After inspecting the defense system of the "Red Rock Valley", Richard led a group of people to inspect the defense system between Phoenix Castle (Denver) and Taoyuan City, which was more than 50 kilometers long, on the morning of the next day.

In order to prepare for war

About seven or eight kilometers of forest around Phoenix Castle (Denver) have been cut down, and within a radius of 20 kilometers, no farms or plantations have been developed, and all are pristine grassland pastures.

The wide South Peret River flows through the pristine grasslands and forests, with its tributaries running out without bridges or roads.

The only road is a wide avenue from Phoenix Castle to Taoyuan City, which runs right next to Cherry Creek, and more than a dozen bridges have been built along the more than 50-kilometer road.

The defense system is built on bridges, and there are three military bastions, all of which are located on the side of the river with a wide river surface and a rapid current, mainly to control the bridges.

From the Phoenix Castle all the way to the southwest direction, these three military forts are the big Suo Fort, the two Suo Fort and the three Suo Fort, from the three Suo Fort along the wide road continue to the southwest for more than ten kilometers, is the Taoyuan Railway Station Fortress, continue to go 4~5 kilometers along the road to the Taoyuan City Valley Fortress (Indian Valley).

Adhering to the principle of layer-by-layer resistance, the Tang Kingdom has made concerted efforts to set up a complete Colorado Plateau defense system, which is quite good in secrecy, with low cost and high defense power, which will inevitably be a big headache for the US military.

Richard stood on the high fortress of the Great Fortress, overlooking the Great Fortress Bridge that spanned the river for tens of meters, and all the scenes were unobstructed.

There are 6 20-pounder guns and 12 9-pounder guns on the top of the castle, and the wide firing range basically covers a radius of 2~3 kilometers.

The firing port on the second floor of the fortress is equipped with 12 tripod-mounted storm heavy machine guns, which can completely block the bridge with fierce firepower, making the attacking American troops pay a heavy price.

The scope of the fortress is not large, it can support more than 800 defenders to fight, and with the breastwork and barbed wire outside the military fortress, the defense is not weak at all.

This is the wisdom of teamwork, and Richard has nothing to guide, but he has a bad idea, and says;

"Ladies and gentlemen, wooden brackets can be placed at the bottom of the stone bridge to store a large amount of black powder, and if necessary, blow up the bridge to prevent the American army from attacking."

Richard said this, and with a stroke of his hand, he included the bridge and the area around the fortress of the Great Ridge, and continued with a serious expression;

"Imagine that!

When the U.S. military paid a heavy price, the dense soldiers broke through the bridge fire defense line, broke through the barbed wire and the breast wall defense line and rushed in, and the fortress of the Great Ridge Fortress faced the danger of falling to the enemy on its back.

At this time

With a bang, a violent explosion shattered the entire bridge, and rubble was thrown everywhere.

After the smoke of gunfire, the U.S. commander would find that the U.S. soldiers crossing the stone bridge had been blocked on the other side of the riverbank, out of reach.

A steady stream of soldiers from the Tang Kingdom arrived from the rear, forming a counter-encirclement ...... for the American soldiers crossing the river."

Richard made a dumpling-making gesture, and there was an invisible coldness in his tone; "With the fire support of the Great Fortress, we can easily achieve our plan of destroying the enemy. At that time, I really want to see the wonderful face of the US commander, what should it look like? ”

After hearing this, everyone gasped and felt that the back ridge was cold.

This plan is really a desperate plan!

Thinking about it, everyone became excited again, and once this "desperate plan" is implemented, it will certainly leave a deep shadow in the hearts of US commanders, and it will be of great benefit to defensive operations.

Once the U.S. forces broke through the fortress, they would be surrounded by endless irrigation fields and plantations on the Colorado Plateau, which would be destroyed if the war were to blow.

It is not a good thing to be able to stop the advance of the US military here.

It was the end of March, when spring was in full bloom

The clear river is murmuring, and the green seedlings in the farmland cannot be seen at a glance, and at a distance, you will see the "Tun Village" surrounded by dozens or hundreds of horse-drawn carriages, and there must be a large number of land nests near the Tun Village, which is the residence of the families of Chinese soldiers and civilians who have cultivated the farmland for the winter.

Most of the babies who fell to the ground last winter and this spring were born in the ground.

Because of the need to prepare for war, villages were not allowed to be built on the Colorado Plateau, and the "tun villages" were mainly horse-drawn carriages and caravans that could be moved.

If the U.S. army attacks, you can withdraw to Taoyuan City to escape the fighting.

Therefore, in order to survive the cold winter of the Colorado Plateau, the soldiers who are strapped for money mostly use the method of "digging the ground and nesting" to deal with the first to live.

The conditions in the early days of entrepreneurship were difficult, which was originally a common thing.

Now it's different, almost everyone who followed His Majesty to participate in the second northern front operation at the beginning of the year made a lot of money, these Chinese soldiers are very real, and the first thing they do when they come back is to buy a house and buy land.

The injection of massive funds has allowed a large number of newly built housing in Taoyuan City to rise from the ground, and more streets, residential areas, and villa areas have sprung up, and most of them are large-scale townhouse residences.

Housing prices in Taoyuan City have also risen, and a four-bedroom apartment that originally cost $1,800 has now risen to $2,400~$2,600 a set, which is still in short supply.

More popular are 6 and 7 bedroom townhouses with separate front and back yards, where carriages can be parked in the front yard, horses can be kept in the backyard, and there are many wives and concubines in the house.

With the return of the army, the real estate market in Taoyuan City is becoming more and more hot.

Statistics up to the end of March;

Not counting the houses that have already been delivered, there are as many as 11,700 new and unfinished orders, and 31,000 of the more than 38,000 white slave convicts are engaged in the booming real estate construction project in Taoyuan City.

The remaining 7,000 people are engaged in the laying of municipal sewer networks, the construction of roads and bridges, and the construction of houses and residences in Phoenix City.

The native Indian slave servants, on the other hand, could only work in some rough and clumsy men, such as iron mines, coal mines, quarries, etc., which were boring, intensive, and generally harsher.

Speaking of mines, we have to mention a major resource discovery, the Morenci copper mine in the eastern Arizona region, about 77km southwest of the town of Gallup.

The discovery caused a huge repercussion, and this is the largest copper mine in North America, with extremely impressive resource reserves.

Since it was discovered in the middle of last year

The Tang Kingdom ordered several sets of steam equipment from Europe, which had already arrived at the Morenzi Copper Mine, and the special railway line into the mine had also been laid, requiring a large amount of labor to carry out excavation and mining operations.

As a result, since the second half of last year, all captured Native American slave laborers have been sent to the Morenzi Copper Mine, including the Colorado Plateau, and Native American prisoners have rarely been seen outside.

Richard attaches great importance to the Morenzi Copper Mine, and its construction sequence is second only to the Pacific Railway, and it is expected to become one of the pillar industries of the Tang Kingdom after it is put into operation.

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