The sun never sets in America

Chapter 441: Transferring troops to the Great Lakes
The cavalry swords collided with each other, the sound of horse hooves beat, and finally turned into a "whining".

Long Hetian reined in his horse. The saber in his right hand was still bleeding. He turned around and saw that the team was a quarter smaller than before. Looking at the U.S. cavalry on the opposite side, there were almost not many left, with only a few hundred left. Riding in a loose formation, they seem to be retreating and escaping.

Long Hetian looked around, raised his saber slightly, without any impatience. Instead, he shouted "Kill the enemy" when the opponent retreated quickly and the formation became more loose, and then he turned his horse and raised his saber forward.

And beside him, he was accompanied by two thousand elite Han cavalry. They were wearing military uniforms and a layer of soft leather armor. They were very similar to the cuirassiers that were still popular during this period, but they had the same essence. difference.

The fundamental reason is that due to the needs of the times, there is no longer a need for such a tall and heavy knight.

According to the standards of the Han army, there are actually quite a few European dragoons, that is, mounted cavalry. Most of them are temporarily formed during high-speed marches to deploy troops more efficiently.

The regular cavalry, that is, the third cavalry division commanded by Long Hetian, is considered the most elite cavalry in the entire cavalry team. This kind of cavalry basically has all weapons except large-caliber artillery, including the currently popular submachine guns.

The so-called armor is actually a layer of cowhide with iron plates added inside. It is similar to a half-body armor. The color is pixelated and quiet, and it is basically the same color as the gray uniforms of the Han army. These are all In order to look more beautiful overall.

The U.S. cavalry on the opposite side does not have so many decorations. They are more like a group of wild cavalry composed of cowboys. In addition to their strong equestrian skills, they basically rarely have the "rigor" of regular cavalry. Even in the battle just now, During the two rounds of charges, Long Hetian discovered that the opponent would basically change lanes while charging. You must know that it seems to be just a small lane change, but behind it is the overall quality of the cavalry that is tested. If the quality of the cavalry is not good, where will it be? In this kind of high-speed riding battle, it is actually a "luxury wish" to follow the large troops, because you simply cannot control the pleasure of sprinting in a straight line.

In other words, you can't control your horse at all! !

This means that if the chief officer of an army is from Xijing, then his deputy will definitely be from Jinshan or other places.

These are all for ordinary soldiers. For those middle and upper-level officers, there are actually two more to add, with neat military appearance and smooth speech.

In wartime, although certain regulations can be simplified, such as military boots, military appearance, etc., this saber alone is not allowed.

Taken together, these things echo the five-year transfer of officers above the battalion level.

And around him, there were similar scenes everywhere. According to the tradition of the Han cavalry, after a cavalry battle, the first thing is often not to collect the spoils, but to "wash the knife". The euphemistic name is to wash away bad luck, but in fact it is To keep it "clean".

And if in an army, people from a certain place account for the majority, we must find a way to balance it. Whether it is deployment or calculation when dividing the troops, we must ensure that the components of the unit are balanced. Even if there is no balance, we must Create balance.

"Shhhhh!!"

The water in the kettle was poured on the saber, and drops of red blood fell from the surface of the saber. After being rinsed several times, Long Hetian wiped it clean with a silk scarf.

"Crack", the light of the sword flashed, with a crisp sound of bones being cut, a head flew up from the horse's back, fell to the ground with a "bang", there was another "bang bang", and the war horse's hooves struck. His head was being kicked around like a ball.

According to the regulations of the Han army, the four most basic requirements are folding quilts, neat military appearance, clean military boots, and reflective blades.

This kind of fellow countryman culture actually still exists in today's Han army. The more soldiers and officers come from China, the more so. In the early years, there was even a so-called "official buying case", although they were later punished and directly executed. , but the cancer caused by this kind of thing still exists.

After all, in the words of the earliest army commander Li Zhaowu: "The gun is the soldier's confidence, and the sword is the soldier's dignity. Killing the enemy in war and killing oneself in defeat are the most important things. It is not the kind of comparison that ordinary people say!!" "

The so-called smooth speaking actually means that when speaking Mandarin, try not to have a local accent. The purpose of this is not only to speak clearly so that soldiers can understand, but also to get rid of the so-called fellow culture.

The purpose of doing this is very simple. In addition to looking good, it is to tell the soldiers that your commander is still intact and his momentum is not reduced. What is actually conveyed behind this is a kind of confidence. In the words of some psychologists, "Psychological suggestion".

If everyone's knives are full of the smell of blood, it will be difficult for the human brain to wake up at critical moments.

In fact, not only the Han cavalry, but also the infantry also had the habit of "washing their swords", but compared to the cavalry's sabers, they washed more bayonets.

Later, it became inevitable to speak smoothly, and behind this, there is an unspoken rule that people from the same hometown are not in the same army.

It's not that I'm very thirsty and I need to drink water, it's just because I'm "tidy".

