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General McDowell's defeat not only made him lose his position as commander, but also made Warson's situation suddenly dangerous. The place where the Confederates defeated the Union army was just over thirty miles from Washington. And compared with the historical station, the Southern Alliance army had a more obvious advantage in that battle, due to the superiority in equipment and tactics, they killed more than 4,000 federal 6th Army in this battle, and captured more than 1,000 people. This is almost double the historical figure. On the other hand, the losses of the Confederate were much smaller than in their original history, and they only paid about 400 casualties. In the original history, although the Southern Army won and wiped out more than 2,800 Union troops, it also lost more than 1,700 of its own. Considering the demographic disparity between the North and the South, such an exchange ratio would not be sufficient to defeat the North.

In its original history, the Confederate Union did not immediately march toward Washington after this victory. Because the losses of the Southern Union in this battle are not too small, they do not have much confidence in attacking Washington. But this time it was different, the losses of the Southern Union were almost insignificant, and the Union army was almost knocked out of confidence, and morale was extremely low. Some soldiers who fled from the guns of the Confederate troops even suffered from MacDonald's 1857 rifle phobia, and even dreamed of the fast and accurate platoon of guns of the Confederate troops, and then woke up to screams of fear.

Two days after the end of the battle, the cavalry of the Confederate appeared on the outskirts of Washington. Although they did not make any offensive moves, the flag of the Confederate Union in their hands caused chaos in the whole of Washington. All kinds of rumors began to fly all over the sky like wings. Some people say that the south has gathered an army of 100,000 and is about to fight; Others say that Confederate troops have reached a distance of no more than ten miles from Washington; It was even said that the Confederates were almost complete with the encirclement of Washington, leaving only a small gap to the north.

This series of rumors caused chaos in Washington, and many people simply fled with their families. Twenty-four hours a day, Washington's train stations are packed with citizens trying to escape Washington.

In such a situation, Lincoln had to redeploy troops from other areas to Washington to ensure the security of the capital, although this would affect the attack of the Northern Army on other fronts, but in the current crisis, this is almost the only option.

At the same time, Lincoln also issued a call to the entire Union, asking everyone to form a volunteer army to defend the capital.

Relying on the railway system, which was more accessible to the south, the reinforcements of the federal army arrived quickly, while at the same time, the southern army was somewhat unsure about what to do next. Pierre, the commander of the front? General Boregard and Joseph? General Johnston hopes to take advantage of the victory, march on Washington, and eventually capture the capital of the Confederacy, forcing the Confederation to end the war. However, President Davis of the Confederate Alliance, and in the defensive phase of this operation, used the trenches like a stone wall to firmly withstand the five attacks of the Union army, and brought them great casualties, so Brigadier General Jackson, who received the nickname "Stone Wall", resolutely opposed the attack on Huashengdu.

President Davis believes that even if Washington is conquered, the Union will not necessarily agree to make peace. Historically, Washington has not been unconquered. During the Second American-British War, the British conquered Washington and set a fire to the presidential palace and Capitol Hill, but this did not force the United States to sue for peace with the British. On the contrary, the Americans who felt humiliated and angry were further united, and finally defeated the British and won the victory. (Regarding this battle, both sides declared themselves victors after the war.) This is a rare "win-win" war in modern history. Conquering Washington may not bring the North to its knees, but it may make the North deeply humiliated and uncompromising.

As for Brigadier General Jackson, his reasoning was a little more tactical. He believes that if we can use trenches, the North will naturally be able to use it too. And they do not lack the talent to conduct such operations. Since that long conversation with Scrooge, he has done a lot of research on Scrooge's trench defense tactics. And he has always been concerned about the movements on Scrooge's side. Later, after the way of trench warfare appeared for the first time in Italy, he even went to Italy himself to understand the expression of the way of trench warfare in actual combat. So the role of Scrooge's "Black Water" in this battle naturally can't escape his eyes. Scrooge was a northerner, and after the outbreak of the civil war, it was impossible for northerners to ignore these experiences of him. Even more so after this war. So, if they were going to attack Washington themselves, then they would be the ones who were facing the damn trench defenses. And hell, Jackson has studied trench warfare quite deeply, but he really hasn't been able to figure out anything that can effectively deal with these damn trenches.

