Not only Wang Feng and Ewell praise each other, but the neighboring American Southern soldiers and Chinese soldiers are also touting each other, the Americans praise China's achievements, the Chinese praise the idyllic scenery of the United States, of course, the Chinese character is more inward-looking, and the praise is not as exaggerated as the Americans, but with compliments, won't friendship slowly come out?

The northern army on the opposite side slowly pressed in, Sherman saw the slender barrels erected high on the distant position, he keenly felt the danger, the Chinese army's artillery has a long range and fast rate of fire, and it has long been famous in the Western world, he is arrogant, that is the southern army really has no weapons that can be used, but it really encounters a strong enemy, or the Chinese army that has never been defeated in the battle with the Western army, and he can't help but be careless.

Sherman decisively ordered to break up the dense formation, and the 80,000 Northern Army, distributed over an area of dozens of square kilometers, squeezed in a fan-shape, and another 5,000 cavalry were on standby.

Although cavalry played a small role in modern warfare, once the line between the Northern Army and the Democratic Alliance Army was loosened, these 5,000 cavalry would immediately deliver a fatal blow when they attacked at night.

Comparatively speaking, the defensive line of the Northern Army and the Democratic Alliance Army was semi-oval, with the railway station as the head and a section of the railway in the rear, covering an area of about 10 square kilometers, facing an enemy four times its size.

This mode of battle is already very similar to the First World War, the two sides are crowded on the battlefield of Nuoda to fight positional warfare, due to the large area, it is difficult for artillery to bring devastating blows to the other side, mainly relying on individual combat between teams, and gradually transforming local advantages into overall advantages until the victory is established.

This is also a situation that Wang Feng deliberately guided by arranging troops, he didn't need to quickly defeat the Northern Army, he only needed to hold on until all the troops on his side arrived, and even the Anglo-French army arrived. To launch a full-scale counteroffensive again, in short, is to prolong the battle as long as possible, so that the Chinese army and the US Southern Army can fully contact and form a precious combat friendship.

And to divide the United States, Britain and France are all stakeholders. Why are the Chinese desperately trying to stand up to the front, but they are belatedly enjoying the fruits of victory?

Of course, if Sherman hadn't seen the implicit killing moves in the Democratic Alliance army's formation, and still arranged the army intensively, he would not have missed the fighter.

Neither Lincoln nor Grant realized the change in the shape of the war, and they were still stuck in their old thinking, trying to crush the enemy with one onslaught, before dawn the next day. End this 100,000-strong battle.

The Civil War was fought for four years, and it was generally an encounter, a battle against an assault or a fortress, and there was never a positional battle.

One of the most typical examples of battle is the Pickett Charge, which can be understood as a great charge to death, which comes from Robert Lee's astonishing work, when the North and South armies bombarded each other with more than 300 artillery pieces until noon. Robert Lee gathered 15,000 men to launch an all-out attack, and they needed to cross 1,200 meters of open space. The whole process would be exposed to the artillery fire of the Northern Army, but the Southern Army waved its flag, charged the Northern Army's position in a neat queue against the rain of bullets, and once broke through the first line of defense of the Northern Army, but ultimately failed, and this charge was called the highest level of the Southern Army. It represents the unparalleled courage of the Southern Army.

Of course, Wang Feng was extremely disapproving of this kind of behavior, and he couldn't understand Robert Lee's thinking, in his eyes, before suppressing the other party's firepower. It is better to outflank and detour than to charge directly, or simply hold the formation and let the enemy move first, and then look for an opportunity to break the enemy, which can only be attributed to the lack of deep history of the United States.

On the position ahead, digging out a series of earthen ramparts and trenches, crisscrossing and hitting the ground like patches, Sherman no longer dared to be optimistic, waved his hands and shouted: "Hurry, hurry, push the artillery up, don't get together, disperse, be careful, be careful, once you reach the gun position, I ask you, reload and shoot as fast as possible!" ”

Taking the north as an example, in 1864 the whole army had 18 military regions and 21 corps, each army had 2 to 3 divisions, each division had 3 brigades of 6,200 men, each brigade had 2 regiments, each regiment had 10 companies, and each company had 80 to 100 men.

Of the nearly 200 artillery pieces of the Northern Army, about one-third of them are heavy artillery pieces that can reach nine kilometers, and the artillery establishment of the US army is one artillery company carrying five guns, four of which are used in wartime, and the other is for backup.

The Northern Army, consisting of four artillery brigades in total, turned out to be concentrated in one fell swoop, trying to destroy the opposite line of defense at once with intensive fire, but after Sherman's order, they scattered around.

"Damn, the Yankees are very goblins!" Ewell couldn't get angry.

Wang Feng smiled slightly: "Sherman and Grant are both famous generals in the north who have experienced a hundred battles, and it is not unusual to be able to make targeted arrangements, General Ewell, let's not sleep tonight." “

"Hellish election!" Ewell spread his hands helplessly.

