1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 116 Fight!
After the gunshot rang out, Deng Wenshun only felt that someone threw a stone on his shoulder, and the warm liquid splashed on his face made him realize that he had been shot.

He didn't have time to think about it, and while shooting, he led the members of the Loyalist Society who were fighting back and the surrounding Los Angeles residents back into the church behind him.

Just after the first round of firefights in the square ended, more than [-] people lay down in the square.

Those who fell included not only local residents in civilian clothes, but also soldiers in gray overcoats.

In this confrontation with disparity in strength, the well-trained soldiers with advanced weapons have the upper hand without exception, and their casualties are far smaller than that of civilians.

"Kill them all!"

After the adrenaline wore off, a searing tingle spread from Sherman's left arm throughout his body.

He roared like a mad dog toward the church door.

The fallen companions under the square also made these soldiers lose their minds. Without the restraint of Colonel Mason, they obeyed Sherman's orders. Under Sherman's order, they skillfully finished reloading, and then ruthlessly pulled the trigger on the church.

As the second round of gunfire sounded, several civilians who had not had time to enter the church fell into a pool of blood.

Inside the church, Deng Wenshun and the local residents shot revenge bullets at the soldiers on the square through the doors and windows.

The soldiers who heard the gunshots rushed towards the church under the command of the non-commissioned officer. The dense rain of bullets they fired soon overwhelmed the Los Angeles people in the church.

Deng Wenshun, leaning on the corner, looked around the church, and all he saw were unrecognizable doors and windows, broken glass, bullet holes all over the wall, and the wounded who fell to the ground and howled.

"You guys, I'll cover you out, and immediately burn the granaries and grass granaries. Don't leave a grain of grain or a handful of fodder to these bastards."

Deng Wenshun knew that the church would not be able to defend it with his current armed forces. He pointed to several members of the Loyalty Society and said.

"Little dragon head! Leave this matter to our brothers, and it must be burned clean. A grain of rice! A blade of grass! Don't leave it to the ghosts!"

Zhitang, who wears a gold black bear badge on his chest, assured Deng Wenshun by patting his chest.

"Go! The ghost has not blocked the back door of the church, go through the back door!"

Deng Wenshun pushed the Zhitang away and told him to leave quickly.

Sherman and his soldiers poured out all their rage on the small church in downtown Los Angeles.

For veterans like them who have actual combat experience, it is not difficult to attack the next small church guarded by civilian armed forces.

Although Deng Wenshun resisted bravely, he was still outnumbered. The church soon fell, and Deng Wenshun, who was seriously injured, also became a prisoner of Sherman.

At this moment, the granaries and grass granaries in Los Angeles Township ignited a raging fire.

"Not good! Your Excellency Captain! The place where the fire is burning is the barn and the hay barn!"

The quartermaster who had just learned the location of the barn and forage warehouse exclaimed.

Looking at the flames soaring into the sky not far away, Deng Wenshun, who was covered in blood, showed a mocking smile and shouted: "Ghosts! Don't you want food and fodder? Go to the fire and grab it!"

"Shut up! Believe it or not I shot you!"

Sherman threatened Deng Wenshun with the revolver in his hand.

Deng Wenshun closed his eyes and waited for Sherman to shoot, he was not afraid of death.

The second lieutenant on the side hurriedly persuaded Sherman: "Your Excellency, please calm down! He is the mayor of Los Angeles Town!"

Looking at the burning granary and barn, Sherman's breathing became more and more rapid.

In any case, he must complete the character assigned to him by Colonel Mason.

Killing one civilian is also killing, killing ten thousand civilians is also killing, there is no essential difference.

"These guys must have leftover grain and fodder in their homes. Take your guns and go to their homes to collect them! Those who are unwilling to hand over grain and fodder, you know what to do!"

Sherman put down his gun and said coldly.

"Understood! Your Excellency, Captain, you will be punished for delaying the military aircraft!"

These soldiers were all old fritters who followed Sherman into Mexico and came to Mexico City. Of course, they knew what to do.

With Sherman's order, the situation in the town of Los Angeles was completely out of control, and gunshots resounded through the sky one after another.

This once peaceful town has become a hell on earth.

By the time Colonel Mason arrived in Los Angeles, it was too late.

The buildings in the small town of Los Angeles have long been ruined beyond recognition by the soldiers of the First Company.

