Washington

Three unmarked black carriages streamed through the road in front of Capitol Hill and soon came to the south entrance of the White House.

The reporters waiting at the south entrance of the White House recognized at a glance that there were Lieutenant General Heath Caldwell, chief of staff of the US Continental Army, Lieutenant General McClelland, commander of the Northern Army, Major General McDonnell Knox, and other military dignitaries.

At this time, the purpose of entering the White House is not known, but it must be because of the unfavorable situation on the battlefield and urgent consultation on countermeasures.

in the White House

The discussion in the small conference hall had been going on for a long time, and everyone had a solemn look on their faces, and after two general military mobilizations in the north, social production had shifted to the system of war, and it was producing all kinds of urgently needed materials at full speed.

However, limited by the backward conditions of industrial production capacity in the present era, the 680,000 northern troops urgently recruited lacked almost everything, from weapons to uniforms, from ammunition to boots, tents, and almost everything.

The United States is a highly liberal market economy in the British style, and there was no concept of strategic reserves before the outbreak of the Civil War, and there were some commercial stocks in the domestic market, but it was only a drop in the bucket to cope with the sudden increase in the number of huge troops.

Even if production is at full capacity now, there is still a long way to go until production increases, and it is expected that by this time next year, most of the material shortages will be alleviated, and a small number will be more acute.

Just take kerosene as an example;

Due to the basic monopoly of the world's petroleum refining industry by the Tang Kingdom, after the outbreak of the civil war, the north cut off the import of kerosene, lubricating oil, diesel and heavy oil, after the inventory was exhausted, now including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit and other large and medium-sized cities, after nightfall fell into darkness.

Even the kerosene street lamps on the roadside of the big cities are not sustainable, people have to move in the dark, and only a few candles can be lit in the taverns, and the dim light is like ghost fire.

The redirection of lighting hopes towards vegetable and animal oils has led to a jaw-dropping price of vegetable oil on the market, even more than 10 times higher than before the war.

The lack of lubricating oil has made the situation even worse, and many factories have been paralyzed and have to be temporarily replaced with animal fat, which greatly reduces production efficiency.

Also due to the outbreak of the civil war, cotton imports in the south were cut off, which forced many textile mills in the north to stop working, and faced a huge shortage of uniforms, bedding, tents and other materials for the army.

The same is true of social demand, which has led to textile importers in Britain and the Tang Kingdom frantically raising prices, and the price of a foot of ordinary cotton cloth has quadrupled compared with before the war, and it is also "Luoyang paper expensive", attracting citizens to rush wildly.

A white cotton shirt rose from 65 cents to $3.5, and a sturdy and durable "Liszt" jeans from the Tang Kingdom sold for $13.6, compared to $2.35 before the war.

Many northern volunteer militiamen still carry old-fashioned flintlock smoothbore muskets brought from home in their hands until they go to the battlefield, and they are wearing all kinds of strange clothes, where do they look like an army?

This spectacle, like the peasants in the Middle Ages who fought with pitchforks and sticks to their lords and knights, was so chaotic that it made observers from all over Europe laugh their teeth.

"There are not so many ifs, and don't stress so many reasons to me, I will see a full-scale general attack by the Northern Army at the end of July, or I will use the special authorization of the president in wartime to send you all to a military court and hang you for treason." President James Buchanan shouted hoarsely, his face flushed with anger as he looked around the crowd with angry eyes.

In just over a year and three months since he took office, President James Buchanan has rapidly aged from a heroic middle-aged politician to a gray-haired man with a face that looks like he is a teenager.

The huge tests faced one after another almost bent President James Buchanan's straight waist, and his figure became a little rickety, but his eyes were still so determined.

He looked around at the crowd and continued;

"The army wants soldiers, I give it to you, the government wants to mobilize the whole country, I signed the presidential decree, and now I need the news of victory, and you are emphasizing all kinds of difficulties to me.

We have 1/3 more troops than the south, and that is the biggest advantage.

Now ordered in his capacity as President of the United States, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Armed Forces;

The Continental Army is scheduled to launch an all-out general assault on the Southern rebels on both the Eastern and Western fronts on July 28, under the personal command of the Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Heath Caldwell.

All the soldiers of the army must fight with all their might, and the United States will give its greatest support, and I hope to hear the good news of your victory. ”

"Your Excellency the President, on behalf of the Continental Army, I accept this sacred mission and will surely lead the brave soldiers of LinkedIn to attack with all their might and bring you the victory you desire." Lieutenant General Heath Caldwell led the group of generals to stand upright, salute, and take on this difficult task.

President James Buchanan's gaze turned to the commanders of the U.S. Commonwealth Navy again, and when he saw them standing up in unison, he commanded in a deep voice;

"I order the entire fleet of the Federation Navy to attack and blockade and cut off the ports of the southern rebellion, and authorize you to capture ships involved in the smuggling trade in violation of the federal ban."

