The Chinese Marine Corps suffered little casualties when they took Santa Barbara. In this landing battle, less than 100 casualties were killed, of which only more than 20 were killed. This was the reason why one landing craft was unlucky. It was hit by a shell and exploded into pieces at sea. When the Chinese Marine Corps successfully landed on the beach, the US resistance became meaningless.

The 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the US Army, which guarded Santa Barbara, had already suffered heavy losses in the previous artillery attacks. After the Chinese Marine Corps landed, their resistance was very weak. In terms of firepower, it was even more impossible to compare with the Chinese Marine Corps. When landing boats docked, light machine guns and heavy machine guns poured firepower into the US army in intensively, and the mortars cleared the US firepower points one by one, the defenders completely collapsed. The remaining hundreds of soldiers of the 3rd Regiment of the 54th Infantry Division of the US Army all put down their weapons and surrendered, including the regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Thomas.

"The Chinese people's firepower is so terrifying. They actually have so many machine guns. Their 1,000 people are equipped with more heavy machine guns than our division." Lieutenant Colonel Thomas found a reason for his surrender. He also regarded the light machine guns equipped by the Chinese ** team as heavy machine guns. Compared with the Chinese Marine Corps, there is a huge difference in weapons. Therefore, his surrender was a last resort.

After the Marine Corps took Santa Barbara, the subsequent troops immediately began to land. However, the port of Santa Barbara is small, and large ships can only stay outside the sea. Fortunately, the transport ships can reach the dock, but because of the lack of loading and unloading machinery, the loading and unloading speed is very slow. On July 6th, in addition to the 3rd Marine Brigade, only one division was disembarked. It is expected that it would take two days for all troops to disembark.

Lieutenant General Gao Chang, commander of the Sixth Army of the Army, and Major General Yang Ming, chief of staff, also came ashore and formed a command center. He also ordered the 111th Regiment of the 11th Division to start attacking southwards and expand the defense range of Santa Barbara.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on the west coast of the United States also began to act. Under the order of War Minister Russell Ah Alger, 400,000 US troops began to advance to the area from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. However, the US military was slow to act and it would probably take a long time to launch an attack on the China-National Team. The China-National Team could calmly dispatch troops.

On the afternoon of July 8, with the last soldier of the 42nd Division boarding the beach in Santa Barbara, all the troops landed on the United States. The transport fleet returned to Hawaii under the escort of two light cruisers and two destroyers to ship the remaining three divisions. At the same time, the Seventh Army, which was transported from the country, will be able to arrive on 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 54th Division of the US Army stationed here. Although Los Angeles had sent two reinforcements from two divisions. At a distance of 80 kilometers, the US troops of these two divisions took two days to complete two-thirds of the journey, and at least it would not be possible to reach Oxnard until July 10.

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

But what disappointed Brigadier General Donald was that Lieutenant General Samuel Young's order was to let him defend Oxnard to the death and told him that reinforcements would arrive soon. Los Angeles has sent new reinforcements to continue to rescue Oxnard, and the US military will have a battle with the Chinese team at Oxnard.

There was no way, Brigadier General Donald had to lead the remaining 6,000 troops of the 54th Infantry Division of the US Army to prepare to resist the attack of the Central Team at Oxnard. The 54th Infantry Division of the US Army, with 12 105mm light howitzers and 24 75mm mountain cannons, all of which were new guys produced from the arsenal. The strong industrial strength of the United States has begun to tilt towards the military industry, thus exploding a strong military production capacity. This makes the newly recruited U.S. troops do not need to worry about equipment at all. However, the combat effectiveness of these well-prepared American soldiers is really not satisfactory.

Oxnard is just a small town with a population of no more than 20,000. When it was rumored that the ** team was about to launch an attack on the United States, half of the residents here left. After the ** team landed in Santa Barbara, all the remaining residents left as soon as possible. They did not want to be affected by the war. Therefore, at this time, Oxnard had no civilian except the American soldiers.

