Chapter 353 Sward's Legacy!
The sun shone through the heavy smoke on the face of Secretary of State Sward. His old face had no relationship with Shuai, but at this moment, the sunshine and the rippling sea water actually had some flashing meaning.:
But of course Sward himself wouldn't know. He just felt the sun was a little dazzling, and the sea water was a little salty.
"..." Sward was very lucky. He was not directly killed by the cannon of the steel beast. Of course, it was thankful to God, but at this time Sward had no feelings of gratitude at all. His only feeling of humiliation, humiliation, or humiliation!
Sward's life can be said to be legendary enough. He wrote several memoirs in his life experience, which was a problem, and he would definitely make a big deal.
When he was young, he studied law hard, then worked as a lawyer, then became a real estate agent, and then became a secretary of state. Naturally, the journey would not be smooth, and he also experienced a lot of difficulties.
Not to mention anything else, after the civil war broke out, those European bastards had long wanted to interfere, and those guys were simply a group of hungry wolves!
But, I am Sward, and I am Secretary of State of the United States of America, and I treat these hungry wolves as being in the Atlantic Ocean!
Really, in Sward's life, the two years he had just become Secretary of State were definitely his highlight moments. On the one hand, he tried to resist the interference of European powers, and on the other hand, he also reached an agreement with the British to isolate the South together. In the secret battle with France, Sward was also very beautiful. Otherwise, how could a guy like Juarez support him?
He is really a very capable politician, he is really outstanding enough, but now...
"Oh~" Sward, who seemed to be a drifting wood floating on the sea, sighed. He was an optimistic person. He rarely sighed, but now his heart may have fallen into the abyss.
"United Kingdom..." Sward raised his old hand, as if he wanted to grab the sun, but after this lifting, Sward stopped lying flat and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Mr. Sward should be tired, right, a man in his sixties. When he was no longer able to make any contribution to maintaining the United States, he didn't want to continue, he wanted to rest...
Sward gave up, he knew there was no hope anymore, and he no longer wanted to work hard. Even if God gave him a chance to escape under such a terrifying shelling, Sward didn't want such an opportunity anymore.
But, what should I do in New York? What should I do in New York citizens?
"Surrender! Are we going to fight that kind of thing? Are you all idiots?"
"Yes! What should I do if I don't surrender? Can anyone blow up that giant ship?"
"Don't worry! I'm going to surrender anyway! I'll go now in ten hours!"
New York Harbor is very lively and there are many people, so what happened before? The Constitution was killed. What was spread quickly by the loud noise. As soon as it spread, it was naturally arguing. There were two choices in front of me, one was surrender and the other was to continue fighting.
Obviously, many people want to surrender because they are ordinary people themselves. What can they do if the war machine of such a powerful empire is placed there?
but!
"Who dares to surrender?!"
"We are soldiers of the United States! We want to fight to the end!"
"Yes! For the United States!"
Don’t forget that Sward had recruited a lot of soldiers before, with more than 50,000 people. And the most important thing is that most of these recruits were graduates of West Point Military Academy in northern New York, as well as military academy students who were pulled over before graduation!
The military academy of West Point is really well-known, but when Li Mengyang first came to America, the scale of this school was really pitiful.
Really, it must be described as pitiful. A military academy recruits one class a year. There are more than 40 people in a class. Well, they advocate elite education and small class teaching. So, when the revolution in New York was in New York, Li Mengyang didn't care about this military academy, and this military academy was also very smart. He knew that he had few people and just stick to it.
But this situation was before the Civil War. Before the Civil War, this small class did achieve great success in teaching. It was elite education, and the requirements were extremely strict. Let me put it this way, most of the famous generals of the United States came from here, even people like Robert Lee in the South who were like military gods.
But now, the situation is completely different. As soon as the civil war breaks out, anyone can see that there are many military academies in the south, but in the north... it seems like it is pastry.
Then this is not good. If you can't bring talents to war well, what should you do?
