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Chapter 172 Bloody Gettysburg! What happened after that?

The wheel of history has entered 1863. In this year, the world's major events are definitely not the emperor of the New Tang Empire in the United States who created a new school of painting, or the little chicken pecking rice maps ascends to the "abstract school". The world's major events must be said to be the civil war in the United States today!

After a crushing defeat in the Battle of Antitam, the Confederacy quickly regained its face in the Battle of Fredericksburg, and they beat up the federal sergeants in the north.

It was a defensive station, and the warriors from the south hid behind the half-man-high fortification wall, where they lined up in three rows, with the people behind loading and the people in the front row shooting.

Such an arrangement, and fortifications, were still on the high ground, so no matter how the federal soldiers charged, they were left with only corpses.

So, the federal soldiers who had already captured Fredericksburg had to withdraw again. You must know that Fredericksburg is not far from Richmond.

General Robert Lee won again, but to be honest, he was really surprised, because he never thought that the Federation Army would attack Mary Heights, which was the highest hill near Furburg. With such a terrain and fortifications, the opponent actually fought over like that. This was simply... From then on, there was a lee`s-hill in Mary Heights!

In fact, Robert Lee's opponent is not an idiot, and the generals of the Northern Army are also very good at it. For example, the right wing of the Great Master is Edwin Sumner. This man is Charles Sumner's cousin, who was once a comrade to President Lincoln. They went together to wipe out an Indian rebellion called Black Hawk.

It should be said that they are also experienced commanders. But the battle is just fighting!

The accident also includes the gunpowder of a cannon exploded during the battle, almost killing Li, Stone Wall Jackson and others, if they were closer to the cannon...

Anyway, this battle was won by the South, and it was at the end of 1862 that the Southerners once again slowed down!

Since we recovered, we naturally had to fight back. So in April 1863, in Johnslerville, Virginia, a great war began again!

The result was another big victory in the South!

But in this big victory, Jackson, who made great contributions to the stone wall, lost one of his arms and died of pneumonia!

A generation of generals fell, and when Robert Lee learned the news, he sighed: "My right arm is broken!"

And Jackson, who hit Stone Wall and many senior southern generals with him, were either others or Confederate soldiers. Of course, they definitely did not do it on purpose!

Perhaps, this is destined to be an extremely strange war.

However, now it is July 1863, and another battle is coming!

I promise God that before the war between the north and the south, they did not pay much attention to such a place, that is Gettysburg.

That's right, Gettysburg is really a place that is too small to be smaller. Maybe the terrain of this place is more interesting, with two mountains together, but no one thought about going to war here in advance.

On July 1, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Robert Lee finally let his troops enter the north again. They had already arrived in Pennsylvania, but he did not expect that Richard S. Eville, the former old subordinate of Jackson, the original Stone Wall, had received news that there were many shoes in a small town in Gettysburg.

Evil was about to ask his troops to change the guy on his feet, snatch it for me to use it, and increase morale. As a result, they bumped into the cavalry in the north, and a fierce battle began!

Almost all troops from both north and south were moving closer to this town, and soon the war broke out.

As Robert Lee's loyal subordinate, Longstreet arrived later, but he did not miss the highlight. On the next day, his men fought very well.

However, some people lost their standards. As Robert Lee's student, General Stewart is now in a glorious position. He is called "Lee's Eye". As the chief officer of the cavalry, he was mainly responsible for collecting battlefield intelligence. However, after the next day, Stewart's cavalry seemed to have disappeared.

This was not the first mistake in the south. On the first day, General Earl faced a small hill, facing, facing, facing... Anyway, he just watched, but didn't send anyone to take down the hill, and the hill later became a federal army.

So, on the next day, the Southern Army's mission was actually to capture the mountain called Xiaodoun. After filling in thousands of people, they finally captured this place!

You should know that the northern defenders in this place are no longer the original 20th Maine Regiment, because the 20th Regiment has been wiped out in Newark. Without the Confucian generals like Chamberlain and the blood of the Maine people, this small dome has not been defended!

It should be said that the situation of the Southern Army has improved a little, but on the third day, many outstanding generals emerged from the Northern Army, such as a young officer named George Custer. He carried out several counterattacks, which gave the Southern Army a great headache.

