Because the battle took place near Rio Grande Bay around Vicksburg, it is historically known as the Grande Bay Encounter, or Battle of Grande.

In this encounter, the actual battle lasted only a little more than three hours, but due to the Chinese army's extensive use of rapid-fire weapons and motor vehicles, the overall superiority of firepower and mobility, and the tactical mastery, the Sherman regiment suffered more than 13,000 casualties in this battle, more than 7,000 soldiers were killed for various reasons alone, and less than 6,000 lightly wounded survived.

In addition to the heavy casualties, the number of prisoners was also very high, amounting to more than 15,000 in total, and with the number of casualties, it added up to more than 28,000 people, which means that the number of people who were able to escape by chance was less than 2,000!

In other words, the Sherman Legion has been completely annihilated, and it is a kind of total annihilation that even the formation has disappeared.

Compared to the great defeat of the Sherman Legion, the losses of the Dream Division were minimal, except for ten people who suffered different minor injuries due to accidents, there were no other casualties, which can be said to be a zero casualty in the situation of this era.

The rest is fine, but 13,000 casualties in a single battle, a casualty rate of nearly half, a proportion of casualties that is rare in this era.

You must know that this era is still the sixties of the nineteenth century, and the lethality of all kinds of weapons is insufficient, so this kind of casualty rate of nearly fifty percent is basically impossible, because according to normal circumstances, when the casualties reach two percent of the total number of troops, the troops will completely collapse, either a major rout, or a complete surrender to the attackers.

The high level of casualties is only one of the reasons why the Chinese army is so high, and the main reason is that they are equipped with highly mobile motorized vehicles.

In fact, whether it was the initial artillery fire or the later machine gun strafing. Although it looked like a shocking scene with heavy casualties, it didn't last long.

For example, in the earliest artillery strikes, the dense firepower coverage was indeed amazing, but at the beginning, because the enemy was caught off guard, the casualties caused were relatively heavy, and later because most of the US officers and soldiers spontaneously lay down or looked for cover to hide, the casualties caused were very few.

As for the later machine-gun strafing of the whole army, it also caused heavy losses to the US troops at the beginning, and the duration was very short. Let the U.S. military begin a rout.

Therefore, all in all, whether it was the previous shelling or the later frontal machine gun fire, the total number of casualties caused was actually not too outrageous, and the real reason for the large number of casualties occurred in the later pursuit.

When the Sherman Legion soldiers were crushed by the Dream Division's rapid-fire weapons, the Chinese soldiers did not let each other go, but quickly started their vehicles. As if the cavalry were chasing, the fleeing enemy was continuously covered.

The Chinese are most equipped with lightweight paratrooper assault vehicles, which, although unarmoured, are light and flexible. Even on the grass, the speed was faster than the horses, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force in the vehicles were shooting the American troops at close range. This has led to an increasing number of casualties.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that a large number of Americans found out that they could not escape, they raised their hands and surrendered. And Li Yongji has said before that he will surrender and not kill, and I am afraid that just by relying on this kind of non-stop pursuit, the number of US troops killed will more than double.

"What? Sherman actually died? After hearing Sun Xiangbing's report, Li Yongji was stunned, "Are you sure?" ”

"It's confirmed." Sun Xiangbing nodded, "The other party's body has been found, and the prisoner has been identified, so it should not be wrong to confirm that it is General Sherman." Of course, if you have doubts, Commander, now that the body is outside, you can see it for yourself. ”

"That's right." Li Yongji nodded, "In that case, let's go and take a look, I'm also an American famous general." ”

After speaking, Li Yongji, under the leadership of Sun Xiangbing, came to the place where Sherman's body was parked, and when he saw that appearance, he knew that the corpse had been treated in advance, that is, to clean and make up, otherwise it would be impossible to be so clean.

After all, according to Sun Xiangbing, General Sherman was killed by the Type 80 general-purpose machine gun on the assault vehicle, although the caliber of the machine gun is 7.62 mm, and it is not equipped with the Red Chinese army on a large scale, but the power of this machine gun is quite large, and it is quite famous in the international arms market.

Due to the design, although this machine gun uses 7.62 mm caliber bullets, the effective firing distance reaches 1000 meters, and the chain of 200 rounds is used, so it is quite strong in terms of fire sustainance and power.

Sherman is said to have been killed by frontal fire from this vehicle-mounted machine gun at a distance of fifty meters, so normally speaking, Sherman was already covered in flesh and blood, but fortunately he didn't hit his face, otherwise others might not recognize him.

In other words, Sherman was actually directly hit by a general-purpose machine gun at close range, and was almost beaten into two pieces, because of the tragic death, so before letting Li Yongji confirm it, the officers and soldiers of the unit disposed of the body in advance.

