Vicksburg, as far as the word of this place is concerned, has a root word is 'BURG', this word naturally comes from German, and although the meaning of this word is town, in fact, it means that this place has a garrison, or a military camp.

But after 1863, this key to the Mississippi, then naturally there was no garrison, and after that great war, it was unrecognizable!

It was originally a very important town, and a large amount of goods passed through it, connecting the two ends of the Mississippi River in the southern United States. One can imagine the prosperity before Vicksburg,

But now, except for the railroad that the Yankees can still use, the rest of the thing is nothing. After the victory of the Northern Army, Grant and his subordinate Sherman destroyed all the buildings in the town!

And on July 21, 1868, when Sherman reached the place again, the army he had gathered along the way, an army of nearly 20,000 men, was met head-on when they landed and tried to take the town they had occupied and destroyed again!

Bi Buckle! Bi Buckle! ……

Sudden Sudden Rush! Dodo......

Dense gunfire, mixed with some explosions from time to time, this is the unique weapon of the American Empire, bolt-activated rifles, with Gatling machine guns, when the enemy is close, throw two grenades out, and such weapons and equipment, in the eyes of the Imperial soldiers, are completely a combination of light weapons, but they have caused great damage to Sherman's army.

"Stay out of the way!!"

"Jack! Jack! Where are you! ”

"Ahh I can't see anything! Ah......h

"Fack! I ......"

The stormtroopers of the Sherman forces were no longer in the same position as they used to be, and they no longer walked in unison. This is completely honed by the trench thing. Other words. The current American GIs know how to hide, but it's useless!

One bullet after another seemed to have eyes, drilling straight into that vital part, often hitting the head of the American GIs, almost hitting the torso, and the most critical problem was.

At this time, Sherman's troops, these sergeants who stepped forward to charge, they did not return fire at all!

Are these American GIs stupid? Why not shoot?

It's not that they're stupid. It's that they know that even if they shoot, it's useless, the range hasn't reached yet!

"......" Sherman stood on a small plateau south of Vicksburg, he used his telescope to look at the place he had conquered before, it was still so high, but it should have been nothing, but why did a bunch of bastards suddenly appear!?

Sherman, of course, knew what was going on, and he understood it when the United States Army was first shot, and his heart was suddenly dry, and he never expected it. The army of that American Empire turned out to be faster than itself!

You know, it's by land. And I came from the waterway, no matter how I look at it, the waterway is faster, but ......

At this time, Sherman's face was solemn, but in fact, in his heart, he already had a feeling of awe for the soldiers of that empire, and even their emperor, and this feeling almost never appeared in him.

"General! Let's organize another attack! Colonel Greg was also solemn at this time, he naturally knew how unbearable the situation in front of him was, but there was no other way now, wasn't it just to occupy this place first, and now, he had to fight it.

"Organize again?" Sherman's words were full of suspicion, in fact, this was the third attack of the United States army, but it was still useless.

"General! I don't think the opponent will have too many troops! Greg gave a reason.

But is this reason reliable?

"General Greg, let's stop in front for a moment." Sherman was really a little depressed, but now he couldn't collapse, so he ordered: "We are not cowardly, but we must maintain a position similar to that of our opponents, we dig trenches!" ”

Yes, because the opponent is in the trenches, so if everyone wants to be about the same, then we will also dig trenches, but the trenches are used for defense, right!?

“YES-SIR！” Everyone knew that trenches were for defense, but at this time, Greg's heart was relieved.

He Greg is not stupid, he naturally knows that this kind of rush can only increase casualties in vain, and it is useless at all, so in order to show the will of our troops to fight, we can't just run away, right?

Greg thinks so, but does Sherman really think so?

Sherman's construction of trenches is not just for the sake of reality, he has an important purpose, that is, he wants to use this kind of trench to achieve his goal of capturing Vicksburg again!

This......

To put it simply, according to the topography of Vicksburg, you must know that this place is on the east bank of the Mississippi River, and this state, that is, Mississippi, is still under the control of the Northern Union, and the same is true of the Mississippi River, so as long as Sherman builds a steel defense line now to prevent the enemy troops in Vicksburg from rushing out, then a place where there is nothing, the siege will also surround them!

