Wild North America 1846

Chapter 209 Poisonous Sore
Nov. 1852, 5

Fort Omaha

Earl Dai Changfu accompanied His Majesty the King all the way along the Missouri River for inspection, and arrived at Fort Omaha in early May. After a few days of rest, he continued his inspection along the river.

The horse was stationed on a high hill, and Earl Dai Changfu pointed to a U-shaped river mouth in front of him and introduced;
"Your Majesty, please;

The mouth of the river in front is the narrowest river section in Omaha. When the water is at its peak in March and April, the river overflows the naturally formed channel, forming a vast ocean in front of you.

After entering May, the water potential gradually recedes, and the river surface is still 5 to 900 meters wide. You can see the hill above the water in front, and the river channel is under the hill.

It will be almost June, and as the upstream water potential further decreases, the narrowest part of the river, which is more than 6 meters wide, will appear.

After autumn
From October to November, with the further depletion of upstream water, the river channel will further shrink, exposing a large number of riverbeds, and the river surface is less than 10 meters wide at the lowest point.

Only here is the best place to swim. With the help of horses, cavalry can easily cross this big river.

After September every year, the Fortress of Omaha organizes multiple squadron-based cavalry patrols to patrol and guard along the 9 kilometers of rivers within Omaha, covering at least once a day.

When the situation is tense, troops will be stationed along the river to stand guard, and a beacon fire will be set up every 5 kilometers. The simple houses built with stones over there are outposts.

There is no garrison at this time, and the cowboys who are grazing often rest here, and it is also a good place to shelter from the wind and rain.

We plan to build all these outposts with cement and wood in the next step. More than 30 outposts will need about 8 to 9 yuan in funds, which will be conducive to long-term garrison after completion. "

Listening to Earl Dai Changfu's introduction, Li Cha gave a noncommittal "Yes".

these days
The eagle soaring in the sky penetrates far into the United States, even circling back and forth between Chicago in the east and Kansas City in the south, thoroughly investigating the situation in the hinterland of the United States.

The large barracks used by the US for troop training have been abandoned, and many military depots with accumulated supplies have been repurposed for other purposes, and there is no sign of large-scale military operations.

But recently, Li Cha has been feeling uneasy in his heart, and he has a clear premonition; the Yankee is eager to harm him.

Now that the possibility of large-scale military operations has been ruled out, the remaining answers are ready to come.

That was a conspiracy to assassinate. As for whether to use a gun or poison, no clues were found for the time being, but this also aroused Li Cha's high vigilance.

The reason why I personally led a team to investigate along the Missouri River is to personally experience the hydrological conditions of this big river from April to May and leave a more intuitive impression.

Military decision-making is the most taboo of "talking about war on paper". Whenever possible, Li Cha will visit the field in person instead of hearsay.

It is this rigorous command style that has influenced almost all middle and senior military officers in the Tang Kingdom. Before a big battle, they must examine the topography and hydrological characteristics of the relevant areas in detail, so that they know what they know.

Standing on a hill and looking back
You can see groups of cattle and sheep grazing leisurely on the lush land in the distance, forming a beautiful landscape painting under the cover of streams, lakes and forests.

The sky was high and cloudy, and the sun was shining brightly.

Such a magnificent scenery makes people want to sing a song and express their heroic feelings.

After the inspection, Li Cha led the entourage back to Fort Omaha. The long and majestic team attracted cowboys and immigrants who settled the wasteland along the way to stop and watch.

Seeing the flying king's flag, many people couldn't help bowing down to salute, expressing their respect for the kingship.

Fort Omaha

This is the northern frontier bridgehead that the Tang Kingdom focused on building. It is located on the high bank of the broad and magnificent Missouri River, at the top of a hill about 150 meters above sea level.

Against the backdrop of the blue sky and white clouds, the majestic fortress building is particularly spectacular. At the foot of the mountain, a large area of ​​Omaha's urban buildings spread far away, presenting a bustling scene of traffic.

The current population of Omaha is about 5.6, more than half of which are mainly grazing. There are more than 1300 pastures, large and small, distributed on a vast land of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

Of the three branch railways leading north from Phoenix City, one of them extends not far north and then turns east. The terminal of the train is Omaha.

