The sun never sets in America

Chapter 102 Warhammer [-]

Nogales...a small city near Arizona.

Because of Han's recent sudden attack on Nevada and Arizona, a large number of defenders were added here and the defense line was rebuilt.

They even organized local people and formed a militia.

Of course, the militia is actually a group of farmers holding old-fashioned muskets. Many of them hold old-fashioned matchlocks and various types of shotguns of complex models.

There are old people and young people among these militiamen, but without exception, they all have a dispensable mentality towards war. The main reason is that since Mexico became independent from Spain, apart from internal disputes, there have been no more No major war occurred.

The local people don’t even know what war is or what a real battlefield is. Their only concept of war may be the so-called heroic stories told by adults when they were children, and then in the heroic stories, they imagined that they could become heroes. But in the end, this so-called heroic dream was defeated by reality and turned into a person worrying about his livelihood.

If forming a militia is a helpless choice made by the locals, then the entry of a large number of soldiers into this small town with a population of only 2 to [-] would be a huge disaster for the locals, especially those in the city.

This is especially true when the tension of war becomes more and more intense.

The soldiers who gathered in large numbers went from being arrogant and domineering at the beginning, not paying for meals, to molesting women, and there was even news that they killed a shop owner's family, not even a teenage girl, because of robbery. Let it go... I was insulted during my lifetime.

It has truly been verified that bandits are as good as combs and soldiers are as good as grizzlies! !

The Nogales Front Command, a department established in recent days, has the biggest responsibility of coordinating border defense issues with Nogales as its core.

On the entire Nogales front line, hundreds of kilometers of defense line, there are 1 Mexican regular troops and more than [-] militiamen gathered. It seems that the strength is quite sufficient.

But only Newt, the commander of the Nogales front line, knows the moisture in this best.

First of all, apart from the large difference in the number of regular troops, the so-called more than [-] militiamen are simply a joke.

As far as Newt knows, most of the local towns and villages on the Nogales line of defense rely on their heads to make up the numbers. The only thing the local sheriff can do is to report as many people as possible to the superiors, and then defraud funds to enrich their own people. fanny pack.

Of course, the purpose of these funds is to purchase ordnance, military rations, and training, but the real purpose is unknown.

Anyway, as far as Newt knows, if 5000 of the so-called 2 militiamen meet the standard, he will be thankful. This means that he can command an army of more than [-] people. Once the number of people increases, the quality will be lower. accepted.

But the number of people cannot reach the standard, and it will never be possible to reach the standard.

Because seven years ago, Newt was also a local town sheriff. He knew those guys' urinary nature very well, and shameless was not enough to describe their image.

"Everyone... we will deploy two lines of defense on the front near Arizona." In the Nogales headquarters, Colonel Courtno, the staff officer, was holding a baton and pointing at the two so-called lines of defense that had just been drawn on the map. "And the third line is our Nogales City... After these days of construction, our Nogales City, although it cannot be compared with those great defense lines in history, can still deal with those yellow-skinned people who have never seen much of the world. Pagans... are more than enough." Courtno continued to speak boldly.

In Courtno's view, Han and the Han army were nothing special. An army that relied on sneak attacks to win would eventually be beaten to death in front of the iron wall formed by them.

"According to this policy, we will place the largest number of troops on the two front lines of defense to ensure that those infidels can suffer more losses at once..." Courtnoy pointed to the first two lines of defense and introduced proudly. He said, "And when they are exhausted, it will be the time for our rear troops to counterattack..." Courtno continued to introduce confidently.

Many of the officers below agreed with Courtno's suggestion.

In their view, only by inflicting pain on those infidels at the beginning can they retreat and even create favorable conditions for future counterattacks.

"I disagree……"

Just when everyone was satisfied, a rough sound came from the headquarters.

Everyone turned around and saw a major officer huddled in the corner, but he boldly stood up to object. Courtenau on the stage and other officers around him all showed sarcastic smiles.

In their opinion, it was interesting enough for a major to come here to observe, and they respected him, but he actually stood up against his commander.

This is definitely a taboo in the Mexican army, which requires respect for officers and obedience to orders.

"Who are you?" Colonel Courtenod on the stage looked at the major officer who stood up to object. He didn't know who he was at all. "Do you think my strategy is wrong?" Courtenod's face showed a look of confusion. There was a sarcastic smile, and everyone present understood the meaning of this smile.

That's why you, a low-level officer, have the right to question senior officers.

This is a typical case of superiors oppressing inferiors.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, I am the deputy commander of the [-]th White Regiment under the Commander, with the rank of Major. My name is Rolles..." Major Rolles reported his origins calmly.

