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- Three hours later.
Looking down from a high altitude, it can be clearly seen that Salinas has almost turned into ruins at this time, with smoke lingering everywhere, and many corners of the walls damaged, obviously torn apart and blown up by the huge power of naval guns. In the city, as you look up, you can see broken arms and limbs everywhere, most of them shattered by powerful naval guns.
On the streets, the fishy smell was astounding. At this time, the entire small city of Salinas was deathly quiet, as if the fierce battle just now had never happened. However, the scattered gun smoke combined with the fallen people on the ground The corpses of American troops on the ground showed that a tragic battle had indeed broken out here.
Zhu Lianjie came to a ruined wall of the Salinas coastal defense position. It can be seen from the remaining walls that this was originally a fort, or the forward headquarters of the US military garrison in Salinas. The lookout at the headquarters At the half-exploded window, a bearded US military officer stared with unwilling eyes at the calm sea in the distance. This US military officer who had been dead for a long time had the rank of major. He was the military commander of this small town of Salinas. Commander\u2014\u2014Major Moss.
Zhu Lianjie looked carefully and saw that the moment Major Moss died, he still kept raising his arms and shouting orders. However, his expression was forever fixed at the moment he gave the last order, and his lower body almost completely disappeared. , leaving only a huge bloody wound.
When Zhu Lianjie saw this, he couldn't help but be moved. At the same time, he began to secretly admire this ordinary American officer and the three thousand American soldiers who would rather die than retreat.
The battle in Salinas lasted for more than three hours. Although it was not as large as the previous battles that Zhu Lianjie participated in, its brutality was not inferior to those that Zhu Lianjie experienced.
In this Salinas landing battle, China had more than three times its military strength, plus a squadron of Dreadnought-class battleships for naval gun support. It could have an absolute advantage, but the US military only had a total of 3,000 people. .
But these three thousand people, relying on the weak walls of the small town of Salinas, relied on their own flesh and blood to hold on for three days in front of the Chinese navy and army, which had three times the strength of our own and had an absolute advantage. more than hours.
Of the three thousand American troops, no one surrendered or escaped. They all persisted until the last moment and died one by one, including their commander, Major Moss. Everyone died heroically.
Zhu Lianjie solemnly performed a military salute to the body of Major Moss. Behind Zhu Lianjie, the officers of the Marine Corps and the Chinese Pacific Fleet also raised their right hands to the level of their eyebrows.
This kind of enemy deserves respect!
Seeing how fierce the battle in little Salinas was, wouldn¡¯t it be even more difficult to attack Washington, the capital of the United States? When he thought of this, Zhu Lianjie felt faintly worried. After all, the United States is different from Japan!
Report to the captain, all obstacles near the coast of Salinas have been cleared, and now the army can land in force! At this time, a Marine Corps soldier hurried over.
Zhu Lianjie nodded slightly. Although the defenders of Salinas were extremely tenacious, it took more than three hours to attack this small Salinas. It only took a little more time, but it was not different from the scheduled time. too much.
Now that the remaining thousands of troops are about to land in Salinas, plus various strategic supplies, if everything is prepared properly, it will take at least three days, and the US military reinforcements are expected to arrive within three to five days, then The Chinese Army here in Salinas was the key to victory in the Battle of San Francisco.
The task Tang Jian gave him before was to defend Salinas. Using Salinas as the forward position to attack San Francisco, in addition to these 10,000 troops, subsequent reinforcements will arrive one after another, and then go north from Salinas, attack by land and water, and completely annihilate the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet!
Zhu Lianjie ordered: Cremate the bodies of these three thousand American soldiers first, and then bury them properly! Then, immediately build a new line of defense in Salinas, where we will resist the incoming U.S. military reinforcements and wait for the arrival of our army. Finally, we will step up the efforts to land the soldiers on the ship ashore, and give priority to transporting all the artillery and tanks ashore. !
Yes, Captain! The soldier responded and hurried down again to convey Zhu Lianjie's order.
At this time, on the sea of ??Salinas, a large number of Chinese troop transports began to land on the coast of Salinas in batches through small boats. From a high altitude, they looked like a dense swarm of ants, which was spectacular and could be seen from time to time. The ferocious cannons were slowly transported out, and even the sharp-sword tanks of the Chinese Army were among them. When counted, there were as many as ten.
It seems that this time, Tang Jian is determined to win San Francisco, and Hong Kong and China have always been hostile to each other.The same is true for the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet, which poses the greatest threat to the Pacific Fleet in the summer.
San Francisco, an important city on the west coast of the United States.
In the waters of San Francisco Port, the Chinese Pacific Fleet continued to bombard San Francisco's coastal defense positions. The U.S. military on the San Francisco coastal defense positions was also unwilling to be outdone and fought back against the Chinese Pacific Fleet on the sea.
This is already the fifteenth day of the siege of San Francisco by the Chinese Pacific Fleet. Although the defense of San Francisco is extremely impregnable and the Chinese Pacific Fleet cannot attack it for a long time, it will not withdraw. Anyway, the siege of San Francisco is so tight that not even a fly can fly. Not coming out.
