Charleston, with a total population of about 40,000, is the richest small town in the southern United States, and there is a black slave trading market in the city, scattered black slaves are locked in cages waiting for the buyer to come, of course, Wang Feng came to the United States not to liberate the black slaves, he can liberate the black slaves in China, but he will never liberate the black slaves in the United States, and even after the first look, he never looked at the second look.

In the evening, the city was full of jubilation to welcome the Chinese army, all kinds of barbecued meat, grilled fish, wine, melons and fruits, uninterrupted, and the young and enthusiastic girls beckoned the Chinese soldiers to sing and dance around the bonfire with them.

American women are not as sexually open as Japan, but they are okay, and although they are required to be loyal to their partners after marriage, they will let go of their bodies before marriage with men who have a crush on them.

In the Democratic Alliance Army, the most elite is the Black Hawk Special Operations Force, followed by the Marine Corps, these two teams, full of blood, generally thin, capable, exuding an awe-inspiring atmosphere, and more or less understand English, there is no problem in communication, and Wang Feng does not allow the army to grow a big beard, at most he can only be like him, leaving a short beard on the chin, the overall image is okay, compared with the American man's wide body and heavy body hair, it is full of exotic style.

Maybe it's the right eye, or maybe it's out of gratitude, or even want to experience the romantic exotic love, some open American girls sent a date invitation to the Chinese soldiers, Wang Feng is resigned to it, and his parents don't care, what does he care? Of course, Wang Feng's status was too high, and no one invited him. And the American does not have the habit of entertaining VIPs with his daughter, but he is alone.

The date is usually held behind a hill. Or in the bushes, that night. A few fortunate operators enjoyed the enthusiasm of the American girl, but from the next morning a group of soldiers embarked on a train bound for Covington, each train capable of carrying 1,500 men and more than fifteen small mountain guns, one flight every hour, according to the transportation capacity of the American South, five flights a day, and by about the next morning, the first vanguard of nearly 8,000 men and seventy-five guns had arrived in Covington. With the help of the local garrison in the south, simple fortifications were intensively constructed.

"Gentlemen, no, there are Chinese troops in Covington!" Around mid-morning, a secretary reported the news to Grant and Sherman.

"What?" Grant and Sherman both stood up, their faces full of shock.

No one, including Lincoln, expected that the Chinese would be so bold to brazenly send troops to intervene in the American Civil War, and it appeared in Covington. This shows that the Chinese army did not land on the west coast, but bypassed South America and landed directly on the east coast.

"How many people came? When did it arrive? Led by whom? Grant asked hurriedly.

"This ......," the secretary hesitated slightly, "about seven or eight thousand people, probably by train from Charleston." It only arrived at night, and as for who led the army, it is not clear for the time being. “

Grant said coldly, "Damn the yellow-skinned monkey." He must have caught the point of the general election, and he wants to sabotage our general election. He must not be allowed to succeed, and there are definitely more than these seven or eight thousand Chinese. Charleston's capacity can only transport so many people every day, but he will not have too many people, it should be about 20,000, and the next two days, the same number of troops will be transported every day, I think, we should seize Covington before all the Chinese arrive. “

Sherman nodded and said: "You are very right, the general election cannot be destroyed, His Excellency Lincoln must be re-elected, in fact, we can use the Chinese to stir up nationalist sentiments in turn, the people of the north will be angry because of the military intervention of the Chinese, as long as we fight another beautiful victory, we can recover the adverse impact of public opinion, and even capture some Chinese as a quid pro quo for lifting sanctions against the United States to the Chinese government."

The Chinese follow-up force will not arrive until tonight at the earliest, and since he is new to the city and has not had time to complete the camp, this is indeed the best chance we have to teach those damned yellow-skinned monkeys a lesson, Your Excellency, and I am willing to lead fifty thousand men to attack Covinton. “

Grant mused: "Since the Chinese dare to come, they must have made full preparations, not to mention that since there are Chinese, maybe there will be direct intervention from Britain and France, after all, the current public opinion is very unfavorable to us, the voices of European countries opposing interference in the American civil war have weakened a lot, you know, the military intervention of the Chinese can only offset the domestic unfavorable factors at most, the impact on Europe is limited, we must fight quickly, the southern defenders of the original three brigades of Covington, you bring 80,000 people over, before dawn tomorrow, you must take down, in short, It's all about the election, and there must be no surprises in the election. "Yes! Your Excellency, Commander! Sherman gave a military salute and turned away.

An hour later, after a full meal, 80,000 troops, including 5,000 cavalry and nearly 200 artillery pieces, marched towards Covington, each carrying only two buttered loaves and a bottle of water, just enough for dinner, and it seemed that they were confident in defeating the Chinese army.

