Wild North America 1846

Chapter 345 The First Battle of Detroit
"After the weather improves, the scale of the war will be further expanded. This king will let the flames of war burn all over the eastern states, and make these Anglo-Americans who support the war suffer enough." Richard rode his horse to a hill, and he He reined in the horse and looked up.

The magnificent scene frozen thousands of miles in front of him made Li Cha's pride burst, and his heart was filled with the passion to gallop on the battlefield. He raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed to Jiangshan and said;

"How many years later, when you look back on the past, you will be sincerely proud of conquering North America under the flag of the kingdom. This will be the most glorious experience and the highest honor in your military career.

It is really a great pleasure in life to let you gallop in such a vast world.

The North American War will be the ultimate battle to determine the strategic structure of North America. It can only be won but not lost.

Therefore, the army can go too far, be more thorough, and the war will spread to a wider area. This is the price that should be paid.

If you lose a division, I will add another division to you.

If you lose a legion, this king will add another legion to you.

This king does not look at the specific number of casualties, but wants to destroy the foundation of the development of the United States of America in the next 50 years or even longer..."

Having said this domineeringly, King Li Chagao sat on the horse and looked back at the senior generals with deep eyes. His whole body was filled with an undeniably strong kingly spirit, and he waved his hand and said, "Follow the Lian's scepter. Conquer, my generals, on the day of victory, the Union will not hesitate to offer rewards, and you can take whatever you want, this is the king's promise."

"We are willing to follow His Majesty to go through fire and water, and never hesitate to die. Your Majesty is wise, long live my king, long live, long live!" All the generals were excited by these words, and they clasped their fists and saluted in unison.

The winter of 1860 was colder than usual.

Lieutenant General Samuel Brown in Detroit did not feel relieved that the blizzard came early this year. The increasing pressure on the Western Front almost kept him awake at night, and the ensuing troubles were even more serious. It gave him a splitting headache.

Recently

Due to the sudden drop in temperature and heavy snowfall, the city of Detroit was covered in snow after the snow. The black slaves fleeing from the north who were accustomed to the warm climate in the south suffered extensive frostbite, and not a few died of freezing.

According to the statistics;
The number of black people who died of freezing in the tents has reached 372, and more than 4700 people suffered from frostbite. Many black people had frostbitten hands and feet that had to be amputated to prevent infection of necrotic limbs.

The potential conflict between blacks and whites surfaced. The local white residents who discriminated against blacks extremely did not allow blacks to enter the area, let alone allow blacks to enter warm houses to stay overnight.

In the eyes of white Detroit residents;
Black people are dirty and lowly creatures, they cannot be called human beings, let alone be treated equally.

I am grateful to be able to live in a broken tent with air leakage everywhere, but it is absolutely impossible to enter a house in the block to escape the cold wave.

The city of Detroit has no large-scale evacuation of residents. The 20 troops of the Northern Army Defense Corps occupy too many factories, vacant houses and warehouses. It is impossible to make room for these black escaped slaves, let alone live with black people. .

"Damn it, if it weren't for the overwhelming presence of Eastern soldiers, I doubt the city would have fought first." Lieutenant General Samuel Brown took a big sip of hot coffee and couldn't help complaining.

Major General Macdonald-Knox came over with a coffee cup, sat opposite Lieutenant General Samuel Brown across the table, and said in a teasing tone; Niggas get too close. I don't even know if I can teach them to shoot?"

"Don't worry, at least they can still be consumed as cannon fodder."

"The Eastern army has no shortage of these bullets. In my opinion, this heavy snowstorm forced the Eastern army to suspend its offensive, which in turn exacerbated our food shortage. Even the ration supply is not enough for a month, and the niggers eat too much too much."

"Don't worry about the food. The British merchant ship will send it from Toronto. The problem now is that these black people can't all freeze to death. They must find a place to settle down." Lieutenant General Samuel Brown took another big mouthful of hot water Coffee, then put the cup on the table, frowned and thought about it, and said;

"General Lockes, the wharf warehouse area where the 11th, 12th, 25th, and 56th regiments of the New York Volunteer Army under your command is stationed is big. Let's make room for it first. I'll share some of the Pennsylvania Army's garrison for you, and squeeze some for now. Squeeze, let's get through this damn winter."

"I knew it would, God, those officers in the New York Regiment would make a scene! Not everyone wants to leave their warm rooms in this cold weather to make room for dirty and mean niggers."

"This is an order, General Lockes."

"Okay, you are the boss, and the New York Volunteer Corps is happy to obey your orders."

