The knight with the white flag soon reached the Confederate army. The knight jumped down from his horse, took the reins of his horse in one hand, and held the banner aloft in the other, shouting like two Confederate soldiers running towards him: "I am an envoy, and I want to see your commander." ”

After the soldiers had taken the necessary security measures, they took the envoy to Jackson.

"Hello, General. I am Captain Carter of the Union Army, and I have been instructed to seek your cooperation on a number of transactional matters. When the messenger saw Jackson, he immediately stood up and saluted him.

"I'm Brigadier General Jackson of the American League, Captain, tell me what you're here for." Jackson said.

"General, I have here an initiative by Mr. Scrooge61 MacDonald, the director of the 'Salvation' Hospital, on how to humanely treat prisoners of war on both sides in this war. Brigadier General Gardner, commander of the Cleveland Volunteer Corps, has signed this letter assuring that if any of your troops are unfortunately captured in future battles, our army will treat them humanely as much as possible in accordance with this proposal. Our army also had a large number of personnel captured in the last engagement, and we hope that your army will treat them in a humane manner in reciprocal terms. Captain Carter said as he took out a quadruplicate copy of the text from his bag and handed it to General Jackson.

This article is not too long, and the main content is:

In the name of God, and on behalf of all the colleagues of the Hospital of Salvation, we advocate that prisoners of war should be treated well in war, that they should be treated and protected humanely at all times, that they should not be mutilated or subjected to any medical or scientific experiments, that they should not be subjected to violence or intimidation and humiliation and public curiosity, and that they should not be subjected to retaliatory measures; The prisoners' personal belongings, with the exception of weapons, horses, military equipment, and military documents, shall remain in the possession of the prisoners; Prisoners of war should be provided with accommodation, food, health care, etc.; Prisoners of war may be detained, but not except for applicable criminal and disciplinary sanctions; Disciplinary punishment must not be inhumane, brutal or endanger the health of prisoners of war; Prisoners of war shall not be ordered to perform dangerous and humiliating labor; Prisoners of war shall not be subjected to physical or mental torture or any other form of coercion to obtain any information, nor shall they be contrary to this spirit on the grounds that they voluntarily renounce their rights. Nor shall prisoners of war be handed over to any individual or group unwilling to abide by the principles of this initiative.

Injured or sick persons shall be treated with respect and protection in the event of a situation. such personnel shall be treated and cared for humanely, both on our side and on the part of the enemy; There shall be no discrimination on the basis of gender, race, nationality, religion, political opinion or other similar criteria. Any endangerment of his life or of violence against his person shall be strictly prohibited, in particular murder or extermination, torture or biological actualization; They must not deliberately fail to provide medical assistance and care, nor do they pose a risk of infectious diseases. Advance diagnosis and treatment can only be given for reasons of medical emergency.

Immediately after each battle, both sides shall take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, protect them from looting and abuse, and search for the dead to prevent them from being stripped of the dead. When circumstances permit, an armistice or ceasefire or partial measures shall be agreed upon for the removal, exchange and transport of the wounded and wounded left on the battlefield and the removal and exchange of the wounded and sick in the besieged areas. Promptly register any matter that can prove the identity of each enemy wounded, sick or dead person in his possession, so that his family can be informed.

Medical personnel who specialize in locating, collecting, transporting, treating the wounded, sick and preventing disease, staff specializing in the management of medical units and medical clinics, and chaplains accompanying the military shall be respected and protected in all circumstances, and neither such personnel nor their instruments carrying out their humanitarian mission shall be considered lawful targets even in combat, and belligerents shall not intentionally place such persons and their instruments in a position of vulnerability. Such personnel are also not allowed to participate in combat operations in any way, and must wear conspicuous identification signs (we use the red cross on a white background).

At the end of this essay is the inscription "May God bear witness for me" in Latin, as well as the signature of Scrooge 61 MacDonald, director of the "Salvation" hospital, and the signature of Brigadier General Gardner, commander of the "Cleveland Volunteer Regiment".

General Jackson carefully read and looked at the proposal, and then said to Captain Carter, the Union military envoy, very solemnly: "It is also the basic philosophy of the Confederate States of America to treat prisoners of war and wounded and sick in the spirit of humanitarianism. I myself am very supportive of such an initiative, and to be able to sign such a document is to transcend the glory of a victory on the battlefield. Although this war itself is the most barbaric and inhumane thing, if such an initiative can be achieved in this war, then we can be a little less ashamed when we call ourselves civilized. Please convey on my behalf my tribute to Mr. Scrooge 61 MacDonald, Brigadier General Gardner, and all the medical staff at Salvation Hospital. ”

Then General Jackson attached himself to the proposal with four equal contents and solemnly signed his name. Captain Carter then put two of them in his bag, saluted General Jackson, and then turned and left General Jackson's barracks, mounted his horse, and galloped north.