"Well, my dear Major Rolles, what do you think is wrong with my strategy!!" Courtnoy continued to Rolles with a smile, and when he spoke, he bit the word "major" very hard, as if he specifically asked the other party to Understand that the current status is the same.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, I think we should not place too many troops near the border. This is an extremely dangerous move." Rolles did not care about the strange looks around him and replied with a serious expression, "In the past few wars, , and it can be seen from the recent war that our opponents, those Han pagans, have very sophisticated tactics...the fighting style is very brave, and they are a meticulous army that truly executes orders." Rolles said in his words, He admires the Han army very much.

In fact, when Rolles first learned about the Han Dynasty and knew that California was occupied by the pagans, he, like many people now, had the idea that the pagans would sneak attack and the pagans would succeed through conspiracy.

He believes that as long as the Republic of Mexico gets serious and sends a large army, these pagans will definitely melt quickly like heavy snow hitting the scorching sun.

As for possible failure again, it is simply not within their scope of consideration.

But in the recent failed wars, especially after the opponent captured the vast areas of Nevada and Arizona in just eleven days, Rolles began to re-examine this pagan country called Han. The pagan army called the Han Army.

Continuously collecting information on the Han army, although it is all fragmentary, obtained by exaggerating the reports of those who defeated the army.

However, Rolles, who is sensitive by nature, quickly came to a conclusion from these fragmented news, that is, in a head-on battle, the Mexican army could not be the opponent of the Han army. Although he himself was very reluctant to admit it, but he I have to admit that the Han Chinese are better than the Mexicans! !

"We should give up confronting the opponent head-on, and instead use our local territory and numerical advantages to disperse the existing troops as much as possible to induce the Han to go deep and attack the opponent's logistics, and organize superior forces to attack the opponent's positions. A single unit..." Rolles told everyone present about his strategy, which was to break it into pieces and wait for the opportunity to make Han fall into the quagmire of war. Finally, when the Han army showed fatigue, give A fatal blow...

This is the only way Rosler can think of to fight against the Han army.

"Everyone, we should give up the idea of ​​​​fighting the other side and drag the war to a place that is beneficial to us..."

"shut up……"

Before Rolles could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Colonel Courteno on the stage.

"Major Rolles, I have to say that you were really frightened by those infidels and actually tried to make us abandon the Nogales line of defense..." Colonel Courteno labeled Rolles as cowardly and harming the country. Regarding the major, "If our Mexican soldiers are as greedy for life and fear of death as you are, I don't think we should fight anymore, just surrender..." Colonel Courtno continued to sarcastically say to Major Rolles, his tone full of Disdain for what Major Rolles just said.

The other officers around him also looked at Rolles with incomprehensible or even incomprehensible eyes. What Rolles just said about giving up the frontal battlefield was completely shameless in his opinion.

It is a betrayal of the Republic of Mexico. If we give up the frontal battlefield, the front line of defense, and even the border cities, what does it mean? It means that those Han pagans will march straight in, and in the end they will not be blocked by anything.

It was their Nogales front-line troops who let those infidels in. They did not want to bear the responsibility of losing their country, and they did not want to suffer even a little bit.

For the sake of their family honor (many officers are from noble families), they must ensure that this war is upright and glorious. What future generations see is a heroic Nogales army, not a group of people who gave up. Cowards who resisted... They couldn't bear the consequences.

"I think someone like you is not suitable to be the deputy commander of the main white regiment. You should go home..." Colonel Courtno looked at Major Rolles coldly and said, "You are not needed here, Major Rolles. !!" With a serious expression, Colonel Courtno dismissed Major Rolles directly on the spot, showing no mercy at all. "Your Excellency Colonel..."

"Please come out, Major Rolles. This is a confidential meeting to discuss the future war. This place does not belong to you..." Colonel Courteno stretched out his left hand to ask Major Rolles to come out.

The other officers around him also looked at Major Rolles with disgust in their eyes, thinking that Rolles was deliberately causing trouble.

"Well... I wish you good luck, and I wish everyone good luck." Rolles said a somewhat sad blessing to Colonel Courtenod on the stage, as well as all the colleagues present, and said a final blessing, "Goodbye..." Rolles stepped forward and said Hesitantly, he walked out of the conference room. Basil's back was so desolate, but everyone present felt that Basil brought all this on himself.

Who allowed him to demean his own people and exalt those infidels.

What else can you say, they can't beat those Han pagans head-on, God... What a big joke, they are white people, how can white people be defeated by the pagans.

Of course, at this time, everyone selectively forgot about California, Nevada, and Arizona, the area already occupied by Han.

"Next... we assign combat tasks..."

Colonel Courtno, who was on the stage, waited for Rolles to leave and then continued to talk about the detailed plan on how to hold on to the front line and how to counterattack, with a proud smile on his face.

