Chapter 282: The Third Battle of Richmond (I)

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After receiving the news from Robert Lee, Yang Dongfang immediately told these southern troops he was carrying, and ushered in a burst of cheers.

Daniel walked over and said worriedly: "The envoy is really going to fight Richmond, there are a lot of Yankees there, and there must be countless heavy soldiers along the way, and these Yankees can't be transferred." ”

"If we can't adjust it, we won't adjust it! With such a big James River, we can just go down the river, I forgot to tell you, I still have a warship here, we can take a boat down the river and kill it directly to Richmond. Yang Dongfang said confidently, he had already thought of this plan.

Hearing this, Daniel opened his mouth wide, obviously the envoy once again refreshed his understanding, but shook his head and smiled euphemistically: "Envoy, you may not know that except for the lower reaches of the James River, which is passable, the middle and upper reaches are not navigable, especially in this season, the river is turbulent and the underwater situation is complex and changeable. ”

"You mean you can't go above Richmond on the James River?"

Daniel nodded, Yang Dongfang patted his forehead, and sure enough, he miscalculated again, and lost in the geographical conditions, what did the ancients say, the time, the place, and the people are really important.

If he hadn't brought the Southern Army with him, he would have sailed rashly on the James River with the New People's Army, and he might have bumped into the dark banana.

"Then how do you think we should get to Richmond?"

Daniel said secretly, envoy, envoy, you are really stubborn, you really want to go to Richmond so much, so he asked rhetorically: "If the envoy can, we will cross the east bank of the river, and then go all the way south, along the route of the northern Yankees attacking my Richmond to the Holland Ditch Canal, so that we can drive the warship into the city from the canal." ”

"Okay, just do as you say, since you can't take the boat, you can only be lucky with the No. 11 car."

Taking advantage of the fact that the twilight was not completely dark, Yang Dongfang made a boat, crossed the James River with the crowd to the east bank, and then under the cover of night, took the overland route towards Richmond.

The Northern Army could not imagine that Yang Dongfang and others had the ability to cross the wide James River, because there were no large boats in the upper section, and even the two ferries were controlled by the Northern Army.

Therefore, the pursuit force sent by Grant later completely lost the target of tracking after dark, and could only wander around to search, and the focus was of course on the west bank.

As for the northern army on the east bank, because Richmond was broken, most of them were stationed in the city of Richmond, and it was impossible to think that anyone would dare to attack them at this time, so there was no one to guard or anything.

Yang Dongfang and his entourage went very smoothly and did not encounter the slightest obstruction, of course, another reason was that they put on the military uniform of the Federation and played the banner of a certain regiment of the Northern Army.

It was born from the same root, how could anyone be so suspicious, and arrived outside Richmond the next afternoon, but it was only 50 miles, and it took almost a day and a night, which also made Yang Dongfang very dissatisfied, thinking about his new national army, it was really incomparable, white people really need to exercise hard, even if it is Robert Lee's subordinates.

"The envoy is so powerful, won't you yellow people get tired?" Daniel has good physical strength, but he is also tired enough, and he gave a thumbs up to the dozens of trees beside Yang Dongfang, and he had to say admiration and sat down to rest.

"Hehe..!" Yang Dongfang just smiled and didn't say anything, is there a comparison with the eight doors and sixteen guards? It's okay to be abused as a dog.

Distributing some hot food from his hometown to replenish the energy of his subordinates, Yang Dongfang looked at Richmond close at hand with a telescope, and sighed with excitement in his heart.

Richmond is also one of the largest cities in the United States, not inferior to Washington, otherwise it would not be regarded as the capital of the South.

From the outside, the outline of the ruined city is clearly visible, and the outside are bombed houses, the ruined suburbs, the trenches everywhere, and the discarded war debris, the shell shells on both sides of a certain road are piled up in piles, rows, and the ground is black and charred, and it is conceivable that the battle here is fierce and long-lasting, worthy of the largest decisive battle before the First World War.

Of course, Yang Dongfang has no sympathy, and has infinite sneers for the US imperialists, well, it's cool to do it like this! It's even better to keep doing it!

Inadvertently glanced back at Daniel, showing a weird smile, after resting enough, Yang Dongfang said: "Okay, prepare for the battle, let's enter the city, Daniel City is more familiar than me, the battle is commanded by you, remember that our goal is to kill the enemy, and we also have the right to seize supplies, not to occupy the city, we still have to leave before dawn, do you understand what I'm talking about?" ”

"Understood!" Daniel stood up and saluted, then yelled at the other soldiers, to the effect that my broadsword was hungry and thirsty.

After quickly assembling the troops, Yang Dongzhu made another battleship and a boat, and the two of them were taking advantage of the darkening sky to move on the Holland Ditch Canal.

Daniel told Yang Dongfang that the canal was newly dug and was originally dug by the Northern Army in order to better attack Richmond with the help of the James River, so there was no other boat branch on the canal, and the speed was extremely fast.

However, if you want to enter the city by water, of course, there must be a checkpoint, not to guard against a sneak attack or anything, but to maintain law and order, and the Federation is extremely confident in this regard, because the day after Richmond was breached, Lincoln came here and made a speech, swearing the strength and victory of the North.

It has to be said that the Northern Army is optimistic about itself, and in their eyes the war has come to an end.

"What part of you are from, haven't you heard that there are warships coming from above, Hebby, have you seen any warships go up these days?"

"I don't know, who knows what the hell the Admiralty guys are doing! So let's stop first, and I'll go over and ask. The sergeant named Herbie beckoned to stop Yang Dongfang and the others, and Daniel walked out of the deck very calmly and scolded Herbie very harshly.

Seeing that it was a general who came out of the battleship, Heby was afraid to say anything, so he could only consider himself unlucky, and his companions watched all this from afar, and did not dare to provoke a general, so they did not care, and saluted and watched the battleship enter the river in the city.

Only Herbie held the gun with a depressed face, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he seemed to feel that something was wrong and muttered to himself: "This general looks familiar, but why is he wearing army clothes." ”

After thinking about it carefully, Herbie found a bigger suspicion, Nani and the boatload are all wearing army uniforms, which kind of navy is this. No, they're the Confederate Army.

Finally enlightened, Herbie shouted excitedly, "They... They are the South, they are fake, they are traitors. ”

Everyone looked confused, and Hebby's accomplices thought that Hebby had been humiliated and mentally ill, but apparently they muttered to Hebby, Hebby was very dedicated, fired a warning shot into the sky, and then ran directly into the city.

The shots rang out, and it didn't matter whether they believed it or not, the important thing was that the northern army was alarmed.

Yang Dongfang and the others never thought that their concealment plan would be broken by a small soldier.

"What's going on? It's as if we've seen through it! ”

"Then land on the shore and attack, it will take a little time for the northern army to assemble, plus we are wearing their clothes, the sky is getting darker and darker, and we still have a chance to fish in troubled water." Yang Dongfang ordered directly, and after speaking, everyone glanced at him, and they all looked at the green skin on their bodies, revealing a sense of sudden realization, as if they understood the reason for the exposure.

But it didn't matter anymore, the soldiers of the two ships quickly disembarked, and then rushed to the city after a while, encountered a small group of northern troops, immediately opened fire, quickly annihilated a company of more than 100 people, and captured the company commander, forced to ask for some information in the city. (To be continued.) )