"I will make up for your buddy. After the war, let those black legions rush to the front first." Lieutenant General Samuel Brown comforted him, and finally solved this troublesome matter.

Within a few days
An astonishing news came from the front. The army of the Kingdom of Tang actually transported three large-caliber coastal heavy artillery by train, which immediately made the defenders of Detroit unable to sit still.

11/17

With the roar of artillery fire in the early morning, Detroit's snow-covered outer defensive bunkers and barbed wire fences were destroyed one by one, and the Battle of Detroit officially kicked off.

After two days of bloody battles, the outer positions of Detroit were declared to be lost.

After all, in such cold weather, the Northern Army could not hoard a large number of troops in the outer positions.Under the tactics of artillery bombardment and infantry attack by the coalition forces, it is difficult to hold on to the outlying positions with insufficient troops.

May 11, around 21:9 am

Detroit West Suburbs
The densely packed military formations of the Northern Army can’t be seen at a glance, forming a horizontal array with a width of 2.6 kilometers. The soldiers in the array are arranged in 4 rows, and there are second-, third-, and fourth-line military formations behind. Roughly, there are about 8.6 troops. There are more than 130 artillery pieces of various types.

To the west, not far away, is the military formation of the Great Tang Kingdom, with infantry in the middle and lined up in a horizontal formation, cavalry guarding the two wings, and more than 300 field artillery deployed on the high ground behind.

总兵力大致在7.8万人左右，共计出动了3个白人仆从师和4个野战师，总计7个师加上9个炮兵团的兵力参与会战。

The distance between the two armies is about 3.5 kilometers, with swords and guns like forests, and a chill atmosphere before the war.

Admiral Chen Chuan stood on the high ground on the side of the artillery position, observed carefully for a moment with a copper monocular in his hand, a clear look appeared in his eyes, and said in a calm tone; "It seems that Lieutenant General Brown is going to send these black soldiers As cannon fodder, we will consume our strength first."

Lieutenant General George Rabiot, deputy commander of the Northern Corps, also put down his binoculars, nodded and said; "The Northern Army's intentions are obvious. The first two columns are all black soldiers, with a total of more than 4 soldiers, and the last two columns are all black soldiers. The white soldiers, just playing the role of supervising the battle and reinforcements, are more ruthless than us!"

This exclamation is not without origin;

A horizontal line in the Tang Kingdom's army is also composed of four rows of soldiers. The first two rows are cannon fodder forcibly recruited and trained by white servants, and the last two rows are white veterans.

The second horizontal team is composed of Chinese field divisions, not all cannon fodder.After all, the white servants are now considered as their own, and they cannot be consumed like a stormtrooper regardless of the cost.

"Then it depends on whether their Black Legion will work or not. The time is almost up, let's start!" Admiral Chen Chuan glanced at his watch and ordered the battle decisively.

"As ordered, sir."

With the waving of the battle flag in their hands, the buglers who received the order immediately blew their horns. The desolate and chilling horn sound echoed on the battlefield, and the military drums immediately took effect.

The infantry commander drew out the bright long knife in his hand, and gave the order "the whole army advance!", and the long infantry line marched forward in neat steps, rushing forward like waves.

The Northern Army did not show weakness either, advancing in a slightly scattered queue under the command of the officers, with the rhythmic sound of war drums behind them.

In pursuit of freedom, these blacks bravely marched against the guns of the Eastern army. They knew that if they wanted to be valued by the white people, they had to sacrifice their blood and lives to win the status of an equal free citizen.

Weak animals are not even worth plowing the land, and the blacks still understand this truth.

They wore all kinds of clothes, marched bravely in an irregular queue, and held outdated old-fashioned smoothbore rifles in their hands. They could feel the same status as whites on the battlefield, which made the black soldiers confident.

For the first time on the battlefield, the black soldiers did not know that the range of these old smoothbore rifles in their hands was only 1 yards, and they would be inaccurate if they exceeded 250 yards.

half an hour later

The armies of the two sides that were walking towards each other got closer and closer, and the opposing army also entered the shelling range of the coalition forces. Admiral Chen Chuan ordered calmly; "Order; 3-pound guns block the shelling for 5 minutes."

The Colt three-pound field gun is the smallest caliber field gun equipped by the army, and it is also the main firepower of battalion-level infantry. It only occupies half of the number of artillery on the position, about 150 or so.

The speed of "blocking shelling" is two rounds per minute. If it takes 5 minutes, each gun will fire 10 shells. This rate of fire is one-third of that of "rapid firing".

Obviously, Admiral Chen Chuan didn't want to waste expensive shells on these black cannon fodder, and he didn't use the prepared 6-pound guns, but prepared to use infantry firepower to crush the enemy.

