After deploying the relevant combat operations, Tan Renhao went to sleep for a few hours in the morning, and returned to the headquarters at about four o'clock in the afternoon. Zhu Rongzhe has been staying here during the day, and he has enough rest at night.

"News from Panama City, the Mexican president has been there, and our diplomats have arrived." Zhu Rongzhe sent over the report he had just received, "There were no casualties, and all the transport planes returned, but the escort fighters we sent encountered a little trouble." ”

"A little trouble?" Tan Renhao frowned.

"When the group arrived at Gutierrez, the American bombers arrived just in time, and the battle was short. Subsequently, after the transport plane returned, the US fighter planes also chased after us, and the air battle lasted about half an hour, and we lost six fighters. ”

"How was the operation to rescue the pilot arranged?"

"There's no way to arrange it yet, but I've been in touch with the Marines, and when the Marines come ashore, they'll arrange for a search and rescue team to look for the parachuted pilot."

"Anything else?" Tan Renhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The other is a telegram from the command of the Navy, and they are satisfied with this combat operation." Zhu Rongzhe gave Tan Renhao another telegram he had received an hour earlier. "Now that the president of Mexico is in Panama, there is at least one battalion of marines in charge of his security. Han Shaofeng just called us, and the president of Mexico will probably make a declaration of war this evening. ”

"So fast?" Tan Renhao sat down.

"It seems that he was frightened by the Yankees, and when he heard that he got on the plane, he was shivering all over. Now that he's safely on our side, it's time to say it. Tan Renhao laughed. Fortunately, most of the Mexican army still doesn't know whether to fight the U.S. military or surrender to the U.S. military. As soon as the President of Mexico declares war, the loyal troops will play a big role, and perhaps in four months we will be able to end the fighting in Central America. ”

At eight o'clock in the evening of the same day, Mexican President González issued a very strongly worded declaration of war in Panama City, announcing the "terrorist" acts of the United States and its brutal interference in the internal affairs of other countries. In addition to the reasons for brazenly sending troops to invade Mexico, he officially declared that Mexico and the United States were at war, and called on all the soldiers and civilians of Mexico to resist the barbaric aggression of the American army and fight for Mexico's freedom and independence!

On January 4, 28, Mexico became the first country in the Americas to declare war directly on the United States by an elected government recognized worldwide, setting an example for those in the Americas who wavered or remained on the sidelines. In less than a month, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and many other American countries declared war on the United States. And joined the Allied bloc, and the scope of the war was extended to the whole world.

The officers and men of the First Fleet, the landing fleet, the transport flotilla, and the Marine Corps listened to the Mexican president's declaration of war on the radio. The officers and soldiers did not feel much interest in this, after all, for most of the Imperial soldiers, Mexico was a distant and mysterious country, a place that appeared many times in imperial history textbooks, but was very strange to them. Above all, these officers and men were about to go to war, and not many of them were willing to waste their energy listening to a speech by the president of an unfamiliar country on the first night of the landing campaign.

The fact that military personnel do not attach importance to it does not mean that the government does not pay attention to it. At 10:20 p.m. that night, less than half an hour after the declaration of war by the President of Mexico, Imperial Prime Minister Xue Xiyue issued a statement of support for Mexico in his official residence, and it was just after nine o'clock in the morning. This statement was very political, and Xue Xiyue also announced for the first time that the empire would volunteer for Mexico's anti-aggression war and would send troops to support Mexico.

What they didn't know was that more than ten hours before Prime Minister Xue Xiyue's declaration, that is, when they hadn't rescued Gonzalez. Convoys of transport ships from Qingdao, Songjiang, Kaohsiung, Naha and several other ports have already departed. These convoys consisted of more than 500 ships carrying 30 Marine Divisions and equipment, enough for three months of combat materiel for the troops, as well as a large number of weapons and equipment to aid the Mexican army.

