Wild North America 1846

10 minutes later

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju's face turned ugly. The bombardment he was looking forward to did not come, and what this meant was clear.

The brigadier general of the 105th Division is the top officer of this assault force. If several fatal charge missions are arranged, the strength of the 502nd Division can be quickly consumed. Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju can even be directly asked to charge forward to carry out the fatal missions.

After offending his superior, Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju's future becomes dangerous and unpredictable.

When I think of this

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju had thin beads of sweat on his forehead. Although it was already the end of June, the temperature in Chicago was still only over 20 degrees, which was not very hot.

But Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju's burning heart felt like it was falling into an ice cellar, and his current situation was like being roasted on a charcoal fire. His worry about gains and losses made it difficult for him to calm down, and his heartbeat fluctuated.

At this moment, a violent shelling sound suddenly came from the rear. It seemed that all 18 6-pound cannons were firing violently, unleashing their firepower wildly on the lumberyard in front.

The Northern Army soldiers cried for their fathers and mothers on the pile of wood exploded by artillery shells falling like raindrops. The violent explosion blast pushed the large log as thick as a person to roll around, causing many soldiers underneath to spurt out blood.

The artillery shells exploded on the pile of wood, forming countless flying wood thorns, which spattered everywhere like a swarm of poisonous bees, sweeping the Northern Army soldiers to the ground, and their severed limbs and arms flew into the sky, stained red with blood.

The lumber yard.

The lumber yard that was originally considered a dependency was ravaged by artillery fire, but now it has become the culprit of killing people, causing double damage to the soldiers of the Northern Army. More than just the word "tragic"?

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengfei's expression changed from surprise to joy, and he couldn't help laughing. At this time, he raised his wrist and looked at his gold watch. Seventeen minutes had passed.

That is to say

The 105th Division did not follow the original artillery request and fire within 10 minutes, but delayed the firing until 16 minutes, which conveyed a rich meaning.

You said 10 minutes, 10 minutes, what... Brigadier General, don't you want to lose face?

At this time, the guard company officer who went to convey the order ran over panting and reported in a hurried tone: "The division commander ordered that the artillery fire should be fired rapidly for 5 minutes, and after 5 minutes, the artillery fire should be extended forward for 3 minutes."

"Understood."

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju was overjoyed. He suddenly pulled out the sharp command knife from his waist and ordered loudly: "Two minutes have passed since the bombardment. The infantry and artillery coordination tactics are led by the guard company. The second regiment is now following the charge. The first and third regiments are following me. We

We must seize the warehouse position in one fell swoop and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation."

With an order, all the Chinese soldiers in the guard company came out and stood at the front, picked up their rifles and rushed out.

Behind them, the white soldiers of the Second Regiment, under the command of the Chinese commander, rushed like a black tide through the open space full of corpses, towards the lumberyard where the Union soldiers were stationed.

The distance between the two places is about 1,700 meters. When the coalition soldiers rushed to the lumber yard with a trot, the artillery fire from the rear support had extended forward and began to bombard the strong warehouse camp. The explosion made the Northern Army soldiers cry for their fathers and mothers.

Rushed out of the barracks.

They were all afraid that the bombed-down barracks would be buried inside, so they sent them away directly without even having to be buried.

At this time, it was the turn of the soldiers of the 502nd Division to show off their power. They flooded through the lumberyard like a tide, firing dense bullets and killing the Yankees who were surrounded by bombs one by one.

Then, he fired fiercely at the Northern Army soldiers who rushed out of the barracks, knocking them to the ground like cutting rice, and then continued to attack fiercely forward.

The gunfire just stopped

The continuous charging officers and soldiers of the 502nd Division flooded the warehouse area like a tide, and began to carry out clearing operations against the Yankees who were still hiding in the warehouse camp. They blocked the doors and windows and poured bullets into the warehouse, carrying out a crazy massacre.

Many Northern Army soldiers in the barracks were either resting or chatting. They did not expect that the Union Army soldiers would rush to the door so quickly. Even the rifles were piled neatly in a conspicuous place at the entrance, leaving them almost unprepared.

Encountering coalition soldiers blocking the doors and windows and raining bullets, there was really no place to hide. They could only be beaten into a sieve amidst desperate screams, and there was no point in surrendering.

The only Chinese-American unit in the 502nd Division is the guard company. These Chinese-American soldiers have received infantry and artillery coordination training, so they can master the attack speed very well. When the artillery fire stops, they suddenly rush out and catch the enemy unawares.

The white soldiers of the 502nd Division were all battle-hardened veterans. They had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running before. They had the courage to follow the Chinese soldiers. They knew that artillery shells could not hit them.

In comparison, it is more cost-effective than charging against the enemy's bullets.

Therefore, this time the reduced version of the "infantry and artillery coordinated attack" achieved an unexpected and huge victory.

The fierce fighting lasted until about 5 p.m. and lasted almost a whole day. At the cost of more than 2,700 casualties, the 502nd Division finally captured the large warehouse of the Vanderpert Shipping Company covering an area of ​​19 acres.

In this battle, 6,241 people of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Division were wiped out (including more than 1,300 wounded), more than 4,400 people were captured, and more than 3,300 remnants of the enemy were defeated. It was a beautiful battle of annihilation.

