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The Fourth Empire of China Piaotian Literature www.piaotia.com Chapter 531 The Great Defeat

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    San Bernardino, this small town, has completely become a sea of ??earth-brown military uniforms of the US military.  All the residents in the small city have already been evacuated, and only the US military is left in the city.  The US military's West Coast headquarters is located here.  By Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang, commanding 500,000 US troops, besieged the Chinese troops occupying Los Angeles.  Now, the U.S. military no longer expects to drive the Chinese Navy into the sea. As long as it can trap the Chinese Navy in Los Angeles, they will be thankful.

    Although, the US military has deployed half a million troops in cities around Los Angeles and has also built strong defensive positions.  But the U.S. military has no confidence in resisting the Chinese army's attack.  Outside Los Angeles, the US military also dispatched a large number of scouts.  Therefore, after the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched a large-scale dispatch, the US military immediately knew the movements of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

    San Bernardino, U.S. Army Command, Samuel?  Inside Lieutenant General Yang's headquarters.  Did you just eat this morning, Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang came to the headquarters.  What he hopes most now is that the negotiations between China and the United States can succeed, and then the Chinese troops can evacuate from the west coast of the United States.  After the Chinese army landed on the west coast of the United States, he has been on tenterhooks these days, fearing that the Chinese army would attack them again.  Although he had the advantage of strength, he knew that these recruits alone could not withstand the attack of the Chinese Army.  During the battle in Los Angeles, he had witnessed with his own eyes the powerful combat power of the Chinese army.

    "General, the Chinese are out in force. They launched attacks to the south and north respectively!" Samir?  Lieutenant General Yang's adjutant ran into the office and reported to him.

    Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang shook his hand and the coffee cup fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.  But he didn't have the energy to care about these things at the moment.

    "How many troops did the Chinese dispatch and where were their targets?" Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang asked anxiously.

    "The number of Chinese attacking southward is at least 100,000. The number of Chinese attacking northward is no less than 100,000! Preliminary judgment is that their attack targets are Irving and Newhall!" the adjutant replied.

    "Oh God! Two hundred thousand people! The Chinese actually used two hundred thousand people. Send a telegram to General Davis and General Bart, asking them to prepare for defense! In addition, let General Burton, General Charles and General Collins  Come see me right away!" Samir?  Lieutenant General Yang ordered.  The 500,000 U.S. troops outside Los Angeles are divided into 8 armies, each with more than 60,000 troops.  It was the 5th Army garrisoned in Owen, and its commander was Major General Davis.  Garrisoned in Newhall was the 8th Army, commander Major General Bart.

    "Yes, General!" The adjutant immediately went down to deliver the order.  At the same time, did you not forget to report this news to Secretary of War Russell?  A?  Alger made a report.  The large-scale attack by the Chinese *** immediately attracted the great attention of the US government.  They all know that this is China's countermeasure against the United States' tough stance in negotiations.  President Garrett?  Hobart asked the U.S. troops on the west coast to resist the Chinese attack no matter what.  Otherwise, once the war situation deteriorates, the United States will have no other option but to compromise diplomatically.

    The road facilities in the United States are very good, which brings great convenience to the Chinese team's offense.  The main force of the Seventh Army attacking south from Los Angeles arrived in Irving on the afternoon of August 16.  By this time, a fierce battle had taken place in Owen.  The navy's warships arrived here in the morning.  Three heavy cruisers and five light cruisers launched a fierce bombardment on Owen.  Although the US 5th Army stationed in Owen launched a tenacious counterattack, it was of no use to the Chinese troops.  It wasn't until Owen was bombarded into ruins that the Chinese navy's warships sailed away.

    That afternoon, the four divisions of the Seventh Army, with the cooperation of the troops directly under the division, launched a fierce attack on Owen.  The U.S. 5th Army stationed in Irvine has suffered heavy casualties under the shelling of the Chinese Navy.  The fortifications suffered a devastating blow, greatly reducing the US military's defensive capabilities.

    The attack of the Chinese ** Team started in the afternoon, but within an hour, the Chinese ** Team broke through the outer positions of the US 5th Army.  Fierce street fighting ensued.  At the level of street fighting, the US military is far behind the Chinese army.  All fronts are retreating steadily.

    "General, the Chinese attack is too powerful, and we simply cannot withstand their attack!" A brigadier general reported to Major General Davis, commander of the 5th Army.

    "Hold on a little longer, hold on until dark, and we can break out!" Major General Davis demanded.  He's already with Samuel from San Bernardino?  Lieutenant General Yang has contacted me.  Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang has agreed to retreat to Corona if Irving cannot be defended.  However, Major General Davis believed that breaking out now was not a good idea.  Under the surveillance of the Chinese Army's observation balloon, every move of the U.S. military was exposed to the Chinese Army. If it retreats now, it will definitely be intercepted by the Chinese Army, and then the whole team will be intercepted.??Destroyed.

