The sun never sets in America

Chapter 113 The decisive battle

The early morning sun shines into this ancient American land.

On the ground, a few rabbits crawled out of the holes, but soon shrank back.

On the ground, a large number of troops carrying rifles and moving neatly passed the door of the rabbit's house, while the rabbit was running around underground.

The constant vibrations from the ground made him think that the natural enemies that captured it were coming, and there were so many of them at once.

The rabbit's small mind cannot think so much, so it can only continue to run around in the dense tunnels according to its usual instinct to avoid natural enemies, in order to gain peace of mind and interfere with natural enemies.

After the dense sound disappeared for a while, a few bold rabbits popped up at a few remote cave entrances and looked around, but could see nothing but the flattened grass.

At the front, the 1st mixed regiment, which arrived from the rear, was heading towards the eastern front under the command of the regiment leader Tao Wang.

Just when Tao Wang was sending more troops to the eastern front, the Yingyang Battalion on the western front had already taken the lead against the Mexican Second Army.

Boom...boom...

Both sides kept testing each other with cannonballs.

On a high ground behind the battlefield, the artillery battalion of the Yingyang Brigade, which had been prepared for a long time, had also adjusted its bombardment of the baggage behind the Mexican Second Army.

Because the war started in such a hurry, the Mexican army on the opposite side had not had time to find a hidden transportation route for the baggage team at the rear, thus exposing the supply route to the front line to the sight of the Han artillery.

Because it occupies favorable terrain and shoots down, the range of Han artillery has been increased by hundreds of meters. Don't underestimate these hundreds of meters. These hundreds of meters are enough to determine the outcome of the war.

"Load..." Zhao Meng, commander of the artillery battalion, looked at the Mexican baggage team with a telescope at the Mexican baggage team that was still delivering artillery shells to the front. A proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then the sound of reloading was issued.

swoosh...

The reloading sound, which sounded like a mechanical sound, suddenly started and ended suddenly, like an army with forbidden orders.

"Fire..." Zhao Meng saw the growing number of Mexican baggage teams and gave the order to fire without hesitation.

Boom...boom...

The dense artillery shells hit the Mexican army's baggage team like sudden raindrops. In an instant, they triggered bursts of explosions that were louder than the shells themselves.

Because what was blown up were several ammunition trucks that were being transported to the frontline artillery.

On the ammunition truck, tons of artillery shells exploded, like gorgeous fireworks, blooming in an instant and ending in an instant.

"Hidden... hidden..." The Mexican baggage officer looked at the destroyed baggage and immediately shouted to avoid it, but soon, he and his voice were drowned in more intense artillery fire.

Due to problems with the rear transportation team, the Second Army had to allocate part of its artillery firepower to suppress the Han artillery battalion on the highlands.

The artillery battalion, which had an absolute geographical advantage, launched a counterattack without hesitation, not allowing the opponent to take any advantage. The artillery fire was more precise and destroyed several Mexican artillery vehicles.

But after all, this is a war. Since Mexico also has a large number of artillery, it is difficult to eliminate them all at once, so they can only shell each other to contain them.

Zhao Meng, who was on the high ground, looked at the Mexican army that separated from the battlefield to bombard them. He was not angry but happy. He knew that the tactical purpose of their artillery battalion had been completed.

The so-called attack on Mexican baggage and the Mexican army's logistical supply lines just now are all fake. After all, the battlefield is so big, people can completely change their supplies for supplies. There is no reason to transport materials in a place that is always under bombardment by the Han army.

It is false to attack logistics supplies, but it is true to attract and distract the firepower of the Mexican army on the front line.

Sure enough, as the firepower of the Mexican frontline troops decreased, especially the northern front on the highland side, it directly gave the Ninth Infantry Regiment of the Yingyang Brigade on the northern front, which was arranging fire, a golden opportunity.

