At the temporary headquarters of the Western Assault Group in San Fernando, Lewis Black, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces, received the news that the three divisions of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force had all been defeated in the second line of fortifications, but he shook his head helplessly, Lewis Black had long expected that the three divisions of the Japanese Army would not be able to hold back the Huaxinghui ground attack force for long, after all, this Huaxinghui armored force had just easily defeated the main force of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the ace of the US army. Also routed 2 Australian Army Mechanized Infantry Divisions.

However, the three divisions of the Japanese Army were able to block the onslaught of the Huaxinghui armored forces for one and a half hours at the second line of fortifications, which had exceeded Lewis Black's expectations for the three Japanese divisions, and Lewis Black immediately said to a US lieutenant colonel beside him: "Call William Day, the commander of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, and order the 3rd Division to immediately withdraw into the city of San Fernando, and leave the third line of fortifications outside the city to the Philippine government army to defend." ”

The American lieutenant colonel immediately turned around to convey Lewis Black's order, while the other American lieutenant general standing next to him frowned and asked Lewis Black, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces: "General, although several main brigades of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division have suffered heavy losses, the 1 division support headquarters of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division alone has more than 3,000 troops, plus the remaining officers and soldiers of several main brigades, and some other troops, the combat effectiveness of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division has not been completely lost. At this time, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division is all withdrawn, then only the Philippine government army will be left in the third line of fortifications outside the city, and with those Philippine government troops with extremely weak combat effectiveness, it is impossible to block the Huaxinghui armored forces for long in the third line of fortifications. ”

The US lieutenant general Daniel McLean, commander of the US Army's 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, is currently in accordance with the battle plan of the United Nations Force Commander-in-Chief Lewis Black to encircle the Huaxinghui ground attack force, the US Army's 25th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment have bypassed the current battlefield and interspersed with the rear of the Huaxinghui ground attack force from the left, while the US 82nd Airborne Division and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment have interspersed with the rear of the Huaxinghui attack force from the right. Only the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was left of the UN forces defending the city of San Fernando.

Lewis Black sighed and said to Daniel McLean, commander of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division: "I don't think that the troops of the Philippine government army can block the armored forces of the Huaxing Society, don't look at the Philippine government army has 8 light infantry divisions and 2 light armored brigades near the third line of fortifications, but most of the troops of these Philippine government forces are newly formed, and many soldiers are new recruits. ”

Daniel McLean frowned and said: "There are still 14 light infantry divisions and 3 light armored brigades of the Philippine government army south of San Fernando, it is better to transfer them all to the third line of fortifications, which may be able to block the armored forces of the Huaxing Society, after all, if all of them are transferred, the strength of the Philippine government army near the third line of fortifications can reach 200,000." ”

Lewis Black, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces, shook his head and said: "It is impossible to put down the 200,000 troops of the Philippine government army in the third line of fortifications outside the city, so let's not have any illusions about the third line of fortifications now, let's prepare to meet the attack of the Huaxing armored forces in San Fernando." After I left, the troops of the 3rd Division withdrawn into the city could be strengthened into the defending forces, the 2 divisions withdrawn by the Australian Army and the 3 divisions withdrawn by the Japanese Army could also be strengthened into the defending forces, and as for the Philippine government troops with 14 light infantry divisions and 3 light armored brigades south of San Fernando, try not to transfer them into the city of San Fernando. ”

It turned out that Lewis Black, the commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces, was already preparing to leave the city of San Fernando and withdraw the general headquarters of the United Nations forces to the Subic naval base, and the battle here in the city of San Fernando would be handed over to Daniel McLean, commander of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, to continue to command.

Daniel McLean nodded and said: "Don't worry, General, I don't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Philippine government army, and I won't put my hope on those Philippine government troops, I will lead the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division to defend the city of San Fernando, and wait for the interspersed troops from 2 directions to completely encircle this Huaxing ground attack force." ”

Lewis Black patted Daniel McLean on the shoulder, and said gloomily: "I didn't expect the situation on the battlefield to become like this, at present, the carrier-based aircraft of our two countries in the United States and Britain and the fighters of the air forces of various countries have lost more than 1,300 aircraft, and this number is still increasing, to be honest, we don't have to think about the air supremacy of the battlefield, and now the only role of the fighters of our United Nations forces is to try to entangle most of the forces of the Huaxing Air Force, Let our United Nations ground troops suffer less aerial bombs and missiles, and the battle to defend San Fernando will be very difficult, but we must hold this last line of defense. ”

Daniel McLean, the commander of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, nodded solemnly, "General, our 2nd Division will definitely not fall into the prestige of the ace main division of the US Army, and we will definitely block the ground attack force of the Huaxing Society in San Fernando City." ”

The predecessor unit of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division of the United States Army fought against the Indians, so that it was nicknamed the "Indian Chief" in World War I, the division was formally established in France, and the total establishment of the division is currently more than 15,000 people, with the characteristics of both heavy and light divisions, under the jurisdiction of 3 infantry brigades, 1 combat aviation brigade, 1 division support headquarters, 1 division artillery headquarters and some divisional headquarters directly under the troops.

The 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division has 232 main battle tanks, more than 300 infantry fighting vehicles, 127 helicopter gunships, 324 anti-tank missile launchers, 36 anti-aircraft missile systems, 48 155-mm self-propelled howitzers, 36 227-mm multiple rocket launchers, 108 mortars and recoilless guns, and more than 3,000 vehicles of various kinds.

If it weren't for the powerful fighters displayed by the Huaxinghui ground attack force, Daniel McLean, the commander of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, would even want to defeat the Huaxinghui ground attack force with the strength of one of their divisions.

