Chapter 113: War Begins!

After the gunshot, Deng Wenshun felt someone throw a stone at his shoulder, and the warm liquid splashing on his face made him realize that he was shot. Google Search Reading

He didn't have time to think about it. He fired and led the members of the Loyalty Society who were fighting back and the surrounding Los Angeles residents to retreat into the church behind him.

As soon as the first round of firefights in the square ended, more than 20 people lay down in the square.

These fallen people included not only local residents in plain clothes, but also soldiers in gray coats.

In this battle of disparity in strength, the soldiers with advanced weapons and good training had the upper hand without exception, and their casualties were far less than those of civilians.

"Kill them all!"

After the adrenaline subsided, a burning stinging sensation spread from Sherman's left arm to his whole body.

He roared like a mad dog at the door of the church.

The dead companions in the square also made these soldiers lose their minds. Without the restraint of Colonel Mason, they obeyed Sherman's orders. Under Sherman's orders, they skillfully completed the loading and then ruthlessly pulled the trigger at the church.

As the second round of gunfire sounded, several civilians who had not yet entered the church fell in a pool of blood.

In the church, Deng Wenshun and local residents shot revenge bullets at the soldiers in the square through the doors and windows.

The soldiers who heard the gunfire rushed to the church under the command of the sergeant. The dense rain of bullets they fired soon suppressed the Los Angeles residents in the church and could not raise their heads.

Deng Wenshun, leaning against the corner of the wall, looked around the church. What came into view were the unrecognizable doors and windows, broken glass, bullet holes all over the wall, and the wounded who fell to the ground and wailed.

"You guys, I'll cover you out, burn the granary and hay barn immediately, don't leave a grain of grain or a handful of hay for these bitches."

Deng Wenshun knew that he couldn't defend the church with his current armed forces, he pointed to several members of the Loyalty Society and said.

"Little Dragon Head! Leave this to us brothers, we will definitely burn it clean, not a grain of rice! Not a blade of grass! Not a single grain of rice! Not a single blade of grass! Not a single blade of grass for the foreigners!"

The priest with a gold black bear badge on his chest patted his chest and assured Deng Wenshun.

"Go! The foreigners haven't blocked the back door of the church yet, go out the back door!"

Deng Wenshun pushed the priest away and told him to leave quickly.

Sherman and his soldiers poured all their anger on this small church in the center of Los Angeles.

For them, the old soldiers with actual combat experience, it was not difficult to attack a small church guarded by civilian armed forces.

Although Deng Wenshun fought bravely, he was outnumbered and the church was soon lost. Deng Wenshun, who was seriously injured, became Sherman's prisoner.

At this moment, the granary and hay barn in Los Angeles Town caught fire.

"Not good! Captain! The place on fire is the barn and hay barn!"

The quartermaster who had just learned the location of the barn and hay barn exclaimed.

Looking at the flames rising to the sky not far away, Deng Wenshun, who was covered in blood, showed a mocking smile and shouted: "Ghosts! Don't you want food and hay? Go and grab them!"

"Shut up! Believe it or not, I will shoot you!"

Sherman threatened Deng Wenshun with the revolver in his hand against his forehead.

Deng Wenshun closed his eyes and waited for Sherman to shoot. He was not afraid of death.

The second lieutenant on the side hurriedly persuaded Sherman: "Captain, please calm down! He is the mayor of Los Angeles!"

Looking at the burning granaries and barns, Sherman's breathing became more and more rapid.

No matter what, he must complete the task assigned to him by Colonel Mason.

Killing one civilian is killing, killing ten thousand civilians is also killing, there is no essential difference.

"These guys must have surplus food and fodder at home, take your guns to their homes to collect! Those who are unwilling to hand over food and fodder, you know what to do!"

Sherman put down his gun and said coldly.

"Understood! Captain, you will be punished for delaying military opportunities!"

These soldiers are all old-timers who followed Sherman into Mexico and approached Mexico City. They certainly know what to do.

As soon as Sherman gave this order, the situation in Los Angeles was completely out of control, and the sound of gunfire resounded through the sky.

This once quiet town has become a hell on earth.

When Colonel Mason arrived in Los Angeles, everything was too late.

The buildings in the small town of Los Angeles had already been destroyed beyond recognition by the soldiers of the First Company.

Rather than saying that they were soldiers, it would be better to say that these guys were bandits, or even worse than bandits.

