Winter turns to spring, and the Spring Festival of 1942 arrives amidst the rumble of cannons.
In the past three months, Nanhua's economy has steadily improved. Due to the abundant resources of energy, copper and iron ore, rare metals, rubber and other resources in the area under its jurisdiction, abundant food reserves, coupled with the support of huge orders from the Soviet-German battlefield,
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The economy of the United States was greatly damaged by the massive Japanese invasion, and supplies to support the British Isles and Africa were drastically reduced. Almost all of its energy was devoted to responding to the Japanese invasion.
In mid-November last year, the Japanese army broke through the Bering Strait and landed at Prince of Wales Point in Alaska. Major General William Thompson, commander of the 12th U.S. Army, led his troops to mount a heroic resistance and then retreated to Khogacha.
Like Fairbanks, Khogatha is a famous gold mining city in Alaska. With the discovery of gold mines in Alaska in the early 20th century, it gradually became a small city with a population of several thousand.
After entering this century, the United States discovered the super-large oil field in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, plus the gold mines in Khogacha, Fairbanks and Tanano, and the copper mine in Nenana. The country was originally penniless.
Alaska has become a hot land.
In order to exploit these mineral deposits, the U.S. government spent money to build a construction project starting from Prudhoe Bay in the north, passing through Khogacha, Fairbanks, and Tanacross in the south, and crossing the Canadian border through Sgnar and Carmacks.
The road to the railway hubs of Disnake and Fort Nelson. Later, the United States built a highway connecting the mainland and Fairbanks, but in this era, only ordinary roads are used for access.
Since the city of Khogatsa is less than 200 kilometers away from the Arctic Circle, the unique polar night here will soon arrive. At that time, there will only be two or three hours of daylight, and the rest of the time will be almost shrouded in darkness.
The Japanese army and the US army fought a fierce battle in Khogacha. Due to the loss of air superiority and the Japanese army's dual advantages in quantity and quality, the US army was forced to retreat to Fairbanks, but was ambushed by the Japanese army on the way.
, the U.S. Army's 12th Army was completely defeated, and the remaining troops fled to Canada.
It turned out that Chuichi Nagumo's aircraft carrier task force merged with the transport fleet coming from the Chiba Islands two days after seizing the Aleutian Islands and escorted the four divisions of the 17th Japanese Army commanded by Lieutenant General Eki Anami.
, launched a beach landing operation in Anchorage.
The result was unsurprising. The Seventeenth Army, which had experienced the bloody battle in Australia, was not able to resist the U.S. Coast Guard, which was seriously lacking in training. Soon the Americans lost the port of Anchorage.
During the economic crisis in the 1930s, Roosevelt embarked on a major infrastructure construction project in order to relieve domestic employment pressure. Among them was the railway construction project from the Port of Anchorage to Fairbanks. The completion of this railway provided a rational use for the development of Alaska.
Resources have made a huge contribution, but now they also facilitate the Japanese army's advance.
The Japanese army soon took a train, followed the railway north, and made a surprise attack on Fairbanks, cutting off the US military's retreat in one fell swoop, causing the US Army's 12th Army, which was attacked from both front and rear, to collapse.
Let’s look at the response of the Canadian government and military.
Britain declared war on Germany. As a Commonwealth Dominion, Canada's army organized a total of 60 regiments, most of which were sent to the British Isles and southern Africa. Currently, there are only the 3rd and 6th Infantry Divisions in the country, and five regiments.
The air force squadron has a total strength of less than 100,000.
Faced with the overwhelming advantages of the Japanese army, the Canadian government was panicked back, and Prime Minister McKinzijin and the Ministry of Defense James, James, and Reton Roston simply made a decision: All troops and residents in the western region were made: All withdrawn to the eastern region. This move caused huge controversy among the allies, but the Canadian government returned to the government and the army and walked. The people hurriedly organized the people to escape from the western region like a plague. Full with the people.
