The Makita-class amphibious assault ship is 257.3 meters long and 42.7 meters wide, with a draft of 8.3 meters, and a full load displacement of 40,500 tons. The ship is carrying fourteen twin-wasp transport helicopters and three large air cushion landing crafts, which can carry more than 2,000 soldiers or a large number of combat vehicles, self-propelled artillery, trucks and other weapons at one time.

In addition, there are more than 600 beds and operating rooms on the ship, which can be used temporarily as medical ships. In addition, it is said that the deck of this amphibious assault ship has been specially treated to withstand the ablation of thousands of degrees of high temperatures. These are preparations for carrying the first vertical take-off and landing combat aircraft of the Chinese Empire in the future.

Sixty twin-Hornet transport helicopters that took off from twenty Makita-class amphibious assault ships flew towards the coast under the escort of forty-eight Wasp-style multi-purpose helicopters that took off from the aircraft carrier.

Below the helicopter group are dozens of rapidly advancing air cushion landing craft. This three-dimensional landing mode of the Chinese Navy was greatly unexpected to the Boston army and caught them off guard. In the original naval exercise, the Chinese Empire only demonstrated the anti-submarine capabilities of anti-submarine helicopters on amphibious assault ships. This vertical landing capability was hidden, so the Boston military had no way of knowing this kind of combat method.

According to the previous plane landing mode, the coastal defense forces only need to defend the beach, while the Chinese Navy's helicopter group transported the troops to the rear of the coastal fortifications, which was a very weak defense. The worst thing is that the reserve teams that could provide follow-up assistance have been transferred by Marshal Pershing to the Port of San Diego in the south to fight. The coastal defense forces in Portland were already isolated and helpless.

The battle went very smoothly. Although the landing troops carrying vertical aircraft landings did not have heavy weapons, they carried a large number of rocket launchers and blasting tubes, not to mention that they launched an attack on the opponent's weak defense, and the Boston coastal defense forces were quickly disrupted.

The Marines who had descended quickly rushed towards the fortress group. Those fortresses were built on the sea. On the land side, they had only entrance and exit gates and traffic trenches. Several rockets flew out straight and headed towards the iron gate behind the fortress. Rockets that could penetrate the armor of war chariots. How could these inferior iron gates stop it? A huge explosion sounded in the fortress, and many Boston soldiers who were shooting in front were instantly killed.

The Boston Army caught off guard and relied on the rocket launcher and blasting cylinder, the soldiers who were descending quickly conquered the nearby fortresses. Soon, several key fortresses were successively occupied on the front positions, and the threat of the Boston defenders to land at sea was immediately reduced by half.

Taking advantage of the weakening of the opponent's blocking firepower, dozens of air cushion landing crafts on the sea also took advantage of the opportunity to land. The huge hovercraft relied on the air cushion below and drove directly to the beach and sent the troops to the vicinity of the opponent's position. One after another, the tanks drove down the air hovercraft, covering the Marines to launch a charge, which favorably restrained the Boston army that was still holding the position and helped the aircraft-landing troops expand their results. These landing crafts carried a large amount of heavy equipment, including the Weasel 3 type tank, including 105 mm caliber artillery. With these heavy equipment, their attack became even more convenient.

Seeing that the landing troops had succeeded, a large number of amphibious transport ships began to move forward. They released a large number of landing ships, assault boats and weasels 3 water amphibious tanks. More and more Chinese Marines landed. At the same time, the chariot landing ships also rushed to the beach. After the hatch door at the bow opened, Grizzly Type 3 tanks belonging to the army drove down the landing ship and joined the battle.

With a three-dimensional landing of multiple levels and multiple vehicles, the amphibious combat forces transported a large number of soldiers and weapons to the beachhead at the fastest speed. With enough troops, they quickly eliminated the Boston Army guarding the beachhead, completely controlled the situation, and began to attack Portland Port.

The Boston troops were already weak and were attacked again. Therefore, the 10,000 Boston troops stationed here retreated after only half a day of resistance. The Chinese Navy quickly occupied the entire Portland Port. More and more dock landing ships and merchant ships were unloading goods by the port, and a large number of Marine soldiers and heavy equipment were placed in the port. With enough personnel and equipment, the five Marine Corps armies that were first landing in the North Road Group began to quickly expand their results and attack the inland areas of Boston.

When Marshal Pershing received the report that Portland was occupied, it had been a whole day since the Chinese Navy's landing operations. At this time, the landing forces had exceeded eleven troops, and thirteen air wings were sent ashore by transport ships and deployed to various field airports that had just occupied.

