Chapter 48: Battle of the New Alamo (Part 2)

The result of the cavalry attack was, of course, similar to the Battle of Balihe by the Qing army.

The Mexican cavalry bravely charged the walls of the Alamo, and then had to dismount and shoot at the defenders on the city. After 20 minutes of fighting, 114 Mexicans were killed and had to flee in a panic.

The Mexican army suffered 150 casualties, including the 11 messengers and the 25 soldiers killed yesterday.

The casualties of the Alamo defenders were almost negligible. There are many folk legends about the casualties of this battle in history, including the fantastic exchange ratio of 1:30 and 1:40. Even the history books written by Americans say that before the end of the battle, each Alamo killed at least ten Mexicans.

Although Franz felt that the Mexican army was unlikely to pay such a heavy price, he still made two preparations, with experienced military observers (military advisers) and a heavy siege cannon.

But Tasan Anna's operation had exceeded Franz's imagination, and the two Austrian army observers were also stunned.

"General Tasan Anna, cavalry is not suitable for siege warfare." Stadion reminded.

Tasan Anna also realized that he was wrong, but for his own face, he chose to ignore Stadion's words.

"Mr. Stadion, you see the courage of our Mexican army! Infantry forward!"

Then another tragedy happened. With the rhythmic beating of drums, Mexican soldiers wearing green tops and white breeches were marching towards the Alamo in a neat queue.

A cannonball flew into the queue, first hitting the first person's head, and then bringing a string of blood in the team.

The second cannonball hit the ground and bounced up. The soldier tried to resist with his arms, and then both arms broke and flew high into the sky.

Although the Alamo defenders had only three artillery pieces, this was not enough to offset the disadvantages of the Mexican army. When the Mexican soldiers approached a distance of 300 yards, the defenders began to shoot, and people kept falling down.

The Kentucky rifle used by the Texans was also designed in the last century, but it was a rifle, that is, a rifled gun.

The range of the Kentucky rifle is much stronger than that of the smoothbore rifle of the same period, and its accuracy is so high that it is unknown where it is.

Just when Stadion and Gabrentz were about to dissuade Tasan Anna, the Mexican team collapsed.

After all, no one wants to die, and there are a large number of Indians and native whites in the Mexican army. Their treatment is not good. If the war goes well, they can still make a profit. Once the war goes badly, these people want to run away.

Once the first deserter appears, the number of deserters will increase exponentially.

In the end, Tasan Anna had to let the cavalry stop the fleeing infantry regiment. After a brief chaos, after counting, the Mexican army lost more than 200 soldiers.

This made Tasan Anna's face a little embarrassed. He ordered the execution of the commander of the infantry regiment, so the unlucky commander went to see God.

On the other hand, the Alamo defenders, Bowie and David Crockett were already preparing a celebration party for driving away Tasan Anna.

Many people felt that these Mexicans were not as difficult to deal with as the Indians, and the entire fortress was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

But Travis couldn't be happy anyway, because before the siege began, a team of sentinels reported that they had found a giant artillery that was 4-5 meters long and pulled by ten horses.

If what the sentinels said was true, it was most likely a 16-pound heavy artillery, or a 24-pound artillery.

This kind of artillery was not even in the arsenal of the American Continental Army, only in Europe. In fact, the US Navy also had this kind of artillery, but it was all installed on gunboats.

Although Tasan Anna was very face-saving, he didn't want to continue to let his men sacrifice in vain. After all, these people were the foundation of his rule, and this was just the first battle.

"Mr. Gabrenz, Mr. Stadion, do you have any good suggestions? You know, we Mexicans are all warriors, and we rarely encounter such opponents hiding in turtle shells."

Through the battle just now, the two have analyzed the combat power of both sides.

The Alamo defenders have better weapons. Even if the Mexican army is equipped with flintlock rifles shipped from Austria, the shooting accuracy of both sides cannot be compared.

Although the Mexican army has an advantage in numbers, it lacks both training and courage.

In the battle just now, if it were a European army, it would probably have approached the city wall, and the loss of a few hundred people would have taken down the Alamo.

But the Mexican army actually collapsed when it approached the city wall. You know, a journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. The attack just now not only did not achieve any effect, but instead boosted the morale of the enemy.

"I propose to divide the siege force into two parts to continue harassing the enemy, waiting for the siege guns to arrive, and then attack." Gabrenz said.

"That's right, the enemy's morale is high. If we attack now, it will definitely cause huge casualties to our army. But our army must win a battle to boost our morale." Stadion said.

Tasan Anna thought it made sense, but he was also curious. He was clearly defending and waiting for artillery fire, so where would the victory come from?

"How can our army win a victory?"

"General, there is another rebel team here." Stadion pointed to a small town on the map that was more than ten kilometers away from the Alamo and said.

"But Mr. Stadion, there are 600 people here." Tasan Anna found it incredible. Now he couldn't even feed 200 people, wouldn't 600 people make him die?

"But they don't have walls, General." Stadion replied.

Tasan Anna hesitated whether to follow this advice. Although there were no walls in the town, there were houses. If a street fight broke out, his troops would suffer a lot.

Gabrents saw Tasan Anna's worries.

"General, according to your sentinels, most of the residents in the town have fled, and the rest are a group of desperate people. We can burn the town. Once these desperate people flee to the plains, your cavalry can easily crush them."

Tasan Anna knew what Gabrents meant, and he admired the young man in front of him more and more. He was ruthless!

Gabrents was indeed a ruthless man. During the Italian War, his team was ambushed and he lost an eye by the attacker.

Gabrents killed the attacker on the spot, and then broke through with his troops and fainted when he reached a safe area.

So Tasan Anna left half of his troops to continue besieging the Alamo, and he took the main cavalry to harvest wheat.

The Mexican army was very familiar with murder and arson, because they always did this in their own land.

Maning was awakened by his subordinates while he was still asleep, and he didn't even have time to put on his boots.

The fire illuminated the night, and there were chaotic crowds everywhere, with wailing and women crying from time to time.

"What's going on!"

"I don't know, someone set the fire, the fire was too big, and the well was blocked again. We can only evacuate the town first."

The firefighting measures of this era were very backward, and the Texas area was very dry, so large fires were common.

"Damn it!"

Maning fled the town with some of his men. When it was almost dawn, a large group of cavalry appeared on the distant horizon.

Maning and his men thought that Houston's main force had arrived, and they waved their arms excitedly until they saw the Mexican flag.

A massacre began