For example, the wound was cleaned, and the basic fixation was carried out with a wooden plank, and then placed on a stretcher, and finally covered with a white cloth. And when I showed it to Li Yongji, I only showed my face, and tried not to let Li Yongji look at his body below, so as not to scare people.

In this regard, because Sun Xiangbing had reminded him in advance, Li Yongji also knew it, so after just looking at the other party's deliberately cleaned face, he nodded, solemnly saluted the other party, and kept this posture for more than a minute.

Li Yongji saluted the other party, in addition to lamenting the death of a famous general, there was also an element of showmanship, because around Sherman, there were still many American prisoners, and Li Yongji was wearing a very delicate general's uniform, and he also wore a big cap, plus a hug from front to back, and layers of guards, his identity was obviously different from others.

Now, as the supreme commander, Li Yongji salutes the enemy's fallen commanders, which is a kind of respect, and those American prisoners will feel a little better when they see it, and then the execution of the Chinese's orders is estimated to be smoother.

This is the so-called respect for the enemy, that is, respect for oneself, Li Yongji did not want his army to give people a sense of cruelty and barbarism, so he paid attention to details from the beginning.

In particular, when his own army had an absolute advantage, Li Yongji felt that he should be more polite. Especially after the battle, giving the loser the necessary respect can highlight his greatness even more.

Because of this, after saluting Sherman, Li Yongji also specially requested that a burial ceremony be held for General Sherman in front of all the prisoners.

Although this burial ceremony was simple, it was quite grand, Li Yongji had Sherman buried in a good Western-style coffin, and led his own officers above the battalion level to wear the best military uniforms. Then, under the leadership of the honor guard, they came to the specially selected American prisoners, of course, none of these selected prisoners were ordinary soldiers, all of them were officers.

After that, in front of many captured US officers, Li Yongji personally covered Sherman's coffin with many Chinese officers and handed over the coffin to the captured US officers. The American prisoners carried their coffins together, covered with the flag of the United States of America, in the cemetery that had been dug up long ago. Slowly put the coffin down.

After the coffin was put down, the specially found surrogate priest began to recite the Bible, and after reading the heretical Bible, Li Yongji and other Chinese officers began. Together with the captive officers of the United States of America, fill the coffin of General Sherman.

When the filling is complete, the tombstone will be erected. After erecting the tombstone, a platoon of Qianlong special forces soldiers began to act as a guard of honor, firing 12 shots into the sky, and after the gunshots, there was a minute of collective silence.

After doing this, Li Yongji began to give a speech, and Li Yongji's own speech was in Chinese, but the translation was translated into English in time for all American soldiers to hear.

Li Yongji's speech was not long or complicated, but he highly praised Sherman's bravery and noble character, because Sherman was not killed in the run, but when everyone was fleeing, but he was alone in resisting, so courage is worthy of learning and admiration from everyone.

After praising Sherman's noble qualities, Li Yongji praised the American soldiers of the Sherman Legion, saying that although they were defeated, they also possessed excellent suzhì and were admirable opponents.

After praising him, Li Yongji began to talk about the cause of the war, and said why they came to fight this war, not because they wanted to support the Confederate States of the South, not to split the United States of America, but to seek justice for the dead Chinese people.

All in all, Li Yongji is constantly praising and praising these defeated generals, making them feel that although they have failed, they are still honorable despite defeat.

After that, Li Yongji kept making excuses for his army, saying that their fighting was a last resort, that they themselves were peace-loving, and that they were willing to work together with the American people to create brilliance, but there was a small group of ill-intentioned politicians and capitalists in the United States, who were deliberately sabotaging Sino-US friendship for the sake of their own interests, and were bent on provoking a Sino-US war.

Li Yongji also said that he originally liked the American people very much, and he also liked the United States, but the innocent Chinese people in the 926 incident could not die in vain, and the contempt and insults suffered by the Chinese could not be ignored.

Therefore, Li Yongji took this opportunity to start calling on the government of the United States of America to make a public apology to the Chinese government, compensate the Chinese victims of the 926 incident, and pay the reasonable compensation demanded by the Chinese government.

If the U.S. government satisfies the Chinese government's reasonable demands, then they will do their best to withdraw from the war and no longer be enemies of the Americans, but if the American politicians and capitalists insist on going their own way and still kidnapping the people of the United States of America for their own interests and confronting China to the end, then they have only one way, and that is to fight the United States to the end.

Speaking of this, Li Yongji also spoke eloquently about the beginning and end of the 926 incident, telling how cruel, mean, and contemptuous the Americans in Western California were to Chinese laborers, and how much oppression and how many benefits the Chinese had suffered for the sake of Sino-US friendship.

In order to increase credibility, Li Yongji also hung up the big screen and played a lot of slides specially made before, the slides were some black and white photos, all the photos, are some pictures of white Americans abusing Chinese, including whips, kicks, in short, you can see that the Chinese are suffering, and the white Americans are abusing them.

