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"Heavy machine guns, light machine guns, fire cover! One row charges, two rows go around! Three platoons provide fire cover for one! An American captain officer, lying on the back of a rock, commanded loudly. His company numbered more than a hundred men, but disaster struck after the start of the assault on the Chinese defenders on the island. The Chinese defenders were on the mountainside, condescending, and the dense firepower made these American Marines suffer, and in just ten minutes, his company lost half of its men.

"Da Da Da!" The light and heavy machine guns of the American troops were quickly set up and fired aimlessly into the hills. However, it was almost impossible to inflict many casualties on the Chinese defenders in the fortified bunkers. When the U.S. fleet's naval guns fired, the Chinese defenders often retreated to the caves, waited until the U.S. fleet stopped shelling, and then entered the bunker to open fire on the U.S. Marines! Such tactics made the US fleet very difficult, and at a distance of seven or eight kilometers, the battleship's main guns were slightly wrong in shelling, and they were all hundreds of meters away. Therefore, when the American Marines attacked, the battleship's main guns did not continue to fire, and this gave the Chinese defenders the opportunity to kill the American Marines!

"Bang!" After a gunshot, a bloody hole appeared on the forehead of the American soldier who was killed or wounded, and the whole person fell to the ground at once, and his eyes gradually lost their brightness. In a bunker of the Chinese defenders more than 300 meters away, a sniper of the Chinese defenders slowly drew a vertical line on the mountain wall, which was already the twelfth American he had eliminated today. Moreover, he is also based on the selected officers of the United States Marine Corps, and if he also attacks ordinary soldiers, his record today can at least double!

The attack of the U.S. Marines on the Chinese defenders entrenched in the central mountains of Basseterre Island was extremely unsuccessful, and their attacks, almost completely exposed to the guns of the Chinese defenders, left behind a large number of corpses with each step forward. And the American fleet, again, could not provide them with sufficient artillery support. This put the attack of the US Marine Corps in a difficult situation.

When the sun sank into the sea, the U.S. Marines stopped attacking. And in order to reduce the slaughter by Chinese artillery, Major General Jackson, commander of the 2nd Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps, ordered the American troops to be scattered far away in companies. Try to find a place to hide. Soon, the casualty statistics of the 3rd Brigade came out, and in the few hours of attack from afternoon to evening, the 3rd Brigade paid more than 1,000 casualties, plus the American Marine Corps soldiers who were previously killed by the artillery of the Chinese defenders, the casualties of the American army today are about 2,000.

After Major General Jackson got this statistic, his face suddenly gloomy, as if he could drip water. The entire 2nd Marine Division is just over 12,000 men. After a few hours of attack, he lost one-sixth of his troops, and if this development continued, his entire division would be exhausted in a few days!

Next. The U.S. military changed its tactics and stopped attacking the Chinese defenders and instead adopted a siege, hoping to trap the Chinese defenders on the hill to death. Merely. The last hope of the US military was still disappointed. The Chinese defenders had enough food and ammunition on the hill to keep up with the American troops. Although the US military occupied the entire territory of Guadeloupe. But there was nothing to be done about the Chinese defenders holding on to the mountain. And the Chinese defenders still did not shell the American troops, or simply launched a small surprise attack on the American troops at night, killing as much as possible the living forces of the American troops.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Chinese fleet from attacking the US Marines on the island, the US Navy had to station a permanent fleet of two heavy cruisers and several light cruisers, as well as destroyers. However, in the end, until the U.S. Navy was wiped out by the Chinese Navy, the U.S. Army was still not able to eliminate the Chinese defenders on Guadeloupe, but was wiped out by the Chinese defenders a large number of living forces!

When the U.S. fleet launched its attack on Guadeloupe, it was already 8 p.m. Beijing time on September 16. Emperor Wang Yuze is accompanying his family. Wang Yuze's eldest son, Wang Zirui, is nineteen years old and has now entered the Imperial Army University to study. Up to now, although Wang Yuze has no intention of making a prince, everyone regards Wang Zirui as a prince. Wang Yuze also intended to let Wang Zirui serve in the army for a few years in the later stage of the war. Therefore, so far, there has been no candidate for Wang Zirui to be a princess. However, the German royal family was more enthusiastic about this, and Kaiser Wilhelm II even wanted to marry his only daughter, Princess Victoria Louis, to Wang Yuze's eldest son. However, this mention was opposed by the Chinese side, and the Chinese did not want a white man to become the queen of China's mother world.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of the General Staff, the Minister of the Army, the Minister of the Navy, and the Minister of Defense are here!" Wu Hao, the chief of the guard, suddenly walked in and told Wang Yuze about the island.

