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"Black Bull! What do you see over there? How can there be such a short train? An Indian cavalryman asked, pointing to an armored train on the railroad in the distance, spitting smoke along the newly paved tracks.

The forty-year-old Indian named Black Bull was holding a monocular and watching the train carefully. Indeed, the train was so short that it was hardly called a train. This is a very special train, the whole train has only three carriages, the middle is the locomotive and the coal car, and the two ends are two identical carriages. These two carriages seem to have been converted from flatbed trucks, but they are surrounded by half-human-high steel plates, and there are many soldiers with rifles sitting behind the steel plates, and in the middle of the flatbed truck, there are a lot of things, tightly covered with rain cloths, I don't know what they are.

"Probably for patrols, and these whites seem to have been prepared." Black Bull said, "I don't know what's under the tarpaulin." Is it a cannon? If it's really a cannon, and then you use those terrible shells, it's really hard to deal with. But looking at that size, it seems to be a little smaller. We'll look at it a little longer and then go back and report to the chieftain and let him decide. ”

The black bull continued to hold up the binoculars and carefully observe the soldiers on the strange train. Black Bull has fought several wars against whites and other tribes. Although most of the guards on the train were a little lazy, Black Bull could see that some of these people were veterans who had actually been on the battlefield. In particular, when his telescope was pointed at one of the guards, the guard immediately turned his head to look at him as if he sensed something.

"The level of the guards should be good, and there are a few veterans on each flatbed truck who have been on the battlefield and killed people." The black bull said, "Alright, let's go back." Then he turned his horse's head and went off into the distance.

"Black Bull, how do you know that some of them have been on the battlefield and killed people." The young man who followed him and didn't look like he was yet twenty years old asked.

"Ah, cricket, after you've followed me to the battlefield a few times and got an official name, you'll understand. It's a feeling that only those of us who are always haunting the dead. Black Bull said.

"Hmm!" The young man named Cricket nodded heavily.

The way the Indians named it was unique. When a child is born, parents will give him a name after something natural that he has just seen. For example, if the father has just seen a white fish in the river, then the child can be called "white fish"; For example, when his mother gave birth to him, it rained heavily, so it can be called "heavy rain". As for the name "cricket", it is because when his mother gave birth to him, the cricket next to him was crying happily. So he had such a name.

"Cricket" was not satisfied with his name, which had no momentum at all. However, it was fortunate that this name was not an official name, and when he fought a few battles with the tribe, people would give him another name based on his appearance on the battlefield, which was his official name. He was determined to earn himself a better name.

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"What do you think the train that Black Bull mentioned can be dealt with?" The Bison Chief asked.

"They hid behind half-man-high steel plates and fired, and it was not easy to hit. And if that canopy is really a cannon, and it's a deadly shell, it's really hard to deal with. A man with high cheekbones, a thin man of about fifty or sixty years of age, replied.

The last time the Illinois militia surrounded the Indians, some of the Indians who survived fled to Minnesota and joined the Sioux tribe. From their mouths, the Sioux were able to understand that the whites had another terrible kind of iron rain cannonballs in their hands.

The so-called iron rain cannonball refers to the shrapnel shell. Previously, such shells were imported entirely from Britain and were expensive. Therefore, the Americans are generally reluctant to use such high-end things in the war against the Indians. So the Indians are not yet very familiar with this weapon. Now the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company was able to produce such weapons, as a result of which the price of such shells fell rapidly, so now such shells, which have already been priced at the price of cabbage, are everywhere, and the militias of the states are buying a whole bunch of them. The Indians had the opportunity to see such things. Little did anyone know, of course, that it wouldn't be long before these tall shells, along with the imposing-looking bronze smoothbore cannons, would become obsolete and be thrown into the garbage heap or hauled back to the furnace. The reason why Scrooge threw this thing out at the price of cabbage was to consider that these things would soon become obsolete, and he would make a profit as soon as he could sell them.

"Shall we test it first? Let's see how powerful that thing really is. An Indian said.

