Chapter 62
How to say this battle, it's a bit like the first night of a young man.
I did a lot of homework, looked forward to a lot, and got nervous.
Zhu Fugui overestimated the combat effectiveness of the North American militia.
This is mainly pitted by those Chinese and American intellectuals who have joined forces.
According to them, the United States has guns and a strong sense of martial arts, which is not comparable to that of Asians.
Historically, the American militia wore farmer's clothes and carried shotguns to beat away the British regular army.
They are soldiers when they go out, and they are people when they enter, they come without a shadow and go without a trace, and they can be put into battle in "one minute", and they are called Minute Man (Minute Man).
A minute man!
That's amazing!
It's not a three-second man or a five-second man, and the combat power is simply explosive.
How can you have 70% of the strength of the British army, right?
Zhu Fugui is really worried about the battle.
Outcome......
A minute is indeed a minute.
When the Third Banner charged, the carriage, which was disturbed and was making a U-turn, was interrupted.
Horses are known to run faster than people.
But there is a premise for this conclusion, that is, in regular distance races, horses are faster than people.
When the schedule is too short and too long, it is possible for humanity to have an advantage.
This is due to the deconstruction of the human bipedal running body, which is advantageous in terms of both short-distance starts and long-distance energy savings.
For six million years of evolution, our ancestors have been excellent runners.
At this time, in a short sprint of twenty or thirty meters, the fighters of the 1st Division, which started faster, outpaced the carriage that slowly turned around.
When the third flag reached a distance of 30 meters, Yin Weasel pulled the trigger, and then eight or nine gunshots rang out.
Since about half of the fighters had already followed Kumaguro to shoot in advance, the firepower of this time was not very strong.
But those who chose to shoot at this time were undoubtedly the best among the recruits.
Not only are they more accurate in their shooting, but they also have a good hit rate at close range.
There were a total of five carriages, and three coachmen were shot, and one of them was directly smashed by the eagle ferret.
As for the other two, they were hit by an old-fashioned rifle, or even a shotgun, and they were not killed for a moment.
The bloodthirsty men of the mine guards showed their ferocity.
Seeing that the enemy charging head-on was not overwhelmingly numerous, they immediately jumped out of the wagon and prepared to use the wagon as cover to return fire.
In fact, until now, Victor and the others have not been able to figure out who they were attacked.
But years of experience still let them judge that these green-clothed men are not fierce in firepower, and the queue is loose, and they lack training at first glance, as long as they can......
However, before he could figure it out, a short and sturdy man in green had actually appeared in front of him.
"Ahh
With a scream, Yang Liu's bayonet had already been inserted into the executioner's chest.
"White dog, I avenged Brother Song's revenge today!"
Yang Liu took a sip, but he didn't love fighting, and immediately drew his gun and rolled aside.
It's still a little late, though.
Bob, who was driving the fifth carriage, had already drawn his pistol from his waist and slammed it towards Yang Liu.
In the western part of the United States, the pistols of cowboys and militiamen are all revolvers.
In sandy, poorly maintained places, revolvers that barely jam are the most reliable weapons.
However, this small and simple firearm naturally has great drawbacks.
One is that the ammunition capacity is small, only six rounds.
The other thing is that the power is insufficient.
Bob's marksmanship is very good, and he hits Yang Liulu's head with one shot.
But with a single sound, the bullet was ricocheted off by the bulletproof helmet.
The ricocheting even ricocheted into Victor's body again, who had not fully choked his breath.
With a muffled grunt, this guy didn't blink.
His eyes widened, as if he had fallen into doubt and panic after seeing Yang Liu's appearance up close.
Words like God's whip and the Yellow Peril, I don't know if they remained in his consciousness at the last moment.
The other two warriors who cooperated with Yang Liu did not have rifles in their hands, only two simple spears made of rebar.
They untied the flying stone rope from their waists and threw it at Bob.
The latter hurriedly avoided and at the same time fired again.
He pressed his left hand down on the hammer of the pistol and fired five shots in quick succession.
A revolver fanatic, Bob once fired all six rounds in 2.5 seconds at a revolver fire contest in Seattle.
He wasn't the best of his game today, but Bob was confident that his mastery would be enough to hold the two spearmen back.
And that's exactly what happened.
After one of the fighters was wounded in the arm, they did not rush to attack, but covered Yang Liu's squatting position behind the wheel to shoot.
Although the 38 big cover is criticized for its slow rate of fire, this slowness is also compared to classic rifles such as Lee Enfield and M1.
In this era when Mauser rifles were still on the drawing plates, the rate of fire of the Type 38 rifle was amazing.
Now at a close distance, Yang Liu naturally won't miss.
After one shot, Bob had only three bullets in his revolver.
He fell straight to the ground, three more bullets in his right hand tumbling to the ground, and the terrified horse's hooves were trotted into the dirt.
At the same time, the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh flags, which detoured to the flanks, were also interspersed into the battlefield.
The stubborn mine guards collapsed in an instant.
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The whole process of engagement is complicated to say, but it was actually completed in just one minute.
The most courageous in the battle were the Hakka people, including Yang Liu.
When it comes to militia private fighting, the Hakka people will not lose to the "one-minute man".
In fact, the militia's record was lackluster, both in the American Revolutionary War and in the Civil War.
They were celebrated not so much for their achievements in the Revolutionary War, but as for the unique struggle for state and federal rights in the United States, which led the North American Confucians to boast about the militia's achievements.
These militiamen are poorly equipped, poorly trained, and serve for a short time, usually going home in a month or two.
For the British, it's just a disease of ringworm and scabies.
Even Washington himself knew that these militias were simply unreliable, so he specifically asked Congress for authorization to form a standing army with a loan from France.
This army was the main force to resist the British.
However, in the ensuing political struggles, the farmers and capitalists in the states did not want the Washington government to hold public power, including military power.
Therefore, this standing army was disbanded by various means, and at the same time, it was paid to hire people to boast about the heroism and justice of the militia, creating the myth of the militia's victory over the British army.
But, a myth is a myth.
Just as the king of street ball is difficult to compete with the NBA water cooler players, and the men's football team can play amateur games without equals, the militia's combat power is too far from the regular army that has lost production.
Even today's North-South Civil War, to put it bluntly, is not a Southern militia against the Northern government army, but almost a West Point Military Academy classmates civil war, both sides are from professional classes, and the so-called volunteer army under their command is actually a regular army with full-time training.
And the so-called militia, just like Zhu Fugui's enemy in this battle, after a charge, skillfully raised his hands and saluted the country.
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