"In an all-out attack, there is no need for the so-called reserve team. Whether it is the guard team or the cooks, everyone must participate in this war..." Yang Fanhai, commander of the [-]th Infantry Regiment, immediately saw the gap between the firepower of the Mexican army on the opposite side and the change in firepower. The order for a general attack was issued, and even one's own security forces were no longer needed.

Even the cooks of the [-]th Infantry Regiment were distributed muskets and bayonets captured from the Mexican army.

In front of the [-]th Infantry Regiment, the most elite infantry battalions still formed a volley formation and fired at the Mexicans. They looked no different from before the war started.

Boom...boom...

"Dudu..."

Suddenly, a burst of fierce artillery fire flooded the battlefield. Due to the distance, the damage to the Mexican soldiers was very low, but the purpose of the [-]th Infantry Regiment was not originally this. Everything was to prepare for the final attack...

So when the soldiers of the Ninth Regiment, blowing charge whistles, passed through the battlefield that was just emitting dense white gunpowder smoke, and killed the Mexican army on the opposite side with their bayonets drawn, Mexico was stunned.

Before they had time to react, a wall of dense and sharp bayonets had already crashed into them.

"what……"

"I won't fight..."

"I want to go home……"

When the [-]th Infantry Regiment's bayonet wall, which looked like countless steel knives, hit the Mexican army on the opposite side, the Mexican army that had been fighting back and forth with the [-]th Infantry Regiment just now was like snowflakes encountering the scorching sun. In an instant, it turned into a pool of snow.

Even the Mexican officers in the rear could not control the Mexican troops on the northern front, just like a man could not control a mad dog running around.

In the entire war situation, huge loopholes appeared due to the collapse of the entire Mexican army on the northern front.

And this loophole is exactly what the Han army wants.

"Hurry, fill up the front quickly..." Westin, commander of the Mexican Second Army, looked into the telescope and saw a large number of Han troops rushing towards the Mexican troops on the northern front like a herd of sheep, with a direct look on his face. They were so frightened that they shouted repeatedly, "Shoot, shoot, stop these cowards, these traitors..." When he found that the impact of the deserters on the northern front on the opposite side was unavoidable, Westing directly sent those northern deserters to the enemy. The Xian Mo army became traitors.

The implication is that since he is a traitor, he should not be lenient.

bang... bang...

Intense bullets were fired from the Mexican troops on the southern front at their comrades fleeing from the northern front.

In an instant, those Mexican soldiers on the northern front who were still expecting to survive fell directly to the guns of their own people. Until the moment of death, they were thinking, why did they hit themselves? Was it a mistake? ?
He is almost dead, and he is still thinking about his own people, and he doesn’t know whether he is really ignorant or fake.

But as more and more Mexican deserters on the northern front died under the guns of their own people on the southern front, even the most stupid people discovered that something was wrong.At this moment, all the deserters on the northern front stood there blankly, neither advancing nor retreating, and some soldiers even cried.

They didn't understand why they were killed. Aren't they Mexicans, Mexican soldiers? ?
Why did they come all the way from their hometown to fight those infidels?

At this moment, they gave up on the Republic of Mexico. The Republic of Mexico used their lives to make lamp oil and even complained that they couldn't withstand the heat. What kind of bullshit country is this! !

So when the pursuing Ninth Regiment saw dumbfounded, numbly staying in place, and the Mexican troops on the southern front who were guarding the opposite side, even Yang Fanhai was surprised when he recalled this moment after the war:
"When we got close to those Mexican deserters, they actually just left with us. Yes, that's right, it was like losing their souls. We said we should capture them, and they were captured by us..." At this point, Even after a long time, Yang Fanhai still showed a shocked expression.

And when this war ended, what people remembered was not that a Han brigade killed a Mexican army of more than 1 people, but the scene just now.

After the war, the propaganda machine in the Han-controlled areas was immediately activated. News about the Mexican army's massacre of its own people was printed in tens of thousands of newspapers and spread to most of Mexico through spies.

