Wild North America 1846

After inspecting the "Red Rock Valley" defense system, Richard led a group of people on the next morning to inspect the defense system between Phoenix Castle (Denver) and Taoyuan City, a total of more than 50 kilometers long.

in preparation for war

About seven or eight kilometers of forest around Phoenix Castle (Denver) have been cleared. Within a radius of 20 kilometers, no farms or plantations have been developed, and all are original ecological grassland pastures.

The wide South Perrete River flows through the pristine grasslands and forests here, with tributaries extending across the area without bridges or roads.

The only road is the broad avenue from Phoenix Castle to Taoyuan City. This road is close to Cherry Creek. There are more than a dozen bridges built along the more than 50 kilometers of road.

The defense system is built on bridges. There are three military bastions, all located on the side of the river with wider rivers and faster currents, mainly to control bridges.

Stretching all the way from Phoenix Castle to the southwest, these three military forts are the Big Shuo Fort, the Second Shuo Fort, and the San Shuo Fort. From San Shuo Fort, follow the wide road and go southwest for more than ten kilometers to Taoyuan Railway Station.

Fortress, follow the road for 4 to 5 kilometers and you will arrive at Gukou Fortress (Indian Valley) in Taoyuan City.

Adhering to the policy of layer-by-layer defense, the Tang Kingdom worked together to set up a complete Colorado Plateau defense system. The confidentiality is quite good, the cost is low, and the defense is high. It will definitely be a big headache for the US military.

Richard stood on the high Grand Bastion Fortress, overlooking the Grand Bastion Bridge spanning dozens of meters of river, and had an unobstructed view of all the scenes.

The fort at the top of the castle is equipped with 6 20-pound cannons and 12 9-pound cannons. The wide firing range basically covers the entire radius of 2 to 3 kilometers.

The firing port on the second floor of the fortress is equipped with 12 tripod-type Storm heavy machine guns, which can completely block the bridge with fierce firepower and make the attacking US military pay a heavy price.

The Grand Bastion Fortress is not large and can accommodate more than 800 defenders. With the parapets and barbed wire outside the military fortress, the defense is not weak at all.

This is the wisdom of teamwork. Richard had nothing to guide, but he came up with a bad idea and said;

"Everyone, wooden brackets can be placed at the bottom of the stone bridge to store a large amount of black powder. If necessary, the bridge can be blown up to prevent the US military from attacking."

When Richard said this, he pulled it with his hand to include the bridge and the area around the Grand Bastion Fortress, and continued with a serious expression;

"Imagine that!

When the U.S. military paid a heavy price and densely packed soldiers broke through the fire defense line of the bridge and rushed in through the barbed wire and parapet defense lines, the Grand Bastion Fortress faced the crisis of being attacked from both sides.

At this moment

With a "bang", a violent explosion blew up the entire bridge, throwing rubble everywhere.

After the smoke clears, the U.S. commander will find that the U.S. soldiers passing through the stone bridge have been blocked on the other side of the river bank, out of reach.

Soldiers from the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty arrived continuously from the rear, forming a counter-encirclement against the American soldiers crossing the river..."

Richard made a gesture of making dumplings, with an invisible coldness in his tone; "With the fire support of the Grand Bastion Fortress, we can easily achieve the plan of annihilating the enemy. By then, I really want to see the US military

What does the commander’s wonderful expression look like?”

After hearing this, everyone gasped and felt a chill on their backbones.

This plan is really a desperate plan!

Thinking about it, everyone is getting excited again. Once this "destruction plan" is implemented, it will definitely leave a deep shadow in the hearts of US military commanders and will be of great benefit to defensive operations.

Once the U.S. military breaks through the Grand Bastion Fortress, they will be faced with endless irrigated farmland and plantations on the Colorado Plateau. If they are exposed to the baptism of war, these cultivated farmland will be destroyed.

It would be a good thing to be able to block the advance of the US military here.

This is the end of March when spring flowers are blooming.

The clear river is gurgling, and the green rice seedlings in the farmland can be seen as far as the eye can see. From a distance away, you can see the "tuncun" surrounded by dozens or hundreds of horse-drawn carriages. There must be a large number of huts near the tuncun.

It is a winter residence for the families of Chinese soldiers and civilians who reclaimed farmland.

Most of the babies born last winter and this spring were born in nests on the ground.

Due to the need for war preparations, no villages were allowed to be built on the Colorado Plateau. Most of the "villages" were movable horse-drawn carriages and caravans.

If the US military attacks, they can retreat into Taoyuan City to avoid the war.

Therefore, in order to survive the harsh winter on the Colorado Plateau, soldiers who were short of money often resorted to the method of "digging a nest in the ground" to live in it first.

The conditions in the early stages of starting a business were difficult, which is normal.

Things are different now. At the beginning of the year, almost every soldier who followed His Majesty to participate in the Second Battle of the Northern Front made a lot of money. These Chinese soldiers are very down-to-earth and the first thing they do when they come back is to buy a house or land without going to whoring or gambling.

Massive capital injections have caused large areas of new housing to rise in Taoyuan City. More streets, residential areas, and villa areas have sprung up, and most of them are large townhouses.

Housing prices in Taoyuan City have also risen accordingly. A four-bedroom apartment that originally cost US$1,800 has now risen to US$2,400 to US$2,600, and demand still exceeds supply.

The more popular ones are 6- and 7-bedroom townhouses with separate front yards and backyards. Carriage can be parked in the front yard, horses can be kept in the backyard, and a large number of wives and concubines can be accommodated in the home.

As the army returns one after another, the real estate market in Taoyuan City becomes increasingly hot.

Statistics as of the end of March;

Not counting the houses that have been delivered, there are orders for 11,700 new units that have not yet been completed. Of the more than 38,000 white convicts in total, 31,000 are involved in the increasingly prosperous real estate construction projects in Taoyuan City.

The remaining 7,000 people are in Phoenix City, engaged in work such as laying municipal sewer networks, building roads and bridges, and building houses. The technical requirements for these projects are slightly higher, and white convicts can complete them better.

The indigenous Indian hard labor prisoners could only work as clumsy laborers in iron ore mines, coal mines, quarries, etc. The labor was boring, high-intensity, and generally the environment was even worse.

Speaking of mines, we have to mention a major resource discovery, the Morenci Copper Mine located in eastern Arizona. The specific location is about 77 kilometers southwest of the town of Gallup.

Once discovered, it caused a huge response. This is the largest copper mine in North America, and its resource reserves are extremely amazing.

Since its discovery in the middle of last year

The Tang Kingdom ordered several sets of mining steam equipment from Europe, which have been delivered to the Morenzi copper mine. The dedicated railway line entering the mine has also been laid, requiring a large number of laborers to carry out excavation and mining operations.

Therefore, since the second half of last year, all captured indigenous Indian slave laborers have been sent to the Morenzi copper mines. Including the Colorado Plateau, there are very few native Indian slave slaves outside.

Richard attaches great importance to the Morenzi Copper Mine. Its construction priority is second only to the Pacific Railway. It is expected that after it is put into operation, it will become one of the pillar industries of the Datang Kingdom.