However, the left front position of the southern army was lost, and the right front position was lonely, and the enemy was attacked from the flank, but the enemy attacked from the side, and the northern army attacked from both sides without spending too much effort, and took the right front position of the southern army.

Only the main position in the back remained.

This main position is located on a small knoll, which echoes Mount Kennaço in the southwest, but the elevation is much lower than that of Mount Kennaço, which is not considered a mountain.

The fortifications are solid, the slope is gentle, the back attack, the Xiangxia shooting boundary on the mound is wide, the Xiangshang shooting boundary is narrow, there are few obstacles on the slope, even if the stragglers are in formation, there will be many casualties. What's more, there was only one battalion that practiced skirmisher tactics, and compared with the main position of the Southern Army, the number was still too small.

At this moment, Sherman's battle report came over, Guan Zhuofan opened it and took a look, Sherman's flower body dragon was flying, and when he looked closely, his eyes couldn't help but light up, as if he heard Sherman's loud voice: haha! We blew up Bishop Pouk! Tomorrow we are sure to take Kennasaw Mountain!

The so-called "Bishop of Puke" is actually "General Puke". Leonesd? Is Pouk Joseph? Johnston's deputy, after graduating from West Point, as a devout Anglican, moved from the military to religion and became an Anglican bishop in Louisiana. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he re-enlisted and put on a new uniform to fight for the Confederacy.

Actually killed the enemy's deputy commander-in-chief, good luck!

Here's what happened: Sherman came to Kennesaw Hill and saw a group of Confederate officers meeting at the foot of the hill eight hundred yards away. This is within the range of a cannon, such a big appearance, it is really hateful!

Sherman ordered: "Send them a few shells over." Tell them to find a place to hide! ”

Northern artillery fired. The officers of the Confederate army hurriedly dodged. Johnston escaped, but Pock was blown to pieces.

Johnston had always been cautious in his use of soldiers, and if he accidentally made a rash mistake, he suffered such a misfortune, and the word "fate" really has nothing to say. It's so hard that it's like the British, who think they should "not beat officers"?

Guan Zhuofan sighed with emotion and ordered: It's getting late. Collect the troops and return to the camp.

The generals were stunned, as if they had just ...... It's less than four o'clock, five o'clock, right?

Some people secretly said in their hearts: Since Commander-in-Chief Xie said that Kennaso Mountain will be successful tomorrow, if the Left Route Army defeats the New Hope Church today, wouldn't it be embarrassing to the Right Route Army? Commander-in-Chief Guan must want to save face for Commander-in-Chief Xie, it's good to have a pair of two.

While Guan Zhuofan ordered to bury the pot and cook rice, he sent someone to send a letter to the commander of the Southern Army on the mound, saying very politely, and the central idea was: Are you willing to surrender?

The conditions were favorable: the soldiers laid down their arms and returned to their hometowns, and the officers could take their pistols, swords and horses with them.

The brigadier general of the main position of the Southern Army replied. And the words were very polite: Your Excellency the Duke is gracious, but if I surrender. That is, the allies of Kennaso Mountain are in the Jedi, so good intentions can only be appreciated.

Guan Zhuofan sighed: Righteous man, then let's fight again tomorrow.

He called the conductor of the military band of the Cumbran Legion: There is a piece of "Southern Hot Land", you can play it, right?

Report to the general, yes! This is the most famous song in the United States.

Okay, tell all the military bands in the army to play this tune.

The northern army camp sang loudly, a hot land in the south.

The Southern Army on the hill also responded peacefully.

The generals in the Xuan army who have a little ink are patting on the back: This is an embattled plan.

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly: It's really late, it's time to get down to business.

The night was dark, and the Northern Army quietly sorted.

Guan Zhuofan made a lot of contrivance during the day, all in order to confuse the Southern Army.

Of course, if the Southern Army is willing to surrender, Guan Zhuofan will keep his promise.

In this era, due to the limitations of tactics and weapons, armies rarely fought at night. At night, it is difficult to see the target clearly, and it is difficult to maintain the formation of the shot; Because breech guns are mostly used, in the dark, it is difficult to reload, and the gunpowder is likely to pour out of the muzzle.

Night battles like those of Aratuna's were actually very rare, and it was Johnston who was forced to hurry.

Therefore, the commander of the Southern Army could not have imagined that the Northern Army would attack at night.