"Temptation? There's something to tempt here. Obviously, that thing is hard bones, and it is we who suffer from hard gnawing. If you don't gnaw it down, what is the use of such a temptation? Someone retorted.

"And what do you say you're going to do with it?" Someone spoke again.

"Think about what this thing is for." Black Bull said, "Why do white people make this kind of thing? ”

He looked around for a moment, saw that everyone had quieted down, and listened to him, so he continued, "They are going to build a railway, and the most fearful thing is probably not that we will directly attack their camp and construction site. These places are easy to defend. What are they most worried about? I guess we destroyed the railroads they had built. That's why they came up with such a thing, patrolling back and forth along the railway line. The weakness of the whites is on the railroad, they themselves know it, and they do this thing to protect it. But can they protect it? ”

"Yes, if we tear down a section of the railway, they won't be able to get across. You can only watch dryly. ”

"If it's demolished, people will repair it. I think we can ...... like this."

……

St. Paul, Minnesota.

"Mr. MacDonald, the Indians have found our man, the Sioux Union, and they want to save us from stopping the construction of this railroad. Because our railroad entered their territory in violation of the previous agreement between the federal government and them. "Bob, who is the captain of the railroad security team, is reporting to Scrooge.

"How did you answer?" Scrooge asked.

"I tell the redskin what you told me what agreement he was talking about, I don't know and I don't want to know. All I know is that this railway has to pass through here. The territory on both sides of the railway is all ours. Let them come to death if they have a seed, and get away if they don't. And then drove him out with tar and hair all over his body! ”

"That red-skinned tarmac looks like a gorilla, right?" Scrooge said with a smile.

"yes, it's like. But there was a worker named James in the camp, who was more like a gorilla than the tarred skin, even if he didn't tar or get his hair on. ”

"Really? Very interesting. You did very well. They should be attacking us soon. As long as they do it, I can kill them and expel them from here, and thus take the Misabi mine into my hands. ”

The Misabi Mine is the largest iron ore mine in the entire United States, and what is even more rare is that it is also a shallow open-pit iron mine. The total reserves are as high as 1.4 billion tons. Although in terms of ore quality, it is not as good as those iron ores in Australia or Brazil, but in those places, Scrooge's hand cannot reach for the time being. And even if it is obtained, without 10,000 tons of wheels, it is not economically feasible to open iron ore so far. Therefore, it is extremely important to take this iron mine.

Lincoln was busy fighting the Southerners, and if it weren't for a few sudden victories on the Western Front, he would have nearly failed to win this year's election. So he's definitely going to oppose us and we're going to fight the Indians again. So we had to get the Indians to take the initiative and create something big that Lincoln couldn't object. Well, the Indians attacked our railroad, we fought back, attacked their camps, and then, in retaliation, they attacked certain towns. And then...... It's just perfect. Scrooge thought so and couldn't help but laugh again.

"Have you found the location of the Indians' camp?" Scrooge asked.

"Our scouts have found several tribal camps and have been keeping an eye on them." Bob replied.

"You've done a good job! Be prepared when you go back. Scrooge said.

"Then, Mr. MacDonald, I'll take my leave." Bob took his leave and left.

As soon as Bob went out, the door was opened again. Anna walked in.

"Anna!" Scrooge shouted, "Quick, go open a bottle of wine, we're going to celebrate." ”

"What? What's the good news? Anna asked.

"Not bad! We have a big iron ore mine, the largest in the whole of America! Scrooge said.

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"Chiefs, the whites have arrogantly rejected our demands, and insulted our messengers. This is intolerable and I think we must go to war with them! What do you guys think? ”

"Chief Bison, I've got your back! We cannot tolerate such humiliation! And I know that they are fighting their enemies in the south and simply do not have enough troops to fight us. Dare to be so arrogant in such a situation, we must teach them a lesson! The grizzly chieftain of the neighboring tribe was the first to stand up in support. Later, other tribes also expressed their support.

"Okay, since everyone supports it, we have decided like this!" "Now let's discuss how to do it!" said the buffalo chief. ”