At 10 a.m. imperial time, after Xue Xiyue's declaration, the prime minister signed the battle plan submitted by the army, which was responsible for combat operations in Mexico. This was a new operational plan proposed by the Army after abandoning a direct landing on the West Coast of the United States by sea. According to the plan, the army will send at least 120 divisions of ground troops to Mexico within six months, as well as 30 army aviation divisions and more than 5,000 combat aircraft. In addition, the Army will provide Mexico with weapons and equipment for at least 100 infantry divisions and send more than 2,000 instructors to provide training support to the Mexican Defense Forces. There is no doubt that the Army, unable to land directly on the U.S. mainland, changed its strategic rhetoric and put Mexico first.

The Army's operational movements were sent only a few days later. Tan Renhao and Han Shaofeng did not know about it at the time, and they were still continuing their landing operations. The .1 text version was first released

In the early morning of 5 July, the First Fleet launched a fierce artillery bombardment and bombardment of the US forward positions in the Gulf of Honduras. The Marines washed up on the beach at half-past eight. The American resistance was very weak, and it took only two hours for the first Marine Division to come ashore to occupy the beachhead, and by noon it had expanded its position to more than 5 kilometers in depth. By evening, the first three Marine Divisions were all ashore.

On 6 July, the support fleet arrived to replace the First Fleet to provide fire support to the Marines. The second group of Marines also went ashore on the same day. By the afternoon, the 74th and 88th Marine Divisions had successfully captured the port of Barrios at the southern end of the bay, and the U.S. forces had not had time to completely destroy the port's infrastructure, and the transport ships had unloaded the first batch of heavy equipment at the dock that night.

As the armored assault units and artillery units of the Marine Corps arrived on the battlefield one after another, the Marine Corps attacked much faster than expected. By 8 July, the 64th Marine Division had advanced 150 kilometers to the west outside the city of Cowan, basically completing the first round of offensive missions, establishing a defensive line in the plains of northern Guatemala and blocking at least 250,000 troops in the narrow battlefield of Central America.

On this day, the First Fleet also withdrew from the battle, and on the way back, it bombed the US airfields and ports on the nearby islands again. Basically, Han Shaofeng no longer needs the support of the First Fleet. The support fleet has more than 20 escort aircraft carriers, which carry hundreds of Peregrine Falcon fighters. In addition, the Marine Corps has seized several US field airfields, the engineering corps has repaired the runways, and the HNA has deployed the first batch of fighter units on the night of 8 July. Most importantly, the Marines seized the port, which made it easy to obtain war supplies, and their artillery units did not have to use shells sparingly.

The First Fleet entered the Gulf of Limon in the early hours of 11 October. When the warships were anchored in the bay one after another, Tan Renhao received the latest battle report from Han Shaofeng, the vanguard of the Marine Corps had advanced outside Guatemala, the capital of Guatemala, and the resistance of the American troops was unexpectedly weak, and there was almost no threat to the attacking Marines. In addition, the northbound Marines have also reached the vicinity of Belmopan, the capital of Belize, and the American forces are rapidly retreating.

Immediately, Long Zhen also sent a battle report, and the marines attacking from the south accelerated their advance after the 5th, and the American troops seemed to have suddenly lost the will to resist. The U.S. troops, who had been stubbornly resisting before, began to retreat on their own initiative, and their retreat was even faster than the speed of the Marine Corps' advance.

"In other words, the U.S. military has almost abandoned the Central American theater." Tan Renhao gave two war reports to Hao Dongjue, "If I were the commander of the US army, I would definitely give priority to the Mexican issue." As long as we can control Mexico, then we will not be able to threaten the US mainland, which is probably the main reason why the US military is abandoning Central America. ”

"If that's the case, then there will be a lot of pressure on Han Shaofeng's side." Chang Jianxin took the battle report handed over by Hao Dongjue.

