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After the mobilization of efficiency, China finally sent troops, but Zhao Gang's idea was that a Chinese man won the land in the sun, rather than fighting with the Americans. After careful consideration, the Chinese army chose a dangerous route - the Arctic Ocean route. According to the perfect design of the Chinese, this should be able to easily avoid the attention of the Americans and give the Americans a surprise surprise!

The Arctic region refers to a vast area within the Arctic Circle. It is located north of 66 degrees and 33 minutes north latitude. It is between the northern shores of the three continents of Asia, Europe and North America. It includes the Arctic Ocean and the islands in it. The center point is the Arctic Pole. Among them. Land:;..|Great Arctic Islands, Swabad Islands, Franz Joseph Islands, Novotti Islands, Northland Islands, Novosibirsk Islands and Flanger Islands, etc.;

The waters are mainly the Arctic Ocean. It is the smallest ocean on the earth. Its area is about c square kilometers. The Arctic Ocean is about 700 square kilometers covered by ice and snow all year round. The average thickness is 2.54 meters. It is also 1.5 to meter in summer.

Humans began to understand the Arctic Ocean as early as the 9th century. After the mid-19th century, a scientist and explorer began to enter the Arctic Ocean. It was the 20th century that humans truly systematically understood the Arctic Ocean. In the 1930s, some scientists from Sweden, the United States, Denmark and Norway established scientific research stations on the Arctic ice surface and began to systematically investigate the Arctic Ocean. Because most of the islands in the Arctic are located in the surrounding areas of the Arctic. In addition, the climate is harsh, most of them are covered by ice and snow, and the army is backward. There has never been a war in the central area of ​​the Arctic.

However, in order to achieve the goal, human imagination finally crossed the harsh natural environment. During the World War, the US military had to open a route to transport military combat materials from the Arctic Ocean, which gave Russia strong support. Russia was able to survive until now, and the Chinese also thought of going straight to the northern part of the Americas through the Arctic Ocean, which was the same destination.

On June 27, 1901, a huge maritime formation quietly left the port of Reykjavik in southwestern Iceland and began to sail towards the port of Murmansk in northwestern Russia. The entire voyage was more than kilometers. The operation number was Thor 1 c0 in November and began to transport combat supplies to Russia on the Arctic Ocean route. It is also the largest and most valuable military transport in the history of the Arctic Ocean. A total of 35 ships participated.

In December 1900::|Strike, but soon, the German army launched a large-scale counter-attack, and the Chinese army also destroyed a large number of Russian troops. The Russian army struggled to fight and urgently needed a large amount of combat supplies. The United States was worried that if the Sino-German plot to invade Russia would eventually succeed, the task of fighting against the Nazis would likely fall on a United States country. For this reason, the United States decided to assist Russia at all costs.

The fleet carries a total of 450,000 tons of combat materials, with a total value of hundreds of millions. It includes 3,000 heavy artillery pieces, 1,600 tanks, 4,000 trucks and trailers. The US military estimates that these combat materials can arm the Russian army 150 people, enough to arm an army to fight the joint attack between China and Germany.

Because of the successful transportation last year, the Americans did not send any escort fleet, and in fact, no warship could be competent for escort missions. They were either too heavy or had insufficient endurance to trek for a thousand nautical miles, cross the most dangerous oceans, and then return unscathed.

For the same reason, the Chinese fleet could not send an escort fleet, but the new diesel engine gave the Chinese a great inspiration. After urgent development of high-power diesel engines, it made the new light warship possible. This warship has a single power and a pitiful speed, only 10 152-meter rapid-fire cannons with a displacement of only 950. It cannot be the protagonist in any kind of naval battle. However, in the cold Arctic Ocean, this warship is an invincible existence!

U.S. Navy Headquarters' wrong decision makes fleets the target of Chinese warships

On the 71st, the Thor-1 fleet sailed to Flanger Island and met the Chinese fleet that they wanted to board. You can imagine the shock of the two Chinese and American fleet members at that time! Song Bingce, commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, did not care at the time and said to the adjutant.

"It should be a small American army. Don't worry about them. The puppies in the back team will clean up them (the puppies are the gunboats that are less than a thousand tons)!"

Then, one or two... Until Song Bingce saw the tenth American warship, he still couldn't see the tail of the American fleet, and it seemed that the tail of the fleet would not be visible for a while. It is the wisest way to sail in the Arctic Ocean. If it is lined up in a row, then the ubiquitous iceberg will easily send a giant ship into the seabed.

Moreover, the distance between the two ships was obviously not too close to prevent unexpected accidents. Song Bingce knew that his fleet had a total of 340 ships, which lined up for a long thirty nautical miles. Later he learned that the Americans had 500 ships, a total of nearly fifty nautical miles.

Both sides began to fear and stood up one after another, staring at each other with wide eyes. There was no such battle again. Hundreds of thousands of people stared at each other, but they could not start fighting because they had no weapons. Soon these people came up with a solution, opened the warehouse, took out the ice age and began to attack each other.

However, this kind of attack is very ridiculous because most of them are machine guns, with a maximum range of only one thousand meters, while most of the weapons are several hundred meters, and the closest distance between the two fleets is two nautical miles. Seeing that this attack is ineffective, the Chinese army immediately took out more effective weapons, meter-speed-fired cannons, but they are still useless. The design accuracy of this weapon in the wind and waves is outrageous. Moreover, every shot is fired, the deck under the rapid-fired cannons is groaning. After all, this is not a warship, but just a transport ship.

The Chinese "artillery Army" launched continuous attacks, but it was not until an hour later that it "hardly hit" an American cargo ship, and a nearly bomb exploded near the captain's room. The captain was scratched by shrapnel and had to report it in the infirmary. Such powerful Chinese firepower greatly increased the confidence of the entire American fleet, and felt that as long as he persisted like this, the fleet would definitely defeat the Chinese fleet and deliver the goods.

