Chapter 1688 New Questions
The US military conducted a complete assessment of all aspects of the Japanese army. In their opinion, Japan's strength should be weaker than Germany, but Japan has a geographical advantage, which is to build a position after 7 months. Although it is not known what strength this position has, if the US military attacks this base like this, it will definitely suffer huge losses. It seems that they cannot underestimate Japan anymore. They must treat Japan as an existence like Germany. They must be flexible and changeable, and make sufficient preparations to attack. If Japan really gains a foothold here, the United States will be in trouble.
The United States was filled with sorrow that it even suspended its subsequent attack. The second wave of troops stopped outside the Rocky Mountains, and did not cross the Rocky Mountains, waiting for the base camp's orders. Such a situation was soon transmitted to the top Japanese executives by reconnaissance planes. Now, the Japanese were completely relieved. The US military was analyzing the situation in Japan, but Japan was celebrating the achievements and was always under the head of the Japanese. The United States, which has always been afraid, was so unstoppable. So many were wiped out in just how long. The situation in the early stage of the war does not mean the final situation of the war, but this was a good start. The second and third line of defense were still under intense construction.
Under such a premise, every little time gained, Japan's strength in Alaska will become stronger, especially when factories are put into production, because during wartime, all factories are more inclined toward military industry, which can directly strengthen Japan's combat effectiveness and allow Japan to continue fighting in Alaska.
The continuous immigration not only provides more jobs, but also brings more recruits. Currently, it is filled with more than 2 million troops on the front line of Juno, most of which are also recruits, but there are almost 1.4 million new recruits. Some of them are now registered to join the army, and some have just transferred from the country. As long as this part of the recruits completes training, Japan has more than 4 million people in Alaska.
This group of new recruits also began to train. With the training methods of the Chinese and the level of investment in all aspects, Japan could bring out 8 million troops in just one year. Although in terms of combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of such troops is not comparable to the tested combat effectiveness. Japan had just recovered after the Russo-Japanese War and was hit by China, and a large number of elite soldiers were eliminated. Although Japan surrendered to China and released some of the surrendered soldiers and officers, the Japanese army was far from recovering. Therefore, from the beginning, the combat plan provided by China to help Japan was to reduce field battles as much as possible and increase offensive and defensive wars on fixed battlefields, so as to reduce the differences between soldiers to the lowest level.
This is also recognized by Japan, especially under the premise that the defense line is formed again and again, huge civil engineering projects are formed again and again in the hands of the Chinese like acrobatics. It is so easy to complete in front of the Chinese. In 7 months, it took at least 5 years to build the defense line in Japan. In the war in the Age of Thermal Weapons, defense is always much easier than attacking. The unique geographical location of Alaska is almost impossible to directly attack Alaska from another direction from Canada. The Alaska plateau has concentrated 17 peaks in Alaska. It is okay to mobilize the army on a small scale. Once the size of the army increases to more than 100,000 people, just passing this distance, it will be a nightmare result.
Even so, Japan has not relaxed its surveillance there to prevent Americans from getting around from there. If the Americans do anything to circumvent the troops of seven or eight divisions, Japan will also be in trouble. Those places can definitely be called weak places and can easily be achieved by Americans.
In fact, after the United States suffered from Juneau's failure, there were also radical young officers in the General Staff who proposed such tactics, which caused a series of major discussions. In the end, the suggestion was rejected. Although it was easy to pass these barriers, it would be much more difficult to fight in the next era. In the era of thermal weapons, all operations require logistical support, not only food, but also a large amount of weapons and equipment. If these cannot be supplemented, these troops will be consumed quickly.
The United States does not know that there are at least 10 reconnaissance aircraft constantly reconnaissance over all channels leading to Alaska. This is not a simple road. Unless the US military is lying on the day and night, it is impossible to avoid the vision of reconnaissance aircraft. In the critical places, there are also scouts and special forces. In the end, these are just to prevent the United States and Canada from taking advantage of loopholes. Compared with the defense on Juneau, the defense on the other end is relatively weak, and even if it is in a good position, it cannot be ignored.