Everyone knows what happened on the front line.

Liu Peng also specifically directed newspaper reporters to interview more surrendered soldiers and let them express their own views on the horrific incident. He even published the names of the Mexican soldiers who died and even the story of the massacre in the newspaper.

The credit of the Republic of Mexico is going bankrupt. In many places in Mexico, resistance to the payment of war taxes has been launched, and even slogans of not fighting for evil countries have been shouted.

Santa Anna's position as president is in jeopardy.

Therefore, when the war on the Western Front ended only a few days ago and there was no progress in other directions, President Santa Anna asked Morant to immediately organize superior forces to launch a decisive battle against the invading Han pagan bandits.

When Morant received this order, his face suddenly showed a look of tears.

Superior strength, there is no superior strength now, not to mention the loss of a regiment of more than 1 people on the Western Front, and scattered losses of nearly 4000 people in other directions.

In just two days, they have reduced from an army of 5 to only [-], and they are still fighting a decisive battle. Now the Han army does not want a decisive battle with them, so thank God.

How can I still have the courage to take the initiative to provoke a decisive battle?

But he couldn't stand President Santa Anna's urging over and over again. Finally, on July 1840, 25, on this day, Black July [-], which was later listed as a national disaster day by the Republic of Mexico, was opened...

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"Your Highness, please see, this is our current situation." In an open-air headquarters, Li Zhaowu pointed to the interlocking shapes on the map and introduced to Liu Peng, "At present, our army has basically occupied all strategic locations, except This high ground occupied by the Mexican army." Li Zhaowu pointed to the southwest side, a place with obviously higher terrain than other places and said to Liu Peng.

"Our current strategy is to open up the surrounding areas blocked by the Mexican army." Li Zhaowu pointed to the traffic lines occupied by the Mexican army in the jagged map. "And the follow-up strategy is this 116 highland!!" Li Zhaowu Pointing to the highland in the southwest, he said to Liu Peng again.

"Do you hope to seize this highland, add those communication lines, divide and surround the Mexican army, and then annihilate it?" Liu Peng has roughly understood Li Zhaowu's plan. In fact, it is simple to say that it is simple. The tactics of division and encirclement, and in such an intertwined battlefield with changing terrain, transportation lines, and places like Highland 116 have become battlegrounds for military strategists.

"Your Highness, you are right." After listening to Liu Peng's words, Li Zhaowu quickly nodded in agreement, "The current situation is basically in our favor, so I request that today, the Mexican army be completely annihilated and this war has ended. The war has dragged on for a long time..." Li Zhaowu immediately pleaded to Liu Peng. In Li Zhaowu's view, since the Mexican army also has the will to fight decisively, and they don't want to let go of such a golden opportunity today, so Launching a decisive battle today is the most beneficial method for Han.

"Today?" Hearing that the decisive battle was going to start today, Liu Peng still had a slight hesitation. "Okay, it will be today, but I will personally supervise the battle." Liu Peng then agreed, but at the same time he also put forward a condition.

"How can His Royal Highness, a nobleman, be in danger in person?" Li Zhaowu immediately persuaded Liu Peng when he heard that Liu Peng was about to go to the battlefield in person.

"Have General Li forgotten that I was in Los Angeles in the past?" Liu Peng retorted to Li Zhaowu with a smile, "That's it, you ask Tao Wang to come see me...quickly!" Liu Peng then ordered Li Zhaowu .

"It's... His Highness the Crown Prince." Although he didn't understand what Liu Peng wanted to do with Tao Wang, Li Zhaowu still did as he was told.

After Li Zhaowu left, Liu Peng walked out of the military tent and stood in the wilderness of Mexico, blowing the gentle south wind, looking at the blue and broad blue sky above his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"His Royal Highness..."

A rough sound came from behind, and Liu Peng, who was looking at the scenery, immediately turned his head.

