1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 120 Offended!Colonel! (Fifth watch!)
Sherman fled back to the camp in embarrassment with the remaining forty cavalry.

Their camp is not so much a camp as a pile of tents arranged in an orderly manner, but there is a fence around the tents to surround these tents.

The biggest function of these fences that can be smashed open with a little force is to bring some self-deceiving psychological comfort to the soldiers in the camp.

They didn't land until four o'clock this afternoon, so they didn't have enough time to collect materials and build a camp.

As soon as he got into the camp, there was another burst of gunfire like fried beans behind Sherman. The opponent's reloading speed was very fast, at least not slower than his soldiers.

From this alone, Sherman was able to judge that these enemies who came to attack were not untrained militiamen, let alone mobs, but professional soldiers who were as well trained as them.

It is impossible for the mob to maintain such a fast reloading speed when it comes to battle.

Thinking that he was surrounded by more than one regiment of troops, the murderous Sherman's legs trembled a little at this moment.

He and his soldiers quickly searched for the horses. At this time, they didn't care who the horses were. As long as they could find the horses, they would ride on them.

Even the pack horses that pulled the luggage were untied by them to ride.

The purpose of their mounting was not to prepare for battle, but to retreat more conveniently.

To put it more bluntly, it is to escape.

Intensive gunfire woke Colonel Mason and his soldiers from their sleep.

The soldiers picked up the guns that were lying on the side, and under the orders of the non-commissioned officers, they quickly formed a team and prepared to go into battle.

Colonel Mason expected that Liang Yao would come to sneak attack tonight, so he specially stepped up his guard so that he could respond as quickly as possible when he was attacked.

But Mason did not expect that Liang Yao would send so many people to attack.

Hearing the sound of gunfire, the other party at least said that they had more than one infantry regiment.

Liang Yao's California Infantry Regiment is in full swing?
During the day, he had ruined more than half of his company at sea. He didn't know how the company that was on guard at the periphery was doing. If the company on watch had problems again, he now only had a little more than three companies in his hands. up.

Mason looked around. His camp was set up on a relatively open platform, and there were no other bunkers around except for more than [-] baggage wagons that could be used.

The three infantry companies quickly lined up in company units and began to fight back against the enemy in the dark under the orders of the company commanders.

It was a dark and windy night, and these terrified soldiers couldn't see where the enemy was, so they could only shoot at the place where the gun flames came out, hoping to hit the enemy.

Soon, the other side gave them a more violent counterattack, and bullets rained down on their queue.

In almost every queue, there were five or six unlucky guys who were shot and fell to the ground. This was just the opponent's first round of shooting.

Several of Mason's black servants ran to Mason with crying voices. In the dark night, Colonel Mason could only see the eyes of the black servants and their white teeth.

"My lord, your horse has been taken! Those damned fellows! How dare they take your horse!"

Although in an extremely tense environment, the voice of the black servant is still full of rhythm.

"Where's Sherman? Where's Sherman?!"

Mason didn't care about his horse being ridden away. He looked around and didn't see a company of soldiers. Mason frowned, grabbed a major named Oliver and asked Sherman where he was now.

"Captain Sherman, who was in charge of security, suffered heavy casualties, and Captain Sherman is missing!"

The major said indignantly that he guessed that Sherman must have escaped first.

This guy Sherman, who calls me brothers and sisters on weekdays, does not take me with him when he escapes at critical times.

"Sherman, the deserter!"

Colonel Mason said through gritted teeth that he hated deserters the most in his life.

But he can't care about Sherman now, and he has to command his army to fight back.

"Your Excellency Colonel!"

Sherman was riding a horse under his crotch, holding the rein of another horse in his hand, and got out of nowhere.

"Colonel! Get on your horse! There are too many enemies! With our strength, we can't stop them!"

The major guessed right, Sherman wanted to escape, but before fleeing, Sherman decided to take Colonel Mason with him.

Colonel Mason is the highest commander here, as long as Colonel Mason and Sherman are brought along, he is not considered a deserter.

Of course, Colonel Mason's kindness to Sherman is also the reason why Sherman decided to come back and take Colonel Mason with him.

While they were talking, the other side fired another round at them. After the gunfire, the screams of soldiers being shot and fell to the ground reached Sherman's ears.

Sherman knew that the three companies of infantry would soon be overwhelmed, and he had to hurry.

"Sherman! Are you going to be a deserter?!" Mason sternly reprimanded Sherman, "I order you to gather soldiers who can stand by my side!"

For the first time Sherman refused to carry out Colonel Mason's order.

This made Mason very angry, and Mason pulled out the pistol at his waist: "Sherman! If you dare to be a deserter, I will shoot you!"

"Oliver! Do you want to die here?!"

Sherman raised his hands and winked at Major Oliver beside Colonel Mason.

Clever Oliver understood.

"Offended! Your Excellency Colonel! I hope you can forgive me! I am also thinking about your safety!"

The desire to survive overwhelmed Oliver's awe of Colonel Mason. Oliver mustered up the courage to shoot the boss, and then pushed Colonel Mason onto the horse.Of course, he also rode on the horse himself, sharing the same war horse with Colonel Mason.

"Sherman! Oliver! You two bastards! Do you know what you're doing?"

Colonel Mason growled angrily.

"Put me down, you cowards! Deserters! I will fight the enemy to the death!"

Sherman and Oliver ignored Mason, and they quickly disappeared into the twilight under the cover of more than two dozen cavalrymen.

Behind them came the desperate voices of Mason's black servants.

"Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Please take us!"

It's just that no one paid any attention to these black servants. They couldn't take care of themselves, so how could they care about the life and death of these black servants.

After Colonel Mason left, the morale of the three infantry companies struggling with the last sliver of faith finally collapsed.

Their casualties have exceeded one-fifth, but the Supreme Commander has disappeared at this time.

The supreme commander disappeared, and the three captains and company commanders had no intention of staying and continuing to command the army. They also wanted to survive.

Colonel Mason has abandoned them and fled, and they have lost their reason to stay and continue fighting.

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