.Chapter 234: Firm determination

"Can you launch an attack on the Red Corps now?"

Chesther Arthur just swore to take over as president, but he would rather he be even the vice president now than the one. Garfield is a good man, so God urgently summoned him to avoid his heart for the current situation... This is what Chesther Arthur often said to his wife recently, and what is accompanied by this sentence is often the sigh of the new president.

"Of course you can launch an attack. However, according to General Sherman and his prediction, if the attack is launched now, the Chinese are likely to break out of the encirclement we have formed... or even directly out of the south," Robert Todd Lincoln said seriously.

"In other words, the Federal Army is no longer sure to eliminate these Chinese people?" Samuel asked again.

"No" Robert's tone was very affirmative, and at the same time he was very helpless. "The Chinese have actually defeated our South Carolina Front, and General Sherman was rushing to Jackson (the capital of Mississippi), but before leaving, he warned me that if we launched an attack now, we might be able to defeat the Chinese, but the Chinese at that time would be far more terrifying than now... and rushed out of our encirclement and suffered huge casualties. They may never be as restrained as they are now."

"Restraint?" Samuel couldn't help but become angry, "They are going to kill a hundred Colombian citizens every day. What is this called restraint? Then, what do you and me mean? "

"They will wipe out everything they encounter on the road like they did in Colorado," Robert replied calmly.

"Just like what Sherman did in the south? No wonder that Jin Zhang. Guo would treat him as an idol and he was really an excellent general." Samuel couldn't help but sarcastically. As a leader of the Democratic Party and representing the interests of the South, he hated everything Sherman did in the south... You know, Sherman directly defeated the southern states, especially Georgia, for decades, and has not recovered his vitality until now. Otherwise, with the current urgent situation and the destructive power shown by the Chinese, Georgia is still tempted to enter the country. Although this is a fear that the Chinese will suddenly return to Georgia and retaliate against the unilateral violation of the agreement in Sogia. What's wrong with the people of Georgia's hatred for Sherman?

"...What we need to do now is not to discuss whether Sherman's original approach was right or wrong... What we need to do now is to find a way to solve the Chinese. We can no longer allow them to rage on the American territory," Chessert Arthur said, knocking on the table.

"If you want to completely eliminate the Chinese, there are two plans." Robert didn't want to argue too much with Samuel. It is difficult to tell whether Sherman was right or wrong. Although the actions of the commander-in-chief of the Federal Army greatly shortened the time of the Civil War and promoted the reunification of the north and the south, it was also because of Sherman, the southern states were very unfriendly to the Federal Army, which caused great obstacles to their pursuit of the Chinese. Perhaps, the Chinese deliberately ran to the south to take advantage of the hostility of the southerners towards Sherman... The Minister of War couldn't help but think.

"Two solutions? Can't you have a direct solution that can quickly achieve your goals?" Brian asked powerlessly.

"As the current situation, any idea of ​​quickly eliminating the Chinese is unrealistic... Besides our carelessness of South Carolina, Georgia, and other states," Robert said.

"If you dare to do this, I promise that the southern states, especially Georgia, will definitely leave the Federation again... This is no joke," Samuel warned in a deep voice.

"Tell me your plan, Robert." Chessert Arthur sighed silently and signaled to Robert.

"The first plan,..." Robert paused, looked at everyone, "increased troops"

"Renew the troops?" Chessert Arthur frowned inadvertently.

"That's right. Increase the number of troops recruited again... form a stronger corps to launch a comprehensive attack on the so-called "Red corps" and completely wipe out it with absolute strength." Robert seemed not to see the difficulty on the face of the new president, and continued: "Gentlemen, we all know that the combat power of the Chinese is not worse than that of our militia. And their commander is an extremely cunning guy. Of course, if you use a more positive statement, this guy is very smart... smart and ruthless. Anyone who fights him will have a chance to start over again. Therefore, it is impossible to completely wipe out it with less than 80,000 troops. We must increase at least twice to have enough chance of winning."

"What about the second plan?" The God of Bryan is dark. Americans have a population of 30 million, and this number seems to be quite large compared to European countries... But their territory is more than 9 million square kilometers. 30 million people are distributed to more than 9 million square kilometers of land. On average, there are less than four people per square kilometer. What does this mean? It means that in the United States, as long as you are willing to work hard, even if you just farm, it will be enough for you to eat... But the same is true, this also represents the weak population base of each state. Imagine that the United States now has 38 formal states, and there are also

11 regions that have boundaries but have not officially joined the federal government. The vast majority of these states or regions have populations of only about 100,000, and the few are even tens of thousands... In this case, how many militias can they recruit into the army? In addition, if there are 30 million people, remove black people, remove white people who immigrated from Europe and have not officially joined the American nationality, their population is less than 30 million, half of which are funvs, and it is impossible to join the army. Then, at most, there are only 15 million men, and then remove the elderly and children among them... more than 10 million.