The opening of the railway closely linked Omaha with the cities on the Colorado Plateau and the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. The fur meat, cattle, sheep, livestock, mules and horses that are abundant here can also be easily transported to other cities.

As the northern bridgehead of the Tang Kingdom, Omaha has a permanent garrison of no less than 6000 people, including 5000 infantry and [-] cavalry. There are also nearly [-] reserve militias in the city that can be mobilized at any time, which is quite impressive.

Because it is a border fortress city, the military pays special attention to the training of the militia reserve. Every autumn and winter, it will allocate special funds to organize the militia to train intensively for 2 to 3 weeks. The reservists have maintained their combat effectiveness well.

The Fort Omaha on the hill stands majestically, as if a giant with bright armor protects the city of Omaha at the foot of the hill, and the two have a clear path.

The team accompanying Wang Jia's return was nearly [-] cavalry, most of them were personal guard cavalry belonging to the royal family's personal guard breastplate regiment, and Li Cha marched in the middle of the team under the guard of the crowd.

The closer he was to the city of Omaha, the stronger the premonition of danger in his heart, until he had a vague premonition that there were two black hole muzzles similar to storm-type heavy machine guns, aiming at the marching cavalry. He raised his hand and ordered; "Send the order to stop advancing."

At this time, the entire returning team was less than 1 kilometer away from the city of Omaha.

follow the original course of travel;
The team should pass along the edge of Omaha City, go directly up the mountain and enter the fortress to settle down. This road is only two or 300 meters away from the nearest place of Omaha City.

If the two heavy machine guns fired suddenly at this time, the whole team would suffer a fatal blow if they were caught off guard, especially Li Cha in the middle of the team and his trusted ministers, who were in great danger of encountering misfortune.

So far

Li Cha's back was covered in white sweat, and he quickly ordered, "Where is Chen Chuan?"

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is here."

"I grant you the right to act arbitrarily and control the militia and army in the city of Omaha. I suspect that there are a large number of assassins in the city of Omaha. The opponents have deadly weapons including heavy machine guns. If you want to harm the king, you must dispatch troops to wipe them out immediately. There must be no mistake."

"Wei Chen obeys."

"Especially this key area..." Li Cha's eyes showed a sharp look, he pointed at the edge of the city near the road, and instructed; "The enemy may have heavy weapons, so the soldiers should pay attention to safety."

"Wei Chen understands." Major General Chen Chuan answered decisively, and when he raised his head, his face was already full of fear.

Inside Omaha

In this area of ​​houses near the edge of the city, two adjacent houses were occupied by dozens of strong men, the leader being a 36-year-old white man who was looking out through the window on the third floor.

Beside him, a weapon resembling a storm-type heavy machine gun has been set up, and the black muzzle is pointing directly out of the window.

As long as the predetermined target passes by, the heavy machine gun can fire violently after the window is opened, giving the target a fatal blow.

The heavy machine guns controlled by the six strong men behind the window are American-made Gatling heavy machine guns. The instigation of the effect, born 6 years in advance.

This is a test model of a small amount of equipment in the U.S. military, and it is obvious what it means to appear in the houses in Omaha.

It can be seen that under the body of the Gatling heavy machine gun, there are large boxes of explosives connected in series. Once the assassination is successful, the explosives will be detonated to completely destroy this heavy machine gun.

"Damn it, why did the Eastern team stop? Did you find something?" The capable white man murmured affectionately and suspiciously.

The white assistant next to him quickly stretched out his head to take a look, and then he said: "Probably not, Mr. Cromwell, we sneaked in since last night, and no one went out during the period, so it is impossible to reveal any doubts."

"Mike, have you checked out the bottom line of these two families?"

"It's clear, it's absolutely fine. These two families are veterans of retired Chinese soldiers. They run a ranch in partnership more than 80 kilometers away from Omaha. They rarely come back during normal time. The wives, concubines and children who live here have been killed by us. .”

"Then why..."

When Cromwell said this, his expression suddenly changed, and he pressed his head against the window and looked out.

