The Ming army had more than two million troops in the area around New York, radiating within a radius of 300 kilometers with New York as the center. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 INFO is equipped with more than 30,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 20,000 artillery pieces of various types. The number of Army aircraft providing air support to it also exceeds 15,000.

With such a huge military force, it is no wonder that the regular US troops scattered in panic. After all, it was now difficult for them to confront the regular army of the Ming Dynasty head-on. The US military has suffered a great loss of all kinds of military equipment and materials. And because of the loss of large tracts of land and factories, they could not be replenished, and even repairs became difficult.

Just like tanks, many parts and components factories fell into the hands of the Ming army, and the American armored troops who were forced to helpless could only disassemble some of the damaged but still repaired tanks and provide their parts to other tanks. But this practice is unlikely to last long. After all, in terms of the technology of this era, products such as tanks, which are equipped with high-tech technology, need to be constantly maintained.

However, the U.S. military has now lost most of its component supply and maintenance plants. For the U.S. military here, it can only be used for as long as it lasts. And not just tanks, from aircraft artillery to rifle pistols, this is the case, and it is very serious. Most of the U.S. troops did not have the consciousness to use their bodies to counter the heavy firepower of the Ming army.

In order to force the crossing of the Hudson River, the Ming army directly drove a large number of tanks and armored vehicles to the left bank of the Hudson River to provide direct fire support for the forced crossing troops. Numerous tanks and armored vehicles used their armament to project a dense rain of bullets on the island of Manhattan on the opposite shore using their 88 to 20 mm guns.

Although Zhang Cheng expressed his desire to preserve the city as intact as possible, he could not let the soldiers lose fire support regardless of casualties. At most, the officers and men should pay more attention to the battle. If you really get angry, who will remember this.

The Hudson River isn't actually that wide, and it's not as deep. Although many bridges over the river had been blown up by the U.S. military themselves at this time, the Ming army still quickly forced the river through a large number of kayaks. But their armored units will not survive until the sappers erect the heavy load pontoons.

The reason why the infantry of the Ming army had to make a quick attack to force the crossing of the river was to be able to clear the American positions on the west bank. Because the defenders who occupied many high-rise buildings constantly bombarded the river with artillery of various calibers, the Ming sappers had to stop erecting pontoon bridges.

The core of the Ming army's belief in tactics was armored warfare, and its ground operations revolved around armored forces. This is also the main reason why the Ming army is not good at defensive operations. After all, the Ming army is an offensive army, and the core of the operation is to attack and attack again with armored forces as the lead. The only way to resist the attack of the Ming army is to have a stronger armored force than the Ming army. But no country in this era has such strength.

The 57th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ming Army was also one of the troops in the first wave of forcible attacks. In the first attack wave, the division assembled two entire regiments and nearly 10,000 officers and men of the combat brigade directly under the division headquarters and forcibly attacked from a 1.5-kilometer-long river on the west bank of the Hudson River.

"Boom Boom~~~"

"Whoosh~~~"

The defenders on the other side of the river desperately fired at the dense canoe with artillery and machine guns. Especially those small-caliber mortars are very deadly. Although its power is not very large, it can't stand the number of it. Moreover, the forced crossing troops of the Ming Dynasty were too dense, and looking at the past, the entire river was full of kayaks full of officers and soldiers.

The dense artillery shells of the defenders rained down on the river. If you hit the kayak directly, the entire boat will be destroyed immediately, because it is just a kayak after all. If it explodes on the surface of a nearby river, its flying shrapnel will also have a strong lethality to the surrounding Ming troops. Because kayaks are not bulletproof at all.

"Fire! Fire! Blow up those bastards! "Looking at the many officers and soldiers under his command in the river, he suffered heavy casualties, and looked at the river that had gradually been dyed red. The officers of the Ming army who were watching the battle on the shore were furious, desperately ordering the artillery and armored troops to shoot a dense rain of bullets at the defenders' positions on the opposite bank.

At the same time, many officers directly grabbed the liaison officers of the Army Airlines and shouted "Where is your plane?!" ”

At this time, the Ming army on the river suffered heavy losses. The defenders' Point 30 machine guns and dense artillery shells were extremely lethal to the Ming army. After all, the kayaks of the Ming army did not have bulletproof functions. And the air support that was originally promised was delayed, which made the officers of the Ming army not angry.

