"Ah, water, water." In a coma, Qin Lei only felt that his mouth was dry, and his headache was as if he had been punctured by tens of thousands of steel needles. Soon a clear spring flowed into his mouth, the sweet water moistened his chapped lips, and also moistened his burning throat, Qin Lei felt a lot more comfortable, and he gradually regained consciousness.

Slowly opening his eyes, Qin Lei found that a middle-aged man was holding a cup, feeding him water little by little, and an old man with gray hair sitting next to him was also watching him. Looking around, Qin Lei found himself in a very dark place, there were no windows here, it seemed to be a place similar to a hole in the ground, and what he was lying on was the only bed in this room.

"Thank you two for saving your life, where is this?" Qin Lei asked with difficulty.

The old man said: "You don't need to thank you for a little thing, you should be from the motherland, we are all Chinese, as long as it is someone from the motherland, we will save it." We're still in the city, but in the basement of my house. I've taken out the bullet in your leg for you, as long as you rest more, it shouldn't be a big problem, but I don't have penicillin in my hand, I'm afraid you'll get inflamed. ”

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Thank you for this old man, I don't know what to call it." ”

The old man sighed and said, "They all call me Fourth Master Qiu, you can also call me that." After speaking, the old man gave the middle-aged man a look, and the man immediately walked out.

The old man said, "Are you a person sent by the state?" ”

Looking at the old man's serene gaze, Qin Lei nodded and said, "Yes, I belong to the special forces." ”

The old man smiled and stroked the beard that was scattered on his chest and said: "The special forces are good, I think when I was a soldier under the young master, there were no special forces, and at that time we were called the Escort Army." A subtle sadness flashed in his eyes as he spoke.

"Guards? It's a long time coming, and now they are the exclusive troops of the China Foundation, renamed Lanting Security Company, which is specially used to protect the overseas industries of the Foundation, but everyone is still used to calling them Escort Army. "Hearing that the old man was born in the earliest guard army of the Chinese Empire, Qin Lei felt very cordial.

Fourth Master Qiu shook his head and said: "My real name is Qiu Zhihong, I made a big mistake in the guard army and was driven away, but the young master not only didn't blame me, but also gave me a sum of money to support my mother, so I have the situation I am in today." When I think about it now, I still feel guilty all the time. ”

"Fourth Master Qiu, Qiu Zhihong?" Qin Lei muttered, he always felt as if he had heard it there, but now due to excessive blood loss, he had a terrible headache, which affected his ability to think

"By the way, you are the head of the Zhigong Court, the largest Chinese organization in the Boston Empire." Qin Lei suddenly remembered where he had heard this name, before coming to the Boston Empire, they had read the materials here, among which Qiu Zhihong's Zhi Gongtang was the most important, it was the only Chinese gang that was not expelled after the war between the Chinese Empire and the Boston Empire, because they were very strong, and they also befriended many officials, so that those law enforcement agencies did not dare to touch them.

Qiu Zhihong said with a smile: "A little small business, it's not worth mentioning, but you came here just to assassinate." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said: "Yes, we want to delay the reinforcements of the Bostonians and buy time for the landing in San Diego Harbor, I came this time to assassinate the two-star Admiral Calder." The mission was successful, but their guards moved quickly, and I didn't have time to get out. ”

Qiu Zhihong nodded and said, "Can you contact people in China, I want Zhi Gongtang to contribute to the country." ”

"What?" Qin Lei was surprised: "If this is the case, your Zhigong Hall will be exterminated by the government, it would be a pity." ”

Qiu Zhihong smiled slightly and said, "For the sake of the young master, even if the public hall is completely destroyed, what is the pity." What's more, we are Chinese, if we don't help our country, what face do we have to see our ancestors underground. ”

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Since Fourth Master Qiu has such intentions, I will help you contact the secret line of the Intelligence Bureau, I believe there is no problem." ”

At this time, near the port of San Diego, the landing battle was still going on. In order to avoid the opponent's main defensive force, Feng Ju ordered his troops to adjust the direction of the attack. Due to the small size of the territory and the difficulty of deploying troops, the new landing force did not continue to land at the pier, but rushed to the shoal area near the port.

Under the attack of a large number of new weapons of the Chinese army, the shore defense units of the Boston Army suffered heavy losses, and these soldiers were new recruits who had not long joined the active service, and they themselves were not well trained and did not have a strong sense of combat. After suffering heavy losses, the Boston Army stationed at the beachhead had to choose to retreat to the second line of defense to continue the resistance.