Daniel McLean then turned to Lewis Black, "General, what's going on in Luzon City?" ”

Lewis Black said with a wry smile: "I just had a phone call with General Ryan Wilson, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, the situation in Luzon City is even worse than ours here, General Ryan Wilson is even preparing to transfer the 7th Infantry Division of the British Army at Subic Naval Base to the Luzon City area, and our two divisions of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Luzon City area have suffered very heavy losses, but now they have withdrawn from the battle and retreated to Subic Naval Base." ”

Daniel McLean couldn't help frowning when he heard that the two divisions of the U.S. Marine Corps had withdrawn to Subic Naval Base, and the withdrawal of the two U.S. divisions from the Luzon City area at this time was likely to worsen the situation in the Luzon City area.

After the 2nd Armored Tank Brigade, the 3rd Integrated Division, and the 4th Integrated Division of the Free Corps Army launched an attack, the Eastern Assault Group of the United Nations forces gathered in the Luzon City area relied on these three fortifications to resist the attack of the Free Corps Army with difficulty.

In the first line of fortifications outside Luzon, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the ace unit of the British Army, was stationed, but under the sudden attack of the Second Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps Army, the ace mechanized infantry division of the British Army was crushed at once, and then the first line of fortifications outside Luzon City was lost.

Subsequently, one armored brigade and one mechanized infantry brigade of the French Army from the Eastern Strike Group of the United Nations forces, as well as one mechanized infantry division of the German Army and one mechanized infantry division of the South Korean Army, as well as the 6th Air Assault Brigade and the 7th Air Assault Brigade of the British Army and the 4th Division of the United States Marine Corps, launched a direct counterattack against the 2nd Armored Tank Brigade led by the Free Corps Army.

Ryan Wilson, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Assault Group of the United Nations Forces, believed that with such a powerful force, it would be enough to crush the ground offensive of the Huaxing Hui forces, so he did not send troops to adopt interspersed tactics like the Western Attack Group and directly prepare for a frontal decisive battle.

Unfortunately, it backfired, because air supremacy was firmly in the hands of the Freikorps Air Force, and the counterattack of the Eastern Attack Group was quickly disintegrated under the three-dimensional attack of the Freikorps Army and Air Force, and the armies of the United States, Britain, France, and Germany who participated in the counterattack suffered heavy losses.

The United Nations forces belonging to the Eastern Assault Group, which was immediately outside Luzon, were attacked by the Second Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps and the Third and Fourth Integrated Divisions, and the troops of the Eastern Assault Group had retreated to Luzon.

The Freikorps Army routed the 3rd U.S. Marine Division at the second line of fortifications outside Luzon, as well as 1 mechanized infantry brigade from the Israeli Army, 1 infantry brigade from Canada, and 1 infantry brigade from New Zealand, while at the third line of fortifications outside Luzon, the FEZ Army routed 2 infantry divisions of the ROK Army, 2 infantry divisions of the Indonesian Army, and 1 mechanized infantry regiment and 3 infantry brigades of the Malaysian Army.

In the temporary headquarters of the Eastern Strike Group of the United Nations forces in Luzon, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Ryan Wilson, said to the commander of the French Dispatch Army, Skocherny, and the commander of the German Dispatch Army, Ngoroman, with a gloomy face: "Now that the ground attack force of the Huaxing Society has launched an attack on Luzon City, the army I can count on now, except for the two infantry divisions, the 2nd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division of our British Army, only your French and German troops remain. Now that the armies of both of your countries are going to withdraw to the Subic Naval Base, who will defend Luzon City! ”

Skocherny, commander of the French Dispatch Army, sighed and said: "In the counterattack just now, one armored brigade and one mechanized infantry brigade of our French Army were beaten by the air force and armored units of the Huaxing Society, and suffered very heavy losses, with more than 40 percent casualties and more than half of the equipment. ”

The commander of the German Dispatch Army, Ngoroman, also said: "The losses of one mechanized infantry division of our German Army participating in the counterattack even exceeded that of the two brigades of the French Army, and I can no longer ask them to continue to participate in the fighting." ”

After a pause, Ngoroman shrugged his shoulders and said: "Besides, the two divisions of the Americans have also withdrawn to the Subic naval base, you must know that the losses of the two divisions of the Americans are not as large as the losses of our German Army 1 division and French Army 2 brigades combined. ”

The face of Ryan Wilson, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, suddenly became very helpless, and the two divisions of the US Marine Corps just said hello to him, the nominal commander of the Eastern Attack Group, and withdrew directly to the Subic Naval Base, which gave the morale of the armies of other countries in the Eastern Strike Group a very serious blow, and now the French and German troops directly proposed to withdraw to the Subic Naval Base.

Ryan Wilson hesitated for a moment, and his tone softened a lot, "General Skocherny, General Ngoroman, now there are still 2 well-established infantry divisions of our British Army in Luzon City, and the troops withdrawn from the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 6th Air Assault Brigade and the 7th Air Assault Brigade of our British Army also maintain some of their combat effectiveness, and there are still a lot of armies from other countries, as long as we can work together, we will definitely hold Luzon City and severely damage the attack force of Huaxinghui!" ”

The commander of the German Dispatch Army, Engoromin, immediately sighed and said: "General Ryan Wilson, now that the air force of our United Nations forces has been completely suppressed by the air force of the Huaxing Society, if we want to hold Luzon, our losses will be beyond imagination!" ”

At this moment, a British lieutenant colonel ran to Ryan Wilson and said urgently: "General, it's not good! The troops of the three countries of South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia withdrew from Luzon City without authorization and retreated in the direction of Subic Naval Base! (To be continued.) )