The sun never sets in America

Chapter 98: Blitz on Mexico Part [-]
huh... huh...

In a position two kilometers away, Xu Zhi, commander of the Armed Guard Brigade, was constantly looking at the map hanging at the headquarters.

The two colors of red and blue are used to mark the directions of the Han army and the opposite Mexican army.

The number of Mexican troops on the opposite side is not too large. Most of them are militias formed spontaneously by local towns to resist the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, there are a large number of Indian tribes in the local area who are interested in the Han Dynasty.

In addition, the Nevada area is so desolate that the Mexicans have not built it properly. There are only a few colonial towns and a road to Arizona, and the quality is not very good.

It is precisely because of the desolation of the Nevada area that the Mexicans did not accumulate too many troops in this area. There were only a few small-scale local garrison forces totaling less than 2000 people.

Of course, if you include the local self-organized militia, the total number will still exceed 4000.

But in Xu Zhi's view, it was just a slightly bigger stumbling block, and could not stop the advancement of their First Army at all.

"Inform the first regiment that in 5 minutes, they will start attacking the nearest white town..." Xu Zhi picked up his pocket watch, looked at the time on the pointer, and then issued a combat order to the messenger.

"Yes, General!!" The messenger immediately clasped his fists and agreed, and then hurried to where the first regiment was to report the order Xu Zhi had just given.

"The military department's request is to open the highway from Nevada to Arizona as soon as possible. Time is tight..." Xu Zhi turned back and continued to look at the map above, frowning and muttering to himself.

"I understand, you can go down and rest first." Zhang Zhengyan, the leader of the first regiment, after receiving the order just given by Xu Zhi, immediately arranged for the messenger who had just ran over.

"Let's go..." Zhang Yanzheng was sitting astride his horse, looking at the dense and steady stream of soldiers behind him, and gave the order loudly.

"Lacie, look what that is?" Two patrolling Mexican militiamen, wearing cowboy hats and carrying muskets, looked at the dust raised in front of them.

"It's the Han people, they're coming." Lacey, who was at the front, saw the soldiers in gray military uniforms and flying saucer helmets moving forward in a shooting formation. His face immediately changed and he shouted loudly.

The two of them rode wildly towards the nearest town.

On the other side, more than 101 soldiers of the 3000st Mixed Regiment also crossed the border and marched toward the Nevada Highway.

The most important reason for moving along the road was that Nevada at this period was too primitive. Most of the inland areas were deserts and steep mountains, an area where only a few Indians lived.

Most of the region's population lives along transportation lines, where there are few agricultural and water sources.

If it weren't for the fact that this place is located on the front line between Mexico and Han, the total number of soldiers here would not exceed 1000, as well as a small number of Mexican immigrants.

During the Han-Mexican confrontation, remote and desolate areas like Nevada also ushered in long-lost prosperity.

Of course, the prosperity now ends here.

Boom...boom...

Intensive artillery shells hit the bunkers built by the Mexicans. From the outside, these bunkers looked very new, and in fact they were so.

Most of these bunkers were specially built in recent months by local people and garrison troops sent to block the Han army.

But now it's coming under fire.

The terrifying and dense artillery fire of the Han Dynasty was like a never-ending war drum, ringing over and over again in the war.

Dense white smoke was produced by the artillery fire, which filled the battlefield. Soon, dense white fog appeared in front of the fortress, and figures emerged from the white fog from time to time.

Just when the Mexican defenders inside the bunker were panicking to check the situation outside, they heard a bang and the entire fortress collapsed.

bang...

Everyone in the bunker was buried in the ruins of the bunker.

"Ah... help me..."

"Help me...I'm dying."

When the Han soldiers, carefully holding their guns, stepped over the top of the bunker, they could only hear the miserable shouts coming from below again and again. But in the end, these soldiers just stepped over the ruins of the bunker and headed forward. Kill the towns.

The tactics used by the Han army just now are actually very simple, that is, they use the smoke generated by a large number of artillery shells to block the sight of the enemy soldiers in the bunker ahead. Moreover, in the process, the artillery shells will not stop, but will only hit harder and harder. , giving the opponent a feeling that they are still under bombardment...

But during this process, the previous method will be used repeatedly to test several times, and the shells will be used to create enough smoke, and then there will be a ceasefire in the middle. The opponent will be very alert at first, but in the end they will get used to it. In the end, what just happened What happened was that the bunker built by the Mexicans opposite was blown up...

A large amount of smoke-producing materials were added to the shells just used to ensure that the battlefield was sufficiently chaotic and unclear.

The cunningness of the Han army goes far beyond this.

bang... bang...

In a small alley, dense volleys of gunfire continued to be heard in the alley, but because the alley was too narrow, the volley of guns could not really play its role and power.

"Damn, these Mexican white ghosts are hiding inside, I can't hit them, right?" Looking at the few Han Indian soldiers who had just made a tentative attack, they were knocked down by the sudden gunshots from inside the house. , blood was flowing at the entrance of the alley, Qin Guoming, the captain of the infantry team in charge of this street, had an angry expression on his face.

