Having lost their air superiority, the NATO coalition forces retreated step by step under the attack of the Boston and Moss coalition forces. After a month of fierce tug-of-war, the St. Martin Empire, which once again increased its troops, managed to basically stabilize the front line at Moss City.
Although the Heartland army could no longer advance, they managed to save half of the Moss Kingdom, and many oil fields were recaptured.
After being completely suppressed in the air, Marshal Caollan immediately asked for help from the Chinese Empire, hoping that they would send air force support as soon as possible, or replace the St. Martin Empire with better fighter jets to deal with the increasing number of F86 fighter jets from the Boston Air Force.
After receiving a telegram from Marshal Kaolan asking for help, Fang Ruijun responded quickly. A new batch of Golden Eagle 4b fighter jets that had just been produced were sent to the St. Martin Empire. In order to rush for time, they did not ship the aircraft.
Instead, they relied on numerous island airports in the Eastern Ocean and adopted staged refueling. The pilot flew the aircraft directly to the St. Martin Empire. As for the maintenance and spare parts of the aircraft, hundreds of Behemoth 2 transport aircraft were responsible for the transportation task.
The new Golden Eagle 4b fighter has a larger body and is equipped with a better engine. Not only is it faster, but it also has a greater range. In addition, it is an upgraded version of the Golden Eagle 4a fighter, and its operation is similar to it.
It is easy for pilots to get started. It is also easy for ground staff to get started. Since more than 70% of the parts of the two types of aircraft are interchangeable, the mechanics only need a little training to be able to skillfully operate the new aircraft.
Perform maintenance.
The newly arrived Golden Eagle 4b fighter jets were quickly transferred to the front line after maintenance. Seeing the St. Martin Empire Air Force returning to the front line, the panicked fighter pilots of the Boston Air Force immediately took off and wanted to
Continue to duke it out with your opponent.
In addition to the larger size of the new aircraft, its aerodynamic layout is no different from that of the Golden Eagle 4a fighter. Therefore, the Boston pilots did not pay attention at first. However, when the two sides fought, they discovered that the other side's aircraft was no longer what it used to be.
Its stronger hovering performance and higher speed have become a nightmare for Boston pilots.
The Boston pilots were not as skilled as their opponents. Now that the aircraft performance was once again at a disadvantage, their failure was doomed. In the air battle on the first day, the Boston Air Force was shot down more than 200 fighter jets, losing almost half a month of domestic air combat.
The production volume almost shocked the top brass of the Boston Air Force.
The battle between the two sides on the southern front has basically reached a stalemate. The only one that can attack flexibly and cause losses to the other side is the air force. Now that the Boston Air Force is suppressed, they will face a very severe situation.
After requiring the country to speed up the finalization of the new F104 fighter jets, the Boston Air Force increased its support for the Kingdom of Moss. A large number of air forces were transferred there. They used their numerical advantage to resist the opponent's advanced fighter jets. The new aircraft received by the St. Martin Air Force also
More and more, there are new aircraft with slightly better performance than the F86 fighter, and they are fighting vigorously with the Boston Air Force.
The air battle between the two sides has been carried out in the skies near Moss City. The Boston Air Force successfully prevented the St. Martin Air Force from attacking the ground forces at the cost of losing twice as many aircraft every day. As a result, the Boston Air Force was largely restrained here.
The most feared thing in the cross-sea battle is the opponent's countless land-based fighters and bombers. Now the Boston Air Force's troops stationed in the mainland are restrained in large numbers within the Moss Empire, which gives the Chinese Empire an excellent opportunity to attack.
Su Zhizhen and Zhang Haiyang had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. When the Boston Air Force and Army entered the Moss Kingdom in large numbers to fight, they believed that the time was ripe, and the already prepared combat plan was immediately launched. This time was the most critical in the entire counterattack plan.
The combat operation was named Project Uranus by them.
On July 12, 1927, the Uranus Plan officially began to be implemented. Under the protection of the Eastern Ocean Fleet, a large number of civilian merchant ships temporarily served as transport ships. They loaded a large number of soldiers and land warfare equipment and began to approach the west coast of Boston. In order to cooperate with this operation,
All submarine forces of the Chinese Empire in the Eastern Ocean were dispersed to various key areas to monitor every move of the Axis forces.
Even within the actual control area of the St. Martin Empire, two squadrons of Black Feather high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft were newly deployed, allowing them to work with a previously deployed squadron to cooperate with high-altitude reconnaissance satellites to conduct surveillance of the coastal areas of the Boston Empire.
In particular, its naval ports are monitored 24 hours a day.
In the early morning of the 21st, the Southern Attack Group led by Feng Ju first approached the coastline of the Boston Empire. He was about to launch an attack on the Port of San Diego. The special aircraft on the aircraft carrier took off first. The early warning aircraft occupied the high altitude and covered Boston with the scanning radar on its back.
