The sun never sets in America

Chapter 37
Boom...boom...

bang... bang...

On the battlefield outside Los Angeles, artillery and intensive gunfire seemed to never stop. It had been more than two hours since the beginning.

In the past two hours, Liujiabao Chinese soldiers and Indian soldiers fought tenaciously and finally dragged the Mexican army on the opposite side into chaos... On the battlefield, the death toll of the Mexican militia continued to rise, greatly exceeding the previous number. For two hours, Liujiabao and Mexican militiamen exchanged bullets with intent on killing each other.

The war has started so far, these Mexican soldiers have even lost their last thoughts in the dimness and the constantly flashing red light. They can't tell you and me at all... If it weren't for Baron Roman's decisive decision in the rear, using intimidation and comfort. There is a way to control part of the army, otherwise the consequences at this moment will be disastrous... But even so, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Mexicans are only one step away from failure, and the failure of the entire California coalition is also only one step away.

And this failure is not far away...

"Quickly, retreat quickly..." Sum rode directly to the front line and commanded the several regiments that had been calmed down to retreat. "Those over there, hurry up and suppress it. Stop the chaos." But when he saw After there were still a large number of chaotic military formations on the west side, Sum immediately changed his expression and kept urging several regiment commanders on the west side to quickly stabilize the troops. At this time, all the Mexican officers no longer planned to pursue victory. Being able to withdraw the troops safely is the greatest victory. If this situation continues to develop, then they are really only one step away from being annihilated.

bang... bang...

The Liujiapu soldiers on the opposite side would not let these Mexicans leave so easily. Instead, they fired more fiercely, and even the formation was messed up. They were still shooting at the retreating Mexican militiamen on the opposite side... Every time the Mexicans retreated, One step and a body will be left behind.

Many Mexican officers even cried on the spot when they saw such a scene... When they arrived, a regiment of 600 people was intact and had high morale. Each one of them shouted slogans of taking back Los Angeles and annihilating the infidels.

But now, the Liujiabao pagans are still alive and even more ferocious, while their California coalition forces are retreating steadily, suffering heavy casualties. Even the casualties are not caused by the Liujiabao pagans, but by themselves. In the madness, their own people shot at their own people, and people were constantly being trampled to death in the dim military formation. These all formed part of this huge failure.

But now, such casualties can no longer even attract the attention of these Mexican officers, because at this moment, their only requirement is to retreat safely. As for how many people will die, they are too lazy to count... …

Because 100 people dying is just a number, and 1000 people dying, or even 1 people, is also a number, and they can’t stop it.

Since they can't stop it, retreat is their only option! !
squeak……

The main entrance to Los Angeles was opened.

"Quick, pull the barricade apart."

"hurry up……"

Xu Zhi, who was commanding on the front line, saw the city of Los Angeles opening the door and immediately ordered the soldiers to open the roadblock.

Only one gate was seen. The artillery that had been hidden in the tower during the day and the city were dragged out. It turned out that the reason why they were not placed outside the city was that only small artillery such as six-pounders were left. The main reason was to The safety of artillery and artillery... Just imagine if the position of the artillery is exposed, the Mexicans will definitely concentrate their efforts to destroy Liujiabao's artillery with twice the number of Mexicans. In the end, they will lose vital heavy firepower and precious artillery.

The purpose of placing them on the city tower was to cleanse the two positions captured by the enemy after the first and second peripheral positions were captured... This is also a method of dying together. In fact, it is exactly the same as what Baron Roman did during the day. .

"Quickly, set up a pontoon bridge..." Because there is a distance between positions and trenches, an officer immediately arranged for soldiers to use the prepared wooden planks as a pontoon bridge for artillery vehicles to drive in.

All of this was planned from the beginning, just to wait for the Mexican army to be in chaos or defeated, and then give the most fatal blow.

"Adjust the muzzle angle..." Artillery officer Zhou Yan waited for the artillery position to be assumed and immediately issued an order to adjust the shooting angle.

squeak... squeak...

There are constantly guns and muzzles being moved and debugged.

"Load the shells..." Zhou Yan once again gave the order to load the shells into the muzzle.

shhhhhhhhhh...