In the afternoon, the Americans also started to fight back, and several tanks drove onto the deck.

The quasi-Chinese fleet has a quasi-Chinese fleet. No one even knows that the Americans have begun to fight back. The battle is in a stalemate, and both sides hate each other, but they hate themselves even more. A large number of fat sheep appear in front of them, but they cannot pick up the butcher knife. It is really depressing.

Just as the American escort formation was working hard to escape the attack of the Chinese fleet, the Americans finally saw hope of breaking the stalemate, and six small gunboats appeared. Then, amid the Americans' laughter, the six gunboats fired volleys and sank a large transport ship within five minutes. Then another round was sank from a transport ship to the bottom of the sea. The Americans began to panic. Fleet Commander McFerred ordered that all ships flee back to the United States along the original route.

McFerred's idea was to let all ships return westward, and after the Thor-1 fleet was disassembled and fleeed into a single ship, they could save most of the ships. McFerred was a senior officer from a staff officer and did not know the specific situation of the Arctic route and the actual situation of the Arctic naval battle, so he made a hurried decision.

As McFeled made a mistake in making a decision, the huge fleet began to evacuate, sailing slowly on the Arctic Ocean in isolation without any protection. It soon became a target for small gunboats to hunt.

When Song Bingce obtained the order of the US Navy to evacuate the fleet through the captives, he was very happy and immediately ordered all the troops to be dispatched to fully encircle the ships scattered by Thor One. As for the lack of suitable weapons, Song Bingce did not think there was anything worth worrying about. In his order, he pointed out very clearly.

"If you don't have weapons, just jump directly to the opponent's ship to fight. We have 400,000 elite soldiers, and there are not so many enemies!"

At around 11 a.m. on the 71st, the largest Arctic Ocean, was full of signals of help from the ice ocean. The American cargo ship "Byron Empire" was one of the first ships to be captured by Chinese troop carriers. The habit of jumping to the gang battle field was still retained in the Chinese navy. Under the leadership of these navies, batches of armies quickly turned into marines.

Then, another American cargo ship was occupied by the Chinese navy. Subsequently, several ships were captured. It was not until dark that the Chinese fleet stopped the attack. On that day, the US fleet lost its ships, and other ships fled in panic under the cover of night.

After 72, the Chinese fleet continued to launch a crazy attack, chasing ships everywhere. On July 3, more than 50 ships had to sail to Bansk Island, and suddenly they were surrounded by the Chinese fleet, and dozens of ships were captured. More than a thousand heavy artillery on the ship fell into the hands of the Chinese.

Due to the crazy interception of the Chinese fleet, only 1/4 of the surviving Thor-1 surviving ship reached Russia. On the 78th, the last surviving ship of Thor-1 entered the port to unload the cargo, but in fact only + the ship was spared.

In this bloody attack on the Arctic Ocean, Thor One suffered extremely heavy losses. Among the merchant ships, only 117 finally arrived at Russian ports, and except for 112, the rest were captured. Among the lost cargo ships, 11 were from the United States. The damaged and sunk combat supplies included 210 tanks, 430 armored vehicles, 3305 trucks and trailers, and 100,000 tons of other combat supplies. A total of more than 6,120 crew members died, and many were disabled due to gunshot wounds and frostbite. In this tragic event, the direct economic loss exceeded US$2, which was almost equivalent to China's annual fiscal revenue.

China has obtained a fortune, and more than 300 transport ships and hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies on it have become the items in the Chinese. These supplies were originally needed to be transported after the expeditionary fleet returned to its homeland, but now they are not needed. The Americans are very loyal to sending the necessary artillery and tanks.

After the bloody interception in the Arctic Ocean, the US Navy was "shamed" and never dared to tell the public the reasons for the failure. Russia, which has always been skeptical of US cooperation, does not believe that the United States with strong maritime power will cause a fleet to lose 400 ships, thinking that this is a big lie told by the United States, and is naturally used to gain more benefits.

China is very lucky to be captured

The main reason why the Thor-1 fleet suffered huge losses was that the commander of the US fleet miscalculated the situation, disbanded the fleet, and lost the most effective defense. From then on, the United States never used the Arctic route again.

On July 15, 1901, the Chinese army finally set foot on the rich and desolate Canada.

Canada has a vast territory and abundant forest and mineral resources. There are more than 60 types of minerals. Asbestos ranks first in the world, and gypsum ranks second in the world. Copper, iron, lead, sulfur, chromium, etc. The proven crude oil reserves are 8 billion barrels. The forest covers an area of ​​440 square kilometers and the wood production area is 2.86 million square kilometers, accounting for 44% and 29% of the country's territory respectively. The total timber storage is 172.3 cubic meters. In addition, 890,000 square kilometers of the territory are freshwater covering, and freshwater resources account for 9% of the world.

If you don't take the opportunity to take down this treasure land, and when the United States becomes stronger, there will be no chance. Zhao Gang sent troops to the Americas with the goal of taking Canada, but the Americans will definitely not agree. Once millions of US troops fight to the death, even if China attracts its strength, it will not be beneficial.

Song Bingce's task is to restrain the US military in Canada, and must seize northern Canada and approach the Great Lakes. This is a defensive task. It can be imagined that as time passes, the current situation will inevitably face fierce offensives by the Americans. Without a superb sense of war, keen insight, and bold decision-making, this arduous task cannot be completed.

However, Song Bingce was not only a talented person in a thousand, but also a natural talent. After obtaining American equipment, Song Bingce had changed his combat policy.

In the following series of battles, Song Bingce showed amazing talent. He, who was originally unknown, ushered in the most glorious years of his life in just three months!
Chapter completed!