There are naturally more people, so this quality will naturally decline. To this day, the civil war has ended, and the graduates of West Point Military Academy are hundreds or thousands of every year.
And you should know that these individuals who go to military academies have a distinct characteristic from ancient times, modern times, and abroad, that is, these individuals are all patriots!
It can be said that only patriots have a high patriotic enthusiasm, so that such people will have the enthusiasm to learn these military skills and endure such hardships, and most of these individuals are elites.
Even what Li Mengyang knows, those military governments in later generations who were labeled as dictators by the Hope Kingdom, in fact, if those individuals look at their resumes, you will find that they are all patriots and have received good elite education and military education. At least when they were young, they were very passionate and radical, and many more, they were just coups. The starting point was really for the good of their motherland. Really, they really thought so.
It was those bastards who ruined the country, so they must be killed!
Military government, military dictators... These individuals are quite politically savvy. Although they are rude, they at least know the political compromise. However, the schools that just came out of the West Point are really full of passion!
"Soldiers! At this time of embarrassment in the country! As soldiers, we should fight to the last moment!"
"That's right! Soldiers! As people of the free kingdom, we cannot accept the rule of that evil empire! The emperor is an evil dictator!"
The officers in Sward's 50,000 army were sure of it and would never surrender, and they were still shouting slogans to the newly recruited soldiers.
Everyone does the slogans, but the problem is that you have to understand who you are calling.
"General! We want to fight too, but we haven't eaten a bun in several days!"
"Yes! Dear general, let us go to the battlefield. Since we are willing to join the army, that's fine, but what about military pay and military ration?"
Most of the people recruited this time were unemployed vagrants. They mainly came to solve the problem of eating when they joined the army. But unexpectedly, Sward had no money and was like them, just like beggars. Now, if they really wanted them to go to war, the key is that their opponents are still so terrifying. Who has seen that thing? How to fight?
To be honest, these newly recruited soldiers were trying to make things difficult for their "supervisors", the group of Western Point Military Academy students who were not yet hairy, but don't forget that although these students have a little worse quality, they have some elite qualities. They have a way.
"Soldiers! We at least have weapons now! We will use the weapons in our hands to solve the food problem!"
"That's right! That's what it should be! We need food and money now! So who has the money?!"
"Wall Street! Wall Street!"
People are not stupid, and people are born to like hating the rich. So where is the richest place in New York?
As for Wall Street, children know it.
So, the team of new recruits and students, probably 50,000 people could not be all here. Many of them became deserters, but despite this, the team was not small. They rushed to Wall Street in a mighty manner!
Everyone knows Wall Street, but it must be known that in this era, the rich people had their own private armed forces. In this case, the Lincoln government was very troubled, but the Constitution stated that citizens of the United States could have weapons, so they had no choice.
And you also need to know that after Li Mengyang carried out the New York Revolution, the private armed forces of rich people are now upgraded. They are not stupid and do not want to be revolutionized by others. In addition, the police have also been upgraded, so...
"Kill! Kill these surrendered factions!"
"You bastards!"
"You traitors! You should support us in defending the United States!"
"Damn it! I don't care what you want to defend! Whoever gives me money will I defend whom!"
"These thugs! thugs! Where are you soldiers?!"
Bang bang bang bang...
The whole thing was in chaos. There were roaring people everywhere near Wall Street, gunfire everywhere, soldiers of the United States, police, private armed forces of capitalists, and some guys who didn't know what they were doing, they all fought together!
Sward, who gave up his chance to escape, even in heaven... let's bless him... probably he would never have thought that what he left behind would change such a thing.
But things have already happened, so how can it end now?
"God! What's wrong with those soldiers? Are they all crazy? Mr. Rockefeller! Can you ask you to find the general of the Empire? I also know Lieutenant General Matthew McConaughey. Really, we had a friendship before!"
"I'm really not able to deal with this matter, because His Majesty the Emperor has no instructions. Besides, General McConaughey made a promise before. Ten hours, if he advances now, it may be even more trouble!"
Chapter completed!