Who would have thought of such fun?

It's also too ...... Too...... It's too unsophisticated, how can you use the railway manpower maintenance vehicle as a mobile fortress?

Seeing two moving fortresses, uh...... As the railroad manpower maintenance car approached quickly, Colonel Fletcher jumped up like a frightened rabbit and shouted; "Retreat, retreat quickly."

The battle could not be fought, the sneak attack turned into a strong attack, and the head was broken and bloodied under the barbed wire and strong defenses of the Easterners, and the battle of more than 40 minutes cost half of the 2,300-strong troops, while the enemy suffered few casualties.

This simply made Colonel Flett's heart bleed, he had never fought such a humiliating battle, it was too unreasonable, how could there be a reason to change a manpower maintenance vehicle into a mobile fortress?

Don't you say it......

It's easy to set up, can move quickly across the rails, and most importantly, provides solid protection for heavy machine gun crews, allowing them to unleash their ferocious firepower.

The poor sneak attack troops did not bring heavy artillery, and they were wiped out one by one like rabbits in this wasteland, there is really no way to fight this battle, so retreat quickly!

Just then, a sharp whistle sounded......

Puff puff puff......

Several white phosphorus flares rose again in the sky, dispelling large areas of darkness and illuminating the surrounding battlefield.

The heavy machine gun positions of the Orientals roared angrily, and the manpower maintenance vehicles that moved quickly, uh...... The mobile fortress also exerted ferocious fire from the flanks, and heavy machine-gun bullets fired non-stop across the wilderness, hitting the grass and trees.

With a sharp whistle, the defenders who were ambushed on the uplifted railway line jumped up, launched a fierce charge with rifles, and then also killed a force from the other side, numbering about 200 people, and rushed up fiercely with the guns in their hands, shouting in their mouths; "Surrender to avoid death, and resist and kill without mercy."

Originally, the distance between the two was only more than 200 meters, but now the soldiers of the Southern Army were pressed by the ferocious machine gun fire and could not raise their heads, and the sporadic resistance was immediately drowned by more ferocious bullets......

This short but fierce battle ended after an hour and a quarter of an hour, and a regiment and a guard battalion totaling more than 2,360 white officers and soldiers in the sneak attack killed more than 1,200 (no injured) and 912 were captured, including Colonel Fletcher, deputy commander of the Sixth Division of the Southern Army, and more than 200 people fled during the night and disappeared into the dark night.

The defending troops, at a small cost of only 7 killed and 26 lightly wounded, achieved such a brilliant victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders.

Don't be thundering!

It was already dawn when the news of this blow came to the Buddha, and dozens of drenched generals of the defeated army fled back in despair, reporting the news of the almost total annihilation of the army.

These soldiers never imagined that they would have to wade back and forth on foot on the cold Limer River twice, and when they came back, their faces were blue from the cold, their noses and tears were flowing uncontrollably, their teeth were shaking and they couldn't stop, and all the equipment on their bodies was lost, and they looked miserable.

"My God, is it April Fool's Day?" Lieutenant General Julian Smith's frenzied hands swung into the air, his face distorted with anger.

There was nothing to say about the battle, the Southern Army thought it was a sneak attack, but in fact, people had been waiting for it for a long time, and General Julian Smith was no longer interested in listening to what manpower maintenance vehicles.

The facts are clear, the first battle has already been lost, and it has been badly defeated.

It doesn't matter if there are railway manpower maintenance cars or not, it's just that they have been defeated more completely.

For the Southern Army, which is overwhelmed by large soldiers, this kind of small trick will bring a little trouble at most, and it is impossible to affect the overall situation, and it will be destroyed by artillery fire when necessary.

"Your Excellency, General, the whole army is ready to go, you see ......"

"I don't need you to remind Colonel Alan Keynes that I haven't lost my mind yet, it's been a terrible start, the Sixth Division has behaved like a cowardly woman, and I'm wondering if Colonel Antonio should be awarded a gold medal for his success in misleading me, damn it...... The experienced deputy division commander you swore to bring too much fright, a fright rather than a surprise...... That's right! ”

Lieutenant General Julian Smith roared frantically, pacing back and forth in the tent like a trapped beast, and his rage made the senior officer look at each other, and no one dared to say anything, for fear that the anger would blow at his head.

A moment later

Lieutenant General Julian Smith gasped for breath, stared at his men with bloodshot eyes, and commanded word by word; "Order the soldiers to return to the camp to rest, Colonel Antonio......"

"Please, Your Excellency."

"Have your men erect two bridges over the Limer, one of them by heavy gun carriages, I will see both bridges erected before dusk to-day, and remember, Mr. Colonel, I do not wish to hear any more excuses."

"Your will will be carried out, Your Excellency."

"Very well, let's all get out of here, let me be quiet for a while."

"Yes, sir."

Since the sneak attack failed, the original dawn attack was naturally in vain, and now the whole army has to rest for two days and then look for fighters.

