"Bang Bang Bang ......"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The dense volley of gunfire pierced the tranquility of the banks of the American River, bringing the smell of the smoke of the fierce war, and the Tang Dynasty musketeers guarding behind the half-human-high French breastop raised their guns in unison under the command of the captain, firing round after round of salvos.

After each salvo, the musketeers in the front row immediately collected their guns and retreated, and the musketeers in the second row advanced, while they themselves moved to the rear to re-clear their guns, reload their ammunition, prepare for the next salvo, and so on.

A volley of guns raised by 30 degrees can maximize the range of the Republican 9 flintlock musket, and the bullet can be fired into a low parabola, and the range can be as far as 850 yards to 900 yards.

Richard and Ronald Evenson stood side by side on a hill about 70 meters behind the front line, using monoculars to observe the effect of the platoon gun strike, with a satisfied look on their faces.

This is the afternoon of the fifth day of arrival at the American River, and this morning the four artillery pieces accompanied by the baggage convoy have just arrived, and now they are placed on the artillery position not far from them, and the black hole of the gun is pointed straight ahead.

In the open area of the river beach in front, about 240 white armed bandits dressed in various costumes were clustered together on horseback, because the river beach was narrow, there were only a dozen horsemen in front of them, and they were far away from the back, and they stopped moving anxiously in the face of the musket attack of the Datang Society.

In the middle of the two were lying about two dozen horses and the corpses of white bandits, all of which were the heavy price paid by the Alexander-Madison gang for the second rash attack today.

After a few rounds of gunning, several more people in the opposite horse team were shot and fell, and they looked through the telescope from a distance and their heads were bleeding, and they were not lightly wounded.

This caused another uneasy commotion among the white bandits, and one after another was met head-on, and the morale of the Madison gang was obviously greatly damaged, and there were some signs of losing their footing.

"Lee, your musketeers are much better than the previous two days, I didn't see the panic and low-level mistakes of the explosion, the three-stage shooting method is well mastered, and it looks like a regular army. In particular, the ultra-long-range shooting method taught by the French is eye-catching. Ronald Evenson commented quite pertinently.

He is a globe-trotting British adventurer with a complex background that has witnessed the conquest of the world's colonies by British expeditionary forces since the Victorian era.

War was no stranger to him.

Richard put down the monocular in his hand, nodded very approvingly, and said;

"These musketeers came from the 230 Chinese workers of the Rose Manor, and they were hard-working and obedient, and they could fight for a week in harsh conditions by filling their backpacks with two flatbreads.

Although the training time is not long, through this long-distance training and actual combat, the growth of the musketeers is very fast, which makes me confident in the next battle.

Mr. Mike Rabiot did not exaggerate, his eldest son George and second son Embiid are both excellent junior officers, inheriting the family's martial tradition, and they are very good at training soldiers. ”

"Hehe, the French are good at demagoguery, and they do have a unique point in army training, which is to train everyone to be a machine that only obeys orders, these damn French." Ronald Evenson inherited the good habits of the British, and couldn't help but demean the French.

When he saw Richard's gaze, he realized that the assessment was a little mean, so he changed the subject and said; "Li, yesterday we talked about the Chinese workers who built the railroad in Panama, do they also have the potential to grow into warriors?"

"There is no doubt that the Chinese Union is the best fighter who has endured hardships."

"In that case, I can call Pacific Cruises and ask them to ship these Chinese workers at the right price to strengthen our control over Alta California, what do you think of this idea?"

"Oh...... Good is good, but I don't have enough gold to pay for it, it is said that there are six or seven thousand people there, which is not a small amount of money. ”

"It won't take much, it only takes three days to sail from the Caribbean to the Bay Area, you can use intensive loading, a ship can carry three hundred people or more, I think 12~15 dollars is a suitable price. After all, these Chinese laborers were only agreement laborers, not slaves, and had the freedom to choose. ”

"Mr. Ronald, I doubt the local white plantation owners will let it go?"

"That's fine, I've seen it all, the top of Panama Railroad and the owners of Pacific Cruises in the United States are all British, and they have a smooth line of communication with each other. After the completion of the Panama Railway, these Chinese laborers were only engaged in heavy plantation work for food and clothing, and rarely sold themselves into slavery, as long as they were willing to pay $15 a year, no one would refuse to come to the Bay Area to serve you. ”

Faced with the sudden gift to the door, Richard looked at Ronald Evenson in surprise, he didn't know why this Englishman was so enthusiastic?

From start to finish, Parkview Green didn't reveal the plot behind it to his partner.

Although there was some speculation in his heart, but limited to the news blockage, Richard was a little uncertain.