The bridge command room of the Yongchang, the flagship of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.
President, Zhu Lianjie has sent a telegram. Most of the nearly 20,000 U.S. reinforcements sent to reinforce Salinas were wiped out, and only a few fled. Now in Salinas, our army has assembled three divisions and an armored corps. , an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, and 21 main infantry regiments totaling more than 30,000 troops. Now he has used the cavalry regiment as the scout and the armor regiment as the vanguard, and is rapidly advancing towards San Jose, the heaviest city south of San Francisco. , you will arrive in San Francisco soon! Ye Zugui handed the latest telegram to Tang Jian.
Tang Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, but he breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Lianjie's army was advancing much faster than he thought. The faster Zhu Lianjie's progress, the less pressure he would have on the Chinese Pacific Fleet.
On the surface, it seems that the Chinese Pacific Fleet on the sea of ??San Francisco has always occupied the initiative on the battlefield, besieging the US military in San Francisco and unable to move at all. However, Tang Jian knew that the Chinese Pacific Fleet had always been at a disadvantage.
Roosevelt was waiting for work in San Francisco and occupied San Francisco's absolutely superior defense. Even though it had been besieged for so long, it had not caused any substantial damage. San Francisco was still unbreakable. However, the Chinese Pacific Fleet continued to bombard San Francisco day and night, spending countless ammunition. , several warships were hit by shore artillery on the US coast defense positions and were seriously damaged.
If it drags on for so long, it will only become more and more detrimental to the Chinese Pacific Fleet. In order to attract the attention of the US military in San Francisco, bombing like this day and night, even if Tang Jian has stored a lot of ammunition in Hawaii in advance, is now a bit It¡¯s too much to take.
Now that Zhu Lianjie has led the army all the way north, and the army led by Zhu Lianjie has completely established a foothold in Salinas, the first step of the Pacific Fleet's mission has been completed.
Seeing Tang Jian's brows gradually relaxing, Ye Zugui and Cheng Biguang were also secretly happy. At this time, Wang Jianchuan, who had never spoken before, slowly stood up and came to Tang Jian's side.
When Tang Jian came to Hawaii last time, in addition to bringing a large amount of supplies and more troops, they also included the most mysterious and most powerful Lone Wolf Special Forces in the Chinese army. It was also the Lone Wolf Special Forces , Tang Jian was able to survive the last assassination incident by luck.
However, that time, the Lone Wolf Special Forces appeared once, and have been hiding since then, conducting high-intensity training in a secret training ground in Hawaii. After the Battle of Midway, Tang Jian led his army to besiege San Francisco and also put the Lone Wolf into hiding. The Wolf Special Forces were also brought out.
These days, Wang Jianchuan has been staying quietly aside, saying very little.
After seeing Tang Jian's expression, Wang Jianchuan's eyes flashed with light, and then he walked behind Tang Jian under the gaze of everyone, and whispered: President!
Tang Jian turned around and saw that it was Wang Jianchuan, and said with a smile: What? Can't hold back your eagerness so quickly?
Wang Jianchuan said: Our lone wolves have not seen blood for a long time. I am afraid that if this continues, they will become more and more lazy and their combat effectiveness will become worse and worse.
Tang Jian gave Wang Jianchuan a look of contempt and asked: Do you want to capture Roosevelt alive?
Wang Jianchuan nodded.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away? Will the combat effectiveness become worse and worse? You don¡¯t have to make so many excuses for meritorious service! Tang Jian smiled and said that the Lone Wolf Special Forces has always been one of his trump cards. Tang Jian will never use it until the critical moment.
Tang Jian patted Wang Jianchuan on the shoulder, his tone suddenly became a little heavy, and said: I know b is still worried about the last assassination incident. After all, those brothers died to protect me, and they all It is a pity that the elite among the lone wolves died in the hands of assassins. Since b already knows that Roosevelt was the mastermind behind the last assassination incident, it is understandable that b wants to avenge his brothers.
Then go down and prepare, and wait for my orders at any time! Tang Jian nodded.
Wang Jianchuan looked happy and said: Yes, President!
San Francisco, LuoHappy's office.
It¡¯s been so many days, why hasn¡¯t Major Moss sent a message back? Roosevelt's face was not very good. A few days ago, Roosevelt received news that the Chinese would land in Salinas. Roosevelt immediately sent a telegram to the commander of the Salinas garrison, ordering him to stick to the city of Salinas. Three days and then wait for reinforcements.
But after so long, there was no news not only from Salinas, but also from the U.S. military who went to support. The long period of no news gave Roosevelt an ominous feeling.
At this time, the sound of shelling outside suddenly stopped. Roosevelt frowned and asked to his left and right: What's going on?
It turns out that the Pacific Fleet's non-stop bombardment day and night made the defenders of San Francisco accustomed to it. Now that the sound of artillery suddenly stopped, it felt as if something serious had happened. This made Roosevelt particularly uneasy.
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