On the side of Salt Lake City, I saw Ogden in the distance, and the flames were soaring into the sky, and there were almost flames everywhere, but they didn't feel that the danger was coming. The telegram could not contact Ogden, and they could only see that the fire not only did not go out, but instead became more and more intense.

After entering Ogden from the tank, fires ignited one by one. Most of these houses were made of wooden structures. By the 21st century, most of the villages and towns in the United States were relatively common materials. Except for some large-scale modern cities, many small towns in the Midwest had an original scenery with quite a few brick and stone structures. This was the case in the developed 21st century, and even more so in the early 20th century.

Wood is the most easily combusted material. There are no incendiary bombs among Japanese machine gun bullets. Incendiary bombs are a kind of killer. Even machine gun bullets below 10 mm will be quite terrible if they use white phosphorus bullets. In addition, white phosphorus bullets are not easy to preserve and are prone to danger. If problems occur, it will be very troublesome if they use airdrop method. Therefore, there is no such thing in the supply order. At most, they can be made by making a molten bottle, which can be filled with bottles of water, filled with gasoline and some other metal powder.

However, it was used when setting fires. In dangerous places, the tank crew was strictly required and was not allowed to get off the bus, so the molten bottle could not be used. Fortunately, the tank's machine gun also has a bullet called high-explosion bomb, which is all high-explosion. Once the wooden house is ignited by a large amount of gunpowder, the entire house is filled with fuel, and the flames are getting stronger and stronger. More than 3,000 houses are burning almost together, which is enough to illuminate the entire night sky.

The flames are getting higher and higher, and there are more and more senior executives gathered next to the governor. Ogden is incomparable to Salt Lake City. It is also a regular city with a population of 10,000. As a city with a direct control of only more than 50 kilometers away from the state capital and is one of the cities directly under control. It is also a station along the railway. Ogden was obviously attacked and suffered a great blow. The governor has the responsibility to solve the problem. This is his unshirkable responsibility. If he does not even do any moves and lets Ogden burn it to a piece of white ground, it will also affect his reputation and thus cause him to lose the election in the next election.

From his sleep, after being woken up by an emergency, Henry's mind was turning rapidly. As the leader of a state, he was the supreme leader of Utah, especially in a state of emergency, and even had the privilege of mobilizing everything in the state. After completing a simple exchange with Mark, the leader of the National Guard, and Mark was willing to obey his orders, it was equivalent to becoming the supreme leader of military and political affairs.

At less than 45 years old, he has achieved the position of being the leader of a state. Even if it is just a small western state, Utah has never been the most important state in the United States. Not to mention the eastern New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, even compared with western powerhouses like California and Washington, he is still so weak that he cannot do it. However, the governor is the governor. In the American political sequence, he is definitely a figure in the upper class of the pyramid. To a certain extent, the governor is more powerful than some ministers in the cabinet.

He was born in a big family, graduated from a prestigious school, and worked as a lawyer in Washington for at least 7 years before participating in the election. He started with a state legislator, a member of Congress, a senator, and then ran for governor. In order to become governor, he even gave up his foundation in California and chose a weaker Utah state. Henry had a very keen political sense and knowing what he did at this moment was the right choice.

After Mark obeyed the order, he immediately ordered a regiment of National Guards guarding Salt Lake City to be on guard to prevent this group of gangsters who had endangered Ogden. In addition to attacking Ogden, he attacked Salt Lake City and ensured the safety of Salt Lake City, which was the first time to do so.

If you can attack Ogden, you can attack Salt Lake City. Although the population of Salt Lake City is several times higher than that of Ogden and there are also garrisons, who knows whether these bandits are crazy or not? If this part of the bandits want to get a bargain in Salt Lake City, he just ignores it. Once the accounts are settled later, the board will almost certainly hit him. Henry must first ensure the safety of Salt Lake City and ensure that there is no mistake here before he can consider other things.

Of course, Ogden's rescue is also necessary. After ensuring the safety of Salt Lake City, Ogden must be rescued. The fire simply ignited from the beginning, and has been going on for two or three hours. Depending on the situation, the entire Ogden has been attacked. I don't know why, these bandits have such strong power, but to be on the safe side, he still needs to send troops to rescue, and it is not enough to have few people.

