1840Indian rebirth

By a small river, General Carney and his troops, who had just completed their tactical retreat, rested here.

This army may only have 1,500 people now, which is a lot of attrition.

Some of the attrition was caused by deaths in battle, while others were separated from the main force during the escape process and disappeared.

An atmosphere of silence and depression permeated the military.

General Carney sat on the ground, holding a Browning revolver in his hand, with a gloomy expression, surrounded by a dozen officers.

"Is this really Mexican?" He looked up at a lieutenant officer and asked.

"Yes." The lieutenant nodded, "I picked this up from the corpse of a Mexican cavalryman. The Mexicans are indeed equipped with a large number of Browning revolvers."

Another officer said: "I can also testify, General Carney, I can see clearly that the pistols in their hands are exactly the same as mine. They are undoubtedly Browning pistols."

"Obviously, it was because of this pistol that the Mexicans were able to defeat us!"

"Those Indians also sold their weapons to the Mexicans!" the officers discussed.

General Carney was silent for a moment: "It seems...it should be the British."

"British?"

Carney nodded slightly: "Those Apaches said that this Browning pistol came from a European company. I originally thought that it was a domestic arms company that specifically entrusted Indians to sell it for them in order to circumvent the law."

"Now it seems that the manufacturer of Browning pistols should indeed be a European company." He paused, "It is entirely possible that this pistol is produced in Oregon, and the British are absolutely willing to do this."

Cook said: "Maybe it is still an American company. Since they have violated patent laws, it is not impossible to sell weapons to the Mexicans."

Carney said: "In that case, we will definitely find this company and execute their boss for treason!"

Everyone was silent for a while.

"Damn British!" someone cursed.

They have now determined that the Browning pistol was made by the British.

It is unlikely that a domestic company would do such a thing. Violating patent laws and treason are not the same thing at all.

Most of the truth is that, as the Apaches said, Europeans produced this kind of weapon, and the most suspected European country is undoubtedly the British Empire.

The British Empire was at its peak at this time, and it still had a large territory in North America. It could design such a weapon and sell it to the United States and Mexico.

Moreover, the British had sufficient motives for committing the crime. They wanted the Americans to suffer more.

"General, what should we do?"

Carney took a deep breath: "Tell President Polk about this and let Washington and London talk. Of course, before that, we have to solve Santa Fe City first."

Donivan said: "If we want to capture Santa Fe, we may have to buy more revolvers to equip the cavalry. In addition, we'd better add some more troops."

"That's right." General Carney nodded, "Cook, you go to Sleeping Bear City to buy weapons. Price, you go back to Fort Leavenworth and mobilize troops."

"Yes!" Colonel Price responded.

Lieutenant Colonel Cook hesitated for a moment, and then said: "General, although the Apaches in Sleeping Bear City are only agents of the British, should we also punish them?"

Carney obviously had this idea, but after a brief thought, he still said: "Before the war is over, we'd better not proactively provoke a conflict with Sleeping Bear City. They are obviously much stronger than other Indians."

Cook nodded: "Indeed. I noticed that the cavalry in Sleeping Bear City also seem to be equipped with a large number of Browning pistols."

"Not only the pistols." General Carney said, "Their morale is obviously very high, at least much higher than the Mexicans, which is almost visible to the naked eye."

After a pause, he sighed slightly: "We have just suffered a defeat. If we now fall into a two-sided war with Mexico and Apache, the situation will inevitably become extremely unfavorable."

"What happens next?" Price asked, "Sleeping Bear City is obviously a threat, even a huge threat. There are no such Indian tribes in the east."

Carney: "Of course we will find an opportunity to eradicate them in the future, or drive them to the reservation."

Donivan frowned slightly and hesitated: "General, I think the residents of Sleeping Bear City are no longer savages. They will not be as keen on committing crimes as other Indians. We should not treat other savages like

Same."

Carney looked at him and said calmly: "Young man, I know you used to be an outstanding and kind-hearted lawyer. However, this is not an issue about crime or law."

"The state needs laws, but it does not always need laws."

Donivan said nothing.

Carney continued: "When the war is over, it won't be too late for us to punish Sleeping Bear City. Well, let's complete my mission. We have to capture Santa Fe as soon as possible, and then march west and south."

…

The horse post is training soldiers.

As Sleeping Bear City expands, the size of the army also grows.

Currently, Mian Xiong has 500 professional soldiers who are well-equipped and have high morale. They have maintained high-intensity training for a long time and have almost fanatical loyalty to him.

In addition to the professional army, there are more than a thousand militiamen in the city.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the militia is not weak. After all, the nomadic people have a tradition of all soldiers. In terms of the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the militia is not much worse than professional soldiers.

In such an era, for Indians, only by possessing strong military power can they be qualified to gain a foothold in North America.

Mashao knew this very well, so he personally presided over part of the army's training every day, constantly instilling in them various concepts and tactics of the modern army.

Of course there are also content such as physical fitness and fighting.

He runs five kilometers every morning to join the soldiers.

He also often sparred with soldiers in combat.

Naturally, the result of the competition is that Ma Shao wins, but this does not mean that his fighting skills are superb enough.

In fact, there are already fighting geniuses in the army who surpass him technically, but Ma Shao's physical advantage is too great.

Even if some individuals have better skills, they cannot offset the huge physical disparity.

"Great Chief, there is an American outside the city." While the fighting competition was going on, a soldier came over to report.