Chapter 264 Proper Usage of Gatling

Andrew Jackson Smith was the commander who arrived from Chicago with an army of 10,000 men, and a regiment of their vanguard stopped at 60 kilometers from Rock Ireland because a section of the railroad had been demolished and had to be walked to Rock Island. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"A group of very cunning guys, a small force of the Southern Army actually hit Lasalle." Andrew Jackson Smith had to stop at LaSalle and let the soldiers walk to Rock Ayland, and after glancing around, he ordered:

"Jack took someone to search around for me to see if the small army of the Southern Army would lurk here, and if so, they would have to kill me."

"It's the general!"

Andrew Jackson Smith did not fight much in the entire Civil War, he was cautious and cautious, and won two battles on local battlefields, and he had no share in the big battles.

Finally, there was a chance to show his skills, so he was not careless, after Des Moines and Rock Ailan were captured, he paid more attention to it, he judged that this must be a large army, otherwise the attack speed would not be so fast, so he was also afraid of being tricked, which made people search around to eliminate the threat.

However, he never imagined that just five minutes before the arrival of his vanguard, Yang Dongfang and his small troops left from here, destroying a section of the railway, and they changed horses and headed down the Illinois River towards Springfield, the state capital of Illinois.

When Andrew Jackson Smith's vanguard arrived on the outskirts of Rock Aland, he was approaching Springfield, but at that moment a message came out from a merchant in a small town.

George Stallman Jr. and his cavalry brigade had just crossed Springfield toward the Mississippi River, ready to destroy themselves.

"George Stallman Jr.? This should be a brigadier general, I haven't heard of it, 2,000 people are no more and no less, see if there is a chance to kill him. Yang Dongfang continued to quietly approach Springfield with people.

Rock Alan's Smith's vanguard group had arrived, reconnoitred the surrounding situation, and first launched a fire test, but was quickly driven back.

"What's going on in the city?" Andrew Jackson Smith asked, staring at Rock Aylan.

The commander of the vanguard said: "General, the situation is not very good, there is a brigade of enemy troops in the city, the enemy army has looted all the supplies in the city after occupying Rock Aland, and now they are all dressed in our army's clothes and equipment, it is estimated that they have the intention of attacking other places in disguise." ”

Smith frowned, and secretly asked what this means, could it be that the Southern Army is not ready to hold on to Rock Ailan here, thinking of this, he immediately said: "Inform me to go down, surround Rock Ailan, and I must not let this rebel army go." ”

The order was issued, and soon the troops were in place to blockade Rock Aylan, and after a while, there was a loud noise, and Smith ran out of the command headquarters and scolded his mother: "Damn, who let you attack, didn't I say fence it up?" It's not time to attack yet, so what if you scare the rebels away. ”

In his mind, at least the railroad bridge should be recaptured, and the connection with Hexi should be severed, so as to prevent possible enemy support from the Des Moines side.

After a while, a second lieutenant came out of breath: "Report to the general!" The enemy blew up the railway bridge. ”

"What?" Smith shuddered and nearly fell.

Railroad bridges? This group of losers blew up our railroad bridges, and there are only a few railroad bridges in the entire Mississippi River, and one of them has been blown up, and I don't know how long it will take to repair and open to traffic, which will delay many things. How much cargo cannot be transported from the west to the east.

However, the corners of his mouth suddenly outlined a sneer.

"The rebels are trying to defend Rock Aylan, alone. Ha ha.. "Smith feels that he is about to burn, the sky is pitiful and the world is going to be peaceful, and he can still make such a big contribution, the Southern Army is sending him to death, but don't blame me Smith.

"Attack, attack immediately."

Since he betrayed the enemy to defend to the death, Smith knew that he could not delay the battle for a long time, otherwise the enemy army would rely on the huge supply of materials and ammunition in the city, and the battle would be delayed for a long time, and there would be more dead and wounded.

"Boom..!"

The cannons were fired from inside the city, and Smith was in a hurry, because a section of the railroad had been demolished, and the sappers were repairing it, and the Napoleonic cannons could not be transported, and they were still lying on the tracks.

"Kill! Boys, we'll win. ”

The American forces were in high spirits, convinced that they would win, and attacked simultaneously from the south and east.

However, it was soon hit by artillery fire in the city, killing hundreds of people, but because there were not many troops in the New People's Army, they quickly broke through the outer positions until they rushed to the city and suddenly heard the sound of Gatling.

"Da da da..."

Two Gatlings were placed at the intersection, crossfire, and a burst of strafing dropped a hundred or so corpses, and the American troops retreated to the first line of defense they had just occupied.

However, after regrouping, they attacked again, this time with more people, two regiments at a time, and 2,000 men rushed up while firing.

"Hit!"

In order to show the enemy weakness, the first line of defense, the New People's Army deliberately showed weakness, the first battalion did not use the newly reequipped Lianzhu guns, but ordinary Sharps, the US army really thought that the firepower was not strong, and directly rushed over.

And this time it was different, it was all a series of guns, and even if a large part of the two regiments of American troops had been on the battlefield, they were also blinded in an instant.

The firepower is too strong, and the use of the two Gatlings is different, not a direct frontal fire, but a crossfire coverage on the left and right.

"Puff puff puff."

Where could the U.S. troops withstand, they retreated one after another, but the advantage of the serial guns was that they still did not spare their shots when they retreated, and many bullets drilled into the bodies of the U.S. soldiers from the back.

One attack reimbursed 1,200 troops, and Smith's eyes bulged out, and his fingertips were dragged in his palms.

"Liar, big liar, where is there only one brigade of troops, and this is more than a division." Smith's heart was bleeding, and he didn't have such a quick casualty rate in the past when he fought with the Southern Army.

Of course, this also allowed him to learn some tactics, and from the telescope he saw other uses of Gatling, it turned out that Gatling could be so strong, and it turned out that Gatling was not used as a cannon, not for deterrence, but for slaughter.

Taking a deep breath, he let people find the quartermaster of the rout who escaped from Roque Elanry the day before yesterday, and the quartermaster swore that there were only two Gatlings in the city, and there were not many Spencers, after all, this was not a combat unit, and it was impossible for everyone to have a Spencer.

"There are only two, that's good, that's good!" Smith secretly rejoiced, and immediately ordered: "Roger will attack from the south with three regiments, and once rush in for me, I will have people attract enemy troops in the east." ”

"It's the general!"

Smith didn't know that Yang Dongfang actually asked the people in the military factory to modify the bottom of the Gatling, remove the Napoleonic gun wheel, and change it to a fixed disk, but it was not dead, but it could control the left and right steering, so that it could be operated more flexibly, so that the bullet could follow the eyes and hands to move and shoot at the target.

Sure enough, the three regiments in the north soon broke through the defense line and rushed into the city, and the cheering American troops thought that they would soon regain the city and set a record for the fastest breach of the city in history.

The two cannons on the opposite side fired flat at this side.

With a bang, the shells flew directly into the crowd, blooming in the center, and a large piece of death was not over, and countless troops with all pistols rushed out from the left and right, and one person fired with two guns at close range, and there was no need to aim.

In short, the bullets were fired as quickly as possible, and as many people as they could, they could kill as many people as they could, directly hit the American troops rushing over, and then returned the same way after the fight, leaving behind a corpse.

"What? All pistols, each with two guns, could it be that they were cavalry, but their horses were not seen. Smith was so confused that he scolded his mother.

I have never encountered such an enemy, I obviously rushed into the city on both sides, although more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, but it was obvious that I had the upper hand, and the other party was surrounded and killed by myself, according to the previous battle example, it should have come out and surrendered (to be continued. )