The entire Salt Lake City has not much military strength, but it is not enough to rescue this city. If there are more than one hundred guns, Ogden himself has it. If these people go there, it will be useless. Maybe they will lose it in vain. But if too many of them will affect the defense of Salt Lake City. If there is a problem with Ogden, there will be problems in Salt Lake City. Even if it is just a little problem, it will be enough to get the governor down. Besides, in terms of safety, he cannot be in the entire mission.

There are too many, no less, no, no, no, he met Mark and temporarily decided to go to rescue. The regular troops of a battalion and about 400 militias, with a total of more than 700 people. The battalion of the National Guard is definitely not as good as the regular army. A battalion of the regular army basically has more than 700 people, and a regiment of more than 2,000 more than 3,000. However, the National Guard stationed in Salt Lake City has only 900 people, with a maximum of about 250 people in the battalion. One third of the regular army is drawn, and there are 400 more elite militias. This is the largest military force that Henry can send.

The chaotic Salt Lake City was formed at 12:30. Fortunately, there were few troops, and they did not carry any weapons, but only some light weapons, and only 2 machine guns were brought. This way the preparation work could be reduced to a minimum. Even bullets, on average, each person brought about about 60 rounds, which barely supported a high-intensity battle. In this way, it was to send troops, but it was more about bandit suppression rather than real war.

It can be said without hesitation that the governor of Utah is still stuck on the basis of a small bandit, which is human nature. Anyone who does not have the support of intelligence will think that this is the case. This is also the most reasonable answer. They cannot think that the Japanese can enter. Salt Lake City is more than 1,000 kilometers away from Canada's border, and the distance to Alaska is four or five thousand kilometers.

For ordinary civilians, four or five thousand kilometers are almost insurmountable. Most people's range of activities will not exceed 150 kilometers. More than 300 kilometers are in a minority. Four or five thousand kilometers give people the feeling that the long distances of the world and the sea are the greatest defense. There is enough distance between the two armies between the two countries, which is absolutely safe. Only the era of tanks has solved this problem. However, even if the era of tanks is coming, 5,000 kilometers is still a very safe distance, which is a very unintentional one. Even if China has mastered the entire sky, it has created such a terrible result of war. Of course, there is only one chance. After such a blow, the United States can eliminate such behavior with a little precaution.

What Henry didn't know was that not to mention Ogden, even if they kept everyone, even began to dig trenches on a large scale and build a relatively strong defense, they could not resist the attack at all, because they were armored forces and were born to restrain positional warfare and defense lines.

An emergency occurred, from top to bottom, and the efficiency was very high. To put it bluntly, it was just carrying personal weapons. If it weren't for the concentration of militias, it might be possible that the organization would be completed in an hour. Salt Lake City is a railway hub city, and so was Ogden. In the dark night, the fastest means of transportation to Ogden was the train. Although Ogden was burned, it might not be attacked. Maybe it was an accident. The city that could burn down houses, and the railway could not be killed. At worst, it would be stopped outside the city and let the troops walk.

50 kilometers may take several hours for a marching marching, but if you take the train, you will arrive in the maximum 40 minutes. The armed forces of 700 people, plus some ammunition, are filled with 6 trains. The length of the front and 7 knots seems short and capable. With the expectations of many senior officials in Salt Lake City, the train left the Salt Lake City Station and headed north.

Looking at the trains getting farther and farther away, Henry felt a little irritated. He ran into Mark for a while and asked them to complete the guarding work as much as possible. He arranged some defensive positions, barricades and machine gun positions at some major entrances in Salt Lake City, and must also be arranged, which suppressed his irritability.

The US soldiers holding a steel gun and looking excited would not have thought at all what they would encounter. What they faced was not what they thought, hundreds of large bandits, but more than 5,000 tanks. Even regular infantry had more than 10,000 regular soldiers. Not to mention the armored power of tanks, even the number of people would be crushed.

These soldiers full of longing do not know that from the moment they set off, they have become annihilated forces. Although the train is powerful, it is a civilian facility. Facing tanks that are armed to the teeth and even have strong maneuverability, they not only cannot provide them with any protection, but instead become their imprisonment. As long as the opponent has a way to slow the train and stop, their best result is to surrender. Otherwise, the annihilation of the entire army is not just a saying.
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