Chapter 328 swept through the Northeast

As for Yang Dongfang and leading people into Connecticut, all the way rampant, the northeastern states of the federal United States have no strength to compete with them, you must know that these states did not have the main army, and there were originally a lot of militias, but because of the emergence of the Southern Army in New Jersey, some of them were transferred over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And because there are Southern troops in the northwest of New York State who have attacked the city and been transferred away, the militia left behind is even more pitiful, of course, they themselves have no combat effectiveness, in the face of the heavily armed and experienced Southern army, resistance is the beginning of destruction.

Along the rail line, it swept six major cities on the Long Island coast in two days and arrived in New Haven.

New Haven is one of the twin capitals of Connecticut, which had two state capitals in the 19th century, the other of which was Hartford.

New Haven is the oldest city in the United States, with a thriving industry and commerce, and a reputation for guns, hardware and horse-drawn carriages, making it a major place to supply the Union Army with weapons produced during the Civil War.

At the same time, it has the prestigious Yale University! Abundant educational resources.

But at this time, all these belonged to Yang Dongfang, he took the time to take a look at this famous school, and he didn't feel good, and then swept away the books, archives, laboratory equipment and everything in the library, which were enough to establish a high-level university in China.

"Hmmm! Murder and arson should learn from the great powers. When he left, Yang Dongfang waved away without taking away a single cloud, learned the appearance of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and burned this century-old mansion clean.

Then he looted the surrounding factories, especially the three arsenals, which were the first to be used, for which his ammunition and weapons were greatly replenished.

Tens of thousands of guns, more than 300,000 shells, and millions of rounds of ammunition of all kinds were obtained, and of course the troops had to stay here for two days, snatching everything cleanly, leaving not even a single hair for the Americans.

During his stay for two days, he returned to the south with six or seven hundred of the best skilled workers selected from the arsenal, and then brought in another two thousand troops, which were hidden in the mountains and forests not far to the west.

Having eaten and drunk, the troops continued to send out, turning north towards Hartford instead of continuing along the railroad to the coastal cities to the northeast.

The reason is that Hartford also has a large arsenal, which is the world-famous Colt Arsenal.

That's right, it's the guy who invented Colt who started his own company, and in Hartford there is an arsenal run by Colt in cooperation with the military, and this arsenal is the only place to produce Gatling guns.

Gatling's foundry.

So Yang Dongfang has a reason to go.

Makqin must have it, and Gatling can't be missing! It is necessary to snatch it up, completely paralyze the military industry of the Federal United States, and leave their millions of guns without ammunition, and the war is basically over.

Hartford had received news of the Confederate attack, and was calling for help from upstate New York on the one hand, and federal Navy on the other.

Hartford! Most of the people had begun to pack up and leave the city, and the ferocity of the Confederate army began to make them shudder and fear.

Those who didn't leave were also desperately burying their possessions and putting away all the valuable things.

"Damn! This bastard actually helped the Southern Army fight here? A bunch of stupid fools, a bunch of misers, just out of reach, that bastard is going to fight here, and still clinging to those broken machines. ”

At the East Pier, a man turned and cursed at the south, then hopped on a boat heading north, hurried out of the area, and then took the train to Springfield to Boston.

He was accompanied by Gatlin.

Two days later, they arrived at a place called Meriden and stopped, at this time the 8,000 people of the Federation Army pursuing in the rear hurriedly arrived, and they wanted to give the invading Southern Army a counterattack, but who knows, the total strength of Yang Dongfang's people has changed from the original 4,000 to 6,000, and the 2,000 people hiding in the west of New Haven have killed back to New Haven, eliminated the baggage and artillery of the pursuing Northern Army, and then together with Merriden's Southern Army, the north and south flanked to defeat this Northern Army and eliminate most of it.

Only then did they swagger into Hartford, and with the defeat of the Northern Army dozens of kilometers away, there was no resistance here, and most of the residents fled, saving a lot of trouble for the Southern Army, and they did not intend to rob the people too much, so it was more convenient to loot the shops and factories.

However, the Colt Arsenal, which was originally famous all over the world and the first arsenal in the United States in the future, made Yang Dongfang a little disappointed, because there was a fire here last year, and the Colt Arsenal was burned by the fire, and many advanced machines were destroyed.

