Dagupan, a town more than 100 kilometers north of Manila, also has a pier that has been mired in flames and smoke.

Half an hour ago, the Chinese side launched an attack on this pier and launched a fierce air attack, and then in only about 10 minutes, the landing ship that had already come to the pier a few hundred meters away approached the pier, and with the tanks on the landing ship opening the way, the Chinese marines took only a few minutes to take control of this small pier.

The troops soon entered the small town of Dagupan and engaged in fierce battles with the U.S. 7th Infantry Division stationed there. Although the U.S. military is lax, as a country where civilians can legally own guns, the Americans' marksmanship is inherently superior, and street fighting is stalemate for a while.

Importantly, Dagupan is also home to a large number of Chinese, and the Chinese Air Force is not able to carry out large-scale bombing of towns and cities.

Lei Peng looked at the corners of the opposite walls, roofs, windows, and even the ruins of the ruins constantly dodging the shots that came out, and had a big headache. Their regiment is only equipped with six amphibious tanks, and now all of them are supporting the operation as infantry tanks, and the tanks were shot by the bullets of the American army, of course, this could not have hurt the tanks, but there were only six tanks, which were used as batteries to remove the fire points of the American troops one by one.

"Nima, when will this style of play last?" Lei Peng held back the fire in his belly, and really wanted to directly call HNA to level the entire town.

Chief of Staff Yu Dedao: "That's no way, let the war break out so suddenly?" If we had time to prepare, we would have planned to evacuate the overseas Chinese in the area. ”

Lei Peng smiled bitterly: "The problem now is that it is only more than 100 kilometers away from Manila, and the rapid march will arrive in one day, and if the Americans still have unbombed cars, it will take less than three hours for reinforcements to arrive." At this point, the civilians should also flee and call for a certain degree of nursing support from the naval guns. ”

Yu De said with a wry smile: "If the ship's artillery is not accurate, if the sea water floats by a centimeter, the shells will deviate by dozens of meters." It's okay to have naval artillery fire covering the entire town, but if you want to hit a few buildings, don't you want people's lives? What if it falls on our own heads? ”

Lei Peng opened his mouth and couldn't speak, as a marine, of course he knew what was going on with naval artillery strikes in this period. However, when he saw several soldiers under the cover of shelling and grenades rushing forward, only to be knocked down by bullets fired from the ruins, the anger in his heart rushed upward, and he shouted, "Lao Tzu can't care so much, anyway, that's what we asked." I don't think the commander wants our Marines to be disadvantaged, right? ”

Yu De hesitated: "Why don't we divide our troops and outflank them?" ”

Lei Peng smiled bitterly: "The other party has a division, we have a regiment, and we still divide the troops?" Look for death. "They belong to the First Marine Division of the Pacific Fleet, and the Marine Corps has troops, but because of the sudden surname of the war, they cannot mobilize so many troop carriers that can keep up with the fleet's actions for a while. To put it bluntly, the Pacific Fleet also has only high-speed troop carriers capable of transporting one regiment.

Yu De had no choice but to say, "Okay." He had to agree that if their divisions came over, they could be outflanked by the firepower of their weapons, but the strength of a regiment was too small. In addition to attacking, they also had to leave some people to consolidate their rear positions and respond to the landing army, and there were really few people to divide the troops.

Li Dingxin was furious when he saw the flagship "Jiangsu", and shouted at Shen Honglie, the chief of staff: "Does Lei Peng eat dry rice?" So far, even half of Dagupan has been defeated? Lao Lin of the South China Sea Fleet, their Second Marine Corps, even took Hue with a charge. The long-winded request has not stopped, and he can't let him get out. ”

Sa Zhenbing was the chief of staff of the Navy, and after the war began, he flew directly from Nanjing to Fujian to supervise the war. This time, the fleet also went on an expedition, and when he saw this situation, he smiled bitterly: "Street fighting is not easy to fight." In fact, the task of our marines is to seize the landing bridgehead, the task has been completed, and the rest is left to the army. ”

Li Dingxin's old face flushed and said: "Lhasa, what Lao Lin can do, I, Li Dingxin, can do better." How can I say that my Pacific Fleet is also China's largest fleet, and if I lose to his South China Sea Fleet, how can I, Lao Li, go to meet people? ”

Sa Zhenbing smiled bitterly and thought for a while: "In this way, send two old destroyers to run aground and provide them with accurate artillery support." ”

"Stranded?" Li Dingxin's eyes widened, and he shook his head resolutely at the moment: "Absolutely not, if something happens, the two warships will be scrapped." ”

Sa Zhenbing smiled and said, "Doesn't the fleet have a few old ships that have gone to the world?" It's time to scrap it. That's it, and the responsibility is on me. ”

Li Dingxin and Shen Honglie still wanted to object, but Sa Zhenbing insisted, and they still agreed, after all, as long as they won, the ship can still be used, after all, the grounding is not destroyed. As veterans who have experienced the era of the navy's "ship-defending" doctrine and the era when they were so depressed that they needed to rely on smuggling and transportation to support the navy, not to mention this kind of warship that can be put into combat, even if it is a patrol boat, it is simply their lifeblood. Although China's coastal shipbuilding industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and new warships have emerged one after another, it is difficult to change the concept that has been formed for a long time in such a short period of time. Li Bufan, Li Haijun and others can say that 'the old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come', but for the old naval officers, it is simply equivalent to cutting their flesh.

