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Spurred on by the death of blacksmith Kobe, many workers began to check out and leave, but at the same time, new workers were constantly being sent here. The railroad continues to move forward.

James struggled to pull his left foot out of the deep mud, but the upper was out, but the sole was still in the mud.

"Damn it!" James scolded, "What the hell! ”

Yes. Since the beginning of October, there has been a lot of rain, and deep drainage ditches have been dug on both sides of the railway embankment, which can be regarded as ensuring that the laying of the railway can barely be carried out, but the road from the railway site to the camp is too difficult to walk. The ground was soaked in rainwater, and the mud often sank up to your ankles as soon as you stepped down. Sometimes, if you don't walk well, it's possible that the mud doesn't reach your knees. The cold stagnant water will also flow into the shoes at this time, freezing the feet and even losing consciousness completely.

Now, James' foot injury is no longer conscious. James pinched his shoeless foot, then bent down again, reached into the mud and felt for a while, finally getting the sole out of the mud. Looking in the direction of the camp, the camp was already close in sight, and it might only take three steps to step onto the camp's dry, solid ground covered with soot.

James leaned back slightly, then rushed forward! One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, one more step, and finally embarked on a solid soot road. James knew that there was a grocery store on the other side of the camp that sold all sorts of things, including boots and stuff like that. His current shoe is obviously out of order. However, the grocery store also collects tatters, and perhaps, this rotten shoe can sell for a few cents.

Pushing open the door of the grocery store, he saw Stern, the owner of the grocery store, roasting a fire by a fire. Stern wasn't a worker, he was a man who signed a contract with a company and was given the opportunity to do business with the workers.

"James, what's wrong? What to buy again? When Stern saw James come in, he quickly stood up and said.

"Shoes, soles are off." James walked straight to the brazier, pulled over a chair and sat down, took off the other shoe as well, and then put two bare feet on the edge of the brazier to make a fire. So a distinctive smell permeated the small grocery store.

"Hmm," Stern covered his nose and sat down in another chair.

"Look, how much is that broken shoe worth?" James handed Stern his broken shoe.

Stern looked at it and said, "At most, the upper can be used as a miscellaneous leather to mend shoes, and the soles have long been worn out to the bottom." It's useless. This thing is not worth anything at all. Well, forget it, whoever made you look like my son, I'll give you a good price, a penny. ”

"Bullshit, who the fuck looks like your son!" James glanced at his lips, "Just give a penny?" Old man, you're too picky, aren't you? ”

"It's quite a lot! James, if you take this somewhere else, people will just throw it in the garbage heap. Well, so let's buy a new pair of boots and sell me the one that still works. I'll give you a little cheaper. What do you think? ”

"How much cheaper? Well, how much do those shoes cost? ”

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The continuous rain inevitably affected the progress of road construction. However, this is a natural factor that cannot be resisted. And it's not just the natural factors that threaten the railways. Soon, the railroad will be coming into Minnesota. There, they were to pass through guò for a section of the area controlled by the Sioux people. The Sioux were an Indian branch. It is now the strongest Indian tribe on the Big 6 in North America. They traded with the guò and the whites, obtained horses and guns, and they made a living by hunting bison. In the hunt, they developed superb riding skills and accurate marksmanship. This makes them at least as effective as the regular army of Mexico.

Therefore, the railway passes through their control area, which inevitably brings more dangers. So, they have to plan ahead. Be prepared.

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"Something about security. Let's start by hearing from the experts. Scrooge said. Colonel Robson was a commander with very rich combat experience. I am sure that his comments will be enlightening to all of you. ”

"Hello everyone." Robson stood up, nodded to the board members, and walked over to a wall with drapes on top of it. An assistant helped him pull back the curtain, removing a huge map of northern Minnesota behind it.

