In this battle, the Southern Army lost a total of 4,600 men, and the Northern Army lost only 700 men, which was the most Haode battle fought by Sherman after moving south.

After the war, Confederate President Davis sent a telegram to Hood, in a stern tone: Hood, no more attacks!

Encouraged by his victory at the Battle of Azeela Church, Sherman decided to move south to capture East Point, one of Atlanta's southern gateways.

The East Point is located between Atlanta and Jonesboro, where a branch of the Montgomery Railroad and a branch of the Macon Railroad meet. That is to say, if the East Point is taken, the Montgomery Railroad's access to Atlanta will be completely strangled, and it will be considered to be truly cut off from Atlanta and Alabama. At the same time, the loss of the Macon railway arm will greatly affect Atlanta's southbound capacity.

But this Jihua step was too big, and the Left Route Army was still on the eastern flank, so there was no way to cooperate. From Ezela's Church to the east point, the Right Army almost stepped from due east to due south of Atlanta, and there were still a large number of Confederate outlying positions on this section of the road that had not been resolved, and it was easy to be stopped by the enemy and even cut off the rear road. The East Point Campaign was to attack from the north and defend from the south, and the back road was not quiet, so it was really difficult to fight.

Guan Zhuofan was startled when he received Sherman's jihua, thinking that Brother Xie's state was too good. It was difficult for him to oppose it directly, but he still tactfully reminded the troops of the Right Route Army participating in the attack on the eastern point that they should pay attention to taking care of each other and protecting the rear route.

But there was still a big basket.

The Ohist regiment and the Memphis regiment participated in the battle, and it was said that the Ohist regiment attacked from the east point to the southwest, and the Memphis regiment from the east point to the northwest, and launched an attack at the same time. The Ohio Russian Corps was personally commanded by Commander Schofield, and the Memphis Regiment was commanded by Commander Palmer of the Thirtieth Corps.

The Ohio regiment was the first to enter the attack position. When the attack is launched on time. The Memphis Legion is not yet in place - as Kwan expected. The Confederate army spared the Ohio Russian regiment and repeatedly harassed the Memphis regiment behind.

Moreover, the offensive and defensive situation was different, and it became a reinforced position for the Northern Army to attack the Southern Army.

The Memphis Regiment arrived when the attack of the Ohio regiment was repulsed. Schofield was very annoyed and had a big fight with Palmer.

Worse things happened. Because the two commanders were red-faced, the Memphis Regiment did not notify the Ohist regiment in advance when it launched the attack. When the angry Schofield received the news, he was not ready for a second attack. As a result, the Memphis army became a lone army again, and was also beaten back by the Southern army.

By the time the two forces were finally coordinated, the soldiers were already very tired, and the third attack failed.

The defeat at East Point not only greatly demoralized the Northern Army, but also gave Hood a taste of the sweetness of hiding in strong fortifications to defend, and after that, he really did as the president requested. No more initiatives.

Guan Zhuofan frowned at the battle report, thinking to himself whether I should use the authority of an honorary lieutenant general?

In the end, I still sighed: forget it.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight. A section of the railway north of Saleka was cut off by the cavalry of the Southern Army.

This cavalry of the Southern Army is not the Forrest Department that has always awakened the Xuan Army, but the Wheeler Department that Guan Zhuofan thinks is "not to worry about".

Damn the enemy! Guan Zhuofan scolded himself.

It didn't matter if the railroad was cut off for a while, Sherman's sappers were able to fix it quickly. The question is how to prevent similar things from happening repeatedly.

Logistical supply lines that don't keep the line open will greatly slow down the capture of Atlanta.

The usual practice is cavalry against cavalry, but the southern army will not have a cavalry decisive battle with you, it must run away with one shot, you can drive people away at most, and it is impossible to really chase after you, but it is just a repeated entanglement with each other. Specifically, you can refer to the dilemma of the monk king in China.

In this way, although the railway line can be safe, the cavalry division of the Xuan army does not have to do anything else. The main role of cavalry is to harass the enemy, not to defend logistics, and to do so will delay the attack on the Atlanta southbound railroad.

