The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 414 The Dead Don’t Need Headaches

After receiving the news, the army's front-line commander went to the roof and looked into the distance with a telescope. Without anyone reminding him, he saw Chen Zhengwei surrounded by a group of people.

Although he was wearing a blue gentleman's suit, he still looked extremely conspicuous and could be spotted in the crowd at a glance.

"That man is the rebel leader! I really want to give him a shot!"

"A thousand people, just a few rounds of artillery fire will scatter them!"

After watching for a while, the commander said, "Some people should be alert, and the rest should continue to rest! I'm going to the command center!"

According to the Army's speculation, Chen Zhengwei would not attack during the day, but would launch an attack at night.

If he attacked during the day, the Army General Staff would really be able to open the champagne.

But the army is waiting for them to attack at night!
……

"They are already prepared! They got the turtle shell!" Chen Zhengwei said while looking at Annapolis through the telescope.

Outside Annapolis, a lot of defenses have been built with wood and sandbags. The opponent's goal is to intercept on the plains outside Annapolis and consume all of Chen Zhengwei's men there.

When others saw this situation, they all felt a headache, but Chen Zhengwei still had a smile on his face.

"Brother Wei, there are cannons in the town. Shall we attack at night?" Aaron asked.

"Did you see those ditches on the ground?" Chen Zhengwei asked, while teaching his men.

Looking from this angle, there are some shallow marks on the ground, which are not very obvious.

Only after Chen Zhengwei said this did they notice it.

"At night they poured kerosene into it, and then when we got close, they set it on fire. Then it would be no different from daytime! Then we would become living targets!" said Chen Zhengwei.

When Aaron heard this, his hair stood on end.

The marks were so shallow that they were not noticeable during the day, let alone at night.

When we get close and the other side ignites the fire... we will immediately face their concentrated fire.

"They have also prepared a lot of howitzers! They should be 12-pound and 24-pound ones. When the time comes, one shot will kill a lot of people! Then the navy and army artillery will attack from both sides. Before we get close, all the people will be killed!" Chen Zhengwei looked in another direction. Although he could not see it from this angle, he knew that there must be gunboats in the port on the other side.

"Brother Wei, how about we go around it?" Aaron asked.

"Ahead is the Potomac River, with only one bridge. If the enemy only has one company guarding the other side of the bridge, we will be attacked from both sides!"

"Then how do we fight? Brother Wei, you give the orders!" Aaron said, scratching his head.

The others also looked at Chen Zhengwei... Anyway, just follow Brother Wei's instructions.

Everyone is full of confidence in Chen Zhengwei's military capabilities.

This is the confidence that the two big victories have brought to everyone.

Even if Chen Zhengwei asked them to charge now, they would not hesitate.

"Let the men rest first." Chen Zhengwei turned his head and said to the person behind him.

"The Army's 12-pound and 24-pound howitzers have a range of no more than 1000 meters, and the Navy's cannons have a range of about 3000 meters. We can safely camp here; their artillery can't reach us!"

"Just get someone to wear this outfit and show up here from time to time! Get someone tall!"

It’s impossible to find someone with Chen Zhengwei’s body shape, so I can only find someone taller and stuff something into his clothes.

After a while, Chen Zhengwei changed his clothes.

Then he asked his men to pretend to be him and observe at the front line.

He had played out the scenario in his mind many times, thinking that attacking Annapolis would incur heavy casualties no matter how he fought.

Even if he could use mortars to knock out Annapolis' howitzers, the mortars would come within the attack range of the navy's guns, and if he was unlucky, all of his mortars would be blown up by one shot.

In the best simulation he performed, more than half of the casualties were incurred.

The pension is huge!

His money didn't come from the wind!
Chen Zhengwei changed his clothes and walked along the path towards the beach. After a long time, he climbed up a big rock and looked into the distance with a telescope.

"really!"

Aaron held up a telescope and looked over there, and saw a total of five gunboats parked in the port.

Due to the waves at sea, the ships were shaking violently, making shooting difficult, and at night one could end up killing one's own people with a single shot.

The water in the harbor is calm, and after dropping anchor, the shooting accuracy is much higher.

According to his simulation, the other party would dock the ship here, so he specially asked people to prepare grappling hooks and ropes.

"Let's blow up their ships at night! After their ships are blown up, send in the mortars and blow up the town!" said Chen Zhengwei.

According to his calculations, this way of fighting would result in the lowest casualties.

Especially after blowing up the ship, he could directly block the intersection behind the town and use mortars to bomb the front - the range of the mortars in his hands is nearly twice that of the howitzers.

The army's howitzers can only reach a range of more than 900 meters, while the mortars in his hands have a range of 2000 meters. If it weren't for these navy gunboats, he could have bombarded Annapolis now.

If he continues to fight, these soldiers will have nowhere to run.

If you are lucky enough to detonate the enemy's ammunition, you can go in and collect the bodies for the army.

The only problem is to seize these ships in the shortest time possible, otherwise we will be surrounded and killed.

So Chen Zhengwei prepared to lead people to take action himself.

"Okay, let's go back!" Chen Zhengwei looked for a moment, made up his mind, threw the telescope to Aaron, turned around and jumped off the rock.

"Go back and pick out 150 good fighters for me!" Chen Zhengwei said as he walked.

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"It looks like he is preparing to attack at night!" Philip Sheridan was in the command center in Annapolis. When he learned that Chen Zhengwei had been watching from a distance and had not made any move for more than an hour, he thought for a moment and said.

