Wild North America 1846

this long night

Fighting has been going on in the Devon Hills since nightfall. Under the fierce attack of the US military regardless of casualties, at about 3:00 in the morning, the position consisting of seven hills on the left wing finally fell and was occupied by the US soldiers who rushed up in black.

The retreating Second Regiment and Third Regiment of the 401 Division lost half of their strength, with only more than 2,300 men left. They came to the division commander, Colonel Tian Zhen, with their guns in their hands full of annoyance, and said;

"Master, we really can't blame the brothers on the front line for being negligent. The battlefield was too dark. When we found those niggas, they were already close to hand-to-hand combat. If the brothers have 13 rings in their hands, keep them safe and kill them all."

Get rid of the ungrateful bitches."

"According to what you said, how about allocating thirteen guns to your regiment in the future?" Colonel Tian Zhen, the division commander, glared at them angrily, turned to the artillery liaison officer, Lieutenant Wu Erbao, and ordered, "Report to the military headquarters immediately.

, and contacted the field artillery fire of the neighboring divisions to launch rapid artillery fire on areas 12, 13 and 14 for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, the artillery fire was extended to cover our troops to carry out counterattack and resolutely regain the position."

"As you command, sir."

Lieutenant Wu Erbao neatly performed a military salute, then hunched over and ran out of the division headquarters, trotting along the path behind the hills. He arrived at the Third Army headquarters more than 10 minutes later and reported the division commander's artillery request.

By this time

Only then did he feel that he was sweating. The woolen coat he wore was very good at keeping warm. If it wasn't for the extremely cold weather at midnight, it would be nice to curl up and hide behind his chest to sleep.

It's a pity that there are so many military orders that no one can sleep tonight.

Once the war started, there was no time. In order to carry out combat missions, sometimes we had to fight continuously for two or three days. When we got really sleepy, we would just squint in the trench for a while.

I guess they were very tired after a day of fighting. The soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd regiments were a little slack, so they were caught off guard by the nigger troops and lost their positions.

Wu Erbao thought it was funny;

Before coming to North America, he had never thought that there were people as black as charcoal in the world, as well as red-haired, yellow-haired and all kinds of strange ghosts. It was really eye-opening.

Compared with these giggling ghosts, Wu Erbao's heart was full of pride as a citizen of the Heavenly Kingdom with the blood of Han and Tang Dynasties flowing through him, and he had a sense of superiority that had no place to rest.

at the same time

Like many of his colleagues in the army, he is a loyal and fanatical believer in His Majesty. He joined the "Iron Blood Society", a secret society in the army, and became an active member of it.

The "Iron Blood Society" is one of the secret societies in the military. They fanatically worship His Majesty the King as the only god in the world. It is especially popular among young officers and many retired veterans. Many of the backbones and bosses of the "Iron Blood Society" are very famous among the people.

The gentry was extremely powerful in the local area.

Breathing the cold midnight air, Wu Erbao followed a scent and came to the kitchen behind the military headquarters. It was covered with a straw shed and under the dim kerosene light, there were more than a dozen large pots lined up in a row. The broth was boiling and tempting.

Human appetite.

Lieutenant Wu Erbao immediately came forward with a shy face to say hello: "Hi, guys, what delicious food are you cooking here?"

"Oh, it's sir, please sit over here." A sergeant who was busy at the door of the hut immediately stood up and greeted him enthusiastically and replied, "There is an order from the top of the mountain. This soup pot will not be turned off 24 hours a day. Isn't this right?

Do you want to deliver broth to the artillery position?"

"What broth?"

"Sir, there is everything in the soup, including pork, donkey meat, donkey offal, horse meat and so on. Anyway, we will make some soup if there are sick and exhausted animals coming from the logistics, and I will serve you a big bowl of hot food.

Is it good?"

"Hehe... thanks, man."

Wu Erbao took a large bowl of broth and two steaming pancakes and sat at the door of the thatched shed to enjoy it. Within a few minutes, he was sweating profusely and his stomach was warm.

Yangyang.

Just when he had eaten most of the large bowl of broth, he heard the "rumbling" sound of artillery burst out from the middle of the Dell Hill position. The hot artillery shells intertwined bright fire nets in the night sky, heading towards 12

, hit areas 13 and 14 hard.

That hilly position was the lost position of the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the 401st Division. Now it was violently bombarded by artillery fire. The bright lights exploding in the night sky were filled with smoke, and the enemies could be seen scurrying away crying for their fathers and mothers in the distance.

Most of the artillery fire of the Third Army was concentrated on the higher artillery position in the middle of the Dell Hills. From here, the bombardment from a high position was not only accurate, but also explosive.

Lieutenant Wu Erbao was originally an artillery officer, and personally participated in the division of areas around Dell's position. He knew the distance, elevation, coverage area and other parameters of each area well, and he was also well aware of the power of the Colt field gun.

In this 10-minute round of "rush fire", more than 170 artillery pieces from all over the army participated in the bombardment. According to the "rush fire" speed of 6 rounds per minute, each artillery fired 60 shells, totaling tens of thousands of shells.

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This many shells are enough to comb back and forth in areas 12, 13 and 14 three times, blowing up all these niggas into limbs and limbs, just like a bloody slaughterhouse.

