Chapter 301: Siege of the Sherman Legion (2)

To the southeast of the Rocky Mountain City is a small city called Talborough, located on the banks of the Tar River, which can be connected to the Rocky Mountain City upstream by water, and downstream to the sea through Pamlico Bay. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The geographical location is extremely important, especially when the Sherman Legion joined the Federal Eastern Front Corps, this is a very important transportation artery, and now this is a material transfer place for him to encircle and annihilate Johnston, and some of the ammunition on land and sea passes through here and can be directly delivered.

Yang Dongfang left a regiment on the Rohanok River, waiting for Richard Yule to take over the support of the troops defending the Eastern Front of the Union, and he quietly mixed up with five companies on the outskirts of Talborough.

At the same time, he used a crossing back to Lynchburg in the middle and upper reaches of the James River, and took the two regiments of the Southern Army that had transferred Grant's 8,000 troops at that time, so that his troops became more than 2,000 men, and then he launched an attack on Talborough.

At nightfall, using the camouflage of warships and hoisting the Union battle flag, more than 2,000 people dressed in Federation military uniforms successfully infiltrated the dock and landed on the northwest shore.

"Hit! Kill the Northerners! ”

The northern army guarding the entrance to the city was caught off guard and was killed in an instant, Yang Dongfang and others successfully entered the city, met the northern army that came to reinforce at the central fork road, and were defeated after more than ten minutes of fighting, leaving a corpse and retreating to the northern city.

There are rivers on three sides of Talborough, east and west, and the main military forces of the northern army defending here are the dock and the other is the north, so the scattered northern army intends to regroup in the northern city and counterattack.

"Special envoy, the northern Yankees in the city have all retreated to the north of the city, should we continue to pursue?"

"Of course! Even if you can't kill them all, you have to go out of the city. Yang Dongfang thought that he didn't want to get the cannon out and directly bombard the northern city, so that this group of federal troops could taste the power, and at the same time set up a small team of people to search for military supplies and food in the city.

Soon, under the bombardment, the northern army was defeated and could only withdraw, not to launch a few more charges and attacks into the city, and on the other side, they were also asking for help in the direction of Rocky Mountain City, wiping to entangle the southern army in the city and prepare for the next encirclement and suppression.

However, Yang Dongfang found the military supplies in the city, took them all away with a wave of his hand, and all the staff retreated and stepped on the boat to leave, the total time was only an hour, and by the time Sherman received the news, it had disappeared into the vast night.

"What! The Southern Army secretly attacked Talborough, and such an important place was also attacked by the Southern Army, and it only took an hour to retreat, and all the military supplies were taken away, which was the ammunition supply of a division, and what did the defenders eat. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, this group of Southern troops was infiltrated in Talboro by warship, and they are still wearing the same clothes as us, so... However, troops have been sent downstream from the Talboro direction to search downstream. ”

Sherman rubbed his temples and sat down straight, recently receiving news that was getting worse and worse and making others feel bad, he had a habit of thinking deeply alone, and at this time too, he muttered to himself:

"The troops of the Southern Army have appeared in the south, so it seems that the Luoanoke River in the east has been quietly cut off, no wonder there is no news of the troops on the Eastern Front in the past few days, so it is.

The Confederates have made a sneak attack on Talborough, and there are ships, and the next target must be Greenville, followed by the coastal ports, and if the main force of the Virginia Corps in Raleigh City is heading south to capture Gortsborough, then most of my troops will be surrounded, and Robert Lee has such a great appetite that he wants to eat me in one bite, and he is not afraid of losing his teeth, and he is not afraid of the Eastern Front army breaking through his back. ”

Thinking of this, Sherman's eyes suddenly opened, and a cold light shot out, and he immediately gave the order:

"Let the troops of Gortsboro abandon the city and rush to Greenville, and whatever happens, they must hold on to this place, and together with the navy, ensure the smooth flow of water and land with Harbour City, and destroy the little rats that have broken in."

"It's the Commander-in-Chief"

General Li, if you want to surround me, then I will send you Goltsboro, see how many troops you can deploy, the longer the battle line is stretched, the thinner your troops will be, and the more opportunities General George will have, see how you can break my triangle formation.

Judging from the map, Sherman shrank his forces to Rocky Mountain City, Wilson, and Greenville to form a triangle, supporting each other both offensively and defensively, shortening the logistics supply line, using naval superiority to firmly control the coastline, and ensuring a continuous supply of materials first.

His idea was still to eliminate Johnston in the city first, completely eliminate the main force and generals of the Western Front of the original Confederate Army, defeat the Northern Virginia Army in the north and south with the advantage of the Federation, completely subdue Robert Lee, and eradicate the Federal Alliance.

Therefore, while shrinking his forces, he continued to send liaison officers to the north and east to obtain news from the troops on the Eastern Front.

On the other hand, a net was also being laid out, so that all the Union armies in southern North Carolina were concentrated in Fayetteville, and once the Southern Army entered Gorchborough, it could attack the Southern Army in East Wilson, Southeast Greenville, South New Bern, and West Fayetteville on all sides.

It can be said that strategically he gave up Gorzborough and turned himself from passive to active, and he was able to throw out a very tempting piece of chicken ribs to achieve the goal of consuming the Yugoslav army, which really killed two birds with one stone.

The southern army has few troops, and if one dies, there will be one less, which is a shortcoming, and he will naturally take advantage of it.

The sky was overcast, the river was full of mist, Greenville had just woken up from its wake-up sleep, and everyone was a little lazy, stretched out their arms, and the soldiers who had been on duty all night yawned and said hello to the changing of the guard and went into the barracks.

Yang Dongfang repeated his old tricks, and the defenders here were even more unguarded, especially in the early morning, they captured this place more smoothly, eliminated and captured 2,000 northern troops, and captured a division of supplies, which made Yang Dongfang happy.

In particular, the capture of ammunition that could supply fifty cannons and hit ten bases made him laugh wildly.

Cannonballs!

He has a lot of artillery now, but there is a serious shortage of shells, and he is basically running out, and this vote is worth it, although he lost three companies in the battle.

“。。 Let's go downstream to Washington Harbor to do a ticket! ”

What is the essence of guerrilla warfare, leave after fighting, and run away when you take advantage.

By the time the Northern Army arrived, Greenville was only surrounded by people hiding at home, and the streets were quiet except for the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air. Knowing that the Southern Army would continue to move towards the downstream harbor, this time they were not chasing, because the Northern Army, which he quickly arrived here, had only one regiment in strength, and it was not necessarily the opponent of the other side. (To be continued.) )