New World 1620

As the easternmost Mohawk of the Iroquois Indian Federation in North America, they are considered to be an Indian tribe in North America that is relatively close to European colonists.

The fur trade with French and Dutch merchants in the early 17th century brought muskets into North American Indian society for the first time.Relying on these connections with European colonial forces, the Mohawks flourished in wars with Indian tribes such as the Pequots and Mohicans of the Algonquian language family in the east, and their power spread throughout Kazakhstan. Upper Dusson region and Quebec region.

Whether in terms of territory or population, the powerful Mohawks gradually expanded their sphere of influence towards the south while continuously squeezing the living space of other Indian tribes in the east.

It’s just that the lollipop in history is not all sweet to eat. European colonial forces intervened in the wars between Indian tribes in various ways, which also caused the gradual weakness of the Mohawk people. Fudged as cannon fodder in colonial wars, captured and sold into slaves by Europeans...

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Saturday, November 1621, 7.

The morning training has just ended, and the recruit training camp on Staten Island is in a state of lunch break after lunch. Soldiers who have been tossed by heavy military drills are all huddled in the cool and comfortable barracks, and all of them are spread out like dead pigs. In bed, enjoying a rare half-day weekend vacation.

Suddenly, a burst of sharp military whistle and rapid drumbeats came alternately.The soldiers jumped up like a conditioned reflex, and then muttered all kinds of complaints, grabbed their equipment and rushed out of the barracks.

The successful training of the European infantry platoon led to Chen Liwen, the commander-in-chief of the Land Guard, drawing the attention of the local Indians. After communicating with the leaders of the nearby Delaware Indian villages, more than 50 young Delaware Indians entered the Stanton Boot Camp.

They are all the best hunters or battle-tested warriors that their respective village chiefs pride themselves on.Today, the closely related interest relationship between the Delaware tribe and the Chinese has made the village leaders pay more attention to the alliance with the Chinese in various aspects.This includes, to some extent, the pressure from the Northern Iroquois Alliance, and even the combined strength of the Delaware tribes in the entire Manhattan surrounding area is not even half that of the Limo and Croats of the Iroquois Indian Alliance.

The Indian infantry platoon was hastily formed in mid-June, and it has only been about [-] days now.In addition to satisfying the simple and blind obedience attitude, it is even more difficult for these former Drava hunters or warriors to communicate and instill various military discipline and military knowledge.

But the first live-fired flintlock rifle a week ago surprised Chen Liwen. After the gunshot, more than half of the Delaware soldiers peed their pants in fright, and some even dropped their rifles and ran away. .

For this reason, He Yu, the lieutenant of the Ground Guard who was in charge of the training of the new barracks, not only let these Indian recruits get used to the sound effect atmosphere of the flintlock rifle shooting scene, but also used many Indian soldiers who stubbornly refused to pull the trigger, including leather whips. The corporal punishment inside, and all kinds of ugly ridicule stimulated the nerves of these Indian soldiers who thought they were the bravest.

The simple old line infantry salvo tactics and equipment simplifies military training, which is also the result of careful consideration by the military leaders of the community committee.Whether it is European or Indian soldiers, they only need to learn to obey the password, line up and fire, and the more advanced modern weapons and military tactical organizations, even if the material conditions are mature, are not currently considered in foreign infantry formations. superior.

The result of this is that the military training of the entire new barracks is full of all kinds of roughness and tossing. According to He Yu, the soldiers fear that the punishment of the officers will surpass the enemy's swords and spears is the highest state of queuing up to shoot the party.

In the end, two weeks later, more than 30% of the Indian recruits were led home with regret by their leaders, and only [-] Indian infantry platoons were eliminated.

At least on the surface, the European and Indian infantry platoons can be regarded as a modern army with a glamorous appearance.Today, two infantry platoons of over 60 people assembled in a few minutes and stood neatly in the center of the training ground. Under the gray-black helmets formed by hydraulic stamping, there were expressions of people who hadn't figured out the situation.

