1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 668 Casualties

"McClellan's Union Army and the Western Army are fighting fiercely in Nebraska. The Union Army on the north bank of Bull Creek hastily assembled, and we have a clear view of their troop deployment. Now is the final step to defeat the Union Army. Good opportunity.”

In the Confederate President's Office in Richmond, Robert E. Lee made his case to Davis.

"If we miss this opportunity, we will regret it in the future. Your Excellency is also from the military and is well versed in military affairs. If this group of mobilization soldiers from the Northern Army completes their training, we will be very passive."

Davis retired with the rank of colonel. During the Battle of Buena Vista in the First Mexican-American War, Davis performed bravely and took the lead, resulting in being shot in the leg and becoming disabled.

After recovering from his injuries, then-President Bordeaux appointed Davis as a brigadier general to command the militia brigade. However, Davis believed that according to the Constitution, the power to appoint senior military officers lies with the state and not the federal government, let alone the president. He rejected President Bordeaux's appointment. This move won him profound political capital when he later abandoned the military and entered politics, and gained strong support from state rights factions, especially those in the South.

Robert Lee was not flattering Davis. As a veteran of the American military, Davis was indeed well versed in American military affairs.

However, it was precisely because Davis was well versed in military matters that he was hesitant to make up his mind to formally launch a war against the North. He prefers to use diplomatic mediation as the main method and force deterrence as a supplement to consolidate the independence achievements of the South.

"I understand the situation of the Union Army on the north bank of Bull Creek. The Army of the Potomac, the Army of Shenandoah, and the Virginia Cavalry Brigade are certainly capable of defeating these hastily assembled and severely undertrained conscripts in the north." Dai. Weiss pondered for a moment and said in a rather helpless tone.

"But have you ever thought about it? Once the war starts, the right to end the war may not be in our hands. I understand Lincoln's character. Once the war starts, if we cannot completely defeat the North, at least during Lincoln's term, we will There is certainly no way to end the war."

"Then we will defeat them completely! Liang Yao is determined to go to the north. What are you worried about?" Robert Lee was very dissatisfied with Davis's remarks.

Either choose to accept the conditions of the Federation and stay in the Federation. Now that we have completely broken up with the Federation and are still struggling with the issue of whether to start a war or not, it is very stupid to sit back and watch the fighter opportunities pass by.

"We don't have enough ammunition. We only have one arsenal in Richmond, and now we lack raw materials. The arsenal's production capacity is not even as good as before independence." Davis expressed his difficulties. "I have sent three waves of envoys to visit Britain. and France, hoping to obtain their recognition and assistance, but there has been no news so far. Our envoys may have been illegally detained by the North. "

Insufficient military production capacity is Davis's biggest concern. Davis was a soldier who had personally served in the army. He believed that the bravery and skill of southern athletes was far better than that of northerners. But the premise is to provide sufficient ammunition and military supplies to the southern athletes. Otherwise, no matter how brave and skillful the southern army is, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Davis has been waiting for a reply from Britain and France. As long as he gets the support of Britain and France, even if it is just a verbal commitment at the beginning, giving him a reassurance, he will have the courage to go to war directly in the north.

"The ammunition in stock is enough to support us in a large-scale battle." Robert Lee said, "As for ammunition, we can buy it from the west. When the French army conquered Mexico, the west also provided a large amount of arms and supplies to the French army. We I think the arms and supplies in the west must be very abundant, and at this juncture, we can still sell arms and supplies to the French army. "

"You go back to Manassas first. Regarding the war, I will hold a cabinet meeting now to discuss it before making a decision." Davis suddenly felt his eyes light up and said to Robert Lee.

The words were divided into two parts. After taking down Fort Gosenberg, Fort Cozad, and Fort Lexington, the main force of the Western Army launched a fierce attack on Fort Kearny and Fort Grande.

Fort Kearney and Fort Grande are large forts, and both in terms of firepower and garrison strength, they are stronger than the three small forts attacked previously.

Even so, the Western Army used its absolute firepower advantage to chew through the Grand Fort in four days and captured a regiment of Grand Fort defenders.

So far, among the five large and small forts in the Kearny fortress group, only Fort Kearny, which Mason personally guarded, remains.

"This Mason's bones are much stronger than they were twelve years ago. He refused to surrender even though there was a way for him to survive. Is it possible that he really wants to live and die with Fort Kearny? Be loyal to the Federation?"

After five days of fighting, Sartre couldn't help but look at Mason, his former defeated opponent, with admiration.

"Two of our companies were injured and killed by chewing Grandburg. This battle is really difficult to fight." Kruger, who had just returned from Grandburg by train, focused more on the casualties. Regarding the situation, I asked Sartre, "I heard that the artillerymen responsible for shelling the Kani Fortress have also suffered casualties in the past few days?"

During the attack on Fort Kearny and Fort Grande, the Western Army suffered its first casualties.

Although there was a regiment of the Northern Federal Army's standing army garrison in Grandburg, the two companies wounded by the Western Army were militiamen from the Utah Militia Brigade responsible for the attack. Moreover, it was a very good result to inflict such battle losses in the offensive, but K. Luger still felt very painful.

"I was careless on the first day of the war. I didn't expect the Union Army to have heavy artillery that could fire four or five thousand yards away. I accidentally lost six artillery groups to the artillery in Fort Kearny." Sartre frowned and asked Kruger, "Did the Third Artillery Regiment in Fort Grand have any casualties?"

Six artillery groups, which is almost the casualties of an artillery company. Sartre was heartbroken when he thought of this. Unlike cheap infantry, artillery is an elite force made with gold and shells.

"No, the Third Artillery Regiment has been suppressing the artillery of Grandburg, and the casualties are all the infantry responsible for the final attack and capture of the fort." Kruger replied, and he was also puzzled, "The Northern Army has a cannon that can fire four or five thousand yards? I haven't heard of it before? No matter how much the Napoleon cannon is modified, it can't fire at a range of four or five thousand yards."

"The sound of the cannon doesn't sound like the Napoleon cannon. It may be a newly developed cannon by the Federation, or it may be a new cannon they got from Europe? Does the Prussian army have such a cannon?"

Sutter pulled his sparse beard on his chin. There was no record of the Sacramento cannon being sold to the Northern Army before the war, and the sound of the cannon didn't sound like a Sacramento cannon. Sartre was very curious about what kind of cannon the Northern Army in Fort Kearny used.

"The Prussian army doesn't have a cannon that can fire so far." Kruger gave a very affirmative answer. Kruger kept in touch with his colleagues in Prussia, and he was sure that the Prussian army definitely didn't have a cannon that could fire four or five thousand yards.

"This is weird, could it be that the British sold them new cannons?" Sartre speculated wildly.