The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 383: Fight a street fight and then send them off in one go
New York, Qing Legation, Yung Wing holding a newspaper in his hand.

"He actually won? But this guy is in trouble!"

Although he didn't know much about military affairs, he could tell from the reports that Chen Zhengwei had only defeated an advance force of two companies and then blew up the railway.

Although it seemed like a victory, it did not change Chen Zhengwei's current situation at all. Instead, it made Chen Zhengwei's current situation worse.

The US Army was pissed off by him, and you can imagine what they will face next.

A massacre.

Not only will the Chinese in Chicago who followed Chen Zhengwei be in trouble, but the Chinese in San Francisco will probably be in trouble as well!

Yung Wing was thinking about this and shook his head slightly.

He was also unhappy about the previous remarks made by the US President against the Chinese. He sent several telegrams to Washington in protest over the past two days, but only received a formal reply.

He still hoped to do something to restrain the U.S. Army's actions in San Francisco and save the Chinese from shedding more blood.

……

"Mr. President!" William Tecumseh Sherman, the famous American general, came to the president's office.

"Sit down!" Rutherford Birchard Hayes put his hands on the table and looked at Sherman for a long time before speaking: "We lost an infantry regiment to a Chinese gang!"

"This is an accident, Mr. President!" Sherman's face did not move at all.

As the commander-in-chief of the Army and the general who ended the Civil War, he had seen too many things happen on the battlefield.

Although there was a small change, it did not cause any waves in his heart.

Of course, the Army Headquarters was not as calm as he was at that moment.

Chen Zhengwei's provocation ignited the anger of the entire army, and many people at the Army Headquarters called for that Chinese man to be taught a lesson.

Even the operations staff of the Army Headquarters lost the mood to drink.

"So, why did this accident happen?" Rutherford Birchard Hayes asked in a deep voice.

"Anything can happen on the battlefield...and that Chinese is smarter than we thought!" Sherman remained calm.

"And our army lost an infantry regiment? Not the British, not the Mexicans, nor the Indians, but a local gang!" Rutherford Birchard Hayes became more and more angry when he saw Sherman's expression.

"It was just an accident, Mr. President!" Sherman was unmoved.

"You know what those people outside are thinking now. The army has lost a regiment!" Rutherford Birchard Hayes clenched his fists and then issued a stern warning, "Deal with that Chinese as soon as possible. Don't let this kind of accident happen again!"

"No, Mr. President!" Sherman nodded slightly, then stood up and left after a moment.

Rutherford Birchard Hayes turned and looked out the window. He knew what was happening outside.

A large number of people protested on the streets, and the army's disastrous defeat also made some people begin to doubt the army's combat effectiveness, which is not a good sign.

So we need to deal with that Chinese person as soon as possible.

Sherman returned to Army Headquarters and heard the staff discussion in the war room in the corridor.

He did not go in, but when he returned to his office he told his secretary, "Call Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles over here!"

Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles came into Sherman's office and stood up straight.

"It's time for you to set off! Take care of that Chinese man as quickly as possible. He only has 700 people. I can't think of any reason for failure, and I don't want to hear any more surprises!" Sherman's expression was gentler than before.

After the Civil War, Nelson A. Miles participated in large and small battles against Indian tribes such as the Shayyan, Kiowa, Comanche, Nez Perce and Bannock, and made outstanding achievements, so Sherman was very confident in Miles' ability.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" Miles saluted Sherman, then turned and strode out of the room.

He was also eager to join up with the troops and wash away his shame.

……

"You look so attractive!" Anna hugged Chen Zhengwei from behind. Her eyes passed through Chen Zhengwei's shoulders and she could see a photo of the waiting room of the Chicago train station on the newspaper in Chen Zhengwei's hand.

Chen Zhengwei sat on the bench in the middle of the waiting hall, his hands resting on the back of the bench and his head slightly tilted back.

A beam of light fell from the sky, enveloping Chen Zhengwei.

Although it is just a back view, the picture is very beautiful, like a god descending, with a sense of holiness.

This photo made Anna eager to do something again.

"If we were to choose the sexiest man in the United States, it would definitely be me!" Chen Zhengwei laughed. He liked this photo very much and had asked his men to retrieve the negatives.

This photo was only published in local newspapers in Chicago. After all, telegraphs can send press releases but not photos.

But he felt that every newspaper in America should publish it, as it was the greatest photograph of the 19th century.

"Do you like it here?" Anna followed Chen Zhengwei's gaze and looked out the window.

She didn't understand why Chen Zhengwei wanted to stay here.

San Francisco was the place for him.

If he were in San Francisco, he wouldn't have encountered so many problems.

"San Francisco is too small! I like big cities, and I should stand on a bigger stage!" Chen Zhengwei smiled while looking out the window.

The city has been undercurrent these days.

He knew that there were many people here who disliked him, were prejudiced against him, and wanted to see him in trouble, but they would not see this day.

In addition, some people had left Chicago with their families and even temporarily shut down their factories because of the impending war.

Chen Zhengwei asked someone to collect information about these factories, and he planned to buy them at a low price.

Anyway, it has been destroyed by the army, so it is reasonable to give it a 10% discount.

Otherwise, when they come back, all they will see is ruins.

After a while, Anna went to the bathroom, and Chen Zhengwei picked up a telegram next to him. It was from Nelson Appleton Miles, the commander of the Army's operation in Chicago.

Some information about him was also collected in the telegram, and the people in Washington did make some gains.