"He Yu, I'll give you 30 minutes to prepare. You will be the supreme commander and board the ship with the platoon commanded by Feng Bin to support West Point Town!" Chen Liwen glanced at the officers and soldiers at the scene with an extremely serious expression, "There may be something wrong there. Something, you will arrive in West Point Town tonight, in order to hurry up and reduce the burden as much as possible, West Point Town has enough ammunition reserves."

He Yu was taken aback, and turned his head slightly to glance at the neatly arranged subordinates on the training ground, showing a trace of worry: "The team has only been training for more than a month now, and the Indian infantry platoon has not even been in a month..."

"I can't wait that long, and I can just pull it up for actual combat drills." Chen Liwen looked at his watch, a little impatient, "Didn't I strengthen an infantry platoon of our own for you? If we do things well this time Yes, it is good for our entire Land Guard, you should understand what I mean..."

"Understood!" He Yu said no more, standing at attention and saluting.Then he turned around and shouted loudly to the queue: "Sergeant Scott! Organize the soldiers to organize their equipment immediately, without carrying tents and marching pots, each person receives 30 rounds of ammunition and a day's rations, and boards the ship in 30 minutes!"

"Yes, sir!"

The English non-commissioned officer responded loudly like a cow, and then immediately stood out of the queue, speaking half-baked and rougher Chinese, and issued instructions to more than 60 soldiers to collect ammunition.

All of a sudden, the training field was full of chaos, and the soldiers surrounded the first batch of selected non-commissioned officers, and flocked to the military supply warehouse in a completely disorderly manner, so frightened that the soldiers who had crossed various identities on guard thought there was a mutiny.

Thirty minutes later, a hundred or so officers and soldiers of the Land Guard with live ammunition boarded the fishing boat and drove towards the upper reaches of the Hudson River at a speed of 30 knots.This hasty move was unknown even to most of the Manhattan community.

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The vast iron ore field is located on the hills 5 kilometers west of West Point Town. A very simple country road maintains traffic links with West Point Town. On the hillside high ground of the iron mine, guarding the traffic arteries.

At any given time, the small fort was garrisoned by nearly 30 armed West Point residents who, on a weekly basis, oversaw a much larger Pequot prisoner-of-war labor camp.In order to reduce the burden of supervision, Mayor William even hired a few Mohican Indian warriors to help supervise the mine after seeking the consent of Sheriff Guan Ruzhong.

Today, the once bustling iron mine is as silent as dead. Several mine sheds and open-air warehouses have been destroyed in the fire, and more than 1000 Pequot prisoners of war, men and women, are being kept under watch and burned. In a labor camp with nearly [-]% shacks.

In Guan Ruzhong's telescope, nearly one kilometer to the northwest, there is a temporary camp mainly made of animal skin tents. Hundreds of Mo and Croat Indian fighters who appeared at some unknown time were entering and leaving the camp.

More than 60 armed residents of West Point Township had gathered inside and outside the mine fortress that was reinforced by Guan Ruzhong, and the Mohicans who had been in charge of assisting in the supervision of the labor camp had all run away since last night.

After learning that the provocative opponents were Mohawks, these Mohicans, who were even suppressed by the Pequots, obviously knew the opponent's softness and hardness. It was only one night and half a day, almost in and around West Point Town All the Mohicans were evacuated to the east bank of the Hudson.

Guan Ruzhong originally planned to use the Mohicans who had a little acquaintance with the Moheks to inquire about the intentions of the Moheks, but now he couldn't even find a native translator.And looking at the posture, these large numbers of Mo and Croat fighters who suddenly approached and created a fire attack were obviously not here for trade.

