1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 100

The knight holding the white flag soon arrived in front of the Confederate army. The knight jumped off his horse, holding the reins of the horse in one hand and the flag in the other, shouting like two southern soldiers running towards him: “I am a military envoy, I want to see your commander.”

After the soldiers took the necessary safety measures, they took the envoy to see Jackson.

“Hello, General. I am Captain Carter of the Union Army. I have been ordered to seek your cooperation on some business issues.” After the messenger saw Jackson, he immediately stood up and saluted him.

“I am Brigadier General Jackson of the America League, Captain. Tell me about your intentions.” Jackson said.

“General, here I have the director of the Salvation Hospital, Mr. Scrooge McDonald’s proposal on how to treat the prisoners of both sides in this war humanely. Commanded by the Cleveland Volunteer Corps Officer Brigadier-General Gardner has signed this document to assure that if there are unfortunately any members of your army captured in future battles, our army will do everything possible to give them humanitarian treatment in accordance with this proposal. I The army also had a lot of people captured during the last battle. Our army also hopes that your army will treat them in a humanitarian way.” Captain Carter said as he took out a quadruplicate from his carry-on file bag. The copy of the document was handed to General Jackson.

This document is not too long, the main content is:

In the name of God, on behalf of all my colleagues in the “Salvation” hospital, we propose to treat prisoners of war kindly during the war, so that prisoners of war must be treated and protected humanely at all times, and prisoners of war must not be physically injured or provided for any medical treatment. Scientific experiments shall not subject them to atrocities or intimidation and insults and the annoyance of public curiosity, and retaliate measures against prisoners of war are prohibited; prisoners of war, except for weapons, horses, military equipment and military documents, shall remain in the possession of prisoners of war; The accommodation, food, health and medical care of prisoners of war shall be guaranteed; prisoners of war may be detained, but shall not be imprisoned except for applicable criminal and disciplinary sanctions; disciplinary punishments must not be inhumane, cruel or endanger the health of prisoners of war; prisoners of war shall not be ordered to engage in dangerous And humiliating labor; no physical or mental torture or any other coercive method shall be imposed on prisoners of war to obtain any information, and the above spirit shall not be violated on the grounds that the prisoners of war voluntarily renounce their rights. Nor may they transfer prisoners of war to any individual or group that is unwilling to abide by the principles of this initiative.Injured or sick people should be respected and protected under all circumstances. Regardless of whether we or the enemy, such personnel should be treated and cared for humanely; no discrimination based on gender, race, nationality, religion, political opinions or other similar standards shall be allowed. Any harm to his life or brutality to his person should be strictly prohibited, especially no murder or destruction, torture, or biological experiment; no intentional refusal to give medical help and care, nor cause him to suffer from infectious diseases. Dangerous situation. Only urgent medical reasons can be diagnosed and treated in advance.

After each battle, both sides should immediately take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, protect them from robbery and abuse, and search for the dead to prevent them from being robbed. When the environment permits, an armistice or a ceasefire or partial measures should be agreed to move, exchange, and transport the wounded who are left on the battlefield and move and exchange the wounded and sick in the besieged area. Quickly register any matter that can prove the identity of each enemy injured, sick or deceased that fell into his hands, so as to inform his family members.

Medical personnel specializing in searching, collecting, transporting, treating the wounded, sick and preventing diseases, specializing in the management of medical teams and medical staff, and military chaplains, should be respected and protected under all circumstances, even in battle, Such personnel and their tools for implementing humanitarian missions shall not be regarded as legitimate targets, and warring parties shall not deliberately place such personnel and their tools in vulnerable positions. Such personnel are also not allowed to participate in combat operations in any way, and must wear eye-catching identification signs.

At the end of this document, “May God testify for me” written in Latin, and the signature of Scrooge McDonald, the director of the “Salvation” hospital, and the commander of the “Cleveland Volunteer Corps” Signature of Brigadier General Dana.

General Jackson looked at this initiative seriously, and then said to the Union envoy Captain Carter very seriously and solemnly: “Treatment of prisoners of war and all wounded and sick in a humanitarian spirit is also the basic philosophy of the Confederate States of America. I personally support such an initiative very much. Being able to sign such a document is the glory of surpassing all battlefield victory. Although this war itself is the most brutal and inhumane thing, if it can be achieved in this war With such an initiative, when we call ourselves civilized people, we will be less ashamed. Please convey me to Mr. Scrooge McDonald, Brigadier General Gardner, and all the members of the “Salvation” hospital. The respect of the medical staff.”

Then General Jackson possessed himself and solemnly signed own name on the four-point proposal with the same content. Then Captain Carter put two of them in his own file bag and raised his hand in salute to General Jackson. Then he turned and left General Jackson’s barracks, mounted his own horse, and galloped northward.

