Chapter 317 is not that simple

"General Cod! The southern ghosts are so arrogant that they are so blatantly demolishing the railroad tracks outside the city, and they have already demolished them for ten miles. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"General, let's rush out and kill the southern ghosts, this is our shame, we have six thousand regular troops, all the warriors of Akren, Youngston, Cuyahoga Falls, etc., and we still have more than 10,000 standing militia, don't you dare to attack the southern ghosts who only have two regiments? We're cowards! ”

General Cod has a long gray beard, is in his fifties, has a lot of wrinkles, shook his head and said steadily: "No matter what, this Cleveland can't be lost, I will never gamble with the whole city, as long as we hold this place steadily, drag the southern ghosts, soon the Federation of 10,000 warriors will rush over from Pittsburgh, General Hancock also returned to Columbus, led the troops north, and then surrounded the southern ghosts on the east, west and south, and wiped them out steadily." ”

Kede was a conservative general, rigid and old-fashioned in his tactics, acting in accordance with the orders of the Federation, and did not go out of the city to fight the New People's Army.

Seeing this, he had to lead people around Cleveland, and then dismantle the railroad tracks in the east of the city.

Wait until you have a chance to eat Cleveland when you come back.

As the day passed, the defenders of the city were restless and went to ask for battle with Cod.

"General! I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for General Hancock and reinforcements from the direction of Pittsburgh, and the Southern Devils are going to cross us and attack directly east, along the shores of the lake into New York State. ”

"General! How can we not be moved, if you let the southern ghost leave like this, you will be derelict in your duty and ashamed of the people of the Federation! ”

"Let's go to war, let the southern ghosts unscrupulously dismantle the railway, the entire transportation along the lake line will be cut off, and our ore, coal, agricultural products, and timber will not be able to be transported to the developed states on the east coast in large quantities, which will inevitably cause panic and material shortages in the East China Sea."

"This.!" Kede hesitated a little, as a general guarding here, although he has a lot of power, but at this moment, he is actually anxious, like an ant on a hot pot, in a dilemma.

At this moment, another young general said: "General, Washington's order is to stop the southern ghosts from advancing eastward to continue to destroy the railway line and defend the city, but now that we have defended the city, we can't stop the southern ghosts, which is a dereliction of duty." ”

Hearing this, Cod chuckled, his eyes became gloomy, and then the young man said: "General, we have so many troops, there is no problem in defending the city, the southern ghosts are few people, and if you want to fight the big city, we generally transfer the defenders first, we are not afraid of this, we have 10,000 standing militia groups, in fact, we can leave half of the people, and then recruit 10,000 militia from the city to defend the city."

In this way, we can use three regiments of volunteers and 5,000 standing militia to go out of the city, and I don't believe that 8,000 people will not be able to defeat 2,000 southern ghosts. They may be able to fight one to two, they have also fought one to three, and one to four is on our territory, so we can't defeat these devils. ”

After careful consideration, Liangjiu Kede took off his military hat and nodded, and the surrounding generals and colonels were extremely excited, and quickly organized people to bring their troops together.

After another day of dismantling the railroad tracks in the east, and losing thirty miles, Yang Dongfang and the others arrived at a small town called Mento, and at this time, the person in charge of monitoring Cleveland rode back on horseback and reported: "Your Excellency, the North Yankees are out of the city and are chasing us, and it is estimated that they will be able to catch up at noon tomorrow." ”

"Very good, the person who delivered the dumplings is finally here, and he will beat them up tomorrow afternoon." Yang Dongfang smiled proudly, Smith didn't eat it, and it's not bad to have a Cod now.

It happened that Daniel's troops finally arrived at the rendezvous point set by Yang Dongfang that afternoon, and Smith's Brigadier General Jobs finally failed to complete the second interception because the pursuit order was half a day late and the troops set off a day late.

So that night, Yang Dongfang returned to the shore of Hutton Lake and took Daniel to Mento, and asked him to replace the original troops, march eastward, and take over the plan to dismantle the railroad tracks, while Yang Jiangfang led two regiments to hide on the right flank at night.

The next day, when the Cod army arrived at Mento, it immediately launched two regiments of reconnaissance attack on Daniel, and the southern army hurriedly engaged in the battle, and the guns sounded for half an hour and felt invincible, and Daniel shouted: "There are many people in the north, let's withdraw!" ”

The wind was whistling, and the southern army roared, leaving behind the railroad tracks that had not been dismantled, and fled eastward with the sleepers.

"General, see no, the southern ghosts were defeated by us, two regiments against two regiments, the southern ghosts are not opponents, although we have killed and injured thousands of eight hundred people in this battle, but obviously this group of southern troops is only about one thousand and fifteen, they are indeed very experienced in fighting, and they are very tenacious at the beginning, but they are still defeated, and now they have fled like rats."

Kede nodded with satisfaction, but he was old and became a demon, and he didn't take it easy, but said: "Don't be careless, be careful to pursue." ”

"It's the general! You see, you won't let go of a single southern ghost. ”

Soon Daniel led people to escape to Bar Paynesville, and then set up a position on the Grande River to block it, there was a ready-made position, and the sandbags were still made by Yang Dongfang for him last night, and the fortifications did not need to be repaired.

"Brothers, kill these Yankees."

Seeing that the southern ghosts, who were originally defeated and were about to be caught up and annihilated, actually set up a position along the river, they were so angry that the northern army screamed, and they were repulsed after several attacks.

But soon they found a dozen boats in a small village downstream of the river, secretly called for providence, and then pulled them down and quickly organized a surprise attack across the river.

In order to be proper, they also took advantage of the fact that there were trees nearby, cut down trees to make rafts, and together with fishing boats, they formed a river-crossing assault team to attack the east bank.

"Attack! Kill the Southern Ghosts! The southern ghosts have no way to escape, as long as they cross the river, they will die, and they will kill for the Federation! ”

"For the Federation, for Ohio!"

Gunfire rang out on both sides of the river, gunsmoke erupted everywhere, and projectiles came and went, especially on the surface of the river, one by one the northern troops fell into the water, and the river was red, and just halfway through, most of the regiments that forcibly crossed were killed or wounded.

Daniel smiled and said to his subordinates: "Back then! In the Slate River, this is how the envoy killed Sheridan's cavalry! Pay attention, aim some, don't fight so hard, let the North think that we are short of ammunition and manpower. ”

"General! The guns of the southern ghosts have been softened a little, and I am afraid that there are many casualties, and our people are about to rush across the river. ”

Kede, who was staring at the battlefield, didn't think so, and said with a sneer: "It's not that simple, the combat effectiveness of the southern ghosts is very tenacious, maybe this is the enemy's trick to show the enemy to be weak." ”

"Yikes! General, what should we do, will they deliberately let us cross the river and then concentrate on exterminating the tidal flats. ”

Cod smiled with a hint of amusement, an old fox's expression: "That's why I asked Bruce to leave a few boats to cross the river quietly, and now I can inform them to cross the river." Regardless of whether the southern ghosts are really weak or false, we can definitely attack the river, and the southern ghosts are waiting to die. ”

(To be continued.) )