Wild North America 1846

"According to His Majesty's decree, our army of the Tang Kingdom will launch a full-scale attack on your army. If you admit defeat, it is still too late to beg for mercy."

"The brave and tenacious Mexican army will crush any delusions of aggression. Tremble under the roar of artillery, Easterners..." Major General Gutierrez looked back at his thicker infantry array, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

, continued; "My army will crush the myth of the invincibility of the Tang Kingdom, use bayonets and bullets to retaliate against the invaders, and defend the glory of the Mexican soldiers."

Indeed, Mexicans are as good at talking as anyone.

Colonel Tian Mantun politely put his hand on the brim of his hat, made a simplified version of taking off his hat, and replied, "In that case, let's see you on the battlefield."

After saying that, he turned the horse's head and galloped towards the formation.

In the middle of the battlefield

The commanders of the Tang Dynasty and the Mexican front line did not talk much, and each rode their horses back to their respective formations.

The battle horn sounds

The soldiers on both sides who stopped and waited, under the orders of their superiors, carried their guns and lined up in a long "one" shape to walk towards each other. The distance between the two sides quickly closed from 3 kilometers to within 2 kilometers.

"Ready, fire!"

Seeing that the Mexican attacking soldiers came within shooting range, the artillery commander of the Tang Kingdom issued an order to fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

Forty-eight Colt 12-pound artillery roared, slamming hot shells into the Mexican ranks. Nearly half of the artillery hit, directly creating more than 20 bloody alleys in the Mexican ranks.

The bouncing solid artillery shells were invincible, hitting the Mexican soldiers with broken bones and muscles, and howling incessantly. There was a brief delay and commotion in the advancing queue, and they were forced to continue moving forward under the driving of the commander.

"Well, that's right. The range of Colt's new breech-loading artillery can reach as far as 1,850 meters, which is one third longer than the old artillery, and its power is greatly enhanced." Richard said with a look of approval on his face.

This is a 12-pound field artillery newly developed by Colt Arms Company. It is rifled, uses breech loading and latch sealing technology, and uses improved black powder. It is indeed much more powerful than the old artillery, and the range of the artillery fire is wider.

wide.

The only drawback

It's just that the development of new artillery shells is lagging behind. For the time being, only old-fashioned solid bullets and shotgun shells can be used, which cannot fully utilize the full power of this Colt breech-loading artillery.

Even so, the shooting accuracy has been greatly improved.

Richard observed that his own artillery position had fired three rounds of artillery fire covering fire within 5 minutes, causing a bloody storm in the Mexican army, with howls everywhere.

So he gave the order decisively;

"The artillery unit suppressed the firepower output and bombarded at a rate of three minutes. Don't defeat the Mexicans early. Go and execute it."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

The Mexican army unilaterally endured the bombardment of the other side's artillery fire. The two armies were more than 1,300 meters apart and had lost three to four hundred people. The long queue had already become distorted and unstable.

Among the old-fashioned Spanish artillery equipped by the Mexican army, the youngest one is over 60 years old. There are many artillery pieces that are over a century old. There has been no sound since the battle.

It's not that I don't want to fire, but the range is far behind.

The range of most of these old-fashioned Spanish artillery is within 800 to 900 meters. The enemy's infantry array has not yet entered the range, so firing is a waste of shells.

Major General Gutierrez, who was in command on the front line, also knew about this huge drawback, but he didn't expect that the artillery of the Tang Kingdom could shoot so far and so accurately?

But there was no turning back when the bow was fired, so Major General Gutierrez could only order his officers: "Order the soldiers to move forward quickly, shorten the distance with the opponent as soon as possible, and the artillery to prepare for battle."

"As you command, General."

The order was conveyed quickly. The Mexican army commanders waved their command knives and loudly urged the soldiers to move forward quickly. The offensive formation became more distorted.

"Boom boom boom..."

At this moment

The Tang Kingdom's artillery positions opened fire again, unleashing intensive artillery fire on the Mexican army's array. Since the distance was shortened to less than 1,300 meters, the artillery fire became more dangerous and deadly, and the strike accuracy was higher.

The largest part of the 48 artillery pieces hit the Mexican attacking formation, causing the entire formation to splatter with blood. The broken limbs flew into the sky spinning around, and fell to pieces like dogs' teeth gnawing at them.

This round of shelling alone caused more than 230 casualties in the Mexican army.

This made Major General Gutierrez's eyelids twitch violently. With a livid face, he ordered the supervising team to kill the soldiers who left the formation without authorization to prevent the offensive formation from collapsing.

The Mexican army faced 9,500 infantrymen of the Tang Dynasty with 20,000 soldiers. Although six to seven hundred soldiers were lost under the artillery fire, the overall strength was still superior and a battle was possible.

Major General Gutierrez is convinced;

Oriental soldiers will still die and be injured when hit by bullets. As long as they endure the casualties and persevere, they can see the dawn of victory.

The Mexicans endured heavy casualties from artillery fire, and the arrays of the two armies continued to approach. When the two sides approached within 900 meters, the Mexican artillery position opened fire impatiently.

"Boom boom boom..."

More than 30 hot cannonballs were fired, but only a few of them could actually hit the Tang Kingdom's queue. The shooting progress of these old-fashioned Spanish artillery at the extreme range was quite impressive.

