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After a night of thinking, Maxwell told Scrooge that he was willing to teach at Scrooge's new university, and that he could come as long as Scrooge's side was ready. It's just that he needs to advance some wages to Scrooge so he can move out of the goddamn factory. Otherwise, when the intelligence flies down, there will be no place to cry.

When Maxwell shyly replied to such a request, Scrooge was so happy that he almost didn't jump. What is this kind of requirement for salary advances? Well, Scrooge said, it's not that troublesome, simply, I'll directly advance your settling-in allowance to the United States, it's not much, how about 10,000 pounds?

Maxwell adamantly refused, saying he didn't need that much money. Seven or eight hundred pounds is enough. But Scrooge replied, "Yes, I know you don't care about that, but if you are paid too little, it will damage the prestige of the university I am building, and people will say that they can't even pay their professors, so what is the future of such a university?" ”

After getting Maxwell done, Scrooge handed over the rest of the task of buying real equipment and continuing to dig people to Carroll, and he got on a hybrid boat and rushed back to the United States.

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After the withdrawal of Confederate troops from near Washington, President Lincoln continued to issue conscription orders. A large number of troops were requisitioned, but the training of these troops was still very poor, so under Scrooge's construction, the Union army began to assemble near Washington. Here they will learn from the advanced experience of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps", which repelled the attack of the Confederate army, and, by the way, build an impregnable network of fortifications near Washington.

More than 100,000 Northern troops gathered in Washington, which also made the Confederate feel Alexander. Damn, the capital of the Southern Alliance is really too close to the capital of the north, Washington, and the distance between the two is only a little more than a hundred miles in a straight line. As a result, the Confederates had to mobilize large numbers of troops near their capital Richmond to prepare for a possible attack by the North.

In order to ensure the safety of Richmond, the newly arrived Confederate troops also took the initiative to learn from Jackson and others from combat experience. And Jackson, Pierre? General Boregard and Joseph? Whether it was General Johnston, everyone was most impressed by the great power of trench warfare in the previous battle. As a result, the Southern Army also began to act in the same way as the Northern Army - digging trenches everywhere.

So for the rest of the months of 1861, both the Southern and Northern armies were doing the same thing: digging trenches, erecting barbed wire, and laying mines. Yes, burying mines. After the Yugoslav army suffered the loss of mines, they obtained some samples by this method, and then began to imitate mines on their own.

Of course, due to the defects in explosive technology, the South had to use black powder as the charge of the mines, which also made the mines of the Yugoslav Army relatively cumbersome. But no matter what, the effect of stepping on it is the same - whether it is the Northern Army or the Southern Army, their mines are low-power severed palm mines, and the reason for them is exactly the same: to give the poor creature on the other side a chance to go home to see his mother alive.

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"Lieutenant Colonel Robson, may I ask a question?" An officer, also with the rank of lieutenant colonel, raised his hand.

"I'll ask when I'm done!" Robson is shaking now. Because of the good organization of the defense last time, he also has a good reputation, and it is said that his appointment as colonel is about to come down. What's more, after the establishment of the trench warfare training center, he became the main lecturer here, specializing in teaching those middle and senior officers. However, it is strange to say, generally speaking, the higher the rank, the more experience should be, and the higher the IQ. Robson is present, but the reality is not. Some guys who are already not low in rank have their heads as stubborn as granite. Even though there were two examples of successful defensive battles between the North and the South armies, these guys still believed that the soldiers could break through the trench positions by virtue of their bravery. Others insist that the use of rear-loading rifles will make the soldiers weak, and their theory is that after the soldiers hold such a rifle that can hide behind obstacles and reload, their minds will be focused on finding obstacles to hide, and they will become timid and weak. These guys used all kinds of military theories to defend their views, and they made a lot of nonsense about trench warfare, and almost crooked the nose of Robson, who was proud of himself leading a military revolution.

