Chapter 172: Bloody Gettysburg! What happened after that?

The wheel of history has entered 1863, and in this year, the major event in the world is definitely not that the emperor of the New Tang Empire of the United States created a new school of painting, that is, the chicken pecked Mitu to rise to the 'abstract school', and the world event has to be said to be the current civil war in the United States!

After the crushing defeat at Antitam, the Confederacy quickly regained face at the Battle of Fredericksburg, where they beat Union sergeants from the North.

It was a defensive post, and the southern fighters hid behind the half-man-high fortification wall, where they were also lined up in three rows, with those in the back reloading and those in the front row shooting.

This arrangement, and the fortifications, are still on high ground, so no matter how the Federation soldiers charge, they are left with only pieces of corpses.

As a result, the Union soldiers who had already captured Fredericksburg had to withdraw again, knowing that Fredericksburg was not far from Richmond.

Robert. General Lee won another victory, but to be honest, he was really surprised, because he never expected the Federation army to attack the Mary Heights, which is the highest hill near Fort Fros...... Since then, Mary Heights has had one more Lee's-Hill!

Actually, Robert. Lee's opponents were not idiots'', and the generals of the Northern Army also had great backgrounds, such as Edwin on the right flank of the Great Division. Sumner, this dude is Charles. Sumner's cousin, who had previously been a comrade-in-arms of President Lincoln. Together, they went to suppress an Indian rebellion called Black Hawk.

It should be said. They are also experienced commanders. But the battle was fought like this!

The accident also included the explosion of gunpowder from a cannon during the battle, which nearly killed Lee and Stonewall Jackson if they had been closer to the cannon......

Anyway, this battle was won by the South, and the time was at the end of 1862, and the Southerners eased up again!

Now that it's been relieved. Naturally, there was a counterattack, and in April 1863, in Johnsleville, Virginia, a big war began again!

The result was another big victory for the South!

But in this big victory, Stonewall Jackson, who made great contributions, lost one of his arms, contracted pneumonia and died!

A generation of stars has fallen, and Robert. When Li learned the news, he sighed: "My right arm is broken!" ”

And hit Stonewall Jackson. and many of the high-ranking southern generals who were with him, none other than others. It's the Confederacy fighters, of course, they definitely didn't mean it!

Perhaps, this is destined to be a strange war.

Now, however, in July 1863, another big war has come!

Assured God, neither the North nor the South paid much attention to one place before the war, and that was Gettysburg.

Yes, Gettysburg is really too small to be a small place, maybe the terrain of this place is more interesting, it is a combination of two mountains, but no one has thought of starting a war here beforehand.

On July 1, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Robert Murphy. Lee finally got his troops into the north again, and they were already in Pennsylvania, but he didn't expect that Richard S. Ewell, an old subordinate of Stonewall Jackson, had received news that there were a lot of shoes in a small town of Gettysburg.

Ewell was ready to let his subordinates change the guys on their feet, snatch them for my use, and raise their morale, but as a result, they ran into the cavalry from the north head-on, and a terrible battle began!

On both sides of the north and south, almost all the troops were moving closer to the town, and soon the fighting was raging.

As Robert. Lee's loyal subordinate, Longstreet, arrived late, but he didn't miss the main event, and the next day, his men played quite well.

However, some people are far from the standard, as Robert . Lee's student, General Stewart, known as 'Lee's Eyes', was the chief officer of the cavalry, who was mainly responsible for gathering battlefield intelligence, but after the next day, Stewart's cavalry seemed to disappear.

This was not the first mistake of the South, for on the first day, General Earl was facing a hill, facing, facing, confronting...... Anyway, he just watched, and he didn't send anyone to take the mountain, but the mountain became the federal army.

So, in the next day, in fact, the main task of the Southern Army was to lay down the hill called the Little Dome, and after filling in thousands of people, they finally captured it!

You must know that the northern defenders of this place are no longer the original Maine 20th Regiment, because the 20th Regiment has been wiped out in Newark, and without a Confucian general like Chamberlain, without the blood of the Maineans, this small dome will not be defended!

It should be said that the shape of the Southern Army has improved a little, but on the third day, the Northern Army also emerged with many outstanding generals, such as a man named George. Custer's young officer, who carried out several counter-charges, gave the Southern Army a lot of headaches.