General Jackson stood at the gate of the barracks, looking at the Northern Army envoys who were going away, muttering to himself: “No matter who wins or loses, today will be the greatest day in the history of human warfare, because mankind has proved today, Even in the craziest and most barbaric times, humanitarian ideals can still radiate dazzling brilliance.”

Not long after the North Army envoys left, the tentative offensive of the Confederate League was about to begin. In order to understand the effectiveness of the Northern Army’s defenses, General Pierre Borregard also came to Jackson’s army.

“General, you are a step late and missed a historic moment.” Jackson said to General Pierre Borregard as soon as he saw him.

“At a historic moment, did the Northern Army send someone to surrender?” General Pierre Borregard joked.

“The Northern Army has sent people. Although they are not here to surrender, they are more meaningful than the surrender.” Jackson picked up an initiative from the table and handed him to General Pierre Borregard.

“This is?” General Pierre Borregard looked at Jackson suspiciously. Jackson smiled and motioned for him to keep watching.

General Pierre Borregard read the proposal carefully, and then said to Jackson: “Yes, I missed a great moment in the annals of Yongbiao. But you should be happy about it? If I come. One step earlier, it’s me who signed this place.”

“About this, I don’t want to deny it.” Jackson replied with a smile.

The tentative offense began. Although it was a tentative offense, Jackson still prepared quite seriously.

The first is shelling. In fact, Jackson himself experimented, and solid bullets pose little threat to trenches. Even the shrapnel has a mediocre effect. However, the purpose of this round of shooting was not to kill and wound the opposing personnel, but to destroy the barbed wire. However, it turns out that using solid bullets against barbed wire is simply useless. The shell broke at most one or two iron wires, but the entire fence remained motionless.

However, in order to deal with the barbed wire, Jackson not only prepared such a trick, he also prepared some long ladders for the soldiers to put on the bellows barbed wire, so that people can quickly cross it.

After the shelling, the soldiers of the Southern Army began to attack in skirmish formations. After the Confederate soldiers approached the position of the “Cleveland Volunteer Corps,” the Napoleonic guns of the federal army also began to fire.

Because the southern army uses a skirmish formation, the distance between each soldier is four or five meters, to say nothing. The efficiency of attacking such a target with solid bullets will be very low, so from the beginning, the rich and powerful Yankee used it. Shot a grenade.

There is still a difference between the so-called grenade bomb and later high-explosive bombs. In fact, he shot out a thin tin bucket full of iron beads, and waited for a certain distance to explode the tin bucket with a timed fuse to remove the iron. The beads are just thrown out. In terms of power, it is far inferior to later generations of high-explosive bombs, but the ones used to deal with infantry are much stronger than new bombs.

If the Southern Army were still using the old-fashioned close formation, this burst of grenade would be able to bring down a lot. The skirmish formation has obvious advantages in preventing shelling. Even with the use of grenade shells, before the southern army approached the barbed wire, it only defeated a dozen unlucky ones.

When they reached the barbed wire fence, the soldiers of the “Cleveland Volunteer Corps” started shooting. As a result, the casualties of the Southern Army increased immediately, and one soldier after another was knocked down in front of the barbed wire. Especially those snipers who use MacDonald’s 1857 precision shooting rifle, every time they shoot, they will almost knock down a Southern soldier who is in a dilemma in the barbed wire. However, the Southern Army showed fearless heroism. They braced the bullet rain and set up the long ladder on the barbed wire fence. Then someone jumped on the long ladder step by step and rushed forward.

It’s just that the snake belly barbed wire is a semi-soft ladder on which it is not stable at all. So the soldier who jumped up tilted his feet and fell to the barbed wire. He was hung firmly by the barbed wires, and was immediately hit by several bullets mercilessly. A lot of blood not only came out of his wounds, but also poured out of his mouth, nose and ears. The hapless guy was hung on the wire fence, convulsing, and finally died.

“Quickly, let’s hold on to the ladder.” Two soldiers from the Southern Army stood by the ladder and held the ladder so that more people could rush over. Such selfless and fearless behavior immediately made them the target of shooting. Soon they were shot several times and fell to the ground. But more hands held the ladder, and countless soldiers of the Southern Army screamed and rushed through the barbed wire from the ladder.

However, rushing through the first layer of barbed wire was only the beginning of their nightmare. Those who had crossed the barbed wire, only a few steps forward, were blown to the ground by mines buried in the ground…

“Stop the offense. This position is not something we can attack.” Jackson said.

General Pierre Borregard felt the telescope and was silent for a while, then said: “Stop it. You are right, Jackson, attacking such a position is simply…”