In his opinion, this group of Mexicans only had the ability to carry out sneak attacks in alleys.

"Arrange manpower to seal off the entire street." Qin Guoming turned to his deputy and ordered, "Get some more dry firewood and light it from both ends. Damn it, I can't smoke you to death!!" Qin Guoming's face There was a trace of ruthlessness on his face. In his opinion, since the attack was going to be ambushed everywhere and cause heavy casualties, it would be better not to go in. When the whole street was filled with pungent smoke, these guys would either Close doors and windows or live with the smoke.

After all, such heavy smoke cannot be covered by a rag.

Row it... row it...

As the fires at both ends of the alley grew stronger and stronger, the smoke caused by it blew along the alley and into the houses in the alley. There was nothing at first, but slowly, a slight coughing sound appeared.

But soon, it was gone again, and Qin Guoming outside also understood that the Mexican soldiers inside covered their mouths and noses with cloth masks to prevent the smoke from spreading further in the body.

But that's what he wants.

"Concentrate firepower and attack at the head of the alley." Qin Guoming waited for a while, and after the smoke filled the alley, he immediately issued the order.

bang... bang...

The Han troops wearing black military masks walked vigorously and formed gun formations in twos and threes to attack from the entrance of the alley.

bang... bang...

In the middle of the alley, a large number of gunshots were heard from time to time, shooting at the Han soldiers who had already dispersed. The Han Army had its own set of tactics on how to fight street battles if they entered a Mexican city.

That is both dispersion and unity.

The so-called dispersion refers to the abandonment of the intensity of large-scale gun battles, and instead, a group of three to four people conducts a joint attack on the city.

The reason for this is that at this stage of fighting in the city, it is no longer possible for the enemy to organize a large-scale and dense enough gun platoon.

Most of them mainly resort to cold shots (here refers to areas with strong resistance. In fact, most of them will choose to raise the white flag and surrender when the regular army is defeated or the town is surrounded and captured, or send people out to negotiate. This is the place in front of you. Towns are definitely diehard).

And the best way to deal with such die-hards is to be more ruthless than them! !
boom……

Two Mexican militiamen who had just ambushed the Han soldiers fell to the ground. There were big blood holes in their chests and heads, and blood was constantly flowing out of them.

"Quick, hurry up and occupy..." Three Han soldiers held their guns and occupied the balcony where the Mexican militiamen had just ambushed them.

This balcony just faced this long and narrow street. It was easy for soldiers on both sides to occupy such a dangerous area. Otherwise, it would be another troublesome place once it was recaptured by the Mexicans.Bang...bang...

The entire first half of the street was filled with intensive gunshots and screams after being shot, giving people the feeling that the Han army was going to fight from beginning to end.

The Mexican militiamen inside also continued to send more troops, but they always felt that they were short of manpower, especially in the smoky alleys. The sneak attacks they were proud of in the past had become a joke.

Originally, the shooting accuracy of the flintlock gun was not high. It was just because the alley was small and the location of the ambush made it easier to hit the target. However, after the entire alley was covered by the pungent smoke, no matter how brave the Mexican militiamen were, they were not afraid. They all had to face death. They could see but couldn't take aim at the Han soldiers.

And there is an endless supply of such soldiers.

"The time has come, organize the manpower and attack from the rear." Qin Guoming listened to the increasingly rapid gunshots from the front, and the already chaotic shouts, a treacherous smile appeared on his cold face, "Be quick, react to the opponent as soon as possible Before coming over, capture the second half of the street." Qin Guoming immediately ordered the messenger again.

"Yes, captain!" The messenger immediately ran to the rear to inform the reserve troops who had been waiting for him for a long time.

Soon, with the attack of the rear troops, the streets in the rear that had long been emptied by the fighting in the front were easily occupied.

And they kept pushing the remaining Mexican militiamen still in the middle forward.

"what……"

A Mexican militiaman was hit by two projectiles, his legs were broken, and he kept wailing on the ground.

stab...

A shining silver bayonet passed through his neck, and a stream of blood spattered out, finally sprinkling on the white face of the Han soldier.

Before the Mexican militiaman on the ground died, he looked at his white skin and blue eyes and couldn't understand that he died in the hands of white people and not those yellow-skinned infidels? ?
"kill……"

"Not one left..."

The squad leader led the team with more than a dozen Han soldiers under his command, and entered a church built during the Spanish period.

The area of ​​this church is not large. After all, the entire Nevada area, whether in the Republic of Mexico or the earlier Kingdom of Spain, was dispensable.

It's funny to say that the most famous period in Nevada may be now.

"God, you pagans will definitely go to hell." The Mexican priest looked at the Han troops who broke in and killed the Mexican militia hiding inside, with an expression of anger and hatred on his face.

"Hey, foreign monk, your name is 豼!!" A joking voice came from behind the Mexican priest. When he turned around, he saw a Han class monitor standing behind him carelessly, looking at him with a teasing look.

Before he could speak, the Han squad leader said, "What cross of yours is made of pure silver?" After saying that, he pointed to the cross behind him where the statue of Jesus was being bound.

