Chapter 573

The Civil War can now be divided into two phases,

April 1861 to September 1862 was the "Limited War" phase. Both sides concentrated their forces on the eastern battlefield and started a fierce battle for the capital of the other side.

Capture the thief first, and capture the king first. Both the southern army and the northern army believe that breaking the opponent's capital can make the opponent surrender.

At the beginning of the war, the strength of the North greatly exceeded that of the South. There were 22.34 million people in the North and only 9.1 million in the South, and more than 3.8 million of them were black slaves. The north has well-developed industries, a well-connected railway network and abundant food, while the south has almost no industry and few railways.

However, the South has sufficient military preparations, and has troops with relatively good equipment and training. They participated in the US-Mexico War before, and their troops have sufficient combat experience, and their commanders are also very experienced. In any case, the strategy can be adjusted in time. The commanding generals include Lester Lee, the "No. 1 West Point player", Jackson "Stonewall", Johnston, the "undefeated fighter", Stevenson, "Belisario" and most of the outstanding West Point players. The generals who graduated from the military academy all went to the south.

In the first stage of the war, the northerners lost to the southerners on the eastern battlefield, so there was a scene where Scarlett became a widow, but she could still participate in the ball to raise money.

What turned the Civil War was September 22, 1862. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, launched a series of wars to liberate black slaves, and allowed blacks to join the army, thus greatly strengthening the strength of the northern army. , At the same time, the Homestead Act was promulgated. As long as the northerners won the war, the black slaves would completely win back their freedom, so countless slaves from southern plantations began to flee to the north.

On the frontal battlefield, the northern army adopted a strategy of arrogance, with the purpose of inflicting a psychological blow on the southern army, but the result was not so satisfactory. After the slaves were liberated, the southern planting industry had no labor force, and the southern economy was in a downward trend. collapsed, and the civil war ended with a northern victory.

When he wins, he sings and dances, and when he loses, he is all gloomy. That bastard Rhett, when other men are fighting desperately at the front, he hangs out with the women in the rear.

With the improvement of productivity, the lost equipment can be produced in the rear factory immediately, but it is not so easy to replenish people. There are fewer men in the south, and even fewer men over the age of 16 and under the age of 60. In addition, slaves continue to flee to "freedom" of the North", it was difficult to revive the morale of the South.

The goals that were posed for survival in the past have disappeared before our eyes, says Brad.

Just like two boxers, no matter how strong one is, if he always hits the other's well-protected head, it will obviously take a long time to knock him down.

The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it is to the side with fewer numbers. No matter how much more elite the southern army is than the northern army, defeat has already occurred. The large-scale strategic depth area allows the army to have time to breathe and use time to regroup and repair.

A country with depth has a larger buffer zone for defense against the enemy than a country without depth. The larger buffer zone allows the country to get more time to wake up from panic after losing the first confrontation and start planning more Far-sighted strategy, not just defense or counterattack.

In short, the benefits of a vast country are obvious. Even if there is nothing in the desert, as long as it can become a strategic depth, then this piece of land cannot be lost.

In the beginning, the Civil War was not a just war for the emancipation of slaves. After the war, the status of blacks was still low, and they were discriminated against and persecuted, but they were free in name.

The British allies of the Southern Army did not need to support the southerners because of the continuous cotton harvest and the food provided by the colonies of India. In addition, the economic crisis broke out in 1857, and the labor movement after the crisis, the voice of parliamentary reform Soaring, they are overwhelmed.

When the wounded were laid out on the streets of Atlanta, they looked less like people than a swarm of writhing bugs on the ground.

At that time, the breech-loading guns had just started to be used, and the cavalry who had been responsible for the decisive blow on the battlefield seldom charged again, but mainly used for mobile transfers, trenches began to appear, and positional warfare based on the terrain and fortifications of the position for defense appeared. Correspondingly, using the advantage of mobility, the movement station that trades space for time has also been produced.

There are few things a woman can do in troubled times. When Melanie is about to give birth, the only thing she can rely on is Scarlett, a selfish woman who loves her husband Ashley and watches her die.

Women and women will turn against each other for the sake of men, but life will cut off the natural edges and corners of gems like a grinding wheel, and it doesn't matter whether there is love or not.

In the little girl's world, she doesn't have to put on airs, and she doesn't have to consider others. Scarlett approached Melanie in order to have an affair with Ashley and used Melanie.

However, when the war took away the peace of life, took away the material superiority, and took away the man who could shoulder the burden outside, women had to be strong by themselves.

The selfish Scarlett stood in front of Melanie, helped her deliver the baby, and even found a carriage to take her out of Atlanta, but at that time all the horses and carriages were confiscated by the army, and she still had to go to Rhett for help .

The first thing she said when she saw Rhett coming in a carriage was "I know you can rely on it."

