After listening to Sun Xiangbing's detailed explanation of Lincoln's upcoming Bald Eagle plan, Li Yongji also sighed for a while: "I really didn't expect that this Lincoln is really courageous, he is still embattled, and he is still thinking about attacking Canada." ”

Indeed, the Bald Eagle Plan, although it was not complicated, was simply to abandon the defense of the Confederate Army and concentrate all its efforts to deal with the nominal Anglo-French forces in the Boston area, and the actual British army.

In the present state of war in North America, although the United States of America was the most disadvantaged on the whole, and the British army in Boston was the most nourishing, it was only relative.

Seriously speaking, in the current North American land, in fact, the British army is the weakest side, in the final analysis, or because they have the least number of troops, weapons and equipment do not have an overwhelming advantage, and as a military intervention, or the side of aggression, morale is certainly not as good as the enemy of the Union Army.

The performance of the British army in the land battle with the Union Army in the North American battlefield has explained a lot of problems, that is, once the British army is PK in the land field battle head-on with the serious Union army, the British army is not an opponent at all, even if the British army is defeated, the actual loss is not large.

The reason why the British army is living so nourishing now is because the main energy of the Union Army was attracted by the Southern Alliance Army and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and they relaxed their vigilance against the north.

Since then, the main work of the British army has been to strengthen the rule of Boston, maintain the harbor, build fortifications around Boston, and play a posture of defending on the spot, the intention of attacking is not obvious, and it is obvious that it is too risky to continue to attack rashly.

After shrinking for a while. It may be that the fortifications are almost repaired, and the Federation Army has suffered heavy setbacks one after another during that period, especially the Western Theater, which was beaten by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and lost a large number of vital forces one after another, causing the Federation Army to abandon the plan of a large-scale counterattack on Boston, and even have to transfer forces to the south and west to strengthen the defense forces in those two places.

In this way, the British commander acted decisively, while continuing to place heavy troops in Boston as a deterrent. On the one hand, with the help of naval superiority and the remaining Canadian forces, they took the opportunity to attack the New England area north of Boston.

In the course of the offensive, the British army did not blindly use force to solve the problem, but used both force and negotiation, and negotiation was actually the main means.

To put it simply, although the British army sent a small force to attack, it was only a bluff, when the British army attacked the New England region. The negotiating envoys have already reached out to the local elite, using tax exemptions, increased local autonomy, and threats of force to get the locals in New England to surrender.

At the time. There were few Confederate troops left in New England, the deterrent effect of the Union Army was minimal, and the predominantly white natives in the area did not approve of Lincoln's abolitionist policies. It was a shame to put blacks on an equal footing with whites, so people in this part of New England were quite unimpressed with Lincoln.

The reason why New England didn't divide like the Southerners did was because they just hated Lincoln's policies. But it is not as urgent as the southerners, after all, most of the people here are not based on the economy of large estates, so they will not be affected too much in terms of economy, so the reaction is not so violent.

But it is undeniable that the locals do not approve of Lincoln, and when this sentiment is mixed into the reality, it is easy to be shaken.

After all, the United States of America is a young country of immigrants, and even if there are still two or three generations of locals, it is still far from being compared with the old traditional countries such as Britain, France, and China in terms of national identity and centripetal force.

So, in the nineteen-sixties, the Americans, well, to be exact, the people of the United States of America, had a sense of national identity that was far less great than it was in later Hollywood movies, and those people at that time were first thinking about their own interests, then the interests of the local citizens, then the interests of the state government, and finally the interests of the federal government, or the interests of the country.

In short, in the United States of America at this time, only a very small number of people had a big picture, and most people were more concerned about living a good life and hated the constraints of the federal government, so the local separatist tendencies were very serious, which was an important reason why the southern states could stand on their own feet so easily.

In short, the commander of the British army this time was very wise, and did not blindly use force, but supplemented by military deterrence, and mainly diplomatic negotiations, and as a result, after a split and disintegration, it was easy to take most of the New England region and put it into the arms of the British Empire, even if many places were only nominally owned by the British.

Of course, in addition to the intelligence and wisdom of the commander, the overall lack of military strength of the British army is also the reason for the British army to do this, so don't look at the British army taking the opportunity to occupy more than N territory, and even take most of the New England region into the bag, but in fact, it is a castle made of sand, which cannot withstand the wind and rain.

In other words, don't look at the British army some time ago, and the results were remarkable, but when it comes to substance, whether these achievements can be maintained depends on the performance of the local British army.

Once the main force of the British army in the Boston area is defeated and driven away by the Union Army, then the area that surrendered before will turn against it again and return to the embrace of the United States of America, so the reason why the federal government led by Lincoln turned a blind eye to what the British Army did was to see this, so it was not worried that they would become bigger, but continued to invest their energy in the most dangerous South and West.

