Detroit

Detroit was garrisoned by Lieutenant General Samuel Brown of the Northern Army, one of the most experienced generals to date in fighting the Coalition forces, along with General Grant, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, and General Sherman, who had cooled down.

The defeat at the Battle of Chicago undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the once skyrocketing reputation of Admiral Grant, commander-in-chief of the Northern Army.

The commander-in-chief, who was appointed at the brink of danger, is now returning to the Eastern Front to preside over the overall situation, and it is also a last resort that all the mess on the Western Front is left to Lieutenant General Samuel Brown to deal with.

From the original Civil War to the current North American War, the unprecedented and tragic war has lasted for 4 years, and the United States of America has removed three commanders-in-chief, namely General Heath-Caldwell and his successor, General Ambrose Everett Burnside, and it is General Grant's turn to lead the Union Army for the third term, but it can not be replaced.

If the enemy changes his generals frequently, there will be no way to fight the battle again.

The city of Detroit, bordered by the Great Lakes Harbor, got its name from the Detroit River, which connects Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, meaning "River of the Straits."

60s of the 19th century

Detroit, known for its steel industry and wood and metal processing, is a heavy industry city similar to Salem in the Tang Kingdom, with a population of 372,100 and an area about one-third the size of Chicago.

Since 1805, Detroit has been the capital and largest city of Ohio, and thanks to the city's level of industrialization and construction capacity, the city is now like a big fortress, and it is really a tough nut to crack.

Speaking of which

Lieutenant General Samuel Brown is also a wolf character, and he has eaten enough of the endless attacks of the white cannon fodder stormtroopers on the Coalition side in the Battle of Chicago, and he really hates it but has nothing to do.

The defenders died wave after wave, beating the defending corps to five labors and seven wounds, and finally let the army of the Tang Kingdom take a big advantage, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

After learning his lesson, General Samuel Brown retreated, and during his retreat, he carried out a looting forced conscription of white men between the ages of 12 and 60 in the Great Lakes region, carrying a large number of people to the front line of Detroit.

On the one hand, the labor force was used to speed up the construction of defensive fortresses, and on the other hand, the coalition forces were not given the opportunity to harvest the population first.

As a last resort, these people can also take up arms and go to the battlefield to enhance their ability to fight a high-intensity war of attrition.

Although this practice has caused public resentment to boil, in the precarious war situation, it is no longer necessary to pay so much attention to it, and it is just to tear the skin directly.

In addition, General Samuel Brown heeded the advice of his subordinates and organized up to 170,000 blacks who had fled north into the reserve to practice day and night, preparing to use them as cannon fodder to wear down the offensive edge of the coalition army.

Therefore, on the surface, the northern army on the first line from Detroit to Cincinnrati has hoarded 55~570,000 troops, and the actual number is close to one million, and the reason why black and white cannon fodder is not included in the statistics is because they have no weapons to equip and are not considered armies.

That would have to wait until the existing militia had been killed or wounded before they could be squeezed out of weapons and equipment.

After entering November

The weather suddenly cooled, and a Canadian cold snap sent Detroit down more than 10 degrees Celsius, and the sky was cloudy, as if the first snowstorm of the winter was brewing.

Detroit is located on the shores of the Great Lakes, with well-developed canals and other water systems, and high humidity in the air, so it can be wet and cold during the cold winter months.

In this case, if you are fighting in the field, once the heavy snow arrives and the insulation measures cannot keep up, the army will suffer a large-scale frostbite attrition, which is not a joke.

After the weather deteriorated, the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, which was often seen outside Detroit, disappeared, and they all hid in the warm houses of nearby towns to avoid the cold, which made Lieutenant General Samuel Brown breathe a long sigh of relief.

Thankfully, this bad weather came at a good time!

After the cold snap in Canada went south, the night temperature in Detroit dropped to about minus 2~3 degrees Celsius in recent days, and the cold wind howled across the wilderness, dripping into ice.

With a wet and cold winter, as long as you stay in the field, the boots on your feet will always be wet and cold to the bone, and the rifle will freeze and stiffen after holding the rifle for more than ten minutes, and the cement and concrete pouring will have to be stopped, because it can't be solidified.

The concrete poured in such a cold weather is mixed with a large amount of ice ballast and frozen chips, which are as loose as tofu, and they fall down when they are pushed by hand, and the building collapses when it is heavy.

"Your Excellency General, according to experienced locals, this snowstorm that has been brewing for several days will arrive in the near future, that is, in a day or two."

"This is the best news I've heard in a while, and I can finally get a good night's sleep. God, the situation on the Western Front is terrible. General Samuel Brown shook his head with a wry smile.

Now to say anything about the battlefield on the Western Front, it is just self-deception, the seven states in the northwest of the United States of America have all been occupied by the coalition forces, the vast central plain has been surrendered, the front has approached Ohio, which has a long history of development in the east, and the strategic depth has been squeezed to the extreme, how can there be any battlefield on the Western Front?

