Grant looked embarrassed and forced a smile: "It's not that there are no advantages, our advantage is that all the industries in the United States are concentrated in the northeast, we have a strong military industrial base, and we also have strong enough other military materials to ensure our needs in the war, which is much stronger than the south!" ”

Guo Ye said speechlessly: "Even if your industrial base is strong, and other people's cavalry sneaks up everywhere and robs all your baggage, then it still becomes the government of the Southern Confederate?" People don't have to spend a lot of money to get the logistics, what about you? This is a naked enemy! ”

Grant and Lincoln's faces turned red, and Grant's remarks were broken by Guo Ye's words, yes, now the north has countless military supplies, which are constantly sent to the front line, but! But only a small part of them was sent to the hands of the Union Army, and a large part was either snatched away by the Confederate or burned on the spot, in order to ensure the safety of their rear communication lines and baggage transportation, nearly half of the Union Army's army was contained in the rear!

The most unbelievable thing is that most of the materials that have been produced by the hard work of the rear are the enemy, which makes people blush when they think about it, and the federal logistics troops have already become the transport captains of the Confederate army!

Grant said helplessly: "There is no way, people have a large number of cavalry, but, but the federal army does not have such an army to defend, can we not be passive everywhere?"

Cavalry?

Guo Ye's heart was also awe-inspiring, although firearms were already commonly used in this era, but the speed and impact of cavalry. It's really not something that the infantry can withstand. Perhaps only a real heavy machine gun could put an end to the era of cavalry invincibility.

Heavy machine guns?

Guo Ye's heart suddenly moved. He suddenly remembered that the birth of the first generation of heavy machine guns should have been these two years, well, yes, if I remember correctly, in 1861, the Gatling shot was completed and patented, but his heavy machine gun was not taken seriously at the beginning stage. Now, his shooting invention is still lying in his office, definitely, he must find a way to get it!

Even if you spend a lot of money, you have to buy it, even the invention patent plus people, buy it together!

Guo Ye secretly made a decision in his heart, but this news must not be told to Grant, otherwise. What I will never be able to touch, as the commander-in-chief of the US military. Want a weapon that the Americans shoot, isn't it easy to catch? Whether it is a relationship or the wealth he has, there is absolutely no way to compare with the federal government.

Guo Ye muttered: "Grant, if you want to deal with cavalry, there are only two ways, the first is to use cavalry to fight against it; The second is to use platoon tactics and large-scale heavy destruction weapons, only these two ways can be taken, the rangers are small, and it is impossible to annihilate them with heavy weapons, and the movement speed of heavy weapons is too slow, so they can only be dealt with with cavalry; As for their cavalry divisions, because of their large size, the second method can be adopted, as long as the strategy is right, there is no problem in inflicting heavy losses or even annihilating their cavalry.

Grant said with a wry smile: "If we talk about artillery and rockets, the number of our equipment is already a lot, it should be enough, but cavalry, this is not something that can be trained in a day or two, and we still lack cavalry generals, and we don't have a competent cavalry general under our hands, how easy is it to build a cavalry?" 、”

Guo Ye nodded and replied, "Yes, what you said is right, if you want to build a cavalry, it is not something that can be done overnight, then we have to adopt another method......

Grant hurriedly asked, "What's the way?" ”

Guo Ye replied: "Dig a big pit, dig a big hole as much as possible, and then let all the cavalry jump in, and the federal army will surround you from all sides and launch a large-scale war of annihilation!" ”

"Big pit?"

Grant pondered and hesitated, "What kind of big pit does this need?" It's not so easy to annihilate the Rangers in one fell swoop, their vigilance is too high......"

Guo Ye smiled faintly: "It depends on how much price you are willing to pay!" We need to come up with something of value as bait to attract a large number of Rangers to a location, then surround them on all sides, and in a battle, if not all of them, at least inflict heavy losses on them, so that they cannot launch large-scale sneak attack tactics again! ”

Grant understood, this was to lure the snake out of the hole, amazing, in such a quick time, he thought of a way to deal with the rangers, but how to prepare for this? Lure the enemy? How many Rangers lure over in one go? Encirclement? How many troops do we need to prepare for the siege?

How we can keep the Rangers in the trap when they want to break out of the siege is a detail that must be carefully considered, not an agreement that can be reached by patting the head.

Grant asked, "General Guo, how should this decoy battle be deployed?" ”

Guo Ye frowned and replied: "General Grant, I said, I am not familiar with the terrain of the United States, such a strategy, I can only propose a framework, the specific deployment and implementation still depend on you and your staff team, how many cavalry do you want to attract, then come up with at least three or even five times the number of troops, in order to be effective, otherwise, this encirclement will not be firmly established, as long as the Rangers of the Confederate Army concentrate their forces and break through in one direction, then you will definitely not be able to stop it!" ”

Grant's face was embarrassed, and he replied: "General Guo, please give me more guidance, how to use such a tactic, to be honest, I can only fight infantry, but there is really no good way to deal with cavalry......"

Guo Ye sighed, after all, the time for the founding of the United States is too short, and at the same time, the US military has experienced too few decent wars, only two wars with the British army, not soldiers, or generals have accumulated too little experience in war!

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "First of all, you need to find a key position, as well as materials of sufficient value, which is the position where the cavalry must sneak attack, this position must be dangerous or inconvenient for the cavalry to charge, in this way, the advantage of the cavalry will be reduced to the minimum, as for where the location is, you need to prepare." Second, with superior firepower, drive the cavalry in one direction, and then build a strong defensive line to block it and prevent it from passing! To ensure victory and the escape of the cavalry, you can dig trenches and trap the rangers in a certain area! ”

(To be continued.) )