In this regard, Lincoln's previous decision was very wise, he withstood all kinds of pressure, and after paying a huge price, he gave priority to reaching a settlement with China, allowing the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was the smallest but strongest and the most threatening to the federal army, to withdraw first, thus giving the federal government a rare respite.

After temporarily solving the threat of the Chinese army, Lincoln took out his strength to concentrate on dealing with the Confederate army, which was also a very wise decision, because in Lincoln's view, after removing the threat of the Chinese army, the Union Army would only be left with the Union Army, a great enemy, and as for the British, in front of a million Union troops. At best, it's just a nuisance, and once the Federation forces have time to spare, it's easy to turn around and destroy them.

Lincoln's military policy has always been relatively reliable, and his character is also very tough, once a decision is made, he will carry it out to the letter, even if something changes in the middle.

For example, the Confederate forces, together with the British Navy, launched a surprise attack on Baltimore. The occupation of Baltimore, a strategic location, even directly threatened Washington.

At that time, if another person were to become president, eight out of ten would have fled Washington in the same way that the president had chosen in the Second Anglo-American War, but Lincoln chose to stay.

Many people may say that Lincoln was crazy at that time, or that he was particularly stubborn, not the work of smart people, but a broken jar. But in fact, this is not the case, and Lincoln's decision to stay in Washington was deliberate.

If in the beginning, Lincoln was a military child. But since he became president, the entire country has been at war for almost most of the time.

As a president, he has led the whole country to fight for so long, especially many defeats. There are many failures in this fight, and there is a professional around him as a staff officer. Slowly, I will play experience.

Therefore, at this time, Lincoln must not continue to look at him as a war novice, let alone despise him and ignore him, after all, in terms of talent and character, he is not a little stronger than the President Davis of the Southern Alliance.

Lincoln did not leave Washington at that time because he knew that the consequences of leaving Washington were more serious than not leaving.

You must know that although the entire federal army at that time suffered heavy military losses continuously, after all, there were many people and there was no great loss in industrial capacity, and the overall strength was still very strong.

In other words, in Lincoln's view, after removing the super bug or super threat of the Chinese army, all other enemies are not a problem, and the United States of America only needs to stabilize the current situation and slowly rely on strength to crush everything.

After all, the recovery ability of the Federal Army is not a little bit stronger than that of the Union Army, even if the Federal Army loses 100,000 200,000, or even 700,000 troops, they can still grit their teeth and pull out another 1 million, or even more new troops.

On the other hand, the current size of the alliance army is already their limit, and once they suffer heavy losses, it will be extremely difficult to replenish them in time.

Therefore, as long as the Chinese do not interfere, as long as the Union Army can stabilize its mind, the Union Army will eventually achieve victory, and Lincoln is extremely sure of this.

Looking specifically at the situation at that time, although the Union army occupied Baltimore by surprise attack, the overall strength did not change significantly, and Baltimore's troops were still surrounded by many parties.

Therefore, if you have set your mind, you will find that the surprise attack on Baltimore by the Confederate forces seems to be a clever move, but in fact it is a failure, because it is tantamount to sending a powerful living force into danger.

At that time, the army attacking Baltimore was one of the few elite troops of the Union Army, but after such a force took Baltimore, in addition to continuing to receive support at sea, it can be said that all of them were enemies on land, and they were all strong enemies.

Not to mention that the front army in the direction of Philadelphia is not something that the Confederate army in Baltimore can gnaw on, even if it is Washington, as long as the Confederate generals in Baltimore do not have their brains pumped, they will never dare to attack in depth alone.

You must know that Washington at this time is completely different from Washington during the Second Anglo-American War.

During the Second Anglo-American War, Washington was just a small town, the seat of government of the United States of America, with a small population, not many troops, and no danger to defend, so in the face of the attack of the British army, Washington's bureaucrats could only flee.

But now it is different, because of the continuous war, and because it has been at the forefront of the confrontation with the coalition army, Washington has long become a large military camp, although there is no fortress, but in terms of scale and population, it is far from being comparable in the past, and even because at the forefront of the front, the proportion of military personnel is very heavy, and it is already a non-fortress military town.

Moreover, on the Potomac River front, not far from Washington, there was the most powerful Potomac regiment of the Union Army.

This army has long been seriously overnumbered, and its weaponry is also the best in the Union Army, and most importantly, the defensive front of this army has already established a well-established railroad and telegraph network with Washington. There are also a large number of military trains, and if the situation is found to be wrong, troops can be drawn back from the front at any time.

