At around 10 a.m. on November 26, 2031, four integrated divisions of the Free Corps Army in the San Juan and Denkel areas, as well as two armored tank brigades that had rushed to the forward line from the rear of the two areas, swooped down on the United Nations forces gathered in the San Fernando and Luzon City areas at the same time, with the support of the Free Corps Air Force from the air.

Due to the bombing of the forward positions of the United Nations forces by the Free Corps Air Force fighters, the armored units led by the Free Corps Army quickly broke through the forward positions built by the United Nations forces in the San Fernando and Luzon City areas, and continued to break through the deep positions of the United Nations forces behind.

The United Nations troops deployed in the forward positions in the San Fernando City area and the Luzon City area were quickly blinded by the ferocious attacks of the Free Corps Army, and the troops deployed in the forward positions in the San Fernando City area were the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division in the US Army, which can be regarded as an ace force.

The 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was established during World War I, and since its establishment, it has participated in military operations such as World War I, World War II, Korean War, Gulf War, Somalia War, and Iraq War.

The 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division has about 18,000 men, including 1 armored brigade, 2 mechanized infantry brigades, 1 engineer brigade, 1 combat aviation brigade, 1 divisional support headquarters and 1 divisional artillery headquarters, with 290 main battle tanks, 380 infantry fighting vehicles and 474 other combat vehicles, 121 helicopter gunships, 180 anti-tank missile launchers, 48 anti-aircraft missile systems, 72 155-mm self-propelled howitzers, 24 90-mm recoilless guns, 66 107-mm mortars, and also has more than 4000 vehicles of various types.

Whether it is the quality of the officers and men, or the sophistication of weapons and equipment, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army can be said to be an elite unit with extremely strong combat effectiveness, but now this elite unit has encountered great trouble.

In the division headquarters of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, dozens of US staff officers at the division headquarters were extremely busy, and the news of the forward positions was transmitted back to the division headquarters one after another, and the face of William Day, commander of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, became more and more solemn.

"The division commander, Brigade Commander Walter Green, who guards the first line of fortifications on the front, reported to the division headquarters that the forward positions are currently completely broken by the enemy, the two mechanized infantry battalions of the second brigade have been routed backwards, and the one tank battalion of the second brigade has lost more than seventy percent under the three-dimensional attack of enemy fighters, helicopter gunships and tanks, and the remaining tanks have now withdrawn to the second line of defense. The engineer brigade, which was also in the first fortification, was also attacked by the ground forces of the Huaxing Society, and the three engineer battalions suffered very heavy losses, and the remaining troops of the engineer brigade also withdrew to the second line of defense with the troops of the second brigade. A staff officer of the US military major reported to the division commander William Day with a nervous expression.

William Day immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Convey my order to Brigadier Commander Walter Green of the Second Brigade to immediately withdraw the remaining troops of the Second Brigade to the third line of defense outside the city...... No, let the 2nd Brigade retreat to the city of San Fernando for a rest! The Engineer Brigade also withdrew to San Fernando with the Second Brigade! ”

Before the establishment of the United Nations Force, the United States Army built three fortifications in the northern area outside San Fernando in order to resist the attack of the Free Corps Army, and the United Nations Army, the Australian Army, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Philippine Government Army have a large number of troops stationed in the above three fortifications, as well as the area between the three fortifications.

The U.S. Army only has the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division stationed in the north outside San Fernando, and the first line of fortifications at the forefront is the 1 mechanized infantry brigade and engineer brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, while the division headquarters of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division is set up in the third line of fortifications. He led the army attack forces of three other countries to launch an attack on the area of San Juan Town, which was controlled by the Huaxing Society.

However, I didn't expect the situation of the war to change so quickly, the United Nations Air Force just launched an air raid on the area controlled by the Huaxing Society, and suffered heavy losses in the big battle with the Huaxing Hui Air Force, and the army units of the Huaxing Society took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the area where the United Nations troops gathered, and the offensive and defensive identities of the two sides were reversed at once, so that the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division was a little caught off guard, and the 1 Mechanized Infantry Brigade and 1 Engineer Brigade did not last long, and they were defeated from the first line of fortifications.

William Day, commander of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, ordered the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the Engineer Brigade, which had been disabled, to withdraw to the city of San Fernando, also considering the second line of fortifications and the third line of defense, which are currently not in the hands of the U.S. Army, the second line of fortifications is the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and the third line of fortifications is the Philippine government army. Some morale can be restored to some extent.

Of course, William Day did not want the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the Engineer Brigade to be exposed to the noses of other countries.

William Day then asked Richard Orney, chief of staff of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, "Is there any news from the UN Forces Command?" ”

Richard Olney sighed and said: "The situation is very bad, the Air Force fighters are entangled in a large number of fighters from the Huaxing Society, and they cannot provide sufficient air fire support to the ground forces for a while, and the other units of our US Army in the San Fernando City area, including the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, are currently concentrated in the San Fernando City and the southern part of the San Fernando City area. With hundreds of thousands of Australian, Japanese, and Filipino troops north of San Fernando, it would be difficult for the rest of our U.S. Army to support our 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division. ”

Division Commander William Day frowned and asked, "So what orders does the United Nations Force Command have for our 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division?" ”

Chief of Staff Richard Olney shrugged his shoulders and said, "Order our 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division to lead the troops of the other three countries to block the attack of the Huaxing Ground Forces north of San Fernando. ”

