Chapter 714 ??Lincoln: If you want to make America great, you must first recruit immigrants!

As soon as it was dawn, the streets of Harrisburg, a small town on the west bank of the Susquehanna River were already crowded with people. Women were holding children, men carrying luggage, and they were all running towards the train station. The latest battle report was posted on the sign at the station: "Gettysburg is lost, and the Southern Army is approaching."

Sherman, who had just got off the train, stood in the dispatch room of the Pennsylvania Railway Bureau, and looked as if the defeated soldiers under his devil came out of the carriage. Most of them were empty-handed, and they were so lonely that they were extremely lonely.

If it weren't for the train pulling these people back, his Pennsylvania Legion would have been wiped out by the damn Southerners.

"General, this is the list of remaining personnel counted by each army." The young staff officer Hudson trembled.

The list in my hand was rustling by the wind through the hall.

Sherman took the list handed over by the staff officer and glanced at it, and found several eye-catching Arabic numerals.

The remaining army was 15,500, the remaining army was 16,300, and the Third Army... 11,800. The three armies totaled 43,600.

This is the number after deducting death, disappearance, and serious injuries. In addition to these people, the three soldiers have a total of 70,000 wounded soldiers who need to be transferred to the rear hospital for treatment.

Previously, he brought the troops to Gettysburg to 65,000, and the number of employees was reduced by 21,400... Of course, there must be some who didn't catch the train and would come back one after another. In addition, the five thousand people who stayed in Harrisburg and Yorktown,

The Pennsylvania Legion's available soldiers are probably only over 50,000.

"Send a telegram to New York and tell the President that we were defeated in Gettysburg and lost about 20,000 people." Sherman was silent for a while and said, "The army's equipment has been severely damaged, and 30,000 rifles need to be replenished as soon as possible.

100 cannons... and a large number of recruits are needed!"

Before he finished speaking, the door of the dispatch room was pushed open suddenly, and the warm wind from the Susquehanna River poured in. John, the stationmaster of the Harrisburg Railway Station, took off his cap: "Sir, the wounded soldiers who need to be transferred to the rear have already gotten on the train, and there are not many empty cars left."

Sherman walked to the window and looked at the crowded crowd on the platform. An old woman wrapped in a coin was trying to lift a little girl into the carriage, and the child's cry was drowned out by the whistle.

"Send women and children to Philadelphia first," Sherman said. "At the same time, all adult men were recruited to dig trenches,

We must defend Harrisburg!”

In the White House banquet hall, gas lights illuminate everyone's face. President Davis's silver wine glass made a crisp sound on the long table: "Gentlemen, toast to America's cotton!"

More than 30 Southern congressmen sang "Dixy" in unison, and the song "Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton" made the windows sing.

Robert Lee, who had just returned from the Gettysburg front, stood in the corner, his military uniform was splashed with champagne. He quietly retreated behind the pillars and found Zhao Si sitting by the window and flipping through a copy of the "Bao Constitution".

"Mr. Zhao won't drink a glass?" Li handed over a glass of Bordeaux red wine.

Xianfeng shook the newspaper: "This is what the Northern Army is killed and killed?" He pointed to the exaggerated title on the front page, "Sheerman retreated to Harrisburg with 30,000 remaining troops. Is the Yankees really that great loss?"

Robert Lee smiled: "The war report can be fake, but the front line will not lie."

A sudden sound of horse hooves came from outside the window. A White House intern rushed into the hall: "Report! Illinois militia took a train into Hui County, West Virginia, and they were welcomed by West Virginia miners!"

The music ended. West Virginia refers to the coal-producing area in western Virginia, which is also a mountainous area, and there is no large plain where cotton can be grown. So West Virginia's economic pillar is coal mines, and West Virginia's coal is transported to Pittsburgh by rail to supply steel mills there. So although West Virginia is part of Virginia, the southern slave state, its economy is bound to the north, and most of its residents have moved from Europe in recent decades, and they are also looking to the north and opposing slavery. After all, the master of the Stars and Stripes of the United States would rather go to Texas to be a cowboy than go to mine coal.

Davis's face suddenly turned red: "These damn poor people who came from Europe dared to betray the Federation...::. I want to deprive them of their citizenship!"

Xianfeng approached Robert Li's ear: "Now, the front line seems to be beneficial to the north as well! But this is not the most troublesome...:::. The most troublesome thing is that the sea may be blocked by the north! The north has the second largest shipbuilding industry in the world!"

Robert Lee heard Xianfeng's words and said it was a tremor.

The industry in the north is indeed so strong that it is hopeless...\n.\n.\n.\n. Steel, coal, and shipbuilding are the second in the world, while railways are the first in the world!

