The sky was clear, the sun was shining, and it was a sunny day, and the huge fleet floated on the surface of the sea and seemed to stand still. However, the officers and men on the battleship were in a gloomy mood, and the failure of the attack made everyone feel depressed. In the command cabin of the flagship Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dai Hui said: "501, the 2nd aircraft carrier team has returned to the ship, supplemented with fighters and crews, and can participate in the battle at any time." Nie Fengwu pondered for a moment and said: "Order the carrier-based aircraft squadron of the 2nd Aircraft Carrier Fleet to deal with the enemy's fortress batteries, and to bombard the fortress batteries continuously in the air, interfere with the precise strikes of the enemy fortress batteries, and ensure that the landing force can smoothly cross the blockade area." ”

"Order the 1st and 3rd aircraft carrier aircraft squadrons to go all out to deal with the US artillery units, and once the artillery positions are discovered, they must be blown up to ensure the safety of the landing force. The 4th Aircraft Carrier Aircraft Squadron was ordered to go all out to cover the operations of the landing force, maintain high-intensity air strikes against the enemy's defensive forces, and ensure the success of the landing force on the beach. The 1st Field Army was ordered to launch an attack on time at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Nie Fengwu issued a series of orders, and his subordinates shorthanded. Dai Hui added: "Order the marines, after seizing the landing ground, immediately go ashore to launch an attack on the enemy's fortified battery, and be sure to take the battery before dark, so as to ensure that we cover the battleship into the dock area to carry out artillery cover." The subordinate gave the order and turned to leave.

"It seems that the expedition to the United States is more difficult than we thought, and now I am still worried about the attack of the remnants of the enemy's fleet on our transport lines, and the enemy's commander is not a fool. If we land successfully, the enemy will definitely attack, so we need to be prepared......," Dai Hui worried. "The transport fleet that followed behind was escorted by only a few frigates and submarine hunters. If the enemy is desperate, it will be very bad for us, Wen Biao! "Here! 501 Please command! "Wen Biao stands upright." Wen Biao. Your unit has just completed the cover mission, and the fleet has suffered heavy losses. You should have rested, but in the current state of San Francisco, enemy warships are no longer able to pose a substantial threat. ”

"But in order to ensure the safety of reinforcements, we must temporarily form a strike fleet, and I propose to select 5 cruisers in the landing fleet. 15 battleships, 20 frigates, destroyers, went to Los Angeles. Your mission is: Blocking the remnants of the enemy's fleet, ensuring the absolute safety of our follow-up transport fleet, and absolutely not allowing an enemy ship to appear in the channel of our transport fleet. "Yes! Humble duty guarantees the completion of the task. About two hours later, Wen Biao boarded the 3rd Carrier Force's flagship Hero and set off. They're going to go along the coastline to Los Angeles.

12:30 p.m. The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Landing Force all boarded rubber boats and stood by. At this time, the carrier-based aircraft of the 2nd Carrier Squadron began to rise into the air, roaring towards the American fortress battery, and took the lead in attacking. In less than ten minutes, a violent explosion was heard in the direction of the enemy fortress battery, and smoke began to rise. The purpose of attacking the enemy's fort battery is to interfere with the precise attack of the fortress battery, and the smoke and dust produced form a mask. interfere with the line of sight of its shelling, guaranteeing the passage of the landing force through the blockade of the fortified batteries.

The bombardment lasted 20 minutes. Smoke filled the direction of the fortress battery. When the time came, Hu Biao, the commander of the 1st Division, gave the order to attack, only to see the smoke on the sea and the roar of the motor, and the rubber boat rushed forward quickly. Although the bombardment of carrier-based aircraft interfered with the line of sight of the enemy fortress battery, the enemy fortress battery still launched a fierce artillery bombardment, and the exploding water column suddenly rose on the sea surface, and from time to time rubber boats were overturned, and some were even hit. Faced with the test of life and death, the officers and men had no fear and bravely rushed to the shore.

