"Compared with the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, we are like savages with cold weapons, their revolver flintlock pistols can cause a lot of effective damage to our cavalry from 120 yards away, while the revolver equipped by our cavalry has an effective killing distance of only 40 yards, which is a huge gap like a chasm." General Frank Gilhuri smiled wryly, spread his hands, and said in an accentuated tone;

"I have reminded you countless times, Your Excellency General Tris, that my Western Expeditionary Army has collapsed under the blows of the advanced weapons of the Tang Kingdom, and we must have weapons that can compete with them, otherwise everything will be even worse."

"Actually, it's impossible, we don't have that much time to waste."

Major General Tris Spike shook his head with an annoyed expression, yesterday's one-sided massacre had made the newly promoted American Major General much sober, and his attitude towards the deputy commander, General Frank Gilhurry, was much better.

He picked up the cup and poured a large sip of coffee, the bitter taste made him raise his eyebrows, and then said with a heavy heart;

"The Tang Kingdom's lead in revolver muskets, it is not difficult to catch up, Detroit has several strong weapons manufacturers, and it is not difficult to modify the revolver musket with a longer barrel and more powerful.

We can also equip cavalry with cuirasses, but this requires training and enough time, as well as the selection of heavy horses.

What we lack now is time, and if all 3,000 cavalrymen are equipped with new revolvers, it will take at least two months from design to production in sufficient quantities.

To form a cuirassier regiment, it may take at least half a year.

War-torn Minneapolis can't wait that long, and that's our problem. ”

"But if there is no cavalry reconnaissance and covering the battlefield, everything in our army's actions is under the nose of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, and there is no secret at all, which is extremely dangerous for the army."

"Now it's less than 100 kilometers from Minneapolis, and the infantry can get there in two days, so we can only take a step-by-step approach and storm the towns." Major General Tris Spike of the U.S. Army frowned and thought about it for a while, and continued;

"Our army is indulging in a group, shrinking in strength, step by step, as long as it can reach Minneapolis, the infantry can use the cover of the town to form a fire defense line and inflict casualties on the enemy cavalry."

"This plan is indeed feasible, it is not easy to send cavalry to fight against the enemy, as long as the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom kills them, we will use artillery and platoon guns to deal with them." General Frank Gilhuri pondered and nodded.

Today, the 12-pounder Napoleon cannon equipped by the US military can reach a firing distance of more than 1,300 yards, and the solid ovoid warhead has strong lethality, while the shotgun pays more attention to fragmentation killing.

Anyway, there is black powder, and the number of shells is sufficient, although it can be made openly.

No matter how strong the defensive strength of the cuirassiers of the Tang Kingdom is, they can't stop the artillery attack.

The plan has been decided

Major General Tris Spike of the U.S. Army once again reviewed the possible accidents on the battlefield to the officers in the command headquarters, arranged perfect countermeasures, and then set off for the camp.

In the beginning

After the U.S. army set off again, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom watched from afar, as long as the U.S. troops fired artillery or platoon guns, they hid far away, and it was simply frustrating.

After most of the day, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom basically figured out the path of the American army, so groups of cavalry appeared, trying to find the weak point of the American army to attack.

Major General Tris Spike of the U.S. Army took the initiative to shrink his forces and molested into a heavy army group, moving on the vast grassland like a round pie, trying not to give the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom a chance to kill in.

As a result, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom could only return in vain.

The next morning

The U.S. troops set out again, and the same trick was repeated, shrinking into a large pie and advancing forward, and as soon as they were intercepted by a large group of cavalry, they immediately stopped their advance, and the musketeers lined up to shoot and prepare for battle.

The artillery bombardment, the platoon of gunfire, for a moment without stopping, pressed in the direction of Minneapolis City, relying on the heavy force to make a way to make a way.

Above the hills in the distance

Richard was holding a telescope in his hand and was carefully observing, and what the US troops were advancing was actually an irregular "mouth" shaped formation, and the "mouth" shape was formed by 21,000 musketeers.

Inside the "mouth" shaped array, followed by the infantry is a 12-pounder field Napoleonic cannon pulled by horses, with about 40 in the front, more than 40 in the rear, and more than 40 in the middle, with a total of about 2,000 artillery and coachmen.

The cavalry and the convoy of baggage horses were closely guarded, and the US cavalry, which was supposed to take on the task of covering the battlefield, has now become the object of strict protection, and will never dare to send it out until the last moment.