Although the main forces of the US Navy are now on the West Coast and have not been loyal to the north, the north can build from scratch and can create a steam fleet at most a year, and maybe even build ironclad ships!

"Mr. President!" Robert Lee whispered, "We must buy a steam ironclad ship as soon as possible!"

In the conference room of the temporary presidential palace on Broadway Street, New York, gas lights swayed in the wind through the hall, casting erratic lights and shadows. Governor Morgan pointed a cigar at Harrisburg on the map, and the ash fell on the mark of the Pennsylvania Steel Plant.

"The steel mill in Harrisburg has a shellfish converter! If the city is lost, the arsenal in Harpersferry will have the potential to get enough steel!"

Harpers Ferry's Arsenal was the second largest gun factory in the United States before the Civil War and is currently in the hands of the Southern Federal Government.

However, without steel, it is useless to have a factory alone. At present, the only steel plant in the hands of the South is the Baltimore Iron Factory. The output of this steel plant is very low, producing 5,000 tons of iron per year. Because there is no shellfish converter, the steel production can be negligible.

Army Secretary Cameron patted his chest and promised: "Sheerman can definitely defend Harrisburg, and Colonel Grant has led the Illinois militia into West Virginia. The miners in West Virginia are all on our side! As long as West Virginia is controlled by us, the Southerners will be attacked on both sides. At that time, they will have no strength to attack Harrisburg."

Navy Secretary Wells slapped a warship drawing on the conference table: "Gentlemen, the key is the ironclad ship now! Just give me ten months...:::. The Navy can cut off the Southern Hero's throat!"

"Ten months?" California Senator, obese O'Connor, pulled his bow tie open, and sweat flowed down his neck. "But it may only take five months to buy a cylindrical ship! The president...we need quick results! I suggest asking California militia for help, they have assembled a steam cylindrical ship that can be used in offshore and inland rivers. If we can copy it, then we can at least ensure the safety of New York, Boston and Susquehanna Rivers."

"Ceek for help from the Chinese?" Secretary of State Sewardra asked with a long face, "What is the price?"

O'Connor said: "The federal government accepts Washington State.::::. and recognizes the right of California's 'white people' to move to Washington State."

"California white..." Seward snorted, "Is it a yellow person?"

Jamie O'Connor said: "California can also provide officers and veterans who participated in the Ninth Russian-Turkey War as military advisers!"

"It's a yellow man again..." Seward was about to reject O'Connor's suggestion when he heard Lincoln cough.

"If I remember correctly," Lincoln said, "there are many white people who participated in the Ninth Russian-Turkish War! Now we need them::::. So I suggest that any European immigrant who participated in the Russian-Turkish War can immediately obtain citizenship by joining the Northern Federation Army, and after two years of service, he can obtain 160 acres of Midwest land." His self-light swept across the faces of Morgan and Seward, two representatives of New York's big capital: "To make America great,

We must recruit immigrants first!”

Jamie O'Connor seized the opportunity to ask: "President, that Washington State...

Lincoln said: "I also need their ironclad plan to send 500 military advisers in California...:::. This is the condition for the federal acceptance of Washington State!"

Before the morning fog on the Yangtze River had dissipated, Tianjing, the largest city in China, had awakened and began to operate at full speed. Luo Yaoguo stood on Capitol Hill in Tianjin, and the wind of the river lifted the hem of his python robe.

Fu Shanxiang trotted and handed over a telegram from the Embassy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in France: "Your Highness, the Americans' war report."

Luo Yaoguo's eyes stayed on the words "The Great Victory of Gettysburg in the Southern Army" for a moment, and then turned to the river.

Several tugboat fleets connected to the end were dragged by small steamer, loaded with goods on the open river.

"Is there any news about Zhao Si?" Luo Yaoguo asked, "Is there any news about Jamie O'Connor?"

"Zhao Si proposed to buy the French ironclad ship in the south." Maria came up and said, "He believed that the south had lost its initiative, and the American civil war had been in a long run. The most dangerous thing for the south was that the sea transportation was cut off by the north."

"Give power to Zhao Si," Luo Yaoguo thought about it for a while, "let him tell Davis that our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has a 5,000-ton iron-armored aircraft under construction that can be shipped...:::. It is also based on the French's "Glorious" class! 36 70mm rear-mounted guns were installed, basically in stock, and you can get it if you give it money! It's a bit expensive, and it costs 350,000 pounds, which is 10,000 pounds more expensive than the British Warrior class!"

"Ninth brother," Hong Xuanjiao was stunned when he heard this, "Aren't you optimistic about the South? Why are you still exporting ironclad ships to them now?"
Chapter completed!