Like the United States, Canada is also a country composed of immigrants. No, Canada cannot be called a country at this time, because after the outbreak of the war, Canada's autonomy has died, and it is completely dominated by the British Cabinet. The semi -independent autonomy is reduced to ask for money, and it is necessary to give people a colony that can not be given.
In the eyes of Americans, it is very convenient for Churchill to represent the entire British Empire, while Canada is just the British Empire's vassal in North America. In the Joint Staff of the British and American officers, Canadian generals have not obtained any seats. At the same time, the British and American summit talks , Canadian leaders have no right to speak at all.
The Canadian people's recovered composition complicated. Among the 11 million people, the British people accounted for about 40 %, the French descent accounted for about 30 %, and other Europeans accounted for 10 %. The indigenous residents, including Eskimo, account for about three %, the rest are Asians, Latin Americans and African descent.
After the surrender of France, Victor's return to the house and the German Nazi to maintain a close -up relationship. In the German camp of the Soviet Union, there were even several French voluntary divisions. However, it is minimal, so I agree with the orthodox white spoonful of French -American Canadians who resolutely oppose the involved in the war, but their political claims have been pushed back. Send troops and was arrested and jailed.
French -speaking population, the most populous, returned to the north of the eastern Canada, hoping that the French descent outside the event may be announced by the axis of the spies of the axis. There is a huge crisis inside Canada.
In McKenzi, Prime Minister Kim's opinion, once the western region is caught in the war with the Japanese army, the unbounded French in the East must be encouraged. Returning to China and fighting against each other, then the enemy, Canada, is likely to be destroyed by the country.
In comprehensive situations, Prime Minister McKinjin and James, James, and Laton Roston have given up the defense of the western region of the country. All troops and people pass through railways, highways and water roads to Ontario. Back to the north and other provinces, such as Kui Hui, the independence of French independence will inevitably be greatly suppressed due to a large number of citizens of British and other ethnic groups.
Between survival and destruction, the Canadians chose to steal life. Because the Japanese army was too fierce, Canadians who retreated could not take away large things at all. Enter the hand of the Japanese army.
At this time, Canada is not a wild place, there is still a huge industrial base in the western region.
During World War I, in order to meet the war needs of Britain, the suzerain country, and at the same time, the goods that originally relied on European imports had to be produced locally. Canada's ore smelting, steel, metal processing, manufacturing, textile and chemical industries developed rapidly, and many new industries Departments, new manufacturing factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Even under the British government's risk-averse business philosophy, Canada has established a very complete military-industrial system, transforming Canada from a traditional agricultural country to an industrial country.
After the war, Canada's economy continued to grow. However, due to overcapacity, after the economic crisis broke out in 2009, Canada experienced a decade-long economic depression. It did not slow down until the outbreak of the war. There was a backlog of goods across the country. Materials piled up like mountains. For example, there were more than 13 million tons of wheat stored in warehouses (historical facts). Most of the grain warehouses were built in the dry and cold northwest region, which made it easy for the Japanese to get the much-needed food. .
Seeing the extremely ferocious Japanese troops approaching them step by step, the top officials of the U.S. government and the generals of the U.S. military headquarters were frightened and mobilized their troops to actively respond.
The previous deployment of the US military was as follows:
The First Army and the Eleventh Army are deployed in the Southwest Pacific Theater and are uniformly dispatched by General MacArthur; the Third Amphibious Army is established in the Pacific Theater and dispatched by Nimitz; the Second Army, the Fifth Army, and the First Armored Corps serve as The expeditionary force went to Europe. Among them, the Fifth Army was stationed in the British Isles to prevent possible landing operations by the Germans. The Second Army and the First Armored Army had just driven the Japanese back to Madagascar in South Africa; after the Japanese invaded Central America, , the Ninth Army was sent to Venezuela, the Tenth Army was transferred to Honduras, the Fourth Army was deployed in Belize, the Twelfth Army, and the Thirteenth Army guarded the Mexican border and the oil fields on the east coast.
