Wild North America 1846

Chapter 614
"Here I personally bring the reinforcements to the top, and you take the brothers down to rest first, and prepare for the more brutal battle after dawn." Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo made a decisive decision, and then urged; "Don't forget to send some troops to patrol the city. , Those who violate the curfew and take to the streets without permission will be killed immediately. We are fighting in the front now, and we are most afraid of chaos in the city."

"Understood, sir, there will be no mercy." Liao Changyuan's major was indeed extremely exhausted, so he stopped being polite at this time, raised his hands in salute, and dragged his heavy body away.

Soon there was a command from the commander outside, and the soldiers who had been fighting hard for a day were replaced by more than 600 officers and soldiers who came to reinforce.

The forces of the entire three regiments were scattered in several places, east of the city, south of the city, and southwest of the city, together with the reserve team of more than 600 people that Hu Zhengguo had always held in his hands, as well as the rear port area guarded by the Fourth Battalion and the Baggage Battalion led by Deputy Head Liu, The strength of the troops was diluted to the extreme.

In the face of the enemy's unreasonable all-round attack, the three regiments have been able to persist until now by relying on the strong castles left over from the Spanish colonial period, peripheral urban buildings, bridges and other key points to fight calmly and calmly.

After a day of bloody battle, there were not many shells left, but fortunately, the infantry had enough ammunition.

Relying on the convenience of the port, the three regiments are already using the batch of munitions shipped last week to replace damaged guns and replenish ammunition, and continue to output stable firepower to strike the enemy.

During the Spanish colonial period, one of the best things to do was to build a Catholic church, and the other was to build a castle fortress, and the same was true in Tumaco.

In the south of Tumaco Port City, two strong fortress-style castles stand side by side in the southwest of the city, about 3.5 kilometers apart, which has become a strong barrier that is difficult to break through in the south of the city.

The artillery attached to the three regiments is also set up in these two castles, and with these two castles as the core, relying on some strong buildings in the south of the city, the walls form an outer line of defense, causing a large number of damage to the enemy.

Judging from the current battle situation, the southern defense line is still relatively stable. Even if the thugs enter the city, it will be difficult to conquer the solid stone castle-like fortress for a while.

The biggest problem of defense is in the east, where the Spaniards did not build a fortress, but formed a defense line with the two rivers and the surrounding buildings of the city.

It's okay if a small group of enemy troops attack, just stick to the bridges.

But the thugs launched an all-out attack, jumped into the river like dumplings and swam over, climbed up to the bank, and attacked frantically with knives and guns in their hands, causing the defense line to be fully alerted for a while.

If it weren't for Hu Zhengguo always bringing more than 600 reserve officers and soldiers to reinforce in time, the defense line in the east of the city would be in danger of total fall.

The north of the city is the rear port area, which is fully defended by the Fourth Battalion and the Supply Battalion. It is the rear of the entire city's defense line, and it has not been harassed by the war for the time being.

The west of Tumaco Port is an open wharf area, and there are two cargo ships moored on the wharf, one loaded with grain, and the other loaded with construction materials and daily sundries.

The key is that there is a large amount of supplies stored in the dock warehouse area. If they are obtained by the rebels, it will greatly enhance the strength of the rebels. Even if they are burned, they cannot be left to them.

The enemy's intentions are very insidious, which is to instigate the oppressed Colombian people in the surrounding areas to riot, take turns to attack the city and occupy it.

Even if the whole body of the three regiments is made of iron, how many nails can they get?

Today's Tumark Port is an isolated island in the storm, crumbling under the fierce attack, but still gritting its teeth and sticking to it.

about 40 minutes later
After the reorganization of the rebel army, countless black shadows appeared in the wilderness outside the city, and they came to kill them with swords and guns in their hands.

With anger in his eyes, Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo waved his hands fiercely and shouted loudly: "All ministries organize counterattacks, hit me hard!"

A burst of gunshots sounded again, and the attacking black shadows jumped into the river and swam over.The platoon guns of the defending soldiers hit the water, causing high splashes, as if the river was boiling.

The overnight fight started again...

In the morning when the sky is getting bright

The eastern front, where the enemy was mainly attacking, was broken through again, and a company of more than a hundred officers and soldiers guarding the bridge was wiped out. The thugs rushed up along the stone bridge like a tide, and launched a fierce and bloody battle for the city with the defenders.

The chief of staff of the regiment, Liao Changyuan, led his subordinates to arrive in time, occupied the Santo Domingo Church on one side, and launched a round of gunfire against the enemy, knocking down a large number of mobs at close range like cutting leeks.

Sometimes, the distance between the two sides is only 30 to [-] meters.

at this critical moment

The enemy sent elite soldiers equipped with Chasaipo rifles. This action caused a sharp increase in the casualties of the defensive officers and soldiers. After eight rounds of repeated saw-sawing, Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo had to order a retreat.