Before that, they had already recruited nearly 100,000 militias to form a federal army. One hundred thousand, which is equivalent to one hundred adult men. The proportion is already quite high. This is not counting the 40,000 troops led by Grant and Longst. The 40,000 troops were crippled by the Chinese, and there were basically not many troops who could return to the east, less than 10,000. This means that they were actually equivalent to recruiting about 13 to 14 soldiers among the 100 adult men. Can they still be recruited again? Yes, if they were recruited again, normal industrial and agricultural production would be affected. In that case, by defeating the Chinese, the price the United States would pay was extremely high.

"The second plan is to continue the plan we have already formulated and try every means to drive the Chinese into Florida." Robert certainly knew what it means to recruit soldiers again. Their current recruitment ratio is already very high, second only to the War of Independence and the Civil War. If nearly 80,000 people were recruited, the logistics work alone would be enough to crush the War Department... This is not that the American factories cannot produce those things. The key is that there is not enough time and the War Department has no relevant preparations at all. After all, the United States had only a regular army with more than 10,000 people. Who would have thought that it would suddenly go to war?

"Why can't you fight with the Chinese and defeat them? Why do you have to drive them into Florida?" Samuel was dissatisfied again. Florida is also a southern state, and it is also the southernmost state in the United States... It has rich resources and pleasant weather. Most importantly, it is also one of their Democratic base camps. He is now suspected that this political fu, which has always been controlled by the Republican Party, simply wants to use the Chinese to "repair" their southern states again.

"Florida is a peninsula with a narrow area and a sea on three sides. As long as we can drive the Chinese into it, then we only need to firmly guard the passage to the main road, and the Chinese will have no way to die. This is different from fighting on the mainland... On the mainland, once the Chinese break through the siege, the revenge that follows will be unimaginable. Gentlemen, don't forget Colorado, their experience is our lesson." Robert said in a deep voice.

"What about Florida?" Samuel asked. "If the Chinese are blocked in Florida, do you know what they will do there? Can Florida stop the Red Sè Corps with more than 20,000 people?"

"Our preliminary plan is to evacuate Florida residents to Miami in the south and to protect the city through the navy." Robert said.

"Miami? How much population can a city carry? That's a whole state," Samuel shouted.

"It's much better than the whole South being under the threat of the Chinese." Robert said.

"This..." Samuel was speechless for a moment. Robert asked rightly. Sacrifice of Florida's interests is much better than letting the Chinese wander around the southern states. You should know that a large part of those "protocol states" were members of the American Union countries at the time... And judging from the current states, although the Chinese are very strong in the south, they do not mean to march to the north. Although Samuel does not understand military affairs, he also knows that although the Tennessee Front lost its offensive ability because the South Carolina Front, which was leaning on the flank, was defeated by the Chinese, it still played a certain role in defense. Even if the Chinese forcibly marched to the north, they could still stop it. As long as there was this time difference, Sherman would definitely lead Mississippi.

The front army came in urgent need and gave the Chinese a heavy blow... You know, that was Sherman. That guy's hard blow might kill the Chinese. Of course, Samuel really didn't have much confidence in the Tennessee Front... Originally, Tennessee and South Carolina had a supportive force. As long as the Chinese attacked one side, the other would come to attack the side. Both sides cooperated to suppress the Chinese's previous arrogant momentum. The reason why the two fronts left such a gap in North Carolina was actually to leave it for the Chinese to drill. But what's the fact? When the Chinese attacked South Carolina, the Tennessee Front had not had time to react at all. "The South Carolina Front was defeated...

So, in Samuel's view, once the Chinese attack is launched again, the Tennessee Front may not have the chance to wait for Sherman's arrival... The old man's troops are still in Mississippi, and there is still an Alabama between Georgia.

"Then how do you plan to bip the Chinese into Florida?" Chessert Arthur asked again.

"Also, how do you get the Chinese to leave South Carolina?" Brian asked immediately, "The Chinese now occupy Columbia and threaten us with the lives of citizens... What do you plan to do?"

"Gentlemen, if... give too many weapons to the Chinese, those guys will cause us greater losses." Robert hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and sighed.

