And for the Ming army, a month was enough time for them to gain a firm foothold. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info And even if the American fleet was transferred to the East Coast, it would take one to two weeks to pass through the Strait of Magellan in South America. These hours were enough for the Ming army.

The bombing went exceptionally well. The Americans did not expect that Daming would take the initiative to attack the canal. Because in their understanding, it has been judged that the Ming will choose to seize this canal completely, and use it to send troops and transport ships to the Caribbean region, so as to attack the southern region of the United States by sea and land.

In order to prevent the Ming army from using this important canal, the Americans even installed explosives on the canal themselves. As for protecting the canal from being bombed by the Ming army, they didn't even think about it.

In the early morning of October 26, 1943, 32 twin-engine medium bombers that had been modified to take off and land on the short runway on the aircraft carrier rushed into the sky in the wind with the help of the bright light at dawn and the cheers of many aircraft carrier ground crews waving their hats.

These modified bombers can increase the combat radius to more than 2,100 kilometers when carrying two tons of bombs! The modified fuel tanks were able to hold more fuel, allowing the planes to fly from great distances to the Panama Canal.

The commander who led the team was Colonel He Xiaoyi, a veteran bomber commander. He has carried out many bombing operations against Area 11 and various islands in the Pacific, and has been awarded many awards and medals.

Colonel He Xiaoyi, the chief plane, led 32 bombers from the sea about 1,700 kilometers from the Panama Canal, and they were to fly in the air for more than four hours, and raided the Panama Canal as the local defenders began to eat lunch.

"Sir, Fledgling 012 has reported that their hydraulic valve is faulty and cannot be ruled out." The communications soldier behind the driver's seat took off his headset and shouted loudly to He Xiaoyi, who was concentrating on piloting the plane.

"How?" He Xiaoyi frowned, "How is the ground crew maintained?" Didn't you say that they were all well maintained? ”

The level of science and technology in this era was very high, but it was impossible to reach the level where any machinery did not have problems. In fact, even the most technologically advanced modern time and space cannot do this. This kind of sudden mechanical failure is quite normal.

"Sir, Fledgling 012 has asked to return." The signal corps reported again.

"Permission to retreat." He Xiaoyi shouted loudly, "Order them to return, but they are not allowed to send telegrams." If the aircraft carrier cannot be found before the time of the operation arrives, let them parachute and wait for rescue. "He Xiaoyi is not cold-blooded, but this is a military task, and the lives of countless officers and soldiers are at stake. There is absolutely no room for flaws. And the main reason why he had to shout at the signal corps at such a close distance was that the sound inside the bomber was so loud.

If the returning fighters had sent a telegram asking for the location of the aircraft carrier group before the attack began, it would have been very likely that the 16th Task Force would have exposed its position once the Americans had cracked the telegram or sent reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter that area. You must know that the American fleet led by Spruance is hanging in the waters near Panama. Always ready to meet the landing fleet of the Ming army.

Ho's caution proved to be correct, as Spruance's fleet was within 500 nautical miles of Task Force 16 at the time, and the Americans' radio listening department had been firing at full fire ever since it went to sea. Once the location of Task Force 16 was revealed, the Spruance would immediately pounce on them and eat them.

When fighting in the air and sea, the discovery of the enemy before the enemy almost means that the outcome of the battle is decided.

At 11:20 p.m. local time in Panama, U.S. troops stationed near the Panama Canal finished their morning training and began to rest and prepare for dinner. White smoke had already begun to rise from the cooking company. Fragrant bread and various luncheon meats are about to be delivered to the tables of officers and soldiers.

Just when many American officers and soldiers were laughing and laughing, ready to start lunch. Suddenly, there was a low roar of engines in the sky.

Today's weather is overcast with clouds. Still, these trained U.S. officers and soldiers could still tell the sound of an airplane engine.

"Is Lu Hang still training at this time?" The US officers and soldiers thought strangely. It didn't take long for the roar of the engines to get louder and louder, and it was rapidly approaching the canal. There are experienced officers and soldiers in the US military who have changed their expressions drastically, and this is obviously not training!

When the group of planes led by He Xiaoyi rushed down from a height of 3,000 meters, the US troops on the ground hurriedly sounded the air defense alarm. It is a pity that the US troops, who were suddenly attacked, were preparing to eat and could not react in time at all. Even most of the anti-aircraft guns were not equipped with shells!

He Xiaoyi's attack went very smoothly, and 31 bombers dropped dozens of tons of bombs near the front and rear locks. Destroy these two locks. It will take at least a month to repair these two locks.