Guan Zhuofan came up with such a plan: send the infantry to maneuver along the railway line by train in sections.

In terms of firepower, in front of the rear-loading rifled guns based on train carriages, the cavalry was simply a target.

In terms of mobility, the train is no slower than the cavalry. Moreover, I just drove you away, and there was no need to pursue you.

In terms of troops, a company can take care of a dozen or more miles of railways. From Chattanooga to Atlanta, one or two brigades were enough. What's more, Chattanooga and Aratuna already had a considerable number of defenders stationed.

This also has the advantage of providing protection to the sappers who are building the road at all times.

After the program was implemented, it worked so well that Wheeler was forced further and further north, finally out of Georgia and into Tennessee. Life was not easy on the Confederate army's own turf, let alone on the territory of the Northern army, Zuihou Wheeler's cavalry had to stay away from the railway line until the end of the Battle of Atlanta, and did not cause any real trouble to the Northern army.

Guan Zhuofan has been planning and arranging the defense of the railway line, and has not been to "visit Willy. Mr. Hill", I feel that I have accumulated a lot of energy in my body. When I finally finished the work in stages, I breathed a sigh of relief, and remembered that it was not good to snub the beauty again, and it was time to take a trip.

Jacqueline. Ma Dan will welcome him into the room, Guan Zhuofan was about to make love, but Jacqueline squeezed his hand and smiled apologetically: "Yixuan, I am inconvenient today and can't accompany you." ”

Guan Zhuofan was stunned for a moment, understood what was going on, felt embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Jacqueline said, "You wait for me. ”

Then he turned and walked out of the room.

Guan Zhuofan sat down on the chair next to the small round table and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

After almost a stick of incense, Jacqueline has not returned, and Guan Zhuofan is a little strange: what did she do?

There was a knock on the door in the middle, but it was Túrin who came in. For such a long time, he didn't worry about his grandfather staying inside alone. Guan Zhuofan was angry and funny, and waved his hand to let him out.

Finally, there was another knock on the door, and to the surprise of it, it was still not Jacqueline, but Mia.

Guan Zhuofan was slightly stunned, and looking at Mia's expression again, it was even more strange.

Xiao Nizi stood at the door, not speaking, her face was red and white, and her big blue eyes were full of tears.

Guan Zhuofan was confused, and was about to ask, but Mia made a move that he couldn't think of anymore.

She began to unbutton her clothes.

Guan Zhuofan was taken aback: "Mia, what are you doing?" ”

With a flash of lightning in his mind, he suddenly understood what was going on, hurriedly stood up, and waved his hand again and again: "Don't!" No! Surely you have misunderstood! ”

Mia's hand rested on the button of her shirt, and tears flowed down her face.

Guan Zhuofan walked over, helped her button her clothes, and said softly: "I don't know if Jacqueline misunderstood me, or if you misunderstood Jacqueline, but it must be a misunderstanding." ”

He pulled Mia to sit down in a chair and sat himself in a chair across from him, his hands on his knees.

Mia's tears were like beads with broken threads, and she kept her voice out with all her might, and her whole body twitched violently.

Guan Zhuofan felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything at this time. He retrieved his handkerchief and shoved it into Mia's hand.

This handkerchief was washed by Wan'er yesterday, and it is quite clean.

When Mia's crying slowly subsided, Guan Zhuofan said carefully: "Mia, I'm sorry for causing you such an unpleasant misunderstanding, but in any case, it is a misunderstanding. Believe me, I'm not who you think I am. ”

He paused for a moment and then said, "Don't blame Jacqueline, if it's wrong, it's definitely my fault." ”

Mia looked up, her face was still stained with tears, and her eyes were red, but what a beautiful pair of eyes, like the clearest autumn sky.

Guan Zhuofan smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this unhappy topic." ”

So what to talk about?

"You're Prussian?"

Mia nodded.

"So, uh, whose do you like...... What about the works? Goethe? Schiller? ”

Mia's eyes widened in surprise: this Chinese general actually knew Goethe and Schiller?

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