Chapter 286: Entering Kentucky

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At that time, it was possible to defeat Sherman first, recover the coastal states, and recover the capital when he returned.

There was also a trace of doubt hidden in the eyes with strong fighting intent, Envoy Yang was really so kind, willing to sacrifice himself and hundreds of thousands of Northern Army Zhou Xuan.

He must have had a plan, Robert Lee felt a hint of worry in his heart, but he was forced to hold it down by himself.

After determining the general strategy, Yang Dongfang appeared in Charleston with two dissatisfied regiments for a moment, quickly eliminated a small number of regular volunteers and a large number of militia here, seized more than 4,000 guns, weapons and ammunition, and a large amount of supplies and food, and achieved the goal, and the second appeared in Indianapolis with Daniel.

"Dashuai, you're finally back, you miss us to death!"

Wang Dake, who had been dismantling the railroad and training around Indianapolis for more than ten days, came to complain bitterly and at the same time reported his achievements.

Looking at the piles of railroad tracks, sleepers, and grain collected from the surrounding villages, Yang Dongfang was deeply grateful, praised everyone at the top of his voice, and then collected the things with a wave of his hand, and sent them all back to China.

Only then did he introduce to everyone: "This is Mr. Daniel, the lieutenant general of the alliance, and the five thousand Southern Army troops in the city will be managed and commanded by him in the future, so you can introduce the situation to him." ”

Wang Dake politely saluted and said: "Hello Lieutenant General Daniel, the situation is like this, after our battle ten days ago, the city . . . ”

Daniel originally thought that the five thousand soldiers of the Southern Army who were captured by the Northern Army were not very good, and their combat effectiveness must be very low, but after listening to Wang Dake's introduction, he changed his mind a little and became a little confident.

It turned out that 2,000 people in the 5,000-strong army were equipped with guns, and after he took office, Yang Dongfang would send 2,000 guns over.

At the same time, these 5,000 people have been following the guard regiment of the New People's Army for the past 10 days, practicing and training, and their combat effectiveness has also recovered a lot, and their morale has been even higher.

Bullying men and women, there are many people who kill people and set fires, there are new militia patrols in the city, they don't dare to be too presumptuous, the countryside outside the city is miserable, and the little remote ones are robbed by these guys.

When Wang Dake and the others spoke, they avoided Yang Dongfang's eyes slightly, Yang Dongfang shrugged his shoulders and did not comment, the Americans scourge the Americans, and it is his business, so naturally they will not blame Wang Dake and others for not supervising more.

After sending Daniel away, Yang Dongfang asked, "How are the enemy forces nearby?" ”

Xi Yanming sat back and said: "Dashuai, the situation is not bad, there has been a strong wind in the north recently, there has been a little snow, the temperature here is too fucking cold, the American devil in the direction of Chicago has not moved, the guy named Smith has cowered in Chicago and has not moved, it is estimated that he was beaten by us in Rock Alland last time." ”

"There is a guy named Hancock in the east with a Second Federal Army to fortify and surround us in Gobulon first, but seeing that we have no intention of going east, he himself led his troops to Dayton, probably trying to approach us step by step."

"What about Springfield? Is there no movement? Yang Dongfang nodded, knowing that this guy named Hancock was a famous general with strong ability, and his second army was not bad.

Wang Dake and the two shook their heads and said: "It's a little farther away, and it's the direction where we first dismantled the railway, there is no news coming, it is estimated that there are American devils and militias from various states following the pursuing troops." We have sacked so many big cities, and they will not dare to take the initiative to provoke them for a while, and they must be mainly on defense. ”

"By the way, Dashuai, there is a large number of enemy troops assembled on the line of the Okeio River in the south, but they are far away and are not in a hurry to get closer to us, so there is less reconnaissance information."

"Southside?" Yang Dongzhu spread out the map and found that there were many important cities in the south, the first was Frankfurt, the capital of Kentucky, where there were many defenders, abundant materials, and relatively complete industries, of course, the existence of arsenals was indispensable.

