Looking at the heavy artillery position in the distance that was submerged by the explosion of fire, Major General Norton looked calm. Especially when he saw the reporters running around with their heads in their hands, he even showed a faint smile. This result had been expected by him, otherwise it would be so grand.
How could he, as the commander-in-chief, not get involved in the situation? Since the Army Department had to make a fool of themselves, let them make a fool of themselves.
"Send the order to start the attack immediately!" he said to the adjutant beside him.
"Don't we need to prepare for artillery fire?" the adjutant asked doubtfully.
"Is it useful?" Norton asked.
The adjutant thought for a while and realized that it was really useless. Not only was it useless, but under aerial surveillance, those 75 artillery groups would definitely be destroyed immediately if they fired, just like these 120 artillery pieces.
"Just let the front line charge for a while, and the mortars will cover them." Major General Norton said calmly. He was actually planning to rely on mortars. There were more than 500 82mm and 120mm mortars in total.
Set up in the mountain col in front of the squadron's position, these mortars don't have to worry about those daunting large-caliber heavy artillery. They can't hit high-projectile trajectories. As for the Chinese mortars, they are at least on the same level.
The competition is not enough to make people despair.
"Do you want to use poison gas bombs?" the adjutant asked tentatively. This time, the Army Department also sent a large number of poison gas bombs to the California Army. In addition to phosgene, there was also a small amount of mustard gas. They were prepared to use poison gas bombs to teach the invaders a lesson.
"It is strictly forbidden to use poison gas bombs. We can't outplay the Chinese in this game. Yang Feng has publicly promised that as long as others don't use poison gas bombs on the Chinese, he will not be the first to use poison gas bombs. In this case, don't release the devil for them."
Excuse." Norton said sternly.
He is not stupid. The Chinese are at the ancestral level when it comes to using poison gas bombs. Regardless of their defensive methods or offensive capabilities, it is impossible for the US military, which is new to this field, to compare. If they really want to engage in poison gas warfare, the retaliation from the other side may be terrifying.
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After receiving his order, the American soldiers from one division of the first attack wave on the front line immediately rushed out of the trench where they were hiding with rifles with bayonets in hand. At the same time, the American soldiers from another division launched an attack on the highlands on both sides in two groups.
, a total of 40,000 troops were shouting in the narrow valley. Under the leadership of the officers, they began to charge towards their respective targets. The blue torrent was filled with white light reflected by the sabers. The reporters also woke up at this moment and quickly held up their cameras to start recording.
Scenes of heroic U.S. troops.
At this time, the heavy artillery on the opposite side started firing. The one responsible for the defense of San Jose was the newly arrived First Division. This division's artillery regiment was equipped with 130 cannons. With a piercing roar, countless
The fire ball exploded among the American troops, and the huge explosion power instantly exploded into eye-catching patches like a blue torrent, and countless American soldiers flew into the sky in pieces.
However, the shelling did not collapse the US military. Perhaps those soldiers also felt the ardent eyes of the people of the motherland behind them, and still charged forward without hesitation. The heavy artillery strikes followed the US military's reports from the aircraft radio in the sky, and at four kilometers
Countless dead bodies were left in the wide valley.
At this time, the US military's shelling also began. Although those mortars could not pose a threat to the heavy artillery in the distance, they could directly hit the first division's defense line. The dense explosions above forced the soldiers to huddle in
In the trenches. Fortunately, although such shelling seems violent, the explosive power of mortar shells is limited after all, and the casualties caused are not serious, especially after the confrontation lasted for more than a month. This line of defense has been built very well, even absolutely
Much of it is covered with shipbuilding steel shipped directly from the San Francisco Steel Company, including Harvey carburized steel plates from warships.
Ye Feng, the commander of the First Division, was hiding in a bunker with a cruiser armor plate as the roof. He was holding a telescope and watching the U.S. military struggling in the artillery fire while losing his temper. It was obvious that he had underestimated the U.S. military's firepower, although it was useless.
Despite the artillery, five hundred mortars fired at a five-kilometer-wide defense line, and the sound was terrifying enough. Even the top of his command post had been hit by three shells.
"Made, tell Chen Peng if he lets the Americans be so rampant again, I'll go over and beat him up." This guy said viciously to his adjutant.
The adjutant quickly used the radio to contact the deputy division commander in charge of commanding the artillery, but Chen Peng didn't do anything at this time. He had all the body-barrel artillery in his hands. No matter 130 or 105, they would definitely not be able to attack the mortars hiding in the mountain col.
Artillery, unless mortars are also used, but with the current weapon configuration of the squadron, mortars are frontline equipment. They are all in the trenches at this time. He only has twelve 150-heavy mortars in his hands, and that’s it.
How could a few mortars clear out 500 mortars so quickly?