As the sun sets, artillery begins to stop in the Northern Army, and the horses are quickly carried away, and now the Northern Army has used fixed ammunition in heavy artillery, 32-pound shells, It is equal to about 14.5 kilograms, plus the firing charge, the total weight is about 30 kilograms, this kind of fixed ammunition is different from the pure copper integrated fixed ammunition of the Democratic Alliance, it is to use a strap to fix the shell bottom bracket and the projectile together, so that its fuse hole is facing the gun port, so that the projectile can avoid rolling indiscriminately in the barrel, and then the projectile bag and the shell bottom bracket are bundled together, and the projectile pack, the shell bottom bracket and the projectile constitute a complete shell.

On the surface, it is a long cannonball, but it is not a conical shell in the true sense of the word, and it still fires a round projectile, so a delayed fuse is used, because there is no guarantee that the side of the round shell that touches the fuse will fall to the ground.

In the U.S. Army, the status of the artillery company commander is very high, in the case of having the authorization of the superior, there is no need to wait for a unified order, you can decide whether to fire or not, several soldiers struggled to carry the shells into the barrel, Sherman and the staff were also nervously watching from behind, but at this moment, the opposite position flashed with fire, and a point of light flew and landed fifty meters away from the artillery, although it did not hit directly, but overturned several soldiers.

"Oh my God!" Sherman slapped his head, and it is said that the Chinese army's artillery hit far away, which is really not a legend.

Immediately afterwards, three more points of light rose into the air from different directions, and in the sharp sound of breaking the air, they hit within two meters of the artillery one after another, and the thirty-two-pounder gun was immediately overturned, and the explosion detonated the shells in the chamber, and detonated the ammunition placed around, and in an instant there was a sea of fire, and the rumbling sound continued, and there was no living person within a radius of thirty or forty meters.

“Ｆ…… F…… Fuck！ Sherman was shocked and angry, shocked by the accuracy of the artillery fire of the Democratic Alliance, only four artillery, destroyed a heavy artillery on his side, of which the first artillery was the school position, the second shot set the target, and all hit within a range of five or six feet, this is simply stunned, angry that half of the company's artillery is finished like this, and he didn't even shoot a single shot, it is definitely a major impact on the soldiers, and he is not fluent in speech.

You know, during the Civil War, the importance of morale was raised to an unimaginable position, after all, this was a civil war, a massacre of their own compatriots, soldiers did not have the sense of responsibility to defend their home and country, just because there was a disagreement in the interpretation of the constitution, it is easy to make people disgusted and disgusted, so morale is needed to maintain the soldier's desire to fight.

An adjutant hurriedly stretched out his head and said: "Your Excellency, the artillery of the Chinese army is far and accurate, and occupies a defensive position, he can fire artillery at any time, and we must deploy the artillery carriage to open the cannon, which is equivalent to losing the opportunity, so I am afraid that the deployment of one by one will be destroyed by him, so ...... It's better to wait until it gets dark before attacking, he can't see us clearly, but his position is there, and he can't run if he wants to, it will be in our favor when it gets dark. "Huh?" Sherman's eyes lit up.

Another officer also probed and said: "Your Excellency, tonight, the second batch of reinforcements from the Chinese army is coming, we can't just watch like this, but we should blow up the railway and see how he comes." "Man, that's a great idea!" Another person chimed in: "If you can't say it, the train will derail, bang bang, and kill him." ”

"What's more, it will definitely detonate the ammunition and shoot off dazzling fireworks in the night sky to kill those yellow-skinned monkeys!"

"Hahahaha~~" This is obviously YY, the characteristic of smokeless gunpowder is that it does not explode due to impact, but Sherman is extremely useful, and said with a happy smile: "Okay, that's it, send a small team after dark, go around the distance to bomb, and now give the order, the whole army retreats one mile!" "Yes! Your Excellency, General! The commander immediately conveyed the order.

The Northern Army began to retreat slowly, but the Southern Army was stunned, surrounding the artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army, looking up and down, amazed, full of envy, this kind of artillery not only hit far, hit accurately, after the fight did not need to be reset, and then look at their own light artillery, straight to a pipe, it is simply garbage.

A southern soldier couldn't help but say: "It's amazing, China is a great country, and the Chinese are also a great race, may I ask, can we try to operate?" ”

Several artillerymen did not dare to call the shots, so they asked the company commander, and the company commander asked the battalion commander, then the regiment commander, the brigade commander, the division commander, and finally Wang Feng.

Wang Feng waved his hand without hesitation: "The people of the southern United States are our friends of the Chinese, there are no secrets between friends, and we are willing to share the secrets of artillery with our friends in the southern part of the United States." “

(To be continued.) )

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