The front-line headquarters halfway up the mountain has only one simple tent, and to observe the enemy's situation, it is necessary to walk more than ten meters upwards and stand on the raised rocks and look down.

Brigadier General Karn was standing at the observation point at this time, witnessing the desperate and massive attack of the American troops, his light blue eyes were full of decisive ferocity, and he muttered for a moment before ordering; "The 5th and 7th Denver Musketeers Regiment were ordered to allow the use of cavalry revolvers to strike at the enemy and inflict heavy losses on them."

"Yes."

After receiving the order, the herald immediately turned to the other side to raise a flag and signal to the commander of the defense line in the Red Rock Valley at the foot of the mountain.

In the second northern front operation, the army of the Tang Kingdom captured tens of thousands of cavalry-type revolver wheels newly equipped by the US army, and a considerable number of these guns were assigned to Karn's department to strengthen the defensive firepower of the fortress.

King Richard had a unique knowledge of weaponry, and no one stipulated that cavalry-style revolvers were not allowed to equip infantry. For musketeers who are in danger, the bulky cavalry-style revolver is good for the full use of firepower, and this alone is enough.

In the previous battles

General Kahn never allowed the use of cavalry-style revolvers, and the defenders of the Red Rock Valley continued to counterattack the Americans with flintlock muskets and artillery, fighting bloody battles for more than 20 days and nights, in order to show the enemy weakness.

At this time, more than 2,000 white officers and men of the 5th and 7th Denver Musketeers Regiment on the defense line of the Red Rock Valley were relying on the broken defense line to fire in platoons of guns in an orderly manner, and the battle was raging.

From the time the U.S. troops began to strike within 300 meters of the guns, to the time the U.S. troops approached the 200-meter range, the defenders of the Tang Kingdom had already fired four rounds of guns, causing a total of more than 330 casualties to the soldiers of the U.S. troops lining up on the first line of attack.

The U.S. artillery fire also continued to bombard, causing more than 40 casualties to the musketeers of the Tang Kingdom on the defensive line, and the war became more and more tragic and bloody at this time.

The US army's horizontal attack line is about 800 meters wide, with three lines of queues, totaling about 2,300 people, divided into six wave-like horizontal attack lines, separated by more than 100 meters, showing an echelon offensive posture, with more than 13,000 troops invested.

You can see it

The U.S. Second Corps made a desperate gamble and invested nearly half of its military strength to participate in the offensive, trying to break through the Hongyan Valley in one fell swoop at any cost.

Due to the fierce platoon attack by the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, more than 2,300 American soldiers on the first line of attack suffered the greatest casualties, and the pace of attack involuntarily slowed down.

The soldiers of the second line of attack who followed the rear attack were at a loss, and still maintained the original pace of advance, and unconsciously narrowed the gap between the two, from more than 100 meters to more than 80 meters.

According to the order of the U.S. military to the peak;

The attacking force must be within 150 meters of the defensive line before it is allowed to fire the first round of guns and deal maximum damage to the enemy.

This is because after firing a platoon of guns, the attacking US soldiers must stop and reload their bullets on the spot, which will invisibly become a target for the enemy to stand still.

Moreover, firing a salvo in advance will seriously affect the offensive rhythm of the second wave of American soldiers in the rear.

As soon as the offensive and defensive sides began to fire at each other's guns, the pace of the attack suddenly changed from fast to slow, and this mutual damage was extremely unfavorable to the unsheltered American soldiers, and also blocked the direction of the second wave of attacking American troops.

Therefore, the more than 2,300 U.S. soldiers on the first line of attack, from entering the range of 300 meters to approaching within 150 meters, at least had to withstand 6~7 rounds of platoon gun fire from the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, opening up a way forward for the follow-up troops with huge casualties.

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

Dense rows of guns and bullets rained down, and patches of American soldiers were beaten to the ground and died, and the road of the attack was stained red with blood, and corpses fell along the way.

Silently endured to a distance of 150 meters, the first wave of offensive arrays of American soldiers were already less than 1,500, with nearly 800 casualties, and could only be lined up in a sparse row and a half.

"Gun raised, fire!"

The U.S. commander shouted hoarsely, and the command knife in his hand was waved down fiercely.

"Bang Bang ......"

The U.S. soldiers fired the first round of platoon gun counterattack, and immediately stood in place and began to reload, and more than 600 U.S. soldiers in the rear crossed them, and then raised their guns again, aiming at the enemy on the defensive line, firing a sparse platoon of guns, and the momentum was much smaller than that of the side.

