New Ming Empire mixed in America

Soon, soldiers from the second row filled the vacancies in the front row.

The distance between the two parties was gradually shortened, and finally they were within fifty meters.

At this time, the soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment finally saw clearly where the enemy was hiding.

"Stop advancing and raise your guns!" The surviving company commanders began to direct their companies to position themselves as densely as possible so as to fully utilize the power of the salvo.

The soldiers in the back row were also ready to charge.

To be honest, it takes a lot of courage to aim a gun in a hail of bullets, but in the 19th century when line tactics were popular, soldiers often lacked this courage the most.

The soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment calmly raised their guns and aimed at the upper bodies of the Chinese Wehrmacht soldiers in the trenches.

But before their commander could give the order to fire, a regular clicking sound sounded from the opponent's position.

Then a hail of bullets like a metal storm shot into the dense formation of the 9th Infantry Regiment.

An average rate of fire of more than two hundred rounds per minute may not be a big deal in later generations, but it is definitely a bug here.

More than a dozen machine guns fired at the same time, and dense bullets were fired at the 9th Infantry Regiment like water.

In less than a minute, these United States soldiers were swept down piece by piece like wheat.

The soldiers of the National Defense Force even ignited two simple rockets as thick as arms sent by the Royal Research Institute for experimentation.

This kind of rocket that dragged its tail flame crookedly into the 9th Infantry Regiment and then exploded became the straw that broke their last bit of luck.

Joseph, standing in the back row, watched with his own eyes as his soldiers were killed with a harvesting speed using a weapon that had never appeared before.

He turned his horse's head and wanted to retreat to the rear, but unfortunately, an experimental rocket exploded near him.

The rocket, which was almost as powerful as an offensive grenade in later generations, killed Joseph and the four messengers around him on the spot.

The one-sided massacre lasted less than five minutes and ended.

But in just five minutes, more than 300 members of the 9th Infantry Regiment, including the regiment commander, died on the spot, and more than 400 others were injured.

With no hope of escape, the remaining soldiers chose to surrender.

Because the soldiers of the cavalry company of the 9th Infantry Regiment had no time to turn, they rushed over and were shot twice by a rotating machine gun. Almost all of them were wiped out.

As for the Santa Barbara militiamen who were hiding behind sandbags as reserves, they surrendered directly to Sun Laifu after seeing the tragic situation of the 9th Infantry Regiment.

Sun Laifu had a dark look on his face when he saw the horse dealer Steven, who was baring his teeth at him in the militia.

Because he became the regiment leader, Sun Laifu was strictly prohibited from taking the lead in the charge, so he could only command from the rear of the battlefield.

He finally used the excuse to attack the enemy behind the sandbags from the flank and cut off the enemy's retreat. He wanted to have fun on the battlefield himself, but he did not expect to win without firing a shot.

"Didn't you retire? Why did you become a militia member again?"

Watching the National Defense Force soldiers skillfully tie up the militiamen from Santa Barbara one by one with zip ties, Sun Laifu had time to ask them why they were here.

"Because many people in my hometown wanted to go to Texas to join the army, and I couldn't just watch those people die without knowing anything, so I trained them for a while..."

"I didn't expect that the Ninth Infantry Regiment was about to attack you, so I sent you a message."

"Later, these volunteer militiamen who wanted to fight for the farmers were forcibly taken over by the Ninth Infantry Regiment, and I, unfortunately, was forced to become the commander of these people."

After Steven finished speaking, he waited for the ‘Gong Zhi’ to translate for Sun Laifu.

"Because he was unlucky, he was in the compulsory training of Xiang Yong..., by the way, Xiang Yong. He was caught as a young man while training Xiang Yong."

After hearing what the translator said, Sun Laifu glanced at the translator suspiciously and said, "He just said so much, and you translated it into one sentence for me?"

Sun Laifu, who knew very well what a "public intellectual" was, couldn't believe this guy's integrity.

After being glared at by Sun Laifu, the 'Gongzhi' had no choice but to repeat it to Sun Laifu in a standard translation style.

"It seems that I wrongly blamed you. I didn't expect that just one sentence could cause you such trouble."

After complaining for a while, Sun Laifu asked the soldiers of the National Defense Force to escort all the prisoners of war towards the camp.

It will soon be turned into a temporary concentration camp to hold these prisoners. The question of whether these people should be kept or released can only wait for Li Mingqi's personal decision.

In this way, a national war concerning the national destiny of the New Ming Empire came to an end.

When Li Mingqi came over from the other side of the river after receiving the news, this battle with little technical content heralded the end.

Here, Li Mingqi cordially received Mr. Steven, a traitor and meritorious service.

Seeing Steven walking in in gray clothes, Li Mingqi had a question mark on his face.

Clothes of this color were not worn by Robert and Li Zicheng later...

No, is it the color of the military uniform of Robert and Lee Stonewall, the great southern warlord? How could it be worn on him, a California militiaman?

If Steven was the only one dressed like this, it would be considered a coincidence, but when Li Mingqi saw that the Santa Barbara militiamen were all wearing gray shirts.

Li Mingqi seemed to have thought of something, so he asked directly:

"Are you planning to join the army in Texas?"

Steven nodded very bachelorly and said:

"Now those buggers in the California Legislature want to get California into the arms of that thief and scoundrel, Lincoln."

"But we in Southern California will not agree, but we have no chance to speak in the Congress. So we can only choose to go to Texas to join the army."

Li Mingqi was not surprised at all about the big gossip that California was almost secession before the Civil War.

California has been a state with an excellent secession tradition since ancient times.

This seed has been planted since the United States Army suppressed the California Republican Rebel Army during the Mexican-American War.

For example, in 1941, a mayor in Northern California, believing that the roads were rough and trodden on, teamed up with several nearby counties to erect a banner of justice and prepared to establish a new "Jefferson State."

As a result, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the United States immediately united and gave up.

Li Mingqi came here not only to meet the traitor Steven, but his most important job was to distribute rewards to the meritorious soldiers.

For example, Sun Laifu, who commanded the battle, was promoted to colonel by Li Mingqi and was about to serve as brigade commander.

Responsible for the formation of the first brigade of the New Ming Empire's National Defense Force, with the total strength expected to expand to 6,000.

Deputy commander Wang Chuan, who personally led the soldiers in the front row and was responsible for luring the enemy deeper, was transferred from the National Defense Forces.

He was promoted to major and prepared to serve as the commander of the artillery regiment to be formed.

Of course, it should now be called a heavy fire support group, because this group will be equipped with a variety of complex heavy weapons.

For example, self-developed short-range mortars, inaccurate short-range rockets, and imitation Napoleon cannons and other experimental weapons.

Moreover, the Royal Academy is also working on a steel rifled cannon, but with Zhang Yu and his team's quality, it may take a long time to develop it.