The emperor of the empire is engaged in an invention, and how this invention can benefit mankind, it will have to wait a long time, although the first implementation was very successful, the light bulb lasted for 2 hours, which made James unable to get up the next day, but it is still far from the real practical application.

The power grid, the production of light bulbs, the sale, all kinds of messy stuff yet.

So, this path is just the beginning......

By June 1864, the American Civil War had entered a critical period.

Petersburg in southeastern Virginia, which is only 35 kilometers from Richmond, can be said to be a place where the Confederate army can no longer retreat!

The Confederates were not muddy, they built a very strong defensive line in Petersburg, this is simply the American version of the Great Wall, city walls, trenches, trenches, everything you can think of, you can figure it out, and the whole line of defense makes people look like their scalps are numb, especially guys with dense phobia.

Don't you really say it, such a defensive line really resisted the attack of the Northern Army, in the previous war, the Northern Army charged bravely, but in the end only left a piece of corpses, not to mention tens of thousands.

Robert. Lee continued to move troops to Petersburg, and this line of defense could not be lost, and the Northern Army did not flinch from the previous defeat, and they immediately organized a large number of troops.

Generally speaking, the strength of the northerners has been fully manifested at this time, they seem to be not afraid of war damage at all, even if there are more people killed than the southerners, it doesn't matter, they can be replenished soon, and the south is not so good.

Anyone can see it. A big war is about to start again......

"Excuse me. How confident are you now in holding on to Petersburg? ”

"I mean, don't you have nothing to do? Don't delay Lao Tzu to pack up the gun! ”

"Why are you so rude?!"

On the tall defensive positions in Petersburg. At this time, there were two fair-skinned men in rough suits holding pens and notebooks, and asking questions to the soldiers in Southern uniforms, and every time, such questions would be rejected by the sergeants, even sarcastic.

"Lao Tzu came to this place to kill people! What more politeness do you need? ”

"You!" The person who asked the question just now didn't say anything, but the person next to him, who seemed to be an assistant, was in a hurry. "Do you know who this is?"

"Who do I care about him? Still, hey, hey, hey. I can actually see that you two are women, right? ”

"What?!"

It turned out that the two fair-skinned guys were exposed early in the morning.

"I said, you two women can come to such a place, which shows that your status is not ordinary." The sergeant's eyes were slightly confused, "But this kind of place is really not for you women to come, looking at me like this, I am quite honest, but other people." Hey, hey, hey......"

Is this guy really honest?

"We're just journalists, and we're going to make a report. Boost the morale of the people of the South. "The guy who just asked the question was not afraid at all.

"That's right." The sergeant scratched his head, with oil in his hand, "Actually, it's nothing, I think our defense line is still fine, although the northerners have a lot of cannons, but the people from his door can't come up." You see, this new gun in my hand is very useful, anyway, it is much easier to use than before, it can shoot six bullets at a time, and there was no such good thing before, so if you want me to see, this time we can hold it. ”

The words "......" made the reporter who asked him look a little strange.

"Ellie." The guy on the side glanced at his companion.

"Oh, well, how about the soldiers on the front line now, what about food and clothing?"

"It's okay, it can be maintained, but looking at the label on it, it seems to be from Cuba? I don't know the specifics. ”

Then, after asking a few more questions, the reporter left with her assistant, who was going to interview someone.

"Ellie, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm nothing."

"Come on! Are you thinking about that emperor lover of yours again? ”

"What?!"

Along the way, the two of them were still chatting, and this emperor's lover ...... That reporter was called 'Ellie', and in fact, she was Eleanor!

How did Eleanor get here?

It's very simple, she is running a newspaper now, and when she runs a newspaper, she naturally has to look for news, and now the news that the whole South is most concerned about is the situation of the civil war, and Petersburg is the most important line of defense, if this place is breached, the people in Shimanley there will have to run immediately, so Eleanor is naturally going to come here, go deep into the front line, and is really a competent reporter and editor-in-chief.

However, there is another reason for this, and that is that Eleanor doesn't want to stay at home!

It's 1864 now, and according to the customs of this era, 15-year-old girls in the United States can also get married, and Eleanor is already over 20 years old, so a big family like the Li family, which is highly respected and deep-rooted, can she not find a husband?

I've looked for a lot of it, but Eleanor can't even look for it!

Hate to marry, this word may have come out relatively late, but it is enough to describe Eleanor's state at this time. But in fact, she doesn't hate to marry, but she has always had someone in her heart.