As long as the U.S. cavalry is sent out, it will be meat buns and dogs, and there will be no return.

"Is the pocket array ahead ready?"

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is ready."

"Well, since the prey is already in place, it's time to launch it, and send the order to the left and right light cavalry regiments to drive the enemy to the pocket formation and carry out the established hunting battle plan."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The herald immediately waved the flag in his hand and signaled the hunting operation to the three light cavalry regiments in the distance.

Soon, more than 2,200 cavalry of three light cavalry regiments rushed out of the hilly area where one left and one right were ambushed, waving shining sabers in their hands and screaming to attack the flanks and rear flanks of the American army.

Suffered from this change

The moving "mouth" shaped formation of the US army immediately stopped, and the US commanders on both sides roared loudly, driving the panicked musketeers to discharge the firing array, and prepared the guns for the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom.

At the same time, the American artillerymen in the middle and rear of the large formation, waving their leather whips loudly, drove their horses and dragged the field artillery into the position, and then immediately turned the muzzles and lined up.

In a hurry, the gunpowder package was filled, pushed tightly, and loaded with shells.

It's a pity that the two light cavalry of the Tang Kingdom have already made a detour more than 800 yards away, like a Mengbeast circling back and forth around its prey, not in a hurry, but patiently looking for the Achilles' heel.

More than 20 minutes later

The U.S. troops could not bear the artillery bombardment, and due to the long distance, dozens of shells only achieved sporadic results, overturning two or three cavalrymen, and fighting in vain.

The light cavalry regiment of the Tang Kingdom, which was bombarded, flexibly rode away from the horse, and after going around in a circle, it was then attached to the back, so the US army was busy with people on their backs.

There was a delay of more than an hour, and the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom did not launch a substantial attack, which made Major General Tris Spike of the US Army grit his teeth with hatred, and re-ordered the army to set off and speed up and approach the direction of Minneapolis City.

After a day and a half of marching, less than 40 kilometers remained of the original distance of more than 100 kilometers.

Major General Chris Spike can see that the entanglement of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom is to slow down the march of the American army.

Therefore, he ordered the whole army to speed up its advance, and if necessary, not to use artillery to join the counterattack, so as not to cause greater confusion in the formation.

More than 20,000 musketeers were waiting for him, and Major General Chris Spike did not believe that the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom dared to rush up and attack.

Do you really think that the flintlock muskets of the US military are vegetarian?

It was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon

The speed of the march of the American army was greatly accelerated, on the one hand, because of the haunting tailing of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, and on the other hand, because the commander ordered the march to be accelerated.

Even if it's dark at night, try to get to Minneapolis City.

It was past 3 p.m

There is nothing surprising about the arrival of the U.S. military at an unnamed valley with a wide view, which is said to be a valley, but in fact it is some higher hills, ranging from 10 meters to hundreds of meters above sea level, with a flat valley about 4.4 kilometers wide in the middle.

At this time, the U.S. army was driven by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom in the rear, and the original "mouth" shaped formation was flattened a lot, and the platoon at the front was nearly 4 kilometers wide, which was able to pass through this flat valley mouth.

Major General Tris Spike rode a tall war horse, followed behind the front line of the American army, and walked slowly and unhurriedly, with a corncob pipe in his mouth, looking leisurely.

"What is this place?"

"Report to Your Excellency, this is the Nameless Valley, one of the few hilly areas of the Great Northern Plains, and here it is only 33 kilometers from Minneapolis. At the current pace of the march, it will arrive at about 7 to 8 o'clock in the evening. ”

"Well, the view is nice."

Major General Tris Spike took off the corncob pipe he was holding in his mouth, and when he saw that the army had entered the valley, he suddenly cracked his mouth and laughed as if he had noticed something new, and said;

"Hahaha...... After entering the nameless valley, the cavalry of those orientals could not harass our army from both sides, and could only follow in ashes. It's rare to see them deflated, it's really refreshing. ”

"Your Excellency the General is wise and wise, and he wins a thousand miles......"

Before the sycophancy was finished, he heard the sound of gunfire like bursting beans in front of him, and the heavy machine gun bullets fired like a storm, sending strings of blood splashes from the infantry ranks in front of the line, and the soldiers fell to the ground in pieces and died.

