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"Whew! Shout! Shout! Suddenly, there was a sharp whisper in the sky, as if it was about to puncture a person's eardrums. Lieutenant General Ulysses frowned. However, in his opinion, this is nothing more than a counterattack by Chinese artillery, and there is nothing to worry about at all. After all, the U.S. military has assembled more than 300 cannons, and it is impossible for a brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps to have so many cannons!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "One after another, shells fell from the sky and landed around the artillery positions of the US army, making an earth-shattering sound. In particular, the 210-mm gun run, after the explosion of shells weighing more than a hundred kilograms, left a huge deep pit in the ground. The US troops, which had a radius of more than 10 meters, were all torn to pieces. Those cannons, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, were lifted away.

More and more shells fell, exploding around the artillery positions of the US troops, and the American soldiers who were blown up turned on their backs, and the artillery was constantly killed and the artillery was blown up. When Lieutenant General Ulysses saw this, his face suddenly became very ugly!

"Damn! This is a naval gun. How could the Chinese naval warships hit so far and so accurately? Lieutenant General Ulysses said angrily.

Under the naval artillery of the Imperial Navy, the artillery of the US Army, paid a heavy price. According to the guidance of the observers, two 'Western Zhou-class' battleships and four 'Shang-class' cruisers opened fire quickly, smashing huge shells into the artillery positions of the US troops.

Although, the artillery of the American army is numerous, but. They had no effect other than destroying some of the fortifications of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps. The warships of the Imperial Navy could easily blow up the artillery of the American army. The two are in contrast. The US military is completely at a disadvantage.

The shelling by the US troops lasted less than half an hour before it had to be stopped. In this half hour, the American army has lost hundreds of artillery pieces. If this continues, their artillery will be clean. When the time comes, how will the infantry be supported?

Lieutenant General Ulysses gave the order to withdraw the artillery from its positions, and then disperse the artillery. Avoid heavy losses from shelling by warships of the Chinese Navy. Subsequently, under the orders of Lieutenant General Ulysses, an infantry division of the American army. An attack was launched on San Diego.

Tens of thousands of American officers and men rushed to the position of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps. These U.S. troops are almost all recruits who have just completed their recruit training, and they have mastered combat skills. It's just the most superficial kind. It has not been tested on the battlefield at all. After being equipped with breech rifles, although they did not attack the defense line of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps in a neat line and with the beat of drums, the phalanx of the charge was still very dense. And this gave the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps a great opportunity.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "After the American troops broke through to within two kilometers of the line of defense of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps, the mortars on the positions opened fire. Three infantry battalions. A total of sixty mortars, which began to fire with maximum rapid-fire. Dense shells fell into the ranks of American troops. Four-shot shrapnel tore the US military to shreds.

"Oh God! How many artillery pieces does the Chinese have, and how can they exert such a strong artillery fire? Seeing the attack, the US officers and men were attacked by the fierce artillery fire of the Imperial Marines, and many US generals who watched the battle changed their faces drastically.

"Is this the mortar of the Chinese? Although the power is not large, the rate of fire is very amazing, and it is indeed a very rare weapon to deal with infantry! Lieutenant General Ulysses muttered. The US military did not have many mortars, and although the technical content of mortars was not high, the US military did not pay attention to them at first. It wasn't until after China declared war on the United States that they imported technology from Britain and started production. It's just that this kind of cannon is only equipped with a small number of troops, and it has not yet been installed in the US Army on a large scale. The troops led by Lieutenant General Ulysses were also dispatched to the western battlefield before they could be equipped.

Although the artillery fire of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps was very fierce, it could not stop the attack of the American troops. After paying a lot of casualties, the Americans finally broke through to less than 800 meters from the defense line of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps.

The heavy machine gun, which had already been erected, began to roar in a low voice.

"Dada! Dada! "The crimson flames shone in the muzzle, and the blazing bullets flew towards the American troops. The U.S. troops who were charging down fell to the ground as if they had hit an invisible wall. A large number of American soldiers, as if they were cutting wheat, fell to the ground in rows and neatly. The heavy machine guns of the Imperial* army, like the scythe of death, began to lightly harvest the lives of American troops.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, Lieutenant General Ulysses's face changed greatly. Although, he had long expected that if he wanted to conquer San Diego, he would probably have to be prepared to take human lives. However, the opponent's firepower was so strong that it was still beyond his expectations. In the face of such powerful firepower, the superiority in strength no longer seems to be so obvious. The fragile human body is obviously unable to fight against this storm of steel!