Division Commander William Day thought for a moment and said: "Now that our 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division's 1 armored brigade and 1 mechanized infantry brigade, as well as the 2 mechanized infantry divisions of the Australian Army, are between the first line of fortifications and the second line of defense, I think we should immediately order the troops to launch a counterattack to attack against each other!" Otherwise, the troops mentioned above are stationed in the open field, and when the Huaxing Ground Assault Force attacks them, it is easy to cause confusion among those troops, and I don't think Huaxing will be able to take out how many troops to put into the attack, I believe that with 1 armored brigade and 1 mechanized infantry brigade of our 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, as well as 2 mechanized infantry divisions of the Australian Army, we will definitely be able to defeat the ground attack force of Huaxinghui! ”

Chief of Staff Richard Olney nodded and said: "I also think that this is better than passive defense, so I immediately give orders to the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, and let the 2 mechanized infantry divisions of the Australian Army cooperate with us to launch a counterattack, and I am also going to join the combat aviation brigade in this counterattack." ”

Division Commander William Day had no problem with the Combat Aviation Brigade's dozens of helicopter gunships, which are the biggest nemesis of tanks on the battlefield.

The 1st Brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army is an armored brigade, the 2nd and 3rd Brigades are mechanized infantry brigades, and the engineer brigade is still called an engineer brigade and is not called the 4th brigade.

After the order of the commander of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, William Day, the 2 tank battalions of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division and 1 tank battalion of the 3rd Brigade took the lead, followed by the other 3 mechanized infantry battalions of the 2 brigades, and the 2 mechanized infantry divisions of the Australian Army also followed the American army to the north.

The Australian Army's mechanized infantry divisions are far worse than the U.S. Army's mechanized infantry divisions, which are worlds apart. Each has about 11,000 people, and the 2 mechanized infantry divisions do not have a single main battle tank, they all use infantry fighting vehicles as the main land combat weapons, and are equipped with a certain number of self-propelled howitzers and helicopter gunships, if the US Army and the Australian Army face each other, maybe the Americans only need to dispatch 1 mechanized infantry brigade with 1 tank battalion and 2 mechanized infantry battalions to defeat 1 Australian Army mechanized infantry division.

Soon the U.S. Army and Australian Army counterattack forces encountered the 1st Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps, and a ground collision began.

With a "boom-" sound, one US M1 main battle tank was destroyed by a helicopter gunship of the 1st Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps in the sky using missiles, and such things happened one after another.

The officers and men of the counterattack unit of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army were very aggrieved, and as soon as the troops of the two sides met each other, a large number of fighters of the Huaxinghui Air Force appeared in the sky, and these Huaxinghui fighters unceremoniously launched an attack on the UN troops on the ground, and many of the M1 main battle tanks of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army were destroyed by the air-to-ground missiles of the Huaxinghui Air Force fighters before they fired a single shell at the Huaxinghui tank.

What made the officers and men of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division even more aggrieved was that hundreds of their own helicopter gunships were quickly beaten by the fighters of the Huaxinghui Air Force using infrared missiles, while their own armed helicopters were powerless against the Huaxinghui fighters.

After dozens of helicopter gunships joined the low-altitude battle, it was the last straw for the combat aviation brigade of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, and the hundreds of armed helicopters of the combat aviation brigade, except for a few who escaped, all became a pile of wreckage on the ground.

As for the fighters of the United Nations Air Force, there are quite a few in the sky, but all of them are entangled by the fighters of the Huaxing Air Force, and there is no chance to support their ground forces at all.

Finally, in the low altitude close to the ground, there are still dozens of helicopter gunships, but the biggest nemesis of these tanks is that all of them belong to the 1st Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps.

The tanks of the 1st Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps, together with helicopter gunships, carried out an encirclement and suppression of 132 M1 main battle tanks of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division's three tank battalions.

You must know that the 1 armored tank brigade of the Free Corps has 430 main battle tanks, and most of them are the same as the M1 main battle tank, which is not as advanced as the M1 main battle tank equipped by the US army, but the ants bite the elephant to death, not to mention that there are strong helpers in the sky, and the tank battle between the two sides did not last long, and the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division 3 tank battalions lost more than half of the M1 main battle tanks.

Although there are infantry fighting vehicles from the U.S. Army and the Australian Army to help, there are also many infantry fighting vehicles in the 1st Armored Tank Brigade of the Free Corps, and the infantry fighting vehicles of the 2nd Army of the United States and Australia are basically abusive against the main battle tanks of the Free Corps.

The encounter between the two sides lasted less than half an hour, and the 1 armored brigade and 1 mechanized infantry brigade of the 3rd mechanized infantry division of the US Army could not hold on, and the remaining combat vehicles and US officers and soldiers began to rout in the direction of the second line of fortifications, and the rout of the US army also caused the collapse of the two mechanized infantry divisions of the Australian Army. Flee to the second line of fortifications north outside the city of San Fernando.

In addition to the 1st Armored Tank Brigade, the Free Corps Army Corps that attacked the San Fernando area also had the 1st Integrated Division and the 2nd Integrated Division, and as a result, this encounter caused by the counterattack launched by the US and Australian armies turned into a pursuit battle before the 2 Free Corps Integrated Divisions behind the 1st Armored Tank Brigade were not involved. (To be continued.) )