Santa Barbara, is a Pacific Coast city in California, United States. It is about 130 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles. In 1782, the Spaniards built a fortress on this site, which served as a Catholic mission center. The warm climate, the abundance of subtropical plants, and the white-walled and red-tiled streets of the American pioneer era give the city a unique style. However, after the squadron set off from Hawaii and was about to carry out a landing strike on the west coast of the United States, the residents of Santa Barbara also quickly evacuated here. Although not everyone has been evacuated, the number of people living here has been reduced from more than 20,000 to less than 5,000. Most of the remaining 5,000 people were poor and had nowhere to go. Still others believe that the war between China and the United States will cause little harm to civilians like them.

In Santa Barbara, the U.S. Army deployed a regiment of troops, the 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, an infantry regiment with a strength of only more than 1,800 troops. Moreover, this regiment has only been formed for less than three months, and a lot of time has just learned to shoot. The entire regiment had only 8 75mm mountain guns, and only 11 heavy machine guns, and as for light machine guns, the US Army was not equipped. In the world, only the Chinese Army is equipped with light machine guns on a large scale.

The regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, was only twenty-five years old, but he was a veteran with six years of military experience. It's just that, three months ago, he was at least a captain company commander. But after the frantic expansion of the US Army, his company was directly expanded to a regiment, and he also became a lieutenant colonel. It's just that he himself can't tell how much combat strength this regiment has.

Garrisoned in Santa Barbara. For the 54th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. It's a good errand. Because it's a remote place. Although there is a port, it is mostly used by fishermen, and it is not possible to moor too large boats. Therefore, up and down the regiment, no one thought that the Chinese would land here. In their opinion, the landing place chosen by the squadron must be San Diego, Los Angeles or San Francisco, a large city with a large port. As a result, Santa Barbara's defenses appeared somewhat lax. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas reprimanded him several times. But after it still doesn't get better, it doesn't matter. Anyway, he also believes that Santa Barbara will not be a target for Chinese.

In addition, in Oxnard, 50 kilometers from Santa Barbara, is the headquarters of the 54th Infantry Division. The entire defense area of the 54th Infantry Division is a remote beach with many loopholes.

However, in Los Angeles to the south, it is a key area for the US Army. Here, the US Army concentrated one hundred thousand troops. By Samuel? Lieutenant General Yang commanded. I didn't see it in Los Angeles, where thousands of cannons were concentrated. A large number of mines were also laid in the port area to prevent the squadron from landing. A large number of ** are also buried in the port facilities, and once lost, the port area can be destroyed to avoid being used by the squadron. It can be said that the defense of Los Angeles is impregnable. If the squadron chooses to land here, I'm afraid it won't be pleased.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet escorted a huge fleet of ships to the open sea of Santa Barbara. At this moment, the sky is already cloudy, although it is not bright, but you can already see the situation on the sea. It's just that the appearance of a large number of Chinese fleets does not seem to have been discovered by the US military. The officers and men of the 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the US Army are still asleep at the moment! Even the sentries on the beach were napping with their guns, and they had long forgotten their mission.

"The battleships 'Qinghai,' the battleships 'Hawaii,' the heavy cruisers 'Chengdu,' the heavy cruisers 'Chongqing,' the heavy cruisers 'Kangding,' the heavy cruisers 'Xining,' and the heavy cruisers 'Wuhan,' went out five kilometers from the coast and prepared to carry out artillery strikes. 3rd Brigade of the Marine Corps, get ready for landing! Admiral Li Dingxin, commander of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, who was the supreme commander of the landing operation, gave the order.

Two battleships and five heavy cruisers, began to sail towards the offshore waters of Santa Barbara. In addition, the transport ship carrying the 3rd Brigade of the Marine Corps also followed. After the artillery fire is over, the 3rd Marine Brigade will begin to land. The three divisions of the Army's Sixth Army, the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Forty-second Divisions, were to go ashore to expand their positions after the successful landing of the 3rd Marine Brigade.

Private Barlow became the first American soldier to discover the squadron during this landing operation. Every morning at half past six o'clock, it is time for the changing of the guard. Today, it was his turn. When he got up early in the morning and came to the beach with a gun. The sleepy eyes that were originally worried opened wide all of a sudden. On the surface of the sea, the huge steel ships like small hills, and the dense ships, made his sleepiness disappear without a trace.