If you retreat again, you will already be connected with the Eastern Front.

General Samuel Brown put this bad information out of the way, and raised his monoculars of brass to observe that the wilderness was deserted except for the cold wind blowing the withered yellow bushes to and fro, a bleak winter scene.

General Samuel Brown put down the telescope in his hand, handed it to the staff officer behind him, and asked in a deep voice; "How many replica Mini rifles have arrived?"

"According to the statistics of the Logistics Department, 136,000 Mini rifles and 8,800 Sharps rifles have been delivered so far, and the weaponry rate of the corps included in the formation has reached 77.5 percent.

"Does this mean that my soldiers still have to fight with spears and broadswords?"

"Judging from the current supply situation, I am afraid that this can only be the case. We lost all our artillery and most of our infantry weapons in the Battle of Chicago, and we relied only on British aid and weapons factories to work overtime day and night, which was already the greatest capacity. ”

"I can't let the soldiers with spears and broadswords against the Eastern legions, not even the black cannon fodder, which is against basic morality." Lieutenant General Samuel Brown let out a long sigh, his eyes melancholy cast into the wilderness, and continued with deep regret in his tone;

"Thank God! But such bad weather is not going to buy us three months. The Eastern Legion is cunning and treacherous, and will not hesitate to use all means in order to achieve victory.

But it is undeniable that they are highly disciplined and do not lack the spirit of sacrifice of soldiers.

So the good days of peace won't last long, and this city ......"

Standing on the fortress, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown looked back at Detroit, which was lined with buildings behind him, sighed lightly and said; "It will eventually sink into the flames of war, and perhaps this is its fate."

The general's words aroused a bad mood among all the senior officers present, and their eyes became melancholy.

The Tang Kingdom's iron hooves pressed the realm, and every officer felt the heavy pressure on his shoulders, and the suffocating feeling was simply crazy.

Although they had repelled several attacks before, everyone knew in their hearts that it was because the army of the Tang Kingdom did not exert its strength, but only stopped at a superficial level, and quickly retreated after testing the strength of the defense.

These eastern armies were like wolves, constantly testing their weaknesses, and once they found a fatal flaw, they swarmed up, ferociously eating their prey, including the famous Sherman Legion, which cast a heavy shadow on all the senior generals of the Northern Army.

"What about other equipment?" General Samuel Brown asked again.

"Your Excellency the General, the 65 "coffee mill" machine guns customized by the military have been equipped with the 14th in Pennsylvania,

The 15th and 28th Infantry Regiments, followed by the 49th, 55th, and 96th Regiments of Pennsylvania, and the 11th and 56th Regiments of the New York Volunteer Army, respectively, will be equipped, and 18 "coffee mill" heavy machine guns will arrive next month, which will greatly enhance our defenses. ”

"Well, this single-barreled heavy machine gun must control the rate of fire, the barrel is too easy to overheat."

"Your Excellency, we have emphasized this point in the training of machine gunners."

"Where's the artillery?"

Today, Detroit's forts are equipped with a total of 276 cannons, mostly Napoleonic cannons, and only 31 Williams cannons, which are more advanced. The next step will be to urge the arsenal to increase its production capacity and provide us with more artillery. ”

"God willing, hopefully it's in time."

Lieutenant General Samuel Brown had already mentioned "God forbid" several times during this short conversation, and seemed to be a little unconfident, but the senior officers present wisely did not point it out and remained tacitly silent.

One of the generals of the Northern Army today is counted as one, who can say that he has confidence in dealing with the army of the Tang Kingdom?

That's too much, the northern army urgently needs a hearty victory to boost the morale of the army.

With the current production capacity of weapons in the northern United States, imitation Mini rifles are not a problem, and it is not a problem to supply sufficient round-nosed lead bullets and black powder, and the output can reach 2~30,000 pieces per month, and there can be more overtime.

The Sharps rifle has better shooting accuracy, but the manufacturing process is cumbersome and the loading is more cumbersome, so the production has not been high.

As for the imitation of the king-style rifle of the Tang Kingdom, the Northern Federation does have such a production capacity, and the biggest problem is that it cannot produce a fully charged copper-shelled bullet and a reliable thunder mercury primer.

Small-scale production is possible, large-scale industrial supply is impossible.

Every war

These were the occasion for major scientific and technological inventions, such as military short-range radios, Colt breech guns and grenades in the Crimean War.

In the North American War, there was the first naval battle of steam ironclad warships, the full promotion of photographic technology and cable telegraph, Europe began to promote the laying of transatlantic wired cables, the application of advanced bolt-action rifles and the emergence of submarines, long-pole torpedoes, etc. are all major scientific and technological application inventions.

The endless advanced weapons of the Tang Kingdom firmly suppressed the Northern Army and made them suffer a lot in the war, and the lesson can be described as profound!

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