While the fighting was raging in southern California, the fighting in the north did not stop. The Ming army www.biquge.info also sent a large number of troops to attack the northern part of California.

The Ming army's target for northern California was very clear, and that was San Francisco, or San Francisco. It was the second largest city and port in California after Los Angeles, and once the Ming army took it, it would mean that they had complete control of the flat area between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Because of the topography, the towering Rocky Mountains divide almost half of California. On the side close to the Pacific Ocean, it is a flat area suitable for survival activities, and the primary goal of the Ming landing operation is to fully occupy this place and lay a solid foundation for itself.

At the beginning of December, the landing Ming troops were divided into two parts, except for the troops who were specially used to defend themselves in various important places to resist the American troops who were attacking from all sides, and attacked the north and south of California respectively.

Compared with San Diego, which is relatively close, San Francisco and Sacramento, located in northern California, are the main targets of the Ming army because of the distance and the large number of US troops stationed.

The Ming army formed a temporary corps, and the assault corps, consisting of twelve divisions, including four armored divisions, was ordered to move north to attack the northern region of California. This force marched north from the Santa Clara Valley, first crushing the American assault corps that had already hit the Ming army's Santa Clara Valley defense line. Tens of thousands of exhausted American troops became prisoners of war under the powerful offensive of the Ming army.

This powerful legion then marched north, soon encircling Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is an industrial city where the largest bearing production site in the United States is located. Don't underestimate those little bearings. In fact, bearings are indispensable in any modern machine. It may seem inconspicuous, but it's actually something crucial.

Santa Barbara has a large bearing factory that accounts for more than one-third of the entire U.S. bearing industry. In order to defend Santa Barbara, the U.S. military invested nearly 100,000 troops, including more than 200 tanks and a large amount of air support. It's just that most of these American troops are infantry, and they are powerless to resist in the face of the elite Ming armored corps.

While the Ming army was gradually ending the San Diego operation, the Ming armored corps on the northern front had also completed the outflanking of Santa Barbara. This modest city is crowded with nearly 100,000 U.S. troops. They were eventually annihilated in the general attack launched by the Ming army. After all, the Ming army has more than 1,000 tanks, and the American infantry who were cut off from the supply line in the face of an armored assault could not resist with their flesh and blood.

During the siege of Santa Barbara, the Ming army eliminated seven American divisions and annihilated nearly 100,000 prisoners. At the same time, it also cut off one-third of the bearing production capacity of the United States, which is a huge blow to the industrial production of the United States.

Only two days later, the Ming Army's Northern Front Corps, which had been supplemented by follow-up troops, attacked again, and quickly approached the San Francisco area all the way north. At this moment, the Northern Front Army of the Ming Army already has a strength of nineteen divisions, of which six are armored divisions.

This era was the most glorious era of armored forces. In the era when there were no precision guidance means and no satellite positioning, the main threats faced by armored forces came from aerial bombardment and local armored forces. And aerial bombardment is almost negligible when the air forces of both sides are evenly matched.

If the armored forces are facing a group of infantry, they are simply slaughtering. Do not think that infantry can really resist armored units. Whether it's an anti-tank gun or an anti-tank bazooka. These are really just defensive weapons. The firepower of both sides is about the same, but one side is well armoured, and the other side is almost physically faced.

At such times, not to mention the mood and morale of the soldiers, the asymmetry of strength alone is enough to collapse the infantry. And once the troops collapse, the battle is over.

Because almost all the nearby troops were mobilized to the vicinity of Santa Barbara to resist the offensive of the Ming army. In the days that followed, the Ming army marched north almost like no one in a deserted area, capturing town after town, large and small, until they reached the outskirts of San Francisco.

The commanders of the US military are all graduates of military academies, they are not stupid, they are all real elite officers. And they are not pedantic, they are very good at new tactics. And the soldiers of the U.S. military have been trained for a long time in the boot camp, and they are not a rabble. All they lack is battlefield experience. Coupled with the fact that the U.S. military can be equipped with mechanized equipment that is almost comparable to that of the Ming army, their combat capability is very strong.

The U.S. military actually knew that the troops in the northern part of California at the moment were powerless to resist the Ming army's armored corps. They also knew that forcibly ordering the army to hold on to various towns was a suicidal mode of warfare. However, in many cases, operational tactics do not have military necessity as the first element.

Just like Santa Barbara before it, in order to hold the bearing plant, the U.S. military had to be forced into battle at a disadvantage. The end result was seen by all, not only the loss of the city, but also the loss of troops.

