Chapter 256 The cavalry that appeared in the open field

If you talk about the overall level of shooting, this era really belongs to the United States, because civilians are allowed to own guns, citizens have more opportunities for live ammunition, and marksmanship is okay, not to mention the pistols used by this group of well-trained cavalry. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, the squad and platoon commander in the back stretched out his hand to lift the recruits behind, kicked away and scolded the column, took off the grenade, and pulled the ring and said: "Give Lao Tzu to die." ”

After saying that, he threw it in.

'Boom', dozens of screams came from inside, and the squad platoon leader signaled that the recruits could enter, and with torches, they cleared out the cavalry soldiers who were still alive inside.

Pity these dragoons who galloped across the plains and meadows died under the grenades of the recruits, and none of them were alive, all of them were killed,

Wang Dake and others seized 160 pistols and 200 breech guns here, which can be described as a bumper harvest.

Yang Dongfang's side also quickly attacked the barracks, killing more than 600 people here, seizing more than 600 rifles, and suffering more than 30 casualties, which was much faster than that of the two subordinates, because the militia all used breech guns.

The Colorado State Regiment, that is, a volunteer militia of more than 1,000 people, was armed with breech rifles, and hundreds of people were guarding the city gates.

"Fack! The enemy is under fierce fire, where did they come out of and who are they? We must withdraw. ”

"No! This is the state capital, we are Colorado soldiers, don't give up. ”

In the face of the breech firepower of the New People's Army, the Colorado State Regiment obviously could not support it, and it was soon defeated, they were not dragoons, the will to fight was not so strong, and they belonged to the second-line troops at most in the northern and southern battlefields, some people wanted to fight and retreat, of course, some were willing to stay.

However, Yang Dongfang didn't give them a chance, and quickly let people go around the back from another street in a roundabout way, surround and annihilate.

After half an hour of fighting, 1,100 Colorado militia and 200 cavalry troops were annihilated, and the city was occupied as a symbol.

Occupy the city, the first is not to scrape the public resources in the city first, after all, it is a fortress, although the edge is some, but there are still a lot of materials.

There were mountains of coal and all kinds of copper and iron minerals, and a hundred pounds of gold, and 10,000 gold coins freshly baked from the mint.

There are hundreds of various mining machines, and the transportation machines are all packaged, as long as it is iron, even the nails are also taken away, and then all of them are transmitted back to Sichuan for domestic development.

After dawn, the whole city began to collect guns, scribing and confiscating from house to house, not sparing a single gun, and more than 2,000 old long and short rifles were confiscated one after another.

In addition, all the spears seized last night were transmitted to the California Recruit Corps, so there are almost 14,000 rifles on the side of the Recruit Corps, although the models are chaotic, but they also have a certain combat deterrent, and the disadvantage is that there is not enough ammunition, and the American method is that Americans have a tradition of sparing their lives from European immigrants.

As for the pistol, Yang Dongfang was reserved for all squad and platoon cadres of the 1st Guard Regiment.

"Devil! They are the devil, the yellow devil. ”

The Americans in Denver City naturally couldn't bear it, and tried to resist, but they would all be shot mercilessly, and Yang Dongfang was not polite, and the homes of these rebels would also be cleaned, anyway, he came to rob.

Then Yang Dongfang requisitioned the grain stores and cloth shops in the city, of course, for free, and the name was the Southern Army, saying to the outside world that they were the volunteer army of the Confederacy, and the people in the city lost their temper.

"Dear Mr. Governor, I would like to ask where the railroad is being built."

The governor of Colorado, a wealthy mine owner, had been abused to death, and truthfully said, "Are you talking about the Pacific Railroad?" Mr. Devil. ”

"Of course. . . But I want to correct that we are not doing much as Mr. Sherman, who is the real devil. Yang Dongfang patted his face and said with a smile.

Sherman, the supreme commander of the Western Front of the Northern Army, invented the three-light policy, and was the first person in history to use this trick, and later the Japanese learned from him, and then applied it on Chinese soil. Indirectly, it can also be understood that the American people have brought profound disasters to the Chinese people.

Sherman broke into the hinterland of the Southern Army, and then burned and looted all the way, slaughtered the city, burned all the southern estates he passed, destroyed the economy of the Southern Army, forced the South to surrender, and used the Three Lights to destroy the will of the Southern Army and the people of the South.

So when Yang Dongfang mentioned him, the governor was embarrassed not to mention it, at least Yang Dongfang hadn't burned Denver City, and he hadn't done as much as Sherman.

"Starting with Omaha, the Pacific Railroad has been built to North Platte."

"It's been 400 kilometers to build, and the progress of the eastern front is quite fast, but fortunately, the road here is relatively easy to walk, there are still 350 kilometers from Denver, and there is still a long way to go."

Spreading out the seized map, Yang Dongfang was a little helpless, the United States is indeed far away from east to west, and he has walked less than 800 kilometers on the map, and the road below is still a long way to go. Once you get to North Prater, it's even faster to catch the train.

Leaving Wang Dake and a pair of Xi Yanming with the new guard regiment to continue training and guard the city of Denver, Yang Dongfang set off with the team and rode to North Platte, Nebraska.

The news of the fall of Denver's Confederate Army quickly spread across Colorado like a gust of wind, and even reached the fortress of Garden City in Kansa.

"Impossible, the Southern Army doesn't have this ability, they can't hit Denver City, what's the use of them going to fight Denver, it's a joke, our Garden City is not dead yet. It was decided that it was impossible for the Southern rebels to go to the rear. "The defenders of Garden City are noncommittal, the war is about to be peaceful, the north and the south are going to be peaceful, whoever is full has nothing to do, make this kind of joke.

There were soldiers in the city of Garden, but they did not believe in this, investigated it strictly and thoroughly, and refused to send troops, on the grounds that Denver was more than 300 kilometers away and would never be monkeys.

As a result, only Lemmon and Pueblo joined forces to form a regiment of volunteers near Denver to capture Denver, but they were quickly routed outside the city and fled back, providing a chance for the recruits of the guard regiment to shoot targets.

However, this also exposed the strength of the guard regiment, and the city of Garden obtained the truth, and this time it did not dare to ignore it, and sent a telegram to Washington, and at the same time prepared to draw cavalry soldiers and attack Denver in the west, but when they advanced to Denver, the guard regiment had already left, leaving the hungry citizens to become a burden, but it caused a burst of criticism.

It is said that Yang Dongfang and the others arrived in North Pratt, captured one or two locomotives, drove to Omaha, walked to a small town called Carney, returned to Denver, picked up the guard regiment, and prepared to continue on the road.

Before the Guards Regiment had come to pedal in a hurry, dust rose on all sides, and a brigade of cavalry appeared on the open ground.

Yang Dongfang was shocked, and immediately asked the whole regiment to prepare for battle, pressed the bullets and loaded them, and released sandbags and train wagons to form a defensive position.

It seemed that the threat of these cavalry was not very great, because these cavalry were in disarray, and they did not look like the well-trained cavalry of the Northern Army, which commanded a unified army, and finally saw a strange flag standing behind these people, and slowly approached and saw it from the telescope.

These men were dressed like animal skins, with long hair tied up on their foreheads, bronzed skin, and strange patterns on their faces.

(To be continued.) )