Chapter 149 On August 3, the Oxnard defensive battle!
"kill!"
"kill!"
"Aim! Open fire!"
Bang bang bang bang...
Time passed slowly, and Li Mengyang did not let them disappear in vain. He was seizing the last little time to train his compatriots.
This has done its best, and there is no other way. However, there are a few good news about the revolutionary army now, on the one hand, it is that its morale is high. After all, under the leadership of Li Mengyang, the revolutionary army has never lost a single battle.
On the other hand, that is logistics, and equipment can be assured.
The logistics matter is interesting. The Revolutionary Army detained a lot of supplies, so they just used these things, right?
As for equipment, it has not been produced, but fortunately, there were enough goods in New York, which were more than 100 ships, and Li Mengyang loaded a lot of guns and ammunition.
There is no need to consider these things, but Li Mengyang is still the most worried about one thing, that is the performance of a group of new recruits on the battlefield.
"Report!"
When I heard the call from the messenger came from afar.
"Please tell me!" Li Mengyang was standing on a small hill east of Oxnard. This was the last remnant of Mount Nevada. It was just here, and the Pacific Ocean could be seen on the west side, so the choice of this position was also impeccable.
"Your Majesty!" The messenger did not dismount and immediately saluted, "We have discovered the US military five miles away!"
“How many are there?”
"Not particularly clear, but there is at least one brigade!"
"Very good!" It's really good. I've been waiting for this day for a long time.
Li Mengyang looked at his pocket watch. "The time is August 3rd. Tell all the soldiers that we will face the vicious enemy soon, so now I order all the officers and soldiers to enter the first-level combat readiness state!"
You really want to say that this guy Li Mengyang has never been to a military academy, but he has done a very concise job when giving orders. After all, he has fought a lot of battles.
"yes-private!" The messenger immediately stopped.
At this time, Li Mengyang's position was arranged like this. The hill where he was located was the high point, with two Gatling machine guns and 5 cannons arranged on it.
This angle and position can just exert the lethality of a machine gun. In this era, the killing effect of a machine gun is much better than that of a cannon!
Moreover, Li Mengyang knew that machine guns must be arranged on both wings of the front line, and he did not know the specific reason. However, such arrangements have the best killing effect.
There were 500 people arranged on the mountain, mainly to control machine guns and guard this commanding height. At the foot of the mountain, there were two lines of defense!
The first one is at the forefront of Oxnard, where there are three thousand Chinese troops, and they are the leader!
And after that, that is the revolutionary army, with 1,500 people here!
There are two thousand Chinese troops left, they are the logistics forces and the general reserve team.
By the way, this reserve team is a little less, but Li Mengyang is still full of confidence in his arrangements.
As long as you have seen Oxnard's terrain, you will definitely know that if someone is a defense here, then it will be too difficult to pass here unless you are a seagull.
Mount Nevada is only a few kilometers away from the coastline, which means that there is only such a narrow route left for the opponent to attack.
Now, there are two lines of defense, plus a commanding height, and the front line has been dug trenches, with machine guns guarding both wings, and the current tactics of the US military, such a front line is simply impregnable!
To put it bluntly, it is precisely because of this that Li Mengyang sent his compatriots, just these guys who had not trained for two months, to the battlefield. Li Mengyang is not crazy yet, so he wouldn't let his compatriots die!
All arrangements are actually perfect, but Li Mengyang probably was wrong, that is, the US military coming this time is different...
Time, August 3, 1862, it seemed that something big happened in San Francisco, California several years ago. However, many people couldn't remember it, after all, things changed.
On the afternoon of that day, a group of tough people appeared in the northwest of Oxnard. These guys were very strange. They were wearing the American flag, and some were wearing the uniforms of the US military, but more guys were obviously not good!
More people don't wear uniforms. These guys are dressed in jeans. They have dark faces and mouthfuls of yellow teeth. They even spit thick phlegm when they have nothing to do and fiddled with their guns.
Yes, there are many types of guns and ammunition, and more people are holding revolvers, because among these individuals, there are particularly many people riding horses.
Most of the current US military standard rifles are equipped with front guns, which is cheap. If you kill people immediately, you have to get a revolver without using the Burnside rifle.
But there are just such a group of people and such a bunch of weirdos, Sheriff Curtis knew in his heart that they were the last hope in California!
