Chapter 457: Civil War Escalation (Limited Exemption)
The current ceasefire is just to accumulate strength for future wars.
What the two sides signed was a ceasefire agreement, not a border agreement. Therefore, Tsarist Russia did not give up its original eastern territories.
What about Dong Shuheng? He is not satisfied with the current border. The current border between Siberia and Tsarist Russia looks criss-crossed due to various strongholds. It is not suitable for a person like Dong Shuheng who has obsessive-compulsive disorder about neatness.
It's just that now the Renaissance Army has no more spare power to attack forward. If it moves forward any further, it will inevitably lengthen the supply line of the Renaissance Army.
Then the balance of the war will tilt to the side of Tsarist Russia again, because it will benefit whoever's supply line is closer to the rear.
The current battlefield is close to the Chinese side. In terms of material supplies, it is obviously biased towards the Renaissance Army.
But if we continue to advance westward, the balance of the supply line will tilt towards Tsarist Russia.
Dong Shuheng is very clear that what will really determine the future boundary line will be the degree of development of the area by the two countries.
The railway is the key to determining the degree of development.
The railway from Tsarist Russia to Siberia has not been built yet. They probably don't have the money to build the railway at first.
However, through the Crimean War, Tsarist Russia must also have realized the importance of railways.
Therefore, Dong Shuheng continued to extend the Chinese railway to the west.
In order to speed up the construction, Dong Shuheng even delegated power to Zuo Jigao to build the railway on his own in the Western Regions.
Not only that, he even opened up some branch railways to private capital for construction.
With more flowers blooming like this, the railways built from the interior will only need to be connected with the railways in the Western Regions.
Zuo Jigao has already started building the railway from Huiyuan City to Luntai City. This railway will later extend eastward to Turpan, westward out of Alashankou, and southward from Lake Balkash to the Fergana Basin. China Unicom
Central Asia.
To the south, this railway will lead to Kashgar. It will connect various key points in the Western Region with Huiyuan City as the center.
In addition, in the northeast direction, Dong Shuheng was preparing to build a railway leading to the outside of the pass.
This railway will be divided into two branches on the left and right after reaching the north, and one will continue to the northeast to connect with the Far East.
The other branch turns northwest and connects to the Yuehu area.
There is also a railway running north from Zhangjiakou via Suiyuan City, connecting Kulun and Kyaktu, and merges with the east-line railway at Yuehu Lake.
At the same time, a branch was branched off from Kulun to the west to connect Uriyasutai and the newly occupied northwest bridgehead Amu Habaishan.
Amuhabai Shangxian has renamed it Tangzhou City. It is operated as an important military and commercial town for the Renaissance Army in the northwest border area.
The railway mentioned above is the railway network planned by Dong Shuheng. Of course, it will take a long time to realize this railway network.
But with Dong Shuheng's current power, it is not impossible to realize it sooner. This is the benefit brought by the concentration of power. It just sacrifices some resources for the development of other industries.
Let's set our sights on the Kansas region of the United States.
The war between the two sides did not ease at all because of the Chinese New Year.
On the contrary, as the massacre escalated, the conflict between the two sides became more serious, and both sides showed no mercy on the battlefield.
Even now, the mercenaries on both sides no longer accept the surrender of the other side.
Wall himself has no idea about the Spring Festival, but he knows that it is the most important festival for Chinese people.
So during the holidays, Wall took his men back to Wichita City to make some repairs.
Most Chinese mercenaries are relatively frugal, and a lot of their military expenses are paid directly by the Yangtze River Bank to their families in the East.
So they only get together to eat dumplings and drink wine during the festival. At most, they just go up and perform by themselves.
This time Hua'er was more thoughtful and invited a circus from somewhere to perform for everyone.
However, the Renaissance Army recently introduced a policy that allows everyone to bring their family members to California.
As the mayor of Los Angeles, Wall also announced in the name of the city of Los Angeles that all team members who brought their families to settle in Los Angeles would be allocated more than one thousand acres of land for free.
This policy is still very attractive to the Chinese. One thousand acres of land is permanent and even tax-free. Of course, if you want to own more land, you have to pay taxes.
As soon as this policy came out, many Yangtze Security team members were moved.
Even after the news was announced by the Chinese Immigration Bureau, many domestic people even spontaneously signed up to go to California.
Of course, this news was also known to the American government.
But California is a union republic. It has the power to issue such a policy.
Similar policies were applied to whites, but whites on the east coast did not want to migrate to the far west.