Later, the photos changed and became photos of the scene of the 926 incident, especially the bodies of the Chinese who were hung on poles, which looked shocking.

After seeing this, all the Chinese officers and soldiers began to be angry. And the American prisoners who also watched it also bowed their heads in shame, because the impact of the above photos was too strong, even if they actually despised the Chinese in their hearts, they would feel ashamed and embarrassed in this situation.

After all, the content on the photo is so impactful that as long as there is a normal sense of morality, after seeing the picture in the photo, they will spit on those white Americans and sympathize with those Chinese victims.

When the slideshow is finished. When the Chinese audience began to be emotional, Li Yongji shouted again, saying that the reason why the Chinese chose to set foot on the soil of the United States of America and go to war with the Americans this time was not aggression, but for justice and dignity.

In other words, the Chinese Expeditionary Force's war against the United States was a just war to seek justice and dignity. On the contrary, Americans are unjust, and the reason why Li Yongji is doing this now is to let more people know the truth!

So. If the government of the United States of America does not want more innocent Americans to die, agree to the Chinese's terms as soon as possible and end this war!

When Li Yongji said this, the American prisoners were gone. The Chinese, however, were enthusiastic and began to shout for the sake of justice and dignity.

The scene was a bit chaotic. But there is no doubt that the Chinese have found a righteous reason for this show, and they no longer have doubts and complaints because they have come all the way to fight in the United States, but are full of a great sense of mission and justice.

On the contrary, most of the captured officers in the United States are very ashamed, of course, many people feel very angry, they are angry that they have been deceived, deceived by politicians, and at the same time have been burdened by those shameless guys, if it were not for those shameless American politicians and capitalists to provoke a war between China and the United States, they would not have needed to go to war with the Chinese thousands of miles away, and they would not have ended up in today's situation.

If not to mention, the Americans at this time were simple, especially those middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers, who were fooled by Li Yongji without any real evidence, and began to change their stance, not only did not hate these Chinese who killed their compatriots, but were resentful of the US government, and the effect was quite good.

Of course, Li Yongji's speech, including his previous actions, was recorded in the whole process, and a large number of photos were taken, and when he met the Americans again in the future, he continued to show them these things.

In this regard, Li Yongji has a unique advantage, because at this time the film had not yet been invented, although the photographic technology was available, the level was quite backward, and the most advanced method was only the daguerreotype photography method and the Caro photography method.

With these two methods of photography, take a photo for at least 15 minutes continuously, within 15 minutes of the subject can not move, otherwise it will affect the shooting effect, and even if something is taken, the clarity of the formed photo is also very problematic, it is impossible to shoot documentary photos, so the photo at this time is not much different from a sketch, but it is more plump than a sketch.

However, taking photos with a modern digital camera not only allows you to have a large number of photos, but also takes them instantly, and all the photos retain the real situation at the time, which is very credible, and can be regarded as historical documentary photos.

With these photos, it is convenient for Li Yongji's side to tamper with oil and vinegar, thus turning the black into red, and the aggression and interference into a war for dignity and justice, so that this Sino-US war will suddenly become that Chinese are the victims, Americans are the perpetrators, and the Chinese are forced to resist and use war to gain national dignity.

In addition, Li Yongji also plans to treat these US prisoners who have personally attended the memorial service as a group of seeds, and at every opportunity, he will keep brainwashing them and instill in them the idea that this war is a conspiracy, a conspiracy of a very small number of politicians and capitalists in the United States, and they are deliberately trying to provoke a war between China and the United States, so as to use the war to gain money and status for them.

In this conspiracy theory woven by Li Yongji, most ordinary people on both sides of this Sino-US war are actually victims, and the root cause is a very small number of greedy people, especially those Western bankers and capitalists, such as the Rothschilds and others.

It was these people who, in order to make war money and control the American continent more effectively, deliberately launched the American Civil War to divide the United States.

Moreover, in order for the United States to succeed in the division of the United States, it is convenient for these people to control the financial and political affairs of the Western Continent, that is, the Americas, and these bankers and capitalists collude with politicians in the north and south of the United States. Use all kinds of means to pull the Chinese into the water with the Western powers, so as to make the division of the United States a reality

In other words, in Li Yongji's statement, the American Civil War was a conspiracy of a small number of people, and the 926 incident was also the work of these people, whose purpose was to disrupt the United States, and drag down China, Britain, and France, so that these countries would become enemies because of the war.

Only by war can these people make a profit, they can get rich. Only then can they take advantage of the special circumstances in the war to better grasp the state power, so as to achieve their goal of manipulating the whole of America behind the scenes.