General Jackson stood at the door of the barracks, looked at the military envoys of the Northern Army who were gradually moving away, and muttered to himself: "No matter who wins or loses, today will be the greatest day in the history of human warfare, because mankind has proved today that even in the wildest and most barbaric times, the ideal of humanism can still radiate dazzling brilliance." ”

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Not long after the departure of the Northern envoys, the tentative offensive of the Confederate was about to begin. In order to understand the effectiveness of the Northern army's defensive methods, General Pierre 61 Beauregarde also came to Jackson's army.

"General, you are a step late and have missed a historic moment." As soon as he saw Pierre 61 General Beauregarde, Jackson said this to him.

"At a historic moment, did the Northern Army send people to surrender?" General Pierre 61 Beaurett joked.

"The Northern Army sent people, although they did not come to surrender, but the meaning is more important than coming to surrender." Jackson picked up an initiative from the table and handed him to General Pierre 61 Beauret.

"What is this?" Pierre 61 General Beauregarde looked at Jackson suspiciously. Jackson, on the other hand, smiled and motioned for him to continue.

General Pierre 61 Beauregarde read the proposal carefully, and then said to Jackson: "Yes, I missed a great moment that will forever go down in history. You should be happy about that, though, right? If I had come one step earlier, I would have been the one who signed this place. ”

"I don't want to deny that." Jackson replied with a smile.

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The tentative offense began, and although it was a tentative offense, Jackson prepared quite seriously.

The first is shelling. In fact, Jackson himself was a real person, and solid bullets posed little threat to the trenches. It's a shrapnel, and the effect is very average. However, the purpose of this round of shooting was not to kill or injure the people on the other side, but to destroy the barbed wire. However, it turned out that the use of solid bullets against barbed wire was simply useless. At most, the shells broke one or two wires, but the entire barbed wire remained unmoved.

However, in order to deal with the barbed wire, Jackson did not just prepare such a trick, he also prepared some long ladders for the soldiers to erect on the barbed wire in the snake's belly, so that people could quickly cross it.

After the shelling, the Confederate soldiers began to attack in stragglers. And after the Confederate soldiers approached the positions of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps", the Napoleonic guns of the federal army also began to fire.

Because the Southern Army adopted a straggler queue, the distance between each soldier was four or five meters, and it would be very inefficient to attack such a target with solid bullets, so from the very beginning, the wealthy Beiyan used shrapnel shells.

There is still a difference between the so-called shrapnel and the later high-explosive bomb, in fact, he just shoots a thin iron bucket filled with iron balls, waits for a certain distance, and the regular fuse (even if it is just a fuse) blows the iron bucket and throws those iron balls out. In terms of power, it is far inferior to the high-explosive bombs of later generations, but when used to deal with infantry or something, it is still much stronger than new bombs.

If the Southern Army was still using the old-fashioned dense formation, this burst of shrapnel could take down a lot. The skirmisher formation had a clear advantage in defending against artillery bombardment, and even with the use of shrapnel shells, it only knocked down a dozen unlucky people before the Southern army approached the barbed wire.

When they reached the barbed wire, the soldiers of the "Cleveland Volunteer Regiment" began to shoot, so the casualties of the Confederate army immediately increased, and one soldier after another was knocked down in front of the barbed wire. Especially the snipers who used the MacDonald 1857 Precision Shot rifle, with every shot, almost all of them knocked down a Confederate soldier who was in a dilemma in front of the barbed wire. However, the Yugoslav army showed great heroism, they braved the rain of bullets, set up the long ladder on the barbed wire, and then some people jumped up the long ladder and rushed forward.

It's just that the barbed wire fence in the belly of the snake is semi-soft, and the ladder is not stable at all. So the soldier who jumped up was crooked, fell headlong to the barbed wire, and was caught firmly by the barbed wire, and was immediately hit mercilessly by several bullets. Large streams of blood poured out not only from his wounds, but also from his mouth, nose and ears. The unlucky guy was hung on the barbed wire, convulsed incessantly, and finally died.

"Quick, let's hold on to the ladder." Two Confederate soldiers stood by the ladder and held it so that more people could rush through. Such a selfless and fearless act immediately made them the target of shooting, and soon they were shot several times and fell to the ground. But more hands held on to the ladder, and countless Confederate soldiers rushed over the barbed wire from the ladder with a shout.

However, rushing through the first layer of barbed wire was only the beginning of their nightmare. Those who had crossed the barbed wire fence had only taken a few steps before they were blown to the ground by mines buried in the ground......

"Stop attacking. This is not a position that we can take. Jackson said.

General Pierre 61 Beauregarde felt the telescope, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Stop. You're right, Jackson, attacking such a position is simply ......"