Therefore, he did not rashly accept the kindness shown by Ronald Evenson, but frowned and groaned.

Ronald Evenson, apparently seeing Richard's concerns, lowered his voice and said; "Trust me buddy, there is no harm to you in the substantive cooperation between Datang and Fangcaodi, after the battle, we should have a private in-depth meeting, and I will show enough sincerity."

"I'm looking forward to ......"

After Richard finished speaking, he turned his attention to the enemy horse team in the distance, where there was a new movement.

It can be seen through a telescope

The leader of the bandits, "One-Eyed Dragon" Marbury Jones, rode up from behind, shouting loudly all the way, which was nothing more than the kind of morale encouragement, obviously unwilling to fail, and wanted to launch a new round of charge.

And so it was

After a little rectification, the "one-eyed dragon" Marbury Jones drew his bright saber and shouted wildly, and began to lead the white bandit horse team to gradually accelerate, launching a new round of cavalry charge towards the position of the Tang Society.

See this scenario

The commanders of the musketeer team, George and Embiid, gave a loud order, and the 120 musketeers who were originally resting on the second line stood up in unison, advanced more than ten meters in the sound of the password, and joined more than 100 musketeers in front of them, forming a denser queue of musketeers.

There were 5 platoons of 45 musketeers in each platoon, and because of the limitations of the river flats, a few of the soldiers on the edge had already stood in the water, and could not expand the platoon even further.

The horse's hooves roared, and the shouts of killing were deafening

The cavalry of the Madison gang was more than 800 yards apart, and in more than 20 seconds, the charging white cavalry had shortened the distance by nearly half and entered the 400-yard musket strike range.

The white bandits who rushed to the forefront were fiercely brandishing their shining sabers and galloping wildly, swept in with a crazy momentum, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves hit their hearts like muffled thunder, and even the flower scarves around the bandits' necks could be clearly seen.

This shocking scene of cavalry charge had caused great confusion among the musketeers in the previous two days, some of the musketeers fired without loading their ammunition, some of them were loaded with double ammunition and caused them to explode, some of them fired indiscriminately without aiming, and some of them were so frightened that their minds went blank and stood trembling in place, almost urinating in fright.

After the chaos of the war, the enemy once broke through the breastwork defenses, causing more than a dozen casualties on the side, and only escaped under the full counterattack of the gunners of the personal guard led by Richard.

Now all this no longer exists, after two days of fighting, the musketeers have grown rapidly, they have brushed down on the muzzle of the gun, aimed at the command of the officer, and then a dense volley of guns rang out......

Forty-five fiery bullets were fired, and they pounced on the enemy like locusts, and in the frightened eyes of the enemy, blood flowers bloomed, and five or six horses were knocked down in an instant.

For a while, people turned on their backs and exclaimed.

Falling off their horses on such a narrow river beach, those cowboys who were not too injured were inevitably trampled by the horses' hooves behind, and they could not avoid them at all, and their hope of survival was extremely slim.

After the bandit horse team was hit head-on, the second volley soon ushered in, and several people fell down with their horses again, causing a new round of chaos.

Round 3 volley, 4th round salvo, 5th round salvo......

In just 15 seconds, the charging white bandit horse team encountered an unprecedented violent rain of bullets, dense and deadly, and more than 20 horses rolled and fell to the ground, causing great chaos.

The musketeers displayed dense and deadly firepower, and in one round they had already broken the bandit horse team, and those who had tried to avoid the deadly bullets had already rushed into the river, and then turned and fled backwards in panic.

The white bandits, who were close to each other, had already rushed to a position of more than 100 yards, and when they saw the musket team raise the muzzle of the black hole again, put it flat and aim, they were immediately frightened, and without hesitation, they turned their horses' heads and rushed into the river next to them.

They did escape this round of bullets, but they suffered the bandits behind them, and in the screams of fear, they fell off their horses, and then were trampled to death by countless horses' hooves, and collapsed like rag pockets.

This time the attack came quickly and retreated quickly.

In just three or four minutes of fighting, the Madison gang paid a huge price of nearly 30 casualties, and then fled without looking back, never daring to try the cavalry charge again.

At this point, today's battle has come to an end.

Richard took out his gold pocket watch and looked at the time, it was only 1:40 p.m., the Alexandria Madison gang had been crushed, and the fleeing figure was nowhere to be seen.

So he commanded in a loud voice; "Quickly clean up the battlefield, check and maintain the guns, drink some water in half an hour, eat something to trim up, and set off on time at 2:30, the target is Hewan Village, where I will close the door and fight the dog tonight."