Rather than saying that they are soldiers, it is better that these guys are bandits, or even worse than bandits.

After all, the bandits still have to take into account the sustainability of fishing, and they will not do things so desperately.

The skies above the town were shrouded in billowing smoke, and the fire reveled in the smoldering cabins.

It was clearly a severe winter, but Mason, who walked into the town of Los Angeles, felt hotter than the scorching heat.

Even the choking air is filled with a disgusting smell, which is the smell of meat being grilled and charred.

Unrecognizable corpses were scattered all over the charred buildings and streets, making Mason unable to bear to look directly at them.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, I have completed the task you gave me."

Sherman, with his left hand bandaged, stood in front of Mason like a child who had made a big mistake, stuttering reports to Colonel Mason.

The emptiness of his eyes.

His expression was insensitive.

Next to Sherman were several carriages full of grain and fodder, the blood stains on which were still clearly visible.

Sherman had thought about destroying the corpse and completely erasing the traces of the town's existence.

But Sherman, who was sober, finally gave up these unrealistic fantasies.

Residents of Los Angeles Town have already escaped from Los Angeles Town, and soon, what happened here will spread to San Francisco.

As for erasing the traces of this small town, it is wishful thinking. Although Los Angeles is small, it is also the third largest residential settlement in California after San Francisco and Sacramento.

Sherman chose to accept all this without guilt. As for his nervousness and fear in front of Colonel Mason, it was not out of guilt.

But out of fear of authority and court-martial.

"Sherman, Sherman, what have you done! They are all citizens of the United States! Not Indians! Not Mexicans!"

The anger made Colonel Mason's voice tremble.

Now he can't wait to take out his pistol and shoot this subordinate who caused a catastrophe.

But Mason still maintained a semblance of reason after all, he just waved his horsewhip and whipped Sherman severely to vent his anger.

"This time I will personally send you to a military court!"

Colonel Mason put away his whip and staggered towards the small port of Los Angeles Town.

The news of the tragedy in Los Angeles quickly spread to San Francisco. Liang Yao was very shocked when he heard the news, and once wondered if there was something wrong with his hearing.

Liang Yao immediately informed Fremont and others of the news. After confirming that the news was true, Liang Yao wrote the article "To the California Compatriots Who Died in Los Angeles" and handed it over to the newspaper for publication. .

After the "Journal of California" published the article "To the Californians Who Died in the Town of Los Angeles," the entire California region was in an uproar.

As Californians, people in San Francisco and Sacramento expressed their outrage at the tragedy in Los Angeles. They never imagined that American soldiers would swing their butcher knives at American citizens.

Today they cut the butcher's knife on the heads of the people of Los Angeles, and tomorrow they dare to put the butcher's knife on the heads of their San Francisco and Sacramento people.

Sherman's atrocities in Los Angeles strengthened their determination to defend California!
In the Los Angeles residential resettlement area, these Los Angeles residents who came to San Francisco for refuge felt extremely sad and angry, and at the same time were glad that they chose to come to San Francisco.

Soon, a piece of unknown news spread to Francesco. It is said that the mayor of Los Angeles Town, Mr. Deng Wenshun, led the people of Los Angeles to fight against these thugs, and fought fiercely with the thugs in the church in the center of the town.

But in the end they were still outnumbered, and the mayor himself died heroically.

The people of Los Angeles petitioned Governor Robinson and Colonel Liang Yao, Lieutenant Governor and Commander of the California Infantry, asking the Governor and Commander to send troops to severely punish these rioters and seek justice for the dead Los Angeles people.

Leaders of major gold mining companies in the Sacramento area also spontaneously formed a volunteer group of more than a thousand people, expressing their willingness to fight to the last drop of blood to defend the land and people of California.

People in San Francisco also took to the streets to petition the state government, expressing that these thugs must be severely punished.

Generous residents donated money and goods, and even asked directly to enroll in the California Infantry.

Everyone knows that what they have to defend now is not only the land of California and their property, but also the lives of themselves and their families!

The temporary offices of the California State Government and the State House are temporarily located near the plaza in the new town of San Francisco.

Considering the long-term development of the future, the state government and the state legislature did not set the state capital in San Francisco, the largest city in California.

Instead, Sacramento was chosen as the state capital, because Sacramento is located in the hinterland of California, where there is still vast space waiting for development, and setting the state capital in Sacramento is more conducive to the development of the hinterland of the interior.