Baltimore's troops, on the other hand, could only walk on two legs if they wanted to attack Washington, and could not take advantage of the railway line.

This is because in railway transportation at this time, the railway line is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the locomotive and the train car, and the locomotive is usually gathered in several large cities such as Washington and Philadelphia, after all, only these cities can maintain the locomotive. So there is no locomotive left in that place in Baltimore, and usually if you want to go to Baltimore, you have to go to Baltimore by train, and then pull things away.

When the Confederates raided Baltimore, there was actually a local train, but after discovering that it had been raided, the train quickly fled and ran to Philadelphia in a fit of rage, despite the fact that the goods were not yet loaded. As a result, the Confederate forces were unable to capture the train, and naturally they were not able to maneuver the train.

It may be said that the Union also has trains, which can be transported by sea. Transporting locomotives and train cars to Baltimore.

This is a good method, but it is not easy to load a whole train, including the front and carriages. And when it comes to the military aspect, the lack of trains is of little use, and more importantly. Baltimore's army was not dominant in size overall.

Staying in Baltimore is like a fist that can be better defended, but it can also continue to exert pressure on the Union army in all directions, involving their energy and strength, so that they cannot move with peace of mind.

But if the Confederate army in Baltimore is dispatched, it will lose its greatest deterrent, and the Federation Army can respond with its huge strength advantage and strangle this lone elite force on the inner line.

Once Baltimore's elite Confederate troops were strangled, it would also deal a major blow to the Confederate forces, so the commander of this force, the famous "Stonewall" Jackson, chose to hold on and did not lightly attack the enemy. Lee's consent.

Lincoln may not have seen so many things, but based on what he already knows, he decisively judged that the Confederate forces did not dare to attack Washington, at most it was just a bluff, so he still had some confidence in his heart, which was the reason why he insisted on not leaving.

From this, it can be seen that Lincoln has developed a tenacious character and an excellent brain in a hostile environment, whether it is various internal reforms, or various foreign policies and military strategies abroad, he has not made major mistakes, and the overall situation is correct.

However, the situation changed when Lincoln's consistent correctness met the inexplicable Chinese army.

Although the federal government reached a settlement with the Chinese government, the expeditionary force that remained here did not leave, but continued to cause trouble in the name of private mercenaries, which made Lincoln feel angry and annoyed at the same time.

In this nineteenth century, when there was no United Nations and no one cared about human rights, it was a time when the real powers believed in the truth that everyone believed in was bigger than anyone's fist.

Therefore, in this era, all the power schemes, plans, and axioms do not work, whether there is dignity or not, and whether or not the territorial integrity of the country can be maintained, in the final analysis, must be able to defeat the other side.

Against the British, French and even the Union army, Lincoln had the confidence to win, but in the face of the monster-like Chinese Expeditionary Force, no, this unit that had been renamed the Eastern Expeditionary Force, Lincoln had never found a way to deal with it normally.

After all, according to the information obtained before, in the face of such a unit that has always been highly mobile and has strong firepower, it is useless to have more people, and the number of people can only be to send more martial arts to others.

So, when he heard that the expeditionary force had begun to openly mediate and demand an immediate truce and reconciliation between the Union and the Union forces on the current situation, so that the federal government would recognize the Confederate States, Lincoln knew that his previous attempt to reunite by fighting a war had been shattered.

Knowing that it was impossible, he immediately changed his thinking, not expecting that he would be able to restore the unification of the north and the south in his lifetime, but pinned his hopes on taking the opportunity to expand the territory and aimed the spearhead at the British army in the north, and even Canada behind it.

Lincoln's idea seemed risky, but in fact, it seized the factor that the Chinese were eager to split the United States, and saw that the Chinese would not let the Union Army take the opportunity to attack the federal government at this time, after all, it would be equivalent to letting the South defeat the North and unify the North and the South.

On the contrary, the British and the Canadian army were all pulled out at this time, and the main forces were basically near Boston, so once the British army and the Canadian army in Boston were defeated, the Canadian troops in the rear were empty, and it was not difficult to annex Canada.

The most important thing is that the federal army annexed Canada, the Chinese may not interfere, after all, to their own people, the Chinese and the British also have a lot of contradictions, if Canada has a problem, the British will definitely put more attention on the North American side, the pressure on the Chinese will be reduced, to facilitate the expansion of the Chinese in Asia.

And as long as the Chinese begin to expand in Asia, sooner or later they will become hostile to the British, and when the contradictions intensify, it may be an opportunity for the Americans to rise again.

"Awesome Lincoln!" After thinking about the many twists and turns in it, Li Yongji couldn't help but smack his tongue, "Although I knew that Lincoln was not easy to match, I didn't expect him to be able to do this. (To be continued.) )