Who would have thought of playing like this?

This is too...too...too unprotected. How can we use railway human resources repair vehicles as mobile fortresses?

Seeing the two moving forts, uh... the railway manpower repair car arrived quickly, Colonel Fletcher jumped up like a frightened rabbit and shouted loudly, "Retreat, retreat quickly."

This battle was impossible to fight, and the sneak attack turned into a strong attack. Under the barbed wire and strong defense of the Orientals, the head was bleeding. The battle of more than 40 minutes cost half of the 2,300 troops, while the enemy suffered only a few casualties.

This made Colonel Fret's heart bleed. He had never fought such a frustrated battle. It was too unreasonable. How could he change the human repair car to a mobile fortress?

Don't say it...

This thing is very convenient to arrange and can move quickly on the railway. The most important thing is to provide solid protection for the heavy machine gun team and can unscrupulously exert brutal firepower.

Poor sneak attack troops did not bring heavy artillery, and were wiped out one by one on this wasteland like a rabbit. This battle is really impossible to continue. Please retreat quickly!

At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded...

Puff puff puff puff...

Several white phosphorus flares rose again in the sky, dispelling large areas of darkness and illuminating the surrounding battlefield.

The heavy machine gun positions of the Oriental people roared, and the human repair vehicles that were moving over quickly, uh... the mobile fortress also exerted fierce firepower from the side. The heavy machine gun bullets kept firing in the wilderness, and the vegetation was flying, and the people were covered with dust.

Accompanied by the sharp whistle, the defenders who were ambushing the ridgeline jumped up and launched a fierce charge with rifles. At this time, a unit also broke out from the other side, with about 200 people. They rushed up fiercely with the guns in their hands and shouted, "Surrender and avoid death, and resist without mercy."

Originally, the two were only more than 200 meters apart, but now the soldiers of the Southern Army were unable to raise their heads by the fierce machine gun fire. The sporadic resistance was immediately overwhelmed by even more fierce bullets. The Southern Army troops who attacked the sneak attack had lost their spirit. After the first person obediently raised his hand and surrendered, more people raised their hands...

This short and fierce battle ended after an hour and a quarter of an hour. A regiment attacked and a guard battalion totaled more than 2,360 white officers and soldiers, more than 1,200 people were killed (no injured) and 912 were captured, including Colonel Fletcher, deputy commander of the 6th Division of the Southern Army. More than 200 people escaped at night and disappeared into the dark night.

The defensive troops only paid the slight price of 7 people killed and 26 people seriously injured, and achieved such a brilliant victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders.

Don't thunder!

When the news came, it was Fo Xiao. Dozens of wet defeated generals fled back in a daze and reported the news that they were almost wiped out.

These soldiers never expected that they would have to walk back and forth twice in the cold Lime River. When they ran back, their faces turned blue with cold, their noses and tears could not be controlled, their teeth were trembling and they could not stop, and all their equipment was thrown away, and they looked extremely miserable.

"My God, is it April Fool's Day today?" Lieutenant General Julian Smith waved his hands into the air with his crazy expression, his face twisted and deformed in anger.

There was nothing to say about the battle process. The Southern Army thought it was a sneak attack, but in fact they had been on high alert. As for the human repair vehicle General Julian Smith was no longer interested in listening.

The facts are very clear. The first battle was defeated and it was very miserable.

It doesn’t matter whether there is a railway manpower repair vehicle, it just fails more thoroughly.

For the Southern Army, which was facing a large army, this trick brought at most a little trouble and could not affect the overall situation. It would just be destroyed by artillery fire when needed.

"God General, the entire army is ready to go, you see..."

"You don't need to remind Mr. Allen Keynes that I haven't lost my mind yet. This start is simply too bad. The performance of the Sixth Division is as disappointing as a cowardly woman. I'm considering whether Colonel Antonio should be awarded a gold medal for his successful misleading me. It's damn... The experienced deputy division commander you promised has brought too much shock, it's a shock rather than a surprise... That's right!"

Lieutenant General Julian Smith roared madly, paced back and forth in the military tent like a trapped beast. His rage made the senior officer look at each other. No one dared to say anything, and they were afraid that the anger would hit him.

