Chapter 678: Destroy 10,000 Enemies and Move to Omaha

Chapter 671: Annihilate 10,000 enemies and turn into Omaha

"Oh, fucking damn, these big-bellied politicians, it's so annoying to come to the front line to point fingers at me."

In Omaha City, McClellan, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army who had just gotten rid of those disgusting members, cursed.

"I really want to use my boots to kick these fat pigs in the butts!"

After the war broke out, many shrewd parliamentarians realized that the front line was an excellent show for them to conduct political shows, and brought their families to the front line to watch the battle. A small number of MPs came to the front line with a look at the fun.

The front line that lawmakers were more keen to go was the Virginia front line in the eastern core area. Because there were too many lawmakers going to the eastern Virginia front line, and the Virginia front line was already very close to the capital Washington, so there was nothing. Freshness. Soon, some congressmen took a different approach to the Nebraska front in the west to watch the show.

This has caused a lot of trouble for McClellan. McClellan, who has been busy for a long time, not only needs to meet the reasonable and unreasonable requirements of the men of Congress, but also needs to protect the personal safety of these men of Congress.

As for what the congressmen said that they would lead by example to the front line and encourage the morale of the front line soldiers.

When these MPs wore exquisite dresses and appeared spotlessly in front of the unkempt soldiers surrounded by their entourages, and pointed at the gangsters, their role was more to hit the morale of the soldiers on the front line, rather than Inspiring.

The senior officers around McClellan remained silent. Their attitude towards these congressmen who came to the front line to cause trouble was consistent with McClellan, and he wanted to send these congressmen away immediately.

But they also knew that McClellan was so quick to speak out. If these congressmen put their fat butts on McClellan's face, McClellan wouldn't have time to lick them, let alone greet them with military boots.

"Your Excellency! General Mason is back!"

When McClellan was upset, a lieutenant colonel walked into his office and reported to him that Mason had arrived in Omaha.

"Oh, damn it! Mason has the face to come back! For a whole brigade, I specially allocated a cannon regiment equipped with new cannons, two infantry regiments! He has three sturdy fortresses, but he actually has a company of three strong fortresses. I can't hold on for two weeks!" McClellan was even more furious when he heard the name Mason, and he shouted.

"Let Mason get over and see me!"

The loss of the Carney Fortress Group greatly compressed the strategic depth of the McClellan Legion, and next, Omaha, a major frontier town, will have to face the Western Army's frontier.

Obviously, this situation is something that McClellan, who is not yet prepared, doesn't want to see. Previously, McClellan was willing to make up his mind to squeeze out an artillery regiment for Mason. The reason for the two militias was that he hoped that Mason could buy him more time. Even if Mason only lasted for two months, McClellan admitted it.

In McClellan's plan, he was able to complete the training of 30,000 to 40,000 people's mobilization troops in two months, so that these northern citizens and farmers who were rushed to enlist in the army could have the basic qualities of a modern soldier.

Once his troops are reorganized, the quality gap between his troops and the Western Army will be greatly narrowed. At that time, he would not say that he would defeat the Western Army on the front battlefield, at least he would have the confidence to stabilize the front and stand invincible.

Although McClellan is only 35 years old, he is a very young federal general. But he was one of the few generals in the Federation who acted steadily and were cautious in using troops.

Unlike the blind optimism of most federal generals, before taking office in Omaha, McClellan carefully analyzed and studied the Western Army.

He concluded that the Western Army was very professional, well-equipped, and had no less practical experience than the Southern Army. Even if the North Army was mobilized in a hurry, it would not be able to defeat the Western Army in a frontal battle in the short term, even if it had a 2 times the strength advantage. .

Of course, the Western Army also has shortcomings, that is, due to the transportation capacity and logistics of the Pacific Railway, even if the entire western power is used, the upper limit of the troops that the western side can send in the central border areas is relatively low. For this upper limit, McClellan estimated that it was 80,000.

The weakness of the Western military is the advantage of the Northern Army in the Central Theater Command. After all, it is much less difficult to provide logistics supply to Omaha in the eastern region than to provide logistics supply to the North Platte Valley in the western region.