"In other words, you don't think the citizens of Colombia are important, let the Chinese kill, right?" Samuel jumped up suddenly.

"I didn't say that. But we all know that the Chinese ask for weapons... that is to deal with us..." Robert didn't know what to say. He could just propose two plans to deal with the Chinese, but now he really can't solve this problem... Of course, he doesn't want Colombian citizens to be killed by the Chinese, but the problem is that he and his troops will be in trouble when fighting against the Chinese. Sherman and Grant both said that the reason why the Chinese can win is because they fight hard and are not afraid of death, but why are they not afraid of death? It is because the Chinese don't want to die. The Chinese know very well what consequences will be after their defeat, so they are not afraid of it at all when they fight... Such a unit that dares to fight desperately, coupled with a scheming commander, the increase in its strength is difficult.

Calculation. This is also the reason why the federal army always loses to the other party in field battles... The soldiers of the federal team are militias, lacking training, and their weapons are similar to the Chinese, and they care about their lives. Of course, they can't beat them. The only belief they use to support their victory now is that this is the United States, their home court. Even if they can't win, as long as they can keep consuming the Chinese and exhausting the Chinese bullets, the final victory will definitely be theirs. However, the Chinese just ask for arms with the lives of citizens as the quality of the lives of citizens... There are so many cities in the south, if the Chinese go to a place, they will come back and forth. When will the battle be fought? I heard that Jin Zhang. Guo was only about twenty years old. Can he wait for decades to waste that guy to death? He hoped to have such a long life, but God may not be happy.

"I want to care about so much, I just want to say that I want to ensure the safety of Colombian citizens, especially the safety of their lives... If the government cannot agree, then we can go to Congress to discuss it." Samuel's voice was no longer loud, but the request was extremely firm.

"Secretary Lincoln, prepare all the supplies according to the Chinese's requirements." Chessert Arthur sighed helplessly. Everyone knew that Robert's worries could not spend another group of people's lives for the lives of one group of people. The soldiers were also people, but the battle between the federal army and the Chinese was only a matter of the following. If they could not give an answer immediately, the citizens of Colombia would be enough for the Chinese to kill for a few days? Those guys were slaughtering people in Colorado at the time, who dared to be careless? Although this president was really not easy to be a president, he did not want to be hurriedly ousted because of the lives of the people. And it is certain that once Samuel really broke the matter into Congress, under the pressure of the people's hearts, the Congress would definitely pass the requirement of redeeming people with weapons... In this case, why should he be a villain?

"Okay, since you ask..." Robert said helplessly.

"Weapons will be given to the Chinese, so how do you drive the Chinese into Florida next? You know, the Chinese are not that easy to deal with, and you said just now that it is difficult to fight with the Chinese on the mainland, and it is easy to get them away." Brian asked again.

"...What do you think about letting the Chinese go to Florida to get weapons?" Chessert asked with a flash of inspiration in his mind.

"Do you think the Chinese will agree?" Samuel sneered. Although Chesert Arthur agreed to his request, according to the plan of the people in front of him, the battle will eventually happen in the south... This alone is enough to make him dislike anyone here.

"The Chinese will definitely not agree." Robert smiled bitterly. He had long thought of using weapons to go to Florida, but the question is, can the Chinese be fooled? That Jin Zhang and Guo would not see how unfavorable the terrain of Florida is to the Red Sè Corps? That guy is more cunning than a fox and would definitely not agree. And if he goes to Yin* and Jin Zhang and Guo agreed, then he might have to be careful... The Chinese might set up some traps in Florida.

"I'd like to inform Sherman about this, and I hope he can come up with some ideas. Also," Brian paused, "when is he going to put the army of sixty thousand men in Mississippi?"

"In fact, the Mississippi Front should have entered Alabama, and may even have entered Georgia..." Robert pondered for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth, "General Sherman had already issued an order to the troops before returning to Washington. He would not let the Chinese continue to be arrogant."

"Georgia? He isn't he afraid that the Georgia will go against him?" Samuel said in surprise. The Georgia was extremely disgusted with Sherman, and the current situation is that the Chinese may return from South Carolina at any time... Georgia is very afraid that the Chinese will burn, kill, loot on their own land like Sherman. If she knew that Sherman secretly sent troops to his territory, she would definitely be angry.

"I don't know what Georgia will react, but I'm sure General Sherman's determination to eliminate the Chinese is extremely firm... He will not pay attention to any obstruction." Robert replied softly.
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