Wild North America 1846

Chapter 326 America's Most Populous Country
The fierce fighting all night reached its climax after three o'clock, and the defense line of the Snow Mountain Division, which had repelled five large-scale attacks by the U.S. Army in a row, ushered in the most severe test.

The crazy soldiers of the Northern Army had lost their formation, bowed their waists and rushed forward on the battlefield full of corpses, less than a hundred meters away from the defense line. I don't know how many soldiers of the Northern Army are there?
in this critical time

Dozens of heavy machine guns on the entire front suddenly showed their power, devouring human lives madly with fiery death chains, like dozens of death scythes crossing and shuttling, beating those attacking American soldiers to the bone, breaking their tendons, and mowing grass. Falling to the ground, adding a touch of cruelty to this intense bloody night.

This sudden heavy-punch gun teamed up to attack, harvesting human lives with super high efficiency, suddenly awakened the American soldiers who were numb to attack, and huge fear immediately enveloped everyone, and they had to retreat like a tide.

The Orientals are too insidious, so many heavy machine guns have been hidden and not used until the last dangerous moment, which makes the upright Yankees want to cry without tears.

Seeing that the victory was only a gleam away, but they were being driven into the abyss, this kind of despair can only be deeply experienced by the US military commander who is facing the ecstasy of victory, and his whole spirit has collapsed.

After 3:40 in the middle of the night, the U.S. military no longer organized an effective offensive. Their tenacious fighting will was destroyed, and most of them had already resigned to their fate.

I've never seen such a fight, it's so bullying.

When dawn comes

The front is about 10 kilometers wide and 2.7 kilometers long. Corpses are strewn all over the battlefield in Garden City. The closer you are to the third defense line of the Snow Mountain Division, the more corpses are piled on top of each other. The wilderness is soaked in blood. Presumably the weeds will grow even more unscrupulously in the coming year.

The night's fight down
The US Sherman Corps once again lost 1.85 troops, plus the loss of more than 1.1 people yesterday, a total loss of 2.96 people. After a series of large and small combat losses, the remaining troops are now less than 6.2, their vitality has been severely injured, and their will to fight has suffered serious setbacks.

It is necessary to recuperate, even if it is only half a day, otherwise the Northern Army will blow up the camp itself.

sitting on the mound

General Sherman looked at the south with cloudy eyes. A large number of southerners were packing up the corpses, carrying the dead bodies to the carriages, and then transporting them to the rear of the battlefield for centralized processing.

But these southerners wisely did not cross the center line, only within a range of more than 1 kilometer in front of the Snow Mountain Division's position, and did not dare to get too close to the Northern Army.

According to a rough count, there are about 400 people and more than 100 carriages cleaning up the funeral for American soldiers.

Staying inside the front line, the soldiers of the Northern Army could also see the vague figures of these southerners from a distance, but no one shot them or let them vent their anger about their defeat, which was meaningless.

Whether on the Eastern Front or the Western Front, the North and the South maintained a certain tacit understanding in the American Civil War, each cleaning up its own battlefield, and would not take the initiative to attack these personnel.

Perhaps, this is the last respect for dead soldiers!

Cruel wars destroy humanity, but there is still a trace of conscience. It is the tacit insistence of the soldiers not to raise their guns against those who clean up the battlefield.

Who knows how long it will take, will there be corpses in the wilderness?

It might be possible to see more clearly with a brass monocular, but General Sherman didn't mean that at all. He just looked into the distance indifferently, and seemed to be able to see his miserable future...

If you can't break through, there is only a dead end.

But the fluttering battle flag on the enemy's defense line has already made his heart fall into the abyss, but what does the eye-catching snow mountain symbol mean?
It means that it is the Snow Mountain Division (201 Division), one of the four ace troops of the Datang Kingdom. The towering Snow Mountain symbol on the battle flag is his pride, a strong army that has experienced the bloody battle in Crimea.

No wonder last night more than 10 group charges were launched in a row, and every time they were smashed to pieces like waves hitting the reef.

The front line of the Easterners was terribly stable. Even when the tide-like attacking army attacked within a hundred meters, the steady shooting was still very rhythmic, without any panic.