"Our people are showing signs of large-scale, high-grade iron ore here. Limited to conditions, of course. We haven't been able to do any large-scale exploration yet. However, the probability of the existence of iron ore and copper ore in this generation is very high. To do this, the company's railways need to turn north, so that these areas where there are potential deposits of zài minerals can enter the 32-kilometer radius of the railway. But here, here, here are all Indian lands. We have to get them to move from here to other places away from our railroad. For this reason, we will definitely clash with these Indian lives.

So how will the Markers fight? What do they do to pose the greatest threat to us? Robson paused and glanced at the audience. If he was talking about this in the 6th Army, he would ask the officers directly, ask them to answer, and then catch the mistakes or loopholes in their answers and fix them severely. But this can't be the case here, the people sitting below are all real big bosses, and he can't afford to mess with any of them.

"The Indians may have several such attacks. First, direct attacks on construction sites or labor camps. Robson said, "It's best to guard against that." It is enough to tear up barbed wire, dig a little trench near the camp and the construction site, and then deploy a certain number of personnel. ”

"The second way of attack is to directly destroy our railways and attack our supplies. They were all cavalry, maneuverable, and could avoid heavily guarded areas and attack unguarded railways. Or attack our convoys. This one is more difficult to deal with than the previous one. If I were the commander of the Indians, I would definitely choose the latter mode of warfare.

So. How to deal with this style of play? My construction yì is, on this railway, prepare some special trains. These trains are made up of a locomotive and two flatbed cars. The front of the power car is in the middle, and the flatbed car is one in front and one behind. On these two flatbed cars, we were fitted with waist-high steel armor and a gun capable of firing shrapnel grenades. We can use these vehicles to patrol along the railroad and thwart possible attacks by the Indians at any time. At the same time, we connected the telegraph lines to the various stations. This allows our armored trains to support the location where reinforcements are needed at any time. In addition, in our transport trains, some of these armored flatbeds should also be mixed.

But, gentlemen, defense is always passive. Offense is the solution to the problem once and for all. Therefore, attacking the nest of the Indians is the most fundamental solution to the problem. However, the Sioux are fishermen and hunters, and they are often on the move, so it is not easy to catch them. However, much of their survival depends on the killing of bison. We may be able to kill all the bison of this generation. Then they would have to withdraw from the area. ”

"It's an interesting idea." "I think Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Clark would have been interested in the bison that were killed," Morgan said. ”

"Beef is important, but the degree to which the bison are killed is even more important." "We can't take every bison we kill back and can, it's too slow," Scrooge said. So, just bring the tongue back. Beef tongue is the best to eat. "The last bison-killing doctrine was actually proposed by Scrooge. Historically, the Americans relied on this to finally defeat the Sioux. At that time, the total number of North American bison was as high as tens of millions, and at one time, only about 20 were killed.

"Is that kind of armored train a prototype?" Someone asked.

"Yes," Scrooge replied, "we've already modified some." If it works, it can be sold to the federal army in the future. ”

The design concept of this thing is from the Japanese devils of later generations. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese devils used a large number of such miniaturized armored trains to protect their railway lines from the attacks and sabotage of those illegal anti-Japanese armed forces that were expanded by the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army in violation of the order. It posed a great threat to the well-known railway guerrillas and other guerrillas who insisted on illegally resisting Japan. Although, in the end, the devils failed to rely on this to keep the safety of the railway, and were despised by some fruit fans as the people's armed forces for the illegal war of resistance, and after 44 years, even the devils did not even dare to come out of the turret. However, the combat capability of the Indians cannot be compared with the combat effectiveness of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which was the most prominent group army in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. So what can make eighteen episodes feel a headache for a while, it should be enough to deal with the Indians.

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"Chief, the white man's railroad has extended to our possessions. They have broken their previous agreement with us and have begun to plunder our land again. An Indian said to the bison chief.

"I knew these white people's promises were like farts!" "We can't let them succeed so easily," said the buffalo chief. You go and get in touch with the other tribes, and let's talk about what to do with those white people! In addition, let the warriors of the tribe be on guard, so as not to block the people at the door. ”