The cavalry that had stopped suddenly changed, and two cavalry of more than a hundred people were separated from the team, one left and one right heading towards the direction of Omaha City at high speed.

These two cavalry teams did not take a shortcut, but pulled out an arc from a distance, and rushed towards the direction of Omaha City.

At this time, the horse team staying in place retreated quickly, widening the distance from the city of Omaha.

"It's over, the action has been exposed." Kerenwell cried out unwillingly.

The entire horse team is about a thousand meters away from the city of Omaha, but it is about 1600 meters away from Cromwell's house, almost on the edge of the range of the American Gatling heavy machine gun.

This sudden retreat has already left the range of the heavy machine gun, making the assassination a failure.

"Sir, what should we do now?" Mike asked in a panic as the assassination had been exposed.

This well-planned assassination operation was perfect. After receiving the exact information that King Richard of the Tang Dynasty was investigating the front line of the Missouri River, the US side realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Immediately acted, activated the Anzi recruited in the city of Omaha, and then transported the weapons and operators, including two Gatling heavy machine guns, across the shore by small boat, and the Anzi in the city responded, lurking quietly Come in.

Cromwell saw that the target had already escaped, and a huge danger was coming to the assassination personnel. He knew that he could not escape, and a look of despair appeared on his face, which was quickly replaced by firmness.

After calming down, he turned his head and asked, "Mike, will your immediate supervisor be exposed?"

"Uh... I don't know, but if I was caught by them, I would easily think of Lieutenant Colonel Chris. I'm sorry, I can find out if I check the relationship in the army. I can't hide it." Mike said in a panic. .

"I promise, you won't be caught by them." Cromwell raised his chin to give a signal, and the two strong men behind Mike made a sudden move.

One strangled his neck tightly and locked his arms.The other inserted a sharp dagger into his chest, piercing his heart fiercely.

Mike struggled a few times in the hands of these two strong men before he completely died.

"Notify the team next door to act together, put this gentleman and the heavy machine gun together and detonate, let's disperse and break through immediately, let's execute it." Cromwell knew that the time was urgent, and he had no time to wait any longer, so he decisively issued the breakout order Order.

In fact, it was already late at this time. There was a sudden sound of horseshoes on the street in the distance, and the fast-moving cavalry regiment slapped their horses to kill them. The sound of sirens in the city was louder than that, and a large number of military police were gathering. Sex is negligible.

"Boom..."

After the two violent explosions, the sound of gunfire in the city of Omaha continued to be heard. After a while, it fell silent.

Inside Fort Obach
At this moment, four white officers were already tied up and knelt on the ground, looking palely at His Majesty the King sitting above him, limp and powerless.

Among them, there is Lieutenant Colonel Chris in Mike's mouth. This is a somewhat fat white logistics officer.

After returning to the fortress, Li Cha ordered all the fortress officers to have an audience, and picked out these 4 officers with ghosts in their hearts without any effort.

"Tell me why you betrayed the kingdom." Li Cha, who was sitting at the top, spoke softly as if chatting, but his words carried an irresistible majesty; "There is no need to hide anything, this king can read people's hearts, Everything in your heart can't be hidden in front of me, is it because they gave too much money?"

"Oh, God, this is impossible...you are a real devil." Lieutenant Colonel Chris cried out in shock when he revealed the secret in his heart.

"who is it……"

"Forgive Your Majesty, I cannot speak."

"Are you worried about your parents, siblings and relatives in the United States? Don't worry, if you don't confess truthfully, I will send a task force deep into the United States and kill all your parents, relatives and their children. No dog will stay, it is a king's promise."

"Oh...God! I beg you not to do this. I will truthfully confess anything you want to know, and I will not hide anything. I humbly kneel at your feet, and I beg you not to do this..."

In just a few words, Lieutenant Colonel Chris was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, his inner defense line collapsed, and he lay on the ground, wailing endlessly.

Li Cha glanced at him with disgust, and ordered to the people around him; "I will leave the rest to you. Dig out all the sores in this city. After a long time of peace and stability, it is inevitable that some people will It’s time to let them have a longer memory.”

"My minister obeys the order and will thoroughly investigate this matter."

(End of this chapter)