A week later, this senseless war of attrition continues.

Zachary Taylor's rhetoric did not materialize, and the U.S. troops would run back screaming at the slightest resistance in front of Fort Albuquerque.

You must know that these people still have bullets, and the Warlord naturally does not dare to embarrass them.

So, a strange scene appeared.

A few sparse cannon shots were heard from the walls, and then the Americans fell in rows.

At first, the commanders of both sides could not believe their eyes.

Temporary Command of the US Army.

"General! The Mexicans are too firepower! The siege troops suffered heavy losses, and requested fire suppression"

"How is this possible! In a week, we fired fifty tons of shells! Several guns were blown up! How can the other party still have fierce firepower?! ”

Zachary Taylor was so angry that he kicked the table over, and the staff officers could only sigh helplessly as they looked at the food on the ground.

A staff officer said: "Maybe there was a mistake in the intelligence, the main force of the Mexicans did not leave the Albuquerque fortress. ”

Another staff officer also said: "Otherwise, there is a tunnel, and the Mexicans are constantly getting reinforcements and supplies, otherwise why don't they surrender?" ”

Zachary Taylor wants to kick people this time, Mexico has a total of 100,000 troops, now there are more than 100,000 people besieging Winfield in Veracruz, tens of thousands more are quelling the rebellion in the south, and now there are more than 100,000 people in the Albuquerque Fortress confronting him.

"How is this possible!" Zachary Taylor roared.

As for the so-called tunnels are even more impossible, if you want to maintain the supply of tens of thousands of people, how big a project it must be, Zachary Taylor can't imagine it at all, but he still ordered.

"Send out the scout cavalry and search me carefully! If you don't have five kilometers, expand it to ten kilometers! ”

"Yes!" The commander of the reconnaissance company received the order to attack immediately.

In fact, these scouts had long wanted to go out to breathe, and the atmosphere at the command was tense and awkward. Because the US military has never had such a large establishment before, a large number of troops are temporarily mixed together, and various problems often arise in command and dispatch.

Coupled with the fact that the war has not been going well for so long, Zachary Taylor's anger is growing day by day, and the unfortunate ones are naturally those of them who must be on standby at the headquarters.

On the other side, the brigadier general, who was reprimanded by the commander, was also unconvinced, and retorted: "The walls of the Mexicans are several meters thick!" Those artillery guns are all infantry guns, but how can they be able to penetrate the caliber of three or four pounds?

Besides, what kind of soldiers you gave me! They can't stand still, how can they fight?! ”

"What do you say! You've been removed! Your Excellency, Commodore General! Zachary Taylor roared angrily.

"I don't want to fight yet! I'm going to Washington, D.C. to say goodbye! You wait to go to court-martial! The brigadier general was also a ruthless man, he took off his military uniform and fell to the ground, striding out of the command headquarters.

Zachary Taylor's nose was about to be crooked, but the other party was the senator's son, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said to Johnny, a staff officer on the side.

"I now appoint you as the commander of the 52nd Brigade, and at the same time hand over the 1st Virginia Brigade to you, and make sure to play with the demeanor of our Virginians." Zachary Taylor hugged his counselor and whispered, "I like you, boy." ”

Johnny, a top student from West Point, knew he had to boost his morale. So the first thing Johnny did when he came to the front was to execute a few soldiers who had escaped and then give a generous speech.

The content is nothing more than that, what is the destiny of the United States to rule North America, we must have the courage to sacrifice for the United States, and we must fight for freedom and democracy

Then the scene from the beginning was repeated again, with a few sparse cannon shots coming from the city walls, and then the American troops fell in rows and rows.

After several attacks, the corpses of American troops were strewn all over the place, and the Mexicans at the head of the city began to celebrate their victory.

Brigadier General Johnny could only order a retreat, and as the trumpeter sounded the triangle of retreat, the corpses of the American troops on the ground suddenly came to life and ran towards the American positions.

The blacks on the city wall who saw this scene were amazed, and shouted.

"Witchcraft! It's witchcraft! They used witchcraft! ”

Looking at his panicked soldiers, Diego sighed helplessly.

"Damn it! Americans even have necromancers! Tell the brethren that the bullets must be soaked in urine so that they can destroy the evil creatures."

This is the so-called chess opponent will meet the good talent.

The same applies to the battlefield of Veracruz, where one chooses to attack because he doesn't know how to defend, and the other chooses to defend because he doesn't know how to attack.

Then a strange scene appeared, the surrounded American troops rushed left and right in the encirclement network, and finally returned to Veracruz.

In fact, the U.S. military relied entirely on port supplies, so even if it won the war, it did not dare to continue to go deeper. Although the Mexican army has been defeated repeatedly, it has always maintained an encirclement.

St. Gabriel, Stephen Carney attacked many times without success, and finally came up with the idea of filling in the trenches.

It has to be said that this tactic still worked very well, and it only took a few days for the American troops to fill in the trench in front of the fortress.

But even without a trench, these American soldiers were reluctant to storm the city.

They always found 10,000 reasons to refuse to take the city, and Stephen Carney initially hoped that Fremont and Robert Stockton would make some name for themselves on the West Bank, and then he would reap the benefits.

As a result, the Austrian side sent Robert Stockton's surrender and John Fremont's hat directly.

Washington, on the other hand, said nothing about the Expeditionary Fleet, and Stephen Carney believed that the situation would actually be worse than he had imagined.

It was the fortress of St. Gabriel that held back the American advance, but it was the narrow valley that prevented the Austrians from extending their gains further.

Now when he closed his eyes, he remembered the fire of that day, and wondered how the Austrians had set the whole camp on fire and had his soldiers kill each other.

Stephen Carney even suspected that the Austrians had borrowed Satan's powers, and could not explain why his soldiers were killing each other.

"That's right, it must be the power of Satan!"

The surrounding staff officers and officers were stunned by Stephen Carney's sudden remark.

"Satan?"

"Yes! Does this look like a giant six-pointed star magic array? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Stephen Carney continued.

"It must be a sacrifice! That's right, they needed enough life and soul to complete the sacrifice. Then resurrect the ancient evil gods who sleep in the valley of death! ”

Staff officers and officers had actually heard some legends about Death Valley, and no one cared about them, but under the suspicious guidance of Stephen Carney, they couldn't help but start to be a little afraid.

"It is true that we have been bombing for so long and have not seen the bodies of the Austrians. Are they all undead!? ”

Stephen Carney: "That's right! Report to Washington right away, we need a chaplain! Substantial! ”

(End of chapter)