"I've already sent a telegram back to Han Shaofeng, and we have to go over and help them if we need to. But Han Shaofeng hasn't called me back yet, if the third batch of marines arrives on time, then Han Shaofeng shouldn't have much pressure, the U.S. troops in Central America have become frightened birds, as long as Han Shaofeng holds the outside defense line and lets Long Zhen step up the offensive in the south, the U.S. troops will have to retreat sooner rather than later. ”

"Better, then we won't have to make another trip." Hao Dongjue crossed Erlang's legs, "And we should also think about how to enter the Atlantic, instead of going around in circles in this bathtub in the Caribbean Sea." ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, he had to admit that Hao Dongjue's point of view was correct, the Caribbean Sea was just a bathtub, and it couldn't accommodate the First Fleet at all, and the real destination of the First Fleet was the Atlantic.

"But no matter what, we must let Han Shaofeng free his hands so that he can send marines to support us."

"Let's wait a little longer, we'll need to spend a few days maintaining the broken ships anyway. Moreover, the new fighters will not arrive until about the 15th, and now the naval command has not given us the order to go out of the Atlantic, and it is not a bad thing to be happy to be free for a few days. ”

Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin both laughed, and now they even want to relax like Tan Renhao, a tireless war maniac, what else can they say?

"General......" The staff officer also knocked on the door a few times.

"What's the matter?" Tan Renhao is in a good mood.

"President Gonzalez is here and wants to be able to meet with you individually.

"Who are you talking about?" Tan Renhao didn't react for a moment, "Where is he now?" ”

"Right in the conference room, the chief of staff is receiving him."

"Come on, Renhao, you can go and deal with the trouble, let's go first." Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin immediately got up and said goodbye. "Treat the poor president, he's an important person."

"Accumulate some virtue." Tan Renhao sent the two outside the door and ordered the staff officer to send them off the battleship.

Tan Renhao couldn't figure out what the president of Mexico was doing when he came to him at this time, so he didn't go directly to the conference room, but went to the headquarters and asked a captain officer to call Zhu Rongzhe over.

"Where did he come from?" Tan Renhao asked Zhu Rongzhe to sit down.

"What else could he have come here if he hadn't asked us?" Zhu Rongzhe smiled and shook his head, "Han Shaofeng and Long Zhen are really straightforward, and they directly kicked us in trouble." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Tan Renhao was even more curious.

"Gonzalez wants us to be able to send a few of his generals to the front line in order to get in touch with the Mexican forces that are still supporting him." Zhu Rongzhe took out a cigarette, "A few days ago, he contacted Han Shaofeng and Long Zhen, but he didn't receive a reply, probably because Han Shaofeng didn't want the Mexican general to make trouble for him." I don't know how Gonzalez knew that we had returned, he brought a few generals over, hoping that we would come forward to contact Han Shaofeng. ”

Tan Renhao pondered for a while, this is indeed a troublesome matter, and he still doesn't know what the prime minister means by dealing with the Mexican government army.

"Hey, I don't think you should go, I'll send them back later, we can't do this."

"Okay, you let them go to the port of Cologne first." Tan Renhao stood up, "I want to contact the Navy Command first, we can't make decisions directly about this matter, let the principal and the prime minister have a headache." ”

After Zhu Rongzhe went out, Tan Renhao asked the communications staff officer to draft a telegram. The president of Mexico has actually become the commander of the bare, even if many Mexican government forces are still loyal to him, but now that he has fled to Panama, what can those Mexican government troops do? As for whether Gonzalez's general should be arranged to return to Mexico to take over the Mexican government army, this Tan Renhao did not dare to make a decision on his own.

After the telegram was sent, Tan Renhao waited patiently at the headquarters to call back, until Zhu Rongzhe came back and told him that Gonzalez and those Mexican generals had left, and the call back from the Navy Command still did not come, and Tan Renhao came to the gangway outside at this time.

Looking at the Mexican president who had just walked on the dock, as well as those Mexican generals, Tan Renhao felt that these people were quite pitiful, even their own country had been lost, and they had become "refugees" under the fence, maybe a few months ago, Gonzalez should have thought that there would be the current ending, which can be regarded as a lesson for him to waste precious time at the negotiating table!