1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 99

However, not all of Scrooge’s companies are working hard for the ultimate victory of the United States, and there are also some who take advantage of the chaos to demolish the federal Taiwan. For example, the MacDonald Ventures and Investment Bank has made a fortune in the country. When General McDowell planned to launch an attack, Scrooge, who was well-versed in history, had already sentenced him to death for this attack. Scrooge knew that such a big defeat in any era would cause shocks in the capital market like Shanghai. In the case that the northern capital may be seconded by the Southern Army, all the stocks of industries related to the war will fall sharply, while the price of gold will skyrocket. Before the start of this battle, due to the influence of public opinion, almost everyone believed that the Federal Army would win a big victory. This kind of publicity is simply preparing for McDonald’s venture capital bank’s wealth plan.

If you have such a good opportunity, you will be a traverser in vain if you don’t use it. So Scrooge gave an order, and McDonald Ventures Bank immediately plunged into the battle of shorting the stock market and buying gold.

As a result, General McDowell did not live up to the expectations that Scrooge had placed on him, and he simply lost a bit of a crash. So all kinds of rumors hit, the stock market fell again and again, and the price of gold grew wildly. As a result, it was natural that the McDonald Venture Bank, which was prepared in advance, made a lot of money.

With such a big market trend, everyone knows that there must be black hands behind this. In fact, some newspaper reporters have also discovered that McDonald Ventures Bank is shorting the stock market and speculating on gold and other performances. They have even prepared their manuscripts and are ready to criticize McDonald Bank for making a fortune. . However, when they submitted the manuscript, they were called back by the editor-in-chief without hesitation. The obvious reason is that “Mr. Scrooge is a patriotic example praised by President Lincoln himself, and he is now fighting for the country on the front line. At this time, because of some rumors, it is inappropriate to criticize him indiscriminately”, but In fact, the more important reason may be that the editor-in-chief has been subjected to all kinds of coercion and temptation.

Of course, as the saying goes, “the world has righteousness”, there are still great journalists who do not bow their heads under the silver bullet. The list of these people who did not surrender was given to Scrooge. It is said that Scrooge sighed after seeing the list: “Good guy, it’s a pity…” Then? Then many of these people took long vacations for some accidents, and then, um, there was no more.

So in the end, only a few small newspapers published articles accusing MacDonald Ventures Bank. But their sales are too small, um, basically there is no decent influence.

The Blackwater Force, oh no, the name is now “Cleveland Volunteer Corps.” They built a position in the most critical position on the periphery of Washington.

Compared to the Sardinian positions in the battle with the Austrians, or the trench positions set up by “Stonewall” Jackson not long ago, the Cleveland Volunteer Corps positions are much more luxurious, except for the lack of Markham heavy machine guns and squeeze attacks. The artillery is almost a replica of the defensive position during the First World War: in the firing boundary in front of the position, all the big trees have been cut down, and various obstacles hindering the firing boundary have been removed. From a distance of about 100 meters from the first trench, every 30 meters, the Cleveland Volunteers set up a bellows barbed wire fence, and between the barbed wire, they buried a large number of new defensive weapons—— Landmines.

This mine is a new product of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. It is a small iron box filled with a little explosive and a pressing fuse. In this iron box, there are not many explosives, only a few grams of TNT. Unless the hapless guy used his own head to detonate landmines, this kind of charge is absolutely undead. At best, he blows off the opponent’s feet. Well, it’s just the soles of the feet, not even the calves. Big trouble.

This practice is very popular in later generations. The reason is simple, because if the charge is too much, not only the cost is ascending (in later generations, this can almost be ignored), and more importantly, if an enemy is killed, the enemy can only prepare a small ashes for him. The box is enough. Well, maybe there is fuel for cremation. Of course, if you don’t do it well, it is not impossible to put anything in the small box to pretend to be ashes and deceive your family.

But if the soldiers just got one foot blown off, then things would be more troublesome. First of all, this soldier has completely lost his combat effectiveness. As far as the combat effectiveness of the army is concerned, he is actually no different from death, and even more troublesome than death. Because a soldier was injured in this way, two soldiers had to lift him down on the battlefield, and there were three soldiers missing immediately on the battlefield. But when he was carried to the back, he needed to be bandaged or something, and a lot of manpower and material resources were needed to take care of him. And the painful wailing of these wounded soldiers will make their own morale drop MAX.

