Chapter 201: The Pit, the Giant Pit!
Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang......
Strings of gunshots rang out, like fried beans.
"Hahaha!"
"Shoot these idiots!"
"These idiots! Hahaha......"
The southern soldiers were very excited at this time, and they opened fire and cursed to comfort their little heart who had just been frightened.
The gunfire was all from the muzzle of the Southern Army, and it was all fired from above!
The Northern Army didn't know who commanded it before, but they just rushed into the big pit they had made, and the big pit, although it had just been born, was really not small.
It is 50 meters long, more than 20 meters wide, and more than 4 meters deep, and it is such a big pit, and almost all the troops of the Yankees rushed in, and then they rushed in and were stupid, because they found that they couldn't get out at all!
This is a force of nearly 20,000 people, and the other side of the big pit is very high, because although it destroyed the position of the Southern Army, the destruction was not accurate enough, that is, the bombing point was before the position, although the position was also damaged, but you must know that the position built by the Southern Yankees was built higher, and the higher the better.
And the groundwater has been blown out, and it is particularly slippery, full of mud, how to go up?
Those 20,000 people, can you go back?
People crowd people, people go to people, people pile people!
It's such a state, then the southerners look at it, OH-FU-CK!
Hit! Shoot!
At this time, you don't even have to aim, just shoot into this pit and hit 100%!
The revolver frantically vented its firepower. Let's be honest. If there is a Gatling at this time. This is nothing short of a massacre!
Although there are no machine guns, the weapons in the hands of the southerners have been upgraded, and this result is really ...... Soon, the big pit was full of blood, and the place that used to be made like a mud pool by the groundwater was now a blood-red mud pool!
"We surrendered!"
"Surrender!"
"Don't fight anymore!"
The Yankees can't stand it anymore, because it's really a piece of death. And they don't have any ability to resist at all, it's too chaotic, and to be honest, they don't even know who the fuck is commanding right now!
Naturally, if you surrender, you should surrender, and sometimes the relationship between the southern and northern yankees is not bad, and there is nothing to do and get a little warmth or something, such as the hostile guys on both sides, sometimes they will exchange some food with each other. Tobacco, coffee or something.
But. The Yankees can't get out now!
The Southerners can't get them out, so what now?
"Rush!"
"Brothers, rush!"
I don't know who shouted like this, anyway, there is no way to accept these prisoners now, then the Yankees have surrendered, why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue?
The current southern position is also chaotic, it was originally a sneak attack, and many officers have been blown up, so no one cares about it at all.
But although no one cares, there are not many fools, everyone has seen the miserable situation of the Yankees, so naturally they will not jump into this pit, so they jumped out from their high positions and killed them like tigers in the mountains!
"Ahh Defeated! ”
"Run!"
"God, please help me!"
As soon as the soldiers of the Yankees saw this situation, those who didn't jump into the big pit quickly ran, who was still rushing forward at this time?
It doesn't matter if this cannon is this one, do you know who the general commanded this siege battle is?
Burnside!
That's it, I haven't won a battle until now, the troops attacking the city in front of me were defeated and fled, and the people behind looked at it, needless to say, the general lost the battle again this time, everyone is familiar with this routine, so what else is it?
Let's run!
When the two armies face each other, they are afraid of collapse, and once they start to run, and there is no organization, it will be tantamount to a big rout, anyway, it is the chaotic soldiers all over the mountains, and the pursuing ......
Chase!
Kill!
"We actually won!?" Eleanor couldn't believe her eyes when she saw this, it was unbelievable!
"Hahaha...... Trust me Ellie, God bless you will become a princess! Mary was so happy at this time that she immediately remembered what the two had been talking about before.
"Huh?"
To be honest, Eleanor really doesn't care too much about becoming an imperial princess or something, but now, don't say it, it's really like God blesses, so she is really destined to be with someone?
"Don't think about that bastard!" Eleanor shook her head, she forced herself to dispel the shadow of that guy Li Mengyang, but now.
The headline for the latest issue of "Women's Power" is 'Petersburg Victory'!
It's a big win!
The Southern Army of Petersburg was directly killed, so that Burnside's troops were completely crushed, and the other people's troops were also greatly affected, the Northern Army invested almost 90,000 troops here, and before, Grant's Western Army also came to reinforce, but now, they are all scattered!