Brand-new cannonballs were stuffed into the thick muzzle one after another. After stuffing, they were pushed up with a special pressure rod to ensure that they were loaded correctly...

"Ten rounds of rapid fire..." Zhou Yan pulled out the saber from his waist and pointed it at the retreating Mexican army opposite, which was in a daze and was illuminated by torches.

Boom...boom...

A series of artillery shells were fired into the Mexican militia that was retreating in a panic, causing a bloody storm.

"Ah..." A soldier whose thigh was injured in the bombing was wailing in pain on the ground. However, he was soon trampled to death by the Mexican militiamen who retreated in panic. Before he died, the expression on his face was extremely painful. Like an egg being stepped on and bursting.

"Ah... help me." An injured soldier, holding the thigh of the retreating Mexican soldier, begged bitterly, but received no response. The other party just kicked him away with a look of disgust.

"Give me a hand..."

"I can't see my eyes." A Mexican militiaman who was blinded by the explosion was holding his face in pain, his face covered with blood.

Boom...boom...

Intense artillery fire continued to hit the retreating road of the Mexican soldiers, and the Mexican soldiers and officers on the road complained more than once about where their artillery was.

This is not actually because the Mexicans do not have artillery, but that it is too chaotic at the moment. It is so chaotic that the Mexican artillery dare not fire. After all, with their artillery firing quality, they really do not dare to attack the Liujiabao artillery in such a chaotic time. If they fight back, maybe the Liujiapu heretics will not be hit and their own people will be blown up first.

This is why they don’t dare to fire back with artillery, because these Mexicans themselves know how much they weigh. It can be seen from the initial shelling that, except for the good during the day, the shelling at night is a complete mess...

Boom...boom...

"Damn, these damn infidels..." Listening to the constant explosions in front and the smoke blowing up during the retreat, Baron Roman's face from behind turned dark, and his tone was full of hatred for Liu Jiabao. "Quick, cover to the west..." Just as Baron Roman was cursing, something seemed to come to his mind, and he immediately ordered loudly to his adjutant.

"Yes, General..." The adjutant also saw Baron Roman's nervousness and urgency, and directly ordered several regiments to move to the west for cover, but it was too late.Bang...bang...

On the way to retreat, several militia groups on the west side suddenly heard a roaring vibration, like a dense and rhythmic drumbeat... It was so melodious, but listening to the Mexican militiamen on the west side In the ears, everyone's expressions changed.

Suddenly, a large group of cavalry armed with spears appeared on the opposite side, charging towards them in a dense and neat formation, with their spears pointing straight forward, just like the dense phalanx of spears in Western oil paintings... But they were on horseback. .

Such a scene has not been seen in America, especially in a place like Mexico for a long time. The last time was during the American Revolutionary War, when the British Empire dispatched elite cavalry from the mainland to suppress...

So for these Mexicans who have never seen a cavalry charge a few times, or have never seen it at all, the constant sound of horse hooves on the ground, the vibration under their feet, and the formation of guns on horseback opposite are all very disturbing. Let them feel the panic as if the doomsday is coming...

Originally, the California Allied Forces had cavalry, but it was changed to infantry by Baron Roman, because for siege warfare, cavalry was not only ineffective, but even on a battlefield under heavy artillery fire, it could easily become the target of the opponent's attack... But At this moment, this sentence came to the minds of all the Mexican militiamen on the west side...

“Where are their cavalry??”

This is a question that cannot be answered and cannot be avoided even after the war.

"cavalry……"

"Run..."

As several regiments on the west side began to scream in panic due to the approaching cavalry, in an instant, the allied forces on the west side that had been finally organized completely collapsed and turned into headless flies in an instant. They were densely packed on the dim battlefield, running around without knowing their direction.

"Kill..." Tang Wuwei, who took the lead, held the spear under his arm and commanded the hundreds of cavalry beside him with a red face to kill the Mexican militia on the opposite side that had completely collapsed.

prick……

In an instant, the well-organized cavalry and the fleeing Mexican militia collided head-on. The long lances killed the Mexican militiamen who tried to resist to the ground on the spot. With the power of the horse, some were even stabbed several meters away... …

And those lances were broken on the spot after rushing into the formation. This was also a common practice of cavalry lance tactics in this period, in order to get rid of the consequences of the lance being too long and piercing the human body, making it difficult to pull out.

