Wild North America 1846

Chapter 613 They have many talents

Author: Portuguese toothless

Chapter 613 They have many talents

"Kill all the hateful Orientals, take back our Tumaco, take back our lost home, kill..."

The white Colombians who rushed forward shouted loudly with ferocious faces and attacked from all directions.

Thousands of Colombian rebels emerged from the jungle and flooded into the city of Tumaco. The fighting broke out at about 9:00 in the morning.

The thick sound of artillery and the sound of intensive volleys of gunshots cleared away row after row of disorderly attacking thugs. The bullets whizzed past their heads and hit the defending soldiers from time to time.

Blood flowers bloomed, and the body fell slumped on the ground.

Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo stood on the defensive belt on the edge of the town with a cold expression, holding a telescope in his hand to observe carefully, and then put it down after a long time.

Judging from the current situation, it is quite bad. The aggressive thugs are bound to win, and they have gathered about 17,000 people to besiege Tumaco City.

some of

About 6,500 to 7,000 people are relatively well-equipped regular troops, using unified legal Xia Sepo rifles. The technical performance of this rifle is very close to the Colt bolt-action rifle used by soldiers of the Tang Empire.

the only difference

That is, the Colt bolt-action rifle uses full-metal bottom case ignition ammunition, and the French Chassepo rifle uses paper-packed fixed-load ammunition.

In the French army, the Chasepo rifles it equips have been switched to brass metal bullets, which has closed the gap with the world's first-class infantry weapons in the field of light weapons.

These approximately 7,000 regular soldiers, dressed in a variety of costumes, mixed with the mob and attacked the position. The bullets they fired were quite deadly, and they were also key targets.

There were thousands of Colombian resistance armed forces, using different types of old-fashioned smoothbore muskets. These rats hiding in the jungle gathered together and showed the most fanaticism in the battle.

All that was left were some local farmers who had been bewitched or coerced, and some white manor owners could also be seen, all joining the ranks of the thugs and taking turns attacking the city.

The Port of Tumaco is a southern port city on the Pacific Ocean. It is located in a large coastal plain. It has a long history of development, dense population, and many villages and towns.

Although the port city has a population of only over 86,000, the total population of the villages, towns and vast rural areas surrounding Tumaco exceeds 400,000. The entire Cali region has a population of over 1.1 million.

Although the number has decreased after the catastrophe of war, it is not difficult to gather tens of thousands of thugs.

As a very experienced mid-level military commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo was not worried about the more than 17,000 thugs in front of him, but was worried that they had other tricks.

The main force of the third regiment and the servant army are basically huddled in the city and the port area. The total strength is about 4,500 people, and the more than 1,300 servant soldiers are all on the first line. Behind them are the dark guns of the supervisory team.

In addition to these military forces, there are more than a thousand armed Chinese civilians in the city to assist in the battle, and they can also get support from some sailors on the ship, so their strength is not weak.

The fierce gunfire soon became sparse, and the frantically besieging thugs left behind a large number of corpses and retreated in embarrassment.

It won't be long before they launch a new round of attack.

If you look carefully you will find

Among the corpses lying at the front of the position, the majority were mobs armed with crude weapons. Incited by nationalists, their blood surged, and they often rushed to the front regardless of life or death.

What greeted them... was deadly volleys of bullets and exploding artillery shells.

In this round of attack alone, the thugs left nearly a thousand corpses and caused dozens of casualties on the defensive side.

Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo looked unhappy after hearing the report. Most of these casualty soldiers were shot by advanced French Xia Sepo rifles, otherwise there would not have been such heavy casualties.

In several large-scale battles in the conquest of Colombia, such a large number of advanced legal rifles did not appear, which made Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengguo feel vaguely uneasy.

Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the relationship between France and Spain. Now that the Spanish throne is vacant, the most likely person to take the throne is Prince Felipe of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty who is trying to restore the throne.

The Spanish Bourbon dynasty is a branch of the French Bourbon dynasty. Although France has entered the Third Republic era, the traditional Bourbon family still has huge influence.

As former Spanish colonies, it is natural for Peru and Ecuador to receive military assistance from France, which may include but not be limited to guns, ammunition and military command.

The fierce battle lasted until about 3:00 p.m.

The Third Regiment of the Royal Mexican Fusiliers repelled four frenzied attacks by the mob in succession. The bodies of the dead stained the streams and rivers outside the city, greatly dampening their momentum.

Just when the officers and soldiers of the Third Regiment thought they could take a breath, they heard a wave of cheers coming from the enemy camp. It turned out that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived.

Can be seen from a distance

At the end of the southeastern horizon, a stream of people gathered like a tide. They stepped on the green wheat seedlings that were only as high as their calves and spread along the overwhelming wheat fields.

Seeing such a huge momentum, the faces of the soldiers who had been fighting for most of the day changed.

My God...how many people are there?

What he was most worried about finally happened. Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo slammed his fist on the window sill, and the color turned livid.

These hateful thug leaders first forced the Third Regiment to retreat from the city with a huge force, and then sent people to mobilize the villagers from village to town, even using force...

More and more mobs gathered, including many gray-haired old people and underage children. Incited by the mob leaders, they came out in full force and were about to become cannon fodder in the war.

Such a sophisticated and underhanded trick does not look like the work of a Colombian thug.

Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo knew that the Third Regiment was in serious trouble. He had to lead his existing forces to persist for more than two days and two nights before he could receive reinforcements from the division headquarters.

Most of today has passed, and the most dangerous night is yet to come. The officers and soldiers, who have worked hard all day, almost have to persist for one day and two nights.

this age

Generally, both parties in night battles will consciously disengage, because the line of sight in night battles is unclear and it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, which can easily lead to accidental injuries.

The enemy commander was so cunning and cunning that he could not fail to see that fighting at night would be beneficial to him.

These Colombian farmers gathered from all directions have no discipline at all and have no fighting qualities. They are more suitable for a big fight.

Not long after they rested, the enemy quickly launched a larger attack. Crowds of people from all directions besieged the town from all directions, and fighting quickly broke out.

The bloody battle continued intermittently until night. At around ten o'clock at night, the defense line in the southeast corner of Tumaco City was finally breached by thugs.

The enemies that surged up like a tide quickly fought hand-to-hand with the soldiers, and the casualties increased rapidly.

Emergency moment

Lieutenant Colonel Hu Zhengguo led the remaining reserve force of more than 600 people to arrive in time, blocked the enemy's breakthrough gap, and then used a dense volley of guns to knock down all the vague figures in the night.

The efficient harvesting of human lives finally frightened these thugs, and they retreated shouting, leaving behind a mess of corpses on the ground.

Major Liao Changyuan, the regiment chief of staff who was responsible for commanding operations in Dongcheng District, gasped for air exhaustedly. His body exuded a strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke. He leaned against the wall tiredly and said;

"Sir, the 450 servant officers and soldiers assigned to me in Dongcheng have almost suffered casualties. The Chinese militia has lost hundreds of people, and my brothers have also lost a lot.

The officers and soldiers fought all day and most of the night. There was not much ammunition left, and they were so exhausted that they could no longer hold their guns if it weren't for their life-threatening injuries.

If this continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult to withstand the enemy's ferocious attack, there are too many of them."

(End of chapter)