"Is it a military coup or a direct military occupation?" The imperial capital, Zhang Cheng's official residence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoZhang Cheng, who had just had breakfast, came to the living room with two dark circles under his eyes to receive Wang Yan, who had just come to visit.

"It's a military occupation." Wang Yan, who came to report, put the intelligence documents on Zhang Cheng's desk and nodded in response: "The high-level leaders of South American countries tried to choose to surrender to us, but the US troops stationed there launched military operations in various countries at the same time a few hours ago, arrested heads of government, and occupied important facilities at the same time, announcing military control. ”

"That means that it won't be long before there will be puppet governments in those countries that obey the orders of the United States?" Zhang Cheng reached for the cigarette in the drawer not far away, but paused when he touched the drawer, and then turned to the water cup on the table.

"South American governments have been puppets of the Americans for years." Wang Yan smiled and said, "It's just that these puppets have been doing it for a long time, and they have gradually forgotten their true identity and really regarded themselves as the leaders of the local country. After the last of the Americans' forces at sea were completely annihilated, they dared to surrender to us behind the backs of the Americans. It is also deserved to be taken by the enraged Americans. ”

"Don't worry too much about small things like this." Zhang Cheng waved his hand casually and said, "As long as the Americans are defeated, those small countries will not have any strength to resist us at all." Isn't it time to do whatever you want? ”

"You're right." Wang Yan responded: "Then will our next actions in South American countries continue?" ”

"You don't have to make any big moves." Zhang Cheng leaned back on the backrest, his eyes were slightly calm, and he said, "It's good to keep the status quo, there is no need to make big moves." However, there is still a need for necessary investigations. Last time, the Navy sent you a commendation order, did you receive it? ”

"Got it." Speaking of this, Wang Yan immediately smiled, nodded and said, "This is what our intelligence officers should do, and the navy is really too polite." ”

"They're not polite." Zhang Cheng shook his head with a smile and said, "The last time they were attacked by the Americans in the Battle of Hawaii and suffered a big loss, now with your intelligence reminder and successful revenge, of course I want to thank you." ”

What Zhang Cheng said was that a Ming intelligence officer in Chile was keenly aware of the unusual things in the local area. Intelligence was then dug up on the sudden appearance of the U.S. Navy's Halsey fleet in the Pacific theater. This event had a decisive impact on the fierce naval battles that ensued in the South Pacific.

The Admiralty was very grateful for the support of the intelligence services and sent a commendation order as a thank you. And a huge reward of up to 20,000 yuan was given to the intelligence officer who had made a significant contribution. This incident caused a huge stir within the intelligence community.

"Now you have to step up your efforts in the United States, after all, only a complete defeat of the Americans will end the war. Everything else is now a trivial matter. Zhang Cheng stood up and said with a smile, "Okay, I won't leave you to eat." I didn't sleep all night last night, and I have to go back and catch up on my sleep now. ”

"The little ones are very lively." Wang Yan stood up with a smile and was about to say goodbye and leave, but he still couldn't help but want to make fun of Zhang Cheng, who was a first-time father. After all, Zhang Cheng has a child, which is a thing that makes everyone very happy.

"It's just too noisy." Zhang Cheng smiled and shook his head.

"Then don't bother." Wang Yan picked up his hat and put it on, nodded slightly before leaving. As the head of the intelligence department, he had too many things to deal with.

A week ago, Zhang Cheng's two children were born. These two children gave Zhang Cheng joy and finally gave him a sense of identity with this time and space. In fact, no matter how he lives in this world, everything is more like a dream that he has not woken up to Zhang Cheng. He didn't have any sense of belonging to the world.

Fortunately, life is still going on, and Zhang Cheng has his own career, his own family, and his own children. He may never be able to return to his hometown, but he can still live happily in this plane.

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Battles at sea directly affect the course of operations on land. When the news of the defeat of the U.S. Navy came, many of the Ming naval transport fleets that had taken refuge in various ports began to re-embark on the journey, sending reinforcements and various much-needed military supplies to the distant Pacific coast.

At this time, because the supply was cut off and faced with a large number of American troops besieging them, the life of the Ming army in the Los Angeles area was not easy.

"Is there any more smoke?" A Ming marine, dressed in a raged military uniform with several large holes exposed, and a submachine gun on his back, rolled into a heavy machine-gun fire point bunker and begged the machine gunner for a cigarette.