"Captain Tao, you came just in time. I have something to ask for." When Liu Peng saw Tao Wang, a smile immediately appeared on his lips, and then he said, "How are those lightning rifles used?" Liu Peng walked, Bian asked Tao Wang about the use of the lightning rifle.

"Your Highness, this lightning rifle is indeed better than the 1840 flintlock rifle we are using now..." Hearing Liu Peng mention the lightning rifle, Tao Wang immediately started talking nonstop, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"What's a good idea?" Liu Peng asked Tao Wang calmly.

"This lightning rifle is easy to load. It only requires a flash cap, and the cone-shaped warhead is not easy to jam..." Tao Wang thought that Liu Peng really wanted to understand the use of the lightning rifle, and then talked about the benefits of the lightning rifle. "You have to know that when we used round bullets, they would get stuck easily." Tao Wang had a helpless expression on his face when he mentioned this.

The flintlock gun is very easy to jam, so even during the firing process, it cannot be fired every time it is loaded, so it is necessary to constantly press down with the pressure rod.

But sometimes, it still doesn't work. There have been jokes in the past where even after more than a dozen shots were fired, none of them could be fired.

The lightning rifle's low jamming rate was a huge improvement in Tao Wang's opinion.

"Besides that, the range has almost doubled." Tao Wang continued to talk about the benefits of the lightning rifle to Liu Peng, "If the effective range of the flintlock rifle is 200 meters to 100 meters, then the lightning rifle is at least 300 meters, just by this point, I am sure that with those one thousand soldiers equipped with lightning rifles, I can suppress a Mexican army..." When Tao Wang mentioned the range, he was even more confident and said directly on the spot that he could use the prepared lightning rifles. The rifle troops suppressed the Mexican army's legion of [-] people.

The reason is to suppress, but not to destroy, not to want to, but to be powerless.

After all, these are 1 people. They can't beat you in a duel. Everyone can still charge or even move. But being able to suppress it with a thousand Han troops equipped with lightning rifles also shows that this is an epoch-making weapon. In the war decisive role in.

"Are you sure you can defeat a legion of the Mexican Army?" Liu Peng didn't react at all when he heard what Tao Wang said before, but when he heard Tao Wang say that with a thousand soldiers who have been trained and equipped with lightning rifles, Liu Peng can suppress A Mexican legion, Liu Peng immediately became interested.

"Your Highness, what Tao Wang just said is absolutely true and there is absolutely no lie..." Tao Wang clasped his fists at Liu Peng with a firm expression and promised, "If I were to face a Mexican legion, I can't guarantee anything else. I will definitely fight." I can't even lift my head." Tao Wang assured Liu Peng again.

"Okay!!" After hearing this, Liu Peng's face was filled with joy. He was worried that he would not have the opportunity to test the specific power of the new weapon. "I will go with you this time. The Dragon Cavalry Brigade and I will form a mixed group behind you to hold down the formation... ..." Liu Peng looked at Tao Wang with firm eyes and ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince..." After hearing this, Tao Wang was overjoyed and immediately clasped his fists at Liu Peng and agreed.

On the front line, the war is raging.

From the western front to the central part, fierce battles between the Han army and the Mexican army were everywhere.

From the initial shelling to test each other, to the current melee, even in some areas, the cumbersome volley shooting has been abandoned. The Han soldiers directly charged the Mexican army in front with their snow-white bayonets.

On the opposite side is the Mexican army, which seems to have a tacit understanding. As long as the Han army launches a bayonet charge, they will either organize volleys of fire on the spot to block the Han army, or they will directly leave the battlefield. Anyway, they will not give you a chance to get close.

After fighting for so long, the Mexicans also figured out the tactics of the Han Dynasty, especially the final bayonet tactics, and learned a profound lesson. After all, they were all obtained by defeats again and again.

And on the silent Eastern Front battlefield, there will also be a war that spans the ages.

(End of this chapter)