The attack of the US military came and went as fast as possible. After suffering heavy fire from the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps, the American troops suffered heavy casualties, and at the same time, the morale of the American troops was severely affected. This directly led to the collapse of the US military, and the first attack of the US army ended in this way. The infantry division of the attacking US army, with more than 10,000 people, directly lost half of its strength during the attack.

Although the attack of the US army was repulsed, this does not mean that the crisis in San Diego is over. Lieutenant General Ulysses led an army of up to 200,000 men this time, and he did not care about thousands of casualties.

After that, the American army began a continuous offensive. Each time, Lieutenant General Ulysses sent an infantry division to attack. Although, under the blow of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps, there were heavy losses. However, as the fighting skills of the U.S. military gradually improved, the fighting skills of the U.S. military gradually improved. First of all, when the American troops charged, they no longer charged in a dense formation, they knew that in the face of the powerful firepower of the Imperial Army, charging in a dense formation was simply looking for death. In addition, when they encountered heavy machine-gun fire from the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps, they no longer fled in a panic like headless flies, but lay on the ground, avoiding the "whoosh" of their children flying overhead.

These experiences were summed up after paying a huge number of casualties. The progress of the U.S. military has also increased the pressure on the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps. In addition to being unable to resist the naval guns of the Imperial Navy, the combat effectiveness of the American army has also increased significantly. After all, a large-caliber naval gun, after falling, is enough to form a huge crater in the ground. The U.S. troops in that range, no matter how they dodge, have only a dead end. Therefore, they can only pin their hopes on God's blessing and pray that the shells will not fall on their heads.

In addition to launching attacks during the day, the US military did not stop at night. Fortunately, the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps laid a large number of mines in front of the position, a full number of thousands of mines, forming minefields one after another in front of the position. U.S. troops who break into minefields at night are often torn to pieces by the explosion of landmines.

After the flares were lifted into the air, the American army had nowhere to hide, and became the target of the powerful fire of the Imperial Marines.

Of course, such an attack by the US army, regardless of casualties, also caused a lot of casualties to the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps. After holding out for three days, the losses of the 5th Marine Brigade were already in the thousands. As a last resort, Brigadier General Huang Yuancheng had to order to abandon the first line of defense and retreat to the second line of defense to continue to resist. The second line of defense is shorter than the first line of defense, which allows the Empire* army to concentrate its firepower more.

The warships of the Imperial Navy on the sea are also desperately providing fire support to the marines. During the three-day battle, countless American troops died under the shelling of naval ships alone.

On November 2, 1847, the American offensive on San Diego had been going on for a week. During the week-long offensive, the U.S. military suffered heavy casualties. In front of the defense line of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Marine Corps, a thick layer of corpses had been laid. The casualties of the 5th Brigade of the Imperial Navy also rose to two thousand. However, they still held the line firmly and kept the U.S. troops out of San Diego.

During the week-long battle, the US troops suffered more than 50,000 casualties. However, compared to the huge military strength of 200,000, the strength of the US military is still sufficient. It's just that the huge casualties have greatly affected the morale of the US military. Especially when the naval artillery shells of the Imperial Navy were light, they could tear the human body to pieces, which gave a great shock to the US military, and many US soldiers were frightened.

After all, they joined the army to defend their homeland, but watching their companions being blown into powder dealt a great blow to their will.

On the afternoon of November 3, 1847, the U.S. forces launched another fierce attack on San Diego. However, this time, the US offensive once again failed to work.

On the sea, in addition to the two 'Western Zhou-class' battleships and four 'Shang-class' cruisers that had been providing reinforcements to the 5th Marine Brigade of the Marine Corps, the main force of the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy had already rushed back from San Francisco. Three 'Eastern Zhou-class' and four 'Western Zhou-class' battleships, as well as five 'Shang-class' cruisers, joined the bombardment of the American forces. In this case, if the US military wants to take San Diego, there is no longer any possibility! (To be continued......)