Chapter 327： Major General Shortfall (6-1 / 5)

The backlash brought by the pressure, Lincoln has no energy to pay attention. If there is no killing, it means that there is still room for manoeuvre. In the future, the rebellion in the south will be suppressed, and we can find ways to ease the relationship.

The worst result was nothing more than losing a state ballot. If the United States loses this war, the United States will be divided into two, and even if he handles the relationship well, he will still have to get out.

President Lincoln, who has just returned to Washington, has received bad news. Delaware next door is still not moving.

"What's going on, why is Delaware not getting it?"

It's no wonder that Lincoln was angry. Delaware is only a nominal slavery state. In fact, slavery is here in name.

There are more than 20,000 blacks in the state, and fewer than 1,800 are slaves.

The busiest Wilmington and surrounding areas are economically connected to Pennsylvania. The area of ​​this state is very small, only more than 6,000 square kilometers, and the power of plantation owners is naturally small.

The secretary of state responsible for coordinating Delaware has a blue complexion. Maryland, which had been difficult to resolve, was taken care of by the president. Delaware, which is the easiest to persuade, has been slow to achieve results.

"Originally Delaware was loyal to the Commonwealth, and in January the state legislature vote, we also had an absolute advantage.

But the involvement of the British, French, and Western countries made matters more complicated. The suppressed South factions became active with their support.

These people can't let Delaware fall south, but they have brought the state's preparations to a standstill.

In the name of opposing the civil war, they organized public demonstrations and demanded that the state government be neutral. Not long ago, 20,000 people gathered and once occupied the state legislature. "

Lincoln frowned and asked, "Why not suppress, I remember the governor of Delaware being loyal to the federal government?"

"European journalists from multiple countries have appeared in Delaware, and the envoys of the four countries, Britain, France, and the West, sent a note to the state government, expressing close attention.

The Delaware government is concerned that the crackdown by force may have unforeseen consequences and trigger power intervention. The Secretary of State replied with a complexion.

This is not the first time that the four countries have interfered in the internal affairs of the United States. Without the intervention of European powers, the southern government would not have been able to draw so many states together for independence.

In particular, the population states of Kentucky and Missouri in the west have historically been pulled over by the northern government, but now they have fallen to the southern government.

Be aware that of the fourteen states of the Confederate government, Missouri has the highest number of whites and Kentucky has the third highest number of whites.

These two states have more white people than the six least populous states in the United States combined, and their joining has undoubtedly increased the strength of the southern government.

Historically, these two states joined the Northern Government, and 40,000 people still join the Southern Army. But after joining the southern government, fewer than a thousand people are now willing to die for the northern government.

The reason is very realistic. Planters are unwilling to damage their interests and fight for their own interests.

The capitalists couldn't do it. After being seduced by the Southern Government, they calmly followed the Confederate government.

It's all in the wrongs. The plantation economy in the south hinders the development of capitalist economy, and it does not mean that capitalists are getting rich.

With cheap industrial raw materials and a market of more than 10 million people, a quarter of them have incomes that reach the middle class, a proper quality market.

The number of domestic capitalists in this market is very small, far from being fiercely competitive in the big family of the federal government, and it is very attractive to capitalists who are not very powerful.

It is easier to make money over there, and support that side, capitalists will not feel guilty in front of interests.

Public opinion has reversed, and the Southern Government has publicly promoted the Northern Government's desire to turn the South into an economic colony. Naturally, the obedient people support the Southern Government.

The southern government increased by three states, and the population increased by more than 3 million, while the northern government decreased by more than 3 million. With this increase and decrease, the strength comparison between the two sides has changed.

Of course, Lincoln didn't know about these changes. He still had full confidence in defeating the South, but he had a headache about intervention from possible European countries.

It didn't take long for the British to burn the White House. Lincoln also came from that era. Now the three countries of Faosi have been added. How can there be no fear at all?

Lincoln asked with concern: "Mr. Safar, what do the Russians say, are they willing to support us?"

It is very unwise to directly confront the British, French, Western, and Western countries. Before the World War broke out in Europe, the United States could not ignore the joint intervention of European countries.

If there are no ocean barriers, any one of the four companies with American strength can be pressed to the ground.

This has been proved in the battle of the British burning the White House. The tens of thousands of British troops have caused the United States to lose its capital, and the federal government's army is really difficult to reassure.

Foreign Minister Safar replied: "The Tsarist government is willing to support our unification war, but it is limited to diplomacy. They have limited strength in the Americas and have no way to give us substantial support."

The verbal support was useful, and the four countries, Britain, France, and the West, came to the end to help. Seeking the help of the Tsarist government naturally wanted the Russians to do something to restrain one or two powers.

Now the three countries, Britain, France, Austria, and Russia all border on the Russians, and any one of them will be restrained, which is a great diplomatic victory for the federal government.

Lincoln reluctantly said, "Don't we support their expansion in the Far East, in exchange for verbal support?"

The federal government has too few chips to buy the Tsarist government. In addition to supporting each other diplomatically, in fact, the US government can only provide very limited assistance to the tsarist government.

Now the Russians are most short of money. If the federal government has money, it can cost hundreds of millions of pounds, and the custody of the Russians can make a big news, while restraining the energy of the three countries: Britain, France and Austria.

It is a pity that the United States is not yet a rich American empire, and it is impossible to produce such a large sum of money.

