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Chapter 652: The Congressional Gentlemen Have Many Issues to Consider

Scott had been immersed in the military for many years, and had slowly climbed to the top of the American military step by step by earning military merits and accumulating seniority. He was not a man who only talked big but did nothing.

He could understand the difficulties faced by McClellan and Mason, and it was meaningless to argue about who was right and who was wrong between them at this time.

At the moment, his main concern was to gain Lincoln's approval for his carefully crafted Anaconda plan and have it passed by Congress as soon as possible.

In his position, he will do his job.

He is the marshal responsible for coordinating the overall situation and has to consider issues from a strategic level. Both McLaren and Mason are just pawns in Scott's strategic layout.

"Henry, please organize my plan and give it to the president. Make sure this plan is passed as soon as possible." Scott felt very tired. After all, he was an older man and his energy could not be compared with that of young people.

Formulating the Anaconda Plan had exhausted the last of his energy, and Scott was now extremely exhausted.

"Yes, sir." Chief of Staff Henry Halleck carefully tidied up Scott's desk and tiptoed out of the Secretary of War's office with a pile of thick planning documents.

"Sir, the navy captured envoys sent by the southern puppet regime to Britain and France during patrol. They attempted to establish diplomatic relations with Britain and France." Navy Secretary Gideon Wells, who had remained silent, reported to Scott.

Scott was calm when he heard this, as if he had expected the South to do this.

"Gideon, you are a cabinet member and you have the right to report this matter directly to His Excellency the President." Scott leaned back slightly on the chair to make his frail body more comfortable.

"Sir, I understand, but this is not a long-term solution. It is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. The puppet regime in the south will definitely continue to send envoys to Europe. Our Atlantic coastline is more than 8,000 miles long. It is impossible for our navy to intercept them every time." Gideon Wells said worriedly.

"Negotiating with Britain and France and putting pressure on them through diplomatic channels is the fundamental solution."

Scott's face darkened. Gideon Wells' words also touched his pain point. His Anaconda Plan could intercept ships from the South, but he had no right to intercept ships from Britain and France. If the ships from Britain and France really wanted to break through the defense line of the Northern Federation Fleet to transport supplies to the South, he would really be helpless.

  Do the heads of government of the two powerful countries, Britain and France, really care about the pressure from the United States?

The upset Scott interrupted Gideon Wells impatiently: "This is not something you should worry about. Go directly to report to the president. I am tired and need to rest."

Scott's python plan was soon presented to President Lincoln's desk after being organized and improved by Henry Halleck.

After carefully reading and evaluating the Anaconda Plan with cabinet members, Lincoln greatly appreciated Scott's Anaconda Plan.

Compared with the vast number of ignorant rabbis in the civilian population and the middle and lower-level officers in the army who were obsessed with making achievements, most of the senior government officials represented by the Lincoln Cabinet were relatively clear-headed.

The so-called theory of a quick victory, which is to suppress the rebellion in the South in three months and then pacify the West Coast in another three months to completely end the largest internal unrest since the founding of the United States, is impossible to achieve.

Even though Lincoln firmly believed that the North would eventually win and was very optimistic and confident about the outcome of the Civil War, he only thought that he could end the war within his first term.

Lincoln also agreed to use the stronger national strength of the Northern Union to drag down the South and the West and win the Civil War with absolute strength. Scott's Anaconda Plan coincided with Lincoln's ideas. Lincoln strongly supported Scott's plan and praised Scott in front of all cabinet members for his foresight and being the most strategic general in the federal government.

In fact, it is true that an old man in the family is like a treasure. Scott was the most outstanding senior general of the Northern Army in the early days of the Civil War. Unfortunately, Scott was too old to command specific battles on the front line.

But America is a free country and a democratic country. The fact that Lincoln and his cabinet highly recognized Scott's Anaconda Plan did not mean that the Anaconda Plan could be passed and implemented immediately.

Whether the Anaconda Plan could be successfully implemented depended on many members of Congress who knew nothing about the military, lacked an objective understanding of the South and the West, and lacked a long-term vision.

Lincoln and his cabinet only had to submit plans, while the congressional elders had many more issues to consider.

As Lincoln expected, the Anaconda Plan was opposed by more than two-thirds of the members of Congress as soon as it was submitted to Congress, and the members who opposed the Anaconda Plan were mainly from large northeastern states such as New York and Pennsylvania.

These members of Congress had their own ulterior motives. Some hoped for a quick victory, an early restoration of normal economic order, and the minimization of economic losses. Some had already begun to dream in the Capitol of dividing up the high-quality assets of the South and the West Coast after the war and taking over the cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco plantations in the South and the gold, oil, and factories in the West.

The congressmen whose seats were empty had already arrived at the front line, ready to witness history and see the Northern Federation's 100,000 strong army conquer the south and the west and accomplish the great cause of unification.

These lawmakers were no longer popping champagne at halftime; they were popping champagne to celebrate before the game even started.

"These bastards! Don't you think the front line is chaotic enough?"

Lincoln was almost vomiting blood when he learned that some congressmen could not wait to go to the Washington and Omaha fronts to watch the battle.

It would be fine to go to the front line in Washington to watch the battle. After all, the main force of the Confederate Army was only thirty miles away from Washington. As the capital, Washington not only needed security and stability on both wings and in the rear, but also needed greater strategic depth in the front. The Northern Army had to drive the Confederate Army further south to reduce the Confederate Army's space for activities. Lincoln was ready to fight the South, and the battle would begin in the next few days.

But what the hell was he doing in Omaha? Lincoln and his cabinet had not yet declared war on the Western rebels, and were still negotiating with the West to delay the outbreak of war on the Western Front as much as possible.

"I just realized that the number of votes was wrong when I was counting them, and then I found out that 46 congressmen were absent from the meeting." Lincoln's President Nicol explained to Lincoln with his head down.

What these congressmen did was indeed ridiculous. Their arrival at the front line will inevitably increase pressure on the generals at the front line, especially some congressmen who are retired military officers, who will inevitably point fingers at the generals at the front line.

If these retired officers who have been away from the military for many years were to interfere in the command and dispatch of the front line, the consequences would be disastrous and irreversible.

"Hmph! Let them go! Their legs are on their bodies, I can't control where they go." Lincoln snorted angrily, and then told Nicol, "Do more work for the senators first. There are still many senators who support the Anaconda Plan. As for the congressmen, let's wait and see. Also, send a telegram to McClellan and tell him that except for the direct orders from the War Department and me, no one has the right to interfere with his work."

"I understand, sir." Nicol said with a frown, "Sir, I am worried that this plan will be sent to Davis and Liang Yao's desks soon."

(End of this chapter)