The Boston Empire finally tasted the bitter fruit of insufficient troops on the second line. The Chinese army, which had progressed rapidly, occupied a vast area of ​​Fulham to the south, Longview to the north, and Pendleton to the east. With enough control areas, the landing troops were able to fully deploy and their positions were consolidated. There was a larger transport fleet at the sea. They set off from the Oahu Islands and advanced towards Portland Port as fast as possible. They would send supplies and support to the troops that had landed in advance.

Such a large-scale transportation operation, the Navy naturally dared not take it lightly. All Navy missile boats, patrol boats, anti-submarine patrol aircraft and submarine troops were mobilized. They relied on Portland, Port San Diego, Oahu Islands, and the western coast and coastal islands of the St. Martin Empire to form a huge surveillance and attack network to prevent Boston from sending surface ships or submarines to carry out breaking wars.

The bold and arrogant submarine officers and soldiers of the Eastern Ocean Fleet even bypassed the mine nets set up by the Bostonians and entered their ports to attack the small warships hiding on the docks, making the only offshore fleet left by the Boston Empire in the Eastern Ocean not dare to go to sea at will, and could only hide in the port and rely on the lightning protection nets and coastal artillery to live.

Marshal Pershing was challenged at the same time from both directions, which made him very hesitant. The attacks in both directions were very sharp and deadly, but the troops in his hands could only deal with one route. If they were dealt with both routes at the same time, they might all be defeated, causing unimaginable consequences.

The choice of these two routes is also quite difficult. The attack on the north road will endanger the Chicago Industrial Zone in central Boston. This heavy industrial zone is the most important industrial zone in Boston. Its industrial scale accounts for more than one-third of the entire Boston Empire and is definitely the largest industrial base in the country. When attacking eastward, Boston Port, the capital of the Boston Empire, and Gotham Port, the most economically developed Gotham Port, will be threatened, but the journey is long and there are many rivers along the way, so Pershing is still sure to defend it.

In the direction of San Diego Harbour south of the Boston Empire, it is very likely to cut off the connection between the Boston Empire and the Kingdom of Moss, encircle and annihilate millions of Axis troops fighting there, and at the same time endanger various shipbuilding bases in southeastern Boston, causing the naval warships that are beginning to be rebuilt.

After weighing the pros and cons, Marshal Pershing decided to concentrate the main force in the south and negotiate with the Moss royal family, hoping that they would give up the territory of the Kingdom of Moss and defend Boston South with the Boston army. Marshal Pershing did this because he knew very well that the main forces of the Boston Empire were fighting on the Western Continent, and the troops in the New Continent were not only recruits, but also their number was already stretched. As for the oil fields in the Kingdom of Moss, they had to give up. As long as the domestic oil fields expanded their production capacity, it would be enough for the military to use.

Marshal Pershing's proposal was completely considered from a military perspective, ignoring the political and morale of the people. Regarding this proposal, the Moss royal family and the Boston Empire government naturally denied it completely, and the Boston Empire missed another opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

The millions of troops in the Kingdom of Moss could not afford to lose money, and the Boston Empire could only wait for death without a naval force. Therefore, the new naval warships being built must not be lost. Therefore, he decided to give up the Chicago industrial base and even give up the capital when necessary in exchange for strategic initiative. This was also a remedy made by failing to retreat the troops in the Kingdom of Moss.

Even after careful calculations, the Joint Command of the Chinese Empire did not expect that Marshal Pershing could be so decisive that he could use the loss of the industrial base and capital to exchange for the opportunity to regain strategic initiative. Therefore, when the direction of San Diego was attacked by the superior forces of the Boston Empire, the Chinese Marine Corps was caught off guard and suffered considerable casualties.

Unexpectedly, Marshal Pershing's decision did not mean that the Chinese Navy had no plans. Before the operation, the Joint Staff under the Joint Command had already made plans for all possible situations, even the most unlikely situation.

After discovering that the Boston Empire had increased its troops to the Port of San Diego, the Chinese Empire also increased its investment in that direction. A large number of mobile troops from the rear were sent to this direction and launched an attack with the Boston Army. This was also to attract the opponent's troops and provide convenient conditions for combat in the north.

In addition, the troops of the St. Martin Empire who received the order were not to be outdone. They also launched an attack on the opposite Axis coalition, sticking to them tightly to prevent these troops from retreating. For a time, the two fronts in the south were in full swing, and both sides began to invest a large number of troops to fight to the death. Both sides had their own goals and thought they could help them attract the opponent's troops and make the war situation develop in a direction that was beneficial to their own side.

The Boston Empire even put all the f86 fighter jets that had just entered mass production into local combat, completely cutting off the supply to the Western Continent. In addition, the f104 fighter jets that had just begun trial production were also sent to the battlefield.
Chapter completed!