Chapter 285: Conquering Petersburg

Fortunately, it was night, and there were no searchlights or anything in this era, and the surveillance distance of the Northern Army was limited. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

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Faced with such a situation, Yang Dongfang understood that he had to take Petersburg as soon as possible, and at the same time, he could not attack it by force, so he could only use the crossing function continuously to consume prestige points.

Soon in the dead of night, the patrol of the Northern Army was still the same, Yang Dongfang flew across the river with people first, this time he didn't dare to get the pontoon bridge out, and when he got to the other side of the river, soon the Northern Army patrol found them and began to beat gongs and drums, of course, it was actually a gun to remind, but they also paid the price of their lives, and they were killed by the commando, and they died worthless.

Because even if the northern army in the Petersburg fortress was alarmed, it didn't matter, because within sight, Yang Dongfang took 2,000 people directly into the fortress.

The wolf-like Southern Army immediately launched an attack on the Northern Army, which was surprised and shocked, and the Northern Army did not understand how they had lost the battle, and they were either killed or captured.

"Fire! Bomb the Northern warship in the river for me! As soon as he captured the fortress, Yang Dongfang sent people to attack the river warships outside the city.

This time, I brought a small number of veterans who were familiar with the fortresses, and they were familiar with these fortress guns, and they quickly made preparations, and the roaring large-caliber guns were ejected, and the roaring sound smashed into the river, which frightened the Northern warships and quickly fled and went downstream.

After dawn, the Northern Army came from all directions, and Grant's order was still one step late, of course, this is normal, after all, Yang Dongfang left Richmond much earlier than the Northern Army's communications soldiers who reported the situation.

Soon the northern army launched an attack, wanting to take advantage of the fact that Yang Dongfang and others had just taken the unstable foothold of the fortress to recapture, but soon after thousands of casualties, they were driven back by artillery, and then there was no decent attack.

The Northern Army had to ask Richmond for artillery support, otherwise it would not be able to capture the fort.

After counting how many artillery pieces there were in the fortress, it was quickly concluded that there were 800 guns, more than 200 large-caliber guns, more than 300 medium-caliber guns, and the rest small-caliber guns.

This coke broke Yang Dongfang, and asked Daniel This guy replied: "Special envoy, in the defense of Richmond, our alliance used almost 1,300 cannons, 1,800 Beiyan, and the total may be more than 3,000, and the Petersburg side is the key attack direction, and the two sides add up to no less than 2,000 guns, plus each other's losses are probably this number." ”

"Yes! Although there are a lot of artillery, there are not enough shells, and there is a great shortage of artillery. "The only thing that makes Yang Dongfang a little lacking is that the cannonballs in the fortress are only enough for more than 200 cannons to use two bases.

He didn't know that Grant, who was dozens of kilometers away, was repentant, and after being beaten by Robert Lee a few days ago and damaging more than 100 cannons, he had transferred more than 200 small and medium-caliber guns to Petersburg, but considering that the shells were not very sufficient, he wanted to wait for the Union Navy to transport the shells over the fortress along with the cannons.

As a result, before the shells arrived, the fortress had already been lost, and the artillery had been captured.

The attack on Robert Lee was postponed again, and it was necessary to take Petersburg again, which was the real big trouble, considering that it took nine months to lay the fortification, and it was mainly a siege, and the Confederate army was exhausted of supplies and artillery shells, and it was only in one fell swoop that it was breached.

"You mean, there's still quite a bit of artillery in Richmond as well. Why did we capture dozens of doors only after the occupation? ”

Daniel replied: "Envoy, those dozens of guns were originally used by our Federation to defend the city, and the artillery of the North Yankees is estimated to be on the position outside the east of the city, those are all heavy artillery, it is difficult to get into the city, and the city has been occupied, I don't think there is still a war, I can't imagine that we have the ability to retake the city, so the artillery is not pulled in, and a lot of their cannons are on the naval warships, and the navy uses the advantage of the warships to bombard the city, so this is also the aspect that their artillery is more than ours, After all, our navy has long been wiped out. ”

In this way, Yang Dongfang understood, and muttered: "Then, there are not a lot of artillery pieces in the east of the city, and there should be no shortage of shells!" ”

Daniel nodded: "If they hadn't asked for supplies in the direction of Washington, it shouldn't be too much, after all, they fired harder than us, and the cost was greater." ”

Yang Dongfang said nonsense, the Northern Army has money, of course it fights fiercely, it is a group of losers, and the ammunition you have for an encounter is enough for other countries to fight for several months.

However, I secretly thought in my heart that there would be no battle here in three or four days, so I could repair the fortress again, strengthen the troops, and at the same time train the 4,000 southern troops who were captured by the Northern Army and stayed in the fortress in the past, so as to further enhance our strength and meet the time of war.

Sure enough, in the following days, Beijing entered the previously dug offensive positions on the south bank, surrounded the fortress impenetrable, and all kinds of materials and personnel were constantly transferred.

Taking advantage of this time, after the skill cooldown time, Yang Dongfang returned to Robert Lee, took another 2,000 people, strengthened the defense force, so that there were 8,000 troops here, and then left one of Robert Lee's generals to be responsible for defending the Petersburg Fortress, and he himself happily took Daniel quietly, and returned to the mountains of Prince Edward County with dozens of capable generals selected by Daniel.

"Envoy, now that Petersburg has been recaptured by us, the next step is for us to break out and join General Johnston." Robert Lee's eyes are sharp, and he has changed the gloomy color of a week ago, his face is much better, and he is more energetic.

Petersburg was recaptured, and he knew that the next chess game was over, and Grant would inevitably send more troops to besiege Petersburg, so that the pressure on his side would be lighter and lighter.

Yang Dongfang nodded and knew that Robert Lee was a little impatient and said: "The time has indeed come, but it's not in a hurry, now Grant is not in a hurry, we are still making a big noise, so that Washington is in a hurry, so I want to transfer two regiments to General Li, and we will take Charleston first." ”

"West Virginia!"

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances, but they didn't understand what Yang Dongfang was going to do, what was he doing to occupy the capital of West Virginia at this time.

Robert Lee seemed to understand something, his brows furrowed and he only said, "Special Envoy, Charleston is not too far away, can you still fly with a thought?" ”

Charleston to Petersburg is only three hundred and eighty kilometers, not to mention Prince Edward County, so Yang Dongfang nodded and said very confidently: "There is no problem at all, you may not know, I came all the way from Annapolivi, India, through West Virginia, and found that there are very few northern troops there, I believe that the generals only need two regiments to sweep here, of course, it must be a general who can fight well." ”

West Virginia is a mountainous state, and 2,000 men can indeed be used to the maximum of maneuverability, while at the same time being able to gather other scattered guerrilla forces.

"And you may not know that in Annapolivi, India, I have rescued five thousand soldiers of the Alliance, and then this force will be commanded by General Daniel, and I will go south with my generals, and sweep all the way down the railway line, and then it will definitely alarm the entire Northern Army, and the direction of Washington will be panicked, and Grant will not be able to sit still, and their arrangements will inevitably be chaotic, and I will fight Richmond once, and I believe that there will be nothing to stop us from counterattacking.

At that time, I was marching north from Richmond to attack Washington, D.C., and into the East 1 Northern states, did Grant still have the heart to stay in Prince Edward County? Still have the energy to pay attention to Petersburg? At that time, he will definitely chase me with his elite. This trick is called Wei Wei to save Zhao in our east, which is very good! ”

(To be continued.) )