"Who's going to have cigarettes when they're going to be?" The Heavy with a large beard on his face swallowed hard, looked up at the scorching sun, and said with a wry smile, "Do you still have water?" We're dying of thirst. ”

"No one has any water." The marines who came to look for cigarettes shook their heads helplessly, "Even the inside said that someone had been sent back to fetch water before dawn, but now it's time to have lunch, but I haven't seen anyone with water back." ”

These marines belonged to the 3rd Battalion and 1st Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Marine Division of the Daming Marine Corps, and they were located on the top of a commanding hill on the west bank of the Santa Clara River, more than 10 kilometers northeast of Ventura.

Since the main force of the Ming Navy's escort fleet went south to chase the U.S. Navy, and because of the fear of the U.S. Navy's attack, the large-scale fleet transportation was temporarily suspended, and only small batches of supplies were used. The life of the Ming army that landed was not easy.

At this time, the number of Ming officers and soldiers who landed even exceeded 1.5 million. Although the Ming Navy sent a huge amount of various materials, there were too many people who needed to consume, and no matter how many materials were continuously consumed by 1.5 million people, it would never be enough.

And with the threat of naval warfare, large-scale transportation was temporarily interrupted later. Originally, because of the abundant supplies, the Ming army, which had never had any concept of economy, suddenly fell into a situation of insufficient materials.

In fact, not all supplies are insufficient. There are still a lot of important materials such as ammunition, medicines, major military food, spare parts for various weapons, fuel and so on. After all, the Ming army has been preparing for this landing for so long, and the amount of various materials is simply massive. By the time of the previous landings, numerous transport ships had already brought in enough necessary supplies.

What the Ming army lacks most now are consumables that they don't care much about in peacetime. Consumables such as cigarettes, candy, new military uniforms and other consumables were all ranked back because of the supply sequence, which directly led to the lack of supplies for the front-line officers and soldiers. Many officers and soldiers complained that they could do without grenades, but not without cigarettes and new socks.

The situation of the Ming Marine Corps company stationed on this commanding heights was even worse, because they were still short of water.

A few kilometers behind the company, at the foot of the hill was the Santa Clara River, and the regimental headquarters of their regiment was also located next to the river valley. But it can be a real daunting thing to carry those rivers from a distance of several kilometers up to hundreds of meters on the top of a mountain.

Moreover, the weather in California at this time was unusually hot, and the Ming army's baggage soldiers who carried aluminum boxes weighing nearly 20 kilograms filled with clean water were like walking in hell. Because it is a relatively steep mountainous terrain, all kinds of vehicles of the Ming army cannot drive in this road situation. It can only be transported using manpower.

And these heights were crucial for the Ming army, which was on the defensive side. Once these hilltop positions were lost, American forces from places like San Francisco and Sacramento in the north could condescendingly shell the Ming positions in the Santa Clara Valley, forcing the Ming to withdraw from this important valley.

Once the Ming army lost its positions along the Santa Clara Valley, they would inevitably lose their entire front from Ventura to Acton. This meant the complete collapse of the northern defensive line of the Ming landing force, and the Ming army could fight directly from Marbury, Simi Valley, and San Fernandez Valley to the Los Angeles city through flat areas.

Therefore, no matter how difficult the conditions were, the Ming army would not abandon these important positions.

"Shelling !!" Just when the Ming marines on the position were waiting with dry mouths for the baggage soldiers to send Qing Shui to the position, a terrible siren suddenly sounded throughout the position.

"Hide!" The expressions of several marines who were struggling with the problem of cigarettes and water in the machine gun position suddenly changed drastically, and the marines with submachine guns on their backs turned over and crawled back into their foxholes. The machine gunner and his ammunition driver at this machine gun point hurriedly disassembled the machine guns that had been arranged.

"Knock Knock Knock !!" While the two were busy disassembling the machine guns, some shells fell near the position. As veterans, the two knew very well that these were calibration shells, and it would not be long before the overwhelming artillery fire would completely envelop the entire position, turning this place into a purgatory.

"That's it!" The ammunition man slapped the heavy on the shoulder vigorously, shouted, and then took the ammunition box and tripod and turned directly into the anti-gun hole behind him. The machine gunner, on the other hand, picked up the machine gun and quickly got in.

"Boom, boom, boom!!" Not long after they got into the anti-artillery hole, the dense shells crackled and smashed on the position like thunder during a rainstorm. The bare mountaintop was littered with rocks and dust. Intensive shelling swept through the entire position. Not only this one company, but the positions of several nearby companies were covered by heavy artillery fire.

Fortunately, the Ming army was not a backward army with backward equipment that could only be beaten and could not fight back. Within a few minutes after the start of the American artillery bombardment, the Ming army's artillery counterattack immediately roared. And at this time, fighters from both sides began to appear in the sky! (To be continued.) )