Just like what Basil just said will lead to bankruptcy, he, Courtno Salin, will definitely become the hero of the entire Mexican Republic.

He will become the hero of the entire white world against the infidels.

He couldn't wait for this day to come.

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"There's a roadblock ahead. Quick, build a bridge."

squeak... squeak...

In a canyon at the junction of the Arizona-Mexico border city of Nogales, a heavily armed army of thousands of people was marching through it.

When encountering a puddle blocking the road, people could jump over it temporarily, but the carriage pulling the cannon could not, so the skilled baggage soldiers immediately put the wooden planks prepared before the battle over the puddle.

Because of the reinforcement, the wooden planks are very strong. Even if they make a squeaking sound, they can still pass through smoothly. Moreover, due to the design, such wooden planks can also be used as shooting bunkers when necessary.

This is also a big difference between the Han military industry system and the military industry of other countries today, that is, it is universal. Take the military shovel as an example. Currently, all countries have military shovels, or some countries do not have such a thing at all.

Most of them are just ordinary civilian shovels. Even before the war, they were recruited from the common people.

However, the Han army not only had standard ordnance shovels, but the quality of the ordnance shovels was comparable to that of sabers. There were also slight notches on both sides, which were actually bleeding grooves, so that they could inflict maximum damage to the enemy when fighting. .

From such a small gadget as an engineer shovel, we can see a country's military thinking, that is, even a shovel should be used as a weapon when necessary.

Of course, this is also related to the tradition of the Eastern Army, which is to try not to be a prisoner. Being a prisoner is a shameful thing, and you cannot be a prisoner even if you die.

This kind of army-building culture is now popular in the Han army. The only thing that is written on the military flag is the four characters "Considering Death as Home."

"How's the investigation going ahead?" Tao Wang, leader of the 1st Mixed Regiment, riding on a tall Arabian horse, asked the adjutant on the side.

"Currently, according to our intelligence, the Mexican army has formed two lines of defense at the front line, with a total of tens of thousands of people." The adjutant immediately answered Tao Wang about the situation of the Mexican army, "Their first line of defense has the largest number of people. According to Our estimate is that there are no less than 6000 people... and a large number of patrol posts and checkpoints have been built." The adjutant continued to report to Tao Wang about the situation of the Mexican troops on the front line.

"According to the requirements of the base camp, the war will start at six o'clock tomorrow." Tao Wang looked at the pocket watch in his hand, "Let the brothers increase the marching speed and arrive at the reserved battlefield in advance. The war will start at six o'clock tomorrow morning!!" Tao Wang's expression He ordered the adjutant seriously.

"Yes, Captain!!" After hearing this, the adjutant immediately hugged Tao Wang and agreed.

Soon, as the order was issued, the entire team also accelerated their march.

On the other side, there was also a larger army marching.

"Brothers, after this battle, we will not have to fight in the next few years. We will beat those Mexicans until they are afraid and hurt..." Li Zhaowu, commander of the Iron Guard Brigade, marched while Speak to the soldiers behind you.

"The wolf smoke rises, the mountains and rivers look north..."

"The dragon curls up, the horse neighs..."

"When people look north, the grass is green and yellow, and people are flying..."

"I am willing to defend my territory and restore my borders..."

"The majestic man wants congratulations from all directions!!"

On the desolate road, a majestic army with high morale was singing the Han army's military song, "Serving the Country with Loyalty" specially composed by Liu Peng.

The loud military songs startled a group of birds.

late at night……

Most of the soldiers of the Han army near the Nogales defense line were resting, except for some sentries on patrol.

"slogan……"

"Wolf smoke..."

Several soldiers on patrol communicated with each other in code words.

In the brightly lit military tent with kerosene lamps, Li Zhaowu has not slept until now. Over and over again, he took the trouble to look at the military map hanging in the tent, which detailed the general deployment of the Mexican army, as well as The distribution of firepower points.

"These Mexican idiots think they can defeat us by moving their troops forward?" Li Zhaowu stood at the bottom of the map and looked at the two lines of defense drawn as tight as chains, "I want to show you. What does it mean to steal the chicken but lose the rice..." Li Zhaowu's face showed a sinister expression.

"The smoke is rising...Look north."

Li Zhaowu murmured to himself and recited the military songs he sang during the day. He looked at the direction of Nogales on the map and the two smart lines of defense, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

Six o'clock in the morning, a time when most of Mexico has just woken up.

Loud noises resounded throughout the entire border, and the patrol posts were blown up. When the Mexican troops came in a hurry, they saw so many artillery shells that they couldn't even lift their heads, and densely packed people from behind who came with guns blazing. of the Han army.

(End of this chapter)