For example, Long Hetian is shaving next to the stream. His living habits are that of a typical military officer. He shaves his beard every three days and changes his uniform every five days at the latest. Even in wartime, his collar, rank, etc. The signs that can show your identity are always in the process of sorting, even in the most difficult times.

Throughout the war, the Han army's kettle usage rate was actually second only to rifles.

Although this request has been denounced as "useless" by some people, there is basically no objection within the army. After all, the higher you go, the more you understand the importance of a good regulation to the army.

Basically it means the same thing, that is "beware".

Not to mention the Han Dynasty, this kind of thing is very common even in Europe. After all, the development of human history to this day basically consists of one sentence, that is, "beware of your own people."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

A handful of cold water hit his face. Long Hetian took the white towel handed over by the guard, wiped his face carefully, and then said:
"Is there a telegram from the rear?"

"General, not yet!!"

The guard responded.

Long Hetian said "hmm" and then took the lunch box handed over by another guard. The dishes inside were also very simple, including a few large pieces of beef, some quick pickled mustard, and freshly steamed rice.

This is Long Hetian's meal, or in other words, almost all the cavalry have such a configuration.

In fact, cavalry is much better than infantry. After all, according to the standard of three cavalry per person and two-by-two transfers, one can still be left as a puller. This is why the troops currently marching into the Great Lakes are all eating cold cans, and dragons The third cavalry division commanded by Kawada, with several thousand men, could still eat cooked food.

Of course, cooked food is cooked food. Don’t think about how good you want it to be. For example, the beef cubes that Long Hetian is eating now are a bit hard to bite. Apparently when they were dried, they were a bit overdone, and even because of the addition of salt, It was still a bit salty, so in the end I could only eat it with rice cooked over firewood, mustard made from cabbage, and a cup of mare's milk.

"Hiccup", Long Hetian stood up and inspected the riders who were still eating. When he saw that everyone was still eating deliciously, he returned to his seat with confidence and started to carry out the day. Among them, apart from war, the most important task is to look at the "map".

Looking at the map with dense water networks and dense roads in front of him, Long Hetian frowned. For him, it is actually very difficult for a cavalry of three thousand people to capture any city. At most, one city cannot be defended very well. Tight little city.

This is the limitation of cavalry. Although the cavalry of the Han army is objectively the best in the world, there is still no way to change a problem that has troubled the cavalry for thousands of years, that is, how to attack a city.

The cavalry is most powerful only on horseback, especially when it is moving. Once it slows down and gets stuck in the infantry team, the cavalry is even more miserable than the army, because it will become the target of almost everyone around it. , that is, a living target.

According to the current specific situation of the Third Division, although artillery and other firepower were added before the war, it is still difficult to directly attack a city with a population of more than 50,000. Basically, it can only move in the countryside, imitating the nomads and hunting some "grass valleys". It can be regarded as a kind of tactical harassment, as well as the self-sufficiency of the cavalry itself.

"General, telegram to the rear!!"

Just when Long Hetian was looking at the map, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Bring it here." After receiving the telegram, Long Hetian opened it and looked at it. It looked good at first, but then he became more and more serious. Obviously, this was not a good job.

"Instruct all officers above major in the army to have a meeting under the big tree over there!!"

With a casual gesture, Long Hetian used the slightly flat land under a big tree opposite as a "command post."

"Everyone, we have just received a report, which requires us to rush to the west side of Chicago to intercept the source of the US military. According to current intelligence, the enemy should have about 20,000 people..."

As soon as Long Hetian finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed, and then they heard again: "Our army is cavalry. Although we are outnumbered, there is nothing they can do to us!!"

"The best way at the moment is to deal with the opponent as much as possible..."

Long Hetian's words are nice, but everyone can actually hear the hidden meaning in them.

"Gentlemen, please!!"

When the sound of "Everyone" sounded, even the most nervous people were infected by the atmosphere and stood up and shouted "Han Qi will be victorious".

And just when Long Hetian and other cavalry generals of the Third Division were preparing to set off to the west, they were on the front of the Chicago battlefield.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the words "cannons everywhere, motionless as a mountain", these two unrelated words to describe it.

When the Han army's 1,700 artillery pieces hit the outskirts of Chicago, the first thing they destroyed were the dilapidated buildings on the outskirts. But if you look carefully, except for those wooden buildings that have turned into coke, as long as they are high-rise buildings made of steel and cement, Basically difficult to eliminate.

Even when those high-rise buildings were riddled with holes by artillery fire and had several floors shaved off, the bottom of the building, its first and second floors, remained stable, even giving people the feeling that the tree stumps were still there after logging.

For the Han army, which has always demanded the use of artillery fire to solve everything, a huge city like Chicago, wrapped in steel, is simply the nemesis of the Han army's firepower. With 100% of the firepower, there are only three floors left, and even If the building were thicker, it would even feel like an "Iron Curtain".