Moreover, this is not only a great victory, after knowing the news that Petersburg has attacked the Northern Army, it was his own daughter who wrote it, Robert. General Li was very happy, now as the supreme commander of the Southern Army, he had wanted to stretch out his hand to another battlefield before.
The battlefield was in the West, of course, not in the American sense of the word, and that was Atlanta, Georgia.
Here, Grant mobilized an army of 100,000 to besiege Atlanta, and the general in the south was Johnston, this guy may have a good popularity in the army, but he was too cowardly, constantly and slowly retreating, and did not take the initiative to attack.
So, before that, Robert. Lee wanted to replace Johnston, and he wanted to replace John. Bel. Hood, this Hood is a tiger general!
Yes, the tiger, in the cornfield in Sharpsburg, this guy is enough tiger.
But now, it seemed that Johnston could be given some more time, as the siege of Petersburg was lifted. Then the southern capital will not be so dangerous for the time being.
And. Now the use of new weapons has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the troops. Not to mention anything else, the Southern Army fired a lot more bullets than before, at least six times more, so this is a six-fold more chance of hitting.
The Petersburg victory was inseparable from the new weapons. Li knew this very well, so since this was the case, the southern army could try to move forward to fight. That is, you can take the initiative again!
Don't underestimate this change, it will have a profound impact on the entire civil war situation.
But why are the Yankees so stupid? How can they blow up a big crater and jump into it themselves?
There are many reasons for this, as General Burnside later explained to Lincoln.
"Mr. Lincoln, first of all, tunnel warfare is the first of its kind in the world, and we have no idea how powerful it is. ……”
That's right, that is, the work of buying explosives, which was done by a group of miners, that is, the Irish who used to mine. These people saw that the defense of Petersburg was too strong, and the artillery of the Northern Army was now. It's not that there hasn't been indiscriminate bombing, but it's useless, so it's better to go underground.
So, in fact, it took them nearly a month to dig a long tunnel, and they thought they had dug under the city of Petersburg, but in fact it was still a little short, the Irish, their work was rough.
And then the gunpowder was buried too much, and there were 8 tons, as if this gunpowder didn't cost money!
Anyway, it's the first time, no one has done this before, and they have no experience, and they forget to bring a ladder, so it's normal to have some problems, but there are also those subordinates who are not angry.
It's an old fellow from Burnside, named James. Ridley's guy, he was originally a battlefield commander, but before the charge, he drank too much and didn't know where he slept in, and was later captured by the Confederate army......
Bernside, even if he has a thousand mouths this time, he can't get rid of his reputation as a defeated general.
Petersburg lost, and Atlanta couldn't take it for a while, although Johnston shrunk, but shrinking means that you don't agree to kill him, it's relatively easy to defend these days, so the American Civil War is now in a dilemma.
However, some Americans completely ignore these things, and this person is none other than Thomas. Edison!
"Are you from the New Tang Empire in the United States?"
"Who are you?"
Outside Yuma Town, the imperial guards saw an extremely strange guy appear in front of them, only to see this person, a tattered suit, the key is that there are many traces of burn on it, this person's hair is messy, chicken nest? No, this is definitely an eagle's nest!
As for the rest, what's even more interesting is that one of this guy's arms is hanging, as if he has been seriously injured, this man ...... It should be said, what happened to this Edison?
"I'm the one who came to win the bounty!" Edison said that he didn't care about this qiē on his body, but only cared about the bounty.
"Bounty? What bounty? "The guards were a little confused.
When Edison heard this, he felt that the problem was a bit big.
"Didn't your Emperor issue a proclamation before? Say that if anyone can solve that problem, they will get 100,000 American dollars? ”
"Oh~" At this time, the guards understood, the guy in front of him could solve the problem, and he could get 100,000 yuan?
"Hahahaha...... "I have to say that the guards can't be blamed for this, because whoever sees such an image of a guy who will laugh if he says that he can solve the problem and get a bounty."
You know, no one has been able to solve that problem until now!
"I can really crack it!" Edison's suffering, as far as his current qiē, is all for that bounty!
In other words, this guy really came up with 'smokeless gunpowder'?
"What are you laughing at?" At this time, Yang Willy, the supreme governor of Yuma Town, heard the news...... (To be continued......)
PS: The movie "Cold Mountain" described this battle, if you like it, you can watch it, hey, hey, thank you!