"Oh God! Battleships of the Chinese! The Chinese actually chose here

Landing! Barlow exclaimed in horror.

"Hey! Guy, wake up, report to the regiment headquarters, the Chinese are calling! Barlow kicked the sentry on the beach hard.

"What's going on?" The sentry on the beach, rubbing his eyes, asked. But then he was speechless in horror.

"Boom!" There was a loud thunderclap on the sea, and orange-red flames flashed from the guns of the huge battleship on the sea. A shrill whistling sound sounded like people's eardrums were about to burst. Subsequently, a violent explosion sounded in downtown Santa Barbara.

"Boom!" The shells exploded, and the fire was everywhere. The light houses were destroyed in the explosion.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Two battleships and five heavy cruisers of the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy, anchored in the sea, began to launch a heavy artillery bombardment of Santa Barbara. One after another, high-explosive shells smashed into Santa Barbara, and within a few minutes, the place became a sea of fire. Private Barlow and the sentry on the beach were already scared silly.

The officers and men of the 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, as well as the residents of Santa Barbara, were also panicked. The soldiers ran out of the barracks, and many of them did not even have their clothes on, and they did not know where their weapons had been thrown. Everyone's eyes were full of horror. The violent explosion, as if the earth was shaking, made the hearts of these recruits who had never experienced the baptism of war full of fear.

"Damn, send a telegram to the division headquarters, those Chinese actually chose this place as a landing point. Come on, all the soldiers, hurry up and let me into the position, the Chinese are about to land! The regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, commanded loudly outside the headquarters. However, the panicked soldiers did not know how to carry out his orders.

"Boom!" At this time, a shell was in the middle of the command headquarters. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas's headquarters was blown into ruins in an instant, and he himself was blown up by the powerful shock wave. But fortunately, it was far away and did not cause harm.

"Damn it, come on, let me all enter the position!" Lieutenant Colonel Thomas got up from the ground and immediately ran to his position on the beach. The other soldiers followed him into position.

However, soon the target of the medium-sized ** ship on the sea surface became a position on the beach. The Navy began to clear the last hurdles for the landing of the Marines.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells exploded around, and the trenches dug by the American soldiers were not standard, and they were blown up in the shelling. Even the permanent firing points, which were poured with reinforced concrete, were torn apart by the shelling.

"Mom, I'm going home, I'm going home!" Some of the American soldiers, who had already been frightened, cried out in horror. Some people couldn't stand the pressure and got up from the trenches and tried to run to the shore. As a result, it was blown to pieces.

A large number of American soldiers lay in the trenches, holding their heads and enduring hardship. They can only ask God to bless the shells that do not fall on their heads.

The power of the naval guns is very powerful, especially the 305 mm caliber naval guns on the two battleships, a high-explosive bomb goes down, often not a single living thing can be seen within 100 square meters, and a large crater with a diameter of more than 10 meters is left on the ground. The fortifications built by the US military are simply not able to defend against the large-caliber naval guns of the Navy. During the shelling, the 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the US Army suffered heavy losses. Of the more than 1,800 people in the regiment, less than half of the Chinese navy's shelling was left, and the rest were killed in the shelling.

At this time, hundreds of small boats appeared on the sea, and a battalion of marines launched an attack on the beach with their oars vigorously. In the bow, light machine guns were erected, which provided fire cover for the landing troops.

"Hurry up, get ready for battle, the Chinese are going to land. Artilleryman, shoot me. Heavy machine gun, hit me hard! Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, covered in mud and sand, yelled loudly.

"Da Da Da!" Soon, the heavy machine guns on the American positions began to strafe, and a series of bullets hit the sea, splashing one after another. However, on the kilometer-long defensive line, the US troops only had 11 heavy machine guns, and three were destroyed in the shelling, and it was simply impossible to block the beach with this firepower.

"Boom! Rumble! "The mountain guns on the American positions also began shelling. However, the artillery suffered heavy losses in the shelling of the Chinese Navy. Most of those who survived were also full of fear, and the shelling was not accurate at all.

At 6:55 a.m., the first landing craft washed up on the beach in Santa Barbara!

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