When the first wave of U.S. soldiers fired a platoon of guns to counterattack, the second wave of U.S. soldiers continued to advance with firm steps, quickly narrowing the distance between them and the U.S. soldiers in front.

60 m ...... 40 m ......

After reloading the bullets, the first wave of American soldiers began to run in small steps with shouts and launched a decisive charge.

The second wave of U.S. soldiers who followed also began to charge, and the two groups of U.S. troops of nearly 4,000 people mixed together, and the momentum was amazing, and the sound of charging and killing was deafening, resounding through the valley.

The 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th waves of the US attack array, which followed, also began to run in small steps amid the rousing snare drums, thus setting off a frenzy of wave attacks.

"Launch!"

As soon as the commander gave the order, the soldiers in the defensive position of the Red Rock Valley once again fired a deadly volley of bullets.

With the distance between the two sides approaching within 150 meters, the neatly lined American soldiers were the best targets, and the rain of locust-like bullets caused an astonishing killing effect.

The scorching bullets pierced into the flesh, the blood shot out, the skin opened, and at least 3890 American soldiers were knocked down like wooden stakes.

Such heavy casualties did not deter the US troops, and the wave of attacks by the US soldiers had already formed, and looking at the defense line of the Hongyan Valley more than 100 meters away, the Yankees' eyes were already red, and they screamed and killed them.

Suddenly

The soldiers of the Tang Kingdom on the defense line threw down the flintlock rifles in their hands in unison, drew out the cavalry-style revolver musket and raised it with both hands, the muzzle of the black hole pointed straight ahead, and then opened fire violently......

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

Round after round of guns and bullets were as dense as flying locusts, seemingly endless, knocking large swaths of American soldiers to the ground, the blood mist flying in the air was so thick that it was incomparable, and the black and oppressive attacking team of the American army fell in pieces, this scene was like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

More than 2,000 soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, each with a cavalry-style revolver, emptied seven bullets at one time, that is, more than 14,000 rounds of ammunition, all of which were poured out in just four or five seconds.

More than 3,800 attacking American troops were like waves crashing into solid rocks, instantly shattering their bones and killing and wounding them all over the place.

Looking down from the mountainside, at least half or more of the American soldiers were killed and wounded, and large corpses were spread across the positions within 150 to 50 meters in front of the Red Rock Valley, and the strong smell of blood was choking, this was a naked massacre with more than 2,000 soldiers executed.

Only this ruthless blow crippled the first and second waves of the US army's offensive sequence.

The 3rd wave of American attacking soldiers who followed closely behind witnessed all this, and they had already rushed to within 50 meters of the friendly forces in front, and their steps could not help but hesitate.

This human tragedy happened right in front of my eyes, and the timid US troops in the rear were already frightened, and their legs fell to the ground with weakness.

More people still blindly followed forward, but their steps became sluggish and hesitant, not knowing whether to continue the attack over these American soldiers, or to turn around and flee for their lives.

The 4th, 5th, and 6th waves of U.S. troops who followed behind attacked the soldiers, and because the view was obscured by the U.S. soldiers in front, it was completely unclear that this was a one-sided massacre.

The ignorant are fearless, and the US troops in the rear continue to run in small steps while keeping the queue tight, and they are stabbed with bright guns, and the momentum is still full, and the shouts of killing are deafening.

The six attack lines of the US army, which were originally separated by more than 600 meters, were rapidly compressed and gradually converged on the battlefield filled with gunpowder, shouts, howls, and shouts of killing, and gradually converged together under the condition of hesitation in the front and fierce rush in the rear.

At this time

The battlefield resounded with a terrifying "da-da-da...... The sound of heavy machine guns ...... dada, more than 20 heavy machine guns went crazy together, and more than 20 fire whips that seemed to come from hell shuttled crosswise, raging in the dense offensive formation of the American army, and the stumps and severed arms of the hits hovered and flew into the sky, and the front of the Hongyan Valley position had become a hell of death, and corpses were everywhere.

Such a dense heavy machine gun fire was in unison, and Major General Schneider, who was supervising the battle in the rear, turned pale and ordered in a panic; "Retreat, retreat quickly, order all the soldiers to retreat, God...... It's a death trap. ”

It's a pity that his order is too late, the firepower of the Storm heavy machine gun can cover a range of 600~800 kilometers, and the lethality is extremely terrifying, far stronger than the lethality of artillery.

Now tens of thousands of attacking US soldiers are all crowded within 500 meters of the defensive line in the Hongyan Valley, making the US soldiers cry for their fathers and mothers, and they throw down their weapons in their hands in a panic and run away.