In the headquarters of the US military in San Francisco, a subordinate made an urgent report: "Report to the general, the enemy carrier-based aircraft suddenly launched an air attack on our fortress, and it is judged that the enemy is going to attack." Shaq said calmly: "The fortifications of the fort are strong, and the air attack has little effect; The enemy must have made a feint, ordered artillery positions, and was not allowed to act without my orders. Han Ruowei said: "Order the forward position, pay close attention to the enemy's movements, and prevent the enemy from turning from a feint attack to a strong attack." General Shaq, we must be prepared with both hands. Han Ruowei realized that the situation was not good.

"General Han Ruowei, is it difficult for the enemy to really choose to attack during the day? The fire on my shore is not jealous, I am confident that I will knock them into the sea. About an hour later, the forward phone rang urgently, and an operational staff officer picked up the phone: "Report, the forward command of the dock area reports that a large number of enemy landing craft have entered the sea area of 5 kilometers, and the enemy is not a feint. Shaq picked up the phone and shouted, "Don't panic, keep a close eye on the enemy's movements." "Ten minutes later bad news continued from the front, the enemy landing craft were 3 km, 2 km 1 km from the coastline.

At this time, there was a dense burst of gunfire from the front, and the forward command reported that the first-line defensive positions had opened fire, and the enemy launched a beach-rushing landing and requested artillery support. Shaq exclaimed: "The enemy is not a feint, we were fooled, and immediately ordered artillery fire." As soon as Shaq gave the order, he saw a large number of planes roaring over, Han Ruowei's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out. Shaq immediately picked up the phone and ordered the anti-aircraft fire of the artillery positions to enter combat readiness. The enemy's landing force has already launched an attack and will soon rush to the beach, and the situation is very dangerous without artillery support.

However, the artillery position was faced with the enemy's air attack, and it was impossible to dodge, so Shaq faced a dilemma. It is important to know that the Ludao heavy artillery is not like ordinary infantry artillery, its mobility and flexibility are extremely poor, and it is almost impossible to move positions once discovered. The 105-mm gun weighed several tons and was very clumsy. The U.S. artillery divisions were distributed in five artillery positions, each with 30 guns, and each artillery position was spaced less than 500 meters apart, so as to form a dense strike fire. The Americans calculated very well in strike firepower and did not make any mistakes. Such a layout has become a nightmare without artillery.

The U.S. artillery received the order, and the movement was very fast, showing that it was well-trained. The artillery was decamouflaged and the cannons were stripped of their armor, and the swarthy cannon was revealed. The artillery of the American army was black-gray and did not have a camouflage color at all, so it was quite clear under the reflection of the sun. At first, the reconnaissance planes did not discover the US artillery positions, because the terrain here was a low forest, and it was difficult for the US artillery to be found from a high altitude under the branches of trees. At this moment, the coastline was very critical, and the American artillery received an order to immediately enter artillery preparations. The artillery positions were immediately exposed.

The 1st and 3rd Air Carrier-based Aircraft Squadrons, with 50 fighters, flew over the city and soon discovered American artillery positions in the eastern bay. Gao Xiang circled in the air for half a circle, and then spotted the artillery on the ground reflecting the bright light, and immediately began to act. Now. The anti-aircraft machine guns of the American army, which served as air defense, began to fire fiercely, and a dense rain of bullets formed a crossfire. Gao Xiang lowered the fighter to 1,300 meters and ordered the bombardier to launch a saturation attack. There was no problem with 25-pounder ground attack bombs to bomb artillery positions, and each fighter carried 24 ground attack bombs, and 50 fighters carried a total of 1,200 bombs.

Their mission was saturation bombing, with the aim of blowing up American artillery positions. Hence the launch of your own attack. Gao Xiang flew back and forth twice over this artillery position, and the bombs were dropped. Viewed from above, the artillery positions of the American army were in the smoke of explosions. Caught in a cloud of smoke. Bomb explosions were mixed with artillery shells, and the wreckage of artillery often flew in the air. About 40 percent of the U.S. artillery had only one shell, and then it was completely muted. With such a high-intensity air strike, the US artillery quickly collapsed with either death or injury. The living went into the bunker to hide.

