Red Soviet Union

Neither of the two world wars affected the United States. After the war, with the Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Union, the military strength of the United States has always been one of the most powerful in the world.

But now, with the fiasco of war after war, the strength of the U.S. military is not as good as before. Whether it is the air force, navy, or army, they cannot gain an advantage in front of the Soviets. Moreover, in terms of numbers, the U.S. military is also However, the U.S. military has to be deployed around the world, so there are not many U.S. troops in the United States, and even fewer are distributed in Alaska.

In Alaska now, there are only two division-level troops, the 25th Infantry Division and the 94th Mechanized Infantry Division, with a total number of less than 40,000.

This is also because it is the peak period of the Cold War.

However, it would be extremely wrong to think that Alaska's defensive strength is only so much.

Among the armed forces of the United States, in addition to the regular army, there is also the National Guard!

Some people will simply make an analogy, saying that the National Guard of the United States is just like our armed police, but it is actually completely different. The National Guard of the United States is equipped with m1a1 main battle tanks and f-15 fighter jets. It can be said that whatever the army has, their weapons and equipment are almost equivalent!

In fact, it should be understood in this way that the National Guard is the local militia force of the United States and the reserve force of the US army.

At the beginning, the gunshots of Clexington started the American War of Independence, drove away the colonists, and the United States was officially established. During this process, the militiamen have been fighting bravely.

And after the war ended, there were heated discussions about the militia. Is this kind of establishment necessary?

After that, Washington determined that the United States needs to quickly establish a national regular army, and at the same time, completely reform the militia system!

All states in the United States retain militias. The governor serves as the commander-in-chief of the militias of the state. Generally, they are not under the jurisdiction of the president. Only when it is necessary to implement federal laws and when rebellion or foreign invasion occurs, the federal government has the right to recruit state militias. The president has control over the militias. temporary jurisdiction. That is, militias can be quickly and effectively expanded into regular troops.

In fact, sometimes, the U.S. regular army is cut down and directly becomes the National Guard.

This represents American democracy, and each state has its own force! At the same time, these two forces usually do not interfere with each other. The US military is external, while the National Guard is internal! Otherwise, it is a violation of the Constitution.

The National Guard listens to the governor, and the army listens to the president. It seems very democratic, but in fact, it is often dirty. In later generations, during Hurricane Katrina, the US government wanted to send troops to help with disaster relief, but Louisiana The governor of the state does not agree, just to prevent the troops of the federal government from coming. As a result, Bush Jr. became angry and tried to violate the constitution. He deployed the army in New Orleans to strengthen disaster relief efforts, and forcibly took over the law enforcement power of the Louisiana National Guard.

But now, in Alaska, facing the aggressive attitude of the Soviets, the state's National Guard has also been mobilized urgently. After emergency mobilization, a total of 8,000 National Guards were mobilized, and they were deployed to the border of the long western coastline of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.

At the same time, a discussion was going on at the headquarters of the U.S. military in Alaska in Nasser, Alaska.

Lieutenant General Dana Atkins, commander of the garrison, was smoking a pipe and listening to the analysis of his subordinates.

If the Soviets want to attack, they must first occupy the Aleutian Islands, and then occupy our Dutch Harbor. A staff officer said.

Aleutian Islands! This archipelago seems to be a long arm extending from Alaska, between the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, extending westward from the Alaska Peninsula to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and its shape looks like a circular arc.

The entire archipelago consists of more than 300 tiny volcanic islands,

It is 1,900 kilometers long and has a total area of ​​17,666 square kilometers.

Part of this archipelago belongs to the Soviet Union and most of it belongs to the United States. During the Cold War, this place was also an absolute frontier. In the entire Aleutian Islands, the United States deployed 2,000 officers and soldiers to wait on each island.

In the original World War II, the island country once attacked the Aleutian Islands, took several islands, and used these islands as a springboard to attack Alaska.

No, probably not. Another staff officer said: If there is no large-scale troop-carrying capability, the Soviets will definitely use the Aleutian Islands as a springboard, but now, the Soviets have ground-effect aircraft. We have observed However, they can send division-level military power at once, just like they did in South Africa, so the Soviets will definitely not dispute these islands, but will directly land on our Alaska!

What's the use of occupying these small islands, direct landing is the most suitable solution!

In my opinion, the Soviets are bluffing. If it's winter, it's not bad to go through the Bering Strait. Now, they really don't need it. Even if this war is fought, it will only happen in winter. Another staff officer said.

Until now, the army in Alaska did not even have a complete defense measure! You can't blame them, because they are blocked!

The reconnaissance satellites left by the United States in outer space are almost equal to zero! The U.S. lacked effective detection methods and did not know about the mobilization of Soviet troops. How could it analyze the combat plan the Soviets were about to adopt?

When you lose space, you lose victory!

Now, they can't even analyze whether the Soviets will fight and where they will fight, and they can't come up with a plan to deal with it.

General, General! At this moment, finally, a staff officer hurried in with a document: Our maritime patrol plane has spotted the Soviet aircraft carrier formation and is heading towards our Gulf of Alaska. !

Since there are no reconnaissance satellites, they can only fly a large number of maritime patrol planes to search for possible threats at sea. Now, they have finally gained something and discovered the movement of the Soviet Navy!

The south is actually the south! Looking at the sand table that he had watched countless times, Lieutenant General Dana put down his smoking pot: The Soviets must want to land from the south of us, we must mobilize our troops to the south! Strengthen Our southern defense! Especially those flatter areas and shores!