Chapter 1408 One Minute Man (First update, please subscribe)
The war broke out!
For the people of Seattle, they were undoubtedly the first to feel the war.
He didn't even need the governor's order. After learning that the Ming Empire's army had crossed the border and invaded Washington State, Mayor Wilson mobilized the militia while waiting for the governor's order.
militia!
North America is a region with a militia tradition. As early as the British colonial era, in order to defend against Indian attacks, every man had to equip himself with swords, muskets and gunpowder. This was the beginning of the North American militia.
These militiamen are basically ragged, bearded farmers who have not received formal training and have a variety of weapons. Although they are soldiers when they go out and civilians when they come in, they come and go without a trace. Their characteristic is that they can gather within one minute of receiving the battle report and rush to the mission site. That is why they are called "one-minute men".
Historically, it was these "Minute Men" who resisted the attacks of the Indians, allowing Britain to not only gain a foothold in North America, but also achieve expansion in North America.
On April 19, 1775, Lexington fired the first shot of the American Revolutionary War, and it was the "Minute Men" who fired this shot.
After the War of Independence, although the United States disbanded its standing army, state militias remained the most important armed force in the United States. Several major wars that the United States has experienced since then, such as the Second War of Independence, the Civil War, and the Mexican-American War, were mostly fought by mobilizing state militias to temporarily form a national army, which was then disbanded after the war.
The Militia Act, enacted in 1993, determined that the militia organizations of each state would be incorporated into the "National Guard" and governed by the governor. However, the National Guard is a guard, and every rural area and town in the United States has its own militia organization.
When the mayor of Seattle mobilized the militia, like many people, Douglas Jr. had already taken up arms and joined the men in the town to defend their homes.
Standing in the dense woods, Douglas Jr. was holding a Spencer rifle, aiming at the road ahead. The others were scattered around, holding various weapons, even old-fashioned Sharps rifles.
"I heard that the Ming people have already conquered the fortress, and they are heading towards us."
Leaning against a fallen giant sequoia tree that was half a man's thickness, Seale, holding a Remington rolling rifle in his arms, said to Douglas Jr.
"The fortress was captured so quickly? How is this possible? Didn't they say that they could hold out against the Ming people for a year?"
"Only God knows what's going on. So, we may encounter more Ming people than we imagined. So we must fight quickly and make a quick decision. Fire a few shots and leave. We must not fight to the end..."
The reason why Xier gave such advice was not only because he and little Douglas were neighbors, he and little Douglas's mother were friends, and they were very good friends.
"I know, Syl."
When little Douglas nodded, someone came running towards him with his back bent.
"The Ming people are coming, the Ming people are coming..."
When everyone heard this, they picked up their weapons and aimed at the road in the forest.
A small group of about a dozen people were coming over. They were the vanguards. They walked in rows of two along the edge of the road. It was obvious that they seemed very alert and always paid attention to their surroundings while walking.
“This tree is so big!”
Cheng Guo looked up at the giant trees on the roadside that were as tall as dozens of stories, his eyes full of surprise.
"This tree must be hundreds of meters tall!"
"Redwood! It's the largest tree in the world, and can grow to hundreds of meters. There are many such giant trees from the North Sea Governor's District to California. I heard that in California, there are giant trees with a diameter of more than ten meters..."
After explaining, Li Chengde added casually.
"It's in the elementary school geography textbook. You must not have taken it seriously when you were studying."
"Hey, squad leader, you know all this..."
As everyone was walking and talking, Li Chengde glanced up at the mountain. All he saw were towering trees. Even the ordinary cedars were hundreds of years old. This was America.
Li Chengde, who was born in the mountainous area of southern Anhui, clearly remembers that there were not many century-old trees in the mountains of his hometown. If there were such trees, they would probably have been taken away by the government to build houses. There were huge trees everywhere...
As he was thinking about this, suddenly, as if by some kind of intuition, he looked towards the foggy forest, then raised his left hand. The soldiers who were chatting stopped, knelt on one knee, and looked around with their guns pointed.
"Squad leader, there seems to be no movement."
Almost at the moment he finished speaking, accompanied by a gunshot, Cheng Guo's body softened and he fell down.
"There's an ambush!"
As he lay down, Li Chengde shouted at Cheng Guo.
"Guozi, Guozi..."
Cheng Guo, who was shot in the chest, had a bloody chest. He twitched a few times and then stopped breathing.
"The enemy is on the hill..."
Rushing to a big tree, Li Chengde raised his rifle and fired a shot at the woods. He stared at the smoke rising from the forest from time to time, observed for a while, and then shouted.
"It's a small group of militia. Weitao, take a few people to flank them from the left wing, and the rest of you will fight with me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chengde, who had half of his body extended out again, launched a burst of attacks at the enemy - he kept pulling the bolt, aiming and shooting, and then pulled the bolt again...
"Damn, it would be great if there was a machine gun..."
While complaining in his heart that the rifle could not suppress the enemy, Li Chengde heard the screams of his comrades who were shot. Another brother was shot.
After loading two rows of bullets and reloading the gun, he glanced to the left and vaguely saw that Wei Tao and his two brothers were approaching not far from the enemy.
"With a grenade."
Lying under a broken tree in the forest, looking at the Americans hiding behind the tree, Sun Weitao took out a grenade, pulled the fuse, and threw it at the location where several Americans were gathered.
As the grenade exploded, screams and cries echoed in the mountains and forests.
"Hurry, hurry up!"
Almost at the moment the explosion sounded, Seale grabbed little Douglas and fled away. Most of the others did the same. They even carried two lightly wounded people with them when they retreated.
When Li Chengde and his men rushed over, there were only a few corpses left on the ground and a seriously injured man with both legs blown off lying in a pool of blood.
Looking at the militiaman whose legs were blown off, Li Chengde bent down and asked.
"What's your name and where are you from..."
Before he could finish his question, the guy gave him the middle finger, a gesture everyone knew.
"fuc..."
Before the injured militiaman could finish his curse, his comrade next to him hit him on the head with the butt of a rifle. After this guy was knocked down, Li Chengde asked.
"What about casualties?"
"Guozi and Heisong died, and Gouzi was shot..."
Two dead and one injured.
Looking at the bodies of the resistance fighters and the seriously injured prisoners, Li Chengde picked up his rifle and shot him in the head without thinking.
Then he turned and said to his comrades.
"Just treat the militia like this. They are armed spies, not regular troops, so they are not protected by international public law. Remember this! The Geneva Convention signed by the Empire only protects active military personnel of belligerent countries..."
The old group is down, so I created a new book club group: 739209015. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss and deduce the plot together.
(End of this chapter)
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