After this battle

The 502nd Division was allowed to replenish its troops from the prisoners, and it was replenished on the second day, and the remaining 1,700 white prisoners were selected as cannon fodder. In cooperation with the 507th Division, after a day and a half of hard fighting from house to house, they finally won the battle.

The strong backbone of Financial Street.

The Vanderpert Pier was fully occupied seven hours in advance and the task assigned by the summit was completed.

on the basis of

The 105th Division, which served as support from the rear, also participated. Three divisions (note, a Chinese Class A Division, the 105th Division, plus two white servant divisions, the 502nd Division and the 507th Division) totaling 28,000 troops swept south along the shores of Lake Michigan.

, and the neighboring troops attacked the Northern Army who was stubbornly resisting, repeatedly inflicting heavy losses on it, pulling out several hard nails in the fierce battle along the way, and made great contributions to the final and complete occupation of Chicago.

The 502nd Division performed particularly well in this battle. The name of Lieutenant Colonel Fan Pengju was also known to the regiment commanders. By the way, they also knew that he was the cousin of Lieutenant General Fan Pengfei, the deputy commander of the Colorado Corps. This relationship could no longer be concealed.

On July 1, the coalition command officially announced the full occupation of Chicago. This battle, which lasted for more than two months, was unprecedentedly large-scale, and was extremely bloody and cruel, came to an end.

post-war inventory;

In the entire Battle of Chicago, the Northern Army lost a total of 377,500 people (including 52,000 sick and wounded who were transferred to the rear), and the Army of the Tang Kingdom lost 331,100 people, which belonged to the regular Class A and Class B divisions of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty.

The division's losses were approximately 37,200, including more than 13,000 killed and more than 24,000 wounded, accounting for approximately 1/10 of the overall coalition casualties.

After this battle, coupled with the loss of more than 130,000 troops on the Eastern Front battlefield from January to June 1860, the total military strength of the United States of America (North) dropped from 1.87 million to 1.37 million. The overall strength suffered a heavy blow, and future victory was unlikely.

Hope is very slim.

Chicago, which was devastated by all-out war, had only about 170,000 refugees left. In addition to more than 120,000 old, weak, women and children, there were only more than 40,000 male residents, aged between 12 and 60 years old.

These people and tens of thousands of young and strong women were immediately organized into labor teams, with men and women living in separate camps. They were divided into teams of 30 to 40 people. They were issued shovels, hoes, saws and two carriages, and began to attack the war ruins and corpses throughout the city.

Clean up.

A total of more than 1,360 labor teams cleaned up very quickly. In just three weeks, the charred remains of broken arms and countless corpses that could be seen everywhere in the city had long since disappeared. Dangerous buildings were also demolished, leaving only large tracts of open space.

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The streets were cleared, shell craters were filled in, and the most obvious traces of the war were quickly erased. However, there were large tracts of open space in the city and there were many fewer buildings.

According to the urban construction standards of the Tang Dynasty, the streets of Chicago will be excavated on a large scale in the next step, and large-scale sewer facilities made of masonry and concrete will be built to ensure that heavy rains will not cause flooding and sewage will flow into the ground instead of overflowing on the streets.

, easy to breed bacteria.

after the battle of chicago

The entire army took a month's rest, and the white servant divisions were reduced by three divisions, from the 501st Division to the 512th Division, and all 12 divisions were fully staffed.

Nine of the original 15 lieutenant colonels and division commanders were promoted to colonels. Among them, Colonel Fan Pengju and Colonel Shi Jiayong performed particularly well and were included in the list of reserve generals considered by the Corps Commander.

Sure enough, as long as you have established solid merits, promotion is not a problem at all, and your future prospects are bright.

Starting from August

The coalition forces attacked in all directions, successively occupying Ebende and Grand Rapids around Chicago, most of Michigan, and many cities in Illinois and Indiana. Their troops were approaching another important large city in the Great Lakes region.

~Detroit.

The strong Northern Corps, led by seven white servant divisions with a total strength of about 300,000 men, arrived in the outlying towns of Detroit in late September, posing a serious threat to the city's defenders.

The Colorado Corps separated from the Northern Corps and took the railroad from Chicago to Kansas City. From here, it took the train all the way east and successively captured more than 10 towns along the railway line. In early October, it approached the Cincinnati Fortress on the Mississippi River, forming a large force.

The power of pressure.

The Colorado Corps, together with five white servant divisions, totaling about 240,000 troops, equipped with two heavy artillery divisions, was designed to deal with Cincinnati's strong fortress.

For the U.S. federal government, the loss of Chicago was an unprecedented major failure. As the most developed heavy industry region in the United States, Detroit is behind the two important cities of Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh was the original thirteenth British colony.

The capital of Pennsylvania, it is one of the earliest developed cities in North America and has a long history.

To the east of Pittsburgh is New York at the same latitude, to the south is Washington, and to the north of New York are Boston, Dover, and Portland, these important cities in the east. Their importance is self-evident.

In a public speech in Washington, U.S. President James Buchanan made it clear that "Tang is the eternal enemy of the United States and the greatest challenge that the United States has encountered so far. As God testifies, the brave and fearless citizens of the United States will

Keep fighting bravely. Whether it is ten years, 20 years or more, we will never give up armed struggle until the last breath of our lives..."

"The greatest sorrow of America is that it is too far away from God and too close to the Tang Dynasty..."