The US military did not start from this direction in the end. It was too difficult for the US military in this era to get out of it, and it was even dangerous to know that there might be huge casualties in China, and some people might issue such orders, and underground soldiers would do it step by step. However, in the United States, this is not possible. This time, the army will collapse completely, and even the result of the bombing of the camp.
The American advance troops stopped for a moment to study the strength of the other party. They were Canadian troops. They were indignant because of the loss of three divisions and felt that they were just careless. What was the Japanese? They could not be called the strongest in the world. When they came to America to act as a mighty man. When they did not listen to the US's obstruction, the eight divisions rushed up again. The Canadian troops, which were nearly 200,000, had overall protection when they went to attack, and all had a very complete line of defense. As a result, it was self-evident that even a little bit of the Japanese defense line was killed by the position when they did not touch it.
Even if Canada does not use the overall charge method and has artillery as a backing, both range and technical strength are not enough to make Canada suffer from the impact of 8 divisions and 200,000 people, at most Japan's losses of less than 7,000 people. Most of them are completed under the influence of artillery fire, and more than 70% can be recovered from injury and returned to the team. The actual death and disability of less than 2,000 yuan in battle is less than 2,000 yuan. In this case, Canada's losses have no meaning except to increase the results of the Japanese. The loss of 250,000 yuan in the past and after has also suffered a great loss. The total mobilization ability of about 10 million people is only one million. In addition to the losses in Europe, unless Canada continues to increase the intensity of recruitment, Canada will not have combat effectiveness for a considerable period of time.
After the United States learned about Canada, it sighed. The US military had long expected that the situation in Canada was to increase the number of coalition forces. If it really couldn't be stopped, it would not forcefully block it. In order to truly see the strength of the Japanese defense line. After all, the previous 300,000 people were caught off guard. The Canadian army of three divisions was hit before it touched the defense line and was then attacked by artillery. It was only after they lost so much. Now, the eight Canadian divisions are elite troops and have enough artillery fire, so they should be able to test the intensity.
In fact, the Americans were also extremely surprised. The Canadian army was wiped out again. About 5 divisions really fell on the defense line, but the rest were continued to be pursued by Japan and gradually eaten up on the way to retreat. Japan not only showed the strength of the defense line, but this line of defense made the Americans think of the Bordeaux front line, which was a desperate steel defense line.
That line of defense was built one after another after several years, almost every inch of land was covered with blood, but this line of defense was built under their noses. Before, a staff officer proposed to give the Japanese a foothold. The biggest problem was that it gave Japan 7 months. No one expected that Japan would create an unprecedented miracle in 7 months, and a line of defense that could be comparable to Bordeaux was completed.
The Americans are a little overwhelmed. If the Japanese really reached the strength of Bordeaux, they would never be able to capture it with the current power used by the Americans. Those who have experienced the war in Bordeaux personally know how hard that line of defense is. Without paying a huge price for casualties and consuming millions of blood, they would not be able to capture it at all.
Is it necessary to spend such a large price? This is what the Americans hesitate about. Alaska is not a good place. If it were not occupied by the Japanese, Americans would rarely think of Alaska. It was a harsh ice and snow land. The cost of millions now is to be taken. It is just that Juno is occupied. Everyone knows whether there will be a steel defense line. However, since the Japanese have spent 7 months to build such a Juno defense line, God knows whether it will continue. At that time, it will be a very inch of mountains and rivers. The American young man and the army will consume it on such a plateau until the last drop of blood flowing.
The experience of the Canadian army made the Americans realize that such a forced attack cannot be done. Another method must be chosen, a method that can break trench warfare. Otherwise, there is no need to touch such a hard line of defense, and it will not lead to great results if it hits the head and blood.
In the face of this situation, the Japanese completely put their hearts back in their stomachs. They continued to actively practice and train the team to fill the defense line more perfectly. However, they didn't know that the next battle was a real in-depth test. For the US military, they were also good at learning. Japan was not as powerful as Germany. If they were a little careless, they were caught by the US military. The Americans were also ready to use other methods to attack instead of traditional tactics. This was a new problem that the Japanese had never encountered. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!