Chapter 289: Three Wars Richmond (II)

"What! General Hancock was defeated, how is this possible, there are only a few thousand Confederate troops there, and it is already a miracle that it can hold off the attack of a division of the Second Army, and it can still send General Hancock back to Dayton?"

"Wait! There will be no mistake in this battle report, how could the Eastern Devil suddenly appear in Cincinnati and attack the rear of General Hancock. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ。！ ”

Thomas said helplessly: "That's the way it is! Need I say more? Now the most important thing is to keep Frankfurt, and after the Eastern Army conquered the siege, its favorite thing to do was to sweep the supplies in the city. Especially the machines, food, and muskets, the Roque-Airan Arsenal has been looted and destroyed by them.

We at the Frankfurt Arsenal must not have a little accident, otherwise there will be no weapons and ammunition to use in the central states, and then what will be used to suppress the Yugoslav army and exterminate the allied partisans. ”

Only then did everyone understand the distress of the commanders of the two states.

Yes! If the Frankfurt Arsenal is gone, there will be no ammunition in several states near Kentucky, and the weapons in the hands of the volunteers and militia will all be turned into burning sticks.

As for the railroad from the direction of Washington, it took a long time, and now the railroad has been completely dismantled by the Eastern Army, and the damage is serious.

Now the rails and sleepers have to be redone, and it takes a long time, which is one of the reasons why Thomas is worried.

Lexington!

Yang Dongzhu brought Daniel over and instructed him: "General Daniel, I estimate that before the Northern Army in the direction of Indianapolis comes back to help, this Thomas will not also go out of Frankfurt, let alone find us for a decisive battle, even if those Northern troops come back to help, I estimate that he will not dare to attack rashly, and he will definitely have to wait for Hancock to reorganize his army, before Mount Tai will be overwhelmed and attack us from the Northern Army, so you can play freely during this time, in Kentucky in the central and eastern regions, and collect all the materials that our army needs, If the enemy attacks rashly and is defeated, you can move to West Virginia Strategically. ”

"Yes! Envoy! ”

Leaving Daniel to plague Kentucky, Yang Dongfang took the guard regiment to Prince Edward County, just waiting for Thomas to divide his troops, not to trap Frankfurt in the blitz here, and seize the arsenal.

"This is the envoy's eastern troops!"

Robert Lee and the others finally saw the legendary troops, the yellow faces of a regiment, full of spirit, all murderous, fierce eyes, wearing the clothes of the Northern Army, and the weapons were also well-equipped, and Gatling had eight of them, each with a pistol in his waist. There was also a blue-gray armed belt, and hundreds of them hung two short grenades.

"I heard that most of the envoy's troops were railroad workers and miners more than a month ago. I didn't expect to become a tiger and wolf in a month.,The envoy is not just a messenger of God.。。 ”

After a few simple greetings with the generals of the Southern Army, Yang Dongfang went straight to the point: "General! How's the preparation, I'm in a big move. ”

"Envoy, I'm just waiting for you to cook."

"That's good! Tomorrow we will take Fort Lynch, take the ferry here, control the north, and break Grant's blockade first. ”

The next day, Yang Dongfang led 2,000 men to take Fort Lynch, an important defensive town of the Northern Army, and disrupted the position of 100,000 Northern troops besieging Robert Lee. Five and eight thousand had to be divided to retake Lynchburg.

"General, I think it's time for you to show up in Richmond, which will help you a lot to boost morale."

A week has passed, and the vicinity of Richmond has been searched back and forth several times by the Northern Army, but still nothing has been found. Coupled with the fact that Petersburg had been conquered and the pursuing little rats remained in the fortress, even Grant thought that Richmond was finally at peace.

On this day, the weather was clear and cloudless, and the defenders of Richmond were much more relaxed during the day than at night, and the patrol force was not as good as at night.

This is also the reason why Yang Dongfang chose to attack Richmond at noon this time.

When the yellow-faced New People's Army dressed in the uniform of the Confederate Army, the real Confederate Army of eight companies, and the military flag of Robert Lee appeared, the people on the street were slightly stunned, and stopped for a moment, their heads as if they had short-circuited.

Because there was a man in the crowd on a tall horse.

"Isn't that General Lee?"

"It seems to be. Why did General Lee appear in the city. ”

Then there was a burst of chickens and dogs, and the people shouted: "General Li is back to kill the son, General Li is back to Richmond." ”

Of course, these cries were quickly replaced by the sound of gunfire, and the New People's Army and the Confederate Army once again launched a battle against Richmond, and soon cleared and captured the city, and they received the supplies that the Northern Army had just arrived in the city.

And this time, because of the appearance of Robert Lee, things went more smoothly, and many civilians began to come to help maintain the order of the city, but also because the Northern army had the experience of being defeated and captured twice, and the resistance in the city was not fierce.

Because Yang Dongfang only confiscated guns and ammunition, and did not persecute them, these people naturally regained their freedom when they left, so they did not choose to die.

The news of Robert Lee's return quickly spread throughout the city, and the people continued to gather, and Robert Lee made a simple speech in the square, comforting the crowd and encouraging everyone not to give up on continuing to support the alliance, and finally he said sonorously: "Our alliance will not fail, I can fight back to Richmond once, twice, three times, and ten or twenty times." We still have hundreds of thousands of troops, we have not been defeated, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, etc., we still have countless brave and good warriors, we will never give in, we will definitely defeat the invaders, defeat the Northerners. We're going to launch a counterattack next, and the new Confederate Commander Young, who will lead our warriors to capture Washington within another week, capture Abraham Lincoln, and live the Great Arkylois War. Long live all the warriors and people of the Alliance! ”

"General! I have to say that your words are very contagious and passionate, but I don't mean to say that Abraham Lincoln was captured. "After taking out Robert Lee, the 2,000-strong army immediately attacked in the direction of the east and the north, and began to launch artillery bombardment on the positions of the northern army.

Robert Lee was obviously not excited about the surging just now: "Envoy, I think you must capture Abraham Lincoln, otherwise the war will last for a long time, you know, our south has been devastated to the point that even if the soldiers can hold out for a year and a half, the people will definitely not be able to hold out for three months." ”

Robert Lee said a big word, which is why he chose to surrender in the original history, or the economy caused trouble, the Southern army has never been defeated spiritually, but they had to proceed from reality, put down their weapons, and surrendered humiliatingly.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The fierce artillery bombardment bombarded the east of the city, and the northern army was prepared, but it was still taken aback, and they did not expect the southern army in the city to attack outside the city so quickly, and their artillery was not ready.

Soon after the artillery bombardment, the New People's Army formed a battle formation to launch a surprise attack on the position in the east of the city, and the battalions and companies alternately covered the attack.

Leaving to the northeast, the northern army naturally pursued relentlessly, twenty miles to the northeast after the river and lakes everywhere, Yang Dongfang had a pontoon bridge that could be used at any time, naturally as if walking on the ground, the northern army stopped from time to time, either detoured, or built bridges, the time was delayed a lot, and when it was dark and late at night, Yang Dongfang took Robert Lee to a town called Ellitt.

Elite is located in the upper reaches of the Matpony River, the lower reaches of the river are wide, leading directly to the York River, there are many upstream branches, more rivers and lakes, and it is easier to hide from being discovered, of course, if the Northern Army wants to make a difference here, more troops will be invested.

Imagine that the Northern Army learned that Robert Lee had arrived here with 2,000 men, and he did not cast a huge net to catch it. (To be continued.) )