Chapter 677 President Liang Is Such a Gentleman

Chapter 670 President Liang is really a gentleman

"There are still Northern Army troops that dare to go around our flanks and prepare to fight a mobile war with us?" Elvis was quite surprised when he heard the news. He couldn't help but look at this Northern Army troop and their commander who dared to go around their flanks with new eyes.

Unlike the more developed Northeast region, the Northeast region has a relatively developed infrastructure and a well-developed transportation network. However, in frontier regions with a relatively low level of development like Kansas, the infrastructure is very backward.

So far, only Kansas City, located on the eastern border of Kansas, and St. Louis, Missouri, have railways in the entire Kansas. And 99% of the mileage of this railway is located in Missouri.

The courage and organization of the Maine Brigade can be said to be remarkable for being able to get rid of dependence on railways and lead a brigade of troops to march in the wilderness of northern Kansas.

"The Maine Brigade is a volunteer force, and these volunteer forces are currently one of the backbone forces of the Northern Army." Kruger said.

Although Maquik and his men did not find out which unit the Union cavalry that moved to northern Kansas was from, the infantry had already identified the infantry brigade from the flags they held as the Maine Brigade from Maine.

The sudden mobilization and expansion of the Union Army from more than 10,000 people to 300,000 people did not mean that all of these 300,000 people could be put into battle. In fact, the Union Army now relies entirely on the original standing brigade and volunteer brigade, which are only tens of thousands of troops, to support this huge army.

"Sir, give me an artillery battalion, and I will take the Mexican brigade to drive them back to Kansas City!" William Hawke, the commander of the Mexican militia brigade, volunteered to Liang Yao with a very positive attitude.

The other generals in the command center almost agreed with William Hawke's initiative.

The Mexican militia brigade, as the name suggests, is a militia brigade composed mainly of Mexicans in western Mexico. Mexico has rarely performed well in foreign wars in recent years, and the French army has recently taken Mexico in a very short time. All these things give people an inherent impression that the Mexican army is not good at fighting.

Therefore, the generals in the command center think that the Mexican Brigade is dispensable. Although its brigade commander William Hawke is not Mexican, but a real Yankee, he is also despised by his colleagues.

William Hawke's attitude is so positive, and he also wants to prove to his colleagues that although his troops are mainly composed of Mexicans, they have nothing to do with the army of the neighboring country in the south.

Not all generals agree to let the Mexican Brigade fight the Maine Brigade. The commander of the artillery brigade, Sutter, opposes it because William Hawke requires an artillery battalion to be allocated to him from the artillery brigade.

"Hawke, I don't ask you to defeat the Maine Brigade, I just ask you to stop the Maine Brigade in northern Kansas, can you do it?" Compared with defeating the Maine Brigade, Liang Yao wants to directly eat up the Maine Brigade as a whole.

At the same time, he also wants to understand through actual combat how the elite of the Northern Army fights field battles and mobile warfare.

His plan was to use the Mexican Brigade to attract and contain the Maine Brigade, and then send two regiments of the 103rd Brigade to cut off the Maine Brigade's retreat to Kansas City, and surround the Maine Brigade from both wings and annihilate it.

"I guarantee on my honor that I can! If I fail to stop the Maine Brigade, I will not have the face to continue to be the brigade commander." William Hawke issued a military order.

"Okay, I'll give you this opportunity." Liang Yao gave Hawke this opportunity.

After the senior generals left, Liang Yao left Kruger and asked him to draft a reply to Mason. Liang Yao said to Kruger: "The troops in Fort Kearny are divided into two parts, one is Mason's brigade, and the other is the two militia regiments given to him by McClellan. Tell Mason that he and his troops can leave, but the two militia regiments must surrender on the spot. The guns, ammunition, mules, horses and livestock in stock must be handed over to us intact."

"The relationship between Mason and McClellan was not good to begin with. If Mason only takes his troops back to Omaha, it will be a good show to watch." Kruger smiled maliciously.

Liang Yao did not let Mason wait too long. In Fort Kearny, the uneasy Mason received Kruger's reply that night.

The weapons and ammunition in Fort Kearny could not be taken away anyway, so he had no objection to handing over the arsenal of Fort Kearny intact to the Western Army.

However, after seeing the condition that the two militia regiments must surrender on the spot, Mason still hesitated. He knew that once he did so, the relationship between him and McClellan would never be repaired.

But after a short psychological construction, Mason reluctantly agreed to this condition.

That night, Mason convened the surviving officers to hold the last military meeting in Fort Kearny, announced the decision to break out in the early morning, and emphasized intentionally or unintentionally that the breakout would be an extremely difficult battle and that they should be prepared to sacrifice at any time.

The two militia colonels who were unaware of the situation showed fear after hearing that they were going to break out. Seeing this, Mason took advantage of the situation and allowed them to stay in Fort Kearny and surrender to the Western Army.

The two militia regiment leaders smiled happily, thanked Mason, and said a lot of nice words to praise their General Mason.

After the meeting, Mason and his defeated troops could not wait to "break out" lightly. Along the way, Mason was in an extremely nervous state, worried that the Western Army would not keep its promise.

After an hour's forced march, running more than seven kilometers, Mason finally put his mind at ease after seeing that the Western Army showed no signs of pursuing and annihilating them.

Mason, who had escaped death, sighed to the officers gathered around him: "President Liang and his generals are really gentlemanly!"

All the Northern officers and soldiers who survived the disaster nodded in agreement.

When the sky in the east was turning pale, the Western Army finally entered Fort Kearny at the urging of the two militia regiment leaders of Fort Kearny and accepted the surrender of the defenders.

"This is the first time I've seen such a hurry to surrender." Sutter laughed jokingly.

"If you don't surrender, your artillery shells and rockets will raze Fort Kearny to the ground. How can you not be anxious?" The two militia regiment leaders argued.

No mistakes in one song, one post, one content, one look!

On May 25, 1861, the tattered Stars and Stripes over Fort Kearny was lowered and replaced by the rising White Stars and Stripes.

The 1,570 remnants of the two militia regiments cooperated very well and surrendered in an orderly manner to the Western Army that took over Fort Kearny, and handed over the military flag intact.

The Kearny Fort Group, which was built by the Northern Federation at great expense and praised by the Northern elites, only lasted less than two weeks under the artillery fire of the Western Army.

The North's strategic attempt to block the Western Army's eastward exit with the Kearny Fort Group and restrict the Western forces to the North Platte River Valley was completely bankrupt.

In the battle of the Kearny Fort Group, Liang Yao reaped a lot of rewards. From the five forts, he seized 186 Napoleon cannons that were still usable, 6 unknown cannons (Parrott cannons), 31 mortars, 4,750 guns of various types, 1.21 million rifle bullets of various colors, 53,642 artillery shells of various calibers, and 31,800 pounds of gunpowder.

The rest of the captured military supplies include 840 horses, 210 cattle, 145 mules, 440 sheep, 565 pigs, and 24 tons of dry feed.

230,000 pounds of military rations (dry food, canned food, pickled meat, pickled vegetables), and more than 40,000 gallons of various alcoholic beverages.

3,750 packs of bandages, 2,080 bottles of painkillers, disinfectants, etc.

4,600 beddings and blankets, 600 military tents, 1,300 tools, etc.

America is worthy of being the largest horse producing country. The five garrisoned infantry regiments can gather nearly a thousand military mules and horses.

After reading this long list, Liang Yao couldn't help but sigh that America during the Civil War had already revealed an amazing war potential.