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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 517 The Rookie Army

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    In taking Santa Barbara, the casualties of the Chinese Marine Corps were not large. In this landing operation, there were less than 100 casualties, of which only more than 20 were killed. There was still one landing craft that was unlucky.  The reason why the cannonball hit and exploded into pieces when it returned to the sea.  When the Chinese Marine Corps successfully landed on the beach, the resistance of the US military became meaningless.

    The 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army guarding Santa Barbara has already suffered heavy losses in previous shelling.  After the Chinese Marines landed, their resistance was very weak.  In terms of firepower, it is even more incomparable to the Chinese Marine Corps.  When the landing craft one after another docked, light machine guns and heavy machine guns poured intensive firepower on the US military, and mortars cleared the US military's firepower points one by one, the defenders completely collapsed.  The remaining few hundred soldiers of the 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army all obediently put down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender, including the regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas.

    "The firepower of the Chinese is too terrifying. They actually have so many machine guns. Their one thousand people are equipped with more heavy machine guns than one of our divisions." Lieutenant Colonel Thomas found a reason for his surrender.  He regarded the light machine guns equipped by the Chinese ** troops as heavy machine guns.  Compared with the Chinese Marine Corps, there is a world of difference in terms of weapons.  Therefore, his surrender was a last resort.

    After the Marine Corps captured Santa Barbara, subsequent troops immediately began landing.  However, Santa Barbara's port is small, and large ships can only stay in the open sea.  Fortunately, the transport ship can dock at the dock, but it lacks loading and unloading machinery.  So the loading and unloading speed is very slow.  On this day, July 6th.  Except for the 3rd Marine Brigade.  Only one division disembarked.  It is estimated that it will take another two days for all the troops to disembark.

    Lieutenant General Gao Chang, commander of the Army's Sixth Group Army, and Major General Yang Ming, chief of staff, also came ashore to form a command post.  And ordered the 111th Regiment of the 11th Division to start attacking south.  Expand Santa Barbara's defenses.

    Hundreds of thousands of troops on the west coast of the United States also began to take action.  Under the order of Secretary of War Russell A. Alger, 400,000 U.S. troops began to move toward the area from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.  only.  The US military is moving slowly, and it may take a long time to launch an attack on the Chinese army.  The Chinese Army can dispatch troops calmly and leisurely.

    On the afternoon of July 8, as the last soldier of the 42nd Division landed on the beach of Santa Barbara, all the troops who landed this time set foot on the United States.  The convoy, escorted by two light cruisers and two destroyers, returned to Hawaii to load the remaining three divisions.  At the same time, the Seventh Army transported from China will be able to reach the west coast of the United States in a few days.

    On the morning of July 9, the 11th Division of the Sixth Army appeared outside Oxnard.  This scared the entire 54th Division of the U.S. Army stationed here to death.  Although, Los Angeles has sent two divisions of reinforcements.  However, the US troops of these two divisions had to walk two-thirds of the 80-kilometer distance to complete two-thirds of the distance. They would not be able to reach Oxnard until at least July 10.

    Brigadier General Donald, the commander of the 54th Infantry Division, organized the defense of the troops and asked Lieutenant General Samuel Young in Los Angeles for reinforcements, hoping to send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise Oxnard would not be able to hold it.  Of course, it would be great if Lieutenant General Samuel Young could agree to his retreat to the south.

    However, to Brigadier General Donald¡¯s dismay, Lieutenant General Samuel Young ordered him to defend Oxnard and told him that reinforcements would arrive soon.  Los Angeles has dispatched new reinforcements and will continue to rescue Oxnard. The US military will have a battle with the Chinese army in Oxnard.

    There was no other way, Brigadier General Donald had to lead the remaining 6,000 troops of the U.S. Army's 54th Infantry Division to prepare to resist the Chinese Army's attack in Oxnard.  The 54th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army has 12 105mm light howitzers and 24 75mm mountain guns, all of which are new products produced in the arsenal.  The strong industrial strength of the United States has begun to tilt toward the military industry, thus exploding strong military production capabilities.  This means that newly recruited troops in the United States do not need to worry about equipment at all.  However, the combat effectiveness of these well-prepared American soldiers is really unflattering.

    Oxnard is just a small town with a population of no more than 20,000.  When there were rumors that the Japanese army was going to launch an attack on the American mainland, half of the residents here left.  After the Chinese troops landed in Santa Barbara, all the remaining residents left immediately.  They don't want to be affected by the war.  Therefore, at this time, there was no civilian left in Oxnard except American soldiers.

