Chapter 205: Cow and Horse Slaughter Camp

Since discovering that the Chinese were ambushing explosives in their trench and digging them so deep, Tom Hannis knew that it would be difficult for him to break through the opponent's defense line. It was not that his soldiers were not brave enough, nor that his command ability was insufficient, but that he could not bear too much loss. How many times would the three thousand army consume so much?

He also thought of ways to break through the Chinese rogue tactics. However, after thinking about it, he could not find an effective method. He thought of asking people from Sacramento to help find some wooden boards and other things, and after the soldiers rushed to the front of the trench, they would cover it and use it as a bridge board, so that the soldiers could rush over directly. But the Chinese had those wine bottles. As long as their soldiers could completely capture the trench behind, the army that charged in front would have a dead end. The Chinese wine bottles would burn as soon as they hit the ground. Burning those wood would be a child.

He can also use soil to fill all the Chinese trenches to death. If he finds it difficult to deal with, he can even ask Sacramento for more bags and directly push the position step by step to the front of the Chinese trenches. But if this is the case, how many miles apart is between the Chinese and him, how many pockets are needed? Moreover, when he is doing this, the Chinese will not destroy it? Just like now, the Chinese only need to run back and forth a few more rounds, fire a few shots, and throw a few bottles of wine. He doesn't know when his "construction period" will be delayed.

Apart from these, he even thought of using the "captured" cattle and horses to attack the Chinese positions and use the bodies of these animals to fill the damn trenches... However, an officer who had been a herdsman told him that even the craziest cattle and horses would probably not jump into those deep trenches. Moreover, even if they could fill the first trenches? The Chinese also have the second and third trenches. Who knows what the difference between these two trenches and the first trenches. Of course, these are only secondary reasons. The main reason is: in broad daylight, facing a group of armed personnel who are already on guard, not to mention only thousands of cattle and horses, even tens of thousands, it is difficult to imagine that it will be of great effect.

Therefore, it is difficult to directly attack the Chinese people's positions.

Originally he wanted to wait, and it only took a day or two before his support would arrive. At that time, he would definitely be sure to smash the Chinese positions into pieces, but he didn't expect the Chinese to use any exhausted tactics... To be honest, he really didn't expect this move. This kind of energy consumed the soldiers without any mercy, and regular troops would not use it. Because if this was done too much, the other party would definitely notice it. But the Chinese obviously didn't expect this. Perhaps they expected this, but they still thought they could exhaust the energy of his troops and defeat him with the troops that might have the advantage... Since that's the case, he would use the tricks to let the Chinese know what the real battle looks like, and whether the real victory can be achieved with this rogue fighting style alone.

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Tom Hannis made up his mind. Faced with waves of harassment and warfare by the Chinese workers, he remained calm and just directed his soldiers to deal with it calmly.

As a result, the battle lasted from morning to afternoon. The Chinese went back and forth and didn't know how many times they had harassed them. At the beginning, these guys shouted very happily every time they rushed over and shot their guns fiercely. But later, they were too lazy to run away, so they just walked over and even threw the bottles of wine. Some of them were thrown over without even litting fire. And his soldiers also became mechanical from their original caution. When the Chinese rushed over, they were too lazy to shout and went out with their rifles. Then, both sides were like seeing off guests, one was walking in front and the other was walking behind. When his people "send" the Chinese back to their positions, another group of Chinese would come out and send his soldiers back...

Extremely dull.

Even he, the spectator, felt bored.

But the Chinese still insisted, until dusk.

Then, the Chinese rested.

The night is coming.

It's around 10 o'clock in the evening.

The reinforcements from the Chinese that they expected... did not come!

At eleven o'clock...The Chinese still didn't move.

At twelve o'clock... the opposite position was still full of snoring.

At one o'clock in the morning... The guys in Sacramento sent someone to ask him if he felt it was a little troublesome? Should he go into the city to hide? Most of the Chinese seem to be resting now, with only a small number of guards, and they can take a detour into the city to rest.

He knew that the other party was kind-hearted, and knew that after he was waiting for the Chinese for so long, he was not energetic enough, and the entire army was probably exhausted, so he wanted him to go to the city to hide, so that he would not be killed by the Chinese at this time and suffer a great loss. But at this time he no longer dared to move. Perhaps the Chinese had no ambush at all, but what if there was? What if those guys were watching by his side? The entire army was tired... Although he was very reluctant to admit this, the fact was that. Although the reserve team did not participate in the "communication and delivery" battle with the Chinese, they were waiting for the Chinese reinforcements, waiting from day to early morning, and they were always tense and extremely exhausted. As for those who followed them, they were all over the place.

