Brigadier General Arthur was shaken awake from his sleep. He rubbed his eyes and took out his pocket watch. Inside the pocket watch was a photo of a beautiful woman holding two little boys in her arms. It was Brigadier General Arthur's wife and two sons. The hands of the pocket watch pointed to nine o 'clock. He looked out the window and saw that it was already dark. At five o 'clock in the afternoon, Brigadier General Arthur, who hadn't slept for two days, began to sleep. The orderly woke him up on time.
The battle with the Chinese army during the day made Brigadier General Arthur very uneasy. The fact that he could fall asleep in such an uneasy mood proved that he was extraordinary. The Chinese army's shooting skills and offensive tactics were not something the United States could compare with. In particular, the weapons in the hands of the Chinese army made Brigadier General Arthur feel extremely uneasy. Whether it was accuracy or firing speed, the rifles in the hands of the United States Federation Army couldn't compare.
Fortunately, the Chinese army seemed to have a lot of things to worry about during the day, so the speed of their attack was relatively limited. Just when Brigadier General Arthur felt that he couldn't hold on any longer, the Chinese army actually temporarily stopped their attack. Brigadier General Arthur immediately ordered the troops to rest and prepare for the night battle. He also took the lead to rest.
After waking up, Brigadier General Arthur felt hungry. The people in Duluth next to Lake Superior liked to make Nordic sausages. The black bread and mashed potatoes with some Nordic fish sausages made Brigadier General Arthur feel much better. No one spoke during the meal. Brigadier General Arthur repeatedly sorted out the plan for the night battle in his mind.
In fact, he didn't want to fight at night. Last night's battle was in vain. They were defeated by the Chinese just when they were about to win. Most of the troops that were lost were elites under Brigadier General Arthur's command. If that was all, Brigadier General Arthur wouldn't be so depressed. He had encountered worse conditions during the Civil War, and the 17-year-old Brigadier General Arthur didn't flinch at all. The loss of hundreds of people certainly pained Brigadier General Arthur, but the "spoils of war" brought back by the retreating US Federation Army made Brigadier General Arthur feel even worse.
After personally trying the Chinese weapons, Brigadier General Arthur was speechless. Not to mention the rifles that the US federal government bought from black-hearted arms dealers at the lowest price, the steel helmets of the Chinese were an eye-opener for Brigadier General Arthur. He had thought that putting such a steel thing on his head would make his head uncomfortable no matter what. In fact, when he took a look at the China helmet, China's helmet had a cushioning device inside. It was not a direct contact between the head and the hard steel helmet. Just this bit of humanized design was not something that the black-hearted American arms dealers could achieve.
Despite his unease, Brigadier General Arthur didn't give up on his plan of attack. It was precisely because of such a huge difference in weapons that the United States Federation of Duluth City could not continue to defend it. At this rate, if the Chinese army were to hold out until the next day, Duluth City would not be able to be defended no matter what.
At around ten o 'clock in the evening, Brigadier General Arthur personally led an elite unit to the location they had chosen for the night attack. It was a very strange little gap. The passage on the twenty-meter-high stone slope was actually an S-shaped bend. If the Chinese didn't guard this place carefully, the US army could easily avoid the Chinese's surveillance.
As expected, the Chinese didn't set up any ambushes in this gap, nor did they try to further attack Duluth from here. Just when Brigadier General Arthur thought that the assault force could infiltrate the Chinese front from here, the guy walking at the front suddenly let out a miserable scream. Along with the scream, the bell began to ring violently.
The scream became even more miserable, and Brigadier General Arthur immediately rushed forward. During the Civil War, Brigadier General Arthur had won the trust of his subordinates by personally fighting on the front lines. Before he could reach the front, he heard the scream of the man shouting, "Ah … don't touch me! For God's sake, let me die! "
As soon as Brigadier General Arthur got closer, he saw a group of people huddled together in front of him. In the dark, it was difficult to see clearly when there were too many people, and collisions were inevitable. Before the screaming man could be dragged out, there was a cry of alarm and the sound of someone falling. Then, another person screamed.
Of course, such a commotion couldn't escape the eyes and ears of the Chinese. The Chinese army had already begun to shoot in this direction. The soldier who had just fallen shouted in horror and pain, "Take me away, don't leave me behind."
Then, he saw several people helping to drag the soldier away. Brigadier General Arthur, who had experienced countless bloody scenes in war, heard a scream that didn't sound like a human's. Brigadier General Arthur didn't let this scream off lightly. Only a human soul would make such a sound when it fell into hell.