Although the Pequots were almost wiped out of the residential villages near West Point by the Manhattan community and the Mohegan coalition forces in the war a few months ago, the captured people did not suffer harsher retaliation in the following days.Maybe it was the tradition of the Chinese people, maybe it was the reluctance to repeat the history of North America, or maybe it was simply a very utilitarian policy of long-term exploitation of labor. The life of the Pequot prisoners of war was far luckier than their compatriots in history.

Together with the coal mine in the other direction, the accommodation and living conditions of the prisoners of war are basically no worse than the villages they used to live in. Also because the Brooklyn industrial area currently has limited inland transportation capacity, the iron mine is not operating intensively. Only 200 tons of iron ore and 500 tons of coal mines need to be mined every day to stop the work, and the rest of the time is spent on repairing the labor camp and nearby traffic. Even the old and weak women and children are planting on the limited flat land around the labor camp. crop.

In addition to having no freedom and a strict schedule, the Pequot prisoners apparently led a strangely carefree life.

"Mr. Sheriff, a prisoner of war said he wants to meet you!" A young European boy ran up to the small fort with a flintlock gun, bringing unexpected news.

Not long after, a relatively strong Pequot man was escorted to the fort.The Pequot Indian man in shabby sackcloth carefully looked around at the white people present, and bowed slightly to Guan Ruzhong, who was obviously of higher status in his eyes.

"Mohawk...enemies...they want land."

This prisoner of war seemed to have learned a little bit of Chinese in the past few months, and he spoke out what he knew.Under his description, Guan Ruzhong finally knew the whole story.

It turns out that the Mohawks have always been greedy for the intimacy and trade between the Mohicans and the Manhattan community, and they are full of cruelty and greed for the Pequots who once beat them away.They saw these Chinese building mines and settlements on Pequot land, and they wanted a piece of it too.

For several months, the Mohawks have been secretly expanding their sphere of influence by relying on their powerful strength in the upper reaches of the Hudson River and the northwest of West Point. The Chinese goods that Ganren exchanged from West Point Town with great difficulty.

It's okay for the Mohicans to swallow their anger, but this has greatly dealt a blow to West Point Town's long-term layout of controlling nearby areas through trade penetration.Therefore, several times Guan Ruzhong or Mayor William have negotiated with representatives of the Mohawks who came to West Point for trade.

But this time, the Mohawk people didn't know what they thought, and they actually planned to use force to let West Point Town divide the mine to them.And their way of negotiating is to give West Point Town a slap in the face first.

"It's so fucking sick..." Guan Ruzhong looked at the Moheke camp in the distance and couldn't help spitting.

"Mr. Sheriff, when will our reinforcements arrive?"

At this time, the one-legged Mayor William appeared in front of Guan Ruzhong with a flintlock gun, causing Guan Ruzhong to frown slightly.

"William, you should stay in the town, organize the residents to do a good job of defense, protect the residents' families and the pier, there are enough people here for the time being." Guan Ruzhong patted the other party's shoulder, showing a serious expression.

"There are people left, isn't there still Second Lieutenant Cheng?" William winked his eyes, showed a relaxed smile, and raised the flintlock in his hand at the same time, "Fighting with my townspeople, it is the mayor's Duty! Let these savages eat shit!"

Hearing such a slogan, the armed European residents standing guard nearby gave out cheers like howling wolves.

Quietly looking at the other party's disdainful smile, Guan Ru gradually felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart.

The shadows of the Pequot Indian girl and Qiao Daqiang who died in front of him appear in dreams almost every night, and the Delaware Indian boy like Fatima makes Guan Ruzhong carry a sense of atonement from beginning to end. The attitude is caring.

If it weren't for the fact that I came from a modern social time and space, with a sense of civilization and strong strength support that is incomparable in this era, then in the eyes of these Europeans, I am afraid that they are also barbarians like the Indians of the same species, right?Even in the eyes of the residents of the current Manhattan community, except for those who call themselves Chinese, the rest of North America are barbarians...

Guan Ruzhong turned his head to the east, perhaps looking at West Point Town, or a place further away.