In just over 10 minutes, tens of thousands of attacking US troops have been completely defeated, running all over the mountains.

That's when it happened

A large number of heavily loaded soldiers of the Tang Kingdom poured out from the position in the Hongyan Valley, following closely behind the US troops to launch a pursuit.

The condescending Storm heavy machine guns also began to extend their fire, striking at the artillery positions of the American soldiers in the distance.

One escapes, the other chases.

More than 5,000 musketeers of the Tang Kingdom rushed out of the position, followed by 3,000 cavalrymen, rushing out like a storm and clouds, chasing and killing the fleeing American soldiers all the way.

Seeing that the general situation had turned, Major General Schneider, commander of the US Second Corps, dragged a group of senior officers under his command and fled, all the way back to the US military camp 16 kilometers away.

Here, the Second Corps of the US Army retains more than 5,000 troops, of which more than 1,700 are wounded and sick, as well as a large number of logistics officers and medical soldiers, and the real combat unit is only two musket regiments, totaling about 2,000 people.

Less than 3,000 people who fled into the U.S. military camp with Major General Snyder, of which more than 2,500 were cavalrymen belonging to the U.S. Second Corps, escaped with their legs.

Seeing that the cavalry of the pursuing Tang Kingdom intercepted the escape route of the American troops from a distance, forcing a large number of American troops to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, the main force of the Second Corps was almost wiped out, and more than 180 artillery pieces also fell into the hands of the enemy.

Major General Schmid was so angry that his face was blue, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared to lead the remaining troops to launch a counterattack, but he was tightly grabbed by the arm of Colonel Ray Caldwell beside him, and persuaded him; "Your Excellency General, I would like to remind you that it is the cuirass heavy cavalry regiment of the Tang Kingdom that stopped our army, and this is by no means an enemy that our light cavalry can deal with."

"Damn, am I going to see my troops annihilated by the enemy?"

"Your Excellency, it is an indisputable fact that we have indeed fought a complete defeat. We need you to be sane enough to lead the rest of your forces to break through the blockade and open a way of escape, rather than dying. ”

"You mean ......"

"Your Excellency, we have lost all our artillery equipment, and it is perfectly foreseeable that the cunning enemy is dragging our artillery over, which will be used to bombard our battalion. If the enemy's siege is complete, then we may fall into the great danger of annihilation, please think deeply, general! ”

"Oh, mygod, how dare they ......"

"Believe me, Your Excellency, General, they will do it. With only 4,000 fierce cavalry, the Tang Kingdom can blockade our battalion through the wind and rain. We must now take advantage of the fact that they are busy capturing prisoners, abandon the camp and make a bloody way, and quickly move closer to the base camp of the Western Expeditionary Army in the Hugo Oasis, so as to relieve the imminent crisis, and if necessary, abandon the wounded and sick and cut off their tails to survive. ”

"This ......"

Major General Schneider's face was pale by these words, and he appreciated the endless ferocious methods of the Tang Kingdom, and he knew that what Colonel Ray Caldwell said was the only correct way, but he was extremely resistant in his heart.

Miserable, lost so badly!

The US Second Army, with a total of 34,000 troops, lost as much as half of its losses after five days of bloody fighting, and nearly 10,000 US officers and soldiers were captured, together with more than 3,000 people who fled back, there were only 8,000 officers and soldiers left in the US military camp, of which more than 1,700 were wounded.

The U.S. military camp was 140 kilometers away from the Hugo Oasis, and fled back this way......

Major General Schneider is now in a dilemma, there is not enough artillery defense in the battalion, and there are not enough troops, and the defense will definitely not be able to hold.

However, the retreat was not stable, and it was also a big problem to retreat with more than 1,700 wounded and sick under the watchful eye of the enemy.

If it's not good, I'm afraid that only more than 2,500 cavalry will be able to escape, and the rest will have to be buried in the desert Gobi Desert where they fled all the way.

"Your Excellency, General, please make a hasty decision, there are more than 1,200 wagons in the camp, and we can unload all the buckets and other supplies, and only load the necessary food and personnel to evacuate. With more than 2,500 cavalry to protect us, and with the Hugo Oasis headquarters sending cavalry reinforcements, we have a good chance of retreating. ”

"Alas...... Then do what you say, and arrange the retreat. Major General Schneider's face seemed to be several years old, and he replied weakly.

Colonel Ray Caldwell immediately raised his hand in salute and replied; "Your Excellency, General."

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