Indeed, just from the comparison of numbers, the disparity in strength is too obvious.

Soon after, the commander stationed at Covington, Ewell, who was also a well-known general in the southern United States, said to Wang Feng worriedly: "Your Majesty the Emperor of China, I just got the news that the Northern Army of 80,000 people has come out of Atlanta, it seems that there is a decisive battle, damn it, it must be because the damn election is coming, and this area is all plains, there is no danger to defend, and it is impossible for Atlanta to send troops to help, and the follow-up troops will arrive at night at the earliest, just with us people, I'm afraid the battle will be very hard, you ...... Do you want to move to a safe place? “

This is a middle-aged man in his almost fifty, with a big beard, and wearing an American standard general's uniform.

This kind of clothing is different from China and Europe, the collar is a bit like the kind of standing collar of the flag outfit, embroidered with a pentagonal shape according to the military position, the clothes are a large double-breasted design, the whole body is wrapped tightly, except for the sleeves embroidered with some patterns, there is no excessive decoration.

Ai Wei is obviously worried about Wang Feng's safety, you know, if Wang Feng is captured by the northern army, it will be a disastrous consequence, not only the south will lose China's aid, but the north will inevitably take Wang Feng as a hostage and put forward many demands, the current international environment that is more favorable to the south will be lost, the wind of public opinion will be completely biased towards the north, and there will even be worse consequences.

He thought that Wang Feng's visit to the front line was a very risky move.

How could Wang Feng not understand his thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled slightly: "Your Excellency Ewell, thank you for your kindness, we have nearly 20,000 people here, and it is not difficult to resist the attack of 80,000 people, as long as the cavalry of the Northern Army is prevented from attacking at night, I dare to guarantee that his attack will not have any effect, in fact, it is not a bad thing for him to take the initiative to attack, kill his sharp spirit first, doesn't he want to eat us in one bite to help Lincoln pass the election?" Then we'll let him know what it's like to knock out his teeth. “

Aiwell was very helpless, in the end, he was young and vigorous, he looked at the Chinese army building fortifications along the railway station and the railway line, and said: "The reason why this railway exists is because our navy is too weak to be able to reinforce Atlanta from the sea, so the Yankees did not blow it up, maybe he planned to keep it for his own use, but now it is different, it is easy for the Yankees to guess that there will be follow-up Chinese troops coming, and he will definitely destroy this railway." ”

Wang Feng frowned, in fact, he wanted to suggest that Ewell get a few locomotives to patrol back and forth on the railway, but considering that there will be marines arriving by train in the next two days, in case there is a problem with the dispatch, the locomotive on patrol collides with the troop carrier, which will be the consequence of the disaster, so he retreated and said: "Even if the northern army wants to destroy, it will only sneak after dark, and it will not go too far, so let's send some men from both sides to ambush along the railway line behind, ambushing a few people every half mile." If he doesn't come, if he comes, he will go and never return. "Good!" Since he couldn't persuade Wang Feng to leave, Ewell was also very neat, and recruited an officer and asked him to prepare three hundred soldiers and set off in the evening.

Wang Feng also instructed Zhou Yanqi to arrange 300 Black Hawk soldiers to act together with the US army.

Before you knew it, a day was about to pass, and the whole army had just had dinner, when a southern patrol came galloping over and shouted, "Your Excellency Ewell, the Yankees are here, and they are still six miles from the position. ”

"Guys, get ready for battle!" Ewell waved back.

The Southern Army immediately got busy, to be honest, the science and technology of the South of the United States is indeed very backward, and his main artillery is only a small field gun, 120 mm caliber, firing 12-pound iron ball shells, with a maximum rate of fire of three rounds per minute, rear-loading rifles, with a maximum firing range of four thousand meters, and bronze casting.

I have to say that Wang Feng's crossing has led to the development of the world's military industry, and some secrets can be covered up if you want to, after all, the overall scientific research strength of Europe and the United States is not only not worse than China's, but even stronger, and what is lacking is just an idea.

The secret of smokeless gunpowder was cracked, and it quickly replaced black gunpowder all over the world, although it achieved greater power and greater range, but compared with the traditional black gunpowder, it was also easier to blow up, and at that time only China solved the brittle problem of steel, and this steel was also strictly forbidden to be exported, so European and American artillery except for a few countries such as Austria, which naturally produces low-phosphorus iron ore, have invariably re-cast guns with bronze, because bronze is not easy to blow up, and it is more secure than cast iron. However, the consequence is that the body size becomes bulky and the accuracy is also affected.

Under the trade-off, the secret of Chinese steel could not be obtained for the time being, and European and American countries have made the decision to sacrifice accuracy and mobility in exchange for range and power.

(To be continued.) )