More than 3,000 white coolies are laboring on the 3.3-kilometer-long wall, moving large stones and fixing them with cement, and then covering them with a layer of barbed wire and smearing smooth cement to strengthen the structure.

Due to the sufficient preparation of materials and manpower, the construction progress is quite fast.

When Richard accompanied the British envoy to the construction site, the whole line was basically masonry to the chest position, and it had a certain defensive ability.

The current construction progress is faster than expected, and it is expected that in more than two months, the main fort of Denver, Fort Cherry and the main body of the 3.3-kilometer city wall between the two can be completed and have initial defense capabilities.

Next

The construction of fortifications and gates, various military buildings and warehouses, houses, streets and sewerage facilities in Fort Denver and Fort Cherry took a long time.

Step 3

Plans to excavate a moat along the perimeter of Denver Castle and build a sub-fort that extends forward to further improve the overall defenses are all in the blueprint.

In the future, the Denver area will be the main battlefield between the Tang Kingdom and the United States, and Richard will not hesitate to invest in building a fortified city that the Yankees will fear.

"Under the strong push of President Polk's administration, the U.S. Congress passed the third war mobilization bill, which is larger than the previous two combined, is it really feeling the pressure?"

"Hehehe, the pressure is there, but we are more determined to resist American aggression."

"If there are any other requests, Your Majesty can speak freely."

"Thank you, Mr. Special Envoy, the Tang Kingdom urgently needs to build an Eastern Railway from the port of Los Angeles to the Rio Rancho Fortress, which will greatly enhance the Kingdom's ability to mobilize military resources to the front line."

"Oh, why don't you build the railroad line to Denver."

"Objectively speaking, this is due to the huge power gap between the two countries, and Denver does not have full confidence that it will be able to hold on. If in the event of a fall, the railway line to Denver may be used by the US military to continuously send troops and materials to the hinterland of the Tang Kingdom, and turn it into a wedding dress for others, it will be too bad. ”

"Your Majesty's consideration is indeed reasonable, but I don't think it's very likely." The British envoy, Baron Glanville-Gower, shook his head and disagreed.

It can't be seen that his confidence in the Tang Kingdom is more than that of Richard, which makes Richard raise his eyebrows and show a look of interest.

In the face of the inquiring eyes, Baron Granville-Gower smiled slyly, pointed to the construction site of the castle under construction, and said confidently;

"First of all, Your Majesty the King, allow me to introduce myself;

Before I was discharged, I was a colonel of the Royal Scottish Grenadier Regiment and fought as a lieutenant at the Battle of Waterloo 31 years ago, and was an experienced veteran of the 6th and 7th anti-French coalition wars.

18 years ago

As the deputy head of the British Military Observer Mission, I watched the 8th Russian-Turkish War throughout the whole process, and I have a lot of experience in the offensive and defensive battles of fortresses.

Year 1828

Russia transferred Marshal Wirtgenstein's army group, totaling 95,000 men, to the Danube theater to meet Hussein Pasha's 150,000 troops.

Russia transferred General Paskevich's 25,000 troops into the Caucasus theater to meet 50,000 Turkish troops.

The Russian army launched a joint attack from land and sea to capture Varna. After crossing the border, General Paskevich's troops captured the fortress of Kars on 5 July. In July-August, the units of the Russian Caucasian Army, with the support of the local people's army, successively captured the fortresses of Ardagan, Akhaltsykh, Poti and Bayazet at a heavy cost.

In these campaigns

I had the privilege of staying in General Paskovich's headquarters and witnessing the bloody process of the assault and defense of the fortress.

The units of the Russian Caucasian Army plus the local people's army, totaling about 63,000 people, lost more than 60% of the hard-fought battles in successive battles to conquer the above-mentioned fortresses, which can be called a battle with a mountain of corpses.

According to my professional assessment;

The soldiers of the Tang Kingdom under your command have a good level of training and high morale, and can basically reach eighty percent of the combat effectiveness of the elite guards of the Ottoman Empire.

And these white captives who served as coolies originally also had a certain degree of military training, and after grinding off their sharpness, they were incorporated into the garrison army, which was basically equivalent to the level of local troops in the Ottoman Empire.

With 9,000 to 10,000 garrisons, how much did the Americans have to pay to storm Denver Fortress?

The equipment of the US army is stronger than that of the Russian army, but its fighting spirit and spirit of sacrifice are far inferior, and its comprehensive combat effectiveness can only reach 5 percent of that of the Russian army, which is slightly worse.

The Denver Fortress under construction is not only far larger than the fortresses of Ardagan, Akhalzih, Poti and Bayazit, but also belongs to the extremely difficult type of composite fortress, which can support up to 30,000 defenders.

In particular, the main fort and fort cherry in Denver, one main and one secondary, the firepower crosses and covers each other, and they occupy a condescending absolute defensive advantage.

