The Makita-class amphibious assault ship is 257.3 meters long, 42.7 meters wide, has a draft of 8.3 meters, and has a full load displacement of 40,500 tons.

In addition, the ship has more than 600 beds and multiple operating rooms and consultation rooms, which can be temporarily used as a hospital ship, and in addition, the deck of this amphibious assault ship is said to have been specially treated to withstand the ablation of thousands of degrees of heat, and these are prepared for the future operation of the first vertical take-off and landing combat aircraft of the Chinese Empire.

Sixty twin Hornet transport helicopters, which took off simultaneously from 20 Makita-class amphibious assault ships, flew toward the coast under the escort of 48 Wasp multipurpose helicopters that took off from the aircraft carriers.

Underneath the helicopter swarm are dozens of air-cushion landing craft that are advancing at a rapid pace. This three-dimensional landing mode of the Chinese Navy greatly surprised the Boston army and caught them by surprise. In the original naval exercises, the Chinese Empire only demonstrated the anti-submarine capabilities of the anti-submarine helicopters on the amphibious assault ships, and this vertical landing capability was hidden, so the Boston military had no way of knowing this combat method.

According to the previous plane landing mode, the coastal defense troops only need to defend the beach, but the helicopter group of the Chinese Navy has transported the troops to the rear of the coastal fortifications, which is a very weakly defended area, and the most important thing is that the reserves that can carry out follow-up assistance have all been transferred by Marshal Pershing to fight in the port of San Diego in the south, and the coastal defense forces in Portland are already isolated.

The battle went very smoothly, and although the landing force carrying out the vertical landing force was not heavily armed, they carried a large number of bazookas and blasters, not to mention attacking the enemy's weakly defended back, and the Boston Shore Defense Force was quickly disrupted.

The Marines who landed quickly rushed towards the fort complex, which had been built facing the sea, and on the land side, they had only gates and communication trenches. Several rockets flew straight out towards the iron gate at the back of the fortress. Rockets that can penetrate the armor of the combat vehicle, how can these inferior iron gates be blocked, a huge explosion sounded inside the fortress, and the Boston soldiers who were shooting at the front were killed a lot in an instant.

Caught off guard by the Boston army, relying on bazookas and blasters, the soldiers who landed quickly conquered the nearby forts, and soon on the frontal position, several key forts were occupied one after another, and the threat of the Boston defenders to the sea landing was immediately reduced by half.

Taking advantage of the weakening of the opponent's blocking firepower, dozens of air-cushion landing craft at sea also took advantage of the situation to land. The huge hovercraft relied on the air cushion underneath and drove directly onto the beach, sending the troops to the vicinity of the opponent's position. One by one, the chariots drove off the hovercraft and covered the charge of the marines, which advantageously contained the Boston troops who were still holding their positions and helped the airborne troops to expand their achievements. These landing craft carried a large amount of heavy equipment, including a hundred and five mm guns in addition to the Weasel 3 tank, which made their attack even more handy.

Seeing that the landing force had been successful, a large number of amphibious transport ships began to move forward, and they released a large number of landing ships, assault boats and Weasel 3 waterway amphibious combat vehicles, and more and more Chinese marines landed, and at the same time, the combat vehicle landing ships also quickly rushed to the beachhead, and after the hatch in the bow of the ship was opened, one after another Grizzly 3 combat vehicles belonging to the army drove off the landing ship and joined the battle.

With a three-dimensional landing of multiple levels and various carriers, the amphibious combat unit transported a large number of troops and weapons to the beachhead at the fastest speed. With enough troops, they quickly eliminated the Boston Army guarding the beachhead, took full control of the situation, and began an offensive towards Portland Harbor.

The Boston forces were already weak and were attacked suddenly, so the 10,000 Boston troops stationed here only resisted for half a day before retreating, and the Chinese navy soon occupied the entire Portland port. More and more dock landing ships and merchant ships docked at the port to unload their cargo, and a large number of Marine Corps soldiers and heavy equipment were put into the port, and with enough personnel and equipment, the five Marine Corps Corps of the North Road Group, which was the first to land, began to rapidly expand their results and attack the interior of Boston.

When Marshal Pershing received the report of the occupation of Portland Harbor, a whole day had passed since the landing operation of the Chinese Navy, and the landing force at this time had exceeded 11 corps, and at the same time 13 air wings had been sent ashore by transport ships and deployed to various field airfields that had just been occupied.

