Wild North America 1846

Chapter 117 Completion of Denver Fort Main Body
In this military report, the main content of the military mobilization of the third war in the United States was noted; that is, the expansion of the army by 3 people.

There are two main directions for using troops, one is to reinforce the main battlefield in the south, and the second is to form a western expedition force.

General Frank Gilhouli, who fled alone after the defeat, was questioned by the parliament, and lied that the Tang Empire had as many as 1.5 troops and no less than 4000 cavalry. , is the main factor in the defeat of the war.

On the one hand, it is to shirk their own guilt, and on the other hand, it is conducive to the passage of relevant war mobilization bills by the parliament.

For such a large-scale military mobilization in the United States, it will take at least 4 to 5 months from recruiting volunteer militias to organizing training and preparing a large amount of supplies, and then going to the front line.

That is
Before the Spring Festival next year, the United States is temporarily unable to launch a new round of western expedition.

Li Cha frowned and stood up, carefully considering the information hidden behind this military report.

It turns out that in history

The United States did not carry out the third full-scale war mobilization. Colonel Stephen Carney, commander of the West Route Army, led 3 US troops to conquer the west. The whole process was incredibly easy.

White immigrants in New Mexico, Arizona, California and other areas responded one after another after the arrival of the US military.In order to avoid a war with the US military, the United Kingdom gave up the Oregon area.

As a result, more than 1700 U.S. troops led by Colonel Stephen Carney successfully occupied up to 280 million square kilometers of land and completed the great cause of westward expansion.

On the Main Battlefield of Southern Mexico
泰勒将军率领3.5万美军经历多场血战，1于847年2月21日-24日在阿瓜纽瓦大胜墨西哥军队，肃清了墨西哥北部。

In the first half of 1847, the Scott Department of the U.S. Army defeated the Mexican Army in the Battle of Cerro Gordo and the Battle of Chubrushco, and on May 1847, 5, it approached the capital of Mexico.

After half a year of fierce fighting, the U.S. army invaded Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, on September 1847, 9, establishing the final victory and forcing Mexico to cede 14 million square kilometers of territory (excluding 230 British Oregon colonies) through a treaty. square kilometers of land.), established the territory of later generations of the United States.

Mexico has a year to go from now.

However, due to the butterfly effect caused by the emergence of the Tang Kingdom, the United States has now carried out the third military mobilization, expanding the size of the army by 3, the total size of the army is close to 4.5, and the total size of the navy is 10. Nearly 9.5 people.

This may lead to a surge in the number of US troops entering the main battlefield on the southern front, crushing the Mexican army in advance.

Because he is familiar with the funeral, Li Cha has to worry about the overflow of the butterfly effect.

In that case, the Datang Kingdom will face a more severe situation in the future, and will be forced to respond to the full-scale attack of the US military in advance.

Thought of here
Feeling the heavy pressure on his shoulders, Li Cha stood up and thought for a long time with his hands behind his back. After careful consideration, he had to make a difficult decision to expand the army again.

The Tang Kingdom must support most or even all of the 3 soldiers enlisted in the third U.S. military expansion, so that Mexico can support it until September next year.

With the current strength of the Tang Kingdom, the main mobile force is 5 cavalry regiments, with a total of more than 4000 cavalry, more than half of which are new cavalry who have not been trained for more than three months. Due to insufficient training, their combat effectiveness is worrying.

The current plan to wipe out the native Indian tribes is to make the new cavalry mature as soon as possible by means of training.

The troops concentrated in Denver amounted to more than 7000 people, accounting for almost [-]% of the total army strength of the Tang Kingdom.

The rest are in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with less than 1000 cavalry and more than 1300 musketeers, and the total national strength is about 9300.

With the third war mobilization in the United States, the Datang Kingdom was forced to increase the number of new Chinese immigrants and recruit another 5 people, bringing the total strength of the kingdom to more than 1.43.

Among them, [-] musketeers and [-] cavalry were recruited.

Among the newly recruited 3000 musketeers, 2000 were used to strengthen Denver's defense force, increasing the number of Chinese musketeers to more than 3000, plus more than 2000 white musketeers from the Denver 5000st and Denver [-]nd regiments, the total reached [-] people.

In this way, it can well make up for the imbalance in the strength of the Chinese and white Musketeers, and firmly defend the castle fortress.

In Richard's plan;
These more than 3000 Chinese musketeers will cooperate with nearly 600 white artillerymen, mainly responsible for guarding the two military forts of Denver Main Fort and Cherry Fort.

During the war, all the Chinese laborers who settled outside would shrink back and return to Denver Castle to escape the war.

The Denver 3.3st and [-]nd Regiments, which are mainly white, are responsible for guarding the [-]-kilometer-long city wall.

Thus

When the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom attacked the northern front, the military force with more than 3000 Chinese musketeers as the core could ensure the safety of the rear and avoid military imbalances.

from the heart

Li Cha has always been wary of the [-]st and [-]nd Regiments of the Denver Musketeers, which are dominated by whites. Although a large number of grassroots Chinese officers have been deployed, it is difficult to fully trust them.

