Chapter 1759 Conservative U.S. Army
The American generals also want to find a solution to the current crisis from the current battlefield environment. Time waits for no one. The special environment of Alaska has only a few months of war. It has really been wasted several months, and it will be really waiting for next year. If 1917 passes, Juneau's battle will actually be more than half of it. By next year, the difficulty will be greater. The Japanese will use the several months of truce to build a more solid construction. At that time, the United States must pay a greater price to capture Alaska.
What to do now? Tanks are no longer reliable. Infantry tactics are too expensive. Is it possible to engage in an artillery battle with the other side. The final result of the artillery battle is uncertain. No one can guarantee that it will win. It really makes a huge number of stupid and big money. Even if it wins, the money will be consumed in vain. This is irresponsible to the United States. At this moment, the United States is no longer the time when it just joined the war and has abundant reserves in all aspects. Years of war have consumed a lot of capital. When the future prospects are uncertain, it is impossible to promote the construction of large-scale heavy artillery.
Juno is an important place and the most basic combat target. The reason why the United States still sent a large number of elite soldiers and generals to come to Juno after Delverde's failure was to break the Juno defense line to its current level, in order to take down Juno before the winter of 1917, lay a good foundation for the liberation of Alaska, and it can be regarded as an explanation for the people.
Unfortunately, his fate has many twists and turns. He finally reached the current level and was about to take Juno. Of course, the US military would not think that taking Juno would be the entire Alaska. Juno is the capital of Alaska and that is the division of the US military. It is not that Juno is so important in Alaska. It is just that Juno is closer to the United States and Canada's more important places. It is considered the temporary foothold of the Americans and eventually developed into the largest city in Alaska.
However, after Butan's coordination, the United States' progress was very fast, from the original three-day offensive to now, two or three offensives a day, and countless small victories were accumulated, and eventually, a huge victory was formed. Juno was close to him, and the United States also increased its publicity efforts. In the eyes of most Americans, Alaska, which was just a small place, was like a rock, blocking the United States' way. He could not even publicize the capture, and even did not dare to inform the people about the news of more than 40 million Japanese immigrants, which would cause great panic among the people.
Now I finally have the opportunity to recover Juno. Although Americans also know that Juno's recovery is just the first step in the Long March of Alaska, this step is different for the American people. Juno is the capital of Alaska. For those who do not know the situation in Alaska, the significance of regaining Juno means the recovery of Alaska.
Against this background, under the crazy propaganda of the US government, another failure occurred. In a series of wars with Japan in Alaska in 1917, the United States also understood the strength of Japan, especially the current actions made by Japan in Alaska, which gave Japan the advantage of geographical advantage, which was also very unfavorable for the United States. However, it is impossible to solve Alaska, just to win Juno and for a name, it is also so difficult.
In fact, even if everything goes well, it will be promoted to the central part of Alaska at most this year. If it doesn't go well, it will be within 300 kilometers of northern Juno and into the range of the US military. This is the limit. Those peaks and plateaus will be more harsh and more difficult to march. The role of armored forces will be weakened. If you really want to defeat them, it is better to advance from the sea. As the top leaders of the US military, they still know one thing that a large US fleet is about to take shape. At most, they will set off in August. When winter comes, the United States may think that they can successfully spend this winter, but they don't know that it will be the time when nightmare comes.
Now, how to end it? Even if you get out the armored tanks and take Juno, can you take Alaska? Alaska was used as an enclave, a place that has not attracted the attention of the United States. It is not without reason. It is too barren and has many mountains. In the entire North America, 17 of the 20 highest mountains are in Alaska. If Japan uses all these places, it is so tenacious and has so many incredible weapons, it will be difficult for the United States to deal with.
