In late August, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the fighting in Vicksburg is getting hotter and hotter!

"Believers! Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who has taught my hands to fight and my fingers to fight. Let's move forward! Kill the enemy bravely! Amen! ”

"Amen!"

Outside Vicksburg, a large number of people gathered in the trenches on the American side, and a man in the uniform of an American officer with a Bible in his hand prayed for the American GIs.

If Li Mengyang saw this scene, he would be a little surprised, because this person is an officer or a clergyman? And, ah, this prayer or something, will there be a bonus?

These questions are simply fucked up for devout Protestants, they don't think about it so much, they just know that their life is atonement, and now, go to war, this is the best atonement!

"Artillery ready!"

"Put!"

Bang! Bang!

The mortars that General Mead wanted to see still came, but at this time, these mortars did not appear in a better firing position, but were placed far away, not close to the enemy defense line in Vicksburg, so this artillery fire?

Rumble! Rumble!

The huge shell of the mortar cannon smashed in front of the Vicksburg defense line, almost 100-200 meters away from the enemy's trench defense line, so was this cannon not ready?

"Believers! Come on! ”

"Brothers! Come on! ”

"Ahhh

After the heavy artillery fire of the American army, the American GIs, who had been praying in the trenches, howled and rushed out of the trenches. They seem to have reached a state of madness. The face is full of hideousness!

If there is an expression analyst. They will definitely analyze it, in fact, this hideousness is a manifestation of fear, that's right, the current American GIs are very scared, very afraid!

Bi Buckle! Bi Buckle!

Sudden Sudden Sudden ......

"Ahhh

The garrison of Vicksburg Hill, as always, spewed out a terrifying huge amount of fire, and the bullets carried huge kinetic energy to push the guys they could touch directly to the ground, and even knocked the bodies of some American GIs directly out. And some American GIs, if they are unlucky, will be baptized with a Gatling gun, so that they will never be able to go all the way......

Pieces of people fell, but there were also those who were lucky, fast, and alert, and they rushed to the designated places, those big pits!

"Ahhh

The American GIs threw themselves into the craters that had been blown up by the mortars, and when they fell, they immediately began to prepare to shoot!

That's right. It's a new tactic, it's a thing that has been pondered for a long time. The experimental tactics that have only been developed until now, because there is no way, if you don't do it, you can't get close to the enemy's Vicksburg defense line at all!

To put it simply, that is, the mortar is coming, in the face of the trenches, the current general artillery is not very useful, and the US military can only rely on the mortar artillery, but the mortar artillery also has a problem, that is, in terms of range, it is still very short.

This firing range is short, and there is no problem exposed in other battlefields, but now it is different, there are two kinds of mortars used by the United States, there are 8-inch and 13-inch, and the 13-inch one can be dragged by a train, so it can be seen that this 13-inch is relatively huge, and the 8-inch one is more flexible and can be moved to the battlefield, and the 8-inch mortar has a caliber of 203 mm, and the range is less than a kilometer...... In fact, it is impossible to control the landing point within the firing range, there is no way, such a short barrel, such a large caliber, or a front-loading smoothbore gun, the shell is still a round ball......

In the past, every time a cannon was fired, as long as a shell was fired, it would immediately be counterattacked by the artillery in Vickersburg, and the rate of fire was slow......

It is true that there are no heavy weapons on the side of the Imperial Army, but mortars can still be carried, which are as light as a feather compared to mortars, and the range is better than mortars, and the accuracy is much higher, which has caused the current situation.

The artillery on the American side could not effectively hit the trench defense line of Vicksburg, and without the blow of artillery, it was simply impossible to see that the American GIs were rushing up, that is, they were sending the American GIs to the execution ground!

So, after some consideration and calculation, let's just come up with a way for the Sherman side, instead of mortar artillery to hit the opponent's defense, they use this kind of thing to blow up holes in front of the opponent's defense, and then the soldiers are rushing into the pits, so that it becomes a 'trench' one by one!

Don't you really say it, this idea is really more reliable, and now a lot of American GIs have entered the designated positions, and these big potholes are basically about 100 meters away from the Imperial defense line in Vicksburg.

But however, rushing along the way, it was simply miserable!

The American GIs left a lot of corpses along the way, in addition, there are not many of these big pits, there is no way, there are not many mortars, this thing is not easy to transport, it is difficult to transport, and it is difficult to transport, and it was damaged by the Mortars of the Empire several times, the number of pits can be imagined.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

You really don't have to say, after the American GIs entered the pit, they really shot, you know, at this point in the Battle of Vicksburg, there are not many American soldiers who can shoot like this, and it is difficult for them to rush into their shooting range!