The defensive forces on the southern line also shrank into the two fortresses, relying on the strong defense facilities to fight to the death.

At this time, it was approaching the noon of the second day, and the fierce battle had lasted for more than 2 hours. The whole city was shrouded in flames and smoke, with corpses lying everywhere, and it was a mess.

Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo led the remnants of the defeated army to withdraw into the port area, which meant that most of Tumark fell. The mob waved knives and guns to celebrate the victory wildly, and dragged all the city residents out, coercing them to participate in the city-wide riot.

not long
The black mob rushed in like a tide, ready to attack the whole city in one go, kill all the orientals, and vent their anger of being oppressed and colonized.

The port area was empty because of the roads and large storage yards. Some logs, coal, and grain covered with rainproof tarpaulins were piled up like hills, which became the best defense facilities.

Seeing the thugs spreading, Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo's bloodshot eyes were full of anger, and he waved his big hand and ordered; "Hit... hit hard..."

"Da da da da... da da da da..."

The sound of devil-like heavy machine guns rang out intensively, and the eight heavy machine guns, accompanied by the sound of intensive volleys of gunfire, unleashed their firepower crazily at the black mob rushing up.

It can be clearly seen that the 8 lines of fire that look like death scythes raged repeatedly, harvesting human lives efficiently, setting off bursts of blood mist among the attacking mob crowd, causing shocking and serious injuries.

In terms of killing efficiency, heavy machine guns ranked second, and no weapon dared to rank first.

The hand-cranked 6-tube Colt heavy machine gun sprinkled the steel rain of death in the demonic "da da da da... da da da da..." firepower catharsis, causing large-scale casualties of the mob, Crying for their father and mother, they fled desperately, causing a large area of ​​trampled casualties.

"Stop shooting, all stop shooting..." Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo ordered loudly.

The whistling sound of the demonic heavy machine gun finally stopped, and the battlefield was filled with black and gray thick gunpowder smoke. The strong salty sea breeze quickly diluted the gunpowder smoke and bloody smell, and an extremely tragic scene appeared in front of us.

The empty roads and yards were strewn with corpses, like a bloody killing field, the scene was too tragic.

This scene

It was like a bucket of ice water was poured on the face, and the thugs who were originally in a frenzy went from one extreme to another, and their emotions collapsed in an instant...

The leader of the rebel army on the other side didn't expect that the Tang Empire's army still had such a big weapon as a heavy machine gun, and watched helplessly as the mob gathered collapsed in an instant, and they couldn't gather them together no matter what.

This situation made Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo heave a sigh of relief, and sat down on the log.

Then, he saw that the heavy machine gun position was piled up with a thick layer of bullet casings, and dozens of long magazine clips were thrown aside indiscriminately, and he immediately jumped up as if frightened.

shouted loudly;

"You little bastards don't feel bad about selling your father's land, so many bullets will be finished by "chug".

What are you still doing?
Put away all the long magazines for me, load up the bullets and prepare to continue fighting, to prevent the enemy from making a comeback again, and save bullets.

send me down;

Without my order, only 4 heavy machine gun positions can fire again, and the others are waiting for orders.

No wonder the adults in the military department are unwilling to equip heavy machine guns. This thing is really expensive, and gold and silver mountains can't afford to make it! "

"Report sir, the effect of heavy machine guns on annihilating the enemy is really good."

"Nonsense, do I have eyes that can't see? The problem is that tens of thousands of rounds of bullets have been produced in a short period of time. This is all money! At least a few thousand more."

"Report sir, it is true, but it also repelled the enemy's crazy attack, and severely cut the enemy's arrogance."

"Well, having said that, it should be used sparingly."

The mobs in the city were demoralized by the heavy machine guns, and they were unable to regroup for a long time.

Although these instigated thugs are a little careless, they are not stupid. No one wants to die in vain.

One look at the empty port area, now strewn with layers upon layers of corpses, is a doomsday hellish scene that is convincing in itself.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the third regiment who retreated to the port area had hundreds of suffering wounded in the warehouse behind them, and more than 650 officers and soldiers were killed in battle. Their strength has already been greatly reduced.

Although they wanted to, they were unable to counterattack the city occupied by tens of thousands of thugs, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

He fell asleep with his clothes on by the woodpile, and it was already dusk when Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo woke up again. He was awakened by bursts of cheers, and sat up blankly to look around.

On the blue sea
Two 1500-ton armored destroyers sailed all the way through the waves. Behind these two warships, there were six huge ships, two of which were obviously immigration ships.

The two immigrant ships were densely packed with heavily armed imperial soldiers, armed with knives and guns, looking at the city surrounded by war from a distance across the sea. This was the arrival of imperial reinforcements.

this moment
Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo was numb as if his whole body had been hit by an electric current, and he felt infinite pride in his heart.Big drops of tears poured out of my eyes, I stood up abruptly and screamed heart-piercingly...

(End of this chapter)