“Fuck！“ After Sherman fled back to his position in Atlanta, he hurriedly reported the situation to Grant, who angrily scolded: "Damn yellow-skinned monkey, you have used such a vicious trick, I want the international community to accuse the Chinese army of brutal crimes, oh God, why don't you send down the Holy Light and exterminate those damned infidels?" "Ahem~~" Sherman kept coughing, although he inhaled a small amount of sarin, but his respiratory tract was also damaged, and after a violent cough, he reluctantly said: "Your Excellency Commander, now is not the time to complain, the accusations against the Chinese army will also be carried out by the president, what should we do now?" ”

Grant asked with a calm face, "What about the loss?" ”

Sherman's face darkened, and he sighed: "I lost all the baggage and artillery, and our army originally had nearly 70,000 people, but those who came back with me were only less than 30,000, and basically all of them were poisoned, the lightest one was the same as me, coughing constantly, and the heavy one was even unconscious, at least, in a short time, most of the people could no longer participate in the battle." “

Eighty thousand people, the loss of fifty thousand, the remaining thirty thousand are still sick numbers, looking at Grant's ugly face, Sherman added: "Of course, it is not ruled out that someone will slip away halfway, maybe the casualties are not so big." “

This kind of words did not have any consolation effect on Grant, and he slammed his fist on the table and roared: "We still have 70,000 people, and we have not yet been defeated, and we can still take Atlanta!" "Ahem~~" Sherman coughed and smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, Commander, the news of our defeat will spread by tomorrow at the latest, and the morale of the Atlanta defenders will be greatly boosted." Even tonight, Washington will get the news. The Democrats will hold the president accountable for the defeat, and His Excellency will face a very difficult situation. Do you think it's possible that we can take Atlanta before tomorrow? “

Atlanta is the most difficult bone to gnaw among the important towns in the South, and it is also a place where the South must defend at any cost, although the attack of the Northern Army is fierce, but Grant is not sure, not to mention that Sherman's defeat can be regarded as a landmark turning point, and no one knows how serious the impact on the morale of the army will be.

Grant was silent.

Schiffman also doesn't know what to do, and his condemnation of China is usually just an expression. If there is no follow-up post-paragraph, it's just talking, what else can the north do now? The general election is just over a month away!

"It's raining!" Sherman looked up at the sky, his face full of loneliness.

Grant also looked into the depths of the mountain, and the fine rain covered the trees with a layer of bright green, but after the rain, would it be clear?

By the next day, after a night of drizzle and cold wind, the sarin residue in the air had been cleared. Only then did the Southern Army enter the battlefield and seize all the artillery and baggage of the North, and after counting, more than 23,000 corpses were found. Immediately began to dig a pit and bury it.

At this time, Washington was also in turmoil, and the news of Sherman's near-total annihilation had spread throughout the city last night. The smell of panic spreads everywhere, and rumors are spread all over the streets. The streets were full of police, and even the army drove into the streets.

There were rallies and marches everywhere. Some are struggling to denounce the brutality of the Chinese team, while others are angrily attacking Lincoln and demanding his resignation, and even some rich people simply run away.

Lincoln looked through the glass window of his office at the growing number of demonstrators outside the gate, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, he knew that this was the leader of the Democratic Party and the presidential candidate Johnson, but he couldn't do anything, Johnson represented the interests of some business classes and the vast number of farmers in the Midwest of the United States, the four years of the Civil War caused losses to all strata of society, and the United Kingdom and Britain jointly imposed sanctions on the United States, which made it even worse, if the war could end in a short time, Lincoln had the confidence to appease the discontent of all strata of society, but a defeat cost everything.

"Your Excellency, it's time to go to the Senate." A secretary looked at the time and reluctantly reminded Lincoln.

"I see!" Lincoln put on his top hat and walked out.

At present, both the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the Republicans, and the Democratic Party cannot turn the sky upside down, but what about the general election? Lincoln didn't know what the way forward was.

After clearing the battlefield, the Democratic Alliance Army and the Confederate Army immediately pushed the front forward until the outskirts of the Atlanta mountains, and did not attack, but blocked the road out of the mountain, put on a posture of closing the door and beating the dogs, and made people shout: Soldiers of the Confederate Army of America, you have been surrounded, and the government of the Confederate States of America demands that you lay down your arms, surrender immediately, be exempt from accountability for the war, and will do their best to treat the wounded and sick, but our patience is limited, and we will resolutely strike at those who resist......

The Marine Corps took out dozens of loud loudspeakers and distributed them to the Southern Army 24 hours a day non-stop shouting, super large decibels, can be transmitted far away, you know, these horns are battery-based, the principle structure is basically similar to that of modern loudspeakers, except for a slight current noise has not been solved, and it does not affect the use on the whole. "When will this damn sound stop?" In the face of the pervasive persuasion, Grant roared angrily: "Order, attack Atlanta again, be sure to take it before dark, at any cost!" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, no, look at the boys!" Sherman hurriedly hugged Grant in shock.

The soldiers nearby, sitting together in twos and threes, some were chewing grass roots, some were counting the white clouds in the sky, their faces were blank, and some seemed to be listening carefully to the persuasion outside the mountain, and from time to time they exchanged words with their companions.

Hui Grant said irritably: "I just know, I have to attack, otherwise if I sit down again, all the morale of the army will be scattered, maybe, by tonight, someone will flee, give orders, and line up to attack!" “

Orders were issued layer by layer, and the soldiers obviously had a feeling of rejection, and under the drive of the commander, they reluctantly lined up in formation.

At this time, some small voices of conversation came: "It seems that this battle cannot be won, but His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief still wants to send us to death, what should we do?" Do you want to risk your life to whitewash the achievements of those politicians? ”

"Yes, if Atlanta is captured, His Excellency Lincoln can still be re-elected, but now it is obvious that it cannot be captured, this battle has been lost, and the next term will be mostly in power by the Democratic Party, and we will definitely conclude a peace treaty with the South, and our sacrifice will become meaningless."

"Ahem~~ I heard that the outside can treat us, my throat is so uncomfortable." (To be continued.) )

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