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Text Chapter 1,211 Sweeping the West Coast

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    Although China has dispatched more than two million troops to attack India and Australia, the main battlefield of the army at this moment is still the North American battlefield!  Before defeating the United States, China needs to accumulate as much strength as possible.

    The attacks on India and Australia are just the fruits of victory for China.  As Germany becomes less and less interested in the war, China must prepare early.  Although the original agreement between China and Germany was to attack Russia in the spring of 1913 and assist Germany and the Allies in winning the European battlefield.  However, now Germany is obviously slowly accumulating strength and has not invested all its strength on the battlefield.  Under such circumstances, China needs to obtain these fruits of victory in advance to ensure its own interests!  At the same time, the North American battlefield is also the focus. Only after defeating the United States and completely eliminating the threat from the United States to China can China be able to intervene in the European battlefield and even compete with Germany for world hegemony in the future!

    After the Battle of the Rio Grande, the main force of the U.S. Army was wiped out by the Chinese army, although in the end more than 150 U.S. troops fled from the Rio Grande back to the hinterland of the United States.  But overall, after several disastrous defeats, the US military has lost its ability to confront the Chinese army.  The U.S. government is now just counting on the Army to resist the Chinese army's attack and delay as much time as possible so that the U.S. Navy can win a decisive battle with the Chinese Navy and reverse the situation!  It can be said that the United States has placed all its hopes on the U.S. Navy.  Under such circumstances, the Chinese Army temporarily suspended its offensive into the hinterland of the United States.

    Although the Chinese army won the battle of the Rio Grande Line of Defense and severely damaged the US military, its own losses were not small.  In particular, the consumption of supplies is astonishing.  Although a large amount of ammunition and weapons and equipment were seized by the US military in San Antonio, this is simply a drop in the bucket for the huge consumption of the Chinese army!

    After consideration, Field Marshal Zhao Bowen, China¡¯s Minister of Army and the supreme commander of the North American battlefield, proposed a new combat plan to the General Staff Headquarters.  The main force in the North American battlefield will use part of the force to stabilize the current front, while the other part of the force will attack westward to encircle and annihilate the US military troops deployed on the west coast.  In this way, the distance of logistics transportation can be beneficially reduced, and at the same time, it can also eliminate the threat of the US military to the rear of the Chinese army!

    The General Staff asked the Emperor Wang Yuze for instructions, and after conducting war games, they agreed to the plan proposed by General Zhao Bowen.  The General Staff issued an order requiring the Navy to fully cooperate with the Army's operations to annihilate the U.S. military on the west coast of the United States.  At the same time, we are also preparing to send 20 divisions of troops to land on the west coast of the United States to assist the offensive of the troops in the North American battlefield!

    On November 16, after the end of the Battle of the Rio Grande Line, the Chinese Army dispatched the 2nd Army, the 6th Army, another 20 infantry divisions, 300,000 Japanese mercenaries and 200,000 North Korean mercenaries to the North American battlefield.  The army, with a total of more than 1.2 million troops, marched towards the west coast of the United States.  At the same time, the main force of the Chinese navy also began its attack on the west coast of the United States.  Previously, in order to prevent China from attacking the United States, the United States built a large number of fortresses and other defenses at strategic locations on the West Coast of the United States, installed a large number of large-caliber coastal defense artillery, and deployed 100 guns on the West Coast of the United States all year round.  An army of tens of thousands.

    However, as the Chinese army broke through the Rio Grande and invaded the United States from the southern United States, the U.S. Army's deployment on the West Coast fell into embarrassment.  Although the US military deployed millions of troops on the west coast, it also spent huge sums of money to build a steel defense line along the coast.  But the Chinese army did not attack from here, which made the preparations made by the US military a complete waste.  And once the Chinese army continues to advance into the hinterland of the United States, the US military troops deployed on the west coast are likely to be cut off by the Chinese army and completely isolated.  By then, their situation will be very miserable.  Coupled with the fact that the U.S. Army is constantly defeated by the Chinese army on the battlefield, the morale of the U.S. Army deployed on the West Coast has also been greatly affected!  It was at this time that the Chinese army launched an attack on the west coast of the United States!

    At 8 a.m. on November 25, the Chinese Navy launched a violent bombardment of the U.S. Navy¡¯s West Coast Fleet Base in La Jolla, north of San Diego.  Although the US military deployed dozens of large-caliber coastal defense guns here, the Chinese navy concentrated twelve battleships and launched a fierce bombardment here.  Four Tang-class battleships equipped with 381 mm main guns became the main force in this bombardment.  Although the U.S. military's coastal defense guns all have solid reinforced concrete turret protection.  However, in the face of a 381mm armor-piercing projectile weighing nearly one ton, the protection of these coastal defense guns appears to be somewhat weak.  When these coastal defense artillery positions were first built, most of them were to protect against armor-piercing projectiles from 5 mm naval guns.  But now, the caliber of the battleships in the China Sea is generally 343 mm Tang class, and the caliber of the battleships is as high as 381 mm.  The power of such a large-caliber naval gun cannot be resisted by these shore defenses.

