Chapter 1172: The Tiger Crouches in the West

Midnight.

The Sam Country soldiers on guard duty suddenly felt the sky brighten.

Everyone could not help but look toward the slowly rising white ball of light.

However, they did not notice that numerous Da Song soldiers had already taken advantage of the darkness to creep near their trench.

On the sea, Qin Shan sat on the deck, looking at the illumination flare, a smile on the corner of his mouth.

After a day of fighting, they had basically figured out the strength of the Sam Country army.

What disappointed him slightly was that the Sam Country army seemed even less resilient than the British Army.

Of course, this might also be related to their change in weapons.

In short, the Sam Country army was in a state of being completely suppressed in front of the Da Song army.

It was just like an army holding flintlocks facing an army holding rifled muskets.

"Kill!"

At this moment, deafening shouts of battle rang out across the battlefield.

The sounds of portable mortars, hand grenades, and machine guns overlapped, with the sound of pistols occasionally mixed in.

While the Da Song army launched their attack, Bolton was pacing back and forth in his tent, smoking.

The gap between them and the Da Song army made him exceptionally anxious.

Now, they could basically be certain that relying solely on the power of Sam Country would not be enough to resist the Da Song army.

Now, he could only hope that the Xitu Guo, led by Britain, could provide support to Sam Country.

For this reason, he decided to convey his thoughts to President Sullivan.

Hearing the sound of gunfire and artillery, he immediately rushed out of the tent.

His gaze was first drawn by the light in the sky, and then he looked toward the Da Song soldiers who were continuously surging over.

Under the impact of these soldiers, the Sam Country soldiers in the forward trench scattered one after another.

They simply could not withstand the fierce firepower of the Da Song army.

Especially the strafing from that kind of continuously firing firearm.

With three days of shelling plus today's battle, the army of over 400,000 at Long Beach had suffered nearly one-third casualties.

Now, he only had 300,000 troops left under his command.

In a war, a ten percent casualty rate is often enough to cause a defensive line to collapse.

They were only able to fight with one-third casualties because they were defending Sam Country.

But the huge disparity in strength still made the morale of the entire army low.

It must be said that this night raid dealt another heavy blow to the Sam Country soldiers.

The endless stream of new things from the Da Song army made them increasingly desperate.

"General, you need to relocate now. The front trench is finished, and our army is disintegrating." An officer stumbled to Bolton, his expression panicked.

He had just returned from the front trench.

The Da Song army's offensive was orderly and lethal.

They first threw hand grenades to seize the first line of trenches.

Afterward, they carried unknown small cannons and continuously firing muskets inside, using the first row of trenches as a base to attack violently.

Their flanks had also been attacked; if they did not retreat now, they would be completely surrounded.

The expression on Bolton's face was stiff; their soldiers were very brave.

But the Indians were also very brave when they resisted them, yet they were the ones who won in the end.

Therefore, bravery is only a valuable quality, but it cannot determine the failure of a war.

When the level of war weapons is too disparate, the war will tilt toward the victorious side.

"Retreat!" Bolton issued the order.

He believed that the Sam Country people, himself included, had been too confident in their imagination of the war.

Perhaps they should not have resisted the Da Song army on the West Coast from the very beginning.

Instead, they should have held the East Coast to the death, waiting for support from the Xitu world.

Now, they had paid heavy casualties but had not achieved any war results.

Upon receiving his order, the Sam Country army withdrew from the trenches one after another.

The landing battle was a complete failure for them...

The next morning.

Qin Shan walked on the battlefield covered in dankou and corpses.

Da Song soldiers were collecting the bodies, throwing the Sam Country soldiers into trenches to bury them on the spot.

After a night of fighting, although most of the Sam Country army had retreated, the troops left behind to block them were basically wiped out.

According to estimates,

only about 200,000 Sam Country soldiers survived from the battlefield.

The Da Song army also had thousands of casualties.

Those with light injuries continued to fight, while soldiers with serious injuries were immediately transported back to Hawaii to recuperate, where there were hospitals dedicated to the army.

"General, the Sam Country army is fleeing eastward, and our two guards are in pursuit." A general came to Qin Shan's side.

"Let the soldiers rest briefly before pursuing; we will rest in the cities of Sam Country," Qin Shan said.

He judged that the Sam Country army would not fight them again in the cities of the Colonial Territory.

They had already failed when attacking while they were crossing the river.

Fighting them again in the Colonial Territory cities would be no different from sending themselves to their deaths.

It was just as he had thought.

After Bolton retreated, he did not stop to rest, leading his army to move toward the East.

The Sam Country people within the Colonial Territory were like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring.

They did not even have time to take their own property before following the Sam Country army to retreat to the Colonial Territory in the East.

By the afternoon, the Great Song army had fully controlled this largest Colonial Territory of Sam Country on the west coast.

At the same time that victory was achieved at Long Beach, the war situations in Saint Francis and Seattle also presented a one-sided trend.

The combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps was on par with the Azure Dragon Army.

Facing a Sam Country army much weaker than the one at Long Beach, their offensive was even smoother.

They occupied San Francisco half a day earlier than the Azure Dragon Army.

And the war situation in Seattle was much the same.

The Indian Nation army quickly captured the city of Seattle.

Although they were all using muskets and Artillery phased out by the Great Song army.

These Weapons were still a full generation ahead of the Sam Country army.

Moreover, as a war for the restoration of the Indian Nation, the Indian soldiers fought very fiercely.

It could be said that they disregarded casualties, and coupled with the advantage of their Weapons, they fought this battle very beautifully as well.

After victories were achieved in three directions almost simultaneously, and the occupied Colonial Territory was stabilized.

Qin Shan, Zhou Yi, and Pan Zhang headed to Seattle, which was controlled by the Indian Nation army, to meet with Watusi and the Indian Nation army commander Omaha to formulate the next strategy.

"I think there is no need to rush to attack toward the East; going too deep behind enemy lines makes supply lines prone to problems," Qin Shan pondered aloud.

After a pause, he continued: "You should use the western Colonial Territory as a base to recruit the Indian tribes scattered across Sam Country and expand your strength."

"General Qin is right. If we can gain the support of the tribes scattered everywhere, they will become our eyes and our Granary. In this way, our supplies will no longer be a problem, and we will also be able to grasp the situation of the Sam Country army at the first opportunity," Watusi said.

Omaha also nodded.

Pan Zhang smiled; in his view, Qin Shan had deeply inherited the true teachings of the Emperor Zhao Xu.

The purpose of him doing this was much the same as what they had done for the people of the South during the Great Song civil war back then.

This continent belonged to the Indians, and uniting all the Indians was very necessary.

Furthermore, they were not afraid of facing the Sam Country army in battle; what they feared was the Sam Country fighting a guerrilla war against them.

But if Watusi controlled all the Indians on this land, then Sam Country would have no way to play such tactics.

On the contrary, the Indians could play such tactics to further strike at Sam Country.

Of course, they had another layer of consideration.

That was for the Great Song army to intervene in this war as little as possible.

Their most important role was to open up the situation and allow the nascent Indian Nation room to grow.

Ultimately, letting them drive the Sam Country people out with their own hands.