: Inside and Outside the City

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"What are you talking about in that battle?"

After hearing the conversation between Roman and Thomas Gunton, Andy and Marsh finally thought of it. What they mentioned was the battle with the Indians four years ago... Yes, the information transmission speed was not that fast at this time. Even after four years, it might not necessarily make a thing known to the whole country. However, as mentioned earlier, there were only a few regular troops in the United States? And in that battle with the Indians, they not only lost a whole cavalry regiment, but also a general... Decades ago, wasn't it because of a general that the Americans had to stop their intention to stretch out their claws towards Canada?

"I heard that it's because of the gold mine, right?" Marsh no longer had the intention of leaving Thomas Gunton. In fact, after Thomas Gunton admitted that he was from a regular army and had also been the commander of the cavalry regiment, he knew that he had no chance.

"It's a gold mine, a gold mine in Montenegro, South Dakota." Thomas Gunton nodded, as if he had recalled the scene at that time, with a depressed expression. "For the sake of the gold mine, the government ordered all the Indians there to leave and planned to drive them all to the reserve area. However, the Indians not only did not obey, but also gathered a large amount of force... As a result, our Seventh Cavalry Regiment was ambushed ten times their strength and was wiped out."

"You can't blame you, Thomas." Roman clapped his horse and patted him on the shoulder. "Your performance has proven that you are an excellent officer these days."

"But why did they drive you out of the army?" Marsh asked suddenly.

"Of course it's because of the battle between the top military leaders." Thomas Gunton sighed, "We are brave enough to move forward, but we are designated by those guys as rash actions, will do whatever we want, and blindly conceited... In that case, who would still be willing to stay in the army?"

"It is indeed a terrible thing to face ten times the enemy, even if it is just Indians." Andy sighed, and then changed his voice: "But, which group of people do you think you are more powerful in the Indians you met and the Chinese people we are facing now?"

"It's hard to say." Thomas Gunton pondered for a moment and said.

"Why? The Indians defeated you ten times as much as you are, but we are several times as many as the Chinese, but we can't do anything to them. Of course, the Chinese are even more powerful." Marsh said.

"It can't be such a simple comparison." Thomas Gunton said: "Although we are now attacking them with far more than the Chinese, when facing the Indians, the government used regular troops, and the cavalry units led by General Custer have always been known for their bravery... In addition, the Indians gathered nearly ten times our troops, which shows that their average combat effectiveness is not very strong. This is also the reason why they were driven down from the throne of the master of the American continent. Compared with the Indians, although the Chinese were very few and they faced militias and fought many victories, they were not natives of the Americas like the Indians. They could not hide in the jungle or mountains. Therefore, I would rather face these yellow-skinned guys than fight against those natives with feathers on their heads and were extremely familiar with the terrain of this land."

"The Indians had all kinds of bird feathers on their heads, and the Chinese had a pig-like tail on their heads. I think they should be the same." Marsh said again.

"I want to think so too, but Thomas, do you think we can defeat those Chinese?" Roman's expression was a little solemn.

"It's no doubt." Thomas Gunton smiled. "While it may take some time to waste, and it may not even have the chance to destroy these guys before the Army arrives, but this is the United States of America, gentlemen, do you think a group of foreign guys may defeat us?"

"I'm talking about this time..." Roman said, "just like on the ranch, I don't feel that those upcoming troops have the ability to break those ice-making walls before spring comes."

"As long as there are cannons..." Marsh said.

"Then do you think the Army will bring cannons this time?" Roman asked.

“…”

Will the Army bring cannons? Just destroy the resistance team composed of more than a thousand Chinese workers. The Army will really pay attention to bringing cannons? Even the militias, such as the Chinese, must have many horses and strong maneuverability. So, those army will not know? Moreover, it is winter now, and marching with cannons in the snow... does not seem to be a good choice.

"What if he doesn't matter, what we need most now is to rescue Denver... Those guys must not let those guys capture the capital of Colorado! Otherwise, it will be a shame for the entire United States of America, and our names will be very likely to be written into this shameful history!" shouted Thomas Gunton.

“…”

Writing into history? Several people couldn't help but be stunned.

