Chapter 260 The Battle of Rock Island (1) Rock Island has a long history, and in 1812 it became a British military base and built a fortress, and the city was built on Rock Island (the largest island on the Mississippi River) at the confluence of the Rock River and the Mississippi River.

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info can easily defend itself against the attacks of the Indians, and then use this as a basis to expand its sphere of influence to the northwest.

In 1855, the first bridge over the Mississippi River developed rapidly after the completion of the railway line, and after the railway line was completed, it became a transportation hub, convenient access to agricultural and animal husbandry products from the north and northwest, so it became a munitions processing center, and what canning, clothing, sewing, and leather were made here, and then shipped to the whole country.

So in 1862, the National Munitions Factory and the War Museum of the United States were placed here to support the combat support of the Southern Army, which was the rear area that really needed to be protected.

The War had to reiterate that Lincoln approached General Winfield Scott and Edwin M. Stanton, both of whom said that they had to make sure that Rock Alland was not lost.

Winfield Scott was the proposer of the plan to attack the Confederate Snake, and he had a high strategic vision, while Edwin M. Stanton was the Secretary of War, so naturally they all thought of going together, so Lincoln sent another telegram later.

So when Yang Dongfang arrived, all the west of the Mississippi River was under martial law.

On the railway bridge, sandbags were piled up, and many soldiers stood guard there with their guns.

The essence of Rock Ireland is in the east, with only a few inhabitants in the west, a few factories, and of course a bridgehead at the West Railway Station, which has a simple concrete bunker outside the station.

Looking at the time, it only took nine hours to arrive at Rock Ailan, Yang Dongfang let everyone get off the train, collected the train, and walked towards the city under the last cover before dawn.

Ten minutes later, there was an alarm at the station, and the defenders and police of Rock Alland rushed to the station, and Captain Locke walked up to the stationmaster: "Turn the rails from Des Moines upside down, don't link them to the main tracks, and then organize the workers to go ten miles away and dismantle two sections of rails for me." ”

"It's just dawn and you haven't gone to work yet?"

The stationmaster had just been caught out of the bed, and said very unhappily, and Captain Locke also complained: "There is no way, the military department called, Rock Alland entered a state of war, and a group of southern rebels captured Omaha, and the above was worried that the enemy would use the railroad to attack it." Don't ask so much, I know you want to say that there is still Des Moines in front of you, so you don't need to worry too much, in fact, I think so too, because I don't want to get up so early, damn it! ”

A gust of wind blew, sneezed, and felt a little cold, Captain Locke went straight into the station to make a fire, apparently he still obeyed the call of his heart, as long as he was prepared for defense, and waited for news from Des Moines.

The stationmaster scolded, wrapped himself in a leather coat, and had to do as asked and look for people everywhere.

Then some of the police and defenders began to organize men to erect a barrier outside the station, and the mayor himself intervened to coordinate the work, and the commander of the garrison in Rock Elland had the garrison build defensive positions, distribute weapons, and send two companies to cross the river to guard the west.

Looking at Hedong's orderly arrangement, it was impossible to rush hard, so Yang Dongfang brought eight guards and sixteen guards and a guard squad, the number of people was too small, even if he took the entire Roque Ailan, he would do nothing.

The guard regiment had to be brought over, but it was only in the evening, and he didn't want to waste time, so he decided to wipe down the combat strength of the American troops here.

As the commander of the garrison in Rock Aylan, Eukins acted quickly and conscientiously after receiving the order, and at the same time was ready to move, hoping to have a battle with the southern rebels and show his self-worth, instead of being bored here all day long and becoming the logistics minister or something.

Just as he was still patrolling the streets with the guards, suddenly there was a gunshot from the west, and he stopped, and the whole person looked like a raccoon, and he raised his ears and asked, "Where to shoot!" ”

The sergeant's personal guard Gandalf said, "General, it should be the western railway station." ”

Because of the massive expansion of the army, as the commander of the garrison of Rock Aylan, Eukins was promoted to brigadier general in wartime, strictly speaking, he was not a general, but he was very happy with this beautiful reply from his subordinates, and with a wave of his hand, he rushed to the railway bridge with people in high spirits.

