Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner: Chapter 80 Landmines and Django Unchained

"Colonel, the enemy has fled into the small town of Yorktown!" Scout Vincent reported to Colonel Thomas.

After the colonel got the news, he ordered the troops to pursue him, and then patted Vincent's bicycle and asked him, "How is this thing, is there a horse?"

Vincent thought for a moment, then replied: "It's good in general, it's easy to ride, don't feed grass, and don't have to worry about him running around, screaming, peeing, and being discovered by the enemy, but the disadvantage is that he has to pedal by himself. , especially on this kind of road, it's too tiring! And it's only suitable for this kind of short-range reconnaissance."

"You're right, go back and let the bicycle factory in New York improve it!" the colonel said casually.

"Colonel, I heard that this thing was made by a southerner, isn't it?" Vincent asked again.

The colonel nodded and replied, "That's right, and I heard that Tony Tangning who wrote "Gone with the Wind" did it. It's a pity that such a talented person is actually a southerner!"

While the two chatted, the troops marched forward. When they reached the periphery of the town, there was a loud noise in front of them, and the cavalry and infantry running in front were blasted into the sky. The stumps and arms of the people and horses were broken. Although there were not many people killed or injured, this tragic scene was really shocking. Many soldiers were immediately stunned and stunned. After a while, they sobered up. After coming over, they turned around and ran, and some even knelt down and prayed to God!

Colonel Thomas was so frightened that he trembled, "What, what's going on here? Is there a devil ahead?"

The guard beside him persuaded: "Colonel, whether it's a devil or not, let's retreat first, and then pursue it after we figure out what's going on!"

Thomas just wanted to refute, but when he saw his messy formation, he knew that there was no need to chase now. If an enemy army rushed over, it would have to be defeated, so he had no choice but to withdraw.

In fact, what Thomas encountered was a landmine, just not an ordinary landmine. Although landmines had taken shape before the Civil War, the real large-scale use on the battlefield was during the Civil War. It is said that Qi Jiguang was the first to use landmines.

But this time, Tangning didn't come up with it, because he didn't think of landmines, a low-cost artifact of war. This time, it was Union General Raines who "invented" landmines. A large number of cannon shells were buried near the small town of Yorktown as landmines. The cavalry and infantry who followed it stepped on the firing fuse of the cannon shell and were blown into the sky, so the power was so great.

Due to the success of this tactic, the Confederate Army used a lot of landmines in subsequent operations, and soon the Northern Army also learned it, so the landmine tactics have been greatly developed.

When Tangning read the news in the newspaper, she was deeply moved. She didn't expect such a good artifact. It was not much more practical than the Gatling gun. Fortunately, it was invented by a general of the Southern Army this time, so the effect was all the same. the same.

Just as Tangning was sighing, Heidi came over and said to Tangning, "Dear, do you have any ideas for the new novel?"