The Chinese are coming and going countless times, let alone the soldiers. They are guarding against the reinforcements of the Chinese, or ambushings. The reserve team is the main force in the plan, but these "fighting" soldiers also need to join the battle when necessary. Therefore, although they have been resting for a while, they are still not qualified to sleep. In addition, they are actually more tired than the reserve team. In this case, how dare he set off the entire army? If the Chinese suddenly come out during the entire army, no matter how confident he is, he cannot guarantee that the troops can maintain the establishment. Moreover, in such a tired situation, how can he bear to let the soldiers fight in field with unknown numbers of enemies? It is better to stay on the position for defense.

"Order the reserve team to rest."

You can't wait like this, otherwise, you can just wait for the reinforcements to wake up and just wait for the group of Chinese people on the other side to directly destroy themselves. Tom Hannis has never felt powerless as he is now... This is just an enemy transformed by a group of ordinary people, but how could they be so cunning?

"General, the other soldiers are even more tired, they should rest first." Hawke and others were puzzled. The soldiers who played "game" with the Chinese for a day during the day were even more uncomfortable, but Tom Hannis asked the reserve team to rest. What should the other soldiers do?

"It is precisely because the reserve team did not consume too much energy and physical strength like they did that it is easy to rest. If the soldiers during the day were allowed to rest, do you think they could quickly enter the battle post before the sun rose?" Tom Hannis asked back.

"But the general..."

"No, but. I am the commander, follow my orders." Tom Hannis interrupted his men, "We have only this choice now."

"But general, why don't we let all the soldiers rest? It's not possible to leave only a small number of soldiers as periphery. We can let them sleep in clothes and hold guns." Hawke said.

"Captain, do you know how big the difference between the soldiers who just woke up and the attacks he usually showed when they resisted the attack?" Tom Hannis's face turned pale. "I can tell you that the same person's combat effectiveness is at least several times, several times, between just a few people who have just woken up and stayed awake. Do you understand? Yes, they may be able to wake up quickly. But in the time they need to wake up, can they stop the Chinese with just a few extremely tired soldiers?"

"We are the defense party, general, our soldiers are the best. They will definitely be able to get enough time for other soldiers to react." Hawke shouted.

"You are wrong again, Captain." Tom Hannis's eyes swept to the opposite side, with only sparks of Huagong's position. "Once the Chinese attack is launched, they will definitely be extremely fierce. They will use their strongest power to destroy our possible resistance at the first time..."

"But I don't think the Chinese have the ability to launch such an attack at night," another officer called.

"No, they have this ability." Tom Hannis's face was gloomy. "I have a premonition!"

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Time passes by bit by bit.

The Chinese still didn't move.

The spirit of the US soldiers became increasingly slackened, and even some soldiers who could not rest began to complain... Later generations had a fatigue interrogation method, which was one of the most effective interrogation methods in the world. Even well-trained spies generally found it difficult to resist such "entertainment". Although these US soldiers did not receive the same "interrogation" and did not endure the intensity of real fatigue interrogation, they still couldn't stand it... They increasingly believed that it was the mistake of the commander Tom Hannis, the commander, that caused them to fall into this situation. Although the Chinese had some tricks in defense, they could make those yellow people take the initiative to attack them, such as the regular white soldiers. How could this be possible?

"General, you can't wait like this anymore. The soldiers can't stand it anymore." The officers were also a little unsteady. Although they didn't complain to Tom Hannis, it was really uncomfortable to just wait like this and have to keep energetic.

"The Chinese should be here soon. Let everyone cheer up." Tom Hannis' eyes were red, but he still insisted.

...

Come soon.

Since the general said that, no one else could do anything, so he could only persist. In this way, more than an hour passed... around three o'clock in the morning.

There is still no movement.

Soldiers have already lie on their posts and slept. Many superior officers have just pushed and shoved them twice. If the soldiers are more alert and wake up, they will stop. If they can't get up, they will push them a few more times and leave them alone... Of course, they still try hard to keep awake.

At four o'clock in the morning... the Chinese still had no movement. Nearly half of the soldiers in the US military camp were lying there and asleep. Among all, only Tom Hannis was still trying to open his red eyes and look around vigilantly.

At 4:30 in the morning... A "step" sound suddenly came from outside the position.

"Everyone, prepare to fight-"

The roar of Tom Hannis instantly spread throughout the camp. Suddenly, the sleeping American soldiers jumped up like tense bowstrings, especially the reserve team that had been resting for several hours, quickly entered the battle post after a brief chaos, but... there was no movement, but there was still no movement.

After twenty minutes, I was nervous for twenty minutes, and there was still no movement around me.

The soldiers looked at Tom Hannis with a little bit of a wrong look, and even the officers' eyes became strange.

Five o'clock in the morning.

The soldiers who had been nervous for half an hour continued to rest. Tom Hannis did not force them this time, but he left the reserve team that had been resting for several hours.

At 5:05, a large number of snoring sounds sounded in the US military camp.