But now wasn't the time to think about this. The assault force withdrew with the wounded. On the way back, the wounded first cried out in pain, then their voices weakened at a discernible rate. By the time they returned to the starting point, the wounded were completely silent.
Brigadier General Arthur couldn't stand it anymore. He ordered his subordinates to light torches. The torches lit up, illuminating the wounded's body. The bold ones gasped, and the timid ones screamed in fear. As if he had been scratched by a cruel claw, the dead soldier's clothes were completely torn, and his bloody body was covered with deep wounds. Several large pieces of flesh had been torn off, and a few pieces of flesh were hanging off his body. White bones could be faintly seen under the wounds.
Brigadier General Arthur suddenly understood why the wounded soldier who had been injured earlier would rather be killed by the Chinese than be rescued. A bullet through the brain seemed merciful and considerate in comparison with the agony of this.
"What the hell was that? What did they encounter? "Brigadier General Arthur didn't see clearly what had caused such a brutal injury.
"It's barbed wire. It's thicker and has more barbs than what we've seen, "the soldier replied. Many of these American soldiers came from the West, which was the birthplace of barbed wire. In the vast and sparsely populated United States, too many people had seen or used such things.
Brigadier General Arthur had also seen that kind of brutal thing. After hearing his subordinate's report, he pondered for a moment before ordering, "Let's try another place to break through."
For almost the entire night, Brigadier General Arthur led his subordinates to try in different places. There were high slopes, forests, and flat land. No matter how the terrain changed, the Chinese set up barbed wire indiscriminately.
"Ah …!" On the mountainous terrain, two or three American soldiers tripped over the barbed wire in front of the barbed wire.
"Ah …!" In the forest, a few more soldiers accidentally had their boots pierced by barbs buried in the ground. They lost their balance and fell on the barbed wire.
"Ah …!" On the flat ground, there were a few soldiers who accidentally stepped into the trap and fell onto the barbed wire.
Even though Brigadier General Arthur had pretended to be brave, he didn't expect to see so many killing methods in one night. Moreover, these methods didn't even need to be personally operated by the troops; they could be quite effective as long as they were arranged according to the terrain.
The soldiers who had fallen on the barbed wire also tried to save themselves or wait for others to save them. However, after many attempts, the trapped soldiers voluntarily gave up the possibility of being rescued. Brigadier General Arthur could see that the pain of being rescued was greater than the pain of death.
After a night of torment, they lost at least twenty or thirty soldiers. Brigadier General Arthur found that his actions didn't even make the Chinese troops nervous at all. The kind of random shooting in a panic was not the same as an organized and planned shooting. For someone who had risked his life on the battlefield, it was easy to tell the difference.
Brigadier General Arthur returned to the headquarters, exhausted. He felt a sense of despair. The Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded to the bravest soldiers. This kind of emotion was rare for someone as brave and resolute as Brigadier General Arthur, who had received the Congressional Medal of Honor. In the past, battles were actually far more tragic than this one. However, Brigadier General Arthur found that unlike in the past, Duluth was really surrounded by the Chinese. Moreover, the war technology adopted by the Chinese was far superior to the enemy that Brigadier General Arthur faced.
Not to mention the barbed wire, the weapons that the Chinese troops were equipped with were far superior to those of the United States. Since the Civil War, the equipment of the Army had been purchased by the government from profiteers at the lowest price. During the Civil War, the US Army purchased a batch of weapons from the Morgan Consortium's arsenal. Because the quality of the weapons was so poor that the Army refused to accept the junk. The Morgan Consortium sued the US Army without hesitation. In the end, the court ruled that the Army had to accept the equipment and pay for the purchase in full.
Although Brigadier General Arthur was only 18 years old at the time, he could understand the twists and turns of the story from the older officers. To put it bluntly, someone in the Army bought the junk because they were paid by the Morgan Consortium. The judge in the court also received a bribe from the Morgan Consortium, so he ruled against the Army.
Twenty years after the Civil War, the United States had also changed a lot. However, the US Army hadn't changed much. All the weapons and equipment from the federal government were still the cheapest junk. Even so, the equipment was only basic equipment. If the soldiers wanted additional equipment, they had to buy it out of their own pockets. On the other hand, the US Federal Army's Chinese Army was very different. They were well-equipped and well-trained.
Putting everything else aside, the fact that the Chinese Army was able to surround Duluth with barbed wire in an extremely short period of time was already far superior to the United States Army.
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