Chapter 1820 The Battle of Salt Lake City
The appearance of a military train delayed the Japanese for more than an hour. After dealing with the military train, it was only about three o'clock. However, it took more than half an hour to wait for Kawasaki's beauty to reconcile. Fortunately, it was still early in the morning. After nearly 12 hours of marching and several hours of fighting, all the combatants were exhausted. But next, there was a huge battle that attracted them. Ogden was a city, but Salt Lake City was the capital of Utah and an important railway hub in the Midwest. The direct significance of attacking him was huge.
There are at least three hours before dawn. It is still possible to attack Salt Lake City when it is exposed. Even if they find something, they don’t give them time and continue to prepare. This is the best choice. Being able to send troops to support Ogden means that Salt Lake City has known that someone has attacked Ogden and is ready, but they did not expect that it is not a horse bandit that attacks Ogden, but an armored force. Especially now, when the three armored divisions unite into a whole and go to Salt Lake City in three directions, the fate of Salt Lake City is almost destined.
After Kawasaki Mikatsu joined Hashimoto Ryu, the new army recovered its combat effectiveness. More than 3,600 tanks, and in the 11 consecutive days of rushing, no more than 100 vehicles were given up. The remaining ones were still the majority, and the main force still existed. The attack on Ogden just now. Even though Ogden was a city with a population of tens of thousands, the tank troops did not suffer any major losses at all. Only a few were slightly injured. There was no problem with the overall situation. At this moment, Kawasaki Mikatsu did not hesitate at all. The tanks quickly gathered, and the troops were aimed directly at Salt Lake City. Tonight, they were going to conquer Salt Lake City.
Located on the Central Plains, Salt Lake City is barely considered the core area of Utah. It is a state capital with a population of 65,000. It is the state capital of Utah and is also one of the few medium-sized cities in the central region. Especially after the Pacific Railway was completed, the development of Salt Lake City was like wings, and with the help of the railway, it gradually expanded.
Like the inherent tradition of the United States, this city has only one regiment of National Guard, not a fully organized regiment. The United States is too big, with the most prosperous one being the East Coast, followed by the West Coast, and then the Great Lakes and the Central Region being developed at the latest. That is, it began to develop after the Pacific Railway was connected to the east and west. Although it was a high momentum, it was too short and the foundation was insufficient. In addition, it was the center of the United States. Except for the symbolic meaning, some National Guards stationed there were no regular troops.
The United States' military supplies were sparse. Before joining World War I, the total number of the National Guard was only a hundred thousand people, which seemed to be quite large, but it was not many in dozens of continents and countless cities in the United States. It is considered good to have a regiment of National Guard in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As a railway hub city in central America, Salt Lake City has a good population, with a population of at least 6 times higher than Ogden, but the strength of the army is only a 900 National Guard. When Ryu Hashimoto captured the National Guard, he not only conducted interrogations of senior officers and conducted a slight inspection of their status and weapons. To be honest, he was disappointed. He didn't know how arrogant the Americans would have to be in such a dispatch when facing an armed force that could capture Ogden.
I know that the troops in Salt Lake City are arranged at most 3,000 guns, and *Cheng is all militia or new recruits. Not to mention *Cheng is all militia or new recruits, even if they are all first-class troops who have been on the battlefield, facing the attacks of more than 3,000 tanks, it is definitely not enough. They will win.
Among the tanks with beautiful scenery in Kawasaki, there is a high-definition map of Utah, which not only includes the routes that need to be marched at present, but also the panoramic view of Salt Lake City. This is a standard railway hub city. The Pacific Railway crosses its city and divides the city into two parts. In Salt Lake City, in addition to the railway line, there are several railway lines for transit and staying. As the largest transit station in the entire central area, there are even 10 locomotives here, and the one sent to Ogden is one of them.
From last night to now, Henry has not been sleeping after being woken up. Such a big thing happened in Utah. How could he sleep? I don’t know how those troops are. He is still looking forward to the good news that the US troops will come to Ogden, because he never thought that there would be troops coming to attack, at most some chaos. The 700 soldiers of these chaos may not be able to kill all the horse bandits, but they should be able to defend Ogden and disperse these chaos bandits. The horse bandits will definitely not be able to destroy the Telegraph Bureau. If the Telegraph Bureau cannot contact it, they may be attacked. As long as the troops arrive, they should be able to resume communications from the Telegraph Bureau. Even if they cannot reply, at least they will give them some information to know what happened to Ogden.
