A large group of Confederate soldiers in gray overcoats and carrying breech-loading guns modified with Besemai rifles jumped off the military train. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info, YBDU, crowded on top of Alexandria's train battles across the river from Washington. The faint sound of artillery from the northeast added to the chaotic and tense atmosphere at the station. Now the station is full of military trains. The staff are also dressed in military uniforms. The sound of the whistle, the sound of the password. There was a thick white gas everywhere on the platform, and the officers of the alliance were sweating profusely one by one, and they hurriedly dispatched the troops crowded on the station. The soldiers, who had been urgently transferred by train from the coastal areas of the southern states, were mostly on the real front line for the first time, and they were at a loss and did not know what to do. Not only these soldiers, but even the high-ranking generals who commanded this war were a little scrambling to cause chaos by the swarming brigades.

This war was the first war in the history of mankind to use trains to mobilize troops on a large scale, and neither the Union of the North nor the League of the South had much experience in this area. It's inevitable that things will end up in chaos, but the experience gained is also extremely valuable. By the time the Civil War was over, the French and Chinese officers had a general idea of how to carry out general mobilization, how to organize railways and military production in wartime, and even more aware of the necessary rationing and gold exchange controls in the event of a full-scale war, and a vague concept of general warfare.

Of course, these valuable experiences were all drawn from one chaotic battle after another. And this is the beginning of the "Washington-Baltimore War" that later history called the fate of the Confederate States of America. The same piece of hectic.

The Confederate States of America's North Carolina Legion, South Carolina Legion, Georgia Legion, Alabama Legion, Florida Legion and other second-line armies. All received by Robert. Lee's most severe order was issued directly from the headquarters. They were asked to deliver troops to Alexandria, Virginia, as quickly as possible. The Virginia government then organized the transportation and transported them to the banks of the Potomac River, where they merged directly with the battle-hardened forces into three large battle clusters - the Northern Virginia Regiment, the Maryland Regiment, and the Peninsula Regiment, each led by Thomas Brown. Jackson, Shi Dakai and James. Conducted by Longstryt. Chief of the General Staff of the Union State, Robert. Li is in charge of the overall situation.

According to Robert. Lee's plan was that the Confederate Eastern Front would complete all military movements by January 15, 1863, excluding the Washington Corps in Washington and the West Virginia Corps in the Shenandoah River. There will be up to 400,000 troops ready to go, and there will be as many as 2,000 artillery pieces of various artillery pieces concentrated! It can be said that in addition to the Mississippi Corps, which was deployed in the central theater, it did not have time to transfer to the Eastern Front. Almost all of the forces of the Confederate Army have been concentrated on the battlefields on both sides of the Potomac River! Even the capital, Richmond, has a garrison of less than 5,000 men left. If the war is lost, the Confederate States of America will be devastated. The significance of this battle has even far exceeded the historical Battle of Gettysburg!

However, such a large-scale military movement could not be concealed by the Union Army, which was already determined to complete the battle. And President Lincoln and Admiral Scott, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Army, were the first to decide to raise the ante when they got the news!

In the original plan, the Union Army deliberately exposed its flanks, using the more than 300,000 troops besieging Washington as bait to attract the main force of the Union Army to cross the Potomac River - where the entire 500,000 troops and 3,000 artillery pieces under the personal command of Admiral Scott were already in full position! On the north bank of the Potomac River, they will take a big gamble against the invading enemy to decide the fate of the country! And the United States of America as a whole Abraham. Lincoln even gave the order to die. They must all be annihilated - either with shells or bayonets. A Chinese, French, and Mexican, who had no traitors left to clean up these federations and helped the traitors fight...... And then there are the blacks -- these blacks are the most hateful. If President Lincoln still dares to say anything about emancipating the blacks, there may be an uprising in New York!

Of course. If this gamble is lost, the streets of New York will be filled with angry or terrified crowds. Because the loss of the million-strong army assembled along the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers would also mean that there would be no force to stop the Confederates from capturing Philadelphia and New York...... Although the last time the heroic people of Philadelphia withstood the invading Confederate forces. But this time, once the alliance army wins, there will be hundreds of thousands of troops rushing in, and no force can stop it.

Once defeated, the Federation may only have one way out of the armistice and peace!

In the face of such a huge bet, Lincoln almost wanted to back down. But Admiral Scott clearly told the president that the gamble had begun, and it was too late to play now! The mobilization of 500,000 troops is not something that can be done overnight, and if the Union forces attack before the Federation forces return to their original positions, the moving troops are likely to be caught off guard.

So now, you can only grit your teeth and increase the stakes! The order to mobilize troops was issued like snowflakes, whether it was the regular Union Army, the state militia, or even the newly recruited recruits, except for the Mississippi Regiment of the Confederate Army in the central region to prevent the opportunity to raid the industrial center of the Great Lakes Legion. Even the troops that the Confederation had used to defend against the British raids in Canada were transferred to the former enemy in Maryland. Of course, more than 80 percent of the Union Army's artillery had long since been concentrated on the Maryland front, and most of the new reinforcements there were just infantry armed with rifles and bayonets.

At this point, this fraternal war between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America has finally entered the most **, and the commands of both sides have made the greatest determination to decide the future and destiny of the world with an unprecedented general battle!

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At this time, the position of the Second Army of the Ming Expeditionary Force was a busy scene. This army, which strengthened 27 black battalions, was undoubtedly the most combat-powerful elite on the side of the Union Army on the entire Eastern Front! Naturally, it is also the soul of the entire Maryland Legion, and it is the vanguard of the counterattack.

The time and place for the forced crossing of the Potomac River have been set, and the operation will begin at midnight on January 16, 1863! It's been less than 24 hours now! Every hour passed, a battalion of soldiers entered the positions near Leesburg, and horses dragged cannons swaggering into the artillery positions near the embankment. This is where the Battle of Poolesville, where the Confederates defeated the Union Army. Now it's up to the Goddess of Victory to visit the Confederate States of America for the second time!

Veteran Mao Zhongmin and black warlord Zeng Ke. O'Hara, commanding more than 1,200 officers and men, was the vanguard of the vanguards, and would be the first to set foot on the other side of the Pomatok River - in fact, the two of them had already been to the other side many times. Knowledgeable about the deployment of the Federal Army there. There was no large enemy force on the other side of the river, which was very puzzling, and Mao Zhongmin thought it was a trap! It was the Federation Army who deliberately let them cross the river, and a backwater battle would soon take place! And Zengke. O'Hara sees this as another chance for him to make a difference...... The order to promote him to the regiment commander has been issued, he is now the de facto regiment commander, and the other two black battalions assigned to the 11th Regiment of the 4th Division of the 2nd Army of the Expeditionary Force, where Mao Zhongmin is located, have already belonged to Zeng Ke! He has already used the preparation time before the start of the battle to reorganize his three battalions, firmly grasp the power of the army, and wait for the end of this battle to officially be promoted to regimental commander! And he also knew that this battle was likely to be the key to his promotion again! (To be continued.) )