Although not many results were achieved, the participation of Mexican army artillery gave the soldiers some comfort.

But this illusory comfort was soon shattered, because the artillery position of the Tang Kingdom turned its muzzle and began to violently bombard the Mexican artillery position, shrouding it in a cloud of artillery smoke.

When the smoke gradually dispersed, the Mexican artillery position had been beaten to a mess, most of the artillery was destroyed, and the position was littered with corpses of artillery soldiers.

Faced with the long-range and precise strikes of the artillery of the Tang Dynasty, these aging and ancient artillery pieces of the Mexican army were simply unable to parry, and were ravaged one-sidedly.

Fortunately, the Mexican artillery position temporarily attracted the opponent's artillery fire, which made the advancing Mexican soldiers' formation much easier and quickly shortened the distance between the two.

800 meters...700 meters...

When the Tang Dynasty's dense and deadly artillery fire completely destroyed the Mexican artillery positions, the distance between the enemy and our troops was less than 600 meters, and each could see the clear outline of the other.

The artillery position immediately turned its muzzle and carried out intensive and high-frequency bombing against the Mexican military forces.

At this moment

The artillery commander of the Tang Dynasty received the order to "open up your hands and feet to output firepower with all your strength." The artillery positions immediately threw off their arms and went to work, madly releasing firepower with intensive artillery fire that averaged one round per minute, and the Mexican army was on the verge of collapse.

in this critical moment

Major General Gutierrez issued a desperate all-out charge order, hoping that the close combat at the cost of huge casualties could recover some of the losses.

As a result, nearly 20,000 Mexican troops launched a full-scale charge. After entering a distance of 300 meters, they fired the first round of volleys, causing more than 300 casualties to the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom.

But that's all

Richard watched the Mexican army's crazy attack with cold eyes. After the enemy approached a distance of 250 meters, he issued the order to "open fire on all fronts".

in an instant

Soldiers from the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty opened fire violently with Colt 1848 repeating rifles. Round after round seemed to be endless. The dense rain of bullets enveloped the Mexican queue like locusts, causing them to cut a piece of leeks.

The film was knocked down, and the dead and wounded were laid to rest.

This is not over yet

Forty-eight Storm-type heavy machine guns appeared on both sides of the Tang Kingdom soldiers' queue, and then opened fire violently, spreading a deadly hail of bullets towards the Mexican army.

The roar of artillery, the roar of heavy machine guns...

The unprecedented fierce firepower turned the battlefield into a bloody death hell. It was a one-sided massacre. The strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke mixed together, conveying a strong smell of conspiracy.

The Mexicans never expected that the firepower of the Tang Dynasty was so strong. After the Americans suffered enough from the Storm heavy machine gun and the Colt 1848 repeating rifle, they did not say anything. Instead, they knocked out their teeth and swallowed blood, quietly

I endured it.

The battle report was vague, but I didn't expect it to hurt the Mexicans.

"Retreat...retreat quickly, the whole army retreats." General Hector dos Santos, who was standing at the rear, turned pale with fright, and gave the retreat order in a panic.

In fact, needless to say, the Mexican army in the hell of death had been beaten to collapse as soon as the firepower of the Tang Dynasty broke out. Countless people dropped their muskets and ran away with their heads in their hands.

It's a pity it's too late

Entering the area covered by the dense firepower of the Tang Kingdom's army, it is extremely difficult to escape. People can't outrun bullets.

Countless Mexican soldiers were shot down by bullets while escaping. Their corpses were piled up in random piles and stretched for hundreds of meters outside the valley. It was so painful to watch.

More than 10 minutes later

The "ceasefire" order was conveyed to the battlefield, and all the troops of the Tang Kingdom stopped shooting. The thick smoke formed clouds of blue-black haze, making the visibility on the battlefield very poor.

After just a few minutes

The warm wind blowing from the valley caused the smoke to disperse, and what appeared before everyone was a tragic scene after a bloody massacre. The 20,000 Mexican soldiers who attacked were all wiped out, and almost no one could escape.

The fast-footed Mexican cavalry had already retreated into the valley in fear, and the battlefield was filled with deathly silence.

The infantry of the Tang Dynasty had spread out, finishing up the corpses on the battlefield one by one, and collected the Mexican soldiers who were pretending to be dead to deal with the aftermath.

The smell of blood in front of the battlefield in the valley was strong and nauseating. The Mexican soldiers huddled in the valley were trembling. Looking at the hellish massacre in front of them, they had lost most of their will to resist.

The royal cuirassiers with bright armor approached the valley in neat cavalry formation, and the leading officer shouted loudly;

"All Mexican officers and soldiers in the valley, King Richard of the Tang Dynasty Kingdom, has personally marched here. Anyone who surrenders will be exempted from execution and will be included in the ranks of the Tang Kingdom's servants and enjoy preferential treatment.

Those who refuse to repent will have their entire clan, young and old, slaughtered without mercy.

You have one day to think about it. If the Mexican army arrives tomorrow and your Mexican army is still stubborn, everyone will be executed without mercy when the city is broken.

Which one goes and which one follows is a matter of life.

I hope you will think twice before you act, and don't make the mistake of yourself, otherwise you will end up like these 20,000 unjust ghosts in front of the valley.

I’m just saying this, don’t say it was unpredicted.”