However, for such a sinister reason, Scrooge and his subordinates would not say it. They have a more grand-sounding and even somewhat pitiful statement about this.

Soon after the Cleveland Volunteer Corps completed their defensive positions. The Confederate army, which decided to launch a tentative attack, appeared in front of their position.

“The arrangement of the Northern Army is like this…The Cleveland Volunteer Corps is at the center of the enemy’s defense in this position. From here, the enemy’s artillery can cover the entire battlefield. If you don’t take this, any one Because of its existence, all the troops will face the danger of flanking exposure. Therefore, if you want to break the defense of the Northern Army, it is necessary to take the position of the Cleveland Volunteer Corps.” General Pierre Borregard said.

“It seems that Lincoln has a lot of trust in this’Cleveland Volunteer Corps.’ Does anyone know about this unit?” General Joseph Johnston asked.

“I know a little bit.” “Stonewall” Jackson replied, “As far as I know, the backbone of this force is the mercenary of the “Blackwater” company.” Jackson looked up, and he saw the faces of the two bosses. There was a look of disapproval on all of them. He knew that in the eyes of most officers, mercenaries were nothing but gangs, and their combat effectiveness was simply not worth mentioning. So he had to remind him further:

“The mercenaries of’Blackwater’ are different from ordinary mercenaries. They even have a certain influence in the world. Not long ago, the Sardinian army under their guidance was just in the war with the Austrians. I won the victory in China. Not long ago, the trench defense tactics I used to defeat the enemy actually originated from this mercenary unit.”

Hear the introduction of “Stonewall” Jackson. The two generals put away a little contempt for mercenaries.

“Jackson, have you seen their defensive positions?” General Joseph Johnston asked.

“I’ve seen it,” Jackson said, with a painful look on his face.

“How is it?” General Pierre Borregard said. In the Southern Army, “Stonewall” Jackson is definitely an authority on trench defense, so although General Pierre Borregard himself has used a binoculars to view the positions of the Cleveland Volunteer Corps, he still wants to hear it. Jackson’s view of this defensive position.

“It’s a damn hard bone, look at it, I almost lose the courage to attack.” Jackson shook his head and said, “their tactics have been improved again. This Scrooge McDonald, really A defensive genius!”

“Scrooge McDonald, is that genius chemist? Did he invent this tactic first?” General Pierre Borregard said. But he immediately realized that this was not the time of Eight Trigrams, so he immediately said, “Let’s talk about the Yankee positions first. These things will be discussed later when you have time.”

“Okay, General.” Jackson said, “They laid some barbed wire on the position. Although these things are not indestructible obstacles, it definitely takes time to break through. And because of it, they stay within the range of the enemy’s rifle. , That’s simply a nightmare. You also know that even if the weapons used are the same, people standing in an unobstructed clearing and people hiding in the trenches shooting at each other, it’s just going to die. If it’s not for the fact that we are here, if Just retreat without any action. The damage to morale is too great. I really want to take the soldiers back directly.”

“Jackson, you are an expert in this area, and we all trust your judgment. However, retreating directly will have a great impact on morale. In any case, we still have to try to attack.” General Pierre Borregard said. “But don’t invest too many troops. Just try it out.”

“Can we use something to get our soldiers over the barbed wire quickly?” General Joseph Johnston asked.

“Can you put something on top of that thing, and let the soldiers rush over from it?” General Pierre Borregard said, “For example, a long plank and a ride on it, what do you think? Anyway, the previous battles have proved that when you use a dense formation to attack, you will find your own way. Well, Jackson, you can practice the tactics of the skirmish attack.”

“Well, I will consider it.” Jackson said.

Early the next morning, the southern army led by Jackson appeared in front of the “Cleveland Volunteer Corps” position. Jackson once again carefully observed the opponent’s position: four trenches, one after another of barbed wire, and dozens of cannons behind them.

“I really don’t want to eat something like this.” Jackson thought. At this time, he saw that a cavalry holding a white flag ran out from the opposite position. Obviously, this is an envoy of the Northern Army. At this time, what does it mean that the North Army sent envoys to its side?