Just like this, under the cover of intensive mortar firepower, the attacking U.S. troops finally entered the range of machine guns despite the heavy artillery bombardment. The machine gunners who had been huddled in the anti-artillery holes immediately ran out and rushed to their posts. These machine guns had
Most of the strong machine gun forts are covered by Harvey carburized steel plates. Such shelling is completely ignored. Thousands of tons of steel are stored in the United Steel Shipyard, and the Harvey carburized steel plates alone account for more than a thousand tons.
, the Japanese warships didn’t bother to use this thing at all, and all these army soldiers were cheap. Even the riflemen’s heads were covered with ordinary steel plates. The entire defense line was almost luxurious to the point of being fully armored, otherwise MacArthur would rather be dismissed than refuse.
Attacking, he knew that attacking would simply lead to death.
But if he didn't give it away, someone would give it away after all. Those poor American soldiers bravely rushed towards the invaders, and then were instantly beaten to death by the invaders. Hundreds of light and heavy machine guns sprayed flames out all the time.
, the U.S. troops who were blocked in front of minefields and barbed wire fell in pieces under the violent rain of bullets. In the crazy accumulation of dead bodies, the remaining people soon lost the courage to charge and fell to the ground one by one.
Shoot against the Chinese.
In fact, this was what Norton had told him a long time ago. Once the attack was blocked, he immediately got down and played shooting. In his opinion, this attack was actually an experiment with human lives. He only needed to let Washington see the results of the experiment.
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At the same time as the infantry was firing, the artillery was also firing, including the mortars in the trenches and the mortars of the division's artillery. They were all attacking each other with the US mortars hiding in the mountains. In other words,
When it comes to cleaning up US mortars, those 150-heavy mortars are far outside the range of US mortars. As for the mortars in the trenches, they are protected by armor and are difficult to damage.
Just when the frontal battle in San Jose began, Lieutenant Colonel Pershing, who was sent out by Major General Norton to attack the Chinese transportation lines, was standing on a hilltop in the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking the entire San Francisco Bay. The reason was simple.
Along the coast, more than a dozen landing ships were lying on the beach like monsters, and countless Chinese soldiers were boarding these landing ships.
"What are they going to do?" An officer stood next to Pershing, looking at the scene in front of him, and said inexplicably.
"Quick, go report General Norton, the Chinese are going to land in Monterey Bay!" Pershing suddenly woke up, grabbed the officer's collar and shouted, his lips were trembling with fear from the terrible consequences.
The Chinese are trying to take over the California Army.
"Look, how about closing the door and beating the dog? A total of 60,000 US troops are in a 40-kilometer-long valley, with a steel defense line in front. If they dig a trench behind their buttocks and set up hundreds of machine guns,
It won’t be long before we can send the emperor the good news of annihilating the U.S. California Army Group. They even boasted about wiping out 10,000 of us. I won’t let any of them escape this time!”
At this time, in the San Francisco City Hall, Lin Chaodong, director of the Military Control Commission, was explaining his combat deployment to Chen Fang with a proud look on his face. Chen Fang came with the reinforcements. His term as prime minister in Hawaii had just ended. Although his successor was a
He is an indigenous person, but he is also a die-hard pro-China faction. He had nothing to do, so he came to San Francisco to watch the battle together. After all, this was the first time the Chinese invaded North America. Just thinking about it made this old guy's heart beat wildly.
"What if Livermore's two US divisions go back for reinforcements?" Chen Fang said looking out the window across the San Francisco Bay.
"They can't go back. We moved all the warships out of reach of Fremont, cleared the way for them, and let them attack San Jose. It's impossible for them to break through anyway. Those Japanese and niggers followed
The white people are enemies of life and death and will definitely try their best to stop them. Moreover, it is impossible for the US military to carry artillery through the mountainous areas. At most, they can only carry mortars. They also cannot carry too much ammunition. As long as they fight for a day, they will probably have to retreat.
Well, at that time we will use naval guns to block their retreat, and then let the cannon fodder kill them. The result of this group of people will not be any different from their main force." Lin Chaodong said with a smile.
"That is to say, 100,000 American troops are blocked in two dead-end streets. If they don't surrender, they have no choice but to abandon their weapons and dig into the ravine. If we continue to wait outside the Hamilton Mountains, they will probably have to work hard for several days.
When you walk out of it, the only option left is to surrender." Chen Fang smiled with great joy.
"Yes, no matter what, they have only one option: surrender. If they lose all their supplies, they will not be able to fight. The only option is to flee to Sacramento and then take a train to escape through the Rocky Mountains. But we can't give up.
They have this opportunity, and a landing ship sailing along the canal can cut off all their hopes." Lin Chaodong said.
After saying that, the two guys laughed together. At this moment, suddenly there was a faint sound of gunfire outside. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!