After a moment

Lieutenant General Julian Smith gasped heavily, staring at his subordinates with a blood-covered look, and ordered word by word; "Order the soldiers to go back to the camp to rest, Colonel Antonio..."

"Please give me instructions, General."

"Let your men build two bridges on the Lime River, one of which should be able to pass through a heavy cannon cart, and I will see two bridges standing up before dusk today, remember Mr. Colonel, I do not wish to hear any excuses again."

"Your will be carried out, Your Excellency General."

"Very good, leave here and let me be quiet for a while."

"As for orders, sir."

Since the sneak attack failed, the original dawn attack was naturally ruined. Now it has been changed to the entire army to rest for two days and look for opportunities again.

In the first battle, Lieutenant General Julian Smith had given up the idea of ​​winning unexpectedly and was ready to crush him with a dignified formation, not giving the cunning Orientals any chance to play tricks.

Snow Mountain Town

The laughter filled the Chinese town, and everyone's face showed the joy of victory, and they did have reason to celebrate such a great victory at a meager price.

Every white soldier in the Southern Army has a reward quota. He will be rewarded with 5 pounds when he killed a soldier, 12 pounds when he killed a lieutenant, 18 pounds when he killed a lieutenant, and 30 pounds when he killed an enemy colonel... he will be rewarded with 200 pounds.

The captives...the rewards were reduced by half. Perhaps it was deliberately done by the General Staff of the Army. Anyway, the captives had few rewards, and there was a faint sense of cruelty.

"Hahaha, Chief Duan, we are going to get rich now. I'm going to tell you to kill this colonel. Anyway, you can get a reward with a slap that can prove your identity. It's useless to stay here."

"Yes, Chief Duan, let's kill him."

"I want me to say I'll kill you, I can save a bullet."

"Get out of here, don't make the bloody hand so disgusting. Let me tell you to strangle. I'll leave this to me and I'll make sure you do it cleanly."

Several officers were surrounded by Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui happily, trying to kill Colonel Fletcher who was caught. 200 pounds was a huge sum of money, and everyone could lose a lot of money. It was much cuter than this white-skinned and green-eyed ghost.

This time, more than 1,000 people were killed, more than 900 enemy troops were captured, and more than 70 officers of all sizes were counted. It was a big sum of money for the boss. Everyone in the military officers and soldiers here had a share. Who would be unhappy?

This war broke out

The Ocean Kingdom has made a ruthless move, and all the enemy soldiers who have been killed and captured have rewards. It seems that they are preparing to kill these rampant white men to serve as a warning.

From now on, it seems that the effect is excellent. The young people are very enthusiastic about participating in the war. They also have rewards for killing enemies, defending their country and defending their homes. What if the fools don’t want to?

Countless Chinese immigrants are illiterate, and it is useless to say any big truth. It is the right way to expect the people to work hard and take out money and land, and to stimulate soldiers' enthusiasm for fighting.

Judging from the military policing system of the Ocean Kingdom, it is quite cost-effective to take out the rewards, because the rewards have been rewarded for killing and capturing the enemy in battle. In the future, rewards on merit can reduce the distribution of military merit fields in Australia, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to future development.

"Please don't kill me. I have money. I have a lot of money. I will give all of this money to you. I have a ranch covering an area of ​​17,000 acres in Newcastle. Sir... As long as I keep my life, I will give all of it to you." Although I can't understand the difficult and unreasonable Chinese, Colonel Fletcher is not stupid. The officers looked at him like a lamb to be slaughtered, and smiled with evil taste, just like a demon.

Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui turned around and looked at him with fun, saying without any objection; "You have to answer some of my questions now, and do not hide or deceive me. I will find someone else to verify your confession. If there is a question that makes me dissatisfied, I will take something from you, ears, nose, palms or feet..."

Having said this

Lieutenant Colonel Duan Qirui deliberately paused, let Colonel Fletcher digest the terrible news, and then continued, "In the end, I will stab you in your heart and take your life. Remember that you are my prisoner of war, everything you have is mine. Can you continue to keep these small objects on you depends on your performance. Do you understand?"