General Sherman now has a deep understanding of the gap between the Northern Army and the Army of the Tang Kingdom?

That is the huge gap in the concept of army building.

The United States of America is an example of the victory of the militia over the British Empire. The whole country has been intoxicated with such glory for more than 100 years, and regards the militia as the cornerstone of the national armed forces and the backbone of the war.

Therefore, the United States of America has never paid attention to the training and construction of the standing army. In peacetime, there are as few as 3 people, and as many as 10 people. The entire Army Staff Headquarters has only more than [-] officers, including trainee second lieutenants.

Datang Kingdom is different. It pays great attention to the construction of standing army and officer echelon, and pays attention to retaining experienced sergeant team. One sergeant can effectively command the entire platoon or even the entire infantry company, thus forming a group with great combat effectiveness.

Thinking of this, General Sherman couldn't help but smile wryly;

The United States is a new country with no history. Forgot who selflessly helped white Americans defeat the British in the early days of the founding of the country?
In addition to the fanatical celebration, the role of the American militia was pushed to the altar, and since then the important position of the militia in the United States has been established. Once a war breaks out, the militia will be recruited.

Everyone selectively forgets the French who played a major role in the War of Independence. There is a saying... forgetting means betrayal.

During the American Revolutionary War

The French sent more than 10 troops to directly participate in the North American War of Independence, while the total number of American militias never exceeded 3. Almost all major battles were dominated by the French, which inflicted heavy losses on the British colonial army.

The deep-seated hatred of the French for England was undoubtedly revealed during the North American War of Independence. When the news of American independence came, Vergennes, then the French foreign minister, was very surprised. This is the best explanation.

He said:
"Thankfully, it was a unique and unexpected stroke of luck for France to get the chance to avenge the Britons.

If Britain loses its North American colonies, the British Empire will suffer immeasurable losses.

England is our natural enemy, an insatiable and treacherous enemy, and it has been her policy to disparage France.

It was therefore France's duty to take every opportunity to weaken Britain's power. (Currently) France should covertly aid the rebels. "

Therefore, the War of Independence in North America was a godsend opportunity for France. How could they miss this opportunity if they wanted to retaliate against Britain?

After the British lost the war, they also surrendered to the French, not to the so-called American militia.

In the eyes of the proud British aristocrats, they lost to the French rather than the rude and barbaric Yankees.

All of this has been selectively forgotten...

The United States can defeat the weak Mexico with militias, but it has repeatedly defeated the Eastern army armed to the teeth.

Now it seems that the US federal government (North) will taste the bitter fruit again.

General Sherman looked up at the sky, and smiled with a lonely expression;
If he can save his life and return to the north, he must do his best to convince the commander-in-chief, General Grant, and the White House of the importance of establishing a strong standing army, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

Unfortunately, such hope is slim...

It's past 2 o'clock in the afternoon
General Sherman's troops were assembled with great difficulty. The generals promised the soldiers that once they broke through the encirclement, they would receive various promotions, honors, various monetary rewards, and free disposal of prisoners and property. Launched a new attack on the defensive positions of the Snow Mountain Division.

At this moment

A piece of bad news that was enough to break people came. On the front line in the north, the flying flag of the Datang Kingdom was found. It was one of the fully staffed infantry divisions that arrived first, causing serious damage to the rear of the entire Sherman Army's front line. threaten.

Less than half an hour later, a second military flag appeared, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth military flags, which quickly formed a pressure like Mount Tai.

By this time, even a fool would understand that the window of opportunity for the Sherman Army to break through had been completely closed, and a situation of encirclement with heavy forces had formed.

The Sherman Legion is now a fish on the cutting board, not to mention attacking, it is even difficult to protect themselves.

Naturally... the attack order that was originally planned has been cancelled, and instead ordered to start crazy soil work, establish a defense line, and prepare to fight to the end.

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Chang'an, Daming Palace
After receiving the news of the victory in the Battle of Garden City, which wiped out the largest Sherman Field Corps on the Western Front of the Northern Army, the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty once again fell into a wild carnival. Tsunami-like cheers and firecrackers.

