I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

And so far, the Indian who set the fire has not been found.

As for the security forces and militia, 3 people were killed and 8 were injured in the exchange of fire with the Indians last night.

The dead were all stabbed to death by spears during the retreat, and the gunshot wounds were mostly not fatal, at least not directly fatal.

The Indians' muskets are very limited in power and poor in accuracy, which shows that this Indian army has poor tactical literacy, poor gun maintenance, and poor combat discipline. It is just a typical Indian armed force.

Presumably the reason why Bremerton overturned was simply because there were too many opponents.

This made Gore and others more convinced that this Indian team was the main force of the Sioux.

The Sioux has always been a nightmare for Americans in the western region. If the Sioux can be wiped out once and for all, it will greatly speed up the pace of everyone's fortune.

In the end, Lewis compromised. He agreed to raise a war fund with the approval of the town council and hire the Seventh Cavalry Regiment to suppress the bandits.

Of course, Lewis also has his own calculations, and he has prepared far more than $3000.

The present garrison of the Seventh Cavalry is at Ellensburg.

Lewis planned to secretly contact the head of the cavalry regiment, Gary Owen, and invite them to be stationed in Seattle on the grounds of "conveniently destroying the Sioux Indians".

Although doing so will cause troublesome security issues.

But anyway, the magistrate is not himself, the more troublesome the better.

And soldiers will bring consumption, and consumption will bring taxes.

The most important thing is that the introduction of a powerful force can completely eliminate Gore's strength advantage.

In front of the regular army, Gore's little security team is not worth mentioning at all.

In this way, in next year's local elections, he will be re-elected.

Planning in this way, Lewis rushed to Ellensburg in person before Gore thought of the key point.

……

After this battle, the Ming Foreign Legion also suffered considerable losses.

5 people were killed and 14 people were injured. The casualty rate in this battle surpassed all previous battles of the Ming Dynasty, and it was the first negative exchange ratio since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

However, these foreign Yin people were very happy, singing and dancing to celebrate their victory.

This is the first time they have "fought off" the whites.

Yin Weasel calmly read out the "Tentative Measures for Naturalization of the Ming Dynasty" approved by the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

According to this decree, the 17 Yin people who showed bravery last night, including 5 people who had already died in battle, were eligible for naturalization and would become noble common people of Ming Dynasty.

This made the Yin people cheer even higher.

Yin Weasel knew that there was actually a better command method last night, but he chose to charge recklessly.

This is not the arrangement of the Ministry of War, but Yin Were's own decision.

The army of Ming Dynasty is a new type of army dressed in the cloak of a traditional army.

One of the biggest differences from the traditional feudal army is that the officers of the new army are well-educated, understand strategic intentions, and have a sense of the overall situation.

Therefore, the new army has subjective initiative that the traditional army does not have.

As for this small-scale battle, Yin Were knew that Daming's strategic goal was not to kill as many white bandits as possible, nor to preserve the entire army as much as possible, but to show that his own strength was not too high or too low, and to strengthen the enemy's ability to introduce foreign aid .

And next...

Yin Were raised his head and looked at the morning glow in the sky.

He knew that the casualties in the next few harassment battles would continue.

In the face-to-face encounter and defeat with the Seventh Cavalry Regiment of Citigroup, many Yin people will die.

But these casualties are necessary.

Only in this way can those arrogant white bandit regular troops be brought into the pocket formation of Zhuchino's line of defense and wiped out in one fell swoop.

For Your Majesty, for Ming Dynasty, and for the revival of China, all these sacrifices are worth it!

Yin people, this rebellious child who ran away from China 3000 years ago, must use more blood to regain his mother's recognition!

After shaking the saber in his hand, Yin Weasel's eyes were firm.

Chapter 159 Eagle 001 Howitzer

The second year of Dewu in Ming Dynasty, April 1864, 4 AD.

This will be a day destined to be remembered in history.

Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the concept of April Fool's Day has risen in the West as April Fool's Day, and today, God will also make a joke with the boys of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment of Citigroup.

Of course, the God here is not Yahweh God, but the Haotian God of Daming.