"Although if you want to be in the military, networking is important. But the so-called good connections are not achieved by saying good things about everyone and not offending anyone. A person who does not offend anyone, on the other hand, is also easily seen as a person who lacks offensive power. The army, like any group, has factions within it. A person who does not oppose any faction, and no faction will treat him as one of its own. Therefore, it is okay and even necessary to offend people. As long as you know who to offend, how to offend them, and to what extent you should offend, you can really manage your own network. This is what Scrooge told Robson not long ago. At that time, Scott built Yì Robson simply showed himself to the military circles, taking advantage of this war to get ahead.

"Perhaps one day your name will be recorded in all kinds of history books, and your battle examples will be enshrined in all kinds of military writings, and your statue will be erected high in the square, like Lord Nelson's." At that time, Scrooge said to him in such seductive words, "Of course, the army will certainly not give you as much money as Blackwater gives you now - the Union army is completely a bunch of misers!" However, I can hire your daughter to be Blackwater's advisor, and I'll give her the money I was supposed to give you. So I promise you, financially, you will never lose money......"

Since it is going to be exhibited in the military circles, since it is necessary to prepare to offend some people, then who is it good to offend?

"In this war, some people who are old-fashioned, or who write too closely with the old interest groups, are the objects that can be offended, because they are destined to be swept into the dustbin of history! And now that Lincoln is in desperate need of victory, even if he offends a good person, no one can really suppress you effectively according to your back (harmony) scene and record. This is also the result of Scrooge's analysis with Robson at the time. So now, whenever someone brings up the aforementioned stupid arguments, Robson will immediately switch himself to poisonous tongue mode, regardless of the other person's rank, and squirt the other person all over the face. As a result, Lieutenant Colonel Robson became famous in the Union Army, and the nickname "Ohio Stinky Mouth" is said to be known even to the Confederate Army.

But Robson seems to have fired a little wrong today. The lieutenant colonel wasn't really going to ask any stupid questions about trench warfare. However, now everyone is used to Robson's mouth, so the lieutenant colonel is not upset. Anyway, the Major General Colonel or something has been sprayed, what is it to be sprayed like this?

When the lesson was finished, the lieutenant colonel raised his hand once.

"Oh, Lieutenant Colonel, what's your problem?" Robson said.

"Lieutenant Colonel Robson, I would like to ask if there are any effective means of attacking the trenches?" The lieutenant colonel asked.

"Now I only have some ideas about how to attack the trenches, and I have not yet practiced them in actual combat." Lieutenant Colonel Robson was a little modest, "This will be the subject of our final lesson tomorrow." You can think for yourself first, and we'll talk about it together tomorrow. ”

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The next morning, Robson took the cadets to a section of fortification constructed by the Cleveland Volunteer Corps.

"You are all familiar with this section of fortification, three trenches, six barbed wire, three minefields. Behind the trenches were ten twelve-pounder Napoleonic guns, which could be used to cover any position on the front with considerable accuracy. "We're already familiar with how to use it to fend off an attack, and today, we're going to talk about how to attack such a target." ”

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"What? Tunneling all the way? Doesn't this turn our soldiers into groundhogs? How can this work? "There were loud protests.

"It's better than having a soldier turn into a corpse for nothing." There are also those who are firmly on Robson's side in favor of such ideas.

"We have some weapons specially prepared for such a fight." "First the grenades. You've seen this weapon just now. With training, a soldier can also throw it into a trench tens of meters away with considerable accuracy...... Cole! Come here! ”

A sergeant dressed in the obscene green uniform peculiar to the Cleveland Volunteer Corps ran over and saluted Robson: "Hello sir! ”

"Well, that's good!" Robson returned the salute, then pointed to an uninhabited trench fifty meters away and said to Sergeant Cole, "Cole, can you throw a grenade into the trench over there?" ”

Sergeant Cole looked at the trench over there, smiled slightly, picked up a grenade, and as soon as he pulled the ring, a puff of smoke came out of the grenade's handle. After a second or so, Sergeant Cole waved his arm, and the grenade flew out, making a beautiful arc in the air, and then landed accurately into the trench and exploded.

"As long as they are trained, normal soldiers are able to reach a level close to it." Lieutenant Colonel Robson said, "When we get close enough to the enemy trenches, we can use this to give the guy on the other side a hard blow." And suppression with grenade fire, covering our men to occupy the enemy's trenches. This is the first attack vector we envisioned. ”