"Oh, God, what did I encounter?" Colonel Fletcher was so scared that he was almost peeing. Indifferent to other people's lives did not mean he was also indifferent to his own lives. On the contrary, after experiencing too many deaths, he particularly valued life; "Great sir, I will answer unreservedly any situation you want to know, I promise..."

"It's okay, you can try to lie to me, and see if I will take away the gadgets on you."

"No...don't try like this."

"Haha... Okay, let's start a pleasant conversation." Duan Qirui said this, turned his head and looked at Colonel Fletcher's officers up and down with malicious intentions, and said, "Don't offend me here. Are all idle and uncomfortable? Do whatever you should do? The battle has just begun. There are more than 10,000 southern troops outside the town. Don't make trouble for me here."

"Boss Zhila, then we'll leave."

"Be serious and speak humanly."

"As for orders, sir, let's go inspect the positions now."

"Go, you will get back immediately if you have any circumstances."

"As for orders, sir."

Duan Qirui sent away a group of his brothers, turned around and looked at Colonel Fletcher with a smile, pulled out a sharp short blade from his waist and said, "Then let's start, where to start... Let's talk about your Smith Corps first, how many troops are there in total?"

"Reporting to the Chief, the Smith Corps has a total of 36,700 people, all of which are white farmers and herdsmen and urban residents near Newcastle, as well as a few farmers and white cowboys in Wollongong. The composition is relatively single, mostly Irish and Germans, and has strong combat power."

"How many divisions have been organized?"

"Report to the commander, there were three divisions and two cavalry regiments, namely the Third Infantry Division, the Sixth Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division, a Doron Cavalry regiment, a Newcastle Cavalry regiment, and two artillery regiments lacked a battalion, and a logistics mule and horse regiment."

"Well, how many people have you come this time?"

"Report to the commander, this time we came. The Third Division was short of one regiment and the Sixth Division was short of artillery regiment. In addition, there was a cavalry regiment, which was stationed in a hilly area 12 kilometers away from Xueshan Town."

"Where is the follow-up force?"

"Reporting to the Chief, he is currently stationed on the periphery of Sydney and cooperates with other troops to prevent the possible military attacks that Beilun may launch. The total number of troops is about 20,000. You can follow the orders of the commander to reinforce the front-line battlefield at any time."

"Well, that is to say, our enemy is not an army of 16,000, but an army of 36,700 people."

"Report to the sir, there should be 34,400 people to be precise, because the troops I led have been wiped out by you, and your planning is admirable. I hope to be able to follow you and do some effort. Please allow me to introduce you. I understand the law, know English, French and Latin, and can also speak a few simple words of German, hoping that it will be helpful."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Fletcher's flattery made Duan Qirui laugh. When a person completely gave up the bottom line, you will know that his lower limit is infinitely low, so low that you can't imagine.

"You mean...want to serve me?"

"Yes, sir, that's what I think. Your flexible tactics of using barbed wire and railway maintenance vehicles have really opened my eyes. I believe that if you can survive the war, you will definitely become a famous general who has made a statement. It will be my greatest honor to serve you."

"Haha... I really want to thank you Americans for this barbed wire tactic." Duan Qirui's mysterious smile appeared on his face, and then he slowly picked up his sharp short blade and picked his fingernails. Seeing Fletcher's souls rose up and down, his backbone was chilling.

This is a smiling devil, so terrible.

To really talk about barbed wire, it has to start with US President Lincoln signing the Homestead Act.

The bill provides;

Starting from January 1, 1863, any American citizen at or above the age of 21 or a foreigner who meets the naturalization regulations to apply for US nationality can receive no more than 160 acres of western state-owned land as a "place" for living and farming for free or paying a registration fee of $10.

The 160 acres of land is not small, the size of 91 football fields, which can be said to be extremely generous.

"Go to the west, young people, go to the west." Horace Greeley, editor-in-chief of the Tribune in New York, shouted a loud slogan.

It was the most difficult time of the Civil War, and the development of the West was far less developed than it is now. Instead, it was large tracts of land abandoned. It was originally a good bill to provide welfare to the American people, but it did not receive more applause.

For ordinary people

The lack of supporting facilities such as medical care, life and transportation can be overcome. The wild western security is the biggest problem. The ubiquitous gunmen, villains, horse bandits and beasts have left this barren land chaotic and disorderly.
To be continued...