"Retreat...... Fast...... Retreat with the wounded fellows......" shouted Old Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, pulling his neck at his fingertips, leaning over to pick up a flaming stick, and riding his horse a few paces into the burning haystack.

Then he slammed his horse's belly with both feet, and led the cavalry out of the American camp and galloped all the way west.

The cavalry behind them did the same, some drew their revolvers and poured out the remaining bullets, some cut down the camp tents and threw them into the fire, and some rode around the corpse-strewn camp before waving their sabers and screaming......

The U.S. army came fast, and the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom ran fast.

By the time they had left, the U.S. cavalry camp was strewn with corpses, a miserable scene of ruin, tents and hay piles set ablaze one after another, and half of the sky was reddened.

There were very few American soldiers who were lucky enough to escape, and they all escaped from the camp with a black and red face, and they didn't even wear their clothes neatly, and their faces were full of horror and embarrassment.

The cavalry brigade led by Colonel Stephen Carney was divided into two, of which more than 600 American cavalry pursued the fleeing Tang Kingdom cavalry, and the remaining 200 cavalry followed him to the camp, and what he saw was this miserable scene.

The cavalry camp of the US army, which originally had more than 330 people, was brutally attacked, and more than 280 people were killed and wounded, of which more than 240 were killed or seriously wounded.

The survivors, who had hid by the fence, in the hearth, in the tent or in the pile of corpses, had been frightened by the Oriental cavalry after a nightmarish 11 minutes.

"Fack...... Damn it, leave a team of cavalry here to clean up the aftermath, and the others will chase me, and I'm going to cut off the heads of these hateful Eastern cavalrymen and kick them as balls. ”

"I'm sorry...... I must warn you, Mr. Colonel, that the Orientals have sent more than 200 musketeers into the town, and if we pursue them all, the main camp will be completely empty. ”

"God, these damned Orientals, I'm going to kill them all." Colonel Stephen Carney forcibly suppressed his anger and looked at the town of Rio Rancho with a murderous look.

From afar, you can vaguely see a small number of stranded Chinese musketeers, all dressed in British dark blue uniforms, climbing over the barricades through ladders and carrying bags of supplies to the town.

With this addition, Rio Rancho will be able to regain its former defenses and be better than before.

See this scenario

Fools also know that these more than ten days of bloody battles and sacrifices are in vain.

That's it

Colonel Stephen Carney's long-standing grievances completely exploded, and a mouthful of blood spurted wildly from his throat, his eyes went black, and his body was about to fall to the ground when he staggered.

Fortunately, Major Jamie Collins, who was next to him, was quick to grab the belt of his military uniform, so that he did not fall off the horse.

"Quick...... Help Mr. Colonel off his horse, go to the camp to find any soldiers who have not survived, and try to grab some equipment, and go quickly. ”

Major Jamie Collins took over the command at this time, and after settling Mr. Colonel, he sent a small group of cavalry to inform the pursuing American cavalry force;

With a limit of 30 km, don't go too deep to avoid being ambushed by the enemy.

After this battle

The original 1,700-strong U.S. troops on the Western Expedition had lost more than half, with a total of more than 830 casualties, and had lost the ability to further offensive, so they could only build fortifications and wait for reinforcements.

At a small cost of more than a dozen casualties, the old Karn's troops of the Tang Kingdom once again dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the US army's western expeditionary force and won an out-and-out victory.

A week later

Washington

White House, Oval Office

U.S. Federal President Polk angrily threw a copy of the military intelligence report on the table, knocked his fingers on the table hard, and said in a hurried tone;

"Gentlemen, I have reason to doubt that you have chosen a fool to command the Western Expeditionary Force, and Colonel Stephen Carney has been mercilessly mocked by the Orientals on the barren Gobi Desert in the New Mexico region.

This is completely different from the original optimistic expectations.

Someone once told me;

The Western Expeditionary Force was a boring journey from New Mexico to California, requiring only a few extra baskets of horseshoes.

Chief of Staff of the Federal Army, General Arthur, I need an explanation?

When the war is lost, the American electorate does not want to see a commander who is flustered and crying, and it is not that the United States cannot afford to lose, but that it cannot afford such a ridiculous defeat.

The 1,700-strong army of the Western Expeditionary Force of the United States Commonwealth was beaten by 1,000 enemies and could not take care of themselves, except for incompetence, I can't think of any other words to explain it, can you give me a reason? ”

After being reprimanded by Mr. President, Major General Arthur Temple, Chief of Staff of the US Federal Forces Standing in the Oval Office, looked as embarrassed as constipation, and he looked at Secretary of War George Levinson, Secretary of State Slim Love, White House Chief of Staff Harry Hoover, and others.

