Sabertooth - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Sugan Road Valley (2)

Jackson is worthy of his name, and his soldiers are not afraid of death. Although there were only more than 4,000 people, they dared to charge the opponent.

However, courage did not fill the gap of strength, and ordinary Southern Army soldiers could not stop Victor’s footsteps.

A roaring Southern Army stabbed a federal soldier and found a more valuable target: a federal officer wearing red wool pants and holding a command knife.

He didn’t know that his opponent was Victor Creed, a recently rising star in the EFF: ‘Sabretooth’.

He only knew that he was fighting for his homeland and hometown, which meant that he either killed or was killed by the other party.

These thoughts only stayed in his mind for a moment, and he launched the last charge of his life towards Victor.

While Victor grabbed the rifle from the southern soldier in his left hand, the command knife in his right hand had already crossed the opponent’s throat.

He didn’t go to see the Southern Army soldier, who knelt while covering his throat, but inserted the rifle he grabbed with his left hand into the chest of a Southern Army soldier, who tried to attack him.

After finishing all this, Victor sideways escaped the bayonet stabbed by two Southern Army soldiers, and then fixed the two rifles with his arms, one turned around, and cut off the head of their master with a command knife in his hand.

Victor, who completed the four kills, emptied this small area, but was immediately filled by soldiers on both sides, who were fearless.

But none of this could stop Victor from moving forward. Almost every step he took, one or two Southern Army soldiers fell.

But they still didn’t retreat, and instead they attacked Victor more fearlessly, but they changed their way.

No longer one or two rushed to cheer on, but formed a three-man battle group, respectively from the upper, middle and lower three ways to launch a stab at Victor at the same time.

In their view, Victor should have no choice, even if he blocked there way with his hand, and the knife blocked his way, wouldn’t there still be a way to stab him.

The reality proved that they thought too much. With the flash of the knife, the three Southern Army soldiers felt their hands light, and all three rifles were cut off.

After another flash of light, the three Southern Army soldiers only felt a cold throat, and they fell into darkness.

In this way, Victor slaughtered the Southern Army soldiers on the battlefield with great efficiency. The command knife in his hand had already been discarded because of the curling blade.

The rifle he now holds was captured by the other soldier after he crushed a Southern Army soldier. This was not the first rifle he seized. A rifle stabbed up to seven or eight soldiers in his hands. He couldn’t help breaking it.

The main thing is that this guy likes to stab people, and then flew out to smash people. This rifle can withstand such a toss, but fortunately, before the death of the Southern Army, such things as rifles were supplied in unlimited quantities and delivered to the door.

Victor didn’t have to worry about weapons at all. Besides, Victor without weapons was the most dangerous: his claws and fangs were his most powerful weapons.

However, from the scene, he can’t use it, because there are no southern soldiers, who dare to charge him again.

They only dared to form a semi-circle around him, and then retreated as his footsteps advanced. This was because Victor was rushing too fast and ahead, because there were only southern soldiers around.

As the fronts of the two sides passed, the boys of the Brooklyn 14th Regiment quickly caught up with Victor and came to his side.

The morale of the Yugoslav Army finally collapsed under the double blow of Victor and the boys of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment.

They began to turn around retreat recklessly, and soon turned into retreat.

After throwing away his weapons and equipment, he began to run towards Sugan Road Valley.

The ‘Stone Wall’ Jackson was also wrapped up by his officers and soldiers and withdrew their camp in the Sugan Road Valley.

The battle ended with 500 casualties from the Northern Federal Army and 700 casualties from the Southern Alliance.

The Federal Army, which successfully repulsed the Southern Army’s attack, did not take advantage of the situation, but immediately contacted General Buck, who was heading east to prepare to meet McDowell.

Although Jackson lost the battle, strategically, he won an almost perfect victory. The impact of this attack on the entire eastern battlefield is far-reaching and long-lasting.

On the day of receiving Jackson’s raid on the EFF, Lincoln ordered General Buck to immediately return to Sugan Road Valley and continue to clear the Southern Army, which led by Jackson.

At the same time, he also ordered that the McDowell Army, which was supposed to be heading south from Washington, should return to defend Washington to prevent attacks from the Southern Army.

The reason for the series of Lincoln’s orders was Jackson’s decisive but failed attack, which caused the EFF to judge that he had at least 10,000 troops.

This will seriously threaten the security of the capital, Washington, which President Lincoln and members of Congress in Washington will absolutely not allow.

