War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

A week later, this pointless war of attrition continues.

Zachary Taylor's rhetoric did not come true. The U.S. military would scream and run back when encountering a slight resistance in front of the Albuquerque Fortress.

You must know that these people still have bullets, so the supervising team naturally does not dare to embarrass them.

Ever since, a strange scene appeared.

A few sparse gunshots were heard from the city wall, and then the American troops fell down in rows.

At first the commanders on both sides couldn't believe their eyes.

U.S. Army Provisional Command.

"General! The Mexicans' firepower is too fierce! The siege troops suffered heavy losses, please suppress fire."

"How is this possible! In one week, we fired fifty tons of artillery shells! Several cannons exploded! How can the other side still have such fierce firepower?!"

Zachary Taylor was so angry that he kicked the table over. The staff looked at the food on the ground and could only sigh helplessly.

A staff officer said: "Perhaps the intelligence is wrong. The main force of the Mexicans has not left the Albuquerque Fortress."

Another staff officer also said: "Otherwise, there is a tunnel, and the Mexicans can continuously receive reinforcements and supplies. Otherwise, why don't they surrender?"

Zachary Taylor wants to kick people this time. Mexico has a total of 100,000 troops. Now there are hundreds of thousands of people besieging Winfield in Veracruz. There are tens of thousands of people fighting the rebellion in the south. Now in the Albuquerque Fortress There are hundreds of thousands of people confronting him.

"How is this possible!" Zachary Taylor roared.

As for the so-called tunnel, it was even more impossible. Zachary Taylor couldn't imagine how much of a project it would take to maintain the supply of tens of thousands of people, but he still ordered it.

"Send out the reconnaissance cavalry and search carefully for me! If it's not five kilometers, expand it to ten kilometers!"

"Yes!" The reconnaissance company commander took the order and immediately attacked.

In fact, these scouts had long wanted to go out for some air, and the atmosphere at the headquarters was tense and awkward. Because the US military has never had such a large establishment before, a large number of troops are temporarily mixed together, and various problems often arise in command and dispatch.

Coupled with the fact that the war has not been going well for so long, Zachary Taylor's anger is growing day by day. The unlucky ones are naturally those who have to be on standby at the headquarters.

The brigadier general who was scolded by the commander on the other side was not convinced and retorted: "The Mexican city wall is several meters thick! Those artillerymen use infantry guns, but how can they penetrate it with a caliber of only three or four pounds?

Besides, what kind of soldiers did you give me? How can they fight if they can't stand firmly? ! "

"What did you say! You have been dismissed! Brigadier General!" Zachary Taylor roared angrily.

"I don't want to fight yet! I'm going to Washington to sue! Just wait until you go to court-martial!" The brigadier general was also a ruthless man. He took off his uniform and threw it to the ground, striding out of the headquarters.

Zachary Taylor's nose was almost crooked with anger, but unfortunately the other person was the son of a senator. He could only suppress the anger in his heart and said to the staff officer Johnny on the side.

"I now appoint you as the commander of the 52nd Brigade, and at the same time hand over the 1st Virginia Brigade to you. You must show the style of our Virginians." Zachary Taylor hugged his staff officer And whispered softly: "I think highly of you, child."

Johnny is a top student from West Point Military Academy, and he knows that he must boost morale at this time. So when Johnny came to the front line, the first thing he did was execute several soldiers who had deserted, and then gave a generous speech.

The content is just the same, that it is destiny for the United States to rule North America, that we must have the courage to sacrifice for the United States, and that we must fight for freedom and democracy.

Then the scene at the beginning was repeated, with a few sparse gunshots coming from the city wall, and then the American troops fell down in rows.

After several attacks, the corpses of American troops were everywhere, and the Mexicans on the city began to celebrate their victory.

Brigadier General Johnny could only order a retreat. As the bugler sounded the retreat triangle, the American corpses on the ground suddenly came to life and ran towards the American position.

The black people on the city wall who saw this scene were very surprised, and then shouted.

"Witchcraft! This is witchcraft! They used witchcraft!"

Looking at his panicked soldiers, Diego sighed helplessly.

"Damn! Americans actually have necromancers! Tell the brothers that bullets must be soaked in urine, so as to destroy those evil creations."

As the saying goes, when you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent.

This sentence also applies to the battlefield of Veracruz. One does not know how to defend, so he chooses to attack, and one does not know how to attack, so he chooses to defend.

Then a strange scene appeared. The surrounded American troops rushed left and right in the encirclement network, but finally returned to Veracruz.

In fact, the US military relies entirely on port supplies, so even if it wins the battle, it does not dare to go deeper. Although the Mexican army suffered repeated defeats, it always maintained an encirclement.

St. Gabriel, Stephen Carney, after many unsuccessful attacks, finally came up with the idea of ​​filling in the trenches.

I have to say that this tactic was very effective. It only took the US military a few days to fill in the trench in front of the fortress.

But even without the trenches, these American soldiers were unwilling to forcefully attack the city.

They could always find 10,000 reasons to refuse to attack the city. Stephen Carney initially hoped that Fremont and Robert Stockton could do something good on the west coast, and then he would be able to reap the benefits. .

As a result, the Austrian side directly sent Robert Stockton's letter of surrender and John Fremont's hat.

However, Washington did not mention a word about the expedition fleet. Stephen Carney believed that the actual situation would be worse than he imagined.

It is said that the Saint Gabriel Fortress blocked the advance of the American army, but it is better to say that this narrow valley prevented the Austrians from further expanding their victory.

Now whenever he closes his eyes, he will think of the fire that day. He doesn't know what method the Austrians used to actually set the entire camp on fire and let his soldiers kill each other.

Stephen Carney even suspected that the Austrians had borrowed the power of Satan. Other than that, he could not explain why his soldiers killed each other.

"Yes, that must be the power of Satan!"

The surrounding staff officers and officers were all stunned by Stephen Carney's sudden words.

"Satan?"

"Yes! Does this look like a huge six-pointed star magic circle?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Stephen Carney continued.

"This must be a sacrifice! Yes, they need enough lives and souls to complete the sacrifice. Then they can resurrect the ancient evil god who is sleeping in Death Valley!"

The staff and officers had actually heard some legends about Death Valley. No one cared about it at first, but under Stephen Carney's suspicious guidance, they couldn't help but start to feel a little scared.

"Indeed, we have been bombing for so long, but we haven't seen the bodies of the Austrians. Are they all undead!?"

Stephen Carney: "That's right! Report to Washington immediately, we need military chaplains! A lot of them!"