The foundation of the Tang Kingdom is still the Chinese-dominated cavalry regiment. After the decision to expand the army is made, the total number of cavalry will reach more than 7000, of which more than 6000 cavalry are located on the front line of Denver, and the Chinese account for more than 9% of the number.

The country has a population of about 14, and the total military strength reaches 1.43. If the logistics, factories and farms serving the war are included, it accounts for about half or even 6% of the Datang Kingdom, which is almost the limit of mobilization.

After all, the population is still too small.

After Richard made the decision to expand the army, San Francisco and Los Angeles quickly selected more than 5500 strong and strong recruits from the new Chinese immigrants who had just arrived in North America.

Therefore, it did not have a serious impact on the social production of the Tang Kingdom.

After the initial 20 days of military training, 5500 of the 4500 recruits embarked on the long journey to Denver.

After arriving at the Leonanland Fortress, 500 of the recruits were used as supplementary soldiers to consolidate the defense force of the Rionanland Fortress.

The remaining 4000 recruits continued northward and arrived in Denver at the end of October. After a short rest, they went into intense military training.

On November 11, the 11-kilometer-long defensive city wall was fully completed. The defensive city wall is 3.3 meters high and 3.6 meters wide. The outer side is composed of a solid rock concrete wall, covered with steel mesh and smoothed with cement, which can withstand the frontal bombardment of 3.8 pounds of field artillery .

11/19

In the Indian Valley, which is 53 kilometers away from Denver, the first cement plant in the Denver area has entered the stage of equipment installation. It was originally the lair of an Indian tribe that was suppressed, hence the name.

The valley is located between two mountains, and a river flows out of the mountain. The terrain is hidden and dangerous, so it has become an important location for a cement factory.

Also located here are brick kilns, porcelain kilns, a steel factory, a food processing factory, a flour mill, an oil mill, etc., all of which are under construction one after another.

Next Step

After the construction of the cement plant is completed, a defensive fortress wall will be built at the mouth of the Indian Valley. As the logistics center of the Denver Fortress, it has strong self-defense performance.

11/28

The outer defensive wall and fort of Cherry Fort were first built, with a circumference of 520 meters by 366 meters and an area of ​​about 1.6 square kilometers. Call it "Cherry Fort".

12/7

The seven thousand acres of newly cleared land in upper Cherry Creek were rolling with wheat, growing oats, sugar beets, and potatoes.

On the more than 40-kilometer road from the upper reaches of Cherry Creek to Denver Castle, more than 1000 carts kept coming and going, full of harvests, driving to the warehouse area, filling up all the granaries, large and small.

The city of Denver was full of people, and everyone's faces were full of joy.

At this time, the population of Denver had reached more than 3.9 people, including about 1.9 white and Indian convicts, 6000 garrison cavalry, 4000 musketeers, and nearly [-] Chinese laborers and Indian women.

The city streets in the main castle and cherry castle have taken shape. Sewers extending in all directions have been excavated in the castle, the streets are paved with stone slabs, and two to three-story brick and stone buildings facing the streets have sprung up like mushrooms.

Banks, post offices, taverns and restaurants, grocery stores, grain and oil stores, medical clinics, cloth shops, brothels and brothels have hung Chinese signboards one after another, and the business is booming.

The bumper harvest in agriculture indicates that the shadow of food shortage in Denver has dissipated. This is the greatest good news.

From now on
Denver will have sufficient food supply, and can also make wine, expand the scale of poultry and livestock breeding, and provide a rich supply of meat, eggs and milk. While achieving self-sufficiency, it will be able to support the construction of surrounding towns.

First of all, it is to support the construction of Indian Valley.

12/12

The completion of the outer defensive wall and two powerful forts of Denver's main fort means that the first phase of the fort's construction work is fully completed.

12/27

After nearly three months of hard work by more than 6700 Indian convicts, the moat around Denver, the moat and two stone bridges were built, which greatly improved the defense system of the Denver fortress.

The moat is about 8.6-9 meters wide and about 4 meters deep. Vertical rock revetments are built on both sides of the river bank, and a 1.3-meter-high retaining wall is built with rocks on the side near the fortress.

when fighting

Musketeers can go out of the city to fight, relying on the moat to carry out volleys of guns against the enemy, and cooperate with the defenders on the city wall to form two staggered upper and lower firepower, causing major damage to the enemy.

Three stone bridges were built on the moat, and the two narrow bridges can accommodate a four-wheeled carriage, leading to Denver Main Fort and Cherry Fort respectively.

A suspension bridge is set between the two stone bridges, controlled by a winch, the suspension bridge can be pulled up when the enemy attacks, and the external traffic is blocked.

The main stone bridge in the middle is 5.5 meters wide, which can be used by two horse-drawn carriages to travel in opposite directions easily. It connects the main city wall between the two military castles and is the main channel for transporting supplies to the warehouse area along the river.

The main bridge arch of this stone bridge is 7.2 meters long and is made of 22 I-shaped iron plates. It can be removed when surrounded by troops in wartime without affecting the defensive function of the moat.

The defense design of the entire Denver fortress combines the essence of the defense castles built by Chinese and Western countries for more than 1000 years. It can be said that it is the most difficult large-scale military fortress building in the American continent so far.

(End of this chapter)