combat effectiveness with the US military.
Juno, even in winter, is not so cold, because it is very close to the sea, affected by the oceanic climate, the temperature difference between the four seasons is not too big, but this refers to the coastal area, the temperature in winter is higher, the deeper into the inland, the more bad, especially the layout of the defense line, considering the problem of encountering sea attacks, he chose a place closer to the inland, basically in the mountains to slow attack, the climate conditions in winter are quite bad, the white background from the beginning of winter, It didn't stop, but at this time, the Japanese in khaki military uniforms, like ants, were working on the frozen soil.
I don't know how many times this is, the gas is steaming, and even the temperature of the frozen soil has risen a little, most of the outdoor work has been completed before the winter, and at present, it is only the repair work that is done, and even most of the work is indoors, but if you want to survive in the severe cold, there is not enough cold conditions, which is impossible.
China, which has been prepared for a long time, has provided the Japanese with 15 million sets of cotton clothes, and a lot of various cold equipment, plus a large amount of coal excavation, filled to the front line, in the winter, reluctantly began to work, although in the winter, the efficiency of the work can not be compared with the summer, the Japanese know that at most next spring, at least 4 million troops, will be pressed on this line of defense, if it can't be stopped, Japan's foundation in Alaska will be shaken, the Japanese believe in the combat effectiveness of their army, But the United States is stronger, and if it breaks the defense, even if they can hold part of Alaska, they will not be able to develop Alaska, and can only be engaged in endless fighting.
So for the Japanese, there is only one road in Huashan, if you can't block the Americans on this line of defense, everything else can not be said again, but if you block it, it will suddenly become clear, with the help of geographical advantages, the United States cannot attack from the north of Alaska, where there are not only a large number of mountains, the 20 highest peaks in the United States, 17 of which are in the territory of Alaska, the north is not only a place where the plateau is forested, but also a bitter cold place, even in summer, the temperature is not too high, When it cools down slightly, it will usher in a cold snap, which is not suitable for attacking. (To be continued.) )