Lieutenant General George Rabiot and Lieutenant General Lei Jueshen, the deputy commanders standing beside them, smiled knowingly when they saw this, and continued to watch the battle quietly.

The white cannon fodder in the front row of the Union Army was equipped with 13-ring lever rifles anyway, and Lieutenant General Samuel Brown of the Northern Army used those tattered smoothbore rifles to deal with errands, which was too perfunctory.

Some of these weapons collected by the people are 80 or [-] years old, and they are still old-fashioned rifles used during the War of Independence. How can we fight?

The sound of "rumbling" artillery from the artillery position suddenly sounded, announcing the beginning of the bloody battle.

Then the artillery fire of the Northern Army also roared, and the two sides kept coming and going. The thick gunfire smoke rose into the sky like clouds, piercing the tranquility of winter.

It can be seen that there is a clear difference between the artillery fire of the two sides.

The artillery shells fired by the artillerymen of the Tang Kingdom exploded in the black marching queue from time to time. In an instant, the area was emptied by a bloody storm. The shell fragments splashed in all directions covered a radius of seven or eight meters. At least a dozen soldiers were blown to death. Broken tendons, broken limbs and broken arms flew into the sky.

And those shells that exploded near the soldier queue, the shrapnel that exploded instantly caused several soldiers to fly blood and flesh, and their bodies lay limp on the ground to die.

On the other hand, the solid artillery shells fired by the northern army bounced and smashed a line on the ground. If they hit the soldiers, it would be a bloody alley. .

In an army formation of 4 rows, this kind of solid shells hit the top of the sky, that is, a string of 1, that is, killed and wounded 4 soldiers, and its killing power was far inferior to that of the coalition artillery.

Enduring the casualties of the shelling, the two armies approached within 220 yards after a few minutes, only to hear the command of "stop advancing" from the commander of the army of the Tang Dynasty, and the black soldiers on the opposite side couldn't help but flashed extreme fear in their eyes look.

But in the army formation, he had to advance with the soldiers around him.

At this moment, personal life and death are completely out of control.

Fortunately, the commander of the black queue also gave an order to stop advancing, and at this time, the soldiers on the opposite side had already raised their guns in unison, and then began to fire violently.

The dense volley of gun bullets rushed towards the face like locusts, and the black soldiers in the queue only heard a scalp-numbing "puff puff puff..." muffled sound, and the black soldiers in the first row fell down. Nearly halfway through, a strong smell of blood suddenly permeated.

Before these black soldiers could react, the second round of gun bullets was densely covered again. This round of missiles knocked down the black soldiers in the first row, and the black soldiers in the second row also fell down. a lot of……

However, the nightmare has not yet dissipated. The dense volleys of gun bullets shot over like locusts one after another, knocking down countless black soldiers in the first row, as if they were shooting targets.

Actually

After the coalition soldiers fired the third round of gun volleys, the black soldiers lined up behind the first line had screamed and dropped their rifles and ran away, completely collapsing.

However, the speed of people's escape was far less than that of bullets, and the dense coverage of round after round of bullets knocked these fleeing black soldiers to the ground and wiped them out.

After 13 consecutive rounds of gunfire, very few of the more than 2 black soldiers in the first formation were able to escape. The corpses stretched 2.6 kilometers long and more than 100 meters wide, and the dark red blood was extremely dazzling on the silver-white ground.

This is not a battle, it is clearly a one-sided massacre.

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju, commander of the 502nd division in the first formation commanding the battle, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, waved his saber and shouted: "All the soldiers in the first two rows squat down, and the soldiers in the last two rows shoot freely, open fire."

The two rows of white soldiers in the back are all veterans of the 502nd Division, and now they are all equipped with King-style bolt-action rifles.

The second array of black soldiers in the Northern Army, which is already in chaos, is only more than 2 meters away from our own side. It is a good opportunity to concentrate fire and attack.
Give an order

The scalp-numbing dense volley of gunfire rang out again, and in the horrified eyes of the second row of black soldiers more than 400 meters away, bullets like locusts rushed towards them...

Blood splattered in an instant, and the neat rows of noodles became uneven like being bitten by dog ​​teeth. At this time, the black soldiers fled all over the mountains and plains like a nest exploded.

And the steady volley of gunshots rang out one after another, like the note of chasing life, the black cannon fodder who killed them pissed their buttocks and ran away desperately.

Many blacks regretted it. It was a bit bitter in the cotton plantations in the south, but it was not so dangerous?

It's too scary, isn't it?

(End of this chapter)