"The presence of the trenches really made the attack an extremely difficult thing. Well, isn't that what Mr. MacDonald intended? Tong guò increases the cost of the attack, while suppressing the attack. This is the right way for the South to truly win independence. A reckless attack will only result in losses for nothing. Even if it is necessary to carry out offensive actions, they should be carried out in the course of sports warfare. Instead of going to storm other people's positions. "Stonewall" Jackson thought so, so he naturally became less interested in taking the initiative to attack Washington.

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Of course, Scrooge, who is familiar with history, had expected this fiasco for a long time, and he could also have predicted that in this time and space, because of some of his previous cheating actions, this fiasco of the Union army would definitely be worse than the original history. So after the fiasco, Lincoln may soon be about to issue the "King of Qin". Therefore, before this battle, Scrooge asked Blackwater to slowly end the various businesses at hand, gather personnel, and prepare to stage a story to turn the tide after this fiasco, and then use this momentum to get a package of contracts including weapons, ammunition, personnel training, etc., and make him a lot of money.

When Lincoln's call for volunteers came out, Blackwater had basically assembled its own personnel, except for those who could not be used in key areas, Blackwater had gathered more than 800 people. That's not a lot of people. But Scrooge, who had been preparing for this day as early as a few years ago when Blackwater was formed, certainly had his own way. In fact, before that, Blackwater's mercenaries had undergone a lot of tactical training. Therefore, in the name of responding to Lincoln's call, Scrooge relied on the help of the Cleveland City Government to hang a "Cleveland Volunteer Legion" name on Blackwater's troops, and then began to directly recruit volunteers, and these recruited novices were scattered and incorporated into the "Blackwater" combat sequence, using a veteran with a few recruits to quickly expand the size of the force to 5ooo people.

At the same time, in order to show his love for the United States and his hometown in Cleveland, Scrooge announced that he would donate 5ooo MacDonald 1857 rifles as weapons for the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps".

In the original history, Rockefeller chose to donate money for military service during the Civil War, that is, to donate a few hundred dollars, and then he did not have to serve as a soldier. As a result, he was often blamed for it (his opponent and one of his younger brothers). This time, however, he didn't have to, because his name was included in the list of officers of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps", in charge of material support in the rear.

As for Gardner, who was interested in his career, well, he became the commander of this legion. At least nominally, the commander of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps" was him. And he also received the rank of brigadier general, which was given by the state of Ohio. (In the United States at that time, both federal and state military ranks could be granted.) Actually, of course, that's another story. Gardner knew that this position was just Scrooge's fulfillment of his promise and provided him with a good opportunity to climb the ladder. As for battlefield command or something, the actual command is in the hands of Robson, who is now appointed as a lieutenant colonel in Ohio, and the ultimate command is undoubtedly in the hands of Scrooge. In fact, without Scrooge's nod, even Lincoln would not have been able to command this army.

At the same time, Cleveland's most famous "Salvation" hospital announced that they would be temporarily closing. All the medical staff will go to the front line to serve the soldiers who fought bloodily on the front line. Naturally, McDonald Chemical & Pharmaceutical Company wasted no time in donating a batch of drugs to support their cause, and would also provide the federal army with all kinds of drugs they needed at a discounted price.

At the same time, the "McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company Union" also issued a call, calling on employees to work for two hours a day in addition to their normal work to make their own contributions to their homeland. What, you're worried that workers won't be able to work on the assembly line for ten hours straight? Have you forgotten what McDonald Chemical & Pharmaceutical Company makes? It is nothing more than to let the workers take more "strong pills". The trade union organization put up a large banner in the workshop, which read: "For the motherland, work hard!" The company guarantees that the wages that the workers deserve for their voluntary work will be sold at the best price to donate to the frontline fighters.

This series of charitable acts was immediately widely reported by various media. At the end of July, just when the Southerners had finally agreed to launch at least a tentative attack on Washington, Scrooge personally rushed to Washington with the sulfonamides, heroin, and "strong pills" donated by the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, as the director of the "Salvation" hospital, and the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps" led by Gardner, as the first patriots to respond to President Lincoln's call. President Lincoln personally received them and publicly praised Scrooge? Mr. MacDonald is a model for American patriots.