On the mainland, the Twelfth Army has been defeated in Alaska, and the new Twelfth Army is currently being rebuilt in Jackson, Mississippi. As the Japanese army rushes towards the northern border, except for the Third Army, it is still stationed in California and Oregon to guard against possible Japanese attacks. During the Battle of the Landings launched, the Sixth Army defended Washington and Idaho, while the Seventh Army and Eighth Army assisted in the defense of Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota.
In addition, the Thirteenth Army is at Providence, Rhode Island, the Fourteenth Army is at Brownwood, Texas, the Fifteenth Army is at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, and the Sixteenth Army is at Kansas. The formation work was carried out at Fort Riley, Louisiana, and the Second Armored Corps was also reorganized at Poker Barracks, Louisiana. After the reorganization, the new name was the Eighteenth Army, which was the predecessor of the famous Eighteenth Airborne Army in later generations. .
As the Japanese army invaded the United States, the United States had to relax the conditions for conscription and seize the time to carry out the recruitment of the 19th Army, the 20th Army, the 21st Army, the 22nd Army, the 23rd Army, and the 24th Army. However, for now, the United States, with a population of more than 100 million, has insufficient military strength due to various reasons such as racial discrimination and politics. It can only actively defend and form new troops on the one hand, and mobilize troops from the south for reinforcements at the same time. .
Fortunately, in addition to the troops directly under the Army Command, the United States also has a large National Guard and Coast Guard commanded by state governments, which are a powerful supplement to the main force.
The all-out battle between the Japanese army and the US military began at the end of December.
After the Japanese took over western Canada with great force, they did not stay much and quickly divided their forces in Prince George and Edmonton.
The commander of the Japanese left route army is General Okamura Neiji, the former commander of the North China Front. It is under the jurisdiction of the 13th Army and the 18th Army, and there are five independent infantry brigades to assist. The army moves south from Prince George and passes through Vancouver. Attacked Seattle directly, defeated the defense of the 63rd Division of the 6th Army of the U.S. Army near the border, entered Seattle, a natural harbor city in the northwest United States, before the New Year, and then continued southward, currently fighting with the 3rd Army of the U.S. Army, A total of eight divisions of the Sixth Army fought fiercely in the Coast Mountains and Cascade Ridge areas, and they were well matched.
The commander of the Japanese Central Army, Shozo Kawabe, was disgraced in the Burma-India war zone. As Hirohito's favorite general, Shozo Kawabe was full of passion and prepared to use the blood of Americans to avenge Japan's humiliation. His subordinates There were elite tours such as Di’s Ten Wrathful Army and Di’s Twenty-eighth Army.
The Central Route Army set out from Edmond City and headed south to Kahuil and back to Gahuili City. However, it encountered a tenacious blockade by four divisions of the US Army's Seventh Army, known as the "Extraordinary Army" in the Missouri Plateau. Due to the winter weather, Unfortunately, the Japanese army has not achieved the breakthrough they imagined, and the two sides are still engaged in a tug-of-war in the border areas of Montana, USA, and Alberta, Canada.
The Japanese Right Army was led by General Fengwen Yamashita, the famous "Malay Tiger", and had the terrifying combat power of the Kwantung Army's seven tank divisions and twelve infantry divisions.
Throughout December, the Right Army was constantly marching. Although a large number of tanks broke down during the period, especially the heavy snowfall in North America since late December, which brought huge difficulties to the march, there was still no To stop the advance of the right army, on the first day of the new year, the leading troops of the center army captured the important town of Regina in central Canada, directly threatening the security of the Great Plains in the central United States.
In early February, after resting in the city of Regina, the mechanized army of the Right Army turned around and headed south. In the Minot area of North Dakota, it defeated the defense of the Eighth Army of the U.S. Army, and then rushed along the railway toward Minnesota, directly threatening the U.S. Army. The security of America's light and heavy industrial bases in the Great Lakes region has shocked the world.