Chapter 425

General Zachary Taylor nodded with satisfaction at Victor and James, who looked sharp and resolute in front of him, though they were young.

"Good boy, tell me your name!"

Victor took a look at Zachary Taylor and replied in a dignified way.

"Victor Logan!"

Zachary Taylor nodded and looked at James next to him.

"And you?"

James smelt speech eyes twinkled for a while, finally said own original name.

"James hollett!"

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Just five days after victor and James successfully joined Zachary Taylor's army, Zachary Taylor left the original stronghold with a mixed army of 3000 new and old soldiers, pushed a large distance towards the deep and Mexican disputed area, close to Mexico, and began to build the fort Texas fortress.

On April 25, a 1600 member Mexican army captured a 63 member reconnaissance team under Zachary Taylor near Fort Texas. No one survived the siege.

But Victor and James are not in this team, so they are not involved in this conflict.

The hostility between victor and James is the beginning of the US Mexico war.

Since then, the situation in the disputed areas between the United States and Mexico has become tense. The two sides have begun to carry out large-scale troop mobilization, redeployment, construction of a large number of fortifications in the disputed areas, and there are more and more frictions between the two sides' armies. In this disputed area, the gunpowder smell of both sides is more and more heavy, and a war is brewing It may erupt.

Victor and James feel the growing atmosphere of war around them. They are excited and can finally fight as much as they want!

I just don't know how long to wait.

But soon they had the chance to fight formally.

A few days later, Mexican troops besieged a US stronghold.

When Zachary Taylor heard the news, he immediately led the rescue department.

On May 8, when the two sides shelled and the infantry held still, Victor and James didn't get the chance to fight, so they had to continue to endure. When all the soldiers around them were scared to find a place to hide, for fear that the shells would fall on their heads, Victor and James just found a place to sit there and let the shells fall beside them, but on their faces There was no fear, but I looked at the battlefield full of excitement. I wish I could directly face the fire and rush to the enemy's front.

However, Chen Mo has already explained that he must obey the orders of his superiors during his time in the army. Otherwise, being arrested for violating the orders will seriously affect their later battles.

As for the gunfire in the sky, they didn't pay attention to it. Although the power of the shell is indeed much stronger than that of the firearm, don't forget what era it was. In 1846 and the middle of the 18th century, the firearm used by the troops of European and American countries is generally the front loaded and smooth bore flint gun, and the bullets are only a little more convenient than that of the firerope gun era, so they should use the gunpowder pot at their own discretion The added gunpowder, instead of directly wrapping the quantitative gunpowder and lead shot with paper, can be used by biting the paper package with teeth and pouring it into the gun bore.

Although it is more convenient than before, there is no essential difference. Even the most advanced guns that have not been popularized in the army have only improved the firing mode and fired faster, but there is still no rifling in the barrel. There is always a gap between the bullet and the barrel wall. The power of gunpowder explosion is wasted a lot and the power of the bullet is very limited.

The same is true of the artillery. Both the US and Mexico use the muskets. There is no rifling in the guns. The shells are only five kilograms of iron balls. The power of explosive explosion is also wasted. The power of the shells is far from comparable to that of the later artillery. Although the shells fired can cause great damage to ordinary people, turning the soldiers hit into flesh and blood The vague body and broken arm can't destroy the body of Victor and James, whose bones and muscles are much harder and stronger than those of ordinary people. At most, they just split the internal organs.

But the self-healing ability of Victor and James at this time is much better than before. Even if they are hit by these shells, there will be no danger to their lives, and even their combat effectiveness will not be greatly reduced.

In the movie, James was shot in the chest by cannonball during the civil war, but he was just hit by the power of cannonball and flew out, which was nothing.

In the end, the shelling, which lasted all day, ended in the evening with the victory of Taylor's troops, which caused heavy losses to the Mexican army.

The next day, Victor and James finally got the chance to fight.

More than 2000 infantry, under the command of Zachary Taylor, stormed into the positions of the Mexican army. Victor and James finally had a long-awaited battle.

"Rush!"

"Kill them!""Kill!"

The two men, armed with rifles, rushed towards the enemy with a roar. The Mexican army immediately opened fire and attacked. The bullets flew across the air. A running soldier was hit by bullets and fell to the ground without any sound. However, more soldiers continued to rush forward.

Victor and James were the first to rush into the enemy's position. The soldiers of the Mexican army gave up shooting and came up to them with bayonet rifles.

Victor raised his rifle and smashed the butt of the gun on the neck of a Mexican soldier who came in face of him. With great force, he smashed the neck of the other soldier directly. The red flesh and blood were torn and rolled up. The whole neck became bloody and fleshy in an instant, and the cervical vertebra was also directly smashed under the heavy blow. The whole head was twisted to one side, with the neck spraying and flying Splashed with blood, the soldier fell to the ground and lost his life.

Victor didn't even look at the fallen body. He kept roaring at his feet and rushed to the next target.

Victor and James, who rushed into the local positions, were like a tiger in a flock. Every time they attacked, one enemy was killed directly by them. However, this was a battlefield after all, and there were enemies everywhere. Even if they were strong enough, they could not be as unhurt as the armed collectors of fur companies before.

The United States and Mexico launched a fierce white-edged battle in this position. As the battle went on, a soldier was killed, and the ground was gradually covered with dead bodies of different shapes, and Victor and James had more and more wounds.