The three armies of the Chinese army, which had been placed near the river bank in advance, had been bombarded by artillery for several days, and they were already familiar with all kinds of coordinates, and even if they could not see at night, they could still accurately hit the Boston defensive line.

Seeing that the opponent's heavy artillery was all fired, this made Devers confirm his judgment, and he immediately ordered the artillery to return fire, and at the same time let a large number of troops enter the position, after all, the opponent was going to attack with infantry. As soon as the Chinese troops crossing the river approached the shore, the heavy artillery of the Chinese army was useless, and they could only rely on the infantry to engage in close combat, and at that time, the infantry on the front line could come in handy.

To Devers's surprise, the Chinese artillery kept bombarding, but there was no infantry to cross the river. At this time, a large number of helicopters had arrived over the city of Boise, and in this city of empty defense, there were many central squares, and these places became the best choice for plane landing.

The troops guarding the city of Boisi only heard a fierce battle along the river defense line in the distance, and after listening for a while, they found that there was no movement in the place where the gunshots rang out, and they knew that the two sides were still firing along the river, and since there was no danger, they would naturally go to sleep, but they did not expect that as soon as they fell asleep, the real attack began.

Groups of Chinese soldiers quickly glided down from the twin wasp transport helicopters hovering in the air, and they used their rappelling skills to quickly reach the ground. Armed only with their weapons, the parachutes quickly dispersed and took control of the entire square, some soldiers quickly rushed into the nearby buildings, and the footsteps in military leather boots resounded densely in the buildings, causing a burst of echoes, these soldiers quickly captured all floors, and they wanted to occupy the nearby commanding heights as soon as possible to prevent the Boston garrison from counterattacking.

After taking full control of the surrounding vantage points, the helicopters that followed gradually descended to the ground, and under the dozens of transport helicopters behind them, they carried various light artillery guns for the airborne troops, and after the nearby soldiers were completely controlled, they began to lower the altitude and unload the guns to the ground.

The Boston army soon spotted the anomaly, and a large garrison began to rush towards the squares, but then they were attacked by helicopter gunships. Poison Bee helicopter gunships flew down the streets, raining rockets and machine-gun bullets on Boston soldiers.

Although some of the helicopters were quickly shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, the casualties of the Boston troops were even greater, and they had nowhere to hide in the narrow streets.

Hundreds of Albatross dive bombers and Vulture 1 attack planes worked together to slaughter cities where they landed, killing and wounding Boston soldiers who had nowhere to hide. Although these two types of propeller aircraft are quite backward in performance compared to the jet bombers and jet attack planes in service, their good low-altitude performance and slower speed are convenient conditions for attacking small ground targets.

In actual combat, it has been proved that the more advanced the weapon, the better, and when precision-guided weapons are still in the initial stage of development, the slower propeller aircraft have more advantages in ground attack, and are also more accurate and efficient. Therefore, while the Boston army completely eliminated propeller aircraft, these two aircraft still retained a certain status in the Chinese imperial military.

With the help of these two ground support aircraft, the parachutes did not bear much pressure, and they quickly expanded their territory outward, slowly taking control of the entire city. Caught off guard by Boston, several cities in the rear of the city fell. Devers never imagined that just as he was concentrating on holding the line along the river, his rear would be attacked and several cities used as logistics bases would be fully occupied, which would undoubtedly deal a heavy blow to the Boston army.

Although the Bostonians were completely lost by this blow from several air assault troops, the most lethal blow was not inflicted by the air assault force. At the very moment when several air assault forces were seizing several large cities in the rear, paratroopers were already carrying out airborne landings in the rear of the line of defense along the river......

Relying on the powerful load capacity of the Behemoth 3 transport aircraft, the paratroopers carried a lot of heavy weapons, including the more than 30-ton Grizzly 3 tank, and each transport plane could even carry two. A large number of Behemoth 3 transport planes carried heavy equipment, and they attached two to four parachutes to each vehicle or cannon to parachute these heavy equipment.

The Behemoth 2 transport aircraft was on a joint mission with the Behemoth 3 transport aircraft, which had been decommissioned and mothballed after the start of the cross-sea operation, but also returned to active service due to the lack of new transport aircraft. The Behemoth 2 transport planes also have at least 40 tons of carrying capacity and a range of 6,000 kilometers, and they are fully capable of undertaking this kind of airdrop mission, and this time they carried a large number of paratroopers and arrived at the airborne landing site that had been observed in advance by reconnaissance planes.