"We're just a group of militia."

"That's right. But you must admit that we have been involved in a historical event." Looking at Marsh's discolored face, Thomas Gunton sneered slightly.

"I hate history." Andy rolled his eyes.

"I wonder if those guys in Denver will write down the story of us being scared away by our own yell at Angelo Ranch?" Roman also smiled bitterly.

"If we can't rescue them in time, that's almost certain." Thomas Gunton said.

"Then let's get a little faster. I don't want some people to directly give us the title of "coward" in front of our names when they mention me... "coward" Marsh? "coward" Andy? "coward" Roman? "fast legs" Thomas?" Marsh said in a strange voice.

"'Quick Leg'? Why am I 'Quick Leg'?" Thomas Gunton couldn't help asking.

"We were scared away from the ranch by ourselves because of your screams." Marsh replied.

"What's the matter?" Roman was puzzled.

"He is the commander, and he took us away." Marsh replied.

"..." After hearing this explanation, Roman and Andy looked at each other and nodded: "It makes sense."

"You guys..."

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"Bang, bang..."

"Bang bang bang..."

"Shoot, shoot me!"

"You must not let the Chinese rush over, you must not!"

"Don't be afraid of not having bullets, shoot me constantly and shoot me!"

...

Just as Thomas Gunton and others were chatting while carrying "historical responsibilities" to speed up their return, Denver City was in chaos.

The thick smoke spreading across the city made the Denver citizens who were already tense and waiting for the news realize a terrible thing: the reinforcements who were so arrogant that they wanted to destroy the Chinese might not be able to come back. Otherwise, why would the Chinese attack their cities? And they also used such a terrible trick?

Thick smoke not only makes people breathing and opening their eyes difficult, but also makes people's communication difficult, because people will guess blindly if they don't see it. Therefore, when a gunshot suddenly broke out in a certain direction, the whole city immediately became chaotic... At this moment, the citizens of Denver realized almost at the same time that the Chinese launched an attack.

So soon, gunfire spread throughout the city.

This further collapsed the situation.

People don’t know which side is the real enemy in the thick smoke, so when they hear the gunshots, they immediately respond to the gunshots... Although some people wisely use shouting to stop this meaningless conflict, calling in the thick smoke is really not a good choice. Many of Mayor Charlotte’s subordinates, as well as many of the new police chief Dennis’ brothers, lost their combat effectiveness in a short period of time because they choked too hard. But even so, they still failed to stabilize the chaotic situation.

"Damn it, cough, cough... these are... cough... evil guys!"

The chaos in the city is no longer stopped. Although Charlotte does not know what the "battalion bombing" is, he knows that the panic-like people cannot further stimulate them, especially now that he still needs to put most of his strength to defend against external enemies... Those citizens are not clear, but he can still be sure that the Chinese have not attacked downtown Denver, but the more this happens, the more he needs to defend against those enemies like wolves. This makes it impossible for him to use enough power to comfort or suppress the chaos in the city. In order not to further stimulate the citizens, he can only let those guys yell in the city. Anyway, he is tired and choked enough, and those guys should be able to calm down a little.

"Cough, cough cough... How could Chinese people have this trick? He... cough, they actually use cigarettes? Cough cough!" Dennis's face was covered with a wet towel, but it was still difficult to stop the ubiquitous smoke. His two slender eyes had already been red. At first glance, they looked like a rabbit with myopia.

"Why... cough, know?" Charlotte also covered his face with a white towel. Of course, the white towel is now gray-black. The thick smoke is not only smoke, but also brings a lot of wood ash. It's okay for these things to fall on the face, at most it's a little dirty, but if it doesn't cover things on the face, it will rush into the respiratory tract along the nose...

"This is even more powerful than a cannon..."

"Bang..."

"hateful!"

A bullet hit the sandbag in front of Dennis, making a small hole, which also scared the "mad dog".

"This is simply a grievance. I've never fought such a war."

"Neither. Moreover, I believe that no one in the United States of America has ever fought such a battle... Cough cough cough, there are fewer Chinese people, they just want to borrow... Cough cough, borrow these thick smoke to cover themselves to achieve the goal of conquering Denver." Charlotte shouted.

