The emperor of the empire was doing inventions, and it would take a long time to benefit mankind. Although the first experiment was very successful, the light bulb lasted for 2 hours, which made James unable to get up the next day, but it was still far from the real practical application.︾,

There are no such things as power grid, production of light bulbs, sales, and all kinds of messy things.

So, this road is just the beginning...

In June 1864, the American Civil War had entered a critical period.

Petersburg, southeastern Virginia, is only 35 kilometers away from Richmond. It can be said that this place prevents the Southern Army from retreating!

The Southern Army was not a mud-made one. They built a very strong defense line in Petersburg. This is simply the American version of the Great Wall, city walls, trenches, trenches, and everything you can think of. The entire defense line makes people look numb, especially those with dense phobia.

You really don't know that such a line of defense really resisted the attack of the Northern Army. In the previous war, the Northern Army fought bravely, but in the end, they only left behind pieces of corpses, at least tens of thousands.

Robert Lee continued to dispatch troops to Petersburg, and this line of defense was absolutely unsuccessful, and the Northern Army did not retreat due to the previous defeat. They immediately organized a large number of troops.

Overall, the strength of the northerners has been fully revealed at this time. They seem to be not afraid of war damage at all. Even if there are more people than the Southerners, it doesn't matter. They will be able to be replenished soon, and the South is not so good.

Everyone can see that a war is about to begin again...

"How confident are you to keep Petersburg now?"

"I said, are you okay, guy? Don't delay me from packing up my guns!"

"Why are you so rude?!"

On the tall defensive position in Petersburg, there were two fair-skinned people in thick suits holding pens and books to ask questions to the soldiers wearing southern military uniforms. Every time, such questions would be rejected by these soldiers, or even sarcastic.

"I came to this place to kill people! What other politeness do I need?"

"You!" The person who asked just now had no expression, but the person next to him who seemed to be an assistant was very anxious. "Do you know who this person is?"

"I care who he is? But, hehehe. I actually saw that you two are women, right?"

"What?!"

It turned out that these two fair-skinned guys were exposed early in the morning.

"I said, you two women can come to such a place, which means that your identity is not ordinary." The soldier's eyes were slightly confused, "But this kind of place is really not something you women can come to. Look at me like this, you are still honest, but others. Hehehe..."

Is this guy really honest?

"We are just journalists, we need to do a report to inspire the morale of the people in the south." The person who asked the question just now was not afraid at all.

"That's it." The sergeant scratched his head, with oil on his hands, "It's actually nothing. I think our defense line is fine. Although the Yankees have many cannons, the people from his door can't come up. Look, the new gun in my hand is very useful. It's much easier to use than before. It can fire six bullets at a time. There was no such good thing before, so I'm going to see, we can hold on this time."

"..." These words made the reporter who asked the questioning look a little strange.

"Allie." The guy next to him made a secret conversation with his companion.

"Oh, then, how about the soldiers on the front line now, what are they eating and wearing?"

"It's OK, it can be maintained, but looking at the labels on it, it seems that they are from Cuba? I don't know much about the specifics."

Then, after asking a few more questions, the reporter left with her assistant, and they were about to interview others.

"Allie, what's wrong with you?"

"I have nothing."

"Come on! Are you thinking about your emperor lover again?"

"What?!"

Along the way, the two of them were chatting, and the emperor's lover...the reporter was called "Elie". In fact, she was Eleanor!

Why did Eleanor come here?

It's very simple. She is running a newspaper now. When she runs a newspaper, she naturally has to look for news. The news that is most concerned in the south is the situation of the civil war. Petersburg is the most important line of defense. If this place is broken, the people in Chumonte will have to run away immediately. So Eleanor will naturally come here and go deep into the front line. He is really a competent journalist and editor-in-chief.

However, there is actually another reason here, that is, Eleanor doesn’t want to stay at home!

It is now 1864. According to the customs of this era, 15-year-old girls in the United States can also get married, while Eleanor has long been over 20 years old. So, can a big family like the Li family, which is highly respected and deeply rooted, not find a husband for her?

I've looked for it much better, but Eleanor doesn't like it!

Hate to marry, the word "hate" may have come out late, but it is enough to describe Eleanor's condition at this time. But in fact, she is not hating to marry, but she has always had someone in her heart.

