() Chapter 237: The Trench is unlocked

"Commander, there's a signal from the Sea Lion Special Forces on the shore!"

Hearing the staff officer's words, Wu Guangzong, who was standing in front of the large map of the United States, was leading some officers of the expeditionary force to discuss the battle situation, suddenly raised his head, and a trace of joy flashed on his serious face!

Seeing the appearance of the commander, the other officers who were inside the 'Meng Tian' command tower were of course also happy to follow quickly, as senior officers of the Huo Jiajun expeditionary force, they all understood the importance of the Kinmen Strait for the Huo Jiajun to land in the United States and take San Francisco!

"Order all warships and transport ships to pass through the Golden Gate Strait with all their strength and attack San Francisco!" After putting down the binoculars, Wu Guangzong took a deep breath, suppressed the boiling mood in his heart, and commanded loudly!

"Yes, Commander!"

After the herald went out, the air in the commander's tower suddenly became hot, and there was no one who did not aspire to lead his army and defeat the Americans and make great achievements!

After receiving the order from the headquarters, the huge fleet was like a giant beast awakening from its slumber, with a huge roar, stirring the rivers and seas, and the speed slowly increased!

"Chen Ling put down the torch in his hand!" The excited look on his face gradually disappeared!

"Captain, where are we going now?"

"Where are you going? Of course, I'm going to have a good chat with the Americans!" Yan Dong patted Chen Ling on the shoulder and said with a smile. Although his Sea Lion Special Brigade was only given the task of destroying shore artillery on both sides of the Kinmen Strait. But it's rare to encounter this big war, if you don't have a good time. And now that the fleet is maneuvering rapidly, isn't it a hindrance for their boats to go back?

"Great, we are all natives one day, and there is no challenge at all, this time it will not be too embarrassing to change to Americans!" Chen Ling threw the burning torch in his hand into the sea, licked his tongue, and his eyes showed a bloodthirsty light! It has aroused a strong desire for war in his heart!

The sharp eyes slowly swept over the excited faces of the surrounding team members, although they did not speak, but from the expressions on their faces, it could be seen that the two words 'join the battle'!

"Take off the water back, unload the backpack, show the guys, let's go make trouble for the Americans!"

"Yes. Captain!"

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"What sound?" Tom is a recruit in the third company of the second regiment of the first division of the army, in fact, he is not a recruit, but compared with other veterans who originally served in the first division, he, a first-class soldier who was transferred from the San Francisco National Jǐng Guard to serve in the first division of the army after the Chinese occupied the Hawaiian Islands, is indeed a recruit!

"It's like the sound of a steam engine!" Tom's father was originally a gold prospector who came to San Francisco more than twenty years ago. Although he has not become an enviable rich man after a few years of busyness, he has also accumulated a considerable fortune with the gold he has found! Then, after using the money to buy a fishing boat of more than 500 tons, old Tom married a wife and had children in San Francisco and settled down! Little Tom, who has been helping on fishing boats since he was a child, is very familiar with the sound of steam engines, especially marine steam engines!

"What a sound is this. It's so annoying!" As the voices became louder and louder, many of Tom's comrades-in-arms who were in the same tent were woken up! They had just woken up from their slumber, their brains were full of mush, and they instinctively broke their mouths and cursed! No matter how good-tempered a person is, when he is woken up for no reason, he is the most grumpy!

"That's not right!" As the remaining sleepiness in his brain gradually disappeared under the roar of the steam engine, Tom instinctively sensed that something was wrong! After the Huo Jiajun occupied the Hawaiian Islands, all the western United States, including passenger and cargo ships, and fishing boats, had already received a campaign notice issued by California, and all ships were not allowed to leave the port! Even the only few patrol ships on the west coast had taken refuge in San Francisco Bay! So it was impossible for any steamers or fishing boats to go to sea at this time!

"Could it be that the Chinese fleet has attacked?" But why didn't you hear the soldiers on duty?" Although there were some doubts in my heart! But listening to the roar of the steam engine getting closer and closer, Tom really couldn't lie down in bed!

At this time, most of the soldiers who came to their senses also came to their senses, and instinctively rushed that something was abnormal!

"Fleet, Chinese fleet!"

Just as Tom was about to get up and get dressed and go out, a voice filled with surprise and fear echoed hoarsely through the quiet barracks!

