The Ming landing force was prepared to use the Los Angeles area as its logistical base, and they said that they could not allow the existence of a formed resistance force in the Los Angeles area. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info Therefore, it is only natural to clear out these defenders who have insisted on obeying orders and staying in the local area to resist in the previous battle.

The Ming army moved quickly, and by the third day of landing, most of the troops and equipment had been unloaded and disembarked. The front command already has a strong army at their disposal, and they can expand their front as much as possible before the U.S. forces are assembled enough to launch a counterattack.

Although the U.S. military is constantly mobilizing forces, it will take at least a week to gather enough forces to launch a counterattack in the Los Angeles area. And the second wave of the Ming army's landing force will arrive in the navy near Los Angeles tomorrow. The third wave of landing troops from the Hawaiian Islands will arrive in 10 days.

In the farther Pacific Ocean, a large number of ships loaded with Ming officers and soldiers and various supplies from the Ming mainland were crossing the Pacific Ocean and rapidly marching towards the mainland of the United States. What the Ming army needs most now is time. As long as there is enough time and ports, the Ming army will be able to send a large number of troops and material resources to the American continent in a continuous stream.

And what the U.S. military has to do is also to buy time. Strive to drive the Ming landing force into the sea before the Ming army hoards more and more troops. It is also unacceptable for them to pay any price for this.

In the following twenty-four hours, the Ming landing force sent two powerful forces, with armored forces as the core, to the north and south respectively, and attacked Ventura and San Diego.

The troops attacking to the north proceeded relatively well, taking Burbank, Marbury, Simi Valley, Acton all the way to Ventura, and other places. Many of the major transportation arteries in the northern part of the Los Angeles area were seized by the Ming army. At the same time, it also won a series of coastal ports. These ports may not be large, but they can still unload officers and soldiers and supplies, which is very important for the Ming army to seize time at this time.

Moreover, the Ming army occupied numerous airfields in these places, which provided a favorable guarantee for the army aviation troops to exert their strength.

These airports are not the kind of field airfields where you can take off and land planes on a wide lawn. These are all regular airports that are capable of taking off and landing jets. With these airfields, the Ming army was soon able to use them to station a large number of jets to compete for air supremacy with the US air force.

The Ming troops in the north not only captured large areas of importance, but also successfully blocked American reinforcements from Santa Barbara and San Francisco in the north on the line from Ventura to Acton.

A series of fierce battles broke out between the two sides in the valley from the Acton Valley to Ventura. Tanks and soldiers on both sides fought fiercely along the Santa Clara River, leaving behind a large number of corpses and destroyed tanks in almost every section.

The severity of the battle was staggering, and the Ming army was greatly shocked by the fierce attacks of the American troops, regardless of casualties, and these American troops fighting to defend their homeland burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, although in the end they were unable to break through the Ming army's defenses. But they still brought huge losses to the Ming army.

The fighting of the Ming army on the northern front went fairly well, but the attack on the southern front was not good. To everyone's surprise, the equally powerful southbound Ming army suffered a major defeat in the area of San Clementi when it moved south from the Irvine Forest Lake line to seize Dana Point, and then continued south towards San Diego.

Previously, the U.S. military deployed millions of troops there to defend against a possible landing operation on the Baja California Peninsula by the Ming Army. When the news of the landing of the Ming army in the Los Angeles area came, the commander of this army, Omar. General Bradley was keenly aware of the seriousness of the matter. He gave the order to mobilize the military and prepare for the attack without receiving an order from the War Department.

When an order came from Washington that he should immediately take his troops north to retake the Los Angeles area, General Bradley immediately set off north with his prepared army. The proximity of his troops to San Diego, and the fact that the Ming army's massive air raids did not have a serious impact on the railroads throughout California, allowed Bradley's army to use the railroad lines to transport troops north.

It took Bradley only one day and night to transport nearly 100,000 troops and a large amount of weapons and equipment to the Carlsbad area. When Bradley, who had personally followed the front-line troops here, received the news of the crushing defeat of the troops from San Diego in the Lake Forest area, he immediately readjusted his deployment and set up defensive positions in the San Clementi area, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

However, the Ming landing force did not know that the American troops on the California Peninsula in the south had come to their eyes so quickly. After defeating the U.S. forces in the Lake Forest area, they continued to move south with the 34th Panzer Division as the vanguard, preparing to attack San Diego all the way.