After all, bandits also have to consider sustainability and exhaust their resources, and they will not do things so thoroughly.

The sky above the town was shrouded in billowing smoke, and the fire was reveling in the wooden house that had not been completely burned out.

It was obviously a cold winter, but Mason, who walked into the town of Los Angeles, felt that it was hotter than the scorching summer.

Even the choking air was filled with a disgusting smell, which was the smell of roasted and burnt meat.

The unrecognizable corpses were scattered in the charred buildings and streets, which made Mason unable to bear to look directly.

"Colonel, I have completed the task you gave me."

Sherman, with a bandage on his left hand, stood in front of Mason like a child who had made a big mistake, and reported to Colonel Mason in a stuttering manner.

His eyes were empty and lifeless.

His expression was numb.

Next to Sherman were several wagons filled with food and fodder, with bloodstains still clearly visible.

Sherman had thought about destroying the bodies and completely erasing the traces of the town's existence.

However, Sherman, who had come to his senses, finally gave up these unrealistic fantasies.

Some residents of Los Angeles had already fled Los Angeles, and soon, everything that happened here would spread to San Francisco.

As for erasing the traces of the town's existence, it was even more wishful thinking. Although Los Angeles was small, it was also the third largest settlement in California after San Francisco and Sacramento.

Sherman chose to accept all this without guilt. As for the nervousness and fear he showed in front of Colonel Mason, it was not out of guilt.

It was out of fear of authority and military courts.

"Sherman, Sherman, what on earth have you done! They are all citizens of the United States! Not Indians! Not Mexicans!"

The anger made Colonel Mason's voice tremble.

He now wanted to take out his pistol and shoot the subordinate who had caused such a disaster.

But Mason still maintained a trace of rationality after all. He just waved his whip and beat Sherman hard to vent his anger.

"This time I will personally send you to the military court!"

Colonel Mason put away his whip and staggered towards the small port of Los Angeles.

The news of the tragedy in Los Angeles soon spread to San Francisco. Liang Yao was very shocked when he learned the news. He once suspected that there was something wrong with his hearing.

Liang Yao immediately informed Fremont and others of the news. After confirming that the news was true, Liang Yao personally wrote the article "To the California compatriots who died in Los Angeles" and submitted it to the newspaper for publication.

After the article "To the California compatriots who died in Los Angeles" was published in the California Daily, the entire California region was in an uproar.

As Californians, the people in San Francisco and Sacramento expressed anger at the tragedy in Los Angeles. They could never have imagined that American soldiers would swing their butcher knives at American citizens.

Today they cut the butcher knife on the heads of Los Angeles people, and tomorrow they will dare to put the butcher knife on the heads of San Francisco people and Sacramento people.

Sherman's atrocities in Los Angeles have further strengthened their determination to surround California!

In the Los Angeles Resident Resettlement Area, these Los Angeles residents who came to San Francisco for refuge felt extremely sad and angry, and at the same time they were glad that they chose to come to San Francisco.

Soon, a piece of news that was not known to be true or false also reached Francisco. It was said that Mr. Deng Wenshun, the mayor of Los Angeles, led the people of Los Angeles to fight against these thugs and fought a fierce war with the thugs in the church in the center of the town.

But in the end they were outnumbered, and the mayor himself died heroically.

The people of Los Angeles petitioned Governor Robinson and Deputy Governor and Colonel Liang Yao, commander of the California Infantry Regiment, asking the governor and the commander to send troops to severely punish these thugs and seek justice for the dead Los Angeles people.

The leaders of the major gold mining companies in the Sacramento area also spontaneously formed a volunteer group of more than a thousand people, expressing their willingness to fight to the last drop of blood to defend the land and people of California.

The people of San Francisco also took to the streets to petition the state government, saying that these thugs must be severely punished.

Generous residents donated money and materials, and even directly asked to sign up to join the California Infantry Regiment.

Everyone knows that what they have to defend now is not only the land and their property in California, but also the lives of themselves and their families!

The temporary office of the California State Government and the State Assembly are temporarily set up near the square in the new city of San Francisco.

Considering the long-term development in the future, the state government and the state assembly did not set the state capital in San Francisco, the largest city in California.

Instead, Sacramento was chosen as the state capital because Sacramento is located in the hinterland of California, where there is still a lot of space waiting to be developed. Setting the state capital in Sacramento is more conducive to the development of the inland hinterland.

