The year 1868 had already entered August, and the whole of the United States of America was in motion, and the great machinery of the state began to move its 'power' to where it was most needed, and the railroad was like a vein, carrying the power of the country to Vicksburg.

And in such a situation, in the opposite direction of the United States, that is, in the United States, the movements of the United States are concentrated in the east and northeast directions, and on the other side, in the west and southwest directions, there are also 'forces' in motion!

"Brothers! Work hard! We must do our best to get to the designated place! ”

Riding on a tall horse, he kept shouting at his troops, but in fact, he didn't need to shout at all, everyone was trying to move forward, forward!

This happened near New Iberia in Louisiana, which was not yet part of the Empire.

However, it shouldn't take much time for this city to be defeated, because the army under the command of the old man of the fog wind can be described as strong!

There were 40,000 men in total, 20,000 of whom were able to fight, and the rest were heavy soldiers, but these units basically acted together, because the troops of the old road of the fog wind did not abandon their heavy weapons.

Didn't abandon heavy weapons, then this speed ......

It should be said that the troops of the Foggy Wind Veteran, they were not asked for any speed at the beginning, as long as they were fully equipped, full of heads and tails, took all their belongings, and then rushed to the designated place, then it was fine!

But though, they also abandoned all their cars, and there was no way. That thing really doesn't work. One is to repair. The other thing is that the supply of oil has also become a big problem, you know, the oil for the previous march was transported from the back to the front, but now it is far away from Mexico.

So, this large army of the old road of foggy wind, with so many people and horses, where are they going to the designated place?

"Comrades! The Great Emperor is pinning down the enemy for us! Comrades! We cannot live up to the ardent hopes of His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Comrades! Lay down New Orleans! It is the Emperor Majesty who gives us a death order! Only in this way can we stop being in danger! ”

"Comrades! Target New Orleans! Advance! ”

The slogan of the propaganda team is displayed. The destination of the troops of the old road is New Orleans!

The name New Orleans obviously comes from France, a free nobleman who supported the French Revolution, or Louis XVI's uncle was the Duke of Orleans, but now no one cares about the name, and the soldiers of the empire are looking in the direction of New Orleans!

Before we can do that, though, there are a few hurdles that need to be cleared.

"General! Ahead is New Iberia, and to the north of us there is a big city called Lafitte, are we ......"

"Fuck me! What Lafitte? If they dare to come, we'll kill them! ”

His own combat staff officer was discussing the military situation with the old foggy wind. The map he had in his hand was accurate, but it wasn't. Fog Wind obviously doesn't care about Lafitte, he's just thinking about getting to New Orleans as soon as possible!

"General, this is not good, in this case, our army will be exposed to the threat of the other party." This operational staff officer's name is Zhang Shijie, who came from the Qing Dynasty and learned some war theories or something, but when it comes to going to the battlefield, he doesn't have much experience, just looking at pictures, making pictures, and theories is better.

"Hey! What a threat! Otherwise, you look for that whom, whoever, oops, that is, just pull a group over and destroy that city for me! "Foggy Wind Lao Dao doesn't pay much attention to the construction of the staff officer, nothing else, he always feels that the one who has been on the battlefield is the one who can fight.

"Ah......" Zhang Shijie heard it, forget it, don't talk nonsense with this veteran general, since you said so, then I'll pull a group.

Can a regiment destroy a city?

Bang! Bang! ……

"Surrender! Surrendered! ”

Don't you really say it, when the old road of fog and wind set up the cannon outside the new Iberian city and bombarded it, Zhang Shijie also came to Lafitte with a regiment, and it was also bombarded with artillery, of course, they didn't bring a few cannons, but the result was the same.

Just this city of Lafitte, but after a dozen rounds of shelling, they surrendered!

This is too hard to fight, right?

This is what Zhang Shijie summed up in his heart, but however, the new howitzer used by the imperial army at this time is really terrifying compared to the current artillery in terms of power, it can be said that this thing is something beyond the times, no one can make such a cannon in this year, even if this kind of cannon feels a little primitive in Li Mengyang's eyes.

Because of electricity, the application of high-voltage electricity to the steelmaking process has led to the emergence of a technology called electroslag remelting, and the bearing pressure of the barrel is getting stronger and stronger...... Li Mengyang didn't understand any of this, and he didn't care, but this credit was actually credited to him, because he didn't do that kind of group comparison test before, so everything in the empire has to be tested now, and don't forget, I used electricity to make aluminum before, and it came into being when I tried steelmaking with electricity.

It's just that the enthusiasm for such an experiment is simply frightening.

