Wild North America 1846

Detroit

Guarding Detroit is Lieutenant General Samuel Brown, a veteran of the Northern Army. He is also one of the generals with the most experience in fighting the Union forces so far. The other two are General Grant, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, and the already outcast Xie Xi.

General Mann.

The defeat at the Battle of Chicago undoubtedly severely damaged the once-high reputation of General Grant, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army.

The commander-in-chief, who was appointed at the critical moment, has now returned to the Eastern Front battlefield to take charge of the overall situation. It is also a last resort to leave all the mess on the Western Front battlefield to Lieutenant General Samuel Brown.

From the original Civil War to today's three-way melee in North America, the unprecedentedly brutal war has lasted for four years. The United States of America has replaced three commanders-in-chief, namely General Heath Caldwell and his

His successor, General Ambrose Everett Burnside, was General Grant's turn to lead the Union Army for the third time, and he could not be replaced again.

If we continue to change generals frequently in the face of the enemy, the battle will no longer be able to continue.

The city of Detroit is located on the Great Lakes port and is named after the Detroit River, which connects Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, meaning "river of straits."

1860s

The city of Detroit is world-famous for its steel industry and wood and metal processing. It is a heavy industrial city similar to Salem in the Tang Dynasty. It has a population of 372,100 and an area of ​​about one-third of Chicago.

Detroit has been the capital and largest city of Ohio since 1805. Thanks to the city's industrialization level and construction capabilities, the entire city is now like a big fortress, and its operations are impervious to wind and rain. It is really a tough nut to crack.

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Lieutenant General Samuel Brown is also a wolf character. During the Battle of Chicago, he suffered enough from the endless attacks of the white cannon fodder stormtroopers on the coalition side. He really hated it but was unable to do anything.

The defenders died one after another, severely beating the city defenders and injuring seven, and finally allowed the Tang Kingdom's army to take advantage, which became the straw that broke the camel's back.

After learning his lesson, General Samuel Brown conducted a looting and forcible conscription of white males between the ages of 12 and 60 in the Great Lakes region during his retreat, and withdrew a large number of people to the front line of Detroit.

On the one hand, the labor force is used to speed up the construction of defensive fortresses, and on the other hand, the coalition forces are not given the opportunity to harvest the population first.

As a last resort, these people can also take up arms and go to the battlefield to enhance their own ability to fight a high-intensity war of attrition.

Although this approach caused public resentment, under the precarious war situation, there was no need to pay attention to so much and just did it directly.

In addition, General Samuel Brown followed the advice of his subordinates and organized up to 170,000 blacks who fled north into the reserve force for day and night training, preparing to use them as cannon fodder to consume the coalition's offensive edge.

Therefore, on the surface, the Northern Army accumulated 550,000 to 570,000 troops on the front line from Detroit to Cincinnati. The actual number is close to one million. The reason why black and white cannon fodder are not included in the statistics is because they have no weapons to equip them.

Not really an army.

We have to wait until the existing militiamen have suffered a number of casualties before we can squeeze out weapons and equipment for them.

After entering November

The weather suddenly turned cold, and a Canadian cold wave caused the temperature in Detroit to drop by more than 10 degrees. The sky was covered with clouds, and it seemed that the first snowstorm of this winter was brewing.

Because Detroit is located on the edge of the Great Lakes, the Detroit Canal and other water systems are developed, and the humidity in the air is high, so it is wet and cold in the cold winter.

Under such circumstances, when fighting in the wild, once heavy snow comes and the insulation measures cannot keep up, the army will suffer large-scale frostbite and attrition. That is no joke.

After the weather turned bad, the Tang Kingdom cavalry that could often be seen outside Detroit disappeared, and they all hid in warm houses in nearby towns to escape the cold. This made Lieutenant General Samuel Brown breathe a long sigh of relief.

Thank God, the bad weather came just in time!

After the Canadian cold current moves south, the nighttime temperature in Detroit has dropped to about minus 2 to 3 degrees Celsius in recent days. The cold wind howls across the wilderness and drops of water turn into ice.

In the wet and cold winter, as long as we stay in the wild, the boots on our feet will always be wet and cold to the bone. Our hands will freeze stiff after holding the rifle for more than ten minutes. The cement concrete pouring has to be stopped because it cannot solidify.

The concrete poured in such a cold weather is mixed with a large amount of ice and frost chips. It is as loose as tofu and will fall over when pushed by hand. The weight of the building will collapse on its own.

"Your Excellency General, according to experienced locals, this heavy snowstorm that has been brewing for several days will arrive in the near future, which will only take a day or two."

"This is the best news I have heard in recent times. I can finally sleep peacefully. God, the situation on the Western Front is really terrible." General Samuel Brown smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Nowadays, talking about the battlefield on the Western Front is just deceiving oneself and others. All seven states in the northwest of the United States have been occupied by the coalition forces. The vast central Great Plains have been surrendered. The battle line has approached Ohio, which has a long history of development in the east. The strategic depth has been

Being squeezed to the extreme, how could there be any battlefield on the Western Front?