He Xiaoyi's fleet lost less than 10 planes in the bombing, and the other fighters began to rise and rush up to an altitude of several thousand meters after dropping the bombs. By the time they had climbed around the circle to an altitude of 6,000 meters and began to return, the US fighter unit had just begun to take off.

A few hours later, many of the remaining bombers returned to the predetermined sea area with wounded injuries, and landed on the aircraft carrier waiting for them. These bombers are piloted by the best pilots, and even those who use them can land safely on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

The Ming army's attack on the Panama Canal greatly shocked the top of the American military. Those who can do this position are not fools, and the Ming army's air raids and bombing of the Panama Canal have made the US military top brass keenly feel that something is wrong. This is completely different from what they had expected.

After more than ten hours, the Americans no longer need to scratch their heads. A U.S. submarine cruising off the coast of California telegraphed that they had encountered an unusually large fleet more than 200 nautical miles west of Los Angeles. After this telegram was sent back, there was no more news from the submarine.

Three hours later. At the beginning of dawn in California, hundreds of fighter planes of various types appeared in the sky of California under the golden sun. Because it was too early, and the US military was not in combat readiness. U.S. military airfields in several parts of California have been bombed with unprecedented intensity.

In the middle of the bombardment, which lasted for more than three hours and lasted for a total of two waves. At least more than 1,200 U.S. warplanes were destroyed at various airfields. Such heavy losses were that the U.S. Army was barely able to play a role in the day's fighting. And the battle of this day was decisive.

It was past nine o'clock in the morning. A huge artillery fleet consisting of fourteen battleships, twenty-six heavy cruisers, eleven light cruisers, and more than a hundred destroyers approached the waters near Long Beach. They withstood the bombardment of the shore fire and carried out an unprecedented and fierce bombardment of the US positions near Long Beach.

Huge US shore fortifications were lifted into the air under the fierce attack of powerful naval guns and bombers. The command center of the US army, the communication hub, the logistics distribution center, the barracks. Airfields, military ports, front-line defensive positions, and other places were all under heavy attack. The U.S. military lost a large number of living forces in a very short period of time.

Because of previous errors in judgment, the U.S. military, which had always believed that the Ming army would land in Panama, was not very strong in the Los Angeles area and the entire California area. Many of the troops originally stationed here were sent to the south to prepare to resist the Ming army, which did not know when it would land.

The strategic deception of the Ming army was extremely successful, and even by this time, the Ming army had already begun to prepare for large-scale artillery fire towards the place where the landing was about to be launched. There are still some people in the top echelons of the US military who think that the Ming army is just a feint, and their main direction of attack is still in Panama.

At 10:20 a.m. on October 27, 1943, nearly 30,000 elite marines of the first attack wave of the Ming army, which had completed their transfer in the open sea, began to attack. Driving a large number of landing craft, he rushed towards Long Beach, more than ten nautical miles away. In front of these landing craft are a dozen converted old warships.

Because of the efficient work of the intelligence department, more than a dozen old destroyers were able to smoothly pass through the minefield laid by the US military outside the port of Long Beach and rushed straight into the port. These warships did not intend to go back, they all washed the beach directly in the harbor. Thousands of elite Marines on board the warship quickly left the warship and rushed to the harbor after the warship washed the beach, and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the US troops guarding the port.

The Port of Long Beach is actually a civilian port, and it is the seaport for entry and exit from Los Angeles. The base of the US Navy is in places such as San Diego. The garrison here was not very strong in the first place. When the Ming army began to seize the port, the number of defenders and police in the entire harbor of Long Beach was less than 2,000. Although the number of Ming troops rushing to the beach was not much more than theirs, the combat effectiveness between the two sides was completely different.

Almost every one of the Marines who were able to take part in this almost death squad-like mission to seize the harbor was an incomparably elite soldier with a high level of courage and faith in dedicating themselves to the country. Very brave on the battlefield. Just like when there were many port office buildings, the defenders set up more than a dozen machine guns in this four-story cement building to block the port area, which greatly limited the offensive of the Ming army.

Unable to get heavy fire support for the time being, the Ming army organized a death squad of more than 300 people to cross the empty railway line in the port area and desperately enter the port building, and finally annihilated hundreds of defenders under the fierce fighting of grenades and white-knuckle battles. Of the more than 300 brave Marines, there were less than 30 of them left at the end of the battle.

Thanks to the desperate fighting of the Ming marines, they quickly took control of the area of piers 4 to 11 on the edge of San Pedro Bay. Not far away, transport ships carrying large numbers of troops and heavy equipment have begun to slowly enter the port and prepare to dock.

The fierce battle has only just begun. (To be continued.) )

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