Even if the U.S. forces were able to break through the weak wall in the middle (Note; In particular, the 3.3-kilometer wall between the two forts) will also suffer a large number of crossfire from the two batteries of Denver Main Fort and Fort Cherry, one east and one west, which will test the endurance of the American army.

Not to mention

I also saw some interesting points in the castle design, which is like a more difficult game than level 1, which is a strong test of the fighting willpower and sacrifice spirit of the American offensive troops.

To be honest, I am not surprised that the US military lost 25,000~30,000 people at Fort Denver.

If the U.S. military can really pay such heavy losses, then how many troops should be gathered?

Judging from the current combat command capability and experience of the US military, 35,000 troops in the army are already the limit.

No matter how large the number of troops is gathered, it is only a simple accumulation of numbers, and I do not see anything conducive to the enhancement of combat effectiveness except for further command confusion and logistical disasters.

Besides

Never ignore the surprise that the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom will bring us, the 2,600 cavalry wandering in the upper reaches of Cherry Creek are believed to be the backhands arranged by His Majesty the King.

On the vast Colorado Plateau, with the advantage of being familiar with geography and hiding from the U.S. military, I think this is the most troublesome part.

How many troops do the Americans need to send to deal with it?

3000 or 5000 cavalry?

If there is a sneak attack on the base camp of the US military, this day will be big.

It's not that I'm not optimistic that the Americans will be able to produce a 100,000-strong army, but I'm not optimistic about the organizational and command capabilities of their large corps.

Even Russia, which has experienced hundreds of years of war, will inevitably have many flaws in organizing large corps operations, not to mention the United States, which has never been in contact with this field?

The fact that a large army of 100,000 people is fighting in a large army of 100,000 people may cause catastrophic collapse consequences, which has been verified by countless wars and is an unbreakable truth.

It is true that war is about logistics.

The long logistics line of more than 870 kilometers from Kansas City to Denver is undoubtedly the heel of Achilles of the US military.

It's tingling to think about, and I'm not optimistic about it, so I'd rather bet on the side of the Tang Kingdom. ”

I have to say

There are really many smart people in this world, and the British envoy, Baron Granville-Gower, was able to guess Richard's calculations seven or eight points with a simple turn.

What he couldn't guess was the big killing weapon in Richard's hand...... Terrifying storm machine guns, eagles soaring in the sky, birds and animals in the forest.

Even so, it's quite amazing.

Richard planned to give the Denver Forts 15,000 defenders, including Chinese laborers who were clearing wasteland in the north, and would set aside one day a week for military training.

The outer cavalry plan was 5 regiments, namely the San Francisco Cuirassier Regiment, the Teochew Cavalry 1st and 2nd Regiments, the Royal Guards Cuirassier Regiment and the Los Angeles Cavalry Regiment under training, with a total number of about 4,200 cavalry.

The British imported a large number of Suffolk horses from Oregon, totaling more than 1,870 horses, enough to support the establishment of three heavy cuirassiers.

Suffolk horses are standard heavy horses, adult horses are generally more than 1.7 meters tall, weigh more than 1,900 pounds to 2,200 pounds, have a strong load-bearing capacity, and are the best choice for armored heavy cavalry.

Coupled with the hundreds of French Persh horses captured by the Tang Kingdom, it was more than enough to form three cuirassier regiments.

Half a year of war baptism has made the cavalry team of the Tang Kingdom grow rapidly, and the effect is better than the three years of training on weekdays.

It is also a matter of joy that a number of outstanding middle- and lower-ranking cavalry officers have emerged and displayed their command talents.

It was precisely because of the emergence of so many outstanding cavalry officers that Richard had the confidence to form three new cavalry regiments in one go.

The royal guard cavalry regiment in his hand was originally an officer training regiment, in addition to taking on daily guard and combat tasks, it has been strengthening cultural learning, and it has grown up quickly in the war.

To this end, Richard ordered 2,600 pairs of thickened cuirasses from the United Kingdom, which are currently drifting at sea, along with some factory equipment and old British military supplies at the bottom of the box, which will be shipped to the port of Los Angeles at the end of this month.

The British cuirass weighed 26 pounds, which was 30 percent heavier than the French cuirass produced by the system, but its defensive power was reduced by half.

At a distance of nearly 120 meters, the flintlock muskets in the hands of the US military have a high probability of penetrating the cuirass and causing fatal damage.

This is no way, the world's top iron and steel metallurgy level is so high, Britain is already the world's highest level, but has not yet invented high hardness carburizing bulletproof steel, can only be replaced by better quality bearing steel.

The prestige points in Richard's hands can indeed be exchanged for breastplates from the prestige shop, but one person and thousands of people are not the same concept at all, and they are not enough at all.

In the long run, factory production is king.

Richard can only ensure what he needs, and the rest of the people can only rely on luck when they go to the battlefield, which is also a matter of no choice.

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