1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 652: There are many issues that the Congressmen need to consider.

Scott has been immersed in the military for many years. He earned military honors and gained qualifications to slowly climb to the top of the American military step by step. He is not a person who talks about military affairs on paper.

He could sympathize with McClellan and Mason's difficulties, and it was pointless to debate who was right and wrong at this time.

At the moment, what he was most concerned about was that his carefully formulated Python plan could be approved by Lincoln and passed by Congress as soon as possible.

In his position, he will do his job.

He is the marshal responsible for coordinating the overall situation and must consider issues from a strategic level. Both McLaren and Mason are just pawns in Scott's strategic layout.

"Henry, please sort out my plan and hand it over to the president. Make sure this plan is passed as soon as possible." Scott felt very tired. After all, he was an older man and his energy could not be compared with that of young people.

Working on the Anaconda plan had consumed the last of his energy, and Scott was now extremely exhausted.

"Yes, Your Excellency." Chief of Staff Henry Halleck carefully cleared the desk for Scott, and quietly left the Secretary of War's office with a pile of thick planning documents under his arm.

"Your Excellency, the Navy captured the envoys sent by the southern puppet regime to Britain and France during their patrol. They attempted to establish diplomatic ties with Britain and France." Gideon Welles, the silent Secretary of the Navy, told Scott The report said.

Scott was unfazed after hearing this. It seemed that the South's move had been expected by him.

"Gideon, you are a cabinet member, and you have the right to report this matter directly to the President." Scott leaned back slightly on the back of the chair to make his aging body more comfortable.

"Sir, I understand, but this is not a long-term solution. It treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The puppet regime in the south will definitely continue to send envoys to Europe. Our coastline in the Atlantic is more than 8,000 miles long, and our navy cannot Maybe intercept them every time," Gideon Wells said worriedly.

"Negotiating with Britain and France and putting pressure on them through diplomatic channels is the fundamental solution."

Scott's face darkened. Gideon Wells' words also touched on his pain point. His Python plan could intercept ships from the south, but it had no authority to intercept British and French ships. If the British and French ships really wanted to break through the defense lines of the Northern Federal Fleet to deliver supplies to the South, he really had no choice.

Do the heads of government of the two powerful countries, Britain and France, really care about the pressure from the United States?

The upset Scott interrupted Gideon Wells impatiently: "This is not something you should worry about. Go directly to report to the president. I am tired and need to rest."

Scott's Python plan was quickly presented to Lincoln's presidential desk after being organized and improved by Henry Halleck.

After carefully studying and evaluating the Python plan with his cabinet members, Lincoln greatly appreciated Scott's Python plan.

Compared with the vast number of hooligans among the people and the middle- and lower-level officers in the military who are obsessed with making achievements, most of the top government officials represented by the Lincoln cabinet are relatively clear-headed.

The so-called quick victory theory is that it is impossible to achieve the suppression of the rebellion in the south in three months and the pacification of the west coast in another three months to completely end the largest internal turmoil since the founding of the United States.

Lincoln, who firmly believed that the North could ultimately win and was very optimistic and confident about the outcome of the Civil War, only believed that he could end the war within his first term.

Lincoln also agreed to use the stronger national power of the Northern Union to overwhelm the South and West, and use absolute strength to win the Civil War.

Scott's Python plan coincided with Lincoln's ideas. Lincoln was very supportive of Scott's plan and praised Scott unstintingly in front of all cabinet members for his far-sightedness and being the most strategically visionary general in the federal government.

In fact, it is true that having an elder in a family is like having a treasure. Scott was the most outstanding senior general of the Northern Army in the early days of the Civil War. Unfortunately, Scott was too old to go to the front line to command specific battles.

But the conditions of freedom in the United States are here. The United States is a democratic country. Lincoln and his cabinet strongly approved of Scott's Python Plan. This does not mean that the Python Plan can be passed and implemented immediately.

Whether the Anaconda Plan can be successfully implemented depends on many members of Congress who know nothing about the military, lack objective understanding of the South and West, and lack a long-term vision.

Lincoln and his cabinet only had to submit plans, but Congress had many more issues to consider.

As expected by Lincoln, the Anaconda plan was opposed by more than two-thirds of the members of Congress as soon as it was submitted to Congress. And the members who opposed the Anaconda plan were representatives of the large northeastern states of New York and Pennsylvania. Lord.

These members of Congress have their own agendas. Some hope for a quick victory, restoring normal economic order as soon as possible, and minimizing economic losses. Some have already started in the Capitol to carve up high-quality assets in the South and West Coast after the war, and divide the South. The cotton, sugar cane, and tobacco plantations, and the gold, oil, and factories in the west were the great dreams of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Those congressmen whose seats were empty had already arrived at the front line, ready to witness history and see the Northern Federation's 100,000-strong army conquering the south and conquering the west to complete the great cause of unification.

Instead of popping champagne at halftime, these congressmen are popping champagne to celebrate before the show even begins.

"These bastards! Don't you think the front line is not chaotic enough?"

Lincoln was almost vomiting blood when he learned that some congressmen could not wait to watch the battle at the front lines in Washington and Omaha.

It would be fine to watch the battle at the front line in Washington. After all, the main force of the Southern Army was only more than thirty miles away from Washington. As the capital, Washington not only needed the security and stability of the two wings and the rear, but also needed greater strategic depth in the front. The Northern Army must drive the Southern Army further south to reduce the space for the Southern Army to move. Lincoln was ready to fight the South, and the battle would start in the next few days.

But what the hell was he going to Omaha to watch the battle? Lincoln and his cabinet had not declared war on the Western rebels until now, and were still negotiating with the West to delay the outbreak of the war on the Western Front as much as possible.

"I just realized that the number of votes was wrong when I was counting the votes, and then I found that 46 congressmen were absent from the meeting." Lincoln's President Nicholl explained to Lincoln with his head down.

What these congressmen did was really absurd. Their arrival at the front inevitably added pressure to the generals at the front, especially some congressmen who were retired officers, who would inevitably point fingers at the generals at the front.

These retired officers who had left the military for many years, once they intervened in the command and dispatch of the front, the result would be disastrous and irreversible.

"Hmph! Let them go! Their legs are on them, I can't control where they go." Lincoln snorted angrily, and then explained to Nicol, "Do more work for the senators first. There are still many senators who support the Anaconda Plan. As for the congressmen, let's slow down for a while. Also, send a telegram to McClellan and tell him that no one has the right to interfere with his work except for the direct orders of the War Department and me."

"Understood, sir." Nicol said with a sad face, "Sir, I'm worried that this plan will be sent to Davis and Liang Yao's desks soon."