"Oops~Oops~"

"What's the call? Lao Tzu didn't hum when he lost an arm! ”

"Fack! Be quiet for a while! ”

In the third trench of Vicksburg, this is actually the location of the temporary field hospital, Li Mengyang, His Majesty the Emperor, has his own medical team, plus the vanguard army's own medical team, so don't look at it, there are only more than 5,000 people, but the doctors, nurses, and medicines are quite complete.

However, Vicksburg has been fighting for more than a month until this time, and today is the busiest day in this temporary field hospital, and today they have received three times the number of wounded soldiers since the previous Battle of Vicksburg!

There are now more than 600 wounded soldiers in the hospital!

Today's daytime battle can be said to be the Battle of Vicksburg, the most tragic battle fought by the Imperial Army!

"Whew! Whew! Xiao Shanzi was also lying on the hospital bed, and he finally opened his eyes, but fortunately he could feel that he seemed to be full of head and tail.

"Zhoutou! The old king is dead! One of the soldiers in the platoon was sitting on the edge of Xiaoshanzi's bed, his face sweaty, bloody, and tearful.

"Huh? What about the position? Xiao Shanzi was in pain all over his body, but he was most concerned about this problem.

"Zhoutou! We're going to beat those devils back! But it said that the first line of defense is no longer safe, and we need to recycle the second line of defense and organize a defense here. The soldier said, wiping away tears from his eyes.

"Don't cry! We haven't lost yet! It's Lao Wang, hey~" Xiao Shanzi seems to have suddenly matured a lot.

"Zhoutou! That was Lao Wang's life, he was shot in the head before and didn't die. This time, it's no longer true. But he also made it. Didn't kill those white devils! "The soldier stopped wiping away tears.

"Lao Liu, we can defend Your Majesty, this is the glory!" Xiao Shanzi's eyes were also full of tears at this time.

"Hmmm! I know this! That Lao Liu nodded heavily, "Lao Wang, he also always said that it is worth dying for His Majesty!" ”

This scene in the hospital was not isolated, and many of the wounded of the empire said that their will to fight was not affected in any way. And all this was heard and recorded by the people in the propaganda department of the hospital......

"They're all good soldiers!" In the cat's ear hole in the middle of the night, Li Mengyang couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw these recorded manuscripts.

"Your Majesty! It is because of Your Majesty that you are virtuous! You're with everyone! That's why there are such good soldiers! "Liszt, who made these things, was already crying on the sidelines.

"Your Majesty! Ministers have to make a review! Make the most profound review! "Ocassi can't cry either, but he's now the main military leader, and it's a bit unreasonable to say that this battle is like this, and it was all smooth sailing, and suddenly it was so tragic.

And Li Mengyang didn't say much. He just waved his hand, signaling that Ocassi didn't need to blame himself. Li Mengyang said: "Actually, we are careless, we are all careless!" ”

That's right, it's just carelessness, and this carelessness is basically that sentence, arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

The Imperial Army was simply too smooth before, this arrogant soldier, not only a soldier, but also a superior officer, including Okasi, and even Li Mengyang himself, he felt that his Imperial Army was awesome now, and now it was powerful, and any opponent who came would die! You are winning!

Li Mengyang himself admitted that he did have some of this mentality, otherwise he would not have taken such a risk to put himself in the most dangerous place.

So......

"Don't blame the warriors! I don't blame you! If you want to blame me, I, the emperor, am a little fluttering......" Li Mengyang said this very sincerely.

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

But when these words were heard in the ears of Ocassi and Liszt, the two of them knelt directly on one knee and shouted slogans with tears on their faces.

This is the emperor taking responsibility, but he didn't do anything to slip his shoulders!

"......" Li Mengyang really felt a little at a loss, "Get up, get up." I'm not acting, I'm telling the truth...... My estimate is also not right, I didn't expect the opponent to attack like this, I thought they were too civilized. ”

Helping the two people up, Li Mengyang was also reviewing, and then talked about the soldiers' pensions, and then talked about the key points.

"The current situation is very critical, the enemy's tactics are simply crazy, but we still have to defend, the last two lines of defense, we can't relax anything, and even in case of emergency, we have to plant explosives in the second line of defense!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured! We will fight to the death! ”

The situation on the side of the American Empire, as Li Mengyang said, is already very critical, because today's war is simply heartbreaking for them.

There were 632 wounded lying in the hospital, and 383 people died on the spot in the trenches!

Just this number, more than 1,000 people, I'm afraid this is nothing on the current American land, because of the American Civil War, the Imperial Crusade, this battle is often tens of thousands.

However, you must know that there are now more than 5,000 people in the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army, and today there are more than 1,000 casualties, which is one-fifth, which is really nerve-wracking.

The reason is that the soldiers fought too smoothly before, and they were not mentally prepared for such a vicious battle, and the key thing is that the enemy army seems to have found a way to break the trenches, so no matter how you look at it, this is not a good sign.

Li Mengyang is really in danger at this time, so can this Vicksburg still be able to hold on?

It should be said that this method used by the United States today is very novel and very creative, you must know that in the offensive and defensive battles from 1862 to 1863, they did not think of this trick, but they did not take down the city, so why are they so good this time?

This is indeed surprising, but there is a reason for it......

"Rubbish! Shit! ……”

In the United States position, there was a roar from General Sherman's headquarters, and the voice was clearly Sherman's. So who is he scolding?