Li Yongji's conspiracy theories are not just simple rumors, but are well-founded, and they are also mixed with the black history of many people, such as how the Rothschild family made war money through the French Revolution and how it rose, including the paper money being issued by the United States of America, and so on.

Anyway, Li Yongji summed it up with all kinds of modern times. Stuff that is plausible, but it looks a lot like that, with a lot of stuff like "Currency Wars" mixed in, gives the impression that the whole of America is there. Even the whole of the New World of America is shrouded in monetary machinations, giving them the feeling that all of the current ones are being led by a very small number of people.

Not to mention, this well-founded modern-style conspiracy theory. The deceptive nature is quite strong, and the introduction of the whole conspiracy theory is simple to understand, at least it can confuse those American prisoners who do not have enough knowledge.

And the best part. Although the whole conspiracy theory is very complex, it has a strong logic, one link after another, which is also mixed with a lot of specious black history, and the introduction is in-depth detection, combined with human nature and habits, even people who don't understand anything can understand a rough idea, it can be said that it is a true biography of nine truths and one falsehood, which can make illiterate people have a feeling of sudden realization after hearing it.

Li Yongji believes that this set of conspiracy theories about the New World that Zhang Xinda painstakingly compiled with many experts in modern society will definitely be able to capture the hearts of these American prisoners, and once they believe it and firmly believe that this is the truth, then it will be easier to confuse others in the future.

Once more and more Americans believe in these conspiracy theories, and so many people think that this is the truth, it will have the effect of making money out of all mouths, and then the false will become true.

At that time, the expeditionary force, or the Chinese, will be more comfortable and reap more benefits, while the Americans will find a vent for themselves, betting all their discontent and anger on the bankers and capitalists, and even on the British royal family and the French emperor.

Because in Li Yongji's conspiracy theory, although the bankers led by the Rothschilds are the main ones, the British royal family and the French emperor are also aware of it, and they are also pushing the boat along the river, and it is their help that has put the United States in such a situation, and even China has been pulled into the water.

Therefore, in this war, Li Yongji also played the Chinese as victims, and in the end only the Jewish bankers, but also the British and the French benefited.

Seriously, after Zhang Xinda proposed this idea, although Li Yongji agreed, he didn't know what the final effect would be, but now it seems that I am afraid that the final effect will be unexpected.

After the show and cleaning up the battlefield, Li Yongji began to work hard for the next stage of the army's goals.

You must know that after the end of this battle, one of the parties besieging the defenders of Vicksburg, that is, the Sherman Legion, is completely finished, it is said that at this time, under normal circumstances, Li Yongji should lead his troops to Vicksburg and join forces with the defenders of Vicksburg, but unfortunately Li Yongji has no interest in this, and he does not plan to enter Vicksburg.

Because Li Yongji knew that there was now a group of hungry ghosts in Vicksburg, and they had been cutting off food for a long time in the previous siege, and ordinary people even began to eat rats.

In the face of such a group of Americans who have been out of food for a long time, no, they are from the Allied countries, Li Yongji does not want to contact, because once the two sides are officially contacted, then Li Yongji will definitely take out food to help them, after all, on the surface, China and the Allied States are already allies, aren't they.

It was precisely because he did not want these burdens that after Li Yongji led his troops to defeat Sherman's troops, except for a battalion of troops left behind to escort the prisoners back to the ship, the other troops rested for a while, and set off again, heading straight for the main force of Grant's army.

That's right, Li Yongji planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue, taking advantage of the fact that his side had just won the victory in the battle and his morale was strong, but the other party did not know the specific information, and the main force that fought Grant was caught off guard.

At this moment, Grant in the southeast still has 40,000 people, which can be said to be the absolute main force, if before, in the face of 40,000 troops, Li Yongji may still have some scruples and want to act cautiously, but after the battle with the Sherman Army, Li Yongji has completely relieved his heart, and he no longer has the slightest worry about destroying the main force of the US army.

Think about it, although Li Yongji's Dream Division can only use a little more than 20,000 people, it is an all-motorized force.

This unit is not only powerful, but also generally equipped with rapid-fire weapons such as assault rifles and machine guns, as well as mortars, recoilless guns, rocket artillery, howitzers and other heavy firepower, and can be said to be the strongest in terms of firepower in its time.

Since there is such a strong force, it would be a bit too much to be cautious and cautious, because that would no longer be cautious, but stupid, because it would be a strict missed fighter.

Therefore, Li Yongji decided to rest the whole army for half a day, and after replenishing the ammunition and the officers and soldiers had enough rest, he would directly attack Grant's main army and fight a decisive battle to completely destroy Grant's army.

In short, Li Yongji wanted to use the shortest possible time to end the entire Vicksburg Campaign, open up the communication line of the Mississippi River, and win life for the Confederate States, so that the situation of the entire North-South Civil War would completely change fundamentally! (To be continued......)