In fact, the Ming army and army aviation had already sent a powerful air force to support. However, what is surprising is that the US Army Air Force, which has rarely made large-scale sorties, made a large-scale attack at the same time and accurately intercepted a large number of Ming military aviation forces flying to Manhattan Island from all directions.

Caught off guard, Daming Army Aviation was soon entangled and unable to act. Before the arrival of emergency reinforcements, only a small number of fighters arrived in the area around Manhattan, but the number was too small to make a significant difference in the battle situation. Like the ground forces, the Daming Army Aviation is already somewhat complacent.

Although it is already strong enough to have no rivals, the US Army Aviation has not yet reached the point of complete defeat. The Ming Dynasty's plan to storm Manhattan Island with all its might is so huge that it simply cannot hide it from the eyes of the Americans. The army aviation unit, which has always been the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty's attack, has naturally become an important target of the US military.

Thousands of fighters of various types between the two sides were constantly flying back and forth in the sky, long chains of bullets constantly cutting through the sky, and from time to time fighters emitting black smoke and fire fell down.

The artillery units of the Ming army desperately bombarded the opposite bank, and even some troops directly pulled the artillery to the shore and fired directly at it!

Large swaths of dense buildings on the east bank of the Hudson River were battered, filled with black smoke and blazing. But the high-rise buildings here are too dense, and all of them are very good quality reinforced concrete buildings. The artillery of the Ming army could bring a lot of damage to the artillery of 155 mm caliber at most, but it was difficult to completely destroy it.

If you want to deal with these huge buildings, which are often dozens of stories high, it is not possible to use large-caliber naval guns or heavy bombs by aviation troops. It would be difficult to completely destroy the defensive positions of the American troops by means of intensive artillery bombardment alone.

However, the brutal shelling of the Ming army was not without effect. Their intensive artillery bombardment, and even direct firepower, brought a lot of casualties and suppression to the American troops on the opposite side. This gave the Ming soldiers struggling on the river a chance, and they desperately brandished their oars and rifle-butted sapper shovels, almost taking the kayaks into the air.

The Hudson River was not wide, and the officers and men of the Ming assault finally rushed to the opposite bank after paying heavy casualties. At this time, the army aviation units of the Ming army finally broke through the blockade of the American army and came to the sky over the battlefield. The heavy bombs they carry can be very lethal to the defenders.

"It's finally here, I'm scared to death." The assault forces of the 57th Mechanized Infantry Division finally managed to rush to the other side of the Hudson River after paying a heavy price of thousands of casualties. Zhang Zhengyu, who wanted to make a windfall in this capital of wealth, slapped his chest hard, and looked at the river behind him that was almost stained red with blood.

"Idiot! Come here! His squad leader, Zhou Wenxu, suddenly grabbed his collar and pulled Zhang Zhengyu to the side under the embankment with a roll.

'Puff~~~' A long line of bullets almost stuck to Zhang Zhengyu's body and hit the position he was just now, almost making him pee his pants in fright.

"All ready!" Zhou Wenxu, who was wet from the river, leaned against the river embankment and ordered the soldiers beside him: "Follow me!" ”

The kayak in which Zhou Wenxu's squad was riding was very fortunate not to be attacked, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers were only wet by the river. They quickly formed a battle formation and followed their squad leader across the riverbank towards Steverson Middle School not far away. And some other Ming officers and soldiers nearby also followed.

The city is truly astounding, with dense high-rise buildings almost one after another. It looks like a giant steel jungle. The defenders seemed to be able to shoot at the Ming from anywhere. And it was not easy for the Ming army to find the defenders in the many windows.

Zhou Wenxu was the first to climb to the ground from under the river embankment. In front of him is a green space that resembles a forest park. A number of tall trees are planted around the green space, with a large oval lawn in the middle. The target of Zhou Wenxu's company, Stafford Middle School on Chambers Street, is on the other side of this green space.

However, in the middle of the battle, rushing through this green space under the noses of the defenders of many high-rise buildings opposite is simply playing with your life. But as soldiers, they have no other choice.

After taking a deep breath, Zhou Wenxu suddenly stood up and roared in a low voice, "Staying here is the target, just waiting for death!" They all rushed after me to the buildings on the other side! Rush with me!! ”

Even though they knew that they were going to face great risks, Zhou Wenxu and they had no choice. If you stay here, it won't be long before a rain of bullets and mortar shells will wipe them all out, and the only way to survive is to storm the buildings on the other side.

"Whoosh~" A bullet tore through the air and flew past Zhou Wenxu's ears! (To be continued.) )