Wild North America 1846

Chapter 196 The gap is too big

"According to His Majesty's will, our army of the Tang Kingdom will launch a full-scale attack on your army. If you admit defeat, there is still time to beg for mercy."

"The heroic and tenacious Mexican army will smash any aggression delusions, tremble amidst the roar of artillery, Orientals..." Major General Gutierrez looked back at his thicker infantry array, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes , continued; "My army will smash the myth that the Tang Kingdom is invincible, retaliate against the invaders with bayonets and bullets, and defend the glory of the Mexican soldiers."

Indeed, the Mexicans do not lose to anyone when it comes to lip service.

Colonel Tian Mantun lifted the brim of his hat politely with his hands, made a simplified hat-off ceremony, and replied, "In that case, see you on the battlefield."

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards his own formation.

middle of the battlefield
The frontline commanders of Datang Kingdom and Mexico didn't talk too much, and rode their horses back to their own formations.

The battle horn sounded

The soldiers on both sides who stopped and waited, under the command of the chief, carried guns and lined up in a long line of "one" and walked towards each other. The distance between the two sides quickly approached from 3 kilometers to within 2 kilometers.

"Get ready, fire!"

Seeing that the Mexican attacking soldiers entered the firing range, the Artillery Commander of the Kingdom of Tang issued an order to fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

Forty-eight Colt 48-pound artillery roared and smashed hot shells into the Mexican army ranks. Nearly half of the artillery hits successively, directly hitting more than 12 bloody alleys in the Mexican ranks.

The bouncing solid shells were invincible, and the Mexican soldiers were broken and wailing. The advancing queue experienced a brief delay and commotion, and was forced to move forward under the command of the commander.

"Well, yes, the range of Colt's new breech-loading artillery can reach as far as 1850 meters, which is a third longer than the old-fashioned artillery, and its power is greatly enhanced." Li Cha said with an expression of approval on his face.

This is a 12-pound field artillery newly developed by Colt Weapons Company. It has rifling, adopts breech loading latch wedge sealing technology, and improved black powder. wide.

the only regret

It's just that the research and development progress of the new type of shell is lagging behind. For the time being, only old-fashioned solid shells and shotgun shells can be used, which cannot give full play to the full power of this Colt breech-loading artillery.

Even so, the shooting accuracy has been greatly improved.

Li Cha observed that within 5 minutes, his own artillery positions had fired three rounds of artillery covering fire one after another, setting off a bloodbath among the Mexican army, and wailing everywhere.

So decisively ordered;

"The artillery unit suppressed the output of firepower and bombarded at a rate of 3 minutes. Don't knock down the Mexicans early, go and execute it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Mexican army unilaterally endured the bombardment of the other side's artillery. The two armies were separated by more than 1300 meters and had lost 400 people. The long queue had already become distorted and unstable.

The Spanish old-fashioned artillery equipped by the Mexican army, the youngest one is more than 60 years old, and there are many artillery pieces with a history of more than [-] years. The battle has not been heard until now.

It's not that I don't want to fire the cannon, but that the range is too far.

Most of these old-fashioned Spanish artillery have a range of 800 to 900 meters. The enemy's infantry array has not yet entered the range, and firing is a waste of shells.

Major General Gutierrez, who is in charge of the front line, also knows this huge disadvantage, but he didn't expect that the artillery of the Tang Kingdom can hit so far and so accurately?
But there was no turning back when he opened the bow. Major General Gutierrez could only order his officers; "Order the soldiers to move forward quickly, shorten the distance with the opponent as soon as possible, and the artillery is ready to fight."

"As you order, Your Excellency the General."

The order was conveyed quickly, and the commanders of the Mexican army waved their command knives, loudly urging the soldiers to move forward quickly, and the offensive formation became even more distorted.

"Boom boom boom..."

At this moment

The artillery positions of the Datang Kingdom opened fire again, releasing intensive artillery fire in the formation of the Mexican army. Since the distance was shortened to less than 1300 meters, the artillery fire became more dangerous and deadly, and the strike accuracy was higher.

Most of the 48 artillery pieces hit the Mexican offensive line, and the entire line was bloody, and the stumps and broken arms flew into the sky, falling down like dog teeth.

This round of shelling alone caused more than 230 casualties of the Mexican army.

This made Major General Gutierrez's eyelids twitch violently, and with a livid face, he ordered the supervising team to kill the soldiers who left the queue without authorization, so as to keep the offensive queue from collapsing.

The Mexican army had 2 soldiers against the 9500 infantry of the Tang Kingdom. Although 700 soldiers were lost under artillery fire, the overall strength was still superior, and it might be impossible to fight.

Major General Gutierrez is convinced;

Eastern soldiers will still die and be injured when the bullet hits them. As long as they endure the casualties and persevere, they will see the dawn of victory.

The Mexicans endured a large number of casualties from the artillery fire, and the formations of the two armies continued to approach. When the two sides approached within 900 meters, the artillery positions on the Mexican side couldn't wait to open fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

More than 30 hot shells were fired, and very few of them could actually hit the queue of the Tang Kingdom. These old-fashioned Spanish artillery were at the limit range, and the shooting progress was quite impressive.