The Tsarist government is also the one who does not see rabbits and eagles. There is not enough benefit. Why do they want to help the United States pull hatred?

Foreign Minister Safar defended: "Her President, this topic doesn't make any sense. The Russians are reforming. Now they need a stable international environment. They can't help us out."

It's not that he didn't work hard, but his family was too thin. He went to great lengths in exchange for the verbal support of the Russians.

This is the end of the topic, the problem cannot be solved, and it is no longer necessary to talk about it.

The Minister of War, Simon Kamei, hurried in and said eagerly: "His Excellency, the front line is urgent."

President Lincoln said calmly, "Say, what's the bad news, I can hold it."

Just glancing at the face of Saimon Kamei, he knew where it must have been and defeated the battle. It seemed that the northern army had not won since the outbreak of the war.

War Minister Saimon Kamei said with a somber face, "On May 1, 1861, the rebels launched an attack on Cincinnati. Our army fought hard for three days and nights, and finally it was defeated because it was outnumbered. Ohio was in a hurry."

Lincoln stood up immediately, grabbed the battle report, and looked up carefully. The vocabulary of art processing is omitted directly, and the summary is:

With 50,000 southern troops attacking Cincinnati, the federal government sent a 12,000 infantry division, plus 32,000 militiamen in Ohio and 21,000 militia defenses in Indiana.

It is indeed outnumbered. After ignoring the militia forces in the two states, the federal government only had an infantry division. Only one quarter of the enemy ’s strength could withstand three days.

Lincoln did not care about the passing of the war. He only knew that the infantry division sent by the federal government had less than one-third of its strength. He died or was captured by several people. The militia in the two states also suffered heavy losses. The specific data are unknown. .

"Ohio is the Great Lakes. Once the rebels occupy it, the federal government is divided by the enemy from land.

In any case, the Department of War must find a way to keep the state. We may lose militaryly, but politically we are not allowed to lose a state. "

Relying on his military knowledge of half a bucket of water, Lincoln immediately made a judgment.

Minister of War Saimon Kamei replied bitterly: "Yes, Your Excellency the President. But now we need more reinforcements. The original plan is out of date."

This battle directly made the Ministry of War understand that the enemy is not a gangland. The original plan was: the encirclement of militias in surrounding states, and the government's mobilization of 75,000 militias and regular forces, directly crushed the past.

The encirclement has now been torn open. Once Ohio falls, neighboring Pennsylvania will be reduced to a battlefield, and Pittsburgh, the American steel center, will be exposed to the southern front.

Even if the southern government has limited strength and cannot occupy it for a long time, as long as they make a major disruption, the industrial advantage of the northern government will disappear for the most part.

There is no way. The Great Lakes region is the core industrial region of the United States, and we really cannot afford to lose it. When Ohio was reduced to the battlefield, they had already suffered heavy losses.

Lincoln did not hesitate to answer: "I will issue a national recruitment order again to recruit 300,000 militia from each state to serve. But this will take time, but you still need to find your own way in a short time."

The aftermath of the unpreparedness is exposed. As long as any front is lost, the federal government will not have enough troops.

Demographic advantages and industrial advantages are just war potentials. If they cannot be converted into military power, then the potentials are always only potentials.

Minister of War Saimon Kameier said: "The federal government has a limited number of troops and there are too many places to guard. In a short period of time, we can only order militia from neighboring states to rush to reinforcements.

Considering that the enemy may attack in all directions and disrupt our troop deployment, we must have at least a 700,000 mobile troop strength to be able to put out the rebellion. "

The original plan required only 100,000 troops to extinguish the rebellion. As a result, Simon Carmel became conservative.

Lincoln asked in amazement, "Need so many troops?"

War Minister Saimon Kameier explained: "His President, based on the deployment of the enemy ’s forces, it will not be long before Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and other regions will become battlefield.

How a state falls, the political troubles we bring are inestimable. Without sufficient force, it is difficult to counterattack with full defense. "

The United States is different from other countries. As long as the federal government dares to abandon any state, they will not be able to eat it. Under the sorrow of the rabbits, these state governments surrendered directly to the south.

Lincoln said helplessly: "Well, you are professional in this area. If there are any problems that I need to solve, I can say them all together."

War Minister Saimon Kamei said embarrassingly: "Our officers have insufficient reserves and must relocate officers who have retired to serve again.

I know it has been recruited, but this is not enough. I mean recruiting those veterans who have been on the battlefield to serve as grassroots officers. The age can be relaxed to 55. "

It is indeed a veteran. In this age when the average life expectancy is less than 55 years, recruiting veterans of this age, Simon Kamei is really forced to do nothing.

High-ranking officers can promote new recruits, and the demand is not great anyway, and a careful search from the Federal Army can always be found.

There is no way out for the company officers with the largest demand. Originally, the size of the US Army was small, and officers with more than seven floors came from the South. These people left after the outbreak of the civil war.

Now with a ten-fold expansion at once, even if all active veterans are promoted to officers, Saimon Kamei can't count enough.

Can only be the second best, recruiting over-aged retired officers to return to service.

Lincoln suggested: "Is the situation serious enough? We can let military school students graduate early and serve in the army."

The Minister of War, Simon Carmel, reminded: "His Excellency, all students in the military academy and above have entered the army. As for the freshmen, they have just entered the school and have not yet learned anything."

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