After a week of intensive teasing, Yin Weasel and his foreign mercenary group have successfully aroused the anger of the enemy.

Finally, two days ago, the Seventh Cavalry Regiment, known as the Seattle Falcon, arrived in Seattle.

After getting the deposit and the promise, the war begins!

In the eyes of Owen, the head of the cavalry regiment, although the Indians have some strength, they are still a bunch of rabble in the final analysis.

And this morning's encounter also illustrates this point.

In the two confrontations, the cavalry regiment effortlessly routed the enemy with only carbine fire, and pursued the victory.

Compared with the Eastern Federal Army, which participated in the civil war and had a large consumption of personnel and supplies, and logistics supply became more and more difficult, the Seventh Cavalry Regiment was relatively well equipped.

Each soldier of the [-]th Cavalry usually had three guns.

One is a waist-mounted revolver for close combat.

One is a Springfield rifle carried on the back for dismounted shooting.

The last was the shorter Spencer Carbine, used for mounted combat.

In later generations, the carbine is not much different from the conventional rifle, but it is slightly shorter than the conventional rifle.

However, in the second half of the nineteenth century, the difference between the carbine and the rifle was quite large.

Many carbines used revolver cartridges, making them ideal for cowboys and explorers who could carry both revolvers and carbines with the same ammunition.

So in a sense, the Carbine is similar to the Henry Rifle Gun that is commonly installed in the Ming Dynasty, except that it is more powerful and has a slower rate of fire.

Relying on their superiority in weapons, they chased the "cunning Indian cavalry" like chasing rabbits.

The Indian cavalry has always been good guerrilla fighters. Their combat skills may not be high, but their escape skills are absolutely top-notch.

But the marching ability of the modern army should not be underestimated either.

Historically, there have been many examples of frontier troops in the western United States chasing the Indians for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, or even more than 2000 kilometers, chasing them all the way into Mexico to wipe out all the exhausted Indians.

This time, under the lure of a huge reward, Captain Owen is going to follow his predecessors and play a game of cat and mouse.

……

On the south bank of Xinbo Bay, 65 kilometers away from Xinjin Port and 40 kilometers away from the Zhuqinuo Line of Defense, a cavalry team is advancing.

This cavalry team was the severely injured Daming Foreign Legion.

Although the task assigned to them by the Ministry of War was to lure defeat, the embarrassment of the mercenaries at this time was not staged.

They are like frightened birds, pessimistic mood is spreading.

If it weren't for the dozen or so Yin people who had acquired the Ming nationality who kept spurning and even shot and killed the Yin people who tried to escape, the team would have disbanded long ago.

"Itachi, Emperor Ming... No, it's our emperor who won't ignore us, right?"

A small leader of the Yin people who had acquired the status of Gao Yin drove to Yin Weat's side and asked with concern.

"Don't worry, His Majesty the Emperor will not forget our exploits!"

Yin Were nodded, showing an encouraging look, "Gun Lei, when the time comes, I will ask one of the most knowledgeable people in Daming, Dr. Xia from the library, to ask for a Chinese name for you."

"Thank you so much!"

The Yin man named Gunlei took a reassurance in his heart.

In fact, Yin Were's promise is still not convincing, but those who have already boarded the car will have a hundred reasons to convince themselves that what he needs is a little comfort from the superior.

Gun Lei quickly turned his horse's head around, urging the others to speed up.

Other Yin people can lose this war, but he can't roll thunder!

Before Da Ming came, he was an inconspicuous little boss, wouldn't he still be an inconspicuous little boss after Da Ming lost?

Didn't Daming come in vain?

So no matter what, Rolling Thunder decided that he must restrain his subordinates and bring the white people into Daming's ambush circle.

"Warriors, work harder, the Ming Dynasty soldiers will meet us in front! As long as we complete the mission, there will be a lot of naturalization quotas! Let's all be Ming people!"

Mobilized by Rolling Thunder, the people of Yin cheered up again and turned towards the northwest.

……

About fifteen kilometers behind the Yin people, there is a larger cavalry team.

A total of 775 men from the [-]th Cavalry Regiment dispatched, including Commander Owen.