These guys used to be all bandits, and many of them were basically the kind of people who could just go to the gallows without being judged.
But these guys are the ones who are willing to fight for California now!
The total number is about 5,000, which is the largest unit led by Curtis, and their current target...
"hey-guys!" Curtis began to be the most important and only pre-stop mobilization in his life. "I know what kind of bastards you used to be! You also know what I do! But today, we have joined hands for California! We can join hands today! Because if we don't do this, then California may not be ours! Can you still rob and kill people? Will I still be ordered to arrest you? No more!"
What this said... is simply unsightly, but you can't say it, Americans like this one.
Curtis finally shouted: "Battleballers! Do whatever you want for us! Let's do a big fight!"
“Oh oh oh oh!”
"Woo la la la la!"
All kinds of voices came, and they were mainly cheering, and some even learned from the Indians' calls!
Li Mengyang saw this scene in the telescope. Although he couldn't hear what those guys were saying, they were obviously a group of mobs. This made Li Mengyang even more convinced that he could win the battle!
And, that seems to be Sheriff Curtis?
Li Mengyang saw it very clearly. It was an old acquaintance of his own. For some reason, Li Mengyang suddenly felt like, "I, Hu Hansan, are back again"!
Sheriff Curtis naturally didn't know what kind of mentality his opponent had, and now, all he needed was attack!
“guys! Go forward!”
“Oh oh oh oh!”
"Woo la la la la!"
With a whistle, these mobs began to activate horsepower. Oxnard, who had been coming to speed up before.
"Here you!" Li Mengyang could see clearly that the opponent had already started attacking, so he didn't have to make up for it.
"Tell everyone, fight!"
"Yes!" The commander went down immediately. In fact, it was the same if he couldn't go down. Everyone understood what to do at this time.
At this time, Li Mengyang suddenly pulled out his sword and pointed forward.
"Article ready! Open fire!"
Boom! Boom!
To be honest, as for the artillery under Li Mengyang, they are not very qualified. They can basically get the direction of the cannons right, but they don’t understand the specific position and the shells they use.
Artillery, in this era, is really a technical army. Not to mention now, there are not many Chinese people who will shoot artillery decades later.
Li Mengyang doesn’t know either, but now you have to come on the shelves!
Boom! Boom!
But let alone, the opponents are quick to rush, and most of them are recruits, so the horse has never seen any big world, so this artillery fire really works, and the hula la really made many cowboys fall off the horse!
"Okay!" Li Mengyang saw that there was a door, and it was a good start. So, continue!
"Open fire!"
Boom! Boom!
On the hills, artillery kept roaring, but in this era, artillery was not lethal enough for cavalry, so now it depends on the defense line on the flat ground and the soldiers in the trenches.
The first line of defense, that is, the Chinese line of defense, is about to stand the test!
"Old Zhang! How do you feel?"
"What are you asking about this?"
"Have you peed?"
"Me? No!"
"Fuck me pissed!"
"Fuck!"
The Chinese soldiers in the trench are really pure recruits. Although their opponents are also recruits, they were all killers who did not blink before, which is absolutely incomparable. So, many Chinese soldiers saw the other party's impact and their legs trembled!
"It's about to enter the shooting range!" Chamberlain ordered that he could only follow a section of the trench to command now. "Prepare! Aim!"
The voice was long because he wanted his opponent to put it closer and then shoot.
"Ah!" Some Chinese soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. They were so scared that they turned around and ran back!
"**!" Chamberlain cursed!
"Is it a shame for him?" Mai Youli was even more determined. He raised his hand and shot him, and implemented the battlefield discipline without saying a word!
Li Mengyang had previously reminded that this war must be tenacious and ruthless. Moreover, why did he put the 1,500 people from the Revolutionary Army on the second line of defense?
The rumbling sound of horse hooves is getting closer and closer.
"This, this..."
"So scary!"
"Keep! Keep!" Chamberlain was still shouting, it was still a bit far away, but he saw some soldiers unable to hold on, hey~
"Let's fire!" Just do it! It's not OK to not fire a few shots!
Bang bang bang bang...
Rows of bullets were shot out in the trenches, but what Li Mengyang saw in the telescope was that the effect seemed quite average, and not many enemies were caught off guard... (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!