Regarding those criticisms, the New York Times and Doerr himself used newspapers to express their different opinions. As for who lost and who won in this debate is difficult to define, but it is true that Doerr himself became famous throughout the United States because of this article. New York
The circulation of The Times has also increased significantly.
The so-called drumming to listen to the sound, talking to the sound. Different people see different contents in this report, especially those residents of the West Coast who are fleeing. After reading this report, although they do not believe it completely
Really, but I can't help but have some thoughts in my mind. And for other people who stand at a higher position and think further, this report also gives them a possibility.
This report alone is far from reaching Liu Fu's ultimate goal. Civil and military forces must be both civil and military. I don't know which big N once said: war always serves politics. Now Liu Fu also plans to try this
The quality of his words will depend on whether more intense military operations can serve his plans.
Currently, there are basically no valuable targets for the federal air force to bomb in the western states of the United States. Every day, the federal air force sends out hundreds of reconnaissance aircraft, using naked eyes, optical equipment, and cameras to search for any suspicious objects on the ground.
Then, after careful identification and analysis, a decision is made whether to carry out air strikes. However, such discoveries are becoming increasingly rare. After being bombed several times, the U.S. military on the ground has learned to be smart. They have used airports, warehouses, and barracks to
They were built in woods or valleys, and were even constructed at night to avoid federal air force detection.
Originally, the terrain of the western United States is complex and the forest coverage rate is also very high. For those US military who intentionally conceal their location, it is not difficult to avoid aircraft detection, although this will add a lot of burden to the US military's operations.
, but it’s better to be tired than to be bombed.
The Federal Air Force had no choice but to pin its hopes on the Federal Army. As long as they could occupy another foothold and push the airport 500 kilometers east, the Federal Air Force's long-range bombers could reach Texas and Oklahoma.
, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and most cities in North Dakota are within the bombing range.
The U.S. government and military can temporarily let go of the desolate areas of the West, but they will certainly not watch the oil fields of Kansas and Texas being bombed, nor can they tolerate Oklahoma, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
The agricultural and animal husbandry industries in and North Dakota were destroyed. These states are the main livestock and grain producing areas in the United States. Once threatened, the eastern United States is waiting to starve.
By that time, the U.S. military will not be able to station heavy troops in the western states as it does now, waiting for the federal army to attack. This will lengthen the supply line of the federal army and achieve the purpose of a war of attrition. Once the above-mentioned states are threatened by the federal air force, the U.S. military will
The ground troops must launch an attack on the federal army, and what the federal army is best at is defensive counterattack. As long as the US Army dares to come, everything will be easy to handle.
So where is the right place to choose this new location? From a geographical point of view, Salt Lake City in Utah is the most suitable. It is about the same distance from Seattle and San Diego, and the federal air forces on both sides can support it. But Salt Lake City
The city is the headquarters of the United States Western Theater Command, surrounded by heavy troops, and it is also a plateau area. A force attack will definitely cause great losses to the federal army. According to the federal army's usual cautious style, this place is definitely not suitable.
After careful screening, the staff of the federal air force and army finally found another more suitable place as the target of the federal army's attack. This place is a small town. In fact, it is too high to say that it is a town. It is called Pocatello.
, located in Idaho, next to the Snake River, very close to Amerikan Falls, and more than 200 kilometers south of Salt Lake City.
The population of this town is about 5,000. After the war, it moved a lot, and now the population is even smaller. The reason why there is a town here is mainly because it is located on the Snake River and the railway from Salt Lake City to Portland
The intersection with the highway has become a transportation hub and material transfer station.
What is most important to the federal army is not its transportation hub location, but that there is a ready-made civilian airport nearby. Although this airport cannot yet take off and land large bombers such as the AB-3, on its basis
Simple expansion and renovation is much easier than building a new airport.
In addition, the Army is also quite satisfied with the geographical location here. The town of Pocatello is just on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. The entire east and south are surrounded by the Rocky Mountains. A railway and highway pass through a mountain pass. As long as this mountain pass is held,
It is difficult for the enemy to approach the town from land, making it easy to defend.
But this town is not currently empty waiting for federal troops to occupy it. Ever since MacArthur reduced the Western Front to Idaho, Utah, and Arizona, it has become a supply point for the U.S. military. Information obtained from federal air force reconnaissance planes
According to the reconnaissance reports that came in, about one regiment of troops is stationed here, and there are two US military regiments in Boise and Twin Falls to the west of it.
If it relies on a frontal attack alone, the US military will have enough time to mobilize its troops, occupy the mountain pass of Pocatello, and start a tug-of-war with the federal army here. Since this is a mountainous area, the federal tank cluster cannot be used, and the federal aircraft's
Ground support will also be weakened, but the U.S. military's artillery superiority can be fully utilized.
The Federal Army would definitely not engage in this kind of battle where they give up their own advantages to compete with the enemy in numbers. But how could they unexpectedly occupy the mountain pass without letting the US military figure out the direction of the Federal Army's attack in advance? The Federal Army came up with an idea.
The way is to use airborne troops.
The Federal 1st Airborne Division is currently stationed in San Diego. Since they formed this unit, they have not engaged in a real battle. Now is the time for them to show off their skills. According to the federal army's combat plan, first
Bombers carried two regiments of federal airborne troops to land near the town of Pocatello, then captured the mountain pass and held it for 12 hours.
Before that, the Federal 4th Armored Division will set off from Seattle, cross the Columbia River along the road from near Hermiston, and launch an attack on Boise. When the battle in Boise begins, it will also be the time when the airborne troops land.
The 4th Armored Division is expected to arrive in Pocatello in about 10 hours. Before then, these two airborne regiments need to defend themselves against the U.S. reinforcements coming from the east side of the Rocky Mountains, as well as withdraw from Boise and Pocatello.
of the U.S. military.
For the airborne troops who only have light weapons but no heavy equipment, this task is very difficult. In addition to being supported by Federal Air Force bombers, they can only rely on mortars, machine guns, grenades and newly equipped flares to fight against them.
As for whether the U.S. Army can complete this task of blocking and waiting for reinforcements, neither the federal army nor the air force is sure.
In the early morning of June 20, 1941, a large number of federal bombers and transport aircraft took off from the airports in Seattle, Vancouver and San Diego. The first batch of 30 bombers carried bombs. They would attack several US military targets near Pocatello.
Bombing, and using this to cover the airborne troops following behind.
Behind the first batch of bombers were followed by about 100 transport planes. They no longer carried bombs in their cabins, but fully armed airborne troops. Each plane could carry about 45 people. They were 5 years apart from the first wave of bombers.
A flight of about 10 minutes, when Pocarlo is bombed, they will be airborne on the flat land on the east bank of Falls Reservoir, 10 kilometers southwest of the city.
Finally, 10 transport planes will arrive 20 minutes after the airborne landing. Their magazines are loaded with some heavy equipment of the airborne regiment, such as machine guns, flares, explosives, mines, bullets, etc., all of which will be airborne.
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The troops have already occupied the area. The troops of the two regiments of the 1st Airborne Division will receive two air supplies in the next more than 10 hours. The supply time will depend on how quickly they occupy the mountain passes and build fortifications.