Only the Capitol Building, government office building and state court in the Sacramento area are still under construction.

Therefore, the state government, the legislature, and the court are still temporarily working in San Francisco, sharing the office space with the city government, the legislature, and the court of San Francisco.

In the square of San Francisco, the Stars and Stripes have been lowered and torn to pieces by angry people. The sense of identity of Americans in this era is far less than that of later generations.

Moreover, California was only annexed by the United States two years ago, and it became a state of the United States in September this year, and it has only been two months.

Moreover, in California, the American population does not have an absolute advantage. With the influx of gold diggers from Chinese, Mexico, and other parts of the world, the proportion of the orthodox American population is still shrinking.

The state flag of California, or the flag of the Republic of California, is still flying over the square of San Francisco.

It's just that the flag has been lowered a little to show the silence for the victims of Los Angeles.

Compared with the flag of the United States of America, Californians now identify more with their state flag.

When the Eastern Consortium first arrived in California, they relied on the support of Congress and the government to try to seize their land and gold.

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's wealth is like killing their parents. Now that the Los Angeles massacre has happened, the only remaining trust that Californians have in Washington and Congress has also disappeared.

"We love peace, but we are never afraid of war."

In the state assembly, Liang Yao, the president of the state senate, spoke first.

"If they regard our love of peace as weakness, they are wrong. Those thugs must be held responsible for the tragedy in Los Angeles and pay the price for those who died.

California belongs to Californians. If Congress and the government still do not repent and continue to trample on California's rights and the dignity of Californians, we will not hesitate to choose war and fight the tyrannical government to the end until the last Californian falls."

Power and wealth are never obtained by charity, but by fighting for it.

Congress and the government agreed to give Texas $10 million in compensation after ceding the land in northwest Texas not because they felt guilty about Texas.

Instead, the people of Texas were tough and did not hesitate to send troops to New Mexico to protest to Congress and the federal government.

If the Texans were all cowards and dared not say a word, Texas would not even get $1,000 in compensation, let alone $10 million.

Texans are not easy to bully, and Californians are not soft persimmons that can be manipulated by Congress and the federal government.

Although California does not even have its own industry and its own weapons are relatively backward, this is not a reason to avoid war.

If it chooses to retreat this time, Congress and the federal government will dare to make more excessive demands on California next time.

Historically, California set off a gold rush in 1848, but after the establishment of the state, the lives of Californians were worse than before the establishment of the state.

One of the reasons is that the eastern tycoons regard California as their own backyard?

The eastern tycoons only care about the gold in California. They don’t care about the development of California at all, let alone whether the people of California are living in dire straits.

It was not until the outbreak of the Civil War that the federal government was too busy with the civil war to look westwards. California then slowly took back the rights and gold that originally belonged to California and slowly entered the normal development track.

"Start the war!"

"Start the war!"

"Start the war!"

After Liang Yao finished his speech, a tsunami-like voice rang out in the parliament.

State legislators raised their arms and shouted, requesting to go to war.

"Californians are definitely not cowards!"

"Punish the thugs severely! Fight the tyrannical federal government to the end!"

"Long live the Republic of California!"

Not surprisingly, the state senate unanimously passed the vote to go to war with the federal government.

Liang Yao was amazed that these state legislators were even bolder than him.

But on second thought, these people's original intention was not to go to war with the federal government. In fact, they were still trying to protect their property.

After the Los Angeles tragedy, they also worried about their personal safety.

Those thugs dared to kill in Los Angeles, which was not rich and had no gold. What would they do if they went to the wealthy San Francisco and Sacramento?

It's creepy to think about it.

Liang Yao had just wiped out Brandon more than two months ago. That gang was originally from the military and posed a greater threat to California gold diggers than any other gangsters.

Californians have not forgotten the harm Brandon brought to them.

Liang Yao's goal was only to defend San Francisco and Sacramento, and he did not intend to go out of the state to fight. As long as these people were determined to fight, it was enough for him.

He believed that as long as they fought within the state, these people and their private armed forces could be used by them.

Californians are now fighting not only for California, but also for themselves.

"Colonel Mason's half regiment has already taken a boat north in Los Angeles, and they will arrive in San Francisco in two days."

Liang Yao had just walked out of the parliament hall, and Elvis, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, hurriedly reported the latest situation to Liang Yao.

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