"I want them to taste my awesomeness!" Robert Lee was obviously a little angry.

Before this, Longstreet made a very good suggestion, which is to stick to it and defend with the advantage of terrain, and then Lee's army can attack Harrisburg.

You know, in fact, one of the main targets of this invasion of the North is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This place is a train hub. Once it is defeated, the Northern Army will be uncomfortable. Gettysburg is actually not very important, even if there are shoes here.

Once the attack on Harrisburg is made, the Northern Army will definitely attack, and the Southern Army can defend just the right time. In fact, now that everyone has reached this point, defense is easier to kill opponents.

However, Robert Lee did not listen. So a charge began!

The leader of this charge was Pickett. The charge was also named after him, and finally...

"I have never seen such a spectacular scene!" A Northern Army officer later recalled, and what they responded was the crazy artillery fire and rows of bullets.

"We can hit the target no matter how we fight!"

Ten thousand people charged, lined up, beat drums, whistle, and just... gave the heads!

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault!" Robert Lee kept muttering like this after he was defeated.

Fortunately, although it was a big defeat, Robert Li lost 20,000 people, but it was still less than those of the Northern Army. You know, the previous one played a great role in taking down the small dome, which made the Southern Army less losses.

The Battle of Gettysburg was a battle that determined the trend of the entire civil war. After that, the Northern Army gained absolute initiative and played whatever they wanted.

This is the history that Li Mengyang knows. But now he is here, so is he going to do something?

July 22, 1863. In Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, there was a guest from afar in the mansion of President Jefferson Hamilton Davis.

"Hello, Mr. President Davis, I will introduce myself first, I, Gatlin, Richard Gatlin!"

Gatlin? Why did he run to the Confederate?

Davis naturally wanted to ask this question, "Hello, Mr. Gatlin, I don't know what you are doing this time?"

Gatlin smiled. Faced with such a situation, he really seemed familiar. He was also a president back then, and the same scene was really sad. However, this time, he was confident.

"Mr. President, I am a very direct person. I won't go around the corner. I'm here to do business with the Southern Government!"

So straightforward?!

Davis was a little surprised, but there was no unnecessary expression on his face.

In fact, Mr. Davis has an advantage in this regard, because his face on one side is necrotic. There is such a legend, and other bad things about him are really a car-mounted battle.

For example, the current mansion, some people say that this is Davis’ personal pocket, and this guy then took the benefits before he could do his job.

As for the authenticity, there is actually no need to say much, but as far as the entire Southern government is concerned, Davis is still a capable guy.

"What business?" Davis was very calm. His face was like that, but he immediately added, "I heard that you went to California with the Revolutionary Army? Could it be that the great emperor is going to do business with me?"

You can’t say that this old facial paralysis is really not for nothing!

You know, this sentence reveals a lot of information, that is, their southern government is not idiots, they have their own intelligence system, and they know who you, Gatlin, are now!

"Hahaha..." Unexpectedly, Gatlin actually smiled, "I knew Mr. Davis was a smart man!"

"Ha!" Hearing this, Davis chuckled, "Do you think I, a smart man, can do business with a traitor?"

A traitor?

Yes, the Revolutionary Army is a traitor in the eyes of Americans, but...

"If you want to talk about traitors, Mr. Davis, the Yankees see that you Dixie are also traitors? Mr. Davis, are you saying that we are a family?"

Alas, this guy Gatlin is very awesome.

"Hmph!" However, Davis snorted coldly and continued, "We are traitors, but we pursue freedom! We are always better than you guys! You are a group of troublemakers!"

Is this a scolding?

But Gatling didn't care, "Since you admit it, Mr. Davis, we are a family."

Hey, yes, they are all traitors.

"We won't do business with you!" Davis said this. He was angry just now and wanted to see off the guests.

But Nagatlin smiled and said, "Mr. Davis, if you don't do business with us, then the Confederacy will be destroyed before us!"

"What?" Davis couldn't believe that this Gatling was so bold in speaking, this...

Isn’t this cursing your country in person? (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, novels are better, updated and faster!
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