The Boston Empire had finally tasted the bitter fruit of the lack of troops on the second front, and the Chinese army, which had made rapid progress, had occupied a vast area from Fulham in the south, Longview in the north, and Pendleton in the east within a day. With sufficient area of control, the landing force has been able to fully deploy and consolidate its positions, and a larger convoy at sea will be added to advance from the Oahu Islands towards Portland Harbor at maximum speed, which will send supplies and backup to the early landing forces.

Naturally, the Navy did not dare to take such a large-scale transport operation lightly, and all the Navy's missile boats, patrol boats, anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and submarine forces were mobilized. Relying on the ports of Portland, San Diego, the Oahu Islands, and the western coast and coastal islands of the St. Martin Empire, they formed a vast surveillance and attack network to prevent Boston from sending surface ships or submarines to carry out diplomatic break-up operations.

The submarine officers and men of the bold Eastern Ocean Fleet even bypassed the mine nets laid by the Bostonians and entered their harbors to attack the small warships hiding on the docks, so that the only remaining coastal fleet of the Boston Empire in the Eastern Ocean did not dare to go to sea at will, and could only huddle in the harbor and rely on mine protection nets and coastal batteries to survive.

Marshal Pershing was challenged from two directions at the same time, which made him very hesitant, the attacks from both directions were very sharp and deadly, and the troops in his hands could only deal with one road with heavy troops, and if they dealt with both at the same time, they could all be defeated, causing unimaginable consequences.

The choice between these two routes is also quite difficult, and the northern attack will endanger the Chicago Industrial District in the middle of Boston, which is the most important industrial area in Boston, accounting for more than one-third of the entire Boston Empire, and is definitely the largest industrial base in the country. If they attack eastward, Boston Harbor, the capital of the Boston Empire, and Gotham Harbor, the most economically developed economy, will be threatened, but this road is long and there are many rivers on the way, so Pershing is still sure to hold on.

San Diego Harbor, south of the Boston Empire, would likely sever the connection between the Boston Empire and the Moss Kingdom, encircling and annihilating millions of Axis troops fighting there, as well as endangering the shipbuilding bases southeast of Boston, destroying naval warships that were beginning to be rebuilt.

After weighing the pros and cons, Marshal Pershing decided to concentrate the main forces to the south, and at the same time negotiated with the Moss royal family, hoping that they would give up the territory of the Moss kingdom and defend the south of Boston with the Boston army. The reason why Marshal Pershing did this was because he knew very well that the main forces of the Boston Empire were fighting on the Western Continent, and the troops in the New World were not only recruits, but also their numbers had reached the point of being stretched, and as for the oil fields in the Moss Kingdom, they had to give up, as long as the domestic oil fields expanded their production capacity, they were still enough for the military.

Marshal Pershing's proposal was entirely from a military point of view, ignoring the political aspect and popular morale, and the Moss royal family and the Boston Imperial government naturally rejected such a proposal, and the Boston Empire missed another opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

The Boston Empire can't afford to lose millions of troops in the territory of the Moss Kingdom, not to mention that without the navy, the Boston Empire can only wait for death, so the new naval warships under construction must not be lost, so he decided to abandon the Chicago Industrial Base, and even give up the capital if necessary, in exchange for the strategic initiative, which is also a remedy made in the case of the failure to retreat the troops in the Moss Kingdom.

Even after careful calculations, the joint command of the Chinese Empire did not expect that Marshal Pershing would be so decisive that he would be able to exchange the loss of the industrial base and the capital for the opportunity to regain the strategic initiative, so when the San Diego direction was fiercely attacked by the superior forces of the Boston Empire, the Chinese Marines were also a little caught off guard and suffered a lot of casualties.

I didn't think of Marshal Pershing's absolute decision, but it didn't mean that the Chinese Navy didn't have a plan. Prior to the operation, the Joint Staff of the Joint Command had planned for all eventualities, even the most unlikely ones.

After discovering that the Boston Empire had increased its troops in San Diego Harbor, the Chinese Empire also increased its investment in that direction, and a large number of mobile troops in the rear were thrown in this direction to launch an attack on the Boston Army, which was also to attract the opponent's forces and provide convenient conditions for operations in the north.

In addition, the Imperial army of St. Martin, who received the order, was not to be outdone, and they also launched an attack on the opposite Axis coalition forces, sticking to them to prevent these troops from retreating, and for a time the two fronts in the south were in full swing, and both sides began to invest a lot of troops to the death. Both sides have their own agendas, believing that they can attract the other side's forces and turn the war situation in their favor.

The Boston Empire even put all the F86 fighters, which had just entered mass production, into the local battle, and completely cut off the supply to the Western Continent, and the F104 fighter jet, which had just begun trial production, was also sent to the battlefield.