Eventually, the worst warships of the two fleets washed up on a nearby beach and ran aground, providing accurate artillery strikes to the marines through the radio contact maintained by the flagship's signal tower. At that time, the houses on which the American troops relied on to resist on the front line were destroyed, countless American troops suffered heavy casualties in the shelling, and the six amphibious tanks of the Marine Corps were able to fill the gaps in time, and the troops advanced rapidly in the attack

Sa Zhenbing, Li Dingxin and Shen Honglie also finally breathed a sigh of relief. The navy's limited top brass is aware of the "No. 2 Operational Plan," which contains quite a few landing operations, and many attacks to the south require the cooperation of the navy and marines in order to achieve the goal of rapid advance, but they really have little confidence, and the so-called Hue landing operations and Philippine landing operations are only the beginning, and China is going all out in this war.

On the dock, the landing ships of the Marine Corps and the fast troop carriers are already evacuating the dock, after all, the dock here is not large, and it cannot accommodate so many ships to berth at the same time, and the army troop carriers will arrive in two hours

Outside Manila Bay, a detachment of the Chinese Navy cruises.

Pershing looked at the Chinese Navy fleet with a telescope with a blue face, such a small fleet of seven warships dared to be so rampant, and the warship of the other party's ancestor was just an 8,000-ton heavy cruiser, and the US Navy was better than this broken fleet by plucking the hairs casually.

However, the problem is that half of the warships of the US Pacific Fleet came to the South China Sea to prepare for joint exercises with the British and French fleets, but they were killed by the Chinese Air Force in Da Nang.

Suddenly, he saw two Chinese destroyers moving quickly in one direction, quickly dropping what looked like gasoline drums, and a few seconds later, he saw a huge column of water rise over the area.

Pershing frowned, and Ishihara on the side said, "That's a depth charge." The Chinese should have discovered the submarine. ”

Pershing was surprised: "Submarine? There are no submarines in Manila? ”

Ishihara said lightly: "Hue was attacked by air, there may be a submarine patrolling the South China Sea, returning directly to Manila, just discovered by the Chinese." ”

Sure enough, as if to fulfill what Ishihara said, after the two Chinese destroyers dropped a few depth charges, it didn't take long for an oil stain to float on the sea, and then some wreckage of ships floated up.

"Damn it." Pershing gritted his teeth, he would return to Manila, there is no doubt that it is a US submarine, and only US submarines will cruise nearby, if it is a British and French submarine, it will definitely retreat in the direction of Singapore.

Ishihara said lightly: "If my guess is correct, the Chinese should immediately launch a landing operation to the Philippines." ”

Pershing said in surprise: "Colonel Ishihara, tell me your reasons." "At the beginning, the American Pacific ships rescued Ishihara and Itagaki Seishiro, and the United States deliberately left them as advisers in order to understand the operational characteristics of the [***] team, although Itagaki Seishiro finally insisted on going to the United Kingdom, but Ishihara chose to stay.

Ishihara said, "If the Chinese were not prepared to seize the Philippines, there would be no need for them to send a fleet to blockade Manila Bay. I think they had their eye on the million-ton American merchant ships and transports in Manila Bay, and if they wanted to get them, they had to occupy Manila. ”

Pershing shook his head and said: "Impossible, the landing operation is definitely a disaster, during the world war, the British Turkish landing war buried hundreds of thousands of British troops, the Chinese will not do this, even if we suffer certain losses, but the Philippines still has nearly half a million American troops." ”

Ishihara sneered, "If it was before, of course you are not wrong to say so. But now that the Chinese's planes are so advanced and terrifying, the difficulty of landing operations has been greatly reduced. China's air force can remotely destroy suppressive artillery in the rear of the land, and their naval guns can open the way for their landing combat units if the Chinese gain sea supremacy, even for a short period of time. Of course, it is not impossible to stop them, but have you figured out what kind of casualties the United States is prepared to pay? ”

Pershing's face is very unsightly, he naturally will not forget the bombing of the Philippines a few hours ago, he happened to be in the Philippines for a few days, and the Chinese gave him such a grand meeting gift, how can he forget? As the most outstanding general of the United States during this period, he could naturally imagine what it would be like for the Chinese Army to land and operate under the cover of the sea and air, as Ishihara said

"Report to the commander, Dagupan is under heavy attack"

(To be continued.) )