1855 United States Tycoon

After the defeat of General McDowell, General McClellan became the former commander-in-chief of the Union army. General McClellan is a talented student who graduated from West Point. He also made great achievements in the war with Mexico. Because he always likes to imitate the emperor Napoleon's style, he was given the nickname of the little Napoleon.

In the original history, McClellan was accused by some as a parallel general. The main reason for this is that General McClellan's frequent missed fighters. For example, in the Battle of Antipam, if he boldly pursued the Southern Army, General Robert E. Lee’s army would almost certainly be wiped out. However, General McClellan did not launch a counterattack, and watched General Robert E. Lee retreat calmly with the Southern Army. Moreover, at other times, the general was always very cautious, even cautious to the point that he did not have several times the strength of the enemy, and he would never attack with a greater material advantage. Therefore, he was accused by many people as fearing the enemy like a tiger.

But on the other hand, General McClellan has basically never fought any defeats in the entire war. Moreover, he has won more than one victory in key battles. Of course, this kind of victory is when the enemy takes the initiative to attack him. And what is the effect of his active attack on the enemy? Well, basically it is a stand-off for one month, two months for a standoff, and a standoff for three months... until the opponent's logistics can no longer be used to take the initiative to retreat.

Since taking over the command of McDowell, General McClellan has devoted all his energy to defense and training the army. General McClellan told President Lincoln that he had no fewer troops than the southern side, but in terms of training, they were far worse than the Southern Army. So he needs a lot of time for training. Well, a lot of live ammunition training. In addition, considering the bonus of the trenches to the defender, he needs more and better weapons. Such as cannons, such as rear-mounted rifles, such as grenade, such as landmines, such as the MacDonald 1857 precision shooting rifle, such as a special anti-wire blasting barrel, such as more powerful pills that can give soldiers courage, such as relieve soldiers from illness Heroin, such as... Anyway, for anything that might be useful, he keeps claiming that he has insufficient reserves and keeps asking for more. So Lincoln even said to people: "Any telegram or letter received from General McClellan, you don’t need to read it. There must be a sentence in it: I need more people and more supplies. I have to take the whole The treasury was emptied, but he kept yelling to me, I want, I want it! I'm so fed up with this guy!"

Although Lincoln hated this greedy bottomless pit, General McClellan was simply too cute for Scrooge. As long as you come up with something that might be useful on the battlefield, let General McClellan take a second look, and then he will immediately ask President Lincoln: "We desperately need something like this." God, there is still something in this world. Are there any more lovable generals than General McClellan?

"Ah, Colonel Robson, what do you think of this round of drills for the Potomac Corps?" General McClellan said to Robson, looking at the troops that were rehearsing the grenade attack on the trenches of the Southern Army.

"Well, that's good. The grenade screen is well maintained, and the enemy has almost no gaps to launch a counterattack." Robson replied.

The so-called "Grenade Screen" is an enhanced version of the tactics developed by the lovely General McClellan after seeing Colonel Robson, um, at the time when he was still a lieutenant colonel in the offensive style demonstrated. He asked to dig through trenches to a distance of about forty meters from the enemy trenches before launching the final charge, and then move a large number of grenades to the front, and the specially trained soldiers will continue to throw him into the enemy trenches, as well as after the trenches. The location not only suppresses the enemy’s shooting, but also uses the smoke from the explosion to interfere with the observation of the enemy’s artillery.

This tactic has greatly ascending the army's demand for grenades. This tactic is of course the best tactic. As a result, President Lincoln’s treasury was emptied again, and McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company’s orders increased.

"The number of the Northern Army is increasing. Moreover, there is intelligence showing that they are strengthening training and preparing for an attack on us. Oh, according to highly classified information, the Northern Army is equipped with some new weapons for trench warfare. "A staff officer is introducing the information obtained to several generals.

"What kind of new weapon?" General Johnston, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, asked.

"General, there are several new weapons like this. One is called a grenade, which is an explosive weapon that can be thrown by a single soldier." The staff officer replied, "Here is the outline drawing of this weapon and some simple figures. The explanation. As for the samples, our intelligence personnel have already obtained some, and are now studying them in the rear."

The staff officer said, while distributing the information to the officers present.

"It can throw 50 meters, and the kill range is about ten to fifteen meters. Well, if it were me, I would use the tunnel digging method to approach within 50 meters, and then throw this thing into the enemy's trench. "Jackson spoke first.

