Chapter 263: Comrades in arms

"Well, the American opposite is a good knight." This was the first impression of Kruger and Pershing meeting. When Pershing, who once led cavalry to encircle and suppress the Indians, ran over with his rebels, Kruger put away his contempt. From the perspective of a veteran horseman, the performance of the opponent and his subordinates Very good, at least an elite cavalry!

   and Calypte next to him thinks Pershing is the best non-European soldier he has ever seen. The waist is straight, the spirit is high, riding boots, guns and sabers are placed very decently. He behaved meticulously, although he didn't wear a military uniform, but the soldiers on his body showed clearly. "This guy has seen blood!" Calypte commented.

   But let alone, Pershing can be regarded as the best officer in the US Army at this age. He fought Indians in the early 1990s and then went to West Point as an instructor. When he played against the Spaniard, he had gained some fame. Of course, he does not have the nickname of the "horrible Jack" in history. Although the reputation is not obvious, but the ability is there.

  The Americans are really fierce this time, and they are determined to find their way back! The face lost in the Japanese Navy must be recovered from the British Army! British Army NB? To be honest, the Napoleon period was really NB, even before it was NB, otherwise it would not have played back and forth with the Sun King. Nor can it fight with Napoleon, the hero of the ages, to the end.

  Of course, all of this is history. Since the Crimean War, the British Army has hardly engaged in large-scale battles with powerful opponents. Generally speaking, the reputation still exists, but the player who has not been on the battlefield for a long time has been born...

  The Americans have lost their money this time, with 5,000 people in one shot, which fully demonstrates the spirit of a big country! This "mercenary" almost includes independent artillery, cavalry, and engineering units, and there is also a small, limited-scale luggage unit. There may not be a lot of heavy equipment, but a popular phrase in later generations is that the degree of synthesis is relatively high. Fight independently!

To put it bluntly, no matter how bad the American military is, it is also a national army. Although the Boers are also named as a country, the two countries plus the United States do not have the United States. A country with a large population still wants to gain American recognition. ? This is a bit difficult!

  The Boers have doubts about the fighting power of the Americans, and the Americans also expressed distrust of the fighting power of the Boers! After all, the U.S. Army has fought a few times. Apart from the African natives, who did the Boers fought with? A group of soil buns, Pershing expressed extreme distrust of the quality of the friendly army.

  However, after a few days of exchanges, the understanding of both parties has changed a bit. "Aha, these cowboys from the western United States are fine!" The Boers quickly agreed with the Americans' individual qualities, at least the basic skills of horseback riding and shooting are still very solid. And the Americans also found that these "soil buns" are also very trendy, let alone all kinds of equipment produced in Germany. From the point of view of the organizational structure and the troop decision-making system alone, there is a certain level. Although there is suspicion of being a cat or a tiger, it can be considered to be pretty.

  Especially the use of artillery by the Boers, which opened the eyes of the Americans. To a certain extent, the American artillery technology still stays at a relatively close distance between the two sides. The concentration of artillery and the use of grenade shells to forcibly tear apart the opposing front is actually not ashamed. After all, the French arrived in the first battle. Think of it this way. I did the same, and was taught to be a man by the German artillery...

  Although from Calypte’s perspective, the Boer’s infantry coordination, anti-artillery combat, fire suppression, and mobility are hugely different from the Bavarian Legion, the same situation is different in the eyes of the Americans! Apart from other things, the indirect firing of an artilleryman and the correction of the artillery firing by contacting the frontline observation post through a wired telephone is enough to make the Americans novel.

In the same way, the excellent individual quality of the Americans also left a very deep impression on the Boers. After all, the American soldiers who can come to South Africa are basically selected. It is such a big country, the part from the west. People have nothing to do with Indians or gangsters in a few games. It's not difficult to pick out some old fritters. The fighting nature of these people who grew up on horseback and learned to hold a gun before they even learned to hold a pen is not a boast.

With the deepening of the understanding of each other between the two sides, the Boers and the Americans have a fairer evaluation of the reliability of their comrades. Although it can not be called a life and death support, at least it will not pull back. ,This is enough.

  The Boer’s troops are divided into three types, which are regular field troops composed of infantry, artillery and a small number of cavalry, and one is a harassment force mainly composed of cavalry. The third type is a garrison and logistics unit composed of the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.

  After research, Pershing believed that it is better for his troops to act with the main Boers. After all, it is a waste to put such a troop in the rear, but it lacks sufficient mobility to put it in the harassment troop. It is still impossible for a troop with a large amount of supplies and artillery to maneuver quickly in this era~www.wuxiaspot .com~ However, Pershing requested that his army should not be dismantled. All American troops need to be concentrated under his command. After Kruger agreed, Pershing gave Kruger a set of radio stations for communication. . The radio was actually available in 1898, and even equipped with battleships. After the U.S. Navy suffered a huge loss in communication, it learned from the pain. I immediately bought a few radio equipment at a big price, and in order to ensure contact with the Boers, Pershing brought 4 sets.

It must be said that the arrival of the Americans unexpectedly disrupted Kruger’s plan. The Boer’s offensive was originally scheduled to be launched around October 1898, but in order to place a large number of American mercenaries and to wait for the next batch of equipment, This time was postponed several months. But everything that followed was real. This time the Boers’ wait was worth it. The American army really performed better than their navy. Of course, this is something later, so I won't mention it for the time being.

With the retiring of time, another 3,000 U.S. troops entered the Boer’s republic through various channels, and a large number of equipment also enriched the Boer’s arsenal through open or dark channels, but at this time Kruger still did not have it. Relax, he always feels that he still lacks a lot of preparation.

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