The advantages of this person are that he is cautious, thoughtful, good at adjusting tactics, and attaches importance to military discipline.

The downside is that he is too cautious, which has delayed his actions several times. In addition, this person is very stubborn, has a tough attitude, and cares a lot about his public image.

The other infantry regiments would meet up in Aurora, 65 miles west of Chicago.

Then they will send infantry to check the railway along the way... If you want to ambush them on the road... it will be easy to delay their actions.

But it doesn't mean much to them. The train can also be used as their shelter. Even if a part of the railway is blown up, they can still repair it. They will definitely carry repair materials on the train.

It would be better to put them in Chicago.

Chen Zhengwei thought about it and felt that if he could bury a large amount of explosives under the train station, the fireworks would definitely look great.

Unfortunately, I have too little explosives.

This is Chicago, not San Francisco.

Several thousand kilograms of explosives were collected throughout the city. Most of them were used to blow up the railway bridge. Now there are less than two thousand kilograms left, which can at most blow up the main building of the railway station.

If it is buried in the drainage pipe, even the main building of the railway station cannot be blown up, and at most it will cause cracks and partial collapse of the ground.

Chen Zhengwei could only reluctantly give up this tempting idea.

They even gave up the idea of sniping at the train station. Sniping at a place like a train station would only result in being bombarded by the enemy, and the consumption of bullets would be too great.

"So let's have a street fight in Chicago!" Chen Zhengwei made up his mind.

After lunch, Chen Zhengwei called A Long, Da Poland, Wen Bingzhong, and the squadron leaders to the conference room in the hotel. On the wall of the conference room was a map.

"The next one will be a tough battle, of course, only compared to the previous one!" Chen Zhengwei smiled at everyone, his expression still relaxed.

The previous match had already made Wen Bingzhong and others have more confidence in Chen Zhengwei's command ability. It has to be said that some people are born knowing everything, and some people are born in Rome.

Seeing Chen Zhengwei so relaxed, everyone else also relaxed.

"At least three infantry regiments will arrive next, and they will occupy this place along the railway! Train station!" Chen Zhengwei took a pen and marked the train station.

"Then they will advance step by step, across the board, and test our defenses bit by bit!"

"And your defense line is here..." Chen Zhengwei drew another line, but not in front of the train station, but across a street.

"We're going to fight them in a street fight!"

"After they fire a shot, they need to pull the bolt again and then aim, but we don't need that. We just hold the gun and shoot directly! So when they aim, they have already been shot into a sieve! Dead people can't kill people!"

Everyone laughed immediately, this was indeed the truth.

Because the old-fashioned rifles can only fire one shot at a time, you have to aim before shooting. In this time, I and others have already finished a round.

It is conceivable what would happen if the two sides collided at close range.

"But we can't hit them too hard, otherwise they won't dare to come out! Their commander is a bastard!" Chen Zhengwei smiled again.

"We will gradually retreat over the next two days, all the way back here... to lure them out! They don't have many troops, so they will definitely come out in order to compress our defense line!"

"Here, here, bury explosives!" Chen Zhengwei marked out several street intersections. These were places that had to be passed through, and the shooting view was excellent. They were places that had to be seized and heavily guarded.

It is difficult to blow up a train station with two thousand kilograms of explosives, but it is enough to blow up these street intersections.

"In order to prevent them from finding the explosives, we need to keep flushing these places! Don't give them time to search!"

"Wait till the time is up, Boom!"

"Then we'll send them off in one wave!"

"Three infantry regiments. After we kill them, the President of the United States will definitely look very happy!"

"Boss, I have a question... How do we detonate the explosives if they are buried here?"

"Pile flammable materials on top and spread a layer of tarpaulin under the surface. It can be ignited even in the rain. Then use rockets! You can shoot at this location!" Chen Zhengwei pointed to a point on the map.

He memorized the terrain around the Chicago train station at a glance.

This wave can at least destroy two and a half of the enemy's infantry regiments, and then the half of the infantry regiment guarding the train station.

"I understand!" everyone spoke up.

"Greater Poland, have someone keep an eye on us in the dark for the next two days and find those people from the Ministry of Justice! At least they can't find out about the explosives!"

"Aaron, take your men to find out the situation inside the drainage pipe in the next two days." Chen Zhengwei said finally.

……

A day and a half later, with the country still in uproar, Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles arrived in Aurora with his adjutants, staff officers, orderlies, and guards.

Half an hour later, Nelson A. Miles strode into the temporary command center.

And in front of him were the colonels commanding three infantry regiments.

"Your Excellency the Commodore!"

Miles nodded slightly, then said, "You should have read the newspaper. What do you think now?"

"Only dead Chinese are good Chinese!" said the three colonels standing straight.

These words spoken by Sherman had already reached the front-line troops.

Especially after what happened in the 22nd Infantry Regiment, everyone in other army units had a flame of anger in their hearts!

"We can't wait to go to Chicago and wash away the shame of the 22nd Infantry Regiment!"

"Very good!" Miles nodded.

"We will have the infantry and trains move forward together. The infantry will be responsible for checking the situation along the railway, and we must be especially careful of their ambushes! The trains will be used to transport supplies!"

"Although our opponents are just some thugs, they are a group of thugs with guns, we still have to go all out!"

"You probably don't want to walk down the street and have someone point at your nose and say, 'You can't even beat a bunch of hooligans, right?'"

"No, sir!" the three shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)