I have to say that Sherman is worthy of being a famous general, although he is a little depressed and a little defeated, but his response is really high.

So, how did Vickersburg fall under the capture of the Imperial Army? How can they be faster than Sherman?

You know, if you just look at the speed, then the imperial army is indeed faster, there is no way, Li Mengyang, the emperor, is willing to do anything, what he is most willing to do is the dollar, and it is strange if he is unhappy!

But there is a great river, how did it pass?

This matter has to start from last night......

"Zhoutou! That's the Mississippi River up ahead! What are we going to do? ”

"Zhoutou! It seems to be speeding up ahead! ”

"Look at the signal flag, it's full speed ahead!"

Platoon Commander Zhou Xiaoshan followed his men and whipped up his horse. You must know that the time that this kind of Yanma can accelerate is very short. But now the banner in front of them is telling them to be faster. How's this done?

At this time, on the land of Louisiana on the west side of the Mississippi River, there was a long straight line, each knight holding a torch, and when you looked down from the sky, it looked like a sinuous fire dragon, and this fire dragon was now about to speed up.

However, the Mississippi River is ahead, and the fire dragon wants to fight with this big river. Is your water strong or my fire strong?

Xiao Shanzi didn't know who was powerful at all, and he was also holding a torch, but if you wanted him to rush directly into the water, then he would definitely not do it, but ...... He's a soldier now!

"Comrades! Obey orders and listen to commands! With that, Xiao Shanzi kicked the belly of the mount under his crotch again!

...... "If that's the case, what else can we do?"

"Drive!"

"Drive!"

The vanguard of the entire Imperial Eastern Route Army, they all stepped up quickly.

Rush! But there is a big river in front of you, so this rush, will everyone rush into the river?

I saw that the winding fire dragon plunged into the Mississippi River. But!

The flame was not extinguished at all!

At the same time, both ends of this flame. There was also a fire!

This is......

"Haha!"

"It's all ready!"

When Zhou Xiaoshan's platoon rushed into the Mississippi River, they found that a pontoon bridge had been built on it, and this pontoon bridge had not been lit before, and it was not until the vanguard troops were about to arrive that torches were also lit.

Why are there pontoons?

Could it be said that the engineering units are ahead of the vanguard?

It's impossible!

Yes, the engineer unit can't be faster than the vanguard, but don't forget, there is Li Mengyang, the emperor!

Didn't Li Mengyang establish a very, very low-key intelligence network before?

It's headed by McIlroy, and a lot of new blood has been recruited, in addition to the previous Deaf Cadets of Gallaudet, anyway, although the personnel are more diverse and complex, this intelligence network can still work.

So what can such a low-key intelligence network do other than do some simple investigations?

One of them, is to spend money!

Li Mengyang really didn't want any discipline for this war, he began to spend money lavishly, and now, in order to get to Vicksburg as quickly as possible, that is, to cross the Mississippi River, that is, to open the door to the southeast, he once again invested a large amount of dollars!

This pontoon bridge, the forward sergeants of the empire have seen it, what kind of bridge is this, it is simply a ship!

In order to build this pontoon bridge, Li Mengyang gave the intelligence network a great financial privilege, they could withdraw the present at Morgan's bank at will, and then buy these boats, and then turn these boats into pontoon bridges!

This pontoon bridge, in our Chinese opinion, is as if Cao Cao used iron locks to connect the warships, of course, at this time, it is not so difficult, no iron locks are needed, cables are fine, the wind in the Mississippi River is not very strong.

That's how it's made, and it's extremely fast!

That's more than 100 ships, and they're two rows side by side!

It can be said that this project is very interesting, and it is also very fast, and it can even be said that it is a genius idea, so that more than 100 ships can fill their cabins, not using any cargo but using sediment, and then connecting them all, directly turning a moat into a thoroughfare, this kind of imagination, this ability, is simply breathtaking!

So, how much money did Li Mengyang spend?

Did these ships overrun his budget? Boats aren't cheap, are they? (To be continued......)

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