The production capacity has been greatly reduced, many weapons and ammunition can no longer be produced, and in order to maintain livelihood and development, it has taken over the assembly and OEM business of a large number of other arsenals.

Of course, it can still produce more than 100 Colt pistols per day, as well as improved Gatling machine guns, and skilled skilled workers, so it is still one of the most powerful arsenals.

"I see, in that case, then I will simply take away more than 1,000 skilled workers, especially those who have produced improved Gatling." After understanding the reason, Yang Dongfang has nothing to say, there are no weapons, so continue to rob people.

Talent is also quite heavy, after all, the machine is gone, the Federation always has a way to get new ones, and talents and skilled craftsmen need time to cultivate.

Yang Dongfang did not delay in getting rid of these skilled workers, and ordered 6,000 troops to divide into two routes, and 4,000 people along the river north to attack Springfield and cut off the railway line for the troops from the northwest of New York to come back.

Ordered 2,000 men to set out from Hartford and attack directly to the east, sweeping the cities of eastern Connecticut.

Yang Dongfang himself appeared in New Haven with another 4,000 men on the second day, ate the troops regrouped after the defeat of the Union Army, and continued to attack along the railway line and along the coast.

Three days later, he invaded Rhode Island State, attacked ten cities along the way, and two days later reached the state capital Providence, where he joined forces with 2,000 Southern troops from eastern Connecticut, defeated 4,000 northern troops defending the city in one fell swoop, defeated the Union Navy, sank more than a dozen warships, and then lost 1,000 of his own men.

The 5,000 men then split in two, one along the Coast Railroad into Massachusetts, and attacked Boston from the south.

The other department went north to Massachusetts with Yang Dongfang, fought Worcester, occupied the Central Railroad to Boston, attacked Boston from the middle, and was responsible for blocking the north side of Boston, intercepting and cutting off the connection between Boston and New Hampshire.

Three days later, the large and small arsenals and towns in Boston City were cleared, and the two north and south besieged the city.

So Yang Dongfang gave up the idea of attacking the city and seeking the greatest benefits, and broke through from the middle road and attacked the city with heavy artillery.

Bombed the west of the city into a sea of fire, the city was badly blown up and then crushed the defenders, attacked the city, but did not control the area near the bay of the pier, casually robbed some valuable things, burned most of Boston and then withdrew from the city, and then left 2,000 men, he brought 3,000 from Lawrence into New Hampshire.

At the same time, Springfield's 4,000 Confederate troops gradually moved eastward, ceding the city to the Northern Army, of course, still burning the place with a large blow when they left, and at the same time tearing down the railroad bridges and coming to Boston.

After the convergence, 5,000 people followed Yang Jiangfang's footsteps into New Hampshire, leaving behind the devastated Massachusetts.

Attacking New Hampshire, Yang Dongfang still attacked along the coastal railway, sweeping one town after another, and the 5,000 Southern troops who entered the state later were divided into two, one was on guard against the Northern Army, and the other was demolishing the railroad, destroying bridges, and burning everything that could be burned.

Three days later, Yang Dongfang marched down Portland, the largest city in Maine, and then sent 2,000 troops to continue along the railroad and capture Augusta, the state capital, two days later.

He began to move south, joining up with the troops who had demolished the railroad and completely destroying the coastal railway.

After that, he turned west and attacked New Hampshire and attacked the state capital Concord.

At this time, the federal army reassembled 30,000 troops, including 2,2000 militiamen, got all the weapons and ammunition they could get their hands on, mobilized the people who hated the Southern army, built bridges and paved roads, and began to attack the Southern army.

Wanted to get them out of New Hampshire once and for all.

Yang Dongfang did not entangle with them, while dividing his troops to continue to sweep North Hampshire, and on the other hand, he blocked the attack behind his own palace and slowed down the speed of the Northern Army.

The troops at Augusta were not advancing northeast, because there were no railroads left, and the roads were getting smaller and smaller, and the population was becoming more and more sparse, so they turned north and west, and entered from northeastern New Hampshire, and invaded Vermont to Lake Champlain, the sixth largest lake in the United States.