Because of the limited number, the 4,600 Spencer rifle versions were only allocated to four regiments, the 1st Foreign Regiment and the Kezi Regiment of the 1st Division, and the 2nd Foreign Regiment and the Xianzi Regiment of the 2nd Division, with two battalions in each regiment.

Of course, the other four regiments were unwilling to make such an arrangement, but Guan Zhuofan's principle of distributing Spencer guns was not to sprinkle pepper noodles, and in actual combat, he must be able to pour enough firepower density into a limited area of the enemy, in order to quickly tear a breakthrough, and then attack the rest from one to the other, forming a chain reaction.

After repeated discussion and analysis, it was concluded that the Spencer gunfire concentrated in two battalions should be able to achieve this kind of fire density, and at the same time, other single-shot rifle units followed up and cooperated, forming a fire cascade effect, and finally forcing the enemy to completely collapse.

5,000 Spencer beads and 4,000 rear-loading single-shot firing pins, superimposed together, like a heavy punch, smashed into the ribs of the right flank of the Southern Army, and the Southern Army couldn't suck it in one breath, like a beast, stabbed into the waist and abdomen by a knife, jumped up suddenly, turned his head and wanted to bite the person who plotted against it, but he couldn't do it, fell down in mid-air, and fell heavily to the ground.

The right flank of the Southern Army finally could not support it anymore and began to retreat. The Xuan army did not pursue, but turned east and attacked the middle of the southern army from the flank.

The southern army's central strength was much stronger than that of the right flank, but the right flank retreated hastily, and the flank of the middle was exposed to the Xuan army, and for a while the attack on Thomas was quickly weakened.

Confusing information kept coming, and the number of new northern troops on the battlefield seemed to be small, but it was not right - it was impossible for this number of troops to have such a density of firepower!

As a result, the strength of the first and second echelons of the Xuan Army rose from 10,000 to 20,000 or 30,000...... The Zuihou Southern Army judged that the Northern Army had committed at least 50,000 reinforcements.

Every unit that engaged this northern army was quickly defeated. The Yugoslav army was in disarray.

When the third echelon of the Xuan army arrived and entered the battle. The Southern Army was completely stunned.

Finally, the middle of the southern army could not hold on. The soldiers left the line one after another, the officers could not suppress it, and a large-scale rout began.

The defeat in the middle was revealed, and the left wing was unable to support itself and began to waver.

Under these circumstances, the command of the Southern Army believed that it could no longer maintain the posture of continuous attack, and in order to avoid uncontrollable consequences, it ordered a complete disengagement with the Northern Army.

When the fourth echelon of the Xuan army arrived. It was found that there was no more to fight.

On the position, the Songjiang Army and the 14th Army joined forces, and cheers resounded in the sky.

The combat strength of the Xuan army exceeded Guan Zhuofan's most optimistic estimate, and if it pursued at this time, it was possible to expand the results of the battle, but the Xuan army was alone in depth, which was too dangerous, and the Thomas army had temporarily lost its combat ability and had to withdraw to fully rest, unable to provide help for the Xuan army to cover the flank.

Other than that. It's getting late, this era. There is basically no battle at night.

Guan Zhuofan thought: Okay, I'll just wait, anyway, this force will always sweep across the entire southern part of the United States.

Escorted by Túrin and other guardsmen, Guan Zhuofan came to the banks of the Chikmoga River.

It is a shallow, wide stream, and countless flags, ordnance are discarded along the banks of the river. In the grass, on the river beach, you can kick a corpse almost in one step. Some of the bodies were half-buried in the mud, one hand stretched out into the air, and the fingers were not hanging limply, but in a spasmodic open position, as if trying to grasp something.

There were still many corpses floating on the river, and the river had turned red.

Guan Zhuofan raised his head, and the air was filled with a strong mixture of gunsmoke and blood.

The remnant sun on the horizon is like blood.

Kwan found Thomas.

Thomas was sitting on a large rock and smoking. Like the herald, his uniform and boots were completely unrecognizable. His face was darkened, but his eyes were still bright.

Seeing Guan Zhuofan, Thomas's eyes were full of strange brilliance, he stood up tremblingly with a rifle, grinned, showed a mouthful of teeth that looked white, and stretched out his hand to Guan Zhuofan from a distance.

Guan Zhuofan walked a few steps quickly and held Thomas's hand tightly.

From this moment on, George. Henry. Thomas became Guan Yixuan's lifelong friend of life and death.

After cleaning up the battlefield, taking advantage of the night, the Fourteenth Army was in front and the Xuan Army was behind, and the Northern Army began to slowly retreat to Chattanooga.