"Sherman! How can you humiliate my subordinates like this? My men risked huge casualties. They did their job. And today they also showed their courage! They are invincible! They slaughtered the enemy! How can you insult them like this!? ”

Standing in front of Sherman was General Mead, the old general was also sprayed with anger at this time, he called Sherman's name,-for-tat!

"Abusive? I want to fucking kick their ass! Sherman is now like a mad dog that bites whoever he gets, "What a good opportunity!" We could have done this hell in one fight! We can kill that tyrant! Or even capture him alive! But because of the cowardice of your subordinates, you fell short in the end! Are you still the mighty Topomac Legion? Do you still deserve to be called the Iron Brigade!? ”

There was a series of cannons, and it was really embarrassing for Mead. But the old general was also humiliated.

"Sherman! You son of a bitch! Would we have been able to get to that position if it weren't for my Topomac Corps? Can we have such a good opportunity?! ”

"Fack! You old thing......"

The two generals of the United States began a rare exchange of insults, and then they even made a move!

Why is that?

On the surface, this battle was a huge step forward on the part of the United States, at least they had inflicted heavy losses on the Imperial Army, but if you look at the price paid, and the reasons for the failure of this battle, it is really unacceptable.

At what cost?

Didn't I keep digging ditches before, but there were actually several ditches. And along the way, it's a bloody road!

The bullets of the Imperial Army are not vegetarian. Their grenades are not mallets, they are all deadly things, and along the way, more than 5,000 sergeants of the United States were killed and blown up, and those who were lucky not to die, even the wounded were almost 5,000.

In other words, in order to dig these 'offensive channels', the United States Army paid a very high price, and the medical level at this time was rotten, and these 10,000 people were basically gone.

Otherwise, they really couldn't find any other way to attack.

Previously, Sherman wanted to shorten the distance and shoot at the United States, but this idea was quickly met with the enemy.

The United States tried it, and it turned out to be miserable......

To put it bluntly, Li Mengyang did not make a mistake in prediction, but his troops performed too well in this regard, and they didn't have any superfluous feelings.

And the most important thing is that the United States can't kill the opponent here!

Steel helmet!

Therefore, the imperial side really doesn't feel anything, and even the casualty figure is still very small and can be ignored.

There is no move on the side of the United States, there is really no move, so there is such a charge.

And in this charge, more than 10,000 people were invested on the side of the United States Army...... Of course, it is impossible for all these individuals to go up, and if the number of people exceeds 10,000, there will be a sea of people, but if you fill it in like this, it will be opened up on the side of the United States, and you can use these 10,000 people to fill the hole, and you can also achieve victory.

However, failed!

Why did it fail?

Because after storming the opponent's trenches, of course, many people must have been killed along the way, but this is not the main reason, the main reason for the defeat is that many of the guns on the United States side cannot be loaded with bayonets!

Now the United States is mainly equipped with rear-loading guns, and the newly designed, and many arsenals simply omitted the position of the bayonet in order to save money, because the power of the rear-loading gun is good, and it has a great advantage over the front-loading gun.

This is a very normal technological obsolescence, and although there is an element of cutting corners, it is not the point.

But in this battle, the soldiers of the United States, who did not have bayonets, were miserable......

It was time for hand-to-hand combat, but there was no way to load a bayonet, only a broken knife such as a dagger, so the United States Army had that kind of crazy performance. And the opponent Imperial Army, the kind of rifle they use, it's so long!

Bolt-action rifles, there is a saying about the length, and adding a bayonet in front is a big advantage.

That's how I was stabbed back!

The 10,000 men of the United States army did not go in, but 2,000 or 3,000 rushed over, and many more died on the way, and these guys were beaten back because they did not have bayonets, and there was no need for the later 10,000 people to fill in.

And now, the contradiction between Sherman and Mead is very acute, you know, the previous ditch was dug and lost by the Meade Topomac Army, and this time the attack was because Mead felt that his people dug the ditch, they should go to fight for merit, but I didn't expect it...... Originally, the two had contradictions, one was Grant's right-hand man, and the other was an old general who was excluded by Grant.

And before, when Mead first came to Vicksburg, Sherman let Meade's troops go into battle without saying anything, and Meade's troops suffered a big loss.

Just these things, can the old general not understand? Can he be angry in his heart?

So, in fact, the two of them have a lot of grievances, but in the previous battle, they lost so many people by digging a ditch, and Mead swallowed it out of consideration for the overall situation.

But now, this Sherman has put all the on his mead, as if he didn't capture Vicksburg this time, it's the fault of him Mead and the Topomac Legion he brought, can this be tolerated?

That......

"Tomorrow! I must watch Vicksburg raise the Star-Spangled Banner! Sherman ended up tearing up with Mead for a long time, and that's all he said.

"I swear to God, you'll see! But I curse you to hell too! Not to be outdone, Mead was not to be outdone.

What will tomorrow bring?

The next morning, September 10, 1868.

Bang! Bang!

"Forward!"

"Woo-la!"

Once again, the United States soldiers coordinated with the artillery, and they attacked again, this time Sherman and Mead threw almost all of them in, and anyway, it was a dense crowd of American GIs in the newly dug 'big ditch' ready to charge, but ......

Yo~Yo!

Behind the United States Army, there was a sharp whistling of shells...... (To be continued......)

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