Therefore, President Lincoln and members of Congress conscientiously returned the two elite federal troops to defense, and it was a solid solution to the operation of Washington.

But it also led to the three federal forces that originally encircled Richmond into a lone army with only McDowell.

McDowell said that he was also desperate, saying that everyone would go to Richmond and have fun together. As a result, all returned to Washington from the heart.

He was sincere, and he ordered the whole army to be stationed on the spot to stay and wait for reinforcements. In fact, it is to send a telegram every day, let General Buck hurry up.

And our Lord General Buck’s action in the Sugan Road Valley fully reflects, what is called snail-like speed.

He asked the federal soldiers to carefully search every tree and every bush. Before Jackson’s attack psychologically shocked the old fritters, he felt that Southern Army soldiers were hidden behind every tree in the valley.

At this time, Jackson took advantage of General Buck’s slowness, seized the time to rest and replenish, and sent engineers to survey the roads in the valley. He had a big plan.

The vast majority of people in this world have gone through their lives in accordance with the orbit established by God, but there are also many people who stubbornly fight against fate. Some of them have failed, but some people have successfully changed their destiny by chance and effort.

Thomas Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, to a family of Scottish immigrants in western Virginia.

This is another hero who has risen because of the civil war. Like most of the leading actors in the starting point, he lost his parents in his childhood.

Then he grew up on his uncle’s farm, read only four years in elementary school, and worked self-study in addition to farm work every day, and then successfully joined the county security team.

After working for two years in the security team, he was favored by local lawmakers and wrote to recommend him to apply for the most famous military school in the United States: West Point Military Academy.

Although he had poor grades in the written test at the time of enrollment, he studied by the fire in the fireplace every night.

God always loves those who are diligent and talented, so Jackson eventually ranked 17th among the 59 graduates of West Point Military Academy in 1846.

At that time, one of his roommates commented on him like this: “No one can concentrate more than him without being disturbed by his surroundings.”

Just after graduating from West Point Military Academy, Jackson was catching up with the Mexican War. He was assigned to artillery and experienced three bloody battles. He won the medal of honor personally awarded by General Scott with courage and fearlessness.

After the war, Jackson’s military career fell into a trough. He retired in 1851 and became a teacher at the Virginia Military Academy.

He went through two marriages in total, and married the priest’s daughter. Although the first wife died in dystocia, both marriages were very happy.

If it were not for the Civil War, this cold, sick Virginian and devout believer would spend the rest of his life as a military instructor.

Although war causes suffering, war also creates heroes. Some people are born to be heroes. As long as humans have wars, such people are doomed to fame.

Some people depend on opportunities for success, in the right place, and in the right war. This is the case with Jackson. As a Virginian, he was called to the northern end of the Sugan Road Valley, and eventually became famous. This is probably the so-called good time and right people.

At this time, the sky over Virginia was already covered with clouds. McDowell led a hundred thousand troops step by step into the battalion.

But his head boss, His Excellency President Lincoln of the United States of America, had other plans. Jackson’s last offensive put him in the first place of the safety of the capital.

In addition to McDowell’s headquarters, there are three troops of the Northern Army on the eastern battlefield, all of which are directly ordered by Lincoln.

They are: The McDowell Legion, which should have attacked Richmond from the north, is now arranged to wander between Menassas and Fredberg.

More than 30,000 people led by Buck were ordered to drive Jackson in the Sugan Road Valley, and the troops led by General Fremont in West Virginia on the west side of the Blue Mountains were responsible for the pressure.

President Lincoln thought that while ensuring the safety of the capital, he would drive the southern army out of the valley and finally encircle Richmond. Unfortunately, this beautiful-looking plan has a fatal flaw: Stonewall Jackson.

At the same time that President Lincoln’s brain hole was opened, General Lee in the south also designated a plan: he was going to send a support army to support Jackson, and then Jackson gathered more than 10,000 people to attack Buck. The old stuff, then threatened Washington, scared away McDowell, and finally joined him in Richmond, surrounded McDowell, and reached the peak of life.

It must be said that this brain hole is indeed quite big, but when General Jewell, who was instructed to lead 8,500 reinforcements to Jackson, rushed to Jackson’s camp, there were already empty houses here, leaving only a few commanders, he conveyed a short order: to take over Jackson’s defense and deal with Buck if necessary.

General Jewell stared dumbfounded at the empty camp and kept complaining: Where did this madman go?