Major General Tris Spike of the U.S. Army was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, shouting hysterically; "What the hell is going on? Who's shooting, oh...... Oh my God! ”

Without the reply of his officer, he had already seen several machine-gun positions spitting tongues of fire appear in the high places of the hills on both sides, turning their hands to strafe and rain down a dense and deadly rain of bullets.

Each Storm Runner Heavy Machine Gun fired a clear chain of fire, like the Helllord's whip, repeatedly strafing the American camp, "poof, puff, ......" exploding countless blood sprays.

Just three or four minutes

The musketeers in front of them, who had suffered heavy casualties, had been broken down, and they fled in all directions, crying for their fathers and mothers, and those artillerymen also dropped their guns, and fled to the rear with their heads in their hands.

For these U.S. troops, these mysterious weapons taken out by the army of the Tang Kingdom are like flesh and blood grinding plates that harvest life in hell, which is really terrifying.

Major General Tris Spike shouted anxiously when he saw the soldiers scurrying around like headless flies; "Stop, stop, go find your commander, organize a counterattack on the spot, don't run around......"

Perhaps he was too dazzling on his horse, and a machine-gun position on the hill on the left, under the command of an officer, turned the muzzle of four heavy machine guns and aimed them in the direction of Major General Tris-Spike in a frenzied burst of fire, and the severed limbs and arms flew into the sky, knocking down a large number of corpses, which looked terrible.

A loud trumpet sounded

The three cuirassier regiments of the Tang Kingdom took the lead in killing out from the rear of the hills, and along the passage opened up by heavy machine guns, they fiercely plunged into the American army.

The light cavalry followed, and the horses rushed into the American formation, raising their guns and firing, and the snow sabers slashed countless American troops, killing the enemy.

Richard led the heavy cavalry to take the lead, wielding a 2.8-meter-long machete to kill the enemy formation.

The frenzied rush of chopping melons and vegetables has already stirred up the US army's large array, and they are crying for their lives like a mother.

The Battle of the Nameless Valley

At the end of the twilight, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom had suffered a slight price of more than 370 casualties, annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, captured more than 4,700 enemies, and achieved a complete victory in the nameless valley.

In this battle, more than 120 US field artillery pieces, more than 16,000 muskets, more than 3,400 war horses, more than 3,000 baggage wagons, and countless materials of various kinds were captured.

More than 2,700 cavalry and more than 8,400 infantry fled back by the U.S. army, and they retreated more than 30 kilometers all the way to stabilize their footing, and fled back to Chicago with their tails between their legs on the second day.

The defeat in this battle was undoubtedly a slap in the face of the US government, and in the midst of the ridicule of Western governments, the United States urgently increased its troops in the Chicago area, with a total of more than 27,000 troops.

Besides

The U.S. military has placed large orders for major weapons manufacturing companies, especially cavalry-style revolver muskets with strengthened barrels and power, and the U.S. military has a sample of the Colt 1846 cavalry revolver musket, which greatly reduces the difficulty of imitation.

The U.S. ordnance industry, led by the Springfield Arms Company and the Harpers Ferry National Arsenal, received large orders for 6,500 and 11,000 cavalry revolvers, and the supply was so urgent that these weapons companies were immediately put into development and production.

After that, it took more than a month

The U.S. troops have always wandered back to the area around Chicago, not daring to march in the direction of Minneapolis again, they have had enough of the Tang Kingdom cavalry, leaving a heavy shadow in their hearts.

As for the kind of weapon that can spray ammunition wildly, it didn't take long for the U.S. military to study and understand;

It turned out to be a manual retainer heavy machine gun, which was called a storm heavy machine gun in the Tang Kingdom, and its principle was nothing more than to lengthen the barrel of the revolver and fire it one by one through the hand crank to achieve the purpose of intensive firing.

With the current level of weapons technology in the United States, it is not difficult to imitate it, and the biggest difficulty is that it cannot use fixed ammunition, because bullets often jam when firing.

It is better to use pure metal copper-shelled shells, and in this field, the United States has not accumulated enough science and technology, and for the time being, it is not possible to break through the problem of ammunition reliability.

There is only one genius weapons designer, Samuel Colt, and the scientific and technological problems he can solve do not mean that other American engineers can solve them.

This kind of difficult problem in weaponry has become a chasm in front of the US military, which may be solved in a month, or it may not be possible in three years, and no one can say for sure.

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