Hearing this, the originally peaceful barracks suddenly became as noisy as a vegetable market! A large number of American soldiers who had long been woken up by the roar of the ship's steam engine rushed out of the barracks in rags! Tom was also one of them, but compared to the others, he was dressed quite neatly, and as the number grew, the corpses of the soldiers on duty who had been killed by sea lions were also discovered!

Although the visibility was very low, Tom could still clearly see the huge fleet that was rapidly heading towards the Kinmen Strait not far away, and now they were less than 500 meters away from the Kinmen Strait! Moreover, the warship with gun barrels in front was obviously superior in speed, and in Tom's eyes, the speed of this warship had reached at least 20 knots, which was really much faster than his fishing boat!

"Hurry up to the gun position! they're coming!" Tom looked at the fast warship that was already less than two hundred meters away from the entrance of the Golden Gate Strait, and suddenly turned around and shouted at his comrades who were watching the huge group of ships in the distance in amazement!

Under Tom's reminder, the soldiers suddenly came to their senses and hurriedly ran to their gun positions, but looking at their messy appearance, you can understand how low the quality of these soldiers is, and unceremoniously said that the recruits trained by the Huo Jiajun for three months have a much better chance than this army!

Originally, there were no coastal defense facilities in the western part of the United States, so this time the artillery used by the Americans to defend the Kinmen Strait was almost all placed in the open air, and a simple bunker was pushed with many stones on the side of the artillery facing the sea!

"What's going on? Why is the running latch of this gun missing?"

"My artillery bolt is gone!" Hearing the surprised voices of his comrades around him, Tom, who was adjusting the angle and direction of the shelling of the 152mm heavy howitzer under his hand, couldn't help but look behind the butt of his artillery.

Tom's face suddenly turned pale when he saw the huge fleet that had already entered the Kinmen Strait! The artillery lost its running latch, and it was no different from an iron lump, and it was impossible to stop the Chinese fleet from passing through the Kinmen Strait, entering San Francisco Bay, landing in the United States, and attacking San Francisco!

"It's over!"

At this moment, all the American soldiers in the camp understood that they could no longer stop the attack of the Chinese fleet!

Ever since he received the news of the success of the Sea Lion Special Forces mission, Wu Guangzong has been standing on Cambridge and watching the darkness in the distance, and it was not until the fleet successfully entered the Kinmen Strait that he breathed a sigh of relief, and the look on his face became relaxed! As long as the troops can pass through the Kinmen Strait, which is the biggest obstacle preventing the expeditionary force from landing in the United States, then the task of landing and occupying San Francisco will be half accomplished! As for the American troops, Wu Guangzong has never taken them seriously!

"Order all units to prepare for an attack, and after the fleet docks, immediately launch an attack on San Francisco in accordance with their assigned campaign tasks! We must take the entire city of San Francisco before dawn!" Wu Guangzong said excitedly!

Although the United States is very backward in military strength and is second-rate in the Western world, the United States is a big country in the end, and it is also a big Western power! Being able to lead troops to fight here is something that any general dreams of! Wu Guangzong is certainly no exception!

"Yes, Commander!" the herald tried to keep his composure, but the excited expression on his face made it clear that his heart was not at peace!

Just when the Huo Jiajun expeditionary fleet passed through the Golden Gate Strait and entered San Francisco Bay, preparing to launch an attack on San Francisco!

"Have you contacted the deputy captain?" asked Yan Dong, turning his head!

"Not yet, but since the fleet has moved, it means that the Deputy Captain's mission has been completed, and according to the plan we have set before, they must be on their way here!" a young sea lion whispered!

After listening to his words, Yan Dong couldn't help but nodded, the Kinmen Strait is not wide, and if you take a boat from there, it won't take more than twenty minutes!

Because the Americans had placed all their artillery in the Golden Gate Strait, and under the powerful firepower, they were confident that they could block the attack of the Chinese fleet, so the garrison of the entire San Francisco was very ordinary, except for the expansion of the military camp located in the west of the city several times, nothing else had changed, and there was not even a single garrison on the wide San Francisco pier!

"Now arrange combat missions! The first and second teams will go with me to San Francisco City and destroy their command center! The third and fourth teams pay attention to the enemy's barracks, and now they have lost their artillery, and the threat to us has been greatly reduced! Therefore, what you have to do is to contain them, but don't fight hard! The fifth team stays at the dock, and any US ** team that tries to appear on the dock is the target of your attack! Do you understand?" The severe winter god commanded solemnly!

"Understood, Captain!"

"Alright, let's go!"