After losing the first battle, Lieutenant General Julian Smith had given up on the idea of winning by surprise and was ready to crush the past with a dignified formation, without giving the cunning Orientals any chance to play tricks.

Snow Mountain Town

Laughter filled the Chinese town, and everyone had a triumphant joy on their faces, and they had a reason to celebrate such a big victory at a pittance.

Every white soldier of the Confederate Army was rewarded with £5 for the killing of a soldier, £12 for the killing of a second lieutenant, £18 for the killing of a lieutenant, £30 for the killing of a captain, and as for the killing of an enemy colonel...... £200 reward.

Captive...... The reward was halved, perhaps deliberately by the General Staff of the Army, anyway, the reward for capturing the enemy was small, which faintly revealed the taste of cruelty.

"Hahaha, Chief Duan, we're going to get rich now, if you want me to say kill this colonel, anyway, you can get a reward with an epaulette that can prove your identity, and it's useless to stay here."

"Yes, Chief Duan, let's kill him."

"If you want me to say stab to death, I can save a bullet."

"Get out of the way, don't make your bloody hands disgusting, if you want me to say strangulation, I'll take care of this, leave it to me, and promise to do it clean for you."

Several officers happily surrounded Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui, wanting to kill the captured Colonel Fletcher, 200 pounds is a huge amount of money, and everyone can lose a lot of money, much cuter than this white-skinned and green-eyed ghost.

This time, more than 1,000 people were killed, more than 900 enemy soldiers were caught, and more than 70 officers, large and small, were counted as a lot of money, and everyone here had a share, who could not be happy?

The Great War broke out

The Ocean Kingdom is ruthless, and there are rewards for killing and capturing enemy soldiers, and it seems that they are ready to kill these rampant whites fiercely to set an example.

From now on, it seems that the effect is excellent, and the enthusiasm of young people to participate in the war is particularly high, and there is still a reward for killing the enemy, defending the country, defending the homeland, and the fool is not willing to do it?

The vast number of Chinese immigrants are illiterate, and it is useless to talk about any big truths, and it is the right way to expect the people to work hard and have to come up with money and land that can be seen and touched, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers to fight.

Judging from the military system of the Ocean Kingdom, it is still more cost-effective to take out the reward, because the reward for killing and capturing the enemy in the battle has already been rewarded, and in the future, the reward for meritorious deeds can reduce the distribution of military merit fields in Australia, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to future development.

"Please don't kill me, I've got money, I've got lots and lots of money, I'll give it all to you, I have a 17,000-acre ranch in Newcastle, sir...... Just leave me alive and I'll give you all of this. Although he could not understand the difficult and unconvincing Chinese, Colonel Fletcher was not stupid, and the officers looked at him like a lamb to the slaughter, and smiled with a wicked smile, almost like a demon.

Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui turned around and looked at him with interest, and said noncommittally; "You have to answer some of my questions now, and you must not conceal or deceive, and I will find someone else to verify your confession, and if there is a question that dissatisfies me, I will take something from you, an ear, a nose, a palm, or a foot......"

Speaking of which

Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui paused deliberately, allowing Colonel Fletcher to digest the terrible news, and then continued; "In the end, I will stab you in the heart and take your life, remember that you are my prisoner of war, everything you have is mine, whether you can continue to keep these small objects on your body, it depends on your performance, do you understand?"

"Oh my God, what did I encounter?" Colonel Fletcher was so frightened that he was about to pee, and his indifference to the lives of others did not mean that he was equally indifferent to his own lives, on the contrary, he cherished life after many deaths; "Honorable sir, I will answer any situation you want to know without reservation, I promise ......"

"It's okay, you can try to lie to me and see if I can take your gadgets."

"No...... Don't make such attempts. ”

"Huh...... Okay, so let's have a good conversation. Duan Qirui said this, turned his head and said to the officers who were looking Colonel Fletcher up and down with bad intentions; Don't be here, are you uncomfortable with all of you? What should I do, the battle has just begun, and there are still more than 10,000 Southern troops outside the town, so don't make trouble for me here. ”

"Knowing the big guy, then let's go."

"Be serious, talk to people."

"Yes, sir, let's go inspect the position."

"Go ahead, report back immediately if there's any."

"Yes, sir."

Duan Qirui sent away a group of his brothers, turned his head and looked at Colonel Fletcher with a smile, pulled out the bright short blade from his waist and said; "So let's get started, where do we start...... Let's talk about your Smith Corps first, how many troops are there? ”

"Report to the sir, the Smith Corps has a total of 36,700 men, all of whom are white farmers and herdsmen and city dwellers near Newcastle, as well as a small number of farmers and white cowboys in the Wollongong area, and the composition is relatively single, mostly Irish and German, and the fighting force is relatively strong."

"How many divisions have been formed?"

"Report to the commander, there are three divisions plus two cavalry regiments, namely the third infantry division, the sixth infantry division and the seventh infantry division, one Doron cavalry regiment, one Newcastle cavalry regiment, plus two artillery regiments and one battalion, and a logistics mule and horse regiment."

"Well, how many of you are here this time?"