Here you can hear the sound of very intense gunfire on the other side, as well as explosions!

The heart is broken, the southern rebels are coming so quickly.

"Fortunately, when the military department notified us very much, we reacted quickly, fulfilled our duties, and took advantage of the dawn to do a good job of simple fortifications, otherwise it would not be easy to do."

Picking up the binoculars, Euguins could see the flames and smoke from the gunshots on the opposite side, and several houses were blown into ruins.

However, from the successive gunfires, it could be heard that there were not many rebels on the other side, so he said: "Gandalf, give you a mission, go over to the other side and have a look." ”

Gandalf took the order, crossed the bridge and disappeared into the corner of the house opposite, and then waited for a long time without hearing back, which made Euguins extremely worried, because the gunfire on the opposite side was getting weaker and weaker, so he sent another lieutenant with a company.

As soon as they crossed the bridge, they were hit and several were killed, and these lieutenants took the others on the spot, counterattacked, and then sent a small soldier back to report: "General! On the opposite side was indeed only a squad of rebels, probably only a platoon, and they mixed behind the railway station to attack Captain Locke's two companies, and it is estimated that Captain Locke has lost a company, and is currently cowering in the station. ”

Hiss!

It was so fierce that a platoon wiped out a company, and also organized people to fight to block and attack the reinforcements in Hedong, and Eugens judged that this might be the Qingrui infiltration force of the Southern Army.

In previous battles, there were often such elites of the Confederate army who crossed the defensive line to attack warehouses and destroy railroad tracks in the rear, and Eugens still heard of this, the Confederate army had few troops, but it had always been extremely brave.

I felt that these people should want to control the railway station, and then wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, so they had a plan in their hearts and asked the soldiers to go back, so that their company could launch an extremely aggressive attack, and they could not lose Hexi Station.

At the same time, he sent a telegram back to the city to inform Washington, telling the Indiana troops to come quickly, but he knew that it was estimated that by evening, the troops there would only be able to rush to Chicago, and it would take half a day to transfer them from Chicago.

I have to keep it for at least a day and a half.

"Dashuai, there is less than one platoon of foreign devils at the train station, are we still attacking?"

When the guard squad leader who was the attacker came to report, Yang Dongfang said: "Don't be so tight, keep it first, if you destroy the bait fish, you won't be hooked, where do you take a small squad to stay, another squad will pull over, I'm going to eat." ”

In the establishment of troops in the United States, Yang Dongfang is still the same as in China, a squad has large and small classes, that is to say, a squad has 20 people, he only arranged for ten people to keep an eye on, stay and fish, and take eight guards and 16 guards and a small squad to defend and attack the US troops crossing the bridge.

"Now is a good opportunity to practice marksmanship, you may be able to grasp it."

Yang Dongfang said to the eight gates and sixteen guards, and now everyone is not idle, with a gun in his hand, aiming and shooting.

Especially Dou Dongdong deliberately hid in a commanding height, engaged in sniper shooting, and was accompanied by a recruit who gave him guidance with a telescope.

"Brother Dong! Below, right! The one under the window seemed to be a big official with something on his shoulder. ”

"Bang!"

Dou Dongdong hooked his fingers, and the second lieutenant fell down under the telescope.

But they were unlucky, they were discovered, the work of the black gun has always been more annoying on the battlefield, and then there was a corporal who raised the gun, that is, a shuttle of bullets hit, the cover in front of them crackled, a pile of powder was raised, and the two of them were directly pressed up, and their bodies retreated, but fortunately, these marksmanship fluttered and almost got shot, "Damn, what kind of gun is this, it can fight for so long." ”

Dou Dongdong and the others were startled, ate a mouthful of ash, and scolded.

(To be continued.)

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