Santa Clementi is a small seaside plain. To the right of the city are towering mountains, while on the left are the Pacific Ocean. The 34th Panzer Division of the Ming Army roared into Santa Clementi and easily defeated the local defenders. The 34th Panzer Division then prepared to continue south along the Esplanade to attack Carlsbad, but did not expect a surprise attack at the narrowest point near San Clementi.

At the narrowest point of the esplanade from San Clementi to Carlsbad, the sea was less than a kilometer away from the mountainside, and the tanks of the 34th Panzer Division of the Ming Army were about to drive through the area, when a large number of American tanks suddenly appeared in a large wooded area near the side of the mountain, and their numbers were almost endless. It was as if the forest had been released by magic, and the tank units of the American army could be continuously driven out.

These U.S. tank units rushed out in a mighty way, first of all, they violently attacked the nearest Ming army's powerful search force. In fact, Bradley's original plan was to wait until the Ming army's armored forces had passed before killing him to cut off his retreat. It's just that the powerful search force of the Ming army discovered them in advance.

Raided by a huge tank cluster in such a narrow area, the mighty search force of the 34th Panzer Division was soon completely annihilated. Then the mighty group of American tanks fiercely rushed towards the main force of the 34th Armored Division.

Because the desperate operation of the power search force bought time for the main force of the Ming army, they began to quickly fight and retreat.

It was a rare rainy day near Santa Clementi, and the fighter planes on both sides received requests for ground support, but no one could come to the rescue.

And the US army has about three armored divisions, and the number of tanks and armored vehicles equipped with them has long exceeded a thousand. However, the 34th Armored Division of the Ming Army began to engage in fierce battles from the time it landed, and there was almost no rest during this time, and the originally full tank had lost a lot at this time. The number of tanks it can use is only about two hundred.

The Americans had too many tanks, and the Ming armored troops resisted desperately but could not repel the attacks of the Americans. The terrain is narrow and the distance between the two sides is not too far. The retreating Ming armored units were soon approached by the Americans. In terms of the number of US tank troops, once the Ming army's armored units were close to them, they suddenly lost their superiority in armored defense. Many of the Ming tanks were eaten alive after being surrounded by American tanks.

The troops of the 34th Panzer Division of the Ming Army retreated all the way to the town of Santa Clementi. Under the desperate resistance of many infantry who rushed to the rescue, it was difficult to fight against the powerful American army. Because of the weather, the air power of the Ming army could not be exerted, and they could only work in a hurry from a distance outside the rain clouds.

Although the U.S. military suffered equally heavy losses, they had a numerical advantage. Although the Ming army continued to invest a large number of infantry units to try to support the 34th Panzer Division, the infantry was also powerless in the face of the massive armored force attack.

That's because Santa Clementi is a densely populated town. Although most of the people in the town fled in a hurry after the Ming army landed, their houses were left behind. The Ming army relied on these buildings to barely block the offensive of the American army with the courage to the death.

But that's only temporary. After receiving the news that the attack on the front line was slow, Bradley quickly threw his reserves and a large number of infantry into the battlefield. Faced with the addition of the new forces of the US army, the Ming army, which had been fighting hard for several hours, could no longer bear it and began to retreat on a large scale towards the Dana Point area in the rear.

It is rare for the US army to defeat the Ming army, how can it be so easy to let go of the Ming army at this time? The U.S. army pursued all the way, bringing huge casualties to the Ming army, and at the same time, they were also trying to cut off the retreat route of the Ming army, so as to eat the Ming army in one bite.

It was only a distance of more than ten kilometers from San Clementi to Nadian, but for the Ming army, it was simply a matter of life and death. Fortunately, the heavens did not abandon this force, and a fleet of battleships, cruisers and destroyers quickly approached the waters near San Clementi after receiving the order for help. Powerful ship-based fire was then used to launch a heavy artillery attack on the US troops on the shore.

Bradley, who was on the hillside, saw hundreds of heavy artillery pieces pouring fire on his troops from the sea, and couldn't help but sigh "Retreat." ”

This great opportunity to encircle and annihilate a division-level Ming army at one time passed from his hands like this, and it is impossible to say that Bradley did not regret it in his heart. It's just that he's a decisive commander. He knew very well that if he continued to hold on forcibly, even if he could eat this Ming army, the army he threw on the battlefield would inevitably suffer heavy losses. The heavy artillery fire on the Ming battleship was so powerful that it was enough to consume all his troops.

In the end, Bradley chose to take it as soon as he saw it, after all, he had already inflicted heavy losses on the Ming army and successfully stopped the Ming army's attack on San Diego. This is already a brilliant victory. (To be continued.) )