There are several carrier-based aircraft that have risen as a result of the killing. Neglecting the flight altitude, as a result of which it was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun on the ground, left the artillery position in black smoke and crashed. Inside the U.S. military headquarters, Shaq and Han Ruowei seemed to be a little stunned when they heard the huge explosion coming from the east. Soon there was a call from the artillery command of the US army, and all artillery positions were devastated. This was preceded by bad news that the enemy attacked rapidly and began to land on the beach. Shaq seemed to come to his senses, and he picked up the phone and screamed hoarsely. The defending troops were ordered to put up desperate resistance.

While the fighting was raging, the landing force was disembarked on the north side of the dock area. However, the firepower of the American army was very fierce. The soldiers climbed the dock and were overwhelmed by a dense rain of bullets. Mortars of the US army played a role. Most of the soldiers were crowded in the sea on the side of the pier, unable to climb up to the pier, and the situation was very critical. At this time, the carrier-based planes of the 3rd Air Force arrived at the battlefield, and they braved intensive anti-aircraft fire to launch indiscriminate bombardment. The U.S. defenses were not strong, and soon a warehouse in front of Target No. 15 on the north side of the pier was blown up by heavy aerial bombs, and the U.S. soldiers inside retreated in embarrassment.

The suppressed soldiers on the dock took the opportunity to rush into the ruined warehouse, and a landing point was finally opened. However, the US officers and soldiers immediately organized a counterattack, and the battle entered a white heat. Taking advantage of the fear of accidental injury to the carrier-based aircraft, US officers and men tried their best to engage in hand-to-hand combat. The attacking forces were temporarily blocked. The two sides fought to the death around the No. 15 breakthrough point. At this time, Commander Shaq's eyes were red, and he held a phone in his hand and loudly ordered the forward commander to fight repeatedly if he could not retreat.

At a broken wall in the warehouse, a soldier held a light machine gun and fired fiercely, and a soldier kept throwing grenades at the enemy. "Damn, American devils are really not afraid of death, come on, Lao Tzu's iron egg is waiting for you." Suddenly, the machine gun was silent, and the machine gunner was changing shuttles, and at this moment, several American soldiers jumped in, and at the last moment, a wounded soldier with a bandaged arm in the back, holding the gun with one hand, fired continuously, and several American soldiers were knocked to the ground. At this time, the light machine gun began to strafe again, and the soldier who threw the bomb turned around and said, "Thank you, brother." ”

The bomb-dropping soldiers threw several grenades one after another, and the machine gunners stopped firing and said, "The enemy has retreated" as they came ashore from the sea and were soaked. At this moment, their faces and bodies were covered with dust, like a ball of mud, and they couldn't see their faces clearly. The soldier who threw the bomb crawled up to the wounded soldier and said, "Brother, where are your wounds?" "I was shot in the left arm and wounded in the right leg. But I don't have a problem shooting with my right hand. The carbines of the US army are very good, and I have a few here. "You're from that battalion?" Before the wounded soldier could reply, the machine gunner shouted that the enemy had come up again.

"Man, I can still fight, you carry me over!" "No, you will promise!" "Don't be verbose, one more person will do your part." A few more soldiers came up from behind, and the enemy was repulsed. At this time, the wounded soldier must not move while lying there, and the bombardier found that the wounded soldier's right leg was bloody and fleshy, and the blood soaked the dust. "Brother, brother!" The soldier who threw the bomb reached out and felt the pulse wave and found that the wounded soldier had stopped breathing. The one-handed and accurate shooting of the wounded soldier in battle was done in a state of dying life. The bombardier hugged the soldier's corpse and shouted: "Good brother, I will definitely avenge you!" "The fierce fighting continues, and both sides still hold on to an inch.

Carrier-based aircraft continue to carry out saturation strikes on targets, and the battle around landing site 15 is still fighting to the death. The counterattack of the US army became more and more intense, and the second echelon reached the shore, gradually containing the frantic counterattack of the US army, and the battle formed a standoff, and the landing force fell into a fierce battle in the area of Pier 15. (To be continued......)

PS: The real test has come.