While!

A bullet directly smashed into a green metal object, and the kinetic energy of this bullet directly pushed the Imperial soldier with the metal object to the ground!

"I'm grass! What's wrong? ”

"Lao Wang was hit!"

"Lao Wang! Are you alright? ”

In the trenches of Vicksburg, the soldier who had just been hit by a bullet was the platoon of Xiaoshanzi, and this shot was really powerful enough to alarm the entire platoon at once.

"Ah~ah~" The man surnamed Wang lay on the ground, looking at his appearance, "Am I dead?" Is this the Hades Palace? ”

This guy seems to have been beaten stupidly......

"Lao Wang! You're not dead! Look at it, you touch your head! Xiao Shanzi came over at this time and pulled Lao Wang up, and then said to the other soldiers: "Lao Wang is fucking fine, you all go back!" Get back! Don't let those bastards come up! ”

"Yes!" Everyone saw that this was indeed the case, but however, the old king at this time reacted.

"Aha! I'm not dead! I'm not dead! This guy touched his face and head while screaming, and then took off the green metal object, which was naturally a steel helmet!

"Wood!" This old king held the steel helmet in his hand, as if looking at a treasure, and then kissed the place where he had just been shot!

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor! You're my own father! The old king shouted this very shamelessly.

Yes, he was really grateful in his heart, if he didn't have this steel helmet for this shot just now, then he would have to explain it here, and now, he can still be alive, and this steel helmet hasn't even been pierced, and it can still be used!

The quality of this steel helmet is too good, right?

It's not that the quality of the steel helmet is good, but that the rear-loading guns used by the US military now, although their weapons are already very advanced, they are rear-loading guns, but the bullets are very small, just like pistol bullets, and the most important thing is that the warheads they use are made of lead, although the lead is heavier, and the willy is also very large, but it is relatively soft, and the penetration is very poor, maybe the tearing force is very large, that is, it can break the stump and arm of the person, but I want to wear the steel helmet...... Let's wash and sleep.

"Hahaha...... "Originally, everyone was called back to fight by Zhou Xiaoshan's platoon commander, but when they heard this old king's shouting, could they be happy?

And even more people with that good thing teased: "I said Lao Wang, when we went on the expedition, you were still calling, how bad is this steel helmet, it will be green on the head, how can it drop?" Feel good again now? ”

The old king seemed to have forgotten about this matter a long time ago, but now that it was brought up, he didn't care, and laughed: "Green is fucking green, as long as it can save Lao Tzu's life!" Then Lao Tzu will wear it! That's right! ALL-HAIL-LEE！ The emperor is my father! ”

"Hahaha...... You kid still wants to be a relative of the emperor, it's really beautiful for you! "Yes, you want to be the emperor's son, what the hell do others think, is this thing casual?

"Don't say anything anyway! His Majesty the Emperor is my reborn parent! "That old Wang is really thick-skinned enough, but he explained this way......

"Alright, alright! Don't talk nonsense! Get back to your place! "Xiao Shanzi can't look at his subordinates so unintentionally fighting, but his face just now is really red, because the 'emperor's father' before, this is what he called......

Bi Buckle! Bi Buckle!

On the trenches of the Imperial Army in Vicksburg, the soldiers of the Empire were using their bolt-action rifles to unhurriedly name the American GIs who had rushed into the pit.

This weapon has a high shooting accuracy and a long range, which is really a killing weapon!

It didn't take long for the experimental attack of the United States Army to die down, and the United States Army in the crater was no longer firing guns, that is, if they were not all killed, they were still incapacitated.

All of this fell into Arthur, who was observing with a telescope in the trenches of the American army. In the eyes of Colonel MacArthur, his mood at this time was really heartbroken, because the soldiers before him were all his subordinates!

"We have to tell General Sherman that our army is in danger if we continue like this......" MacArthur put away his binoculars and walked deeper into the trenches.

And at this time, what was the biggest protagonist in the Battle of Vicksburg, His Majesty the Emperor of the New Tang Empire of the United States, doing?

In the cat's ear hole, the ammunition box is used as a chair, the ammunition box is used as a table, a blank piece of paper is spread out, Li Mengyang is writing hard there, that posture, as if he is writing poetry...... (To be continued......)

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