Really, in the base camp of the empire, many people are crazy, and all kinds of strange experiments even Thomson thinks are a bit excessive, but now it seems to be working very well.

When Zhang Shijie went back to report to the old road of the fog and said that he had already taken down the city of Lafitte, and the old road of the fog wind had a 'no feeling' on his face at all.

In fact, just along the way, the Eastern Route Army was like no one, the artillery was set up, and then the damn bombardment was basically either surrendered or destroyed, and it was not difficult at all!

The casualties of the Imperial Army were few, some were inexperienced in combat, they were attacked by some guerrillas, and some were non-combat attrition.

And right now, what makes Fog Wind feel the most stressful is the speed of the march.

Yes, we are breaking and destroying cities very quickly, but these artillery. These shells. These are provisions. It's really hard to transport a heavy thing!

Yes, the difficulty is transportation, now there are no cars, and there are no trains, so they can only be pulled by animals and people. At this time, the weather is still in the summer, and when it rains, the ground is simply unsightly.

That's why the more than 40,000 people on the Foggy Roads have only arrived in August, more than 100 miles from New Orleans.

"陛xià! You'll have to wait for me! As long as the old man of the fog wind has time, he will bow to the northeast from afar, and at the same time, he still mutters in his mouth, "Emperor Zhenwu bless Your Majesty!" God bless Your Majesty xià ......"

As for whether the gods and Buddhas in the sky will be moved by the old way of fog and wind, Zhang Shijie does not know. But when he saw the general so pious, his heart was also somewhat moved. His Majesty the Emperor is really popular!

The total number of people on the old road of Fog Wind is 40,000, so isn't the total number of the Eastern Route Army of the empire 80,000?

Counting addition and subtraction, Li Mengyang followed the Pioneer 5000 to Vicksburg, isn't there still 30,005?

This algorithm is correct, but marching to war, naturally it is not such a simple addition and subtraction, however, there is still a large army, now in Arkansas!

"I'm talking about the old ones! It's Little Rock ahead, what should we do this time? Do you want to bombard it with artillery, or send troops up? I look at that place is very small, and I'm afraid the shelling is not worth the shell money. ”

Gao Zhenyu spoke, and his words naturally caused a burst of laughter.

Outside Little Rock, Arkansas, an army of 20,000 is waiting, and on a small hillside, three horsemen stand side by side, namely Song Yulong, Gao Zhenyu, and Yang Willy!

At this time, these three originally led the northern group when they attacked Mexico, and now, they are leading an army, also in the north, as if the north direction has a good relationship with them.

"If you want me to say, this place, we called like this, this is a bit of a ...... Or Lao Yang has a lot of ideas, listen to what he has to say. Song Yulong smiled and looked at Yang Willy beside him.

Actually, the combination of these three people is very interesting, maybe Yang Willy is not the highest in military rank, but what he says is always acceptable, that is to say, he really has a lot of ideas, like a military advisor.

So, now in the face of Little Rock, how should this 20,000-strong army be captured?

"Let's just pay for this city!"

This is Willy Yang's trick?!

"......" The other two wanted to laugh, but they couldn't laugh at it.

Is this trick reliable?

Soon, an 'envoy' was sent, and soon the news came from there, yes, you only need to pay $20,000, and we will sell this city!"

"Grass! It's too cheap too! After Song Yulong heard the news, he couldn't help but curse.

yes, that's too cheap!

But it's still so cheap.

To say that Arkansas is a state, there is almost no sense of zài in the American Civil War, but this state is actually a southern state, and their flag is still very clear, but this state.

It's not an ordinary bad thing.,It's almost dispensable.。

No way, Arkansas is a predominantly agricultural state, and what they have, other states also have, and there are so few people in this place, and there are more cattle than people, so this state is really not too important, just say now, Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, has a population of just over 1,000 people.

This is the current situation in this state, the economy itself is average, an agricultural state, and then there was a civil war, and the northerners came to burn and loot, and more than 1,000 people are the largest city, so what else?

In fact, there were a lot of black slaves in this city, but the Yankees came, the slaves were liberated, and many people owed a lot of debts and couldn't pay them back.

So, $20,000, that's really not a small amount!

And these situations, in fact, Yang Willy knew from the investigation numbers of the Imperial Intelligence Network, that is, the things that those investigators obtained, so he proposed this simple method, which is simply to buy it, and buy it, the money......

The money is in the banks of Little Rock!

Well, this war is definitely a wonder of wonders!

So, where are the destinations of these 20,000 people? They weren't here to take Little Rock, or a dispensable place like Arkansas, right?

Destination, Memphis! (To be continued......)

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