The Western Theater is actually the front line of the United States. Compared with the other two theaters, the tasks here are more difficult. Currently, the South China Sea Federation’s troops have landed on the North American continent and have established defensive positions in the area north of Seattle, so the Western Theater
The responsibility of the theater commander is not only to defend against enemy landings, but also to find ways to eliminate the landing enemies, and not to allow them to use bridgeheads such as Vancouver to threaten the inland cities of the United States.
Many U.S. generals are afraid to take on this burden. On the one hand, it is a bit heavy, and on the other hand, the U.S. Army is relatively backward and lacks understanding of the combat methods of the South China Sea Federal Army. However, General MacArthur has liked challenges since he was a child and is not afraid of them.
Failure, when General Marshall approached him and revealed his intention to make him the commander-in-chief of the Western Theater, he only thought about it for one night before agreeing to the appointment.
According to the terms he had negotiated with Marshall, the first thing MacArthur did when he took office was to adjust his military deployment. He chose Major General Henry Arnold, the former commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, as his deputy to specifically arrange Army Air Forces for the Western Theater.
Everything about the army.
Then, he chose the 2nd Army, 5th Army, and 7th Army of the U.S. Army to form the First Army; the 8th Army, 9th Army, and 12th Army formed the Second Army, and set his headquarters in
to Salt Lake City, Utah. Among the U.S. Army units he chose, there were
Several general-level or school-level officers are the most combat-effective generals in the US military, including Major General George Patton, currently commander of the 2nd Armored Division of the 2nd Army, and Omar Nelson Bush, currently the principal of the Fort Benning Infantry School.
Colonel Ledley and Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commander of the 8th Army.
Since the ranks of the U.S. Army are relatively low, many army generals were colonels in the early stages of the war. At the same time, naval officers such as Nimitz were already major generals and lieutenant generals. From this aspect, it can be seen that the war
How unpopular the former U.S. Army was with the U.S. government and people.
In addition, the author would like to note here that historically, the United States did not have an independent air force after the start of World War II. It was not officially established until 1947 after the end of World War II. Before that, some of the U.S. military aircraft were under the command of the U.S. Army Air Forces.
The other part belongs to the U.S. Naval Air Force. The author doesn’t know why exactly.
The U.S. military is intensively adjusting its command system and military deployment. The federal military stationed in the Vancouver Port area has also heard about it, but the federal military does not care much about who holds what position in the U.S. military.
In their view, it doesn't matter who the general on the opposite side is. The federal army never depends on others. Their combat deployments are all planned in advance, step by step. Everyone just needs to follow this plan and implement it seriously.
alright.
Although they are not interested in the replacement of US military generals, the federal garrison has not ignored the mobilization of surrounding US military and Canadian troops. Every morning, dozens of federal reconnaissance aircraft will fly to the interior of the United States, using the camera system on board
and radio detection equipment to carefully observe the activities of the US military on the ground, and then bring them back to the base for the federal garrison to understand the situation of the US military.
It’s not that U.S. military planes don’t want to shoot down these federal reconnaissance planes, but federal reconnaissance planes generally fly higher and faster. Coupled with the help of airborne radar, it is difficult for U.S. military planes to seize the opportunity to attack federal reconnaissance planes.
, as soon as they took off, the federal reconnaissance plane could spot them, and then
After that, they began to climb to an altitude of more than 9,000 meters, leaving the US military aircraft to just watch and sigh. As soon as they left, the federal reconnaissance aircraft flew back. As time went by, the US military aircraft no longer bothered and wasted effort, as long as
These pesky flies don't fly too low, and even U.S. anti-aircraft guns ignore them.
Unlike the large-scale gathering of U.S. troops, the federal garrison did not send more ground troops. There were still two armored divisions and one mechanized division stationed in the Vancouver port area. However, the federal transport fleet coming from Pearl Harbor almost
Various supplies are constantly transported here every day, mainly aviation fuel, aerial bombs, fighter jets and bombers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and self-propelled artillery, food, drink, clothing, construction machinery and materials for the troops, etc.