The second is Cincinnati, a city on the border of three states, with a population of more than 100,000 and an important strategic location, with railroads, large rivers, and the halfway point between Frankfurt and Dayton.

It can be said that whoever occupies this place first has the initiative to go south and north, and attack west and east.

If he is a northern army, he will definitely build a blocking line on the front line of Frankfurt, Cincinnati, Dayton, etc., to prevent the enemy from continuing to advance east and south.

Of course, if it were someone else, it might not be easy to rush over in the face of such a formation of the Northern Army, but now it is his own words, it is just a matter of waving his hand, Yang Dongfang is thinking about how to expand the results of the battle and eliminate the most Northern Army.

And he has his eye on the Frankfurt Arsenal, which is a dozen solid pieces of fat.

After another day of rest, after Daniel took control of the 5,000 Southern Army, Yang Dongfang instructed him to attack to the east, making a big noise, and looking like he was pouring out.

Immediately, Daniel was actually five regiments, known as ten regiments to attack Richmond in the east, and the advance along the way was not fast, steady and steady, and did not restrain military discipline, allowing his subordinates to continue to do mischief, so he quickly won the recognition and loyalty of the Southern Army.

"It seems that there is no more suitable person for this guy to be the commander of this force." Slightly stunned Daniel's performance, Yang Dongfang didn't care, scourge, continue to scourge, Yang Dongzhu really wanted to teach him the trick of Chinese bandits coercing the homeless, but unfortunately he didn't know much about it, otherwise he could wipe it off.

"Marshal, at last there is movement, as soon as the Northern army heard that we were attacking eastward with all its might, and after the army left the city, ten regiments of militia were dispatched from the direction of Springfield and began to march towards us.

Eight regiments were also dispatched to us in the direction of the border state city of Louisville, presumably to capture the city, and the back road of **** Daniel was attacked on both sides. After Wang Dake finished the report, he asked, "When will we act?" ”

Yang Dongfang looked at Wang Dake, who was eager to fight, and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I'm dismantling the railroad tracks for a day, and I'm walking in a day or two." ”

The New People's Army Guard Regiment continued to dismantle the railroad tracks leading to Cincinnati, and the Northern Army did not walk fast because of the inconvenience of transportation, and waited for two and a half days before the two enemy forces arrived late, and they were already close to the city for twenty kilometers, and Yang Dongfang left with people.

The next moment appeared in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati had 5,000 heavy troops waiting at this time, 2,000 were militiamen, and the combat effectiveness was not bad, George Henry Thomas still attached great importance to it, and it stands to reason that he only needs to guard the railway bridge and ferry.

In addition, there are many important cities around Frankfurt that need to be garrisoned, so the troops are slightly scattered.

Powerful firepower blossomed from the center of the city, swept through the city of Cincinnati in an instant, defeated the militia defending the city, and the new people's army expanded its gains outside the city, and the unwilling 3,000 defenders were so strong that they did not flee at first, shouting: "Take back the city and kill the southern traitors!" ”

The tidal wave of defenders fought back from the ferry and the railway bridge.

"Da Da Da Da .!" Eight Gatlings opened the way, and the combat effectiveness of the New People's Army became stronger. The Northern army that rushed up was all sieve, and the front rows fell one after another.

The next battle still did not need to be commanded by Yang Dongfang, and it was all handed over to Wang Dake and others.

"The third battalion took the ferry to the left in a roundabout way, and the fourth battalion took the railway bridge for me, since these American devils are so heroic, then don't be polite, give me all to eat."

Soon the battalions took their targets, and the defenders who could have escaped were all surrounded, and under the powerful firepower, especially before Yang Dongfang sent five artillery bombardments to them, more than 2,000 Northern troops were killed, and the remaining 3,400 surrendered.

Eat the defenders here, inform Daniel that he can turn south, and without stopping, Yang Dongfang led people across the river and entered Kentucky! (To be continued.) )