"I'm going to let them taste my awesomeness!" Robert. Lee was clearly somewhat enraged.

Prior to this, Longstreet proposed a very good plan, which was to hold on, defend with the advantage of terrain, and then Lee's army could make a posture to attack Harrisburg.

You know, in fact, one of the main targets of this invasion of the north is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is a train hub, once it is defeated, then the Northern army will be uncomfortable, and Gettysburg, in fact, is not too important, even if there are shoes here.

Once the posture of attacking Harrisburg is made, then the Northern Army will definitely attack, and then the Southern Army can just defend, in fact, now everyone understands that defense is easier to kill the opponent.

However, Robert. Lee didn't listen. Thereupon. A charge has begun!

The leader of this charge was called Pickett. This charge is also named after him, and finally ......

"I've never seen anything like it!" A Northern Army officer later recalled, and they responded with frenzied artillery fire and rows and rows of bullets.

"We can hit the target any matter how we fight!"

Thirteen thousand men charged, lined up, beat drums, whistles, and that's it...... Give away heads!

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault! ...... "Robert. Lee had been babbling like this since the defeat.

But. Fortunately, although it was a big defeat, Robert. Li lost 20,000 men, but it was still less than that of the Northern Army, and you must know that the previous one who took the small dome played a great role, which made the losses of the Southern Army even less.

The Battle of Gettysburg was the battle that decided the entire Civil War, after which the Northern Army had the absolute initiative, and they could play whatever they wanted.

This is the history that Li Mengyang knows. But now that he's here, is this going to do something?

July 22, 1863. Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, was headed by President Jefferson. Hamilton. In Davis's mansion, there was a guest who had come from afar.

"Hello, Mr. President Davis, let me introduce myself, contemptible Gatlin, Richard. Gatling! ”

Gatling? How did he get to the Confederates?

At this point, Davis naturally wanted to ask, "Hello, Mr. Gatlin, I don't know why you are here this time?" ”

Gatlin smiled, in the face of such a situation, he is really familiar, he was also a president back then, and it was a similar situation, which is really embarrassing, but this time, he is confident.

"Mr. President, I'm a very direct person, I won't go around the bush, I'm coming back here because I want to do business with the southern government!"

So straightforward?!

Davis was a little surprised, but there was no extra expression on his face.

Actually, Mr. Davis has an advantage on this point, because one side of his face is muscle necrotic, anyway, there is such a legend, and the bad things about him are really car-on.

For example, the current mansion, some people say that this is Davis's personal pocket, and this guy followed his own presidency and took benefits first without working.

As for whether it's true or not, there's no need to say much, but as far as the entire Southern government is concerned, he, Davis, is quite a capable guy.

"What business?" Davis was very calm, his face was like that anyway, but he immediately added, "I heard that you went to California with the Revolutionary Army?" Could it be that the great Emperor wants to do business with me? ”

Don't say it, this old facial paralysis is really not in vain!

You know, this sentence reveals a lot of information, that is, their southern government is not an idiot, they have their own intelligence system, and they know who you Gatlin is messing with now!

"Hahaha......" Unexpectedly, Gatlin actually laughed, "I knew that Mr. Davis was a smart man!" ”

"Hah!" Hearing this, Davis chuckled lightly, "Do you think I, a smart man, would do business with a traitor?" ”

Traitor?

Yes, the Revolutionary Army is a traitor in the eyes of the Americans, but ......

"Traitors, Mr. Davis, the Northerners see you Dixies as traitors, right? Mr. Davis, are you saying that we are family? ”

Hey, Gatling's a great guy.

"Humph!" However, Davis snorted coldly, and continued, "We are traitors, but we are seeking freedom!" It's better than you guys! You're a bunch of troublemakers! ”

This, but you're scolding, right?

However, Gatlin didn't care, "Since you admit it, Mr. Davis, then we're family." ”

Hey, yes, they're all traitors.

"We're not going to do business with you!" Davis said this, he was just angry and wanted to send off the guests.

However, Gatlin laughed and said, "Mr. Davis, if you don't do business with us, then the death of the American Confederacy is just around the corner!" ”

β€œwhatοΌŸβ€ Davis couldn't believe that this Gatling could speak so boldly, this ......

Isn't this a curse to your own country? (To be continued......)

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