However, for the US military, they must obey orders from the White House. The U.S. can't afford to lose San Francisco and Sacramento Frontline now. It is an important industrial base for them, and even some of the most important equipment for the now vital nuclear weapons development program is produced in the factory here. In such a situation, even if the top generals of the US military repeatedly stressed that it was practically impossible to hold on, it could not stop the White House's order.

Politically, Los Angeles and the entire southern California are gone. Losing San Francisco and northern California would mean losing one of the most populous states in the United States. This is something that is unacceptable to the U.S. government.

Because once the whole of California is lost, it will be a very heavy blow to the whole country, both politically and publicly. And the U.S. government now needs the military to spend their lives on time for their nuclear weapons program.

In this case, the U.S. military had to pessimistically once again devote a large number of troops to the defense of the line from San Francisco to Sacramento. And this kind of operation is meaningless, originally the US military can exchange space for time, place a small number of troops in San Francisco and other places to delay the pace of the Ming army, and then they can integrate the reinforcements from all over the place to form a powerful fist towards the Ming army.

Instead of being put into the battlefield little by little like now, it was finally wiped out by the Ming army, and both people and land were lost.

San Francisco is actually located on a peninsula with the Pacific Ocean on one side and San Francisco Bay on the other. The first attack of the Ming army was San Jose, which was the only way to San Francisco. After capturing this place, the Ming army was able to continue its advance towards the San Francisco area.

In order to better complete the combat mission, the Ming army drew a support army from the newly landed troops to the front line to support the northern front army. This support corps has two armored divisions and four mechanized infantry divisions. When the main force of the Ming Army's Northern Front Army attacked San Jose in an all-out way, the reinforcements set out from the Livermore Valley and attacked all the way north.

The goal of the reinforcements was clear, that was to attack Antioch, and the Fairfield line went along San Francisco Bay to Mill Valley, cutting the Golden Gate Bridge and completely encircling the American forces on the San Francisco Peninsula.

The U.S. military launched several large-scale counterattacks in an attempt to repel the Ming army, but all failed. These troops, one division at a time, rushed to the front line were completely using the tactic of refueling, and could not pose any decent threat to the huge Ming army.

By mid-December, reinforcements had captured Mill Valley, cutting off the Golden Gate Bridge and sealing some 170,000 defenders on the San Francisco Peninsula.

Then, the Ming Army's Northern Front Corps attacked from the northwest of San He, and along the gradually narrowing San Francisco Peninsula northward, successively captured Palo Alto, San Matteo, Daly City and other places. On December 20, they stormed downtown San Francisco.

The Battle of San Francisco lasted nearly two weeks. The defenders fought so stubbornly that they even resisted block by block, house by house. While inflicting huge casualties on the Ming army, it also greatly slowed down the advance of the Ming army. However, these efforts ultimately failed.

The Ming army sent a large number of armored troops into the city for street fighting, regardless of casualties and losses, and although the losses were huge, the process of the battle was greatly accelerated. On January 5, 1944, the officers and men of the 117th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ming Army successfully boarded the Golden Gate Bridge and joined the reinforcements on the opposite bank. The Battle of San Francisco was declared over.

More than 100,000 defenders were annihilated, and the vital San Francisco line also fell into the hands of the Ming army. Although the casualties of the Ming army were heavy, the efforts were worth it.

Throughout the month of January 44, the Ming Army's Northern Front Corps continued to attack and attack, including Santa Rosa, Sacramento and other places. The powerful Ming mechanized corps swept through almost the entire northern part of California, and fought until Reading temporarily halted the attack.

By this point, most of the entire state of California had fallen into the hands of the Ming army, who had seized enough harbors to receive large-scale supply support.

There was an endless stream of ships crossing the Pacific Ocean from the Ming mainland, and there was even a fast transport fleet that set a record of crossing the entire Pacific Ocean from Songjiang Province in 22 days.

In the entire California campaign, the Ming army was annihilated, the total number of captured American troops was as high as nearly 1.2 million, and at least 30 division-level troops were directly canceled, and countless weapons and equipment of various kinds were numerous. Although the losses of the Ming army themselves were also not small, they quickly replenished their losses and greatly strengthened their strength.

Then, when the U.S. troops from all sides marched towards the front line of California. The Ming troops from Europa also officially began to advance towards the American continent. (To be continued.) )