Chapter 295: Break out of the cage

A day and a half after Baltimore was captured by the New People's Army, Washington received belated news. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Andrew Johnson, who had just announced his temporary succession to President Lincoln, was holding a meeting to discuss the first urgent matter in office, the rescue of President Lincoln, but there was no good solution, and only a hasty proposal to send a representative to negotiate with Robert Lee.

Where did I expect to receive such shocking news at this time.

"Everyone, I have to tell you the bad news, just two nights ago, the Union forces captured Baltimore."

"What! This is impossible, there are thousands of defenders there, where did the soldiers of the Union come from, how could they attack there? ”

"That's it, Your Excellency Vice President, don't joke, this joke is not humorous at all."

Many people questioned the accuracy of the news, but the Secretary of State stood up and said on Andrew's behalf: "Guys, the news can't go wrong, it's sent by the Admiralty, just three days ago, President Lincoln disappeared on Third Street with the devil from the East, and now President Lincoln is in Elliott, and there is no guarantee that the Orientals will not suddenly appear in Baltimore." ”

"Damn Oriental monkeys, why are they so weird, you must catch these Orientals and kill them all."

"That's right! Kill them all and take Baltimore back. ”

Originally, there was no constructive plan to discuss the rescue of Lincoln, but now the people agreed to retake Baltimore, and soon the military department prepared a telegram, and Andrew signed an order to send a division of troops from Washington to Baltimore.

At the same time, the naval forces drew a detachment into the East Bay and attacked by water.

Washington's war machine was in motion, and soon the men were dispatched, and the weapons were handed out and loaded onto the train for Baltimore, but halfway through, a large section of the railroad tracks was torn down.

The Union troops had to go on foot, and the supplies were transported by horse-drawn carriages, but fortunately, the two places were already close to each other, and it took two days to get to the outside of Baltimore City, set up offensive positions and start shouting!

"The rebels in the city listen, immediately lay down their arms and surrender, the federal government can forgive you, otherwise wait for God's punishment!"

"Grinding and chirping, if you want to fight, you can fight, where is there so much nonsense, come and salute and teach the foreign devils on the opposite side a lesson."

With a bang, a cannon shot rang out behind the position of the New People's Army, smashing in front of the position of the Northern Army, and the Northern Army immediately launched an attack, and dozens of artillery pieces took the lead in launching an artillery attack on the positions outside the city.

Half an hour later, a division of the Federal Army directly pressed up.

"Brothers, hit me, don't save bullets, beat hard!"

Six Gatlings roared in front of the formation, the guns continued to fire, and the artillery behind also joined the strike sequence, and the New People's Army was in an orderly manner, facing a division of the Northern Army, it was not afraid, and the attacking Northern Army was facing such strong firepower, and it rushed back halfway.

", it's boring to retreat so quickly!" The people of the guard regiment complained one by one, they had never seen any scenes, and this northern army still didn't let them take it seriously, but the Union Self-Defense Army behind them was not easy to say, where had they seen this meeting, many people were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they trembled and watched everything that happened on the front line.

On the other side, the Union Navy launched an artillery bombardment of the docks and cooperated with the Army to seize Baltimore, but was attacked by Tours, who was familiar with naval combat, and Tours commanded Baltimore's Coastal Bay Battery, using 200-pounder Parot Fortress guns to bombard the Union Navy.

The artillery on Tour's side was far away and threatening, destroying a battleship of the Union Navy and successfully repelling the enemy, and the Federation Navy detachment had to retreat back for the time being.

However, they also grasped the weakness of Tour, that is, he was short of manpower, and there were not enough soldiers who were proficient in artillery, and they did not use the Baltimore battery to its full potential.

As long as there are enough naval warships, they can be broken in one fell swoop.

The offensive was thwarted, and the news soon reached Washington, which was Andrew's first move to take over the presidency and would never allow defeat, so he immediately ordered a division of the Volunteer Army in Delaware and a division in Pennsylvania to attack Baltimore from the northeast.

At the same time, three infantry divisions were drawn from Washington, four divisions were formed into a corps, and a detachment of naval warships was added, and this time they were to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai, and quickly extinguish the fire, so as not to burn the plains.

However, Washington did not have many troops in total, and now that three divisions had been transferred and left, the capital was empty, so Andrew's next move was to withdraw the troops sent to support Grant in besieging Robert from Bowling Green and Port Royal to Washington.

"Andrew! What the hell is he going to do, how can he withdraw the troops from these two places, this southern ghost, he must be a traitor. When Grant found out, he was quite angry, and scolded in a small town called Tepin.

Andrew Johnson is actually a Southerner, and President Lincoln appointed a vice president of the South in order to balance the North and the South, and it has to be said that he was far-sighted, in order to reduce the pacification of the South after the future was defeated.

However, many people in the federation have complaint, and now that Andrew is doing this, it is natural that Grant can't help but scold his mother.

"Ordered David to take over the defense of these two cities, and ordered Coloniel Heights' troops to suspend the attack on Petersburg, and to transfer two divisions to take over David's defense. George was ordered to transfer four divisions to Colonial Heights. ”

Soon Grant made a series of moves, and in order to save time, he took the shortest possible time, requisitioned the troops in place, and took over the defense of the target area.

And his flip was exactly what Yang Dongfang had been waiting for a long time, and at this time he had quietly entered Wilmington, the largest city in Delaware.

Two days later, Grant's troops were transferred, and Yang Dongfang also mixed into Philadelphia, marching east along the Delaware Valley from Wilmington.

Especially in Philadelphia, he vowed to loot it entirely.

Inside and outside Philadelphia, there are many factories, whining chimneys, more prosperous than any other city in the United States, and the population is as large as a cow's hair, shoulder to shoulder, so lively.

As the former capital, it can be seen that the manufacturing output value has accounted for 30% of the country at this time. It is one of the economic, transportation, and cultural centers, and no other city in the United States can compete with it except New York and Chicago.

Railway shipbuilding is even larger in scale and leading in development.

Even in the next generation, this buddy is ranked fourth in the United States, and it makes people drool when they think about it, this is all meat! stripped naked, waiting for the existence of the prince.

"Hey, Philadelphia! Delaware Valley, I'm not going to keep you waiting. The Americans in Philadelphia at night didn't know that they had been targeted by a flood beast, and with a lewd laugh, Yang Dongfang took the people back to Irlet.

"General Li, we can go!"

After picking up Robert Lee, Yang Dongfang and the others came to the alpine position in Prince Edward County, at this time the 20,000 troops were waiting for the return of Yang Dongfang and Robert Lee.

"Are the warriors of the Alliance ready?"

"Please, general, give the order! We swear to follow to the death and overthrow the North Yankees! ”

"So what are you waiting for! Kill me west, and we'll fight to North Carolina, to the Rocky Mountains. (To be continued.) )