"Bang, bang..."

As if in response to Charlotte's inference, another gunshot came from the opposite side.

"Damn it, don't hide in the smoke if you have the ability." "Bang bang bang..." Dennis pulled out his gun and fired several shots at the smoke opposite, shouting.

"If you have the ability, come out!"

“…”

"There are people on the opposite side, shoot them all!"

Dennis had just vented casually for a few times, and he didn't really intend for anyone to respond to him. So, when he heard the sound of words coming from the opposite side, he was instinctively startled and hurriedly pulled out his gun and fired.

"We are militia from California. What are you doing? Why are you shooting us?" Another sentence came from the opposite side.

"Bad, do you think we will believe this kind of child's thing?" Dennis shouted in annoyance, raised his hand and shot several more in the direction of the sound.

"We are really California militia..." the opposite side shouted again.

"Bang!" Dennis threw another shot.

"You bastards, we are reinforcements. You actually shot at us. What do you want to do? Do you help the Chinese?" The opposite side seemed a little angry and embarrassed.

"Chinese? That's right, I'm just helping the Chinese. You despicable guys, come, all come out, Mr. Dennis is waiting for you here!" Dennis stood up from behind the cover and raised his hand to shoot in the smoke. However, his decisiveness did not give the people around him much confidence. On the contrary, some people questioned his behavior:

"Mr. Mayor, opposite, ahem, ahem...what if it's really those reinforcements?"

"Yes, if it's really those reinforcements, aren't we killing each other?"

"It won't be reinforcements." Charlotte waved his hand, took off the towel from his face and soaked it in the washbasin on the side... and then he went back again: "The Chinese cannot attack us before the reinforcements were defeated. Their numbers were too small, and doing so would be like playing with fire... Because if they attacked us at this time, they would easily fall into the front and back attacks between us and those reinforcements, or even encirclement. They dare not do this, because they could not afford to lose at all. Therefore, they must have defeated the reinforcements."

"That's right." Dennis also stopped firing his gun and sat back behind the bunker. While changing bullets, he echoed: "Those foreign guys don't know that these Chinese people are terrible. They only think that those guys are easy to deal with, but now it seems that they are probably going to be with God like the militia in Pueblo...a group of idiots!"

"But they have thousands of people!"

"There were thousands of militia killed in Pueblo. Moreover, the Chinese at that time did not have so many weapons. Now, they not only had enough weapons and supplies, but also had enough experience... They had burned Pueblo, Colorado Prince, Aurora, and Lakewood one after another. This was not counting the ranch and villages that were destroyed by them. In the whole of Colorado, we were the only ones left, gentlemen!" Charlotte said as calmly as possible. In the winter, it was really not a human being to cover his face with wet towels. He felt that his face was almost frozen.

"Bang, bang bang bang..."

There was another burst of gunfire from the opposite side, and the sound was much denser than before.

"It's not bad. It seems that we're coughing, coughing... This is their main attack direction." Dennis shouted.

"Shoot. You must not let them attack." Charlotte ordered. The smoke was everywhere. Although he knew that this would waste bullets, it might even be the Chinese on the other side who had the idea, he had no other way. Because, in this case, if you don't keep shooting, it would be too late to see the enemy when you see it. Moreover, even if you get close to it, you may not be able to see the specific position of the enemy... because everyone's eyes are equally uncomfortable now.

"When the army comes and captures all these guys, I will torture them all to death one by one."

"Then let's wait until the army arrives, pay attention to the front."

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"How about it?"

The city of Denver is still full of gunfire, and it is also very intense from time to time. Mayor Charlotte, Director Dennis, and others are tense, trying to maintain the situation and protect their city from being captured by Chinese workers. But they don’t know that just when they are nervously guarding, there are several people standing side by side in a certain direction in Denver City with piles of grass burning, among which, someone who was once sentenced to hang by the Denver City Court is also among them.

"All arrangements have been made." Han Hu stood on Guo Jinzhang's side, "But I'm still not very reliable. Can they really be fooled?"
To be continued...