    But, can Irving's US troops still hold on until dark?  This is obviously negative.  At 5 p.m., the US military had been suppressed to an area of ??less than two square kilometers.  More than 300 heavy artillery pieces of the Seventh Army, as well as naval guns, carried out devastating bombardments on this area, causing heavy casualties to the US military.  Finally, at 5:40 pm, Lieutenant General Davis ordered the remaining 20,000 troops of the US 5th Army to surrender to the Chinese Army.

    After capturing Irving, the main force of the Seventh Army rested in Irving for one night, but the 23rd Infantry Division moved eastward overnight, posing a threat to the U.S. 4th Army in Corona.

    When the Seventh Army captured Irving, the three infantry divisions drawn from the Seventh Army and the two infantry divisions drawn from the Sixth Army had already captured Santa Clarita yesterday, and then the three infantry divisions from the Seventh Army  The division continued to move north, threatening Newhall's U.S. Eighth Army. The two infantry divisions of the Sixth Army climbed over the San Antonio Mountains along the road, and finally blocked the U.S. Army's retreat.  At this time, the US military's main focus was on the three infantry divisions heading north and the main force of the Seventh Army attacking Irving. No one paid attention to the two infantry divisions of the Sixth Army.

    The rapid fall of Owen once again caused the US military to panic.  Samuel?  After Lieutenant General Yang learned that the Chinese Army had begun to march towards Corona, he issued the order to defend Corona.  The 4th Army in Corona was ordered to hold Corona, while the 3rd Army was transferred from San Bernardino to reinforce Corona.  The intention is to withstand the attack of the Chinese ** team in Corona.

    It¡¯s just that, Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang still overestimated the marching speed of the US military.  The distance from Irvine to Corona is almost thirty-six kilometers.  Almost the same distance as from San Bernardino to Corona.

    In the evening of August 17, the main force of the Chinese Army¡¯s Seventh Group Army had arrived in Corona.  The 23rd Infantry Division, as the vanguard, arrived here in the afternoon.  The U.S. Third Army has only gone halfway.  This forced the US Fourth Army in Corona to deal with the main force of the Chinese Army's Seventh Army.

    At the same time, the main force of the Chinese Army's Sixth Army has set off from Los Angeles and headed straight for San Bernardino along the San Antonio Mountains.  Give it to Samir immediately?  Lieutenant General Yang caused great pressure.  After the 3rd Army had been dispatched, there were only two armies and some directly-affiliated troops left in San Bernardino. He did not think that these troops could withstand the attack of the elite 100,000 Chinese Army.

    Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang immediately ordered the U.S. 8th Army and 7th Army in Newhall and Palmdale in the north to resist the attack of the Chinese Army heading north from Los Angeles, and to hold back the Chinese Army along the way no matter what.  Victorville's 6th Army returned to support San Bernardino with all its strength.  Samuel?  Lieutenant General Yang had no idea that the Chinese Army going north only had three infantry divisions.  After the US Army began to make changes, these three infantry divisions immediately entered a defensive state.  The remaining two infantry divisions have successfully crossed the San Antonio Mountains and are moving south rapidly. It is expected that they will be able to occupy Cajon by August 19 at the latest, blocking the US military's retreat eastward.

    On August 18, the main force of the Seventh Army launched an attack on Corona, and the US Fourth Army's defense was very tenacious.  Although the Seventh Army hit more than three hundred heavy artillery with a caliber of 105 mm or more and launched a fierce bombardment on Corona, the US Fourth Army launched a tit-for-tat counterattack.  However, the artillery of the US Fourth Army was at an absolute disadvantage. In less than two hours of artillery battle, all the artillery had suffered heavy losses.

    After that, the main four infantry divisions of the Seventh Army launched a fierce attack on Corona.  In the street fighting, the U.S. 4th Army simply could not withstand the attack of the Chinese Army.  By the afternoon, half of Corona had fallen.

    Subsequently, Major General Darcy, commander of the U.S. 4th Army, knew that reinforcements from the 3rd Army would not arrive for a long time. With the strength of the U.S. 4th Army, he could not hold Corona.  Therefore, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he ordered the abandonment of Corona and led the remaining troops of more than 30,000 people to retreat eastward.  The Chinese Army was in hot pursuit and obviously would not let these tens of thousands of American troops escape.

    Five kilometers east of Corona, the U.S. 3rd Army is on its way.

    At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the remaining soldiers of the US 4th Army merged with the US 3rd Army.  However, these American troops not only failed to find a way to resist the Chinese Army's attack on the spot, but instead immediately retreated after learning that Corona was lost.  And in the pursuit of the Chinese army, this retreat eventually turned into a rout!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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