There is still a vast free area between California and the eastern United States.
In later generations, areas such as Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico were still free.
If the United States wants to interfere in California's affairs, it will have to do so unless California declares its separation from the United States now.
Just a few days ago, the Chinese from the Yangtze River Security Bureau retreated to their base camp to celebrate the Spring Festival.
A pair of 500 Texas mercenaries were surrounded and killed by 2,000 Northern mercenaries on the banks of the Kansas River, 30 kilometers west of Kansas City.
Bush originally took advantage of the Yangtze River security personnel to withdraw.
Let his subordinate Ogo march to the outskirts of Kansas City with 500 troops to do a big deal.
Because they heard that there were many freedmen migrating from the Northeast gathered around Kansas City.
These people are gathering here to wait for the liberal Kansas government to allocate land to them. The so-called land allocation is to find a reference point on the map and draw a circle to count it as divided.
Most of these freedmen who moved westward did not live very well in the east, and they took a fancy to the land policy here.
Here they can at least have a piece of their own land and do not need to pay taxes for the time being.
These people usually drive in caravans covered with canvas, and all their belongings and families are loaded on the car.
At this time, there is such a temporary camp composed of caravans west of Kansas City.
Here, the migrating freedmen would exchange some tools or other supplies they needed.
It is rare for children to find their own playmates and play together in groups.
Even dogs become extremely active when they see the opposite sex.
But when Denis Ogo rushed into the camp with his five hundred men, he saw an empty camp.
The caravan that originally formed a circle around the perimeter blocked their view.
When Ogo found out that he had been fooled, his first reaction was to take the people out.
At this moment, a group of northern liberal militiamen suddenly blocked Ogo's retreat with a caravan.
In the caravans surrounding the camp, countless gun muzzles were stretched out.
At this time, Ogo and his group were running around in the circle formed by the caravan like prey surrounded by hunters.
He tried to lead his subordinates towards a place where no one was shooting, but every time he reached a place that seemed to be a loophole.
Countless gunshots would suddenly appear anywhere, and all these northern militiamen were hiding in caravans.
It's also Ogo's fault for being careless. The last few battles have gone too smoothly. If he had been a little more careful, he wouldn't have fallen into such a trap.
Ogo shot at the caravan from his horse. But it was obvious that those hiding in the car had the advantage.
Within ten minutes, Ogo had already turned around. He finally saw clearly that there were at least several thousand men and horses ambushed here.
After all, what Ogo led was just some Texas militiamen.
Only some of them fought in the war with Mexico.
Even after participating in the war with Mexico, their tactics did not improve much. It can only be said that they have more battlefield experience.
Because the Mexican infantry is also scum.
After this round, Ogo had less than 300 people left in his hands.
The tragic death of his men inspired Ogo's ferocity.
"If you want to live, draw your saber and follow me towards the southwest corner." Ogo shouted at his men.
As he spoke, he took the lead in drawing his saber. The cavalry rushed towards the southwest corner.
They quickly approached the caravan as an obstacle under heavy fire.
These caravans were connected end to end. If they were not moved away, people could climb over them, but horses could not climb over them.
Without war horses, even if they climbed out of the caravan, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of these northerners.
Ogo seemed to be possessed by the God of War, and the bullets fired from the opposite side knocked down everyone around him one by one.
But Ogo hasn't even been scratched yet.
He rode up to the front of the caravan, and then jumped onto the caravan.
He slashed the saber in his hand from top to bottom.
The sharp saber split the canvas and killed a northern militiaman in the caravan.
But there were still three people in the caravan. Ogo slashed the saber left and right, and immediately knocked down two more people.
The remaining person blocked the incoming saber with a spear block. This stopped Ogo's charging momentum.
But at this time, Ogo's men also rushed into the caravan on the side.
Soon they took control of these vehicles. Ogo ordered his men to block the supporting northern militiamen on both sides.
Then he led a few men to move a caravan away with his bare hands.
Naturally, those northern militiamen would not let these southerners escape so easily.
They got out of the caravan one after another and surrounded us.
However, they do not have war horses. In order to lurk and hide, their war horses were not placed here.
But just now more than half of Ogo's men were dead, and most of their horses were still wandering in the circle.
Some northern militiamen then ran over and mounted the ownerless horses.
Seeing so many people gathered around, Ogo and the remaining hundreds of people around him were extremely nervous.
They feel that death is approaching them.