"Draw the sword..." Tang Wuwei threw away the broken lance in his hand and pulled out the cavalry sword on the side of the horse on the spot. The slender cavalry sword was neither thick nor thin, and even glowed red under the light of the fire. The silver blade back... all brought a more dramatic scene to this war.

The battlefield was filled with fleeing Mexican militiamen and the Liujiabao cavalry who had just fought their way to the other end.

After rushing over, the dragon cavalry battalion reorganized under the command of Tang Wuwei. Looking at the Mexican coalition forces on the opposite side, which had been penetrated by cavalry and had bodies lying on the ground, there was no expression on Tang Wuwei's blood-stained face. You can only see a hint of coldness and ruthlessness in his fierce and focused eyes.

"Charge..." Tang Wuwei suddenly pointed his riding sword forward, tightened the reins in his hands, and then turned his horse forward to kill. There seemed to be countless cavalry beside him and even behind him, like hell. Like a demon in his body, he was again just like before, heading towards another Mexican army formation that had just organized and tried to resist...

bang... bang...

Gunshots rang out, and the first few cavalrymen were knocked off their horses. The horses were also injured and fell to the ground, whining in pain.

But soon, the Dragoon Battalion rushed through the dilapidated Mexican military formation that had just been organized and was not even fully organized.

bouncing……

This was the sound of being directly knocked away by the cavalry. The tall Spanish war horses, especially against the panicked Mexican infantry, were simply a natural nemesis. Even many Mexican militiamen were not killed by the cavalry with knives, but directly on the spot. Those who were hit by horses... those who were not hit to death were eventually trampled to death by horses.

"Keep charging..." After Tang Wuwei led the dragon cavalry camp around, thick smoke was coming from the nostrils of the horses under his command. The horses were stained with blood, and even the eyes of the horses were infected by the war. It turned red, like a pair of blood-red light bulbs in the dark night. Some Mexican militiamen were so frightened that they fell to the ground, begging these Liujiabao infidels to raise their noble hands and let them go.

But what they responded to was an even more ferocious charge than the last time.

"Ah..." A Mexican militiaman who was trampled to death by a war horse let out his last shout, and then there was no more sound.

shuh...

A head with a Mexican military cap and a military emblem on it was raised high, and there was disgusting blood underneath the head.

The blood spattered from the headless corpse hit the cavalry and the back of the horse, but soon the cavalry left the area and followed the large army towards where other Mexican troops gathered. Sprinting... slowing down for a while and then charging again has become something that the Dragon Rider Battalion has to do repeatedly.

After the cavalry leaves a certain place, there will be a large number of Mexican militiamen killed by cavalry swords in the area. There will also be countless heads rolling around on the ground. Some of the wounds of these Mexican militiamen are on their heads and some on their bodies. But most of them were on the back... Because they were fleeing, the cavalry who caught up could easily use the momentum of their horses to lightly slash their backs.

Although the force used is not heavy, the intensity brought about by charging with the war horse is often as simple as cutting leeks from behind.

The entire western battlefield was full of Mexican soldiers who were frightened by the cavalry and even surrendered. They were like cats that saw a mouse. They would not have any thoughts of resistance. In their brains, there was only an innate instinct telling them. They should run away... as far away as possible.

There is even a tendency to spread in other directions.

After rushing through the Mexican dragoon battalion again and organizing their confrontation... battalion commander Tang Wuwei once again let out a passionate, even crazy, cry:

"Charge..."

In an instant, the Dragon Cavalry Battalion, which had just been repaired for a short period of time, rushed into the already shaky military formation on the west side of Mexico again.

Soon, the Mexicans were defeated, a large-scale rout, and the entire battlefield appeared. The Mexican militiamen dropped their weapons, panicked, and knelt on the ground to surrender... Even some Mexican soldiers who were being hunted knelt on the ground directly. Pray for the blessings of these Liujiapu pagans.

(End of this chapter)