      After an hour of artillery battle, the US coastal defenses were destroyed. The Chinese Marine Corps 4th and 5th Divisions then began to land under the cover of the navy's powerful firepower.  The U.S. military only has two infantry divisions stationed in La Jolla. Amidst the fierce shelling by the Chinese navy, these two infantry divisions have suffered heavy losses!  They were completely unable to resist the landing operation launched by the Chinese Marine Corps!  In the end, they had to voluntarily abandon La Jolla and retreat to San Diego.  The Chinese Marine Corps successfully captured here, and the Army's 20 infantry divisions began to land.

    On November 27, the Chinese Army assembled twelve infantry divisions to attack the U.S. Navy¡¯s San Diego Naval Base.  More than ten battleships of the Chinese Navy also gathered on the sea to bombard San Diego.  As the home port of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, San Diego has a natural harbor. At the same time, the U.S. Navy has also built a large number of coastal defense positions on both sides of the San Diego military port.  However, these shore defense positions were also only built to withstand 305mm-caliber armor-piercing projectiles. They were attacked by the powerful firepower of the Chinese Navy's four Tang-class battleships, six Hanxin-class fast battleships and two Han-class battleships.  Next, the coastal defense positions built by the U.S. Navy at the San Diego Military Port were blown up to the sky one by one!  The U.S. Coast Defense Artillery also suffered heavy losses.

    The U.S. Army assembled four corps in San Diego, with a total of 200,000 troops.  However, facing the twelve infantry divisions of the Chinese Army, they were unable to even fight back and were beaten back steadily.  On December 29, the Chinese Army's Second Group Army also rushed to the battlefield and joined the attack on San Diego!  The 2nd Armored Brigade entered the city of San Diego and cooperated with the army to attack the US troops entrenched in the city.  The U.S. military was unable to withstand the attacks of the armored forces and was retreating steadily!

    After the U.S. Navy¡¯s West Coast Fleet discovered that San Diego could not be defended, it organized the remaining dozens of light warships to rush out of the military port in an attempt to break through the Chinese Navy¡¯s blockade and escape back to the United States.  However, as soon as they rushed out of the military port, they were surrounded by the Chinese Navy's Home Fleet and Pacific Fleet.

    In addition to 12 super battleships deployed outside the San Diego military port, the Chinese Navy also has 12 Jianghe-class heavy cruisers, as well as dozens of light cruisers and destroyers.  The U.S. Navy's light cruisers and destroyers rushed out of the harbor and immediately suffered a devastating blow.  Almost none of the dozens of light battleships survived, and all were sunk or damaged.  U.S. Navy West Coast Fleet Commander Robert.  Lieutenant General Kontz died in the battle, and many other generals surrendered to the Chinese Navy.  As for the submarine force of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, it has been exhausted in previous battles.  After the Chinese Navy's Lop Nur-class anti-submarine frigates were put into use, the U.S. Navy's submarines suffered a devastating disaster.  The performance gap of the U.S. Navy is so loud that it cannot escape the sonar search of anti-submarine frigates.  Although the current sonar performance is not very high, it is enough to deal with the submarines of the US Navy.  Once the submarine is discovered, there is basically only a dead end!

    On November 30, the Chinese Army captured San Diego, and the U.S. military guarding it surrendered to China after destroying San Diego's port facilities.  This made the Commander of the Chinese Navy's Home Fleet, Marshal Li Dingxin, and the Minister of War, Marshal Zhao Bowen, very angry. A very important reason for choosing San Diego as the first target of attack was San Diego's complete port facilities.  After capturing this place, the Chinese army can use the port here to transport troops and various supplies.

    More than 100,000 U.S. troops surrendered in San Diego. As a result, these people were forced to repair the port. Anyone who dared to resist were killed, and the murderous Japanese mercenaries were asked to serve as overseers.  Since then, the surrendered U.S. troops have lived a life like hell. It only took them more than half a month to repair the destroyed port.  But at the same time, there are basically not many American prisoners of war left.  Most of the people were exhausted to death during the port repair project!

    After capturing San Diego, the Chinese Army attacked northward along the coastline. The U.S. troops deployed on the west coast were simply unable to resist.  Most of the American troops fled across the Rocky Mountains in embarrassment to the hinterland of the United States, and the entire west coast of the United States fell under the control of the Chinese army.  The U.S. government and the U.S. Army were unable to fight back against the Chinese army's attack on the West Coast of the United States and could only watch helplessly!
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