When the caravan was moved away, Ogo had no time to greet his men, so he mounted his horse and ran towards the southwest at the lead.
The northern militiamen raised their guns and shot at them.
Suddenly, Ogo's body shook. He felt a numbness in his arm.
He knew that he had been shot in the arm. However, he did not slow down his horse at all. As he advanced, he would also change the direction of his horse from time to time to prevent the sharpshooters from the northern militia from targeting him.
Due to nervousness and the desire to survive, Ogo devoted himself to controlling the horse.
There were sporadic sounds of horse hoofbeats coming from behind, and I didn't know if they were from my own men or the enemy.
Ogo didn't even look back.
At this moment, Ogo heard the sound of horse hooves coming from ahead.
He felt relieved because it was the main force of the Texas mercenaries led by Bush who came.
"Mr. Bush, we were ambushed, and the enemy's pursuers are behind us..." At this point, Ogo tilted his body and fell off the horse. He was shot in the arm just now, causing Ogo to lose a lot of blood.
He had been relying on his own willpower to endure it before, but now he suddenly relaxed and couldn't hold it anymore.
He went into shock due to blood loss. Immediately, several Texas mercenaries went to take Ogo back to the camp to seek medical treatment.
Larger mercenaries like the Texas Mercenaries have their own army doctors.
Ogo was only shot in the arm and should not die.
Bush ignored the injured Ogo, but he already knew from Ogo's brief introduction that Ogo's team was ambushed by the northerners.
His subordinates have suffered such heavy losses, and he, the boss, must find a way to regain his position.
So, Bush led the main force of his men and attacked them head on without saying a word.
Not long after walking forward, Bush encountered more than a dozen defeated soldiers who had fled back.
Only then did he realize that the nearest pursuers totaled only more than a hundred people.
These more than a hundred people were the northerners who robbed Ogo's men of their horses and then caught up first.
Bush was determined and went up to kill him with more than a thousand of his men.
Sure enough, after galloping on horseback for a while, they encountered this group of northerners pursuing them.
These northerners saw that the enemy's large army was coming.
He quickly stopped, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the road he came from.
But now the two sides were very close. They couldn't escape at all.
While Bush asked his cavalry to surround him from the left and right, he led his men to fire continuously from the rear.
The team of a hundred people gradually became thinner.
By the time they met the main force of the northern militia, these one hundred people were almost dead.
Bush saw the opponent's main force numbering at least 2,000 people, and knew that they could not defeat the opponent, so he could only lead his men to retreat.
Having lost so many people this time, these vengeful Texans will keep their hatred firmly in their hearts.
They must take revenge on these northerners.
The Texans are known as the most heroic and fighting people in the South. Their reputation for toughness is well known to everyone.
"Ogo, how are you?" After returning to the camp, Bush went to see Ogo first.
Ogo was his most capable subordinate and his comrade-in-arms in the Mexican War.
This guy once saved Bush's life.
"I'm sorry, Bush, my command was inappropriate and I lost so many people." Ogo had already woken up.
His physical condition is very good, but he lost too much blood and will recover soon.
"I can't blame you. These northerners are so despicable that they are playing dirty tricks. In this case, there is no need for us to tell them the rules of the battlefield. There must be an empty rear after they have gathered so many militiamen."
"Mr. Bush, are you saying you are going to attack their rear?"
"Of course, let's let those yellow-skinned monkeys work with them in the front here in Kansas! Let's go to the back and snatch these people's wives and children. Let's see what they do." Bush said coldly, his thin
His cheeks, long hooked nose, and fierce eyes made him look like a murderer.
"Okay, Mr. Bush, give me two more days and I can mount the battle again." Ogo asked.
He was filled with guilt for his subordinates being wiped out, and at this time all the guilt turned into hatred.
In the next few days, these Texans rarely moved out.
They were temporarily dormant like beasts licking their wounds, but it was at this time that they were the most terrifying.
After a victory, the northern militia realized the benefits of massing troops for battle. In the next few days, they assembled a large team of more than 3,000 people and pushed the front five kilometers towards Wichita City.
"Mr. Wall, I hope you can send more troops to Wichita. We have learned that the liberals on the other side have transferred five thousand militiamen from Missouri and Iowa."
"We now only have 3,000 troops, plus your 20 million and more than 1,000 people from Texas. Our total number is far lower than the other party." Mr. Dodge said.
Today he met with several leaders of large mercenaries to discuss the matter of increasing the number of troops.
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