Wild North America 1846

Chapter 145
two weeks have passed

The cavalry led by Richard swept across the great plains of central North America like wildfire, advancing from left to right, galloping across an area of ​​about 17 square kilometers in Illinois and Indiana, capturing 19 small towns and more than a hundred farms along the way The manor was burned, killed and looted wantonly, causing everyone to feel insecure.

The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom is very flexible in tactics, and often divides troops into several groups to attack. It once created an amazing record of capturing 7 small towns in one day. and sad-faced white residents.

Since they were fighting in enemy territory, in order to maintain high mobility, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom did not plunder people, cattle, sheep, or large supplies, but only plundered gold and silver, and then quickly retreated after setting fire to the town.

During this period, several brigade and cavalry regiment-level battles broke out with the U.S. cavalry. The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom often left the battlefield quickly after severely injuring the U.S. cavalry.

It will never take more than 20 minutes from the beginning to the end of the battle, and retreat quickly after a successful blow.

Because the U.S. cavalry is often led by the nose and passively stepped into a trap or encirclement, the loss is not small.

This also caused a serious psychological shadow on the U.S. cavalry. When chasing, they looked forward and backward, for fear that they would be ambushed again, and death would be worthless.

A wilderness at the junction of Illinois and Indiana, the wide Missouri River flows through here, hundreds of meters away from the big river, there is a lush forest.

In the shade of the hills and trees, there are still some traces of residual snow.

Li Cha was sitting on a brocade stool, eating mutton with a sharp knife in his hand. Beside him were a few adult green eagles and bald eagles, like obedient birds waiting for their master's call at any time, rather than flying Raptors of Skyrim.

From time to time, a piece of meat is thrown out, and it is immediately snatched.

In Li Cha's personal guard cuirassier regiment, there is a close-fitting raptor squad, which specializes in raising these raptors with human nature.

The most notable feature is that each member of the Birds of Prey team has a steel armor on their left arm, and the steel armor is covered with thick cowhide to prevent them from being injured by the sharp claws of these birds of prey that swoop down from high altitude.

And in the Maple Leaf Palace, there is also a beast pet team, which is responsible for raising tigers, jaguars, lions and North American brown bears that His Majesty likes.

"Oh, the white-headed boy is back." Li Cha looked up and said with a smile.

Everyone looked around, only to see white clouds in the clear sky, where is there any white-headed boy?
soon
A black dot appeared from a high altitude and far away, and it gradually grew larger. Only then did everyone see clearly that it was a soaring bald eagle, that is, the bald boy His Majesty said.

I saw it fold its wings, like a sharp sword from a height of thousands of meters, it stabbed down from the slanting stab, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

just one or two minutes

It came to a low altitude of 200 meters, and then the huge wings more than two meters long stretched out, and a graceful hover stopped the rapid fall, and landed firmly on Li Cha's arm.

Li Cha took off the bamboo tube from the eagle's leg and threw half of the mutton in the air. The bald eagle flew up, grabbed the mutton in one mouthful and landed on the grass beside it. Eat up.

After taking out the letter in the bamboo tube and reading it, Li Cha knew that Gao Shiheng's headquarters were more than [-] miles away, and if he drove at high speed, he could arrive here in four to five hours.

he thought about it

Behind him, the US cavalry led by General Taylor was almost 80 miles away, but one was in the south and the other was in the east, like a triangle.

these days
Li Cha and General Taylor were a bit tired of playing hide-and-seek. The Tang Kingdom cavalry led by him did not kill for the sake of killing, but looted for the sake of looting.

His main purpose is to deter American society, showing that the Tang Kingdom has the means to fight back fiercely, which is not ideal from the current effect.

The main reason is that they did not capture important cities such as Chicago and Detroit, or did not give the US military a memorable defeat.

between the two
Li Cha is more inclined to fight a battle of annihilation, to kill the prestige of General Taylor.

As for the siege, Chicago, Detroit and other large cities with a population of hundreds of thousands can easily gather tens of thousands of white armed militias to defend the city, and it is extremely difficult to conquer.

Li Cha first ruled out the possibility of attacking the city, considering that the U.S. military has been led by the nose for half a month, and the soldiers are exhausted, so they have the necessary conditions for a frontal battle.

He couldn't help standing up and looking around.

The cold mist of the Missouri River in spring is exuding cold mist, and the water on the river is very slow, but the danger contained in it is far greater than that in spring and summer.

The cold river water makes the body lose temperature quickly, and the muscles become stiff and stiff. Even a good swimmer cannot stay in such river water for 5 minutes, and will freeze to death in more than ten minutes.

The river bank is about a few hundred meters away from the forest. There is nothing unusual about such plain terrain that can be seen everywhere in Illinois.

look carefully for a moment
However, Li Cha's eyes became brighter and brighter. If he ambushed a heavy machine gun position and a cavalry in the forest, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom in front would line up along the river.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Cha felt more and more that this plan was feasible.