The second and third regiments, plus the troops assigned to the division, could easily regain the lost ground by using the tactics of "infantry and artillery coordination".

The "infantry and artillery coordination" tactic is used more and more often, and almost all the officers and soldiers of the Northern Army are familiar with it, including the officers and soldiers of the white servant division. This is a big unsolvable killer move of the army.

The Americans were eager to learn, but they couldn't learn it because without the advanced Colt artillery, the old-fashioned artillery equipped by the US military did not have the killing effect of covering bombing.

Feeling strong after drinking the broth, Lieutenant Wu Erbao jogged all the way back to the 401st Division headquarters. He heard the laughter of the division commander, Colonel Tian Zhen, from a distance. It turned out that the positions lost by the Second and Third Regiments had been regained.

The division headquarters reinforced more than 1,700 men from the supplementary corps to the second and third regiments, and strictly ordered them to hold their positions and not slack off, otherwise military law would be imposed.

After all the delay in going back and forth like this, it was already past 4 o'clock in the morning.

The U.S. military suffered heavy losses, and the attack was temporarily suspended. It seemed that they also knew that after a hard night's fighting, they were lonely in the end.

It would be better to save some effort and wait until daybreak before attacking with all our strength!

Today's dark battlefield has extremely poor visibility, and the US artillery has not mapped the battlefield in advance. Even if it wants to provide fire support, it is just a blind attack and a pure waste of artillery shells.

At this moment

Lieutenant Wu Erbao heard someone exclaim in a low voice: "The water in my old Tianhe has dried up. What's going on?"

"Really?" Lieutenant Wu Erbao didn't know the military deployment of the corps, so he quickly ran to the river with several officers to check.

as expected

The river that originally flowed quietly has completely dried up, revealing the dark bottom of the river. Only the small puddles of stars remaining reflect the moonlight, and the stars are quite beautiful.

This damn thing... is it really a ghost?

Several young officers were shocked when they saw it. Their first reaction was to report it to their superiors. Unexpectedly, they were reprimanded and told not to make a fuss and to shut up if they saw it. They also prohibited the army from doing anything random.

I guess I have my own plans for going up to the peak.

Okay, you have your own arrangements... As if no one knows, aren't you just planning to trick the Yankees?

The young officers all had guesses in their minds and exchanged glances with each other. They did not feel the heavy pressure of being surrounded by heavy enemy troops, but were full of confidence.

This is the arrogance of an ever-victorious army that cannot be defeated or smashed even in adversity. It is as resilient as brown sugar and has a will to fight as hard as steel.

The 401st Division is a second-class division recruited from Xinxi'an, Paradise Island. The officers and soldiers of the entire division are all well-trained soldiers. They have been involved in the war for more than a year and have fought more than 60 battles, large and small. They have also undergone several reinforcements. Now they are all

He is a veteran.

The entire Third Army, with more than 46,000 men, served as bait. They fought fiercely day and night and were besieged from all sides by the U.S. military. It was the most costly battle since the war began, with nearly half of the casualties.

After calculation, the entire army suffered losses of almost 22,000 people, of which the 506th Division accounted for half, and the other three Chinese divisions accounted for the other half of the casualties.

The 401st Division to which Lieutenant Wu Erbao belonged suffered more than 4,000 casualties. After the war, the personnel will definitely need to be greatly adjusted and require a long period of rest and replenishment.

The one with the heaviest casualties was the 506th Division (White Servant Division) of the Fourth Army. During the day of the battle, it carried out several tail-cutting missions, resulting in the entire regiment being wiped out by the US military. The total casualties were about 7,130.

after nightfall

The right position held by the 506th Division was attacked by the US military again. The total number of casualties exceeded 11,000. It had to withdraw and rest. The position was taken over by the ace Agni Division (205th Division).

Logically speaking

The 506th Division only had 11,000 personnel, but after casualties of 11,000 officers and soldiers, more than 4,000 were withdrawn, plus more than 4,300 wounded, so the losses seemed not to be large.

Lieutenant Wu Erbao and most of the officers of the Third Army knew well that it was a trick done by the white servants. They stuffed four to five thousand white farmers into the baggage regiment.

In dangerous battles, they are used as cannon fodder and consumed on the first line of the battlefield.

The 506th Division is like this, the 501st Division under the First Army, the 502nd Division under the Second Army, and the 503rd Division under the Third Army all do this. Anyway, Shangfeng turns a blind eye.

This battle is over

The 506th Division (White Servant Division) is severely damaged. There are only more than 4,000 veterans left in the division. If more than 2,000 people are injured and returned to the army, there are still more than 5,000 officers and soldiers vacant in the establishment.

But this is not a big problem, because after this battle there will be a large number of white prisoners. Isn't that just a blind selection?

As for the casualties of white cannon fodder, who cares?

After this calculation, the Fourth Army still had 27,000 troops remaining, not the 23,000 previously calculated. The 506th Division had buried all its flesh under the bowl, and the casualties reported in the end would not be that large.

After achieving meritorious service, all the Chinese officers of the 506th Division will be promoted to a higher rank, and maybe they will be transferred to a Class A Division or a Class B Division as chief officers. Wouldn't everyone be happy?

It is a tradition for the army of the Tang Dynasty to use cannon fodder. During the Tang-American War more than 10 years ago, His Majesty once... ahem, I can't say any more.