In September 1659, a super-large convoy of convoys reached San Francisco from Vladivostok via the Bering Sea.

This fleet brought the 6th Marine Division a batch of the most advanced weapons in China: 8,000 rear-loading smoothbore rifles, 2,000 rear-loading rifled rifles, and 600 reinforced Gatling machine guns, the so-called reinforced version, which is a machine gun capable of firing 500 rounds per minute.

Equipped with these guns, the 6th Marine Division was a veritable army armed to the teeth.

Each company is equipped with twelve Gatling guns, ten steel cannons, and ten snipers, the squad leader and snipers are all equipped with rifled rifles, and ordinary soldiers are equipped with smoothbore rifles, each equipped with two grenades and 100 rounds of ammunition.

The fleet that arrived in San Francisco this time consisted of 200,000 10,000-ton passenger (cargo) ships, bringing 20,000 city builders to San Francisco, as well as various building materials and equipment.

Gao Junshan had already built a dock in San Francisco, waiting for the arrival of this fleet, and now San Francisco is a busy scene, all kinds of supplies and equipment are being unloaded day and night.

Gao Junshan decided to restart the east-west expansion plan, open up the passage from San Francisco to Chang'an, and balance the development level of the east and west coasts of the Americas.

On the battleship "Jinling No. 1," Zhang Guoyuan, commander of the Sixth Marine Division, was complaining in front of Gao Junshan.

"Chief, do you want to see if this is reasonable? The soldiers were all equipped with the most advanced weapons, except for our officers, who had to use old Minnie guns. ”

Gao Junshan said coldly: "Who asked your officers to carry Minnie guns?" Aren't today's soldiers lethal enough? Do you still need your officers to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? ”

Zhang Guoyuan said: "That can't let us go to the battlefield empty-handed, right?" ”

Gao Junshan patted Zhang Guoyuan on the shoulder: "Master Zhang, don't worry!" The Academy of Science and Technology is stepping up the development of pistols for officers, and soon, in less than a year, you will be able to get the weapons you want. ”

"Pistols? What kind of weapon is that? ”

Gao Junshan smiled: "When you see it, you will definitely love it." ”

Zhang Guoyuan rubbed his hands: "Students must wait and see what kind of good thing this pistol is." ”

Gao Junshan waved his hand: "No more gossip, I called you here today to restart the east-west integration plan, now your division is already the most advanced division in the world, I believe that your division is fully capable of opening a passage to bring the labor and resources from the east bank to the west bank." ”

Zhang Guoyuan said happily: "The young men of our division have long been unable to hold back, and they are waiting for your order one by one. ”

Gao Junshan said: "I order, all the officers and men of the Sixth Marine Division of the Navy, at all costs, march to the "Devil's Peak", you must open the road and build bridges in the mountains and waters, and when you encounter jackals and beasts blocking the way, resolutely destroy them!" Paving the way for our follow-up migrant workers. ”

Zhang Guoyuan patted his chest and said, "We will definitely complete the task!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "I remember, your Sun Cai Company Commander, no, he is now the battalion commander, and he has also patted my chest here and assured me, you tell him that you still want him to take the lead, and when our east-west passage is opened, I will approve him to go home to save his family." All right! Return to your troops and command the battle! ”

"Yes!"

……

"Battalion commander, the mission is coming!"

The former platoon commander, who had just been promoted to the rank of company commander, rushed into the camp headquarters tent in a hurry.

Battalion commander Sun Cai was holding a wooden stick in his hand, and was inspecting the terrain with two staff officers in front of the sand table, he put down the wooden stick in his hand: "What are you yelling about?" ”

The commander of the first company said excitedly: "I heard that the emperor has given a task to our battalion. ”

Sun Cai didn't answer the question of the company commander right away, he asked, "How is the training of your company?" How much familiarity with firearms has been mastered? ”

The commander of the first company replied: "All the officers and men of our company have been training day and night for two days, so that one day they can once again embark on the road to the east. We even achieved excellent training indicators, and our familiarity with the new weapon was not much different from that of the Minnie gun. ”

Sun Cai asked: "The other companies are all twelve machine guns, and the superiors have equipped your company with fifteen machine guns, do you know why?" ”

The commander of the first company replied: "Because our company is a company of heroes, of course the company of heroes must be equipped with the most powerful weapons. ”

"Wrong!" Sun Cai raised his voice and said, "The Hero Company is the glory of the past, and we must make new contributions now!" As the vanguard company of our battalion, the first company will not be able to relentless when it encounters American wolves again, and resolutely eliminate these American wolves! ”

The first company commander said: "We now have such a good weapon in hand, we are not afraid of any kind of jackal, tiger and leopard!" ”

Sun Cai shouted loudly: "A company commander! ”

"Here!"

"Are you ready?"

"Always ready to go."

Sun Cai ordered: "As a pioneer company, you should set off immediately!" ”

……

Gao Junshan made up his mind to open up the east-west passage this time, and the Sixth Marine Division, with its ferocious firepower, went all the way to the east, and on the way forward, they encountered tens of thousands of American wolves, all of which died under the strafing of Gatling machine guns.

The Moqiufeng camp in the east also received the order to set off, and because they had Indians who were familiar with the terrain to lead the way, and they had complete backup support, after two months of arduous trekking, they finally reached the designated position "Devil's Peak".

"Devil's Peak" is located in the later state of Wyoming, where the terrain is flat, mostly plains and hills, "Devil's Peak" stands on the flat earth, it seems to be a large tree stump rising from the ground.

On the same day that the Mo Qiufeng Battalion arrived at the designated location, Sun Caiying's battalion also arrived here.

The first company was marching rapidly, and a soldier pointed to the "Devil Peak" in front and said to the company commander: "First company commander, look, is that the Devil Peak?" ”

"Judging by the way it looks, we're supposed to be in place." The commander of a company looked at it with a telescope for a while, and then ordered, "Speed up the march!" ”

"Barbarians, there are barbarians!"

Several soldiers suddenly shouted and raised their steel guns.

The commander of the company quickly ran to the front, shouting as he ran: "Hide!" Take cover! ”

The soldiers quickly spread out and hidden, their guns aimed at the barbarians in front.

The company commander took out his binoculars to observe, and saw the barbarians waving their hands and walking towards them, still shouting something from their mouths.

Wait, what are they shouting?

The commander of the first company seemed to understand a little, and these barbarians actually shouted in Chinese.

"Don't shoot, don't shoot!" The first company commander ordered, "Listen to what they are shouting!" ”

"Company commander, did you take the wrong medicine? Can we understand what the barbarians shout? The soldiers around him did not understand the words of the company commander.