"In trench operations, this thing is really useful...can we imitate this?" someone asked.

"I am afraid it will be a bit difficult. Well, just like when imitating landmines, we lack safe explosives. Therefore, we can only rely on black powder to replace it. And the explosive power of black powder is too far apart, but this thing is very heavy for weight. Sensitive, it’s impossible to just make it bigger like a landmine. If this thing is too big, it won’t be lost far.” Armory Officer Hardy replied

"This is really bad news." Johnston said. "Anything new?"

"Yes, in addition to the grenade, the North Army also got a shotgun specially used for close combat. Through a special relationship, we also got a sample, which is a shotgun that can shoot six bullets continuously ( The copycat version of Winchester M-1893). This weapon is powerful at close range, and the rate of fire is much higher than even a rifle like MacDonald 1857. The North Army is relying on this new firearm to practice one This is the so-called'trench fire team' tactics."

"Trench firepower team?" General Robert E. Lee, who served as the military adviser to President Davis, also raised his attention.

"It's a five-person combat team, including two shotgunners, two Macdonald 1857 riflemen equipped with bayonets, and a bombardier fighting with revolvers and grenades. After entering the enemy trenches, drop the bombs. First, the hand will throw a grenade at the corner of the trench; after the grenade explodes, the shotgunner will use the shotgun to quickly shoot the remaining soldiers behind the corner of the trench. As for the two riflemen, they are responsible for possible hand-to-hand combat. Well, the enemy’s. Shotguns cannot be equipped with bayonets. It is said that this thing was originally a civilian version of the shotgun produced by McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company, and the bayonet was not considered at all when it was designed."

"Can this thing be copied?" General Robert Lee asked.

"This shouldn't be too difficult. But production speed will be a big problem."

"In this way, Lee, once your junior is fully prepared, but we are not yet ready, we will face a fierce battle." General Johnston said.

"When I was the principal of West Point in 52 years, he happened to leave school, so I didn't deal with him too much. But I still learned some of his habits from others. Maybe we can use some of his Some weaknesses." Robert Lee replied.

General Robert Lee and General McClellan of the Northern Army both graduated from the famous West Point Military Academy. (At this time, West Point was just a place to train platoon-level officers) And when they graduated, they all achieved the same rank—second place. It's just that Robert E. Lee was second in 1829, and McClellan was second in 1846. Later, McClellan returned to West Point to teach military engineering in 1849, and continued to teach until 1851, that is, the year before Robert Lee returned to West Point as the principal, he happened to pass by Robert Lee.

"Lee, what are your ideas?" Johnston asked.

"This alumnus of mine is said to be a very cautious person, hardly willing to take any risks. As long as he overestimates our strength, it can delay a lot of time." General Robert Lee said.

"Didn't he follow Napoleon as an example everywhere? Napoleon is not in this style."

"Ah, this...many people's role models are actually their opposites, what they desire but cannot achieve."

"General McClellan still thinks his army is not ready to attack? When will he be ready? Do I have to increase his troops again and raise taxes again?" Lincoln looked at General McClellan The report almost fainted. In this report, General McClellan said: According to the results of reconnaissance, he found that the artillery of the Southern Army was surprisingly strong. As far as he knows, the rebels have at least more than 300 cannons. Moreover, the rebels also equipped these cannons with highly lethal British-made grenade shells. This will pose a huge threat to federal offensive attempts. In order to avoid another rout, he must gain an advantage in artillery firepower over the rebels before the battle begins. Considering the fact that the fighting quality of the rebel soldiers is higher than that of the federal army, he feels that he needs at least 500 cannons and a large number of grenade shells.

"This damn guy, besides asking me for something, can he do anything else? 500 cannons! God, how much is this? Fortunately, the Macdonald Infantry Arms Company has been able to The shrapnel is produced, and the price is much cheaper than that of the British. Otherwise... Fortunately there is also the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. But where did the Southerners come from so many artillery? This makes no sense at all? My treasury It’s almost empty, Davis’s treasury should be... how is this possible? This guy must be bragging about Haikou. As far as the financial resources of the South are concerned, in this direction, the southerners can have a hundred cannons. , But... is it because the British guys are behind? If the South splits out, it will be most beneficial to them. Recently they smuggled through the sea, and I don’t know how many weapons they provided to the South. We must contain this situation, We must stop smuggling by the British at sea. I must quickly strengthen the navy, equip it with more warships, more...damn it! It all requires more money!"

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