Chapter 440: Raid
Randall said urgently: "Canaan, we can't be careless, this is three or four million dollars of supplies, once something goes wrong, we will not be able to grow four heads enough for General Grant to cut off, without these materials, Richmond is designated to finish the game!" ”
Canaan's heart was shocked, and when he thought about it, the stakes were high, and now was not the time for child's play.
"Well, send scouts again to detect the enemy in the southeast direction and on both sides, and report as soon as there is news! The convoy was ordered to temporarily stop moving forward and wait for the results of the reconnaissance. ”
Canaan said.
Randall nodded, and the two of them gave the order together.
At this time, the baggage team of the federal army was less than ten miles away from the railway station, and the two regiment commanders naively thought that it was better to be careful, but they forgot that ten miles away, what else was there to do? At this time, the best way is to break through, break into the train station, even if you encounter an attack, you can also hold the train station and resist the attack of the rangers, they stay in the open field, facing the onslaught of the upcoming rangers, so where can there be a way to live?
Dozens of cavalry scouts, rushing in all directions.
The current rangers are only more than ten miles away from the baggage team, and the cavalry under the four directions only rushed forward for six or seven miles, and they found the traces of the rangers, and they were all stunned, at least thousands of cavalry, this time the rangers must have been eyeing the baggage of the Federation!
But before the scouts could turn their horses around and report back, they had already been discovered by the rangers, so where could they run? All the scouts were killed by the Rangers, and the Rangers from all sides began to launch a rapid charge in the direction of the convoy.
Randall and Canaan were anxiously waiting when suddenly a burst of gunfire faintly came, and the two of them were shocked. They glanced at each other, and a bad feeling rose from their hearts.
"Order, all soldiers are urgently ready for battle, there is a situation!"
Randall shouted angrily, there was absolutely no mistake, it must have been the scout who had discovered the enemy's situation. There was an exchange of fire between the two sides, and only then could there be such a dense gunfire, which could be faintly transmitted here, it means that the cavalry is not far from him!
Canaan on the side had already raised his binoculars and looked around into the distance!
"Ran, Randall! Cavalry! Pounce, overwhelming cavalry! ”
Canaan's face was pale, and he said with a shocked face, thousands of rangers appeared in the sight of Canaan's telescope like locusts, and Canaan was in despair. With so many cavalry, it is by no means something that his own people can resist!
Randall had also discovered at this time that there were rangers in almost every direction, and this time it was a big trouble!
The Federation troops below were urgently preparing for battle, but it was clear that it was too late, a distance of several miles, for experienced rangers. It's not a distance at all, and a charge passes. It's only a matter of minutes!
Bands of cavalry charged at the Union Army, trying to break through the Union defenses in the shortest possible time!
"Order, return fire, return fire!"
The two regiment commanders roared frantically, it was too late to say anything, and there was only a battle against the water. Even if the whole army is annihilated, the rangers can't get it, this is three million dollars of supplies, once it fails, it will be a major blow to the federal army, and their two regiment commanders will definitely not be able to bear the consequences!
Two regiments of Union officers and men continued to fire at the Rangers. In the middle of the ranks, several cannons also began to roar, and shells were dropped on the rangers.
It's just that they responded to the battle in a hurry, only the rangers came prepared, all over the mountains, scattered impacts, only a few artillery, such firepower was simply not enough to contain the cavalry's charge, although the guns were dense, but the scattered infantry was difficult to resist the rapid and rapid impact of the cavalry!
Thousands of Rangers also began to shoot constantly on their horses, charging as they went, and in color. When he was less than a hundred meters away from the Federation Army, a saber was drawn out by the Rangers, and the cold light flashed, launching an even more fierce charge!
The federal army finally panicked, the cavalry, the deadly cavalry, once they were approached, they could only become the ghosts of the rangers!
Randall and Canaan secretly complained, this is really the end, there are too many cavalry, it seems that there are no less than five or six thousand! With such a huge disparity in strength, where is there a chance for the Jedi to fight back?
At this time, the cavalry had already rushed up, instantly divided and surrounded the infantry regiment of two people into several sections, and began the massacre of the federal army.
The Rangers' slaughter was still secondary, and the Rangers, who had completed the encirclement of the Union Army, began to move on truckloads of military supplies, and the wagons were overturned on the ground, and the Rangers began to set fire to them, and clusters of flames began to burn.
Randall and Canaan looked at it with tears in their eyes, this is their own life, they are all burned, and they will only die if they take themselves! Fight!
However, no matter how hard they tried to do it, there was no turning point, because there were too many cavalry, far exceeding the infantry, and in the cautious fighting, the federal army had no power to fight back at all.
Moulton, the cavalry brigade commander of the Confederate Army, was proud for a while, and he used more than three cavalry regiments, if he still can't kill such an infantry like you, it will be too bad, hehe, burn, burn, don't you have arms and baggage in the north? If you can produce, Lao Tzu can burn!
However, Morton also felt a little bad in his heart, the carriage transporting the supplies was splashed with oil and burned, but the carts of supplies, just burning, there was no explosion at all, weren't they transporting munitions? Is it grain and grass? How come there is no sound of explosions?
Sure enough, at this time, the rangers also found a problem, the coats of the carriages were torn apart, and all that was exposed were firewood, grass, earth and stones, where were there any guns and ammunition? Not even medicine and clothing!
A cavalry company commander Pegasus ran over, "Your Excellency the brigade commander, we have been fooled, all the convoys have no guns and ammunition at all, they are all some firewood, grass, sand and gravel!" ”
"It's broken!"
Morton was so angry that he stomped his feet, he was so fooled, this is the bait of the Federation Army, we are all fooled!
This group of federal troops is also damn goods, you are guarding a cart of firewood and grass, why are you so desperate to defend and fight to the death? You really don't take your own lives seriously? Damn it!
At this time, Randall and Canaan also found out that something was wrong, and the military supplies they said were good? Said good ammunition? What about muskets? , it's all fake! (To be continued.) )