"Okay, I'll be right over!" Wang Yuze said calmly. He knew that something must have happened, otherwise the important ministers of the empire would not have bothered him at this time. After the outbreak of the war, Wang Yuze became busier and busier, and he spent less and less time with his family. Therefore, he cherishes the time after dinner very much.

After apologizing like his family, Wang Yuze went to the study. At this moment, in the study, several important ministers of the empire have arrived, and everyone's faces are a little unpleasant.

"What's going on?" After seeing everyone's faces, Wang Yuze's heart was also tight.

"Your Majesty, the war has begun! The Americans have just launched an attack on Guadeloupe. The Americans sent four battleships, four heavy cruisers and a number of light cruisers and destroyers to attack Guadeloupe. Our fleet there has been withdrawn, however, the shore forts are fighting back. However, the American fleet is so strong that our defenders there may not be able to resist it! Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said.

"What? The Americans launched an attack on Guadeloupe? Damn, they actually dare to take the initiative to provoke a war? Wang Yuze was shocked. He always thought that the Americans, after suffering a lot under the Chinese, would choose to be passive on the defensive. China could wait until it had completed its preparations for war before attacking the Americans. However, what I never expected was that the Americans would choose to strike first. This made Wang Yuze ashamed and angry!

"Your Majesty, the actions of the Americans have indeed surprised all of us. However, it also makes sense. The Americans also know that there will be a war with us, and that they are not as strong as us militarily. If you provoke a war in the first place, it will be more beneficial to them! Prime Minister Ng Dinh Fong also said. Obviously, everyone has also underestimated the United States before.

"Damn! Do they think that they will be able to defeat us by provoking a war on their own initiative? Since they have taken the initiative to provoke the war, then, be prepared to bear the wrath of the Empire! Wang Yuze said angrily.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Americans are not just attacking Guadeloupe. This afternoon, one of our destroyers, which was cruising near the Atlantic estuary of the Panama Canal, was expelled by American ships. Therefore, it is likely that the American fleet will take the opportunity to open the Guò Canal and enter the Pacific Ocean. According to the judgment of the Admiralty, the main targets of the American fleet will probably be the Pacific Fleet and the military port of Santa Cruz! It's just that at the moment we don't know how big the American fleet is! Navy Minister Zhang Cheng also said. The U.S. military's active attack did catch China off guard. The main ship of the Turkish fleet has just completed overhaul and maintenance, and has not yet gone to the eastern Pacific. And only those few battleships of the Pacific Fleet are certainly not the opponents of the American fleet!

"Let the warships at the Tumaco naval base set off quickly to find out the size of the American fleet. In addition, the Pacific Fleet is combat-ready. If the U.S. Navy is strong, it will return to the Hawaiian Islands first. Wang Yuze said. He was sure that the size of the American fleet must be quite staggering, at least several times the size of the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy. Otherwise, the Americans would not have had such guts.

"Your Majesty, if the Pacific Fleet withdraws from Santa Cruz Island, I am afraid that the fortifications on the island alone will not be able to resist the attack of the American fleet!" Zhang Cheng said with some embarrassment. Although China has rebuilt Santa Cruz Island from Ecuador, it has renovated the entire island, established complete fortifications, and deployed a lot of large-caliber coastal defense artillery. However, if the U.S. fleet is strong, Santa Cruz will still not be able to hold it. Even if the U.S. fleet simply destroys the port, it will have a serious impact on China's future attacks on the U.S. Navy.

"Do your best to hold on! If you can't keep it, there's no way to do it. First find a way to save the people and the boat. Wang Yuze said.

"Your Majesty, now that the U.S. Navy has begun to act, the U.S. Army will probably not be willing to be lonely. We now have only a little hundred thousand men in Mexico, and the Seventh Army is still at sea and will not be able to reach it until the end of the month. Moreover, now that the American fleet has entered the Pacific Ocean, it is very dangerous to send troops to Mexico! General Zhao Bo, Minister of War, also said. He had just returned home from Germany and was officially succeeded as Minister of War.

"Send a telegram to the Mexican garrison, they can retreat temporarily, as long as they keep a foothold by the sea in Mexico, we can fight back at any time. Let the Seventh Army go to Mexico first, and go to the Hawaiian Islands first. Wait for the Navy to regain control of the Pacific before going to Mexico. Ladies and gentlemen, this one is indeed our carelessness! However, it also teaches us a lesson. From now on, the war that belongs to us has officially begun, and since the Americans dare to take the initiative to attack, then we will make them pay enough price! Wang Yuze said solemnly!