If we retreat further, we will already be connected with the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

General Samuel Brown dismissed this bad information and raised the copper telescope in his hand to observe. There was no one in the wilderness, only the cold wind blew the withered and yellow bushes swaying here and there.

A bleak scene in winter.

General Samuel Brown put down the telescope in his hand, handed it to the staff officer behind him, pondered for a moment and asked, "How many imitation Minie rifles have arrived?"

"According to statistics from the Logistics Department, 136,000 Mini rifles and 8,800 Sharps rifles have been delivered so far. The weapons and equipment rate of the organized corps has reached 77.5%. It is expected that in another three months, it can basically be guaranteed

Each person has a weapon."

"This means that my soldiers still have to fight with spears and swords?"

"Judging from the current supply situation, I'm afraid this can only be the case. We lost all our artillery and most of our infantry weapons in the Battle of Chicago. We only rely on British assistance and weapons factories working overtime to produce. This is already our maximum capability.

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"I can't let soldiers use spears and swords to deal with the Eastern Legion who are armed to the teeth, not even black cannon fodder. This goes against basic moral values." Lieutenant General Samuel Brown sighed and looked at melancholy.

Wilderness, continued with deep regret in his tone;

"Thank God! But such bad weather cannot buy us three months. The Eastern Army is cunning and cunning, and will use all means to win.

But it is undeniable that they have strict discipline and do not lack the spirit of military sacrifice.

So the good days of peace will not last long, this city..."

Standing on the fortress, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown looked back at Detroit with its many buildings behind him, sighed softly and said, "It will eventually fall into the flames of war. Maybe this is its fate."

The general's words aroused the bad mood of all the senior officers present, and their eyes became melancholy.

The iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty were pressing down on the country, and every officer felt the heavy pressure on their shoulders. The suffocating feeling was simply driving them crazy.

Although they had repelled several attacks before, everyone knew in their hearts that it was because the Tang Kingdom's army did not exert any force. They only tried briefly to test the strength of the defense and then quickly retreated.

These Eastern armies were like a pack of wolves, constantly testing for weaknesses. Once they discovered a fatal flaw, they swarmed in and ferociously devoured their prey, including the famous Sherman Army. This brought trouble to all the senior generals of the Northern Army.

cast a deep shadow.

"What about the other equipment?" General Samuel Brown asked again.

"Dear General, 65 "coffee grinder" machine guns customized by the military have been equipped with the 14th, 15th and 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiments, followed by the 49th, 55th and 96th Pennsylvania Regiments, and the 11th Regiment of the New York Volunteers.

The 56th Regiment is equipped separately, and 18 "Coffee Mill" heavy machine guns will arrive next month, which will greatly enhance our defense capabilities."

"Well, this kind of single-barreled heavy machine gun must control the firing rate. The barrel is too easy to overheat."

"Your Excellency General, we have emphasized this point during the machine gunner training."

"Where's the artillery?"

"Currently, the fortresses in Detroit are equipped with a total of 276 artillery pieces, mostly Napoleon cannons. There are only 31 more advanced Williams cannons. The next step will be to urge the arsenal to increase production and provide us with more artillery."

"God bless, I hope it comes in time."

Lieutenant General Samuel Brown had already mentioned "God bless" several times in this short conversation. He seemed a little unsure, but the senior officers present wisely did not point it out and maintained a tacit understanding.

Silence.

Among the current Northern Army generals, who can say that they are confident in dealing with the Tang Kingdom's army?

That's too much nonsense. The Northern Army urgently needs a hearty victory to boost its morale.

With the current weapons production capacity in the North of the United States, it is not a problem to imitate Minie rifles. Sufficient supply of round-nose lead bullets and black powder is not a problem. The monthly output can reach 20,000 to 30,000 pieces, and even more can be achieved with overtime work.

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The Sharps rifle has better shooting accuracy, but the manufacturing process is cumbersome and loading is troublesome, so the output has never been high.

As for the imitation of the King-style rifles from the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Federation does have such production capabilities. The biggest problem is that it cannot produce fully loaded copper-cased bullets and reliable mercury-fulfilling primers.

Small quantity production is possible, but large-scale industrial supply is impossible.

every war

These were all opportunities for major scientific and technological inventions. During the Crimean War, military short-range radios, Colt breech-loading artillery and grenades appeared.

In the North American War, the first naval battle of steam ironclad battleships occurred, photography technology and wired telegraphy were fully promoted, Europe began to promote the laying of transatlantic wired cables, the application of advanced bolt-action rifles and the emergence of submarines, long-rod torpedoes, etc. were all

Major scientific and technological application inventions.

The endless advanced weapons of the Tang Kingdom firmly suppressed the Northern Army, causing them to suffer a lot in the war. The lessons were profound!