It was already 4 o'clock in the morning, and Ogden burned for four or five hours. Most of the wooden houses, after several hours of burning, gradually went out, and no news came, which made Henry feel excited. He wanted to call Mark and ask him what to do. But at this time, Mark was ordering his men to build a barricade in Salt Lake City, which is a necessary measure to protect the safety of Salt Lake City. It started from the discovery of Ogden's burning, and it has not stopped yet. Basically, all soldiers and some of the young laborers are working hard. This is related to the safety of Salt Lake City and cannot be lost.
Utah Governor Mark was suspicious. When he followed his staff and heads of various departments in the state office, the New Army had quietly arrived outside Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City is not far from the Great Salt Lake. As the largest salt lake in the United States, before industrialization and before the chemical industry developed to a certain extent, it only existed as a water surface. In the dark night, if the map is unknown, it is easy to rush into the Salt Lake, because the Salt Lake is too close to Salt Lake City, less than 40 kilometers. However, under the precise map, they walked around the Salt Lake Lake and entered the vicinity of Salt Lake City by the railway. Without taking a detour, they arrived in front of Salt Lake City as fast as possible.
Unlike Ogden, the lights are on everywhere. As the state capital, the penetration rate of electric lights in Salt Lake City is much higher than that of Ogden. As the capital of Utah and an important hub city along the railway, Salt Lake City has power plants and independent power lines, but they do not have searchlights and cannot conduct external explorations.
After knowing that Ogden was attacked, all the street lights and even the lights of the buildings were lit up. Except for a few who were more enthusiastic, or there were no National Guards or Militias at home, they were still sleeping, and the rest were all getting up. The tense atmosphere was suppressed in the hearts of most people. Ogden is probably in danger. What would they do? I just hope that Salt Lake City is strictly guarded, and the guy who stole Ogden would not be so bold that he could impact Salt Lake City.
Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that the army attacking Ogden had arrived at the periphery of Salt Lake City. More than 3,000 tanks were divided into three parts, occupying the north, east and west of Salt Lake City, but not in the south. The tanks that arrived first temporarily stayed about 2 kilometers away from Salt Lake City, waiting for other tanks to arrive. In both east and west, a little time would be wasted, and it would take time to arrange them in place. Fortunately, there was still a long time before dawn. They turned off the lights and waited more than 2 kilometers outside the city. The tanks quietly entered, without a huge roar. No one was found in the city. Countless steel monsters had appeared outside Salt Lake City.
Waiting for all the tanks to be arranged in place, with the help of radio, after connecting with each other, we began to make the final preparations before the attack. All machine gun bullets were loaded into the bullet links, all of which were all high-explosive bombs, and the engines roared slightly, maintaining the power of the powerful. The entire tank camp was also arranged into an attack camp, and it could attack Salt Lake City at any time. When the prepared signals were transmitted to Kawasaki Miyan's command vehicle, as the first Japanese senior officer to attack the hinterland of the United States, as an officer who destroyed a small city, he once again came to another city. This city was not the small city along the railway line before, but a real railway hub and the capital of the state.
Two cities in one night, including a state capital, is a kind of glory and excitement. Now, there is a city house in front of him, like ripe fruits, placed in front of them.
With the command of Kawasaki Miyan, all the tanks lit up their headlights and started to rush towards Salt Lake City at full speed. 2 kilometers. For infantry, it took a long time to charge in place, which may take twenty or thirty minutes. If Salt Lake City has arranged defenses, this time may become longer. However, for tanks, the speed of 35 kilometers per hour is one and a half kilometers per hour, 2 kilometers is only 4 minutes. 4 minutes is not a long time for anyone.
This is even more true for tanks. It is wide, without any obstruction of the city's periphery, and nothing can block the tanks. Even tanks are not just attacking the entrance. All wooden buildings are objects of breakthroughs. High-explosive bombs can easily ignite houses. After passing through the burning houses, they can be easily deduced by tanks. American cities without city walls and moats, in the eyes of the Japanese Armored Division, there are sieves everywhere and attacks everywhere. Ten Years of Remnant Dreams Say Chapter 1 is delivered, Chapter 2 is before 10:30
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