In the Wall Street Federation Hall in New York, the provisional capital of the United States of America, a high-level military meeting was taking place at this time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 INFO, as the President of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, personally attended and presided over this unprecedented meeting. In the hall of the Federal Hall, long conference tables were set up, and as far as the eye could see, the stars were shining one after another. Crafted elaborate sand tables and huge one-fifty-thousandth maps, all placed where they should be. The entire conference hall was silent. Only the black servants shuttled to and fro for the slight sound of coffee for the generals. The importance of this meeting can be said to be beyond the imagination of every federal general attending the meeting.

The war had been going on for 19 months, since April 1861. And the advantage on the battlefield has always been in the hands of the southern rebels, who should have been vulnerable. The army of the Federation suffered heavy losses in the central battlefield, and in the east, it was like sinking into a flesh mill! And the greater setback came from the west, and the whole west fell! Occupied by Mexico and the Chinese, a puppet state called the Kingdom of California was formed. This is the greatest humiliation and the greatest crisis since the founding of the United States of America. Nearly one-third of the country has fallen, and more than one-third has left the Union, and less than 30 percent of the territory now under federal control is the territory of the United States.

The United States of America, is experiencing a catastrophe, an unprecedented catastrophe! As the leader of the nation, President Lincoln certainly endured unimaginable pressure and blame in the face of such a disaster. There are already those who call him the last president of the United States of America! Others believe that he should resign and then hand over the country to the real commander-in-chief, like George Murphy. A commander-in-chief like Washington. They think. What America needs now and in the future is a hero. A true hero on the battlefield. And not a lawyer who only talks about it.

In the midst of tremendous pressure and a flood of accusations, Abraham. President Lincoln knew he needed a victory to prove that he was capable of leading America through the crisis and that America could be reunited through war!

And the United States of America has also given him the opportunity to prove himself, and as an industrialized country with a mob of 20 million, it is certainly not frightened by the immediate defeat. If that were the case, it would not have been possible for the country to become a world hegemon in history. The unprecedented national calamity, although the people of the United States blame their President, does not prevent them from uniting. Use your strength to defeat your enemies.

The first is that the industrial base of the northeastern United States burst out with maximum productivity, and the factories and mines that were damaged in the early days of the war were repaired in the shortest possible time. New steel mills and arsenals, as well as shipyards, have sprung up. In 1862, the production of steel, coal, and ships greatly exceeded that of 1860, before the outbreak of the war. That's at least 50%! The Bessemat breech-loading cannon, the Jason machine gun and the Jason rifle were all successfully copied and put into production at full capacity. In the shortest possible time, a round of reloading was carried out for most of the Union troops.

The second is that the patriotic fervor of the people of the Northeast has been aroused, and the sales of public bonds have continued to reach new highs, selling for $500 million in 1861 and a full $1.5 billion in the first 10 months of 1862! Conscripts also poured in. Far more than the Union Army has suffered in the past 19 months combined. Now, the United States of America has more than 1.5 million troops. In terms of absolute numbers, it has surpassed Russia and Daming and ranks first in the world! It was also well equipped, with all units equipped with breech-loading rifles converted from Springfield rifles, or Henry Model 1861 rifles modeled after Jason-style rifles, and Leypley Model 1861 machine guns, which were modeled after Jason-style machine guns, as well as a large number of front-loading or rear-loading cannons. In this way, the strength of the army is enough to deal with the Ming Dynasty and France, not to mention the south, which is outnumbered?

It is a pity that both the Ming Empire and the French Empire sent large armies to the United States through the shell of Mexico. The former has sent 3 armies, nearly 120,000 officers and soldiers, the latter has sent 150,000 soldiers, if you count the Mexican Foreign Legion of 38,000 people, China and France have invested more than 300,000 troops in the North American battlefield! In addition, 50,000 mexican soldiers and 150,000 black troops are fighting in the aid of the Confederate Army's 500,000 Army. As a result, the Confederate States of America also had millions of people!

So this war that is happening in North America now is a bloody war of 1.5 million people against 1 million people! The advantage was in the North, but the South, with its strong defensive line and a strong Mississippi Legion, cost every tiny advance in the North. In just 19 months of war, the United States of America has lost more than 600,000 lives (including civilians)! If such casualties continue indefinitely, sooner or later the population of the North will become bored with the war, which is the main reason why President Lincoln is preparing to launch a major offensive this winter.

In the hall of the Federation Hall on Wall Street, there was a sound of standing up, as well as the sound of leather boots and command knives clashing. President Lincoln of the United States of America, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United States of America, Winfield. Admiral Scott walked into the venue side by side. Everyone was waiting for them there, all had received orders to prepare for a decisive battle, and they all knew that this winter the United States of America was making a gamble of unprecedented proportions, which could well decide the outcome of the war and the future of the United States of America!

President Lincoln looked serious, nodded back to the saluting generals, and then raised his hand to sit them down. Scott sat down beside him. Lincoln nodded at him. Then he scanned the audience with a sharp gaze.

"Everyone!" All eyes were on their president, waiting for him to announce the order for a decisive battle.

"The Battle of the Potomac-Shenandoah River has been decided. The Army of the United States of America will defeat the rebels of the South and all the enemies standing behind them in this battle of unprecedented proportions! Then, we want them to pay a terrible price, so that the South will never have a rebellious heart! Let the French, the Chinese and the Mexicans know that the violation of the United States of America is a costly mistake! Now, let Commander-in-Chief Scott tell you about the Potomac-Shenandoah battle as a rough plan. ”

The commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, the elderly Admiral Scott, stood up and took over the topic of the U.S. president.

He got straight to the point, saying: "This campaign mobilized more than two-thirds of the Army forces of the United States of America. In the area on the north bank of the Potomac River, two armies of the US Army, the Potomac Corps and the Washington Corps, were concentrated, totaling ten corps, thirty-three infantry divisions, three cavalry divisions. 450,000 officers and soldiers! There are more than 2,100 breech guns and breech guns, and the ammunition and materials prepared can ensure several continuous large-scale assaults...... The Navy has also assembled 185 combat ships of various types to cooperate. According to the plan, the main target of attack in the area on the north bank of the Potomac River will be Washington, the capital of the United States of America! We will take a defensive position along the Potomac River, and then concentrate more than 300,000 superior forces to carry out repeated assaults on the Union forces entrenched in Washington, and force the defenders there with no more than 100,000 men to submit with a sea of men and fire! ”

Admiral Scott pressed his hands on the table and recounted his plan in a sonorous voice, and at this point he suddenly fell silent, his eyes scanning over and over the faces of the generals sitting below, and taking in the suspicious faces in his eyes.

Then he smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "Of course, the attack on Washington is only part of the plan, because it is just a trap!" (To be continued.) )