Although not many victories have been achieved, the participation of the artillery of the Mexican army can give the soldiers some comfort.

But this illusory comfort was quickly shattered, because the artillery positions of the Tang Kingdom turned their muzzles and began to bombard the Mexican artillery positions violently, covering them in a cloud of artillery smoke.

When the gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated, the Mexican artillery position had been beaten up everywhere, more than half of the artillery was destroyed, and the positions were full of artillery corpses.

Facing the long-range and precise strikes by the artillery of the Tang Kingdom, the old and ancient artillery of the Mexican army had no power to parry at all, and they were overwhelmingly ravaged.

Fortunately, the Mexican artillery position temporarily attracted the opponent's artillery fire, which made the advancing Mexican soldiers much easier and quickly shortened the distance between the two.

800 meters... 700 meters...

When the dense and deadly artillery fire of the Tang Kingdom completely destroyed the Mexican artillery positions, the distance between the military columns of the enemy and us was less than 600 meters, and each could see the clear outline of each other.

The artillery position immediately turned its muzzle, and carried out intensive and high-frequency bombing against the Mexican military.

At this moment

The artillery commander of the Datang Kingdom received the order to "let go of your hands and feet and output firepower with all your might."

in this critical moment

Major General Gutierrez issued a desperate order to charge across the board. He hoped that the close combat at the cost of huge casualties could recover some of the losses.

As a result, nearly 2 Mexican troops launched a full-line charge. After entering a distance of 300 meters, they fired the first round of volleys, causing more than 1 casualties to the soldiers of the Datang Kingdom.

but that's all
Li Cha watched the frenzied attack of the Mexican army with cold eyes, and after the enemy approached to a distance of 250 meters, he gave the order to "open fire on all fronts".

Instantly
Soldiers from the Kingdom of Datang held Colt 1848-style bursting rifles and fired violently. Round after round seemed endless. The dense rain of bullets enveloped the queue of Mexicans like locusts, and let them cut a piece of leeks. The pieces were knocked down, the dead and wounded.

It's not over yet

48 storm-type heavy machine guns appeared on both sides of the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, and then opened fire violently, spreading the deadly rain of bullets to the Mexican army.

The rumble of artillery, the roar of heavy machine guns...

The unprecedented fierce firepower turned the battlefield into a bloody death hell. This is a one-sided massacre. The strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke are mixed together, conveying a strong taste of conspiracy.

The Mexicans never thought that the firepower of the Tang Kingdom was so strong. After the Yankees had had enough of the storm-type heavy machine gun and the Colt 1848-type bursting rifle, they did not make any noise. Instead, they knocked out their teeth and swallowed blood, quietly endured.

The battle report was vague, and I didn't expect the Mexicans to suffer.

"Retreat... retreat quickly, the whole army retreats." General Hector Dos Santos, who was standing behind, was already pale with fright, and gave the retreat order in a panic.

In fact, he needless to say, the Mexican army in death hell was beaten to pieces as early as the first time the firepower broke out in the Tang Kingdom, and countless people dropped their muskets and ran away.

pity it's late
Entering the dense coverage area of ​​the Tang Kingdom's army's firepower, it is extremely difficult to run, and people can't run away from bullets.

Countless Mexican soldiers were knocked down by bullets while escaping, and the corpses were piled up in a haphazard manner, stretching for hundreds of meters outside the valley, making one's scalp numb.

10 minutes later
The "cease-fire" order was conveyed to the battlefield, and all the troops of the Tang Kingdom stopped shooting. The thick gunpowder smoke formed groups of green and black smog, making the visibility on the battlefield quite poor.

after just a few minutes

The warm wind blowing from the valley made the gunpowder smoke drift away, presenting a tragic scene after a bloody massacre in front of everyone. The 2 Mexican soldiers who attacked were wiped out, and almost no one could escape.

The fast-footed Mexican cavalry had already retreated into the valley in fright, and there was a deathly silence on the battlefield.

The infantrymen of the Tang Kingdom had already dispersed, repairing the corpses on the battlefield one by one, and collected the Mexican soldiers who were pretending to be dead to deal with the aftermath.

The bloody smell in front of the valley battlefield was so strong that the Mexican soldiers huddled in the valley shivered one by one. Looking at the hellish massacre scene in front of them, they had lost most of their will to resist.

The Royal Guard Cuirassiers with bright armor approached the valley in a neat cavalry formation, and the leading officer shouted loudly;

"All the Mexican officers and soldiers in the valley, the king of the Tang Kingdom, Li Cha, came here personally. Those who surrender can be exempted from execution, and they will be included in the ranks of the servants of the Tang Kingdom and enjoy preferential treatment.

Those who die without repentance will be slaughtered by the whole family, old and young, without mercy.

You have one day to think about it. If the army arrives tomorrow, you wait for the Mexican army to remain stubborn. On the day the city is broken, everyone will be executed without pardon.

Which one to go and which one to follow is a matter of life and death.

Wang Er waits to think twice before acting, don't make mistakes, the end will be like the 2 unjust dead ghosts in front of the valley.

So far, don't say that it is unpredictable. "

(End of this chapter)