In the telescope, when the cannonball penetrated the third floor of a Chicago square building and left a hole, Xu Hao silently put it down. It was obvious that the pre-war estimate of a big city like Chicago was wrong again. .

This place cannot be conquered simply by relying on artillery. This is a huge "steel maze". Here, the so-called artillery is like a pistol in an alley. It only sounds, but does not necessarily see blood.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

The sound of artillery fire continued to increase, and the heavy artillery regiment that passed through the enemy's blockade from the rear continued to use those 240 mm cannons to bombard all targets they considered destructible.

At the very rear, at a position of seven or eight kilometers, the "model worker" Super Cannon of the Titan Spirit was loading as much ammunition as possible.

"Crack!!"

When the crane emitting black smoke sent the 800mm super artillery shell into the loading port, Xu Hao at the bottom took a closer look, and finally asked a more knowledgeable question:
“How big can it explode??”

What responded to him was not the artillery colonel, the so-called data, but the loudest sound he had ever heard in his life.

"Boom", when everything was over, the giant cannon that was emitting white smoke exuded a "domineering" temperament, making the people around him cheer.

The shells that hit the southwest part of Chicago directly created a huge crater similar to the size of a basketball court. It was said that there was something wrong with the crater. It would be more accurate to say that it was "clean".

"Yes, that's it!!"

"This is it!!"

After seeing the scene in the telescope that was almost "breaking down the house", Xu Hao shouted out excitedly, and then ordered:

"Go and tell the rear that we need a lot of super cannons now. The more the better. By the way, there must be more artillery shells!!"

Xu Hao became more and more anxious as he spoke, and the soldiers around him who were still taking shorthand couldn't keep up with his pace.

After finishing speaking, Xu Hao looked at the city of Chicago in front of him again. He knew one thing more clearly. To deal with such a super industrial city, cannons alone were not enough. Even super cannons could only solve temporary problems. The real problems From out of town! !
Xu Hao silently lit a cigarette and stared silently at this largest industrial city in the Great Lakes region. This city had made the Han army's artillery useless and had to use larger-caliber super cannons to regain its face.

Chicago is really the "strong city" in the eyes of the Han army. It is completely different from the original mismatched cities. If those cities in the north, south, and even the center are bunkers, then Chicago is a typical group of bunkers, or that kind of With a moat.

Chicago is like a castle made of tens of thousands of metal parts. It looks ordinary. You can even laugh at its so-called "square box" architecture, but once you actually take military action against this city, you will You will discover what "cruelty" is and what a "bloody maze" is.

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The sun is shining brightly and the warm wind is blowing slowly...

In June in Xijing City, the air is filled with hot air, and the "electric fans" sold in street shops have become the hottest commodity at present.

During this period, it is simply the dream of most Han Chinese to own an electric fan to survive the annual hot summer.

In the earliest years, the electric fan technology was still very "primitive". It was just a modified large motor dragging a fan blade made of copper and iron. It could even be said that it was a completely immature product. , and very few people use it.

The safety of this kind of electric fan is extremely unstable. There has even been a case where the electric fan turned into blood droplets and strangled people.

Although this incident was later determined to be a "disabled person" rather than a dead person spread by rumors.

But at that time, people generally believed that electric fans were a product with unstable technology and a high rate of death and injury. No matter how hot it was at that time, no one would buy a "killer weapon" like electric fans.

After all, the electric fans at that time were not only unsafe, but also very expensive. It was not cost-effective for ordinary people to buy them, and they also posed huge safety risks.

But after so many years of development, the technology of electric fans has become more and more mature, and in the end, small electric fans that can be lifted were even developed.

(Early electric fans were very bulky)
The most important point is that the palace purchased a large number of electric fans and conducted a thorough nationwide publicity for electric fans, a summer-saving product.

You must know that the royal family of the early Han Dynasty has always been at the forefront of technology. From cameras to electric fans, the royal family is currently the object of imitation by ordinary people and even high-level officials in the Han Dynasty.

For those who are rich, they hope to eat the same delicacies as the emperor and play the "pole ball" that has become popular in recent years.

(golf)

For ordinary people, the luxurious life of the royal family has nothing to do with them, but the products used by the royal family, especially the products they can afford, can be described as "swarming".

So some people joked privately:
"The royal family is the best advertisement for Han Dynasty!!"

As long as any product is related to the royal family, it basically means that there is no need to worry about selling it, so this is why the Procurement Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the most popular and the most corrupt.

Because there is so much oil and water involved, as long as the product has the words "specially supplied to the royal family", the price will automatically increase.

It can be said that the royal family was the benchmark of the Han Dynasty during this period! !

As for the leader of this benchmark, when Liu Peng received the battle report from Europe, he murmured to himself with a mysterious face:

"Take three, take three, you really deserve to be Napoleon's nephew!!"

(End of this chapter)