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    San Bernardino, this small town, has completely become a sea of ??drab military uniforms of the US military.  <-> All the residents in the small city have already evacuated, and only the US military is left in the city.  The US military's West Coast headquarters is located here.  Lieutenant General Samuel Young commanded 500,000 U.S. troops to besiege 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. military headquarters, inside the headquarters of Lieutenant General Samuel Young.  Just after eating in the morning, Lieutenant General Samuel 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!" Lieutenant General Samir Yang's adjutant ran into the office.  reported to him.

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

    "How many troops have the Chinese dispatched, and where are their attack targets?" Lieutenant General Samuel 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!" Lieutenant General Samir Yang ordered.  Half a million U.S. troops outside Los Angeles.  It was divided into eight armies, each with more than 60,000 men.  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, he did not forget to report the news to Secretary of War Russell A. Alger.  The large-scale attack by the Chinese army immediately attracted the attention of the American government.  They all know it.  This is China's countermeasure against the United States' tough stance in negotiations.  President Garrett Hobart asked the U.S. military on the west coast to resist the Chinese attack at any cost.  if not.  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, but this 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 was under bombardment by the Chinese Navy.  There have been heavy casualties.  The fortifications suffered a devastating blow, greatly reducing the defensive power of the US military.

    The attack of the Chinese ** team started at three o'clock in the afternoon, but it was an hour later.  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 has contacted Lieutenant General Samuel Young in San Bernardino.  Lieutenant General Samuel Young 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 Squadron's observation balloon, every move of the US military was exposed to the Squadron. If it retreats now, it will definitely be intercepted by the Squadron, and then all will be wiped out.?.

    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 a devastating bombardment of 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.  After Lieutenant General Samuel Young learned that the Chinese Army had begun to march towards Corona, he issued an 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.

    However, Lieutenant General Samuel 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 17th, 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.  This immediately put great pressure on Lieutenant General Samir Yang.  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-strong Chinese Army.

    Lieutenant General Samuel Young immediately ordered the 8th and 7th U.S. Army in Newhall and Palmdale in the north to resist the attack of the Chinese troops heading north from Los Angeles, and to hold back the Chinese troops along the way no matter what.  **Team.  Victorville's 6th Army returned to support San Bernardino with all its strength.  Lieutenant General Samuel Yang had no idea that the Chinese Army heading 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 capture Cajon by August 19th at the latest and block the US military's eastward retreat.

    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.

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    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 team&#xff0c;This retreat eventually turned into a rout!

    ps: Thanks to book friends Kaixin Xiong and Guang for the reward!  Thanks to book friends Houtianyizu, dony129, and I don¡¯t know Chinese characters for my monthly tickets!  Thank you Bai Xiaosheng for your review vote!
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