After occupying the beachhead area, the landing marines, with their tanks, flanked the Boston forces that were stubbornly resisting inside the city, pushing them back several kilometers.

The dock area was completely controlled, and a large number of transport ships immediately docked, bringing heavy equipment and even land-based fighters to the dock. Inside the military airfield in the Port of San Diego, sappers began to repair the airfield that had been bombed earlier in preparation for the entry of land-based fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force.

Marshal Pershing was taken aback by the strong combat effectiveness and super-fast combat speed of the Chinese army, and he did not expect that only a few days later, the port of San Diego would fall into the hands of the Chinese army, and the second-line reinforcements stationed nearby could not be dispatched because of the frequent killings of commanders.

The unfavorable support of the reserves, the underestimation of the situation, and the large number of troops drawn to support the Moss Kingdom combined to cause the success of the amphibious operation of the Chinese Empire, which shows that it is very difficult for even a powerful country as strong as the Chinese Empire to carry out amphibious operations across the vast ocean.

The Marines of the Chinese Empire have always been trained to the standards of quasi-special forces, although their equipment is not as heavy as the army, but it is more suitable for amphibious landing operations, in addition to the navy's large number of specialized amphibious combat ships, and the favorable cooperation of aircraft carriers, is also a guarantee for their rapid occupation of the port of San Diego.

The surprise Marshal Pershing thought that his arrangements were sufficient, but he did not expect that the landing force of the Chinese Empire would be stronger than he thought, but his arrangement was not useless, at least a large number of Boston troops were stationed on the second line, which greatly slowed down the landing force's attack and held them back in a small area near the port of San Diego.

Seeing that there was still a chance to make amends, Marshal Pershing immediately ordered the defenders in the northern part of the empire to draw troops and rely on the powerful railroad system of the Boston Empire to assemble in the direction of San Diego Harbor, and he also threw most of the reserves into it.

In Marshal Pershing's opinion, what could occupy the port of San Diego so quickly must be the main force of the Chinese army. Now that the direction of the opponent's attack has been determined, it is natural to strike a fierce blow and drive them out into the sea. At the same time, Marshal Pershing also had the idea of taking the opportunity to rely on land-based aviation to attack the Eastern Ocean Fleet, but he did not notice that the Northern Group led by Zhang Haiyang was quietly moving towards the coastline of Boston.

The Southern Group commanded by Feng Ju transported a large number of Marines to the shore, and with the support of heavy firepower, the more than 100,000 Marines who landed quickly advanced inland, and they quickly broke through the temporary defense line of the San Diego defenders and penetrated more than 50 kilometers into the territory of the Boston Empire.

It was not until the reinforcements of the opposing side came up that the Marines switched to the defense due to lack of troops, but after this period of attack, the Marines had taken control of the vast area from Santa Clementi to the line of Mexicali, which was enough for the landing troops.

The engineering units of the Chinese army began to build a large number of airfields in the control area, and the land-based fighters loaded on the transport ships were soon stationed at these airfields, and they would be responsible for guarding the skies on the battlefield of the Marine Corps.

After receiving the signal of Feng Ju's successful landing, the Oahu Islands standby transport fleet set sail for the east, this is an even larger transport fleet, they will carry 200,000 troops and a large number of heavy equipment to the San Diego military port, in addition to the major airports of 150 new models of the Behemoth 3 transport planes took off and also flew in the direction of the San Diego port.

The Giant Beast 2 transport aircraft equipped by the Chinese Empire before the war is a jet four-engine heavy transport aircraft, although the bomber is already the most advanced in the world, but Fang Ruijun is not satisfied, because it can only carry forty tons of materials at a time, according to Fang Xiaoyu's words at the beginning, this can only be regarded as a medium-sized transport aircraft.

Under Fang Ruijun's attention, the new Behemoth 3 transport aircraft was finally successfully developed before the Great War, and soon equipped several transport aircraft wings of the Guards.

The success of the development of the Monster 3 transport aircraft has a lot of credit to Fang Ruijun, and it was under his soft grinding and hard bubbles that Feng Jingru finally relented and sent him a 15,000-horsepower turboprop engine.

The full name of turboprop engine is turboprop engine, and its driving principle is roughly the same as that of traditional propeller aircraft that uses piston engine as the power source, except that his power source is gas turbine. The main difference between the two engines is that the propeller of the turboprop engine usually runs at a constant rate, while the piston powered propeller will vary according to the speed of the engine.