As it turned out later, the Yugoslav Army did indeed bring in reinforcements, and they did so with all their might. Confederate General Joseph on the Western Front? Johnston sent a division, Robert Brown of the Eastern Front. Lee sent his right-hand man, James. Longstreet led two divisions to aid Chattanooga by train, and the total strength of the Southern Army had increased to nearly 80,000 instead of 40,000.

Almost all of them were in Guan Zhuofan's expectations, but the intelligence in the Tennessee theater knew nothing about it.

Details of the Battle of Chickmoga soon reached Washington, and Washington's reaction was swift: divide the country into two theaters, the western and the eastern, and appoint Ulysses? Grant was the commander-in-chief of the Western Theater and immediately went to Chattanooga to take full command of the operation.

Before the Grants arrived, the first order of the new commander-in-chief of the Western Theater arrived:

Excuse William. Commander of the Tennessee Theater of Operations in Roseclans, Commander of the City Defense of Chattanooga, and Commander of the Cumbran Legion.

Appointed Guan Yixuan as Commander of the Tennessee Theater and Commander of the Chattanooga City Defense.

Appointment of George. Henry. Thomas was the commander of the Kumbran Legion, and was under the control of Guan Zhuofan.

Rosskrance was extremely depressed, and seemed to have aged a lot overnight, but he still handled the handover with Guan Zhuofan very seriously, and everything was in order.

Guan Zhuofan was a little unbearable, and he also admired his professionalism as a professional soldier, so he comforted him a few words.

Ross Krans shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Marquis Guan, Xiexie, your kindness, but it is impossible for me to stay in the military world anymore." I'm sorry for your attitude at the beginning, but I hope you can understand. Good luck to you and George. ”

Guan Zhuofan looked at Ross Krans's lonely back, was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head slightly, Okay, it's time for me to work.

First of all, we had to learn the lessons of the previous sloppy intelligence, and send more scouts to ride plainclothes and closely monitor the movements of the southern army.

Chattanooga is a place where the Confederacy must want to get and then willingly, in the battle of Chickmoga, the Southern Army basically disabled the Northern Army's Kumbran Army, although Zuihou did not get all the success because of the strong rescue of the Xuan Army, but it has far outweighed the losses, and it will come back at any time.

If the southern army can find out the details of the northern army and know that the only thing that Chattanooga can fight now is the Xuan army, and if they come to attack with all their might, the Xuan army will be outnumbered and will be very difficult.

Because no matter how powerful the bead gun is, it cannot replace the cannon. Chickmogaxuan's army succeeded in a single blow, to a certain extent, taking advantage of the fact that the northern and southern armies had been entangled at that time, the artillery fire was limited, and Spencer could attack the enemy's shortcomings as long as he could, if both sides calmly set up their formations, regardless of attack and defense, the first to speak must be artillery, under artillery fire, front loading and rear loading, single shots in bursts, the difference is not big, serious losses are inevitable.

Therefore, how to make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses and maximize one's own advantages must be carefully studied.

Of course, Guan Zhuofan thought: This commander also has a cannon, and this time a cannon didn't come in handy, and next time it will be different.

Secondly, we must help Thomas to reorganize the Kombran army and restore its combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Thomas's new official took office, and it was not very smooth at first, McCook and Crittenden were obviously not very convinced. The two of them were older than Thomas, and Thomas couldn't do anything about them for a while.

Guan Zhuofan's method is very simple.

The new commander of the Tennessee Theater of Operations gave the first order: to remove McCook from the post of commander of the 20th Army and remove Crittenden from the post of commander of the 21st Army.

Well, Grant, count me as stealing your version.

When Guan Zhuofan gave this order, there was no psychological barrier at all: It's not Thomas, you two should eat chaff in the prisoner of war camp of the Southern Army now.

As soon as Mai and Ke left their posts, everyone saw the color of the new commander, and the various tasks of the Kunbran regiment were vigorously pushed forward, and soon the weather was new.

Guan Zhuofan took Wan'er to live in the Tennessee Theater Command in Chattanooga - if he still lived in the Xuanjun camp outside the city, he would give people a different impression of intimacy and alienation, and it would not be convenient for other troops in the theater to find him to do things.

Túrin's Guards were also stationed in the city.

Of course, the accommodation conditions are much better than those of the Xuanjun camp.

The hot baths were available every day, and the smell of leather, dirt, sweat, gunpowder, and horses in the military tent was gone.

Wan'er always cleaned up Guan Zhuofan's bedroom, and even decorated it a little. It was late autumn, but she placed a pot of flowers on the windowsill and Guan Zhuofan's desk, watering and serving it every day.

Guan Zhuo thought: Are we going to live at home?

*(To be continued......)