"Come on, take me to see it!" Philip Sheridan left the command center and came to the roof of the front line, looking into the distance with a telescope.

"He just went back, sir." said the scout who was observing. Not long after he finished speaking, he saw the man in blue gentleman's suit appear again.

"here we go again……"

"That's the one in blue!"

"What actions did he take?"

"It's always like this, disappearing for a while and coming back again! I think he must be having a headache now!" said the scout.

When he first saw the Chinese man, his eyes were attracted to him. He saw him at first sight. But when he saw him again, he was just ordinary. But he didn't take it seriously. No one noticed the difference.

"Yes, he has a headache now! But he won't have a headache soon. After all, the dead don't need headaches!" Philip Sheridan smiled.

"He'll love the gift we have for him!"

As long as that Chinese dares to attack at night... then he will face his doom.

Philip Sheridan also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was under a lot of pressure given the current situation.

Especially since even Sherman lost to the opponent.

He needed to restore the Army's honor.

……

President Thurford Birchard Hayes looks at the portraits of past presidents on the wall at the White House.

The telegram sent back from Annapolis stated that the other party had arrived outside Annapolis.

Therefore, he had no mood to do anything now and could only wait for news.

"I hope it's good news this time!" whispered Thurford Birchard Hayes.

Now eight southern states have begun to form their own militia groups, plus California... a total of nine states, which already account for a quarter of the states in the United States.

In addition, the army has recently begun recruiting soldiers to supplement its manpower, but the effect is not good.

The number of people signing up to join the army was far lower than expected.

Previously, Chen Zhengwei allowed the captured army to be interviewed, and the sentence: "I want to go home!" hit the sensitive nerves of many Americans.

"That damn Chinese!"

As long as he could hang that Chinese man, he would be able to free up his hands to solve the problems of the various states.

If he fails again this time... he can't even imagine the consequences.

He will probably be the most ridiculed president in American history.

Although the White House has been burned down before, that was more than 60 years ago, and the opponent was the British and Canadian coalition forces.

"Nothing should go wrong, we will win in the end!" A voice came from the side, it was the secretary of Thurford Birchard Hayes.

"Mr. President, we will win!"

"Of course, we will win in the end!" Therford Birchard Hayes smiled.

At this time, not only Thurford Birchard Hayes was waiting for news, but many people were also waiting.

Ministers from various countries in New York are waiting to see when this farce in the United States will end.

The wealthy people in New York had already prepared champagne, waiting for the news that the Chinese man had been beaten to death or hanged, and then they could open the champagne to celebrate.

No one likes someone who always breaks the rules and turns the table.

Especially people of color were not allowed to sit at the table at all.

Therefore, anyone who has such thoughts should be nipped in the bud.

Chinatown in San Francisco remained the same as usual. Most people didn't know the specific situation. They just occasionally read in the newspaper that Mr. Chen won, won again, and had arrived in New York.

Chinatown has been cheering these days.

After Mr. Chen finishes this battle, no one will dare to bully them anymore.

……

"Brother Wei, what is this thing?" Aaron looked at the jar in Chen Zhengwei's hand. The main thing was that the thing smelled very fragrant.

"Canned braised beef! Here you go!" Chen Zhengwei took out a can and threw it to Aaron.

This stuff tastes much better than the supplies they brought.

And Chen Zhengwei has plenty of this stuff, with more than a dozen boxes in the system.

But he didn't plan to share it with his men.

After all, this thing won't expire, and you never know when you'll need it if you keep it in your space.

Aaron opened the can and took two bites. His eyes lit up: "Brother Wei, where did you buy this?"

"It's specially made! I'll give you a box later!" Chen Zhengwei said casually.

"Brother Wei, the people have been selected! They are all the best!" Aaron said while eating canned beef with bread.

Chen Zhengwei nodded, and after dinner he called Green over and spread out a map.

"After you blow up the boat at night, you can use mortars to bombard the entire town, plowing from front to back like a plough. I will lead my men to ambush them here! Drive them back to the town! Blow them up directly!"

"Then I will lead my men to charge in from here, and at the same time, you will take advantage of their panic and attack from the front and sides!" Chen Zhengwei grinned, with a bloody taste in his mouth:

"Kill them all here!"

"Yes!" The two of them agreed.

When it was getting dark, Chen Zhengwei led more than a hundred people, equipped with weapons and ammunition, and sneaked over from the other side of Annapolis.

After walking two kilometers, Chen Zhengwei signaled the men behind him to stop, and then he quietly moved forward.

Despite its large size, it had an eerie agility in the dark, as if it were some kind of large cat.

I saw two scouts hiding behind a rock not far away. It was dark and they could only see a limited area. Chen Zhengwei quietly approached them and suddenly stabbed one of them in the side of the neck. At the same time, he grabbed the other's head and smashed it against a big rock next to him.

"Fuck!" Chen Zhengwei cursed angrily, his mentality exploded.

Splashed all over my hand!
Chen Zhengwei quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off his hands, but no matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't come clean. His hands were filled with a strong smell of blood, which immediately made him feel bad.

This person didn't even want to leave a good impression on him when he died!

He cursed and signaled that others could come over.

Along the way, Chen Zhengwei eliminated three waves of secret sentries, and then they had a smooth journey, bypassing Annapolis far away, and it was almost midnight before they reached the seashore.

At this time, the five gunboats on the seashore were lined up in a row, with the artillery on one side pointing towards Annapolis.

Although there were kerosene lamps hanging on the gunboat, there were large dark corners.

There are also several small boats transporting supplies on the beach.

(End of this chapter)