    "Company Commander, do you think we can withstand the Chinese attack? I heard that when they attacked Santa Barbara, the entire Santa Barbara was bombed into rubble."Asked an American young man in his twenties from the position outside Oxnard.  His name was Bill, and he was just a low-ranking soldier.  After the U.S. government spread the word that the evil China was going to launch an attack on the U.S. mainland, he got excited and joined the U.S. Army.  However, now it seems that this is not a good idea.

    "The Chinese are very powerful. Our division alone cannot withstand the Chinese attack. However, we still have reinforcements, a large number of reinforcements. This is the United States, and we have millions of troops. Even if the Chinese  It's so powerful, it can't compete with us!" Captain Simpson, the company commander, comforted.

    There are many young people like Bill Xiang. They are all in their twenties, when their blood is boiling.  As soon as they heard the government propaganda, they all naturally joined the army in order to defend the motherland.  However, they seriously lacked the confidence to defeat the Chinese team, which seriously affected their morale.

    Eight kilometers away from Oxnard is the headquarters of the 11th Division of the Chinese Army.  Major General He Bingju, commander of the 11th Division, Brigadier General Zhang Dingke, deputy commander, and Brigadier General Meng Qicai, chief of staff, all gathered at the headquarters.

    "Division Commander, the situation has been clarified. Oxnard only has more than 6,000 American troops and only about 30 artillery pieces. The defense is not tight. If we launch an attack, we can capture this place within a day." The deputy said.  Brigadier General Zhang Dingke, the division commander, said.

    "Division Commander, the Navy has also sent a light cruiser and a destroyer over. When we launch an attack, we can get fire support from Navy warships. In addition, the division artillery battalion is also in place. We have overwhelming firepower.  Sexual advantage!" Chief of Staff Brigadier General Meng Qicai also said.  The road facilities in the United States are very complete, which brings great convenience to the march of the Chinese Army.  The heavy artillery of the artillery battalion can move quickly, which is much better than the Siberian battlefield.

    "Well, let's report our plan to the group army. If the group army agrees, then we will launch an attack and try to capture Oxnard in one day!" said division commander Major General He Bingju.

    However, after their plan was reported to the Sixth Army, the Army Headquarters rejected their combat plan and asked the Eleventh Division to take a rest and wait for the order to attack.

    At the same time, the 12th and 42nd Divisions in Santa Barbara were also rushing towards the battlefield.  However, their target was not Oxnard, but the two American divisions that were advancing towards Oxnard.  After discussing with Lieutenant General Gao Chang, commander of the Sixth Army, and Major General Yang Ming, chief of staff, they decided to deal with these American troops at once and open the road to Los Angeles.  Los Angeles has complete port facilities. If Los Angeles can be captured, the logistics of the Chinese army will be guaranteed.  Therefore, the 11th Division was asked to hold off on attacking Oxnard.  The purpose was to wait for the two U.S. military divisions heading from Los Angeles to Oxnard to enter the battlefield, lest they discover something was wrong and retreat to the difficulties in advance.

    The U.S. Army has almost never experienced a large-scale war after the Civil War decades ago.  Even the war with Spain last year was nothing more than a small-scale war.  However, facing a declining country like Spain, the US military has paid the price of tens of thousands of soldier casualties, which shows how poor the US military's combat literacy is.  In addition, after the failure of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army frantically expanded its military. Although the number of troops was increased, its combat effectiveness was severely reduced.  In front of the experienced Chinese army, the U.S. Army is just a group of rookies. It is not difficult to defeat them.

    On the afternoon of July 10, the reinforcements from the two divisions heading to Oxnard from Los Angeles finally arrived in Oxnard, which made Brigadier General Donald, commander of the 54th Infantry Division, breathe a sigh of relief.  With two divisions and more than 16,000 reinforcements, his confidence has increased a lot.

    However, it was at this time that the 12th and 42nd Divisions of the Sixth Army also arrived on the battlefield and surrounded the U.S. military from the east and south of Oxnard.  The number of Chinese naval battleships on the sea has also increased from one light cruiser and one destroyer to one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers and three destroyers.

    When Brigadier General Donald discovered this situation, he was immediately frightened to death.  He finally understood why the Chinese Army did not attack Oxnard immediately. It turned out that it was because there were too few people in the U.S. Army's 54th Infantry Division and they wanted to eat more U.S. troops in one go.  Brigadier General Donald immediately asked Los Angeles for help, hoping that Los Angeles could send more reinforcements to rescue them.

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