When a woman is a child, she must not understand why women like men's shoulders the most. Scarlett can cry as much as she wants in front of Rhett, without having to pretend to be strong. When Albus Dumbledore was alive, she only had to obey orders and didn't need to use her own brain to judge at all, even though she knew that the old fool was not as kind and kind as he seemed, and the real Albus was like Grindelwald is a hypocrite, as he wrote in his letter, but when he is around, others only need to follow, and this kind of life is really much easier.

A little ignorant, a little simple, like a child is very happy, but Socrates said that there are two kinds of people in this world, one is happy pigs, and the other is painful people.

In a poor situation, Scarlett went from having no sense of responsibility to having a sense of responsibility, and finally shouldered the burden of the family. From self-important to caring for others, from naive and ignorant to calm and sophisticated, war can change people, and things can change people. The vain and selfish Scarlett who is good at using her beautiful appearance to offend a group of people did not choose one. "Easy way", become a woman who sells herself like Ms. Huating.

When she was so poor that she couldn't eat enough, she could still stand up, hold her head up, and vowed to change the status quo by herself. She swore: God bears witness, I will not give in, I will get through this difficult time. After the war, I will never go hungry again. No, and neither does my family. Even if I were to lie, steal, cheat, and kill, for God's sake, I'd never go hungry again.

This strong "bad woman" is so different, Scarlett not only survived the troubled times, but also lived very well.

As for Rhett, he joined the army when everyone knew the Confederates couldn't win, and left Scarlett when she needed him the most. He was "smart" and made a fool when he didn't join the army.

At that time, they were near Terra Manor. The formerly beautiful manor had become desolate and dilapidated, and the past was blown away by the wind like ashes, disappearing without a trace.

When they first met, Scarlett said: Sir, you are really not a gentleman.

Rhett said: Miss, you are not a lady.

The two of them are too similar, both selfish and cunning, not good people.

Whenever she smirked, Severus could always see right through her, and he said to her: Why pretend you're happy when you're clearly unhappy?

She just wanted to blend in with ordinary people too much, not to be as unpopular as him and become the most hated teacher in the school.

Hufflepuff's bravery is not inferior to Gryffindor, his wisdom is not inferior to Ravenclaw, and his self-confidence is not inferior to Slytherin. Hufflepuff can be seen at critical critical moments, which has become the key to reversing the defeat.

Women don't give birth to babies so they can become humanoid machines on the assembly line, or the "bugs" writhing with the agonizing "bugs" lying on the streets of Atlanta.

Many people remember how rich Soros is and how clever he is at shorting the Thai baht, but few remember how he lived to escape the persecution when he was a child.

In order to fill his stomach, he often lies. Lying and deceiving people in times of turmoil is his way of survival.

As long as no one is hurt, morality may have to give way to survival.

When people face the threat of death, they can do anything. Just like the physical quantum of a particle cannot have a definite value, the stock market is often in an uncertain state, and it is difficult to accurately measure and measure. It is estimated that when he attacked the Thai baht, he created panic and pessimism in the market, triggered a "herd effect", and then began to harvest the foreign exchange market.

The Hong Kong financial defense war is the most exciting and magnificent page in the history of modern finance. International speculators sold stocks and futures in the securities market, which greatly suppressed the Hang Seng Index and caused the Hang Seng Index to drop from 10,000 points to 8,000 points. , and point directly to 6000 points. When the rain is about to come, bad news in the securities market is flying all over the sky. At the beginning of August 1998, speculators trumpeted that the RMB would depreciate by 10%. Among them, the RMB exchange rate in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places dropped to about 9.5 RMB per US dollar. Speculators spread rumors that the RMB will depreciate in order to influence people's confidence in the Hong Kong dollar. In addition, speculators also wantonly spread rumors about the instability of mainland banks, and their purpose is still to create psychological conditions for them to attack the Hong Kong dollar.

Although the exchange rate is low, it can give export products a price advantage, but excessive depreciation will make international capital investors have pessimistic expectations, causing them to sell a large number of stocks, real estate, etc., and then exchange the realized currency into Japanese yen and other foreign currencies to escape. Going abroad, which led to a continuous decline in the prices of the stock market and property market, followed by the bursting of the domestic asset bubble.

When Soros attacked the Thai baht, as long as he could create enough expectations for the depreciation of the Thai baht, he would be able to attract huge international hot money to join the short-selling camp independently. The rest is just to see who can last longer, the short-seller or the long-seller, and the one who gives up first will be defeated.

The same drama was not staged successfully in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's financial defense battle is a life-and-death financial war with money, wisdom and courage as weapons. Both the challenger and the challenger are well aware of the benefits and risks involved in their success or failure.

There is a saying in Infernal Affairs, you will have to pay it back sooner or later.

This time, if the United States has made such a large capital pool, it cannot be blamed for the speculators from the East to come and be "guests".

As for what to do after the U.S. economy is destroyed? As Piaoli said, tomorrow is a new day, as long as the capitalists don't lose to jump off the building like they did in 1929, they will be able to see the sun of tomorrow.