The wonderful thing is that rivers and forests are common things on the North American plains and will not cause the US military to be overly vigilant.

These days, the Tang Kingdom and the U.S. cavalry have chased for thousands of miles, making a big circle along Illinois and Indiana, and now they are back again.

It is inseparable from the Missouri River, the White River, the Cheyenne River, the Rand River, the Morrow River, etc. These places with rich water and grass are the must-choice camps for the cavalry.

The first thing the cavalry should consider is the horse, and the convenience of drinking water and forage is the focus of consideration.

According to this, in a town about 80 miles away

The whole town was mobilized to make bread and soybean meal concentrate for the cavalry, and the air was filled with the rich aroma of baked bread.

in the mayor's office
Admiral Taylor flipped through the latest military report with an ugly expression. When Richard led the main force of the cavalry from the headquarters to Chicago, the other two cavalry passed through the two important towns of Iowa City and Davenport.

Out of caution, the U.S. defenders in Iowa City did not go out of the city to fight in the field without authorization, let alone pursue the enemy.

The Davenport American defenders were different. Relying on their own 2200 cavalry, they went out of the city to intercept without authorization.As a result, he stepped into the trap of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, and was not only defeated, but also lost the important town of Davenport.

This is so far
Admiral Taylor's troops suffered the biggest fiasco. More than 3600 American soldiers were killed or injured, more than 1140 were captured, and more than 200 people were missing. The rest were defeated and fled.

Davenport City was devastated. This was the first important town destroyed in the Great Lakes region. The left cavalry of the Tang Kingdom was attracted to the south by the main force of the US cavalry, and they could not take care of themselves for the time being.

It raged in Davenport for many days, and looted more than 1.7 people, nearly 3000 carriages, and a large amount of cattle and sheep supplies, and headed towards Des Moines County in the west.

So far, the US military stationed in Iowa City, more than 100 kilometers away, is in a dilemma.

The rampant cavalry of the Tang Kingdom drove the crying white women, cattle, sheep and carriages, swaggering through the outskirts of Iowa City, only a dozen kilometers away.

standing high in iowa city

You can see the endless black line squirming on the outskirts of the city, which are all white women and carriages forced to go west, as well as cattle and sheep driven all the way.

What can be tolerated and what cannot be tolerated.

At the request of a group of officers, soldiers and local white armed militias who were dazzled by anger, the US military commander in Iowa City could only lead a force composed of more than 1700 cavalry, [-] infantry and more than [-] white armed militiamen. The team tried to attack the westward carriage of the Datang Kingdom and rescue the white women and other people who were in dire straits.

The idea is good, but the ending is tragic.

The reason why the Left Army of the Tang Dynasty was so rampant was originally a trap set by the Vanguard Army, which shows its cunning.

When the U.S. defenders in Iowa City attacked, they quickly discovered that they had been fooled.

Their retreat behind was cut off by the 3 cavalry of the forward army of the Tang Kingdom who had killed their carbines, and directly in front, more than 1600 cavalry of the left army had already been waiting.

Not surprisingly
Surrounded by more than 4600 cavalrymen from the Tang Dynasty, the U.S. army collapsed quickly under the impact of the cuirassiers after being brutally massacred by heavy machine guns.

The fight went on for over an hour
Most of the U.S. troops who left the city were wiped out, a small number fled, and nearly a thousand people were captured under the threat of death, and became shameful prisoners.

The forward army of the Tang Kingdom and the left army in the combined army were greatly invigorated, and immediately used the 2000 white Confederate Army as the main attack force to launch a large-scale attack on Iowa City, which had only more than 1000 American guards left.

Although the remaining U.S. troops fought bravely and caused considerable casualties to the White Confederate Army, it was a pity that they were unable to protect the entire city.

Crazy cavalrymen of the Tang Kingdom rushed in from behind and from the weak flank defenses, cutting down anyone they saw, burning houses when they saw them, and they were already jealous.

Iowa City, a major town in the Great Lakes region, burned down after being looted.

Military newspaper display;

There are about 2000 cavalrymen on the left side of the Kingdom of Tang, plus more than 1700 white allied forces, escorting the population, supplies, cattle, sheep, and carriages collected from Iowa City and Davenport all the way west. Their route will turn southwest through Des Moines County, with their final destination being Phoenix on the Colorado Plateau.

The San Francisco Cuirassier Regiment of the left cavalry was merged into the forward army. The total number of cavalry was about 3630. Qingqi went south into Illinois and disappeared.

General Taylor closed the military newspaper with a heavy face. The U.S. Army and the Tang Kingdom had a total of more than 2.6 cavalry. They were chasing each other and wantonly destroying the populous Great Lakes region, which dealt a major blow to the confidence of the people living and working in the region.

Fortunately, it is a cold winter. If the fruits and grains are harvested in summer and autumn, the loss will be great.

(End of this chapter)