This feeling of being about to win but being photographed by one's forehead directly affected the judgment of the rear. In the end, before the armored tank was installed, the rear could not act rashly on the front line. They also knew that the ultimate meaning of such an order was that in 1917, there was still no way to take Alaska, and even the possibility of taking Juno was very low. However, he had no choice. In addition to armored tanks, he also needed many infantry. If the front line lost too much during this period, there would be not enough infantry to replenish the troops.
The US military camp was in a bleak and was just suppressed by the method of coordination, gaining an advantage, and gradually eroded Juno's defense line. However, now, Juno is in front of him and can be taken down immediately, such a trick happened again. Nearly a thousand tanks were killed in just two or three minutes. Such efficiency is really a one-man who can do nothing. Before this is solved, all the US offensives cannot continue.
They were able to look forward to the rear without any means, but when they received a reply message from the rear sent from the Vancouver Express after two days, their hearts were completely cold and could be solved, but it took time. Before the subsequent tanks were transported to the front line, no provocation against Japan was allowed, otherwise they would be responsible for the consequences.
Simple words are full of huge threats. There are few officers who lost their posts in the United States on the front line of Juneau. Not to mention the lieutenant generals, there are as many as 10 major generals who were killed directly on the battlefield, and more than 10 were captured. More than 10 were lieutenant generals, commanders of the front, and even commanders of the corps, who stepped down because of this.
The current situation is that Japan has mastered an excellent weapon that can target tanks. Although it is not known how many of this weapon is, as long as this weapon is there, they cannot move forward. Unless they can experiment with the layout range and threat range of the opponent's weapon, so that other offensive methods can be thought of.
Unfortunately, an order from the rear has also lost this possibility. Now the opinion of the rear is that you cannot attack before you have a certain certainty. Of course, if the front line chooses to attack, then everything will depend on yourself. Once the loss exceeds a certain degree, you will be able to seize the position at the least, and you will die at the worst. This is also the implicit meaning of the rear command.
Even the free United States attaches great importance to its position and even its own life. The US military stopped its offensive and even slightly shrank to ensure its existing position and prevent it from being attacked by Japan.
Although the United States did not explicitly say that they wanted to stop the attack, the meaning they showed was very obvious. They stopped. After the US ceasefire, Juno's battlefield calmed down like this. The United States was powerless to attack. Japan was the same. To be honest, in a fixed position, months of attacks were almost like meat grinders. At the stalemate between the two sides, the losses were huge, not to mention the method of "Ban Tan" coordination, which directly lost hundreds of thousands of troops with a larger exchange.
Japan only has the core area of Juno, a position within a range of less than 7 kilometers. The huge loss of personnel and equipment has also made Japan lose its ability to continue fighting. Moreover, Juno has no effect on Japan. If it weren't for the anti-aircraft machine gun, Juno's defense line would have been lost long ago. Even now, less than one million people are left, and they are really unable to attack.
Japan defends Juno, which means victory, and there is no need to defend until winter comes. As long as the Sakura Plan is opened, they can strategically retreat in Juno. The second line of defense and the third line of defense have almost been completed. Even when Juno started the crisis, the second line of defense has begun to enter the troops. At first, it was the second line of defense. Later, the strong combat-capable troops retreated from the Juno front line to replenish the second line of defense, increasing the strength of the second line of defense.
In a sense, Juno's defense line is good, but there are many plain areas and are more suitable for cluster attacks by armored troops. However, on the second line of defense, almost all are continuous mountains. On the hard surface of the rock, it is very difficult to process. This line of defense started when the Juno's defense line was almost built. It spans more than one year, but its protection ability is much stronger than Juno. The previous tank offensive was a joke in front of this line of defense.
Almost most of them have slopes above 30 degrees, and there are even slopes above 45 degrees. Among these slopes, most of them are not suitable for tanks to pass. In this case, condescending defense will have a huge advantage.
When Japan retreats, it will withdraw from the coastal and fertile land near Juneau. The farmland in other parts of Alaska is a little worse than that near Juneau, but it will obtain better protection, which is enough to support Japan to stay in Alaska for longer.
Chapter completed!