"Report to the chief, we are here this time that the third division lacks a regiment, the sixth division lacks an artillery regiment, and there is also a cavalry regiment, which is stationed in a hilly area 12 kilometers away from Snow Mountain Town."

"What about the follow-up troops?"

"Report to the sir, currently stationed in the outer positions of Sydney, and cooperate with other troops to guard against a possible armed attack by Beilun, with a total number of about 20,000 soldiers, and can follow the orders of His Excellency the Commander at any time to reinforce the front-line battlefield."

"Well, that means our enemy is not 16,000, but an army of 36,700."

"Sir, to be exact, there should be 34,400 men, because this army I led has been wiped out by you, your strategy is admirable, I hope to be able to follow you and do some small part, please allow me to introduce, I know the law, I know English, French and Latin, and I can speak a few words of German, I hope it can help."

"Hahahaha......"

Fletcher's sycophants made Duan Qirui laugh, when a person completely gives up the bottom line, you know that his lower limit is infinitely low, so low that you can't imagine it.

"You mean to say...... Want to serve me? ”

"Yes, sir, that's exactly what I thought, your use of barbed wire and railroad maintenance vehicles has really opened my eyes, and I believe that if you survive the war, you will become a famous general, and it will be my greatest honor to serve you."

"Hehehe...... This barbed wire tactic, really speaking, I have to thank you Americans. A mysterious smile appeared on Duan Qirui's face, and then he unhurriedly took the snowy short blade to pick his fingernails, and the soul of Fletcher was full of ghosts, and a chill ran down his spine.

It's a smiling devil, it's terrible.

When it comes to barbed wire, we have to start with US President Abraham Lincoln signing the Homestead Act.

The Act provides;

Beginning on January 1, 1863, any U.S. citizen who had attained the age of 21 or who met the requirements for naturalization and who applied for U.S. citizenship received a "portion" of up to 160 acres of Western State land for the purpose of living and farming, free of charge or by paying a $10 registration fee.

160 acres of land is not small, the size of 91 football fields, which can be said to be extremely generous.

"Go West, young man, go West," Horace Greeley, editor-in-chief of the Tribune in New York, shouted a loud slogan.

At that time, it was the most difficult time of the Civil War, and the development of the west was far less developed than it is now, but large tracts of land were deserted. A good bill that was supposed to provide welfare to the American people did not receive more applause.

For the average person

The lack of supporting facilities such as medical care, living and transportation can be overcome, and the security of the wild west is the biggest problem, with the ubiquitous gunslingers, villains, horse bandits and wild beasts making this barren land chaotic.

Even the shortest growing foods take a month or two to mature.

And within a month or two, even if people take good care of the crops, once they encounter the local indigenous livestock or some wild animals, the newly planted food will instantly become the food of these wild beasts.

In this case, it is enough to build a fence around the farm

But 160 acres could not be built by relying on manpower to cut down trees and build fences.

After experiencing the most primitive difficulties in opening up the land and expanding the land, the enthusiasm of the Americans for developing the western region began to decline rapidly.

In 1868, the U.S. Department of Agriculture evaluated it and concluded that the Homestead Act was a dead letter if the fence problem was not addressed.

Just when the US government was having a headache over the policy of developing the western region, a young man, Joseph Gliden, invented barbed wire, which was called "the 50 great inventions that shaped the world economy."

With a very small number of wooden stakes and a few sections of barbed wire, a large area of land can be fenced off and the beasts can be blocked, which is simply an artifact for the development of the west.

In just six years after the mass production of barbed wire, a total of 263,000 miles of barbed wire were sold in the United States, which is equivalent to circumnavigating the globe 10 times.

Since then, the "Great Western Development" of the United States has expanded at an astonishing speed. With the increase in immigration, the vast western frontier of the United States was stabilized, and the ensuing economic growth helped the United States enter a golden age of development.

Just knowing this history, you can understand why Duan Qirui said that he wanted to thank the Americans?

Barbed wire is also widely used in Australia, but in war, Duan Qirui can definitely be called the first person.

After some inquiry

Duan Qirui was quite satisfied with the honesty of this prostrated Colonel Fletcher, and marked the three words "afraid of death" after his name.

Ordering the guards to keep him and the other captured officers under close guard, Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui left the mansion in Snow Mountain Town and walked along the street.

The streets are littered with heavily armed soldiers, as well as various pits, walls and traps marked with lime powder, which make your scalp tingle to watch.

At the time of the final evacuation of the town, the last troops were tasked with covering the lime with dust, which looked like a normal town.

Stepping into the snow mountain town knew that it was powerful, and he stepped on a pit, and was pierced by sharp wooden thorns, and suddenly the wall collapsed, and he pushed open the courtyard door, and suddenly the stones fell down, and when he walked on the road, he was suddenly pierced by the iron thistle soaked in dung......

All of this is shocking.

Duan Qirui is definitely a ruthless person, when he tries his best to harm people, any strategy can be used, as long as he can hit the enemy hard, he is not taboo.