At 5:20, a "bang" gunshot rang outside the US military camp, but after causing chaos in the US military camp, there was no more movement.

At half past five, the US soldiers had just fallen asleep again. Rows of torches were suddenly lit at the Chinese workers' positions, and a large number of Chinese workers shouted to launch an attack on the US positions. However, they were about 1,500 feet away from the position, and these guys walked back again cursing... Just like what they did yesterday, they did not use any ejectors to throw wine bottles today.

At 5:35, the officers completely determined that the Chinese had no intention of using any ambush. They were self-indulgent and caused trouble for themselves all night. As commanders, Tom Hannis remained silent about everything.

At 5:40, the second group of Chinese came to harass them again. After "repelling" them, the reserve team maintained restraint and returned to the camp after only "sending" half of the way.

Six o'clock.

The sky gradually revealed a trace of light, but the whole world was still dark.

A "rumbling" sound suddenly came from the back of the US military camp. With the huge noise, the earth seemed to begin to tremble...

At 6:05, the US military camp was leveled!

At 6:20, the Huagong position was leveled!

At 6:25, countless cattle and horses rushed into Sacramento, breaking through several defense lines in the city one after another, and many people were killed. Finally, because it was still early, many residents stayed at home, and these cattle and horses did not "carry" the fire. In the end, most of them rushed out of the city along the streets...

At eight o'clock, the Chinese occupied the US military's positions, and less than 100 people in the 3,000 Federal Army survived by chance. Most of them were sleeping or were stomped to death by the ox and horses that were rushing to death when they were about to wake up. Only less than 100 people survived by chance, including Army Major General Tom Hannis.

Before nine o'clock, the news spread from Sacramento to Washington.

It is said that at that time, I had just started work for a while. Generally speaking, Capitol Hill, which was bustling with members of parliament, fell into a dead silence in a very short time... Especially in the Congress Hall, there was no movement for half an hour.

Senate Speaker and Vice President William Wheeler left the issues in Congress, and there were also members of Congress in a hall who rushed directly to the White House. Almost at the same time, the State Department, the Department of War, the Federal Army Command... one carriage after another was moving towards the White House like crazy.

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Washington is already in chaos. The United States of America is the most powerful and most hopeful formal military force in the west. Once the Chinese are in a state of violence or even take a train to move eastward, the repaired Pacific Railway will be cut off again. Then the connection between the eastern and western parts of the United States will only be maintained by sea... But in this way, they will not be able to stop the Chinese from raging the west. It is conceivable that there will definitely be many people planning to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

However, these have nothing to do with the person involved. Guo Jinzhang did not take the opportunity to attack Sacramento, nor did he take the opportunity to advance to Nevada to destroy the Pacific Railway again. Although he knew that this was no longer a difficult thing for them. He didn't move, and still stayed outside Sacramento with more than 2,000 people, staring at the city and his captives... Major General of the American Army Tom Hannis, I don't know how this guy did it. Thousands of cattle and horses rushed by, but he didn't even hurt his hair. But he was much better than his soldiers who were almost dead. No wonder he could be a general. However, although he saved his life and was well-behaved, the general still had a little no sign of rest:

"I thought you would have reinforcements, but... I don't understand. Our soldiers have obviously seized your cattle and horses, so why do you still have so many animals? How can you hide it from the scouts I sent?"

"The ranches in California are all good..." Guo Jinzhang shrugged and said.

"You mean... are you hiding all these beasts in the ranch?" Tom Hannis said in surprise.

"Smart." Guo Jinzhang snapped his fingers.

"Yes, yes, but those ranchers are white, how could they agree..."

"In America, as long as you have money, you can do everything. Besides, we don't have only money, we have people, and we have guns!" Guo Jinzhang replied seriously.

"Coercion and temptation?" Tom Hannis understood a little.

"So I said you are smart." Guo Jinzhang smiled.

"Not as good as you guys." Tom Hannis sighed long, "But I'm still very dissatisfied."

"Why?" Guo Jinzhang asked with a smile.

"If, I mean, if... if... if... I'm not underestimating the enemy, but mobilizing enough support from the beginning, you'll never have the chance to defeat us." Tom Hannis said.

"Actually, I'm not convinced, either." Guo Jinzhang said.

"Then what's the reason for you?"

"We China led the world for thousands of years, until three hundred years ago, even two hundred years ago, and even more than a hundred years ago, we have always been the most powerful country in the world, and the "most powerful", no one! However, the Qing Dynasty, those bullying emperors and ministers ruined our country in a disastrous manner, and instead bullied the small European countries... If we could have a sober and capable leader standing up and leading us to rise again, then, now will you tell me what are you not convinced of losing?"

“…”

"Is there anything else to say?"

"…If, I mean, if, without so many wagyu and horses, will you still dare to fight us? Just like this time, put yourself between Sacramento and my troops!"
To be continued...