1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 649 Furious Mason

"Davis and others were too indecisive, and Lincoln was worried about gains and losses." Sartre commented, "Lincoln was only a militiaman for a period of time, not a professional soldier, and his military insights were shallow. Washington was still in the South Under the front of the army, it is really not a wise move to divide our troops in Omaha at this time. "

Sartre was very puzzled by Lincoln's division of troops. From a military perspective, Lincoln's arrangement was an outright failure. As a half-military man who had served in the Union Army when he was young, Sutter knew the current situation of the Union Army very well.

The existing military strength of the Northern Army does not have an absolute advantage over the Southern Army and the Western Army. If Lincoln concentrated his forces for a decisive battle against either the South or the West, the outcome would be unpredictable. But with such a division of troops, the Northern Army's chance of winning becomes even smaller. Sartre racked his brains and couldn't figure out why Lincoln arranged it this way.

"Lincoln is a president, not a general. Naturally, he will not give priority to military considerations when considering issues. This is an issue that Scott and the others should consider." Liang Yao took a leisurely sip of tea and asked, "Lincoln is How did you win this election?"

Sartre lowered his head and thought seriously for a while, then raised his head and replied: "This is the most turbulent election since the founding of the United States of America. The rights and wrongs in it are difficult to say.

Many people attribute Lincoln's victory to the divisions within the Democratic Party, the compromises of the northern elite, the weakness of his competitors, and the irreconcilable situation between the north and the south, which gave Lincoln an opportunity. But in my opinion, the most critical reason why Lincoln was able to win this election is not because of this, but because Lincoln received strong support from the middle and lower-class citizens of the North. "

After hearing Sartre's answer, Liang Yao nodded happily. Sartre's answer was on point: "Public opinion is like water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Since Lincoln was pushed to the presidency by the fierce local public opinion in the north, , then he is bound to be carried forward by this fierce public opinion and has no choice.

Even many senators in the White House and Senate have no idea about the current situation of the federal army, not to mention the common people in the middle and lower classes, who have been brainwashed by official media for a long time. The federal military strength they perceive has far exceeded the federal military strength in reality. "

Sartre chewed on Liang Yao's words carefully. After Liang Yao's suggestion, he suddenly understood: "Lincoln must be responsible for the voters he supports. If he wants to secure the throne of the president, even if he knows that there is nothing Even if you have a chance of winning, you should still take the gamble and create a strong and glorious image for yourself.”

"Yes, the battle can be lost, but the glorious image of Mr. President cannot be damaged." Liang Yao smiled with emotion, "This is politics."

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"McClellan and Lincoln, those two sons of bitches!"

In the headquarters of Fort Kearny, Mason was furious after reading the telegram. He couldn't help but spit on his current boss, Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier Military District, McClellan, and the current president.

"Damn it! He treats the more than 3,000 Ohio men in our brigade as abandoned sons. If these fortresses I guard are lost, you won't be able to live well!"

When he learned that McClellan was sent to Omaha to take charge of the preparations for the reorganization and preparation of the second batch of 100,000 mobilization troops, Mason's mood was completely opposite to what he felt now.

Also in his headquarters at that time, Mason and his colonels and lieutenant colonels cheered happily and even held a party to celebrate.

The Kani Fortress Group is the front line of the confrontation between the Federal Army and the Western Army, so the priority should naturally be the highest. According to common sense, McClellan should increase Carney's troops as soon as possible after completing the assembly of some troops.

After all, the strength of the Mason Brigade alone was too thin compared to the Western Army, which had 40,000 to 50,000 field troops alone.

What Mason didn't expect was that McClellan had been in Omaha for two weeks, and the number of mobilized troops assembled had reached 40,000 to 50,000, including some with combat effectiveness.

Under this situation, McClellan was still nestled in Omaha and did not send any reinforcements to him. Every time he sent a message to urge him, McClellan always refused to send him to the Kearny Fortress Group on the grounds that the troops were insufficient and the new recruits needed to be trained. One soldier and one soldier. How could Mason not be furious?

What's even more irritating is that he made a clear case to Lincoln about his interests and stated that the Kearny Fortress Group was Omaha's best barrier. Once the Kearny Fortress Group was lost, the entire area west of Omaha would be flat and undefendable, and Omaha would fall. It's only a matter of time.

Unexpectedly, Lincoln's call back only had a cold sentence: follow McClellan's arrangements. This made Mason's heart freeze.

It seemed that both McClellan and Lincoln were ready to sacrifice him and his entire brigade of soldiers to buy time for training the second batch of mobilized soldiers.

Thinking of this, Mason couldn't help but feel pale and sad.

Although he holds a high position and is a brigadier general of an elite brigade, in the end he is still just a pawn of the big shots in Washington.

Mason has also heard some rumors recently. Liang Yao's attitude towards Washington is very tough, and Lincoln will never give up the border areas. If the situation continues as it is, it will only be a matter of time before the two sides go to war.

Mason was captured once by Liang Yao ten years ago, and he didn't want to be captured by Liang Yao again.

Since the Revolutionary War, there has been no precedent for high-ranking military officers being captured by the enemy in the United States, but there has never been a case where a senior military officer was captured twice by the same enemy.

Is he going to set this unprecedented humiliating precedent that will be hard to come by in the future?

"Sir, that bastard McClellan has given up on us. Since they are so cruel and can give up a brigade, why don't we withdraw?" Mason's adjutant Falco was obviously shaken.

He was an old man who followed Mason to fight in Los Angeles ten years ago and was captured by the California Regiment at that time, which is now the 101st Brigade of the Western Army.

Falco still has a clearer understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Western Army. The Wuliang Newspaper in the North, which has no bottom line and always belittles the actual combat effectiveness of the Western Army and the Southern Army, can deceive the vast number of fools, but they can't fool the front-line officers and soldiers who have fought and contacted the Western Army and the Southern Army.

"Bastard!" Mason shouted and interrupted Falco, "We are soldiers! We must live up to the flag behind us!"

Even though Mason is now dissatisfied with his superior, Brigadier General McClellan, and even President Lincoln, Mason, who was born in a military family, still abides by his bottom line and accepts this arrangement.

He was a man who attached great importance to honor. He did not want to bring shame to his family, nor did he want the 3,000 Ohio boys who followed him to the Kearny front to be embarrassed in the future. Although he himself had once thought of abandoning the Kearny fortress group and retreating to the safer Omaha.