"Company Commander, do you think we can withstand the attack of the Chinese? I heard that when they attacked Santa Barbara, the entire Santa Barbara was bombed into ruins." On the outside of Oxnard, an American young man in his twenties asked. His name was Bill, and he was just a low-class soldier. After the US government promoted the evil China to launch an attack on the American mainland, he became angry and joined the US Army. However, now it seems that this does not seem to be a good idea.

"The Chinese are very powerful. Our division alone cannot withstand the attack of the Chinese. However, we still have reinforcements and a large number of reinforcements. This is the United States, and we have millions of troops. No matter how powerful the Chinese are, they cannot compete with us!" Captain Simpton, the company commander, comforted.

There are many young people like Bill, all of whom are in their twenties. It is the time when their blood is boiling. When they hear the government propaganda, they naturally join the army in order to defend their motherland. However, they have seriously lacked confidence to defeat the China ** team, which seriously affected their morale.

8 kilometers away from Oxnard, it is the division headquarters of the 11th Division of the Chinese Army. Major General He Bingju, commander of the 11th Division, brigade general Zhang Dingke, deputy commander, and brigade general Meng Qicai, chief of staff, all gathered in the command center.

"Teacher Commander, the situation has been cleared. Oxnard has only more than 6,000 US troops, and only more than 30 artillery pieces, and its defense is not tight. If an attack is launched, you can take it here in one day." said Brigadier General Zhang Dingke, deputy division commander.

"The division commander, the navy also sent a light cruiser and a destroyer to come. When launching an attack, we can get firepower support from the naval warships. In addition, the division's artillery battalion has been in place, and we have an overwhelming advantage in firepower!" 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 marching of the Chinese team. The heavy artillery of the artillery battalion can march quickly, which is much better than the Siberian battlefield.

"Okay, report our plan to the Group Army. If the Group Army agrees, then we will launch an attack and strive to take Oxnard in one day!" said Major General He Bingju, the division commander.

However, after their plan was reported to the Sixth Army, the Army Headquarters denied their combat plan and asked the 11th Division to rest and wait for the order to attack.

At the same time, the 12th and 42nd Divisions in Santa Barbara were also rushing to the battlefield. However, their target was not Oxnard, but the US troops of the two divisions advancing to Oxnard. After discussing with the Sixth Army Commander Lieutenant General Gao Chang and Chief of Staff Major General Yang Ming, they decided to deal with these US troops at one time and open the road to Los Angeles. Los Angeles has complete port facilities. If Los Angeles can be taken down, the logistics of the China National Team will be guaranteed. Therefore, the 11th Division was asked to temporarily postpone the attack on Oxnard. In order to wait for the two US military divisions who went to Oxnard from Los Angeles to enter the battlefield, so that they would not find something wrong and retreat in advance.

The US Army had almost never experienced large-scale wars after the Civil War decades ago. Even the war with Spain last year was just a small-scale war. However, in the face of a declined country like Spain, the US military paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties, which shows how bad the US military's combat qualities are. In addition, after the failure of the US Navy, the US Army expanded its troops wildly. Although the number of troops increased, its combat power dropped very seriously. In front of the battle-hardened Chinese team, the US Army was just a group of rookies, and it was not difficult to defeat them.

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

However, it was also at this time that the 12th and 42nd Divisions of the Sixth Army also arrived at the battlefield and surrounded the US military from the east and south of Oxnard. The Chinese Navy warships on the sea also increased from a light cruiser and a destroyer to a heavy cruiser, three light cruisers and three destroyers.

When Brigadier General Donald discovered this situation, he was frightened and frightened. He finally understood why the Chinese team did not attack Oxnard at the first time. It turned out that he thought there were too few people in the 54th Infantry Division of the US Army and wanted to eat more US troops in one go. Brigadier General Donald immediately asked Los Angeles for help, hoping that Los Angeles could send more reinforcements to rescue them.
Chapter completed!