"Of course it's silver. After all, it's Jesus, it's God's..." Before he could finish speaking, the Mexican priest seemed to realize something, with panic written all over his face, "What are you going to do? Stop quickly. This is a crime." , this is blasphemy against the Lord... You damn infidels!!" After seeing those Han soldiers violently removing the cross of Jesus, the Mexican priest desperately tried to stop him, but was kicked. He fell to the ground and could not get up no matter how hard he tried.

"Foreign monk, next time, make that Jesus into silver, and make it out of wood. What do you mean..." Before taking away the cross, the Han squad leader squatted on the ground and spoke in fluent Spanish to the man who was already slumped on the ground. , the Mexican priest with dull eyes said, and then he led people to carry the heavy-looking sterling silver cross out of the church.

Taken as spoils of war, they were brought back to the army.

"O God, merciful Heavenly Father... evil demons have come to the world. They slaughter the Lord's believers, even the cross..." The Mexican priest, who finally got up, stood the statue of Jesus aside with difficulty. , praying with tears in his eyes.

"Merciful Heavenly Father...please forgive your believers!!"

In the dim Spanish-style Catholic church, the sad prayers of the Mexican priest continued to echo in the church.

And in front of him was Jesus who had lost the shackles of the cross.

I don’t know if it’s ironic, but looking from the side, it looks like Jesus has truly completed deliverance.

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"go ahead……"

tread... tread...

In a desolate canyon, two armies were making final preparations before going to war.

The Mexican officer on the opposite side was obviously very nervous. He just urged his own soldiers forming a military formation in front to speed up the march to ensure that they occupied the most favorable shooting time and position.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the 101st Regiment opposite him showed no urgency at all. They just kept firing shells in the middle of the battlefield, and smoke continued to rise from the middle of the battlefield.

"This group of Mexican militiamen are probably only left to shoot black guns in the city." Zhou Zheng was riding a horse and looked across the way at some loose Mexican militias. To be precise, they were an army spontaneously formed by white colonists in the Nevada area. There were not many people, only about 2000 people.

After the 2000 soldiers sent by the Republic of Mexico were wiped out by the First Army, these [-] people were the last support. Without them, the Nevada region would cease to exist, and this non-existence would cease to exist in the white sense. .

After all, the number of white people in the entire Nevada area is probably just over 2000, and they can muster an army of [-] people, which proves that these white people in Nevada are really different from the white people in other places.

The cruel natural environment not only tempered their ruder character than the Mexicans in other areas, but also made them look so crazy when facing the invasion of the Han Dynasty, so crazy that even the Han commanders found it incomprehensible.

When Zhou Zheng interrogated a white prisoner who had been captured and asked him why he resisted, the man just muttered: "Infidel!!"

Then there was a lot of insulting words, which basically meant that they are noble white people and they want to kill you infidels.

Zhou Zheng was puzzled. Could such rhetoric be used as spiritual support to fight against them? ?
In fact, Liu Peng can roughly understand it here, because these Nevada white people are the same as the later American inland red necks.

Although they are marginalized on the economic map of the United States, they are called the Rust Belt.

But they are also the most racist group of people. After all, they only have the so-called racial superiority complex.

Nevada's cruel natural environment has caused it to be ignored by Mexico and even the Spanish, and there are only a few white towns. But because of this, the white people here and the local Indian tribes are also the most fierce in the competition for resources. It is a cruel place, and there must be spiritual support. God, Jesus, and pagans have become two opposites, becoming their spiritual beliefs to resist the Han Dynasty...

bang... bang...

Round after round of intensive volleys of guns were fired at each other. It seemed nothing at first, as both sides killed a number of people on each other, but soon the advantages of Han's training came out.

Faster reloading speed, faster continuous shooting capabilities, and even frighteningly dense formations have become the most lethal weapons in the face of Mexican militias who have never fought a large-scale war. .

boom……

More than a dozen artillery pieces pushed forward directly faced the bullets of the Mexican militiamen on the opposite side. in the military formation.

When the Mexican artillery on the opposite side was preparing to counterattack, the artilleryman who adjusted the muzzle position accurately sent the shells to the rear of the Mexicans, leaving the Mexican militia officers commanding the army stunned.

Then, accompanied by a cry of killing, thousands of Han soldiers with bayonets drawn, shouting slogans and ferocious expressions were like chariots. After being crushed, there was blood everywhere and horrific wounds on their bodies. Corpses of soldiers.

When the war ended, the entire valley was covered with the corpses of Mexican militiamen, and an unpleasant stench filled the valley.

Even a few years later, here, you can still see the numerous bones and dried military uniforms on the ground at a glance.

The operations of the First Army in the entire Nevada area lasted for four and a half days. During these four and a half days, a total of seven or eight white towns and so-called military fortresses were captured.

It also successfully opened the highway with the Arizona area next door.

This war was also called the Four-Day War by later scholars, or more precisely, the Five-Day War.

Of course, Liu Peng prefers to call him a "blitzkrieg" against Mexico, but this is only the first step. A larger offensive is gaining momentum.

(End of this chapter)