After descending to 1,500 meters, the tail hatch was opened, and a paratrooper jumped out, and the sky was soon filled with white umbrella flowers. By the time the Boston army was concentrated on the line of defense along the river, there were not many formed units in the rear at all, and the paratroopers fell to the ground without any decent resistance.

The paratroopers landed not in cities, but on open plains, in the rear of the western section of the line of defense along the river. Without the slightest hindrance, the three paratrooper corps were quickly assembled, and they quickly recovered all the weapons they had airborne.

Fully prepared, the paratroopers of the three corps, in the rear of the positions of the Boston army, launched a surprise attack. This paratrooper assault is different from the past, due to the super carrying capacity of the Monster 3 transport aircraft, the paratrooper unit has been supported by more than 100 Grizzly 3 combat vehicles and hundreds of armored personnel carriers, with the help of these heavy weapons, the paratrooper unit has also gained sufficient ability to attack fortifications.

Devers was at the headquarters closest to the line of defense along the river, and he was very puzzled by the shelling of the Chinese army, which had been going on for two hours. According to common sense, making such a big movement in the dark of night naturally wants to use the cover of night to force the crossing of the Snake River. If you attack at this time, the defenders will not be able to see the target clearly, and the accuracy of the shot will be greatly reduced, which can effectively reduce casualties.

This time, the Chinese army did not play its cards according to common sense, and the shelling had been going on for two hours, but the other side of the river had no intention of launching an attack at all. Devers really pondered the other party's intentions, and a guard rushed in, and he said breathlessly: "Report ...... Report...... Sir...... Back, behind us...... There are large groups of enemy troops...... It's coming. ”

"What?" Devus exclaimed, "How is it possible, did they fall from the sky?" ”

"Is it a paratrooper?" Devers quickly thought of the key, and he ordered loudly: "Immediately withdraw two corps from the front line and encircle those paratroopers." The paratroopers are lightly armed troops and are easy to eliminate. ”

Two infantry corps were drawn from the defensive line and met the Chinese paratroopers attacking from behind. Most of the Boston people's new high-power weapons are still being assembled on the production line, and it will take a certain amount of time to produce them off the assembly line, and at this time it is simply too late to equip these domestic defense units, and due to the shortage of weapons and equipment, at this time, a corps of the Boston army is only equipped with 120 heavy guns of 155 mm caliber or more, and less than 60 M4 combat vehicles.

The two armies gathered the chariots, and there were only more than 100 chariots in total, and with these 100 chariots as the vanguard, and more than 300 Wildcat chariot destroyers were placed behind, supplemented by a small number of armored vehicles, the mechanized assault force of the Bostonians was formed.

This assault force swooped down as fast as it could, three paratrooper corps, which had already begun to attack the artillery positions in the rear of the Boston Army. The Chinese army also gathered all more than 100 Grizzly 3 vehicles, plus a large number of armored vehicles and jeeps, and began a surprise attack on the rear of the Boston Army.

Gao Quanfei, the commander-in-chief of the paratroop unit, rushed to the front with the mechanized troops, which was his old problem, and although he was already a third-class general, he still couldn't get rid of the habit of liking to charge ahead. The infantry of the Boston Army were all sent to the defensive line, and in the rear were the Boston heavy artillery units that were firing at the Chinese artillery on the opposite bank, and these people did not even have guns, and they had no way to even fire a warning shot, let alone resist the chariots.

The Grizzly 3 rumbled past the Bostonian artillery positions, destroying all the heavy artillery and killing or scattering the artillery. Relying on their extremely fast speed, they rushed all the way and quickly eliminated the four artillery regiments, and at this time, the two infantry corps of Boston, which were in charge of blocking the mission, had already rushed over and blocked the way of the Chinese army.

In the dark night, the two sides naturally preferred the chariot troops to impact each other, and the chariots on both sides quickly charged, to the surprise of the Bostonians, although the other side was a paratrooper unit, it was not a lightly armed force, and more than a hundred Grizzly Bear 3 chariots were divided into three echelons to attack the Boston army, taking them by surprise.

The Grizzly 3's large-caliber cannon bombarded the Grizzly 3 quickly, and the M4 vehicles that could not shoot on the march were destroyed one by one, while the Boston and the 76mm cannons of the Grizzly Destroyer could not penetrate the front armor of the Grizzly 3 at all.