What’s hateful is that Mason gave the answer that he only lasted for two weeks in the Carney Fortress group, which is far from McClellan’s psychological expectations. His plan was disrupted by Mason's rapid dam breakdown.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid it won't work now." The lieutenant colonel lowered his head and said softly. "General Mason is telling the members of the parliament about his heroic deeds of breaking through, and the members of the parliament will keep him at tonight's dinner."

"Breakthrough?!" McClellan laughed in anger, "Then tell General Mason to tell the great, brave and fearless American hero that he would draft a telegram to the president to report on the situation of the Carney Fortress Group. No one compares He knows more about what happened there!”

After saying that, McClellan waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to go out. He wanted to think quietly about the next step of the plan alone.

After his subordinates left, McClell walked to the sand table, pulled out the small blue flag inserted on Fort Carney, and replaced it with the small red flag representing the Western Army.

McClellan's eyes were focused on northern Kansas, and from time to time he looked at the northwest mountainous areas of Nebraska.

McClellan pondered over the sand table for a long time. After careful consideration, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down the words "Maine Brigade" and "First Mercenary Regiment" on the paper.

On the night of May 29, 1861, Lincoln received two telegrams from Omaha.

One was from Mason. In the telegram, Mason explained that under his leadership, the Mason Brigade had severely damaged the Western Army at the Kearny Fort Group, annihilated 10,000 enemies, and successfully broke through to Omaha, preserving the manpower.

The other telegram was from McClellan. In addition to asking Lincoln for soldiers and money as usual, McClellan also complained to Lincoln that the congressmen kept going to Omaha to show off, which seriously affected his work.

In addition, McClellan did not mention Mason's breakout and retreat to Omaha.

"General Scott, I think the current situation in the West is not optimistic."

Two days ago, General Shenandoah led the Pennsylvania Army to penetrate the town of Manassas and caught the Confederate Army by surprise. Lincoln was not happy for long before he was severely poured with cold water by the news from the Western Front.

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

Lincoln is not a citizen who is easily fooled. Although he is not a professional soldier, he also understands that although Mason's telegram to him exaggerated the performance of Mason's brigade, the unavoidable fact is that the Northern Army lost the Kearny Fortress Group.

As for Mason's claim in the telegram that he annihilated 10,000 enemies, it is even more nonsense.

If the Western Army was really annihilated by 10,000 people, the casualties of the Western Army were at least 30,000. This means that the Western Army lost a full half of its manpower! If all this were true, the Western Army would have retreated to the Platte Valley in disgrace by now.

"It's not just not optimistic, it's terrible! Mason is really outrageous. He is simply the second Anderson! No! He is not even as good as Anderson!" Scott was extremely disappointed with Mason's performance, even though Mason was once his student.

Mason's performance reminded Scott of Anderson during the Battle of Fort Sumter. The performance of these northern juniors was really disappointing.

"Then let him enjoy Anderson's treatment and roll back from the front line!" Lincoln said coldly to Nikola on the side with a blank expression, "Nikola, send a telegram to Omaha and let General Mason return to Washington to receive the award."

Although McClellan said nothing, Lincoln knew that the relationship between McClellan and Mason was not harmonious, and it was inappropriate to let Mason continue to stay in Omaha at this time.

"Your Excellency's decision couldn't be wiser." Scott agreed with Lincoln's decision very much. Although this was the second funeral and wedding, they had to do it.

"Telegram to General Shenandoah, take Manassas! We need a real victory to boost morale!" After weighing the pros and cons, Lincoln made a decision.

Mason had just been defeated, and McClellan's Western Corps would probably find it difficult to eliminate the Western Army that had come out in full force in a short period of time. In contrast, the Northern Army had a greater advantage on the Eastern Front.

Lincoln decided to take a retreat on the Western Front, maintain the front line at Omaha, and contain the main force of the Western Army. He chose the Eastern Front as the breakthrough point, after all, the Northern Army had just won the victory in Manassas at Bull Creek, and the morale of the Pennsylvania Corps of Shenandoah was high at this time.