At present, the Corps of Engineers has begun to expand the second military airport. In another two months, four airports that can take off heavy bombers will be built. However, the US military will certainly not leave so much time for the federal army to operate its own airport.
Small territory, through observation these days, the generals of the federal garrison all feel that a larger-scale battle is about to begin. If the federal garrison cannot achieve a complete victory in this battle, then the efforts of these dozens of days will be in vain.
, strategically speaking, it is equivalent to the failure of the federal army.
On May 18, 1941, the South China Sea Federation troops stationed near Vancouver encountered the largest attack since landing on the North American continent. The U.S. and Canadian troops invested nearly 300,000 troops and 16 divisions from the south, southeast, and northeast.
Three directions simultaneously launched an attack on the Federal Army's Skagit River defense line, Shuksan Mountain defense line and Hope defense line.
The South China Sea Federation has only three divisions in total in the Vancouver area. The federal army's 3rd Armored Division, the 11th Mechanized Infantry Division and the federal army's 6th Armored Division from Australia total less than 80,000 people. However, the federal army has
They have been stationed here for more than a month. They have built a large number of fortifications on the main defense line, and even tanks and self-propelled artillery are hidden in hidden fortifications.
In addition to personnel comparisons, the U.S.-Canadian coalition also mobilized nearly 1,500 Army Aviation bombers and fighter jets, more than 900 105- and 155-caliber artillery pieces, more than 500 M3 and M4 tanks, and more than 4,000 heavy-duty trucks from the western and central United States.
Union Army
The team's two armored divisions have a total of 600 tanks, more than 300 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and self-propelled artillery, plus more than 300 light tanks and armored vehicles of the mechanized division, and nearly 2,000 aircraft of the federal air force and navy. In terms of equipment quality and quantity
, there is no obvious disadvantage.
According to the ideas of Lieutenant General MacArthur and his generals, at the beginning of the southern offensive, the Army Air Forces would first protect the U.S. Army artillery group located about 10 kilometers from the front line, and then use the artillery to launch a long attack on the Skagit River defense line guarded by the federal army.
The time's fire coverage covered the infantry and set up pontoon bridges on the river, allowing the armored forces to rush across the Skagit River, break through a point in the federal army's defense line, and pose a threat to the rear of the federal army like the German armored group.
In this way, the federal army can only shrink its defense line. As long as the federal army's defense line sweeps to a certain range, the U.S. Army Aviation bombers can effectively bomb the Port of Vancouver to destroy the war materials accumulated by the federal army here.
and built airport.
According to the calculations of the Western Theater Command, the U.S. military currently does not have the ability to drive the federal troops into the sea at once, because there are still federal aircraft carrier formations and heavy cruisers parked in the Vancouver Port area. If the U.S. offensive force enters the gun range of these warships,
, then the artillery of the U.S. Army cannot compete with the cannons of the Federal Navy. At that time, the U.S. offensive forces will suffer very heavy casualties. This number of casualties is not only unbearable by the commander of the Western Theater Command, but also exceeds the U.S. government
bearing capacity.
In fact, General MacArthur and his generals still ignored one issue, that is, when they have not achieved air superiority or have not fully obtained air superiority on the battlefield, any ground troops will be attacked by the opponent's aircraft. This is not what you want to rely on.
It can be protected by our own aircraft protection.
For these army generals in the United States, although many of them were outstanding generals in World War II in later generations, the battles they won that made them outstanding did not have a high gold content, because most of the battles they fought were downwind battles, that is to say
It relies on the number of people and equipment to crush the opponent, just like the South China Sea Federation Army now uses more advanced tactics and more advanced weapons to crush them. In the face of absolute strength, as long as there are no major human mistakes, the weak side will basically not be able to stand up.