It was Eleanor's assistant, Mary. The emperor's lover that Chesnat said, Li Mengyang.

Who else could he have?

Eleanor knew she would never forget that ...... Bastard!

Yes, the current Eleanor's opinion of Li Mengyang is the word bastard, he is simply too bastard!

Originally, he was a revolutionary, and he also made a big revolution, which Eleanor also wanted to see, but he didn't expect that this revolution failed. That failure is failure, who hasn't failed? But I didn't expect that this Li Mengyang would become the emperor, isn't this stealing the fruits of the revolution?

You know, back then, Eleanor was also very obsessed with communist doctrine, isn't Li Mengyang, a bastard, doing this to isolate himself from the people?!

This is an important reason, that is, ideologically. Eleanor has a big opinion about Li Mengyang. But that's not all. The most important thing is......

This bastard even has three wives now!

So, when Eleanor saw the new weapon, she naturally felt bad.

Well, Eleanor never said anything about these things, but, needless to say, Mary could feel it.

"You. It's jealousy! ”

"What kind of jealousy do I eat?"

"You're not jealous of what you're like now? If you don't marry, you're ......"

"You married early, is it useful?"

The two of them were arguing about everything, and she was ready to ...... for this Mary

"Anyway, my novels are ready, and you will become an imperial concubine or something in the future, and I will publish those things that you talk about when you sleep and talk in your dreams, hahaha...... It must be a big sale! I've thought of the name, how about calling it "The Princess of Troubled Times"? ”

"What?!" Eleanor was speechless at this time and asked the sky, it was really a mistake to make a bad friend.

"If you don't like the name. Well, change that. "Gone with the Wind" is okay? ”

"Not good!"

The two of them were arguing, and the task of this interview was forgotten, but at this time, suddenly, in the defensive position of Petersburg. With a grunt, a big bag appeared, and then!

Bang!

There was a loud bang, which directly made Eleanor and Mary. Both of Chesnat's ears were useless, and the two of them saw a huge flame erupt from the ground from a position not far away, directly ...... Not only the position, but the topography of the entire land has changed!

There's a giant crater there!

"Oooh! Bastard! Northerners, bastards! ”

“FU-CK！”

"Oh my God!"

The entire Petersburg position was overturned, the power of this explosion was simply terrifying and indescribable, no one had ever seen such a terrifying giant black cloud, even the soldiers of the Southern Army in the distance were affected!

"Mary!"

"Eleanor!"

But fortunately, these two reporters are fine, they are just not good at being blown up for the time being, and the other southern soldiers don't seem to have died much, most of them are the same as these two.

There was a temporary period of extreme confusion and stagnation in the position, because a position was opened, but everyone was stupid and didn't know what to do, and they were all confused.

"The Yankees are coming!" Eleanor was smart, she reacted and yelled.

Yes, such an explosion, what will happen after that, do you still need to ask?

"Brothers! Get ready! ”

"Close that gap!"

"Look!"

Some people stood relatively high, and through the smoke from the huge explosion, they could see that the Yankees were really coming in the distance.

Densely packed, these guys are dressed in the blue military uniforms of the North, marching in a neat pace, waving the Star-Spangled Banner of the United States of America, beating drums, blowing whistles, and coming!

It was definitely an extremely unfavorable battle, and the two women, Eleanor and Mary, now knew that the shape of the Southern Army was extremely critical, that their positions had been opened, and that a large number of soldiers were still dazed.

"We're done!" Eleanor said, holding Mary.

"What should I do?"

"If we are breached, we will kill ourselves!" Eleanor is a journalist, she knows what the Yankees are going to do now, these bastards are attacking the cities in the south, or even if they don't break the cities, even if they are in the countryside, they will go up and commit atrocities when they meet women and children...... Those words are disgusting!

"That's right! We kill ourselves! Mary understood, too.

The two of them were determined, but ......

The few soldiers of the Confederate army appeared in the gap in the position, and Eleanor and Mary both went up, but when the American troops rushed over, the two of them saw that the dense soldiers of the Northern Army were like headless flies, no, more powerful than headless flies, because they were marching with neat steps, and rushed headlong into the huge pit that had just been blown out!

At this time, Eleanor's heart flooded with two words, she couldn't fully understand the meaning of these two words at all, that was what Li Mengyang used to say, but it should be when scolding, these two words are:

! (To be continued......)

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