The success of skirmish tactics gave Guan Zhuofan a lot of confidence, and with skirmish tactics as a foundation, there was a possibility of success in the night attack.

In the military band's north-south folk song chorus, the Xuan Army Ballade touched the mound.

By the time the Southern Army realized that the Northern Army had already reached the right eye.

A rocket burst into the sky, killing up and down the mound, the stragglers rushed into the Confederate trenches, and the follow-up troops that had already assembled under the mound and were on standby rushed up the slope.

The Southern Army was caught off guard and was simply unable to organize an effective counterattack, and a small part of them broke down the mound and fled southward, most of them being captured by the Northern Army.

Among them was the brigadier general who refused to surrender, he was angry and admired in his heart, but he was very calm on the surface, and handed his command knife to Guan Zhuofan with both hands.

Guan Zhuofan thought to himself, you are a prisoner, not a surrender, and you are still doing this, but he said: Good knife, I will keep it for you first, and I will return it to you when the war is over.

Brother Xie, you kill a major general, I will catch a brigadier general, each other. But I'm done with it, and I hope everything goes well tomorrow on your side.

The next day, from morning to night, the sound of gunfire in the direction of Kennaso continued.

In the evening, the sound of gunfire became quieter, and the battle report came: Kenneso Mountain was not defeated, and our troops suffered heavy casualties.

Sherman's "state" is out of trouble again.

Perhaps the killing of General Pouk gave him the illusion that Mount Kennaso could be easily reached, and in the face of treacherous terrain and deep ravines, he adopted the most direct method of warfare: a frontal assault.

A group of soldiers of the Northern Army walked into the blazing artillery fire of the Southern Army without shelter, and a soldier of the Southern Army said: "The Northern Yankees seem to have come up to die, and they are calm and calm, just like wooden people." ”

The most tragic battle took place in a prominent position on the right flank of the Yugoslav army, which later generations called the "dead end".

The aforementioned Confederate soldier Sam? Wattins was on the spot.

In a letter home, he wrote: "I have heard that in this war, if anyone really killed the Yankees, he himself does not know. I am glad that on today's memorable day, each of our regiments has killed twenty to a hundred Yankees. All we have to do is load the bullets and shoot. ”

In front of Kennaso, corpses are strewn all over the field, like hell on earth.

The next day, there was a truce between the two sides, because the bodies were to be buried. This is not out of respect for the dead in the first place, but the weather is starting to get hotter, and if so many corpses are not cleaned up in time, not to mention whether there will be a plague, but the smell of corpses is unbearable.

Throughout the day, the burial teams from both the north and the south were working. The soldiers dug long, deep trenches, hooked the bodies with hooks made of bayonets, and dragged them into the trenches. Strict orders were given on both sides, and nothing on the bodies of the dead was to be moved, and many of the officers who had died in battle, dressed well, and some of them had chains with gold watches hanging from their horses, were thrown into the ditch together.

For a whole day, Sherman didn't send any information to Guan Zhuofan, and Guan Zhuofan couldn't help but ask.

On the third day, Sherman finally sent a new battle jihua: he sent Schofield to lead his army through the New Hope Church area, around the right rear of Kennesaw Mountain, and at the same time sent cavalry to threaten the Confederate railroad line.

Guan Zhuofan thought, déjà vu. Reply immediately: Yes.

On the fourth day, the water is still and the river flies.

On the fifth day, the Northerners in front of Kennesaw Hill attacked again, and while Johnston was recovering for a head-on attack, the Northerners retreated. Johnston had just breathed a sigh of relief, and probed the Malay newspaper to find the enemy in the rear on the right, about 20,000 men or so. Johnston sighed softly: It's finally here.

Order: Reserve on the line, while closely monitoring the movement of the Northern Army on the front.

There was no movement of the Northern Army on the front.

The fighting on the right flank was fierce, and as a last resort, Johnston ordered reinforcements to be drawn from the front.

As soon as the reinforcements made contact with the enemy, the Northern Army in front launched another attack, and Johnston soon discovered that this was not a feint, but a real one.

The battle again continued into the evening, and finally, Johnst gave the order to retreat to the Chateahuch River.

Mount Kennaso finally took it.

Sherman was sullen and could not see the joy of victory.

He did not admit in front of Kwan Zhuofan or anyone else that he had miscommanded the Battle of Kennaso, but in his life, he never fought a battle in a similar way.

Now, between the Northern Army and Atlanta, there is only one Chathooch River left.

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