The breach of the Rio Grande line took place almost overnight.

Although fifteen dollars didn't have much hope for the Rio Grande Line, he was still a little incredulous when he received the news of the fall of Kopacz.

The U.S. military is coming just too fast!

They weren't marching fast, but they were able to keep their speed at the same level against the defensive positions they were supposed to snipe, which greatly shortened their marching time!

The defenders of the southern town of Kopacz did not even have time to put up a decent resistance before they were blown to pieces by a cannon blast.

Then large numbers of American troops began to spread methodically along the Rio Grande, unhurriedly uprooting the strongholds on the plains, and in a suffocating, slow cadence, toward the Alamo to the north.

The U.S. forces almost effortlessly broke through his carefully placed first line of defense, and let the second line of defense be half breached.

On the morning of June 21, Fifteen Dollars personally arrived at the Alamo.

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The Alamo was originally a fortress-style church built by the Spaniards, and in the early days of the Republic of Texas, a fierce battle took place here, and as a result, the infant Texas was born.

With the selection of $15 as an important node in the second line of defense, it was expanded into a super-military position covering an area of 80 square kilometers, crisscrossed by trenches, earthen walls, and minefields.

Unlike the fortresses set up by the Spaniards here, it almost abandoned the vantage points in favor of burying its firepower into the ground as much as possible—a fifteen-dollar last resort. Compared to the firepower of the U.S. military, although the Alamo position can be regarded as the elite of the Indian army, it still looks a little shabby!

By the time Fifteen dollars arrived, there had been 20,000 Indian troops, nine infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, and one cavalry regiment—plus an ad hoc reconnaissance regiment.

Unlike other troops, where slaves and men were used as soldiers, the soldiers here were regular and well-trained. He is a samurai who can fight the Oregon servants of Fremont in the mountains and forests of Rocky Mountain with a dagger, and an iron man who can calmly advance against artillery fire in a line with muskets.

The Sierra Madre to the northwest acts as a thick wall that acts as a barrier to the Alamo, and at the same time cuts off the Alamo from the northwest.

By the time fifteen dollars arrived here, the entire Alamo region, except for a supply line that could barely maintain a supply line in the northeast, was already full of U.S. troops in the remaining four directions.

Sporadic contact battles had already begun, and the reason why they had not yet launched a general offensive was simply because the criss-crossed trenches prevented it from finding an ideal artillery position.

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The U.S. military's offensive can hardly be called any technology to speak of, and even Sherman, who is known for his strange style, has a unique combat style of the federal army in his bones - that is, he is powerful and heavy.

If I had to add a supplementary explanation to such a style, it would be that the momentum is particularly strong and the force is particularly heavy!

The Union army has always been able to calmly set up a battle, without concealing any combat intentions, and it does not matter whether the enemy is prepared or not, and what preparations are made, they just use their strongest fists to greet the enemy where it is most critical.

If you can't stop it, you die, and if you do, you have to punch the next punch - but in the history of the American Federation, few people can stop its first punch. Even if the time is extended to the length of 200 years, few people can stop it.

has strength, but can be so domineering!

Fifteen Dollars is now facing a situation where the Alamo takes over the first blow of the Union army commanded by Sherman.

As for the Rio Grande Line—forget about it, it's nothing more than scraps of paper swept away by the fist!

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Twilight.

In the Alamo's war room, Fifteen sat on top with a blank face.

More than a dozen commanders sat on both sides of the long table, and each of them did not say a word.

In the middle of the table was a large sand table, but no one looked at it—the red rectangular flag that had once been filled with Indian troops had been removed and replaced with a Venus pennant representing the American army.

The bright red sunset shone in through the window, staining the sand table with a rusty color.

"When will the general offensive begin?" Fifteen dollars asked.

"Tomorrow morning, 8 o'clock!" Alfalfa, who was standing behind him, replied.

Not only did the US military not hide its intention to attack, but even revealed the timing of its attack in advance.

The self-confidence brought by great power allows them to be fearless and even reckless.

"Hmph," Fifteen sneered, "do you want us to break down on our own under pressure?" ”

No one dared to answer his words out loud.

Today's fifteen dollars is no longer the humble little slave who had to rely on hoarse shouts to get his subordinates to work for him at the beginning of the Madre Mountain Forest Tribe, nor is it the war priest who had to rely on manipulating people's hearts to make his subordinates obey his orders three years ago.

The submission of the Indians to him had become a habit, and this habit was contagious like a plague and became common knowledge.

Throughout the Union of Indians, the turtledove is like a sun, anchoring time and space, holding the essence of power.

And fifteen dollars is the spring, summer, autumn and winter in the time sequence, and the four directions in space have become a self-evident law.

Turtle doves can be warm, cold, majestic, or passionate...... Everyone has a different turtle dove in their heart.

But fifteen dollars is only one in everyone's cognition: and that is obedience!

In other words, in the creation of fifteen dollars, the position of 'war priest' has taken on a layer of divinity and authoritarian aura.

"—only, there's only one thing that can break us," Fifteen continued, "and that's the whole world 'collapsing,'" he made an explosive gesture and shook his head.

"Tonight, we're going to find its artillery and take them out!" Fifteen dollars said.

In the Alamo area, not only 20,000 Indians but also more than 10,000 American troops were hoarded, and this number is rapidly expanding as more and more American troops are reinforced in the rear.

The Alamo theater of operations is 80 square kilometers, and the area occupied by the US military around it will only be larger.

It is no longer accurate to use the word 'front' to describe the demarcation line between the two sides, and perhaps it is more appropriate to use 'war zone'. The trenches crisscross the city, sometimes leaving the opposing sides separated by only a few meters.

Just because both sides are not ready for battle, like lime powder and water mixed together, they do not have a violent explosion at the beginning, but need to penetrate each other repeatedly, and even need some external force to shake violently......

It is really not an easy task to find out the artillery positions deliberately hidden by the opponent from such a vast and complex theater of operations.

"Let's all go out tonight - cactus, along the trench, here, here, and here, give me all the way!" Fifteen said, pointing to the map on the wall.

The place he was referring to covered most of the Alamo's east, south, and west directions.

A thin young man in the seat slowly stood up, first nodded, then shook his head with difficulty, and said, "I'll try my best!" ”

"Not as much as possible, but as necessary!" Fifteen dollars corrected him: "'Must' means that the glory that belongs to you begins now!" ”