Chapter 284: Three Wars Richmond (Middle)

"Occupy the west of the city!"

"Occupy the north of the city!"

"Occupy the south of the city!"

The divisions continued to report until they attacked the east of the city, eliminated a regiment of the Northern Army, and basically took control of the city of Richmond. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Dongfang rode a war horse to run around, collected the supplies, and basically controlled Richmond before continuing to order: "In the east of the city, in the north of the city, there are many tree flags, more shouts, and from time to time I will shoot a few shots to make the northern army feel that we are still in the city, and the others will retreat to the west of the city, and tonight's goal has been achieved." ”

The Northern Army, which wiped out three regiments, captured 5,000 rifles, plus 50 cannons, hundreds of tons of grain and all kinds of supplies, and this time the harvest was quite abundant, and finally relieved the depression that had been exposed in advance yesterday.

"Special envoy, I've found all the people you want, and it's very convenient to find people who support us in Richmond!" Daniel's face was full of glory, he was extraordinarily confident, and he was extremely happy, the capital, it had finally been recaptured, but he was very curious about what Yang Dongfang would do when he retrieved the navy of the original Southern Army and the veterans who were familiar with Petersburg.

Do you have to go to the Petersburg fortress today?

"Give me the map, look for it, where to go, and get to the Petersburg Fortress as quickly as possible." Putting down the kerosene lamp and sweeping the dust on the drawings, Yang Dongfang looked at the American-style map and didn't understand very well: "Tell me how the Northern Army attacked the Petersburg fortress before, and see what we have to use." ”

Daniel asked, "Envoy, you don't really want to fight the Petersburg fortress, do you?" What should we do there, we just took it, do you want to pick up General Li and them. ”

Yang Dongfang knew what he meant, and it was a big deal to recover the capital, but he shook his head: "Richmond is not suitable for garrison now, and we don't have so many soldiers to defend, so let's give it to the Federation for the time being, anyway, when we want to come, we will come, just use it as a deposit machine, and it can better disperse the Federation's troops, this is the city moves to death, and people move to live." Until General Lee joins up with General Johnston's forces, we must focus on mobile warfare. ”

Daniel felt that there was some truth, so he didn't say anything, and talked about the several attacks of the Northern Army on the Petersburg fortress, and finally Yang Dongfang came to a few points.

The Petersburg fortress was very strong, and could be used as a stubborn point, which could better rest the troops, especially the treatment of wounded soldiers, and contain more northern troops, without having to sleep in the mountains.

At the same time, there should be a large number of northern army materials inside, especially heavy artillery, whether it is the heavy artillery of the northern army attacking the city, or the fortress artillery of the southern army defending the city, they must be placed there, and there is no siege for the time being, so the large-caliber heavy artillery is all idle here and has not been arranged to be transported away.

He had to get these cannons, and get them back to China, so that they could be used as coastal defenses.

The Third Recapture of Petersburg was more practical than Richmond, as it raised the banner of a counteroffensive and rebuilt the confidence of the Confederate army, which could contain the rest of the scattered Union armies.

And it was closer to Johnston's forces, as long as it crossed a medium river, provided of course that Sherman and Grant's 100,000-plus blocking forces were defeated.

Yang Dongfang's personality is decisive, he never drags mud and water, he does what he thinks, and he has already planned to attack the Petersburg Fortress, taking advantage of the fact that the sky is still dark, he led people across the James River to the Petersburg Fortress.

It wasn't until after dawn that the Northern Army outside the city discovered that something was wrong, sent people into the city to test, and found that there was no shadow of the Southern Army for a long time, and overnight, the troops of the alliance disappeared into the city again without a trace, which made the Northern Army wonder.

For a moment, Richmond was enveloped in an oppressive and strange atmosphere, and all kinds of legends began to spread from people's mouths.

The Northern Army had to send troops to take over the city again, maintain law and order, and always be vigilant against the sudden appearance of the Southern Army, which was directly strengthened by three times its patrol force at night, and was conscientious and meticulous, not afraid of daring to be sloppy.

Prince Edward County, Grant heard the news of the fast horse notice, looked confused, spread out the map, and then asked the searchers sent out to verify some information.

Glancing back and forth at a few points, the last punch hit the table:

"Damn! This must have been done by those little rats, no wonder there was no trace of them in places such as Slate River and Cumberland, it turned out that they had already crossed the James River and attacked Richmond, a group of fools, and let the Southern army of less than 2,000 people enter the city, it is really incompetent. ”

Edwood said: "What a group of cunning fellows, I have to admit that the man who commanded this army is a genius military strategist, who can evade our blockade, and can also sneak into the city, launch an attack for two days in a row, and then retreat on his own initiative, the general is a dangerous existence, he is good at guerrilla, even more powerful than Robert Lee or John Gordon and others." ”

"If it weren't for James Longstredt showing up on the mountain a few days ago to break up Robert Lee, I would have thought it was this guy who led the soldiers." Gran nodded, a little approving, but more angry, and the god flashed overcast:

"You're right, this guy is too dangerous, now that we're about to pacify the south completely, it's really annoying to have such a troublemaker, whoever he is, if I catch him, I must send him to the gallows."

After a few curses, Grant asked if the Confederate army attacking Richmond had really entered Richmond on a battleship the afternoon before yesterday, and after being determined, he marked a circle at the location of the Petersburg fortress.

"Commander-in-chief, you mean, it's possible that this group of Confederate troops is going to attack Petersburg, it's unlikely, right?"

"It's not possible, but they will definitely go, you see they obviously took Richmond but didn't occupy it, obviously they want to avoid the edge of our army, for fear of being surrounded and annihilated by our army, so it will be impossible for them to go east or north after they disappear, as for the south, it is a dead land, unless they want to go to the sea to bathe, so if they want to continue to expand the results of the war, mainly to guerrilla kills and wound our army, the only thing they can go is to cross the river to the west, and they have boats, so it is relatively easy."

"The whole Tommax River, Petersburg is the most tempting, I hope they don't break through so quickly, and I hope our defenders won't be as incompetent as Richmond." Grant immediately sent a messenger to inform the defenders of the Petersburg Fortress to be on alert, and at the same time sent the search force south to immediately rush to the Petersburg Fortress.

Things are always not transferred by human will, walked more than ten kilometers of waterway, and then went ashore to attack Petersburg Yang Dongfang and others, exposed their identities in the city of Colonnier's Heights opposite the Petersburg fortress, and had to exchange fire with the northern army guarding the city, but fortunately, the firepower was strong enough, and more than 100 people were lost and the defenders were defeated.

So that the distant echo of Petersburg was prepared, the fortress guns were aimed at the Tomax River, and the river warships patrolled and cruised. (To be continued.) )