Only the Capitol, government offices and state courts in the Sacramento area are still under construction.

Therefore, the state government, the Congress, and the courts are still working in San Francisco for the time being, and share the office with the city government, council, and courts of San Francisco.

On the San Francisco City Square, the Stars and Stripes have been lowered and torn to pieces by angry people. Americans in this era have far less sense of national identity than in later generations.

What's more, California was only annexed by the United States two years ago, and it became a state of the United States only in September this year, and only two months have passed.

Moreover, in California, the American population does not occupy an absolute advantage. With the influx of Chinese, Mexicans, and gold diggers from other parts of the world, the proportion of the orthodox American population is still shrinking.

The state flag of California, or the flag of the Republic of California, is still flying over the San Francisco square at this time.

Only the flags were lowered a few times in a moment of silence for the victims in Los Angeles.

Californians now identify more with their state flag than with the flag of the United States of America.

When the eastern consortium first arrived in California, they relied on the support of Congress and the government to try to occupy their land and gold.

Just as the so-called cutting off a person’s fortune is like killing one’s parents, and now there is a tragedy like the Los Angeles tragedy, the last sliver of trust that Californians have in Washington and Congress has disappeared at this time.

"We love peace, but we never fear war."

In the state assembly, Liang Yao, the president of the state senate, spoke first.

"If they mistake our love of peace for weakness, then they are wrong. Those thugs must be held accountable for what happened in Los Angeles and pay the price for those who died.

California belongs to Californians. If Congress and the government still do not repent and trample on the rights of California and the dignity of Californians, we will choose to go to war and fight the tyrannical government until the last Californian falls. . "

Power and wealth have never been obtained by giving, but by fighting for one's own.

Congress and the administration will agree to give Texas $1000 million in compensation after ceding Northwest Texas land, not because they feel ashamed of Texas.

Instead, the Texans took a tough attitude and did not hesitate to send troops to New Mexico to protest Congress and the federal government.

If all Texans are cowards and don’t dare to let go, let alone 1000 million US dollars, I’m afraid Texas won’t even get 1000 US dollars in compensation.

Texans are not easy to bully, and Californians are not soft persimmons at the mercy of Congress and the federal government.

Although California does not even have its own industry now, and its self-produced weapons are relatively backward, but this is not a reason to avoid war.

If they choose to back down this time, Congress and the federal government will dare to make more excessive demands on California next time.

Historically, California set off a wave of gold rush in 1848, but after the establishment of the state, the lives of Californians were not as good as before the establishment of the state.

The reason is not that the eastern plutocrats regard California as their back garden?
The chaebols in the east only care about the gold in California. They don't care about the development of California at all, let alone whether the people of California live in the midst of water and fire.

It wasn't until after the outbreak of the Civil War that the Federation was too busy with the civil war to look around, that California slowly regained the rights and gold that belonged to California, and slowly entered a normal development track.

"Go to war!"

"Go to war!"

"Go to war!"

After Liang Yao finished speaking, there was a roar like a tsunami in the parliament.

State legislators raised their arms and shouted, pleading for war.

"California is no coward!"

"Severely punish the thugs! Fight the tyrannical federal government to the end!"

"Long live the California Republic!"

Not surprisingly, the state Senate voted unanimously to declare war on the federal government.

Liang Yao was amazed that these state congressmen were more courageous than him.

But after thinking about it, these people's intention was not to start a war with the federal government. In fact, they were still protecting their own property.

After the tragedy in Los Angeles, they also worried about their personal safety.

Those thugs dared to kill in Los Angeles, which is not rich and has no gold. What would they do in rich San Francisco and Sacramento?
It's creepy to think about.

Liang Yao had just wiped out Brandon more than two months ago. The bandits were from the army, and they threatened the gold diggers in California more than any other bandits.

The Californians haven't forgotten how much Brandon hurt them in the first place.

Liang Yao's goal was to defend San Francisco and Sacramento, and he did not plan to go out of state to fight. As long as these people had the determination to fight, it was enough for him.

He believed that these men and their private armed forces could be used by them as long as they fought within the state.

Californians are now fighting not just for California, but for themselves.

"Half of Colonel Mason's regiment has sailed north from Los Angeles, and they will arrive in San Francisco in two days."

Just as Liang Yao walked out of the parliament hall, Elvis, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, hastily reported the latest situation to Liang Yao.

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