Go ahead and be hidden! ”

The training of the reserve regiment in New Yun (Albany) was very strict, and it was likely that these Germanic instructors from West Francia were deliberately increasing the amount of training, and under their strict requirements, these temporarily recruited workers finally became bored with the boring military training, and produced a feeling of fear and resistance.

Without such training, these inexperienced and incompetent recruits are sent to fight on the battlefield, and they can only be sent to death......

Alan Kelly knew that the elite army units in the Tang Kingdom had begun to be equipped with automatic rifles and semi-automatic rifles a few years earlier, while these independent armies were armed with "Springfield M72" bolt-action single-shot rifles and Lebel or Mauser rifles shipped from Europe.

Moreover, the bullet caliber used by European countries is 7.9 mm, while the rifle of the Tang State uses a caliber of 7.6 mm, and the lack of universal weapons makes it very difficult to supply ammunition in these reserve regiments.

On the morning of June 2, 306, the 3rd Albany Reserve Regiment was urgently recalled to the camp from the field training ground, ordered to prepare for the battle, and then marched to the square in front of the town hall to participate in the pre-war mobilization meeting. A high platform was erected in front of the square, crowded with Independence Army volunteers, all eagerly awaiting something.

A short young man from the Tang Kingdom was surrounded by the crowd and walked to the high platform, and Allen, who was standing in front of his camp, was a little stunned when he saw the man. This young man turned out to be Huang Zhiying, who had met this fanatical separatist before, but did not expect that he was now a high-ranking official in the independent government and had been appointed as the military representative of the Albany Reserve Regiment.

The young man did indeed achieve part of his dream.

Huang Zhiying quickly stepped onto the podium amid the cheers of the soldiers, and he raised his hand to ask everyone to be quiet.

"Comrades, comrades-in-arms, ......"

His mobilization speech was very motivating, and he was very good at using body language to mobilize the emotions of the soldiers in the audience. He convinced people that he was the vanguard of the toilers, fighting for the fate of the common people of all races in North America, and for the interests of the entire exploited and oppressed toiling masses.

“…… Those aristocrats, big capitalists, and big estate owners, they are a bunch of parasites, sucking the blood and sweat of the laborers, squeezing our bone marrow, hoping that our soldiers can firmly remember: we are fighting for freedom, cooking and independence! Fight to defend the interests of the entire United States of Independence! ”

Such a provocative speech aroused the emotions of the soldiers, and the people cheered, as if they had become the masters of the country.

Amid thunderous applause and cheers, Huang Zhiying ended his mobilization speech.

Later, Lt. Gen. John Jefferson, commander of the Albany Reserve Corps, announced that the Independence Army would march on the Great Lakes Army to "liberate" the "oppressed laborers" in the iron and steel mines, coal mines, and steel mills in the area.

In early June, the Reserve Corps was transferred to a barracks near Buffalo, in a pine forest not far from the Great Falls, where troops continued field training, but were strictly forbidden to go out on leave.

On June 7, before dawn, the battle alarm sounded.

The soldiers of the reserve regiment immediately got up and began to assemble in full gear. Sixty rounds were fired each, and representatives of the Inter-American Youth Party came to the barracks.

In front of the team, the representative of the 3rd Reserve Regiment, Andersson, announced that in Buffalo, the anti-separatists had launched an anti-revolution riot. They are trying in vain to undermine the comprehensive cooperation treaty signed between the independent government and the European Union, believing that it is a gesture of goodwill to Europe. Rather than defecting to the Europeans, then it is better to stay under the rule of the Tang Empire.

The Reserve Corps was ordered to go to Buffalo to suppress the reactionary rebellion.

After a while, the 3rd Reserve Regiment of Ormani marched towards Buffalo under the leadership of the corps representatives.

The rebels were also armed, and the reserve legion, after entering the city, engaged in a fierce battle with the rebels.

Plumes of smoke flickered from the ramparts of the city's main streets. The reserve corps was armed with more than a dozen light field guns brought from West Francia, and the shells were exploding. The artillery was firing a salvo at the enemy, the ground trembled beneath his feet, and the smoke grew louder. The equipment of those rebels was far worse than that of the Independence Army, with only a few small arms and machine guns,

The rebellion was quickly put down, and a reserve regiment preemptively occupied the rebel headquarters building.

The pitch of battle was soon over.

Smoke billowed out of the windows of the building, shattering all the glass. The rebels walked out of the gate with their hands raised, and most of the rebel participants were arrested, followed by a bloody crackdown.

The Buffalo rebellion was quickly crushed.

This was followed by bloody arrests and executions, workers' pickets were sent to the streets, and many, voluntarily or unwillingly, had to give in to violence and terror.

"Look, that's the power of the working class!" Sherman was in the procession, and the cheerers led the way, shouting excitedly.

This reminded Allen of what Professor Klein had said: that most of the common people do not actually have a clear will, and the so-called "will of the people" is imposed on them by the rulers.

The old ruling class has been overthrown, and the new rulers have become even more harsh.

For this newly independent "United States", the fighting on the central front, the most dangerous front, intensified, and the rulers of the Tang Empire, after stabilizing the situation, began to carry out a local counteroffensive. More and more elite troops from the East were transferred to the Americas, but fortunately, the offensive launched by the West Frankish Empire in Eastern Europe slowed down the pace of the Tang Empire's highest base camp to mobilize troops to quell the rebellion.

In order to cooperate with the Independence Army, the 3rd Reserve Regiment of Ornik was ordered to contact the local guerrillas and complete the task of blowing up the Harrisburg Bridge in the Great Eastern Mountains (Appalachian Mountains).

Alan Kelly crawled behind Sherman on the brown, pine needle-covered ground in the woods.

In the woodlands, the cool summer breeze blows through the pine treetops. The hill where he was lying prone was not very steep, but the further down was steep, and he saw the railroad line from Philadelphia to Great Lakes City winding through the pass. Along the railway line there is a large river east of Harrisburg, and in the far distance of the pass is a forest farm with water glowing white in the summer sun.

"Is that the tree farm near the railroad bridge?" He asked.

"Yes." Sherman spread out the photocopied military map on the ground, looked at it carefully, and replied.

"Oh, I remember that it cost more than 20 million yuan to build this railway and highway bridge, which was very sensational news at the time." Alan said. The bridge was said to have cost Harrisburg years of tax revenue, and now with a "bang", the huge bridge will be reduced to rubble.

"For the sake of freedom and independence, I can't take care of these things now, and this thing will be there in the future." Sherman said, then lowered his head and continued to study the map in his hand.