"Your Excellency President, does this also include the cargo ships of Britain, France and the Tang Kingdom?"

"Yes, but it is important to pay attention to the ways and means by which artillery deterrence can be fired, unless specifically authorized; It is not permissible to sink the merchant ships of the above-mentioned countries unless it is absolutely necessary, so as not to provoke an international incident. ”

"Oh...... That does sound a bit puzzling, Your Excellency the President. ”

"Do what you order, all for the sake of America."

"Yes, the Federal Navy will faithfully carry out the president's orders, may God bless America."

"May God bless America." President James Buchanan reverently drew a cross on his chest, and he really needs some good luck right now.

The brewing war involved hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Northern Army would launch a fierce attack on the Confederate Army on a front, thousands of kilometers long, from east to west, and such a large-scale battle would take a long time to prepare.

With only 32 days to go until July 28, time is running out......

Speaking of which, though

The American Civil War, which stretched for thousands of kilometers from east to west, was actually clearly divided, with one being the eastern front and the other being the western front.

In particular, the Eastern Front, which refers primarily to the 150-kilometer distance from Washington to Richmond, was the main eastern battlefield during the American Civil War and a key point of repeated contention.

Before the Southern Independence Movement

Virginia, a wealthy and populous state on the South East Coast, wavered at high-level rallies in New Orleans and did not make up its mind to join the separatist faction altogether.

In order to win over Virginia, President Jefferson Davis (Southern) of the United States did not hesitate to make a heavy bet, saying that other Southern states agreed to set the capital in Richmond, the capital of Virginia and the largest city in the state, in order to win over the hesitant Virginia to join the Southern camp.

As a result, in the American Civil War, Washington and Richmond were only separated by more than 150 kilometers, and this became the most frequently contested, the bloodiest, the most killed and wounded battlefield in the entire civil war, and the largest number of troops invested.

Every hill, every river, every fort, and every town between Washington and Richmond was repeatedly contested in the war, and the corpses of the fallen soldiers covered the more than 150 kilometers of mountains and rivers, and all the towns, railways, and infrastructure were reduced to ashes, making it the most important battlefield in the Civil War.

For example, in the early days of the war;

In the Battle of Malassas, when the Northern Army encountered a head-on attack, Jackson, the commander of the Southern Army, was outnumbered and withstood five fierce attacks by the Northern Army, winning the reputation of "Stone Wall" and becoming famous all over the world.

However, this was only the beginning, and it was here that the 2nd Battle of Malassas and the 3rd Battle of Malassas took place......

No matter how many setbacks and how many casualties were suffered, the armies of both the North and the South set the capital of the other side as the ultimate goal of war, and threw themselves into the battle to the flesh.

On this land

In the original history, from the outbreak of the civil war to the final end of more than four years, the north and the south died an average of 420 soldiers every day, accounting for a little more than two-thirds of the total casualties.

From the beginning of the war to the present, after the Battle of Marassas, the Northern Army has taken the initiative to launch the Battle of Hegu and the Battle of the Peninsula, with the aim of invading Virginia on a large scale and attacking Richmond, the capital of the Southern Confederacy.

However, under the excellent command of the commander-in-chief, General Lee, the Southern Army successively thwarted the offensive of the Northern Army, especially in the 1st and 2nd Malassas Battles, General Jackson of the "Stonewall" made many meritorious deeds, and the Northern Army was full of baggage, except for leaving corpses all over the ground, nothing was found.

After this

In order to occupy the battlefield advantage, the Southern Army took the initiative to cross the Potomac River to launch a fierce attack on the Northern Army, and invested heavy troops to launch tens of thousands of battles such as the Battle of Maryland and the Battle of Shasburg, and finally stopped advancing under the tactics of the Northern Army's crowd of people.

The battlefield on the Eastern Front was a bloody mill without strategic detours, where the North and the South engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and where every hill and every river was repeatedly contested.

An army of thousands of people pulled up, and after a big battle, only a thousand people could come back.

The inner cruelty and gore are vividly reflected in the eastern battlefield.

On the western battlefield, on the other hand, the strategic depth is too great.

The Western Front was dominated by the Mississippi River, the main artery of transportation, and the truly decisive battles were fought in the western Appalachian Mountains and the vast Midwestern Great Plains.

As early as early 1858, the Northern Army began operations in the western theater, sending heavy troops from Kentucky to capture Tennessee, intending to occupy this important large granary in the South to supplement the precarious food supply in the North.

The south, on the other hand, resolutely counterattacked, having been trained by officers of the Tang Kingdom, and the cavalry units, mainly from Texas, showed their skills and inflicted heavy losses on the northern army in a row.

Fighting on the Western Front was raging, and the situation was as uncontrollable as a wild horse, and the effects of the war spread to almost all of the North and South of the United States, and no state was immune.

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