No, General Arthur could only explain stubbornly;

"I'm sorry, Mr. President, but we have now found out that the commander of the Tang Kingdom that Colonel Stephen Carney is facing is Lieutenant Colonel Kahn, an experienced Junker military aristocrat from Prussia, who is a difficult veteran to deal with.

Moreover, the British have been secretly intervening, providing various military equipment and military instructors for the Tang Kingdom, supporting the Orientals in military confrontation with the United States, and sparing no effort for this.

It's all there

Undoubtedly, it has caused great trouble to our military operations, and it is also a place that the General Staff Headquarters did not consider considerately, for which I am deeply sorry.

The latest intelligence shows;

The so-called king of the Tang Kingdom, Richard, was a militaristic dictator, who expanded the military power of the entire kingdom to 3,000 men in one fell swoop, and personally led the army to fight in the south.

It is expected that the total size of the enemy force on the western front will reach more than 2,500 men, far exceeding the strength of the Western Expeditionary Force led by Colonel Stephen Carney.

This move will greatly threaten the safety of our expeditionary force on the western route, and in order to maintain the current military posture of all-round superiority, large-scale reinforcements are imperative. ”

"The War Office agrees with that?" President Polk asked, looking unpleasant.

The U.S. Secretary of the Army is a civilian and does not participate in actual military command, and Secretary of the Army George Levinson was a politically enthusiastic dentist and a standard politician before taking up his current position.

If the beautiful country can win the war between the United States, Mexico and Tang with an overwhelming advantage, and lay the pattern of dominating North America while expanding its territory, it will be unstoppable like a giant dragon taking off, and the national fortune will be thriving.

Not only will President Polk go down in history, but George Levinson, Secretary of the Army, will also reap a lot of political wealth that will be enough to build a long-lasting political family.

When it comes to western regions like California and New Mexico, George Levinson and his political heirs can proudly say; Back then, that was the ground I had laid.

What is political qualification? What does it mean to have a rich political legacy? These are all out-and-out dry goods!

George Levinson's interests coincided with those of the military, so he nodded solemnly and replied;

"Mr. President;

The main force southward led by General Taylor was like a bamboo, and in this war, the United States had already gained the first hand advantage in the left and right of the war, and victory was only a matter of time.

The setbacks encountered in the western battlefield can be regarded as minor flaws that do not affect the overall situation.

Needless to say

The Tang Kingdom did create some minor troubles, and the British intervened, which did make it more difficult to resolve the western dispute, but so what?

In the face of absolute strength, no conspiracy can control the final outcome, victory will belong to the United States, the vast wild West will also belong to the United States, and Oregon will also belong to the United States, which is the sacred natural mission of the United States.

The War Department resolutely supports a large increase in troops to the west, and plans to increase the number of road construction workers from more than 8,700 to more than 14,000 on the more than 860 kilometers of road from Kansas City west to Denver, and to build a post town every 100 kilometers or so along the way, so as to enhance the transportation support capacity of this logistics line.

meanwhile

Out of the strategic need of war preparedness and control of the western region, the War Department strongly suggested that the construction of the western railway should be rapidly promoted to support the pace of opening up the western region.

Forgive me, Mr. President, for taking the liberty of enduring the inevitable expansion of the territory to the west, and it is a necessary cost to bear certain casualties and setbacks.

Meili Jian has enough ability to pay such a price, if we can't completely defeat the Tang Kingdom and take the vast west into our pockets, then what's the point of this war?

We must not occupy the populous city of Mexico City, which is burdened by millions of Indians, and the United States needs a vast and hopeful western land, which will greatly expand our territory and give the United States the advantage of two oceans, and the strategic significance is extremely important.

From this point of view, some setbacks can only provoke a stronger desire to conquer, and victory will eventually belong to the United States. ”

I have to admit it

George Levinson is slippery enough to speak agitatively, avoiding the important and not talking about the casualties of the soldiers in front of him, but instead pulling out the ambitions of the decision-makers of the US government present and surging them in the wind.

in the final analysis

US President Burke is the chief leader of the current administration's aggressive and expansionist policy, and all of the high-ranking government officials present here are loyal supporters of this policy, and in essence they do not oppose the increase of troops in the western region.

The hurdle that I couldn't get over in my heart was just a slap in the face by the Tang Kingdom.

George Levinson handed over the appropriate steps, and naturally won a round of applause, and President Polk's face looked much better.

Can the casualties of the hundreds of soldiers of the Western Route Army make the United States break their bones?

To put it mildly, tens of thousands of drunks die on the streets every year, but no one cares about them like cockroaches in the gutter.

Who will pay attention to these high-ranking politicians in the White House?

What really embarrassed them was this clown called the Tang Dynasty, who gave the proud Yankee a slap in the face, and the shameful knife was difficult to sheath.