Together with the security guards and militiamen brought by Sergeant Gore, the total size of the pursuit force reached more than 2200 people.

It can be said that in the eyes of each of them, such an army should be invincible west of the Mississippi River.

Gore beamed, dreaming of how he would become the most powerful sheriff in the American Northwest when Bremerton was incorporated into Seattle.

He glanced at Lewis beside him, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Your Excellency, mayor, you shouldn't be involved in the extermination of the Indians, right? It's enough for me to lead the way for Commander Owen and the others."

"Mr. Sheriff, don't look at me now, I was the best cowboy in Colorado 20 years ago!"

Lewis rode on the horse, pointed to the riding boots under his feet with the reins, "Look, these are boots made of the best Indian hip leather!"

"Peel the skin from the hip down first, so that you can make tall or leg-length boots. I didn't expect you to be as knowledgeable as President Washington!"

Gore gave a thumbs up, thinking that this time the old guy Lewis finally got the hang of it, and after he is removed from the stage next year, why don't he give him a face.

But at this moment, what Lewis was thinking about was the deal reached with Commander Owen a few days ago. According to the agreement, after the Indians were wiped out, the Seventh Cavalry Regiment would be stationed in Seattle Town and take over the defense of the town.

Sure enough, ginger is still old and hot, Gore, you reckless man, how can you fight me?

Lewis couldn't help giving himself a thumbs up for his wise strategy of driving away tigers and wolves.

boom--

call-

Suddenly, a shell landed on the side of the cavalry regiment, stirring up dust all over the sky, frightened the horses raised their front hooves, and almost knocked Lewis off.

Not far away on the No. 004 high ground, Yin Susu put away the binoculars and quickly reported a number to the female gunner beside her.

Yin Susu was not discouraged when the first shot failed to hit the enemy. This shell was a solid shell and was used to correct the coordinates.

That's right, after the technical research of Daming Ministry of Industry in the past six months, and more importantly, Zhu Fugui ordered a batch of [Exquisite Craftsmanship and Infinity Yashide Standard Cylinder] on the platform, now Daming finally has a self-developed breech Retrograde howitzer "Eagle 001".

The caliber of this 6-pound gun is only 64 mm. Due to the reciprocator modified by the cylinder, theoretically, the "Eagle 001" howitzer only needs one calibration in combat, and the coordinates are determined. Cannon fire rate.

Today's most advanced Armstrong gun has three models of 95mm/121mm/180mm, which are much larger than the "Yin 001".

However, considering the SKD001 steel used on the "Eagle 61", as well as some high-quality components of later generations, and the addition of ammonium nitrate explosives, its output efficiency is not much worse than that of the largest caliber Armstrong, and its range is still beyond that. .

Only limited by the import of accessories to future generations, the Ministry of Industry has only produced 3 sample guns, and all of them were brought to the battlefield this time.

As the first solid bullet fell, only 20 seconds later, the cannon sounded again, this time it was a bullet.

It is a pity that only one of the three shells hit the center of the cavalry regiment, the other missed, and only part of the shrapnel hit the target.

This is also impossible.

Artillery is a high-tech arm. The quality of Ming's artillery is objectively inferior to that of the old imperialist countries such as Britain and France. Besides, except for the female corps, the best old gunners have already been sent away by the navy, and the remaining artillery still needs to be trained.

Artillerymen need to know how to measure the angle between the line of sight and the line of sight, adjust the sight, calculate the angle of fire, and so on.

Because of the short service time of "Eagle 001", even the shooting table has not been printed at present, and the requirements for artillery are even higher.

The shooting table is specially compiled, and it contains the corresponding relationship between the shooting angle and the shooting range and other ballistic elements. It is the basis for accurate and effective shooting and making aiming devices.

The reason why the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in later generations once had the situation where the two armies of the rabbit and the elephant shot at each other with weapons was because the original shooting meters failed in high-altitude areas.

In short, the difficulty of the bombardment this time is much more difficult than the previous bombardment of the foreign monk's temple in Bremerton. It is understandable that the Ming Dynasty's new cannon made its debut in actual combat.