Chapter 300: Siege of the Sherman Legion (1)

South Boston!

George's army had been dragged here all day, and James on the other side was still firmly in control of the south bank of the river, and could not cross the river without artillery. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The nearby boat branch has long been taken away, and the engineer brigade has no other way for a while, and the lower Kerr Lake has long been controlled by the Southern army, and it is impossible to find the boat branch, so it can only honestly build a raft, even so, the tools that come out of the river cannot allow a large army to cross the river, not to mention that there are also Southern troops eyeing the other side.

After several failed attempts to force the crossing, and with the artillery still behind, George Gordon Mead decided to send an integrated division west of the river, bypassing Danville, fifty kilometers away.

According to his idea, even if he crossed the Danshui now, with Robert Lee's combat strength, he would also pocket Raleigh, so that he would not only block the northern road of the Northern Virginia Legion, but also block the west, so that he could better encircle Robert Lee with the Sherman Legion at that time.

So, instead of leaving the troops idle in South Boston, it is better to plan ahead and divide the troops to attack.

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Neus River! As soon as the battle began, the black division took the lead in attacking, and after a night of preparation, they set up a number of rafts, and the black soldiers, under the orders of the white officers of the division, stepped on the rafts one after another, and rushed to the opposite bank with poles.

At the same time, the muskets of their own side covered the shooting, and the positions of the Southern army on the opposite bank, sporadic gunfire, accurate shooting, did not shoot indiscriminately, and the heroic blacks fell one by one and rolled into the river.

In order to best consume the black-and-white mixed army, Robert Lee was five miles behind the battlefield at this time, he deliberately only put one regiment in front, and did not play the banner of the Northern Virginia Legion, disguised as a Western Front rout, resulting in a lack of troops that could allow the Northern Army to break through.

Half an hour passed, and the black division launched a second forced crossing, but it still failed to break through, injuring 1,800 people, so it had to collect its troops and regroup.

The whites of the Sixth Brigade began to laugh, accusing the blacks of not doing their best, and there was only one regiment on the opposite side, which could not be breached, and it was obvious that they had a sign of preserving their strength and were not worthy of being a Confederate.

The black divisions were not without counterattacks, in the Sherman Legion, their role was unique, from 63 onwards, the war was enormous, the white soldiers suffered a large number of casualties, the role of the black army was highlighted, coupled with their courage in battle, the status of the elevated.

It's just that because Richmond has recently been breached, the Union has been completely defeated, and the whites think that the war is going to be fastened, and the black army is no longer needed, so they start to pay less attention to it again, and there is hostility within it.

"You can do it!"

The black divisions that returned to their old treatment also broke out, and it was not the first time they protested to the white commanders, because the military was only half of the white ones, and they had also protested in sit-ins, so the temper of the black people, who were nominally not slaves, was not docile, and they still dared to fight back.

"Hey, guys, let see what the Sixth Brigade is, what a real warrior is, and who is a warrior."

In fact, the white commanders felt that the black division had almost exhausted the Confederate army on the opposite side, and it was their turn to attack and seize the fruits of victory, so they were very happy to take over the attack.

The black division reluctantly got out of the way, and the 6th Brigade took over the raft, and the fire from the shore was concentrated, and soon the white troops began to force the crossing.

"Commander-in-Chief! The Northern Army changed troops and forcibly crossed, this time it was all authentic Beiyan, and the number was the Sixth Brigade. ”

Robert Lee sighed and said, "Let all the Sixth Brigade go, and order the Second and Third Divisions on the opposite bank to attack the Black Division."

Soon the 6th Brigade crossed the Neus River with a single charge, seized a landing site on the west bank of the river, and continued to expand to attack the positions of the Southern Army.

The entire Sixth Brigade let out bursts of cheers and looked at the black division with a wicked smile on its mocking face.

"Niggagers, see, this is the invincible and heroic Sixth Brigade."

"Fack! Damn it! Let these damn guys pick up the bargain again. The blacks cursed shamelessly in their hearts, they have seen this kind of thing a lot, and it is not a day or two that the whites have used them as cannon fodder.

The Sixth Brigade was not happy for long, and after the whole brigade crossed the river, although it captured the first position of the Southern Army in one fell swoop, they suddenly found that there were countless positions behind the Southern Army.

"Hit!"

"Bang bang bang."

Even worse, numerous gunshots suddenly rang out from the rear of the black division on the east bank of the river, and not far away, the flag of the Northern Virginia Regiment was waving in the wind, and the southern army of the brigade appeared, and both flanks of the rear were surrounded.

Similarly, the flag of the Northern Virginia Regiment was raised in front of the Sixth Brigade, as well as the flag of Robert Lee, and the multiplied Southern Army came out to attack the Sixth Brigade.

"Fack! How could the Northern Virginia Legion be here, could it be that they have already breached Lori City. ”

The black-and-white mixed forces were not only attacked by several times the number of troops, but the most disadvantageous thing was that they were separated by a Neus River, and they could not support each other, and could not form a joint force, so they could only fight for each other, and defeat was inevitable.

"Why is there no news from the east!" Sherman had a bad premonition, and kept urging people to get in touch with the east, and the people sent out were like mud into the sea, and disappeared without a trace, until late at night the news came from the west.

"Commander! The big thing is not good, the mixed army is attacked by the main force of the Northern Virginia Legion, and asks for reinforcements. ”

"What? Robert Lee really went to Raleigh City! Sherman shouted, secretly screaming that his 6,000-strong troops were meat buns and dogs this time, and shook his head with a sigh:

"It's not in a hurry to go now, if I don't guess wrong, this is probably Li's strategy again, if he wants to eat the mixed army, he will eat it a long time ago, if I send fewer people than he can eat, if there are more people, he will return to Raleigh City, and he will be helpless in a short time. Instead, it gave Johnston a respite and joined up with the Confederate army to the north, making Rocky Mountain City even more impenetrable. ”

So Sherman had a hard time making a choice, and finally had to give up the black-and-white mixed army, and set his sights on the southern army in the north, he felt that he could make a fuss here, since Robert Lee's main force was in Raleigh, then the southern army in front of him was a smoke bomb, and the number would not be very large.

This time Sherman's guess was wrong, Robert Lee did not eat the black and white mixed army, even if the Sixth Brigade was broken in the evening, and most of the Sixth Brigade surrendered, but the black division in Hedong showed heroic and unyielding, and never surrendered, and the Jedi counterattacked, and the damage was great and did not rout, because they knew that they could not surrender to the whites.

This country is white, the whites surrendered and there was preferential treatment for the prisoners, but they blacks couldn't, they followed Sherman to fight for thousands of miles, killing people and setting fires, Sanguang passed through so many southern states, who dared to guarantee that they would not be counted after surrendering, killing them to vent their anger, so they did not dare to surrender, expecting Sherman to send reinforcements.

Although the Northern Virginia Legion is very strong, it is a pity that there is no Yang Dongfang this time, and there is no artillery bombardment, so it has not been able to fight quickly.

The generals and soldiers below did not want to use their lives to fight with the lowly black division, and the attack was not as desperate as the sixth brigade, so they could only surround it, after all, the black division did not carry much ammunition and military rations.

After dawn, Sherman finally figured out that the number of the Northern Army was John Gordon's division and that the forces of the two places were combined to Redoak, which made him unable to eat John Gordon's division quickly, after all, it was fifteen kilometers away, and it would take a lot of time just to transport the artillery, and more importantly, it was not an important location, people would run, there was no need to die. (To be continued.) )