A series of brilliant victories has boosted the confidence of the people of the Great Tang Kingdom to an unprecedented level, and their sense of national identity, which is left with glory, is even stronger, and most of them are proud of the noble blood of the Tang people from the kingdom of heaven.

Inside Tai Chi Hall
Li Cha took a closer look at the victory report ahead, and his face showed such a calm expression. His mysterious premonition already knew that the Sherman Army was doomed, and it should be the fate of the hit.

If the Northern Army tried to deceive so many outstanding generals with a little trickery, Li Cha could only admit that the kingdom's military education had failed. These front-line generals were all idiots.

Facts have proved that small setbacks and difficulties are more conducive to the growth of generals.

after this battle
The Southern Army will enter a three-month period of comprehensive rest and reorganization. The Snow Mountain Division and the 205th Division will be temporarily transferred to join the Colorado Corps. After the troops are fully replenished, they will follow the Colorado Corps to march northward, officially opening the prelude to the second phase of the siege of Chicago.

In the Battle of Garden City, more than 4.6 officers and soldiers of the Northern Army were finally captured. Except for about 3.5 selected officers and heinous soldiers who were handed over to the Southerners, the remaining [-] people became the fifth slave army. , [-]th and [-]th Divisions, prepared to attack the cannon fodder troops at the Battle of Chicago.

According to the order; after more than ten days of rest and reorganization, the Colorado Corps will set off northward and arrive at the theater north of Chicago at the end of March to encircle Chicago.

届时，61万大军云集芝加哥（北方军团加强到19万人，科罗拉多兵团加上雪山师和205师共计20万人，希尔将军所部3万人，新编仆从军第1至8师共计11万人，1月份到3月份陆续登陆的大陆后备补充兵团约8万人）。

From mid-to-late April to early May, an unprecedented large-scale battle will be launched, and the intensity of the battle will not be less than that of the Eastern Front.

Li Cha was in a good mood. It wasn't just the news of the victory in Garden City, which allowed the Allied forces to completely eliminate the enemy's troubles in the south and stabilize the basic situation. It was also the good momentum of the family's growth in imports and the overall economic development in 1859.

In 1859, the royal family added three new princes and five princesses. This is the result of Richard's personal hard work. These are the royal heirs contributed by his concubines under his special control.

As for those women who came to luck casually, there was no movement in their stomachs.

The flourishing of the royal family is of course something to celebrate. No wonder the always stable Li Cha is also complacent and has a strong sense of superiority.

Another good news is that the population of the Datang Kingdom has grown rapidly, officially breaking through the 1900 million mark, reaching more than 1937 million people.

Compared with the statistics a year and a half ago, that is, at the end of June 1858, the national population was 6 million (note; this statistic excludes Costa Rica), an explosive increase of 1486.92 million.

This is due to the strengthening of the introduction of new immigrants from the mainland, the second is due to the monthly average of more than 2.6 mainland recruits, and the third is due to the natural growth of the kingdom's population, which makes the Datang Kingdom officially become the largest country in North America and even the whole of North America. America's most populous country is of extraordinary significance.

Today, in the entire Americas, Brazil is the largest country in terms of geographical territory, with a population of about 787 million, which is far lower than that of the Kingdom of Tang and the United States of America.

Due to the unprecedented tragic American Civil War, the number of immigrants from Europe has decreased year by year, from 110 million before the war to 87, 62 and 1859 in 41.

With the end of the Tang Dynasty and its participation in the North American War, the population of American immigrants in 1860 will be greatly reduced again, while the number of casualties on the battlefield will increase, and the total population will remain at a little over 1800 million.

The reason why the population has increased compared to before the outbreak of the war is because in 1857 and 1858, although faced with a large number of young male casualties in the war, due to immigration factors and high fertility rates, the US Federal Government (Northern) The population is still growing slowly.

Therefore, it is of great significance that the Datang Kingdom officially surpassed the total population of the United States Federal Government (Northern) and won the throne of the No.1 largest country in the Americas.

This seems to indicate that the American hegemony of the Datang Kingdom will be strengthened and consolidated, and every transcendence is a milestone, enough to be remembered by history forever.

(End of this chapter)