A large area near the coast of the empire was observing the opponent's possible air force. At the same time, electronic jammers began to interfere with the opponent's radar and communication facilities at full power. Under the interference of the electronic warfare aircraft, the Boston radar system instantly became blind, and the communication command system
Also completely paralyzed.
The Southern Attack Group led by Feng Ju was equipped with eight aircraft carriers. More than 400 Sailfish 2C attack aircraft were launched from these aircraft carriers. They were divided into many small groups carrying guided bombs and attacked the twelve aircraft carriers near the Port of San Diego.
A military airport, eight radar stations, and communication and command systems were bombarded fiercely. The Boston Army's more than 700 fighter jets on the frontline airport, which had not received any radar warning at all, turned into a pile of waste before they even took off.
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After the carrier-based aircraft began air strikes, the eight China-class battleships used the only remaining front main guns after modification to begin coastal bombardment. In order to make up for the lack of naval gun firepower, a large number of rocket launchers temporarily installed on many container ships also began to attack the ground.
After the bombardment, the Marines on landing ships and assault boats began to launch a beach landing operation.
What Feng Ju never expected was that Marshal Pershing accurately judged the direction of his attack and deployed heavy troops here in advance. Although the Boston soldiers guarding the beach suffered heavy losses after the intensive attack by the Chinese Imperial Navy, they still
Using strong fortifications to desperately block the Chinese army's attack, the battle fell into a stalemate for a while.
Marshal Pershing had been waiting for news of the opponent's attack. When the news of the attack on the Port of San Diego reached the War Department, Marshal Pershing felt much more relaxed, because in his consideration, the Port of San Diego was also the preferred target for attack.
The Boston Army in the south was deployed here.
The Port of San Diego is close to the Kingdom of Moss. Once China successfully lands here, it will be able to cut off the connection between the Kingdom of Moss and the Boston Empire. Those Boston troops who enter the Kingdom of Moss to fight will also be cut off. By then, there will be two million Boston troops.
Together with one million Moss government troops, they will be flanked by the Chinese Army and the Saint Martin Army. It is only a matter of time before they, who lack supplies, are gathered together and annihilated.
If this happens, it will greatly damage the will of resistance in Boston. In addition, they can also break into the hinterland along Boston's weakly defended southern border and attack north along the east coast. Before other west coast defenders can return to defense,
Threaten Boston, the imperial capital.
After receiving the news that the Chinese army had begun to attack, Marshal Pershing immediately mobilized nearby reserves to supplement the San Diego direction, which was already heavily garrisoned. At the same time, he began to move a large number of reserves deployed in the north to the south to strengthen the defense there.
Strength, try to eliminate the effective strength of the Chinese army.
The attack by the troops commanded by Feng Ju was quite violent. A large number of carrier-based helicopters used anti-armor weapons and cluster bombs, causing the Boston army to suffer heavy casualties. The latest air-cushion landing craft put into use by the Chinese Empire also played a huge role. These air-cushion landing craft can rush to the sea.
The beach travels on land, and a large number of self-propelled artillery and tanks can be placed inside, which provides strong heavy firepower support for the Chinese army's landing troops.
Under intensive firepower attacks, the Chinese army quickly took control of the beach area near the Port of San Diego. Then the troops attacked into the port and quickly took control of the dock. Although the Marine Corps gained a foothold on land, the Boston Army relied on its strength advantage
The rapid counterattack prevented the Marine Corps from advancing even an inch. The two sides launched a fierce battle in the dock area. Due to the small number of Marines who had just landed, their casualties and equipment losses were rapidly increasing.
The landing battle at the Port of San Diego is going on fiercely, but there is no atmosphere of war at all in Salt Lake City, which is more than 50 kilometers north of this port city. The faint sound of cannons is like rolling thunder in the sky, which cannot make the people here have any fear.
interest, because each of them is busy, busy producing weapons, busy receiving food, and busy living a difficult life.
In this lifeless city that has been suppressed by the haze of war, there is at least one person who is leisurely. He is Qin Lei, who is wearing a jacket and leaning against a clock tower smoking.
As the garrison of the 51st Regiment of the Boston Army, Salt Lake City has a high density of patrols and is more vigilant about war than cities in the rear. There are several large military camps on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, each of which is stationed with seven military units.
With more than 200,000 troops, this is also an important force in maintaining the security of Salt Lake City. Most of the patrols come from these regular army units. At the same time, the 51st Army is also the Boston army closest to the Port of San Diego. Once
Once this force is reinforced, the Chinese Imperial Army that is landing will be very passive.
As a special forces member of the Intelligence Bureau's Rangers, Qin Lei's mission is to delay the reinforcements from Boston. There are hundreds of special forces like him who have been sent to nearby areas by submarine. Hundreds of people are in large-scale
They are nothing in the battle, but as special operations personnel, the role they can play is definitely more than that of a group army.