He is Eleanor's assistant, the emperor's lover mentioned by Mary Chesnart, Li Mengyang.

Who else can I have if it's not him?

Anyway, Eleanor knew that he would never forget that... bastard!

Yes, Eleanor’s current view of Li Mengyang is just the word “bastard”. He is simply too bastard!

Originally, he was a revolutionary, and he even started a great revolution. This was what Eleanor wanted to see, but unexpectedly, the revolution failed. Then it failed. Who has not failed? But unexpectedly, Li Mengyang became the emperor. Isn’t this stealing the results of the revolution?

You know, back then, Eleanor was also very obsessed with the theory of **. Wasn’t this bastard Li Mengyang just trying to cut off himself from the people?

This is an important reason, that is, ideology. Eleanor has a lot of opinions about Li Mengyang. But this is not the most critical. The most critical thing is...

This bastard actually has three wives now!

So, when Eleanor saw that new weapon, she naturally felt uncomfortable.

Well, Eleanor has absolutely never said about these things, but she needs to say it, Mary can feel it.

"You are just jealous!"

"What jealous am I?"

"Will you be like this if you are not jealous? If you don't get married, just..."

"You got married early, is it useful?"

These two people were just verbally quarrel, and just this Mary, she was still ready to...

"Anyway, my novels are ready. If you become a concubine in the future, I will publish the things you said in your sleep when you are fine. Hahaha... It will definitely be a big deal! I have thought of the name, how about "The Emperor in Troubled Times"?"

"What?!" Eleanor asked Cangtian speechlessly at this time, it was really a mistake to make bad friends.

"If you don't like this name, okay, change it. "Gone with the Wind" is OK?"

"not good!"

The two of them had a bickering and forgot the interview task, but at this moment, suddenly, a big bag appeared on the defensive position in Petersburg, and then!

Boom!

A loud bang directly made Eleanor and Mary Chesnart's ears lose their effect. When they saw that a huge flame burst out from the underground on a position not far away, directly turning the position there... not only the position, but also the landform of the entire land has changed!

A huge pit appeared there!

"Oh! Bastards! Yankees bastards!"

“u-k!”

"God!"

The entire Petersburg position was overturned. The power of the explosion was terrifying. No one had ever seen such a terrifying giant black cloud. Even the soldiers of the Southern Army in the distance were affected!

"Mary!"

"Eleanor!"

Fortunately, these two land-occupying journalists were fine. Their ears were just blown up and their ears were not very good for the time being. However, not many other southern soldiers seemed to die, most of them were like these two.

There was a temporary extreme chaos and stagnation on the position, because a position was opened, but everyone was so stupid that they didn't know what to do and were all confused.

"The Yankees are coming!" Eleanor cleverly, she reacted and shouted.

Yes, what will happen after such an explosion? Do you still need to ask?

"Brothers! Get ready!"

"Clutch that gap!"

"Look!"

Some people stood at a higher position, and through the thick smoke from the huge explosion, they saw that Yankees really came from afar.

It was densely packed with people wearing blue military uniforms from the north, walking neatly, playing the star and striped flag of the United States of America, beating drums, and blowing whistles!

This was definitely an extremely unfavorable battle. Both women, Eleanor and Mary, knew now that the situation in the Southern Army was extremely critical, their positions were opened, and a large number of soldiers were still confused.

"We're done!" Eleanor said, holding Mary.

"what to do?"

"If it is compromised, we will commit suicide!" Eleanor is a newsman. She knows what the Yankees do now. These bastards are breaking through cities in the south, or even not breaking through cities. Even if they meet women and children in the countryside, they will go up to commit atrocities... Those words are so disgusting!

"Yes! Let's commit suicide!" Mary also understood.

The two of them were determined, but...

There were few soldiers from the Southern Army appearing in the gap in the position. Eleanor and Mary both went up, but when the US army rushed over, they saw the dense Northern Army soldiers, which seemed to be headless flies, no, they were even more powerful than headless flies, because they rushed into the huge pit that had just been blown out with neat steps!

At this time, two words appeared in Eleanor's heart. She could not fully understand the meaning of these two words. It was what Li Mengyang often said before, but it should be when he was scolding. These two words were:

Stupid! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!