The knight with the white flag soon arrived at the Confederate army. The knight jumped off his horse, held the rein in one hand, and held up the flag in the other, shouting like two Confederate soldiers running towards him: "I am the envoy, and I want to see your commander in chief."

After the soldiers took some necessary security measures, they brought the envoy to Jackson.

"Hello, General. I am Captain Carter of the Federal Army. I have been ordered to seek your cooperation on some business matters." The envoy stood up immediately after seeing Jackson and saluted him.

"I am Brigadier General Jackson of the American Confederation, Captain, tell me about your purpose," Jackson said.

"General, I have here the Director of Salvation Hospital, Mr. Scrooge MacDonald, an initiative for the humane treatment of prisoners of war on both sides of this war. Commander of the Cleveland Volunteer Regiment Brigadier General Gardner has already signed this document to guarantee that if any person of your army is unfortunately captured in future battles, our army will do everything possible to treat them humanely according to this proposal. The army also captured a lot of personnel in the last battle, and our army also hopes that your army can treat them reciprocally and in line with humanitarianism." Captain Carter said as he took out a copy of the quadruple copies of the document and handed it to General Jackson.

This document is not too long, the main content is:

In the name of God, we advocate on behalf of all colleagues in the "Salvation" Hospital that prisoners of war should be treated kindly in war, prisoners of war must be treated and protected humanely at all times, and prisoners of war must not be mutilated or used for any medical or medical treatment. Scientific experiments shall not be subject to violence or intimidation and insults and public curiosity, and measures of reprisals against prisoners of war shall be prohibited; the belongings of prisoners of war, except weapons, horses, military equipment, and military documents, shall remain in the possession of prisoners of war; Prisoners of war’s accommodation, food, health care, etc. shall be guaranteed; prisoners of war may be detained, but shall not be imprisoned except for applicable criminal and disciplinary sanctions; disciplinary punishment shall never be inhumane, cruel or endanger the health of prisoners of war; and humiliating labor; prisoners of war shall not be subjected to physical or mental torture or any other means of coercion to obtain any information, and shall not violate the above spirit because prisoners of war voluntarily renounce their rights. Nor shall prisoners of war be handed over to any individual or group unwilling to abide by the principles of this initiative.

Injured or sick persons shall be respected and protected in all circumstances. Whether on our side or the enemy's side, this personnel shall be treated and cared for humanely; no discrimination shall be made based on gender, race, nationality, religion, political opinion, or other similar criteria. Any danger to his life or violence against his person shall be strictly prohibited, in particular, murder or extermination, torture or biological experiments shall not be carried out; dangerous situation. Only medically urgent reasons can be diagnosed and treated in advance.

Immediately after every battle, both sides shall take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, to protect them from robbery and cruelty, and to search for the dead so as not to be plundered. When circumstances permit, an armistice or truce, or partial measures should be agreed upon for the removal, exchange, and transportation of the wounded left behind on the battlefield and the removal and exchange of the wounded and sick in the besieged areas. Quickly register every enemy wounded, sick, or dead person who falls into his hands that can identify him, so that his family can be informed.

Medical personnel specialized in finding, collecting, transporting, treating the wounded, the sick, and preventing disease, and personnel engaged in the management of medical units and dispensaries, as well as chaplains, shall be respected and protected in all circumstances, even in combat. Neither such persons nor their means of carrying out humanitarian missions shall be considered legitimate targets of attack, nor shall belligerents knowingly place such persons and their means in a position of vulnerability. Such personnel are also not allowed to participate in combat operations in any way, and must wear eye-catching identification marks (we recommend using a red cross on a white background).

At the end of this document is "May God be my witness" written in Latin, and the signature of Scrooge McDonald, the director of "Salvation" Hospital, and the commander of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps" Commodore Dana's signature.

General Jackson looked at this proposal carefully and then said very seriously and solemnly to Captain Carter, the federal military envoy: "Treating prisoners of war and all wounded and sick people based on a humanitarian spirit is also the basic concept upheld by the Confederate States of America. I support such an initiative very much. Being able to sign such a document is a glory that surpasses all victories on the battlefield. Although this war itself is the most barbaric and inhumane thing if such a thing can be achieved in this war initiative we will be a little less ashamed when we call ourselves civilized people. Please pass on my message to Mr. Scrooge Macdonald, Commodore Gardner, and all those at Salvation Hospital Tribute to the medical staff."

Then General Jackson solemnly signed his name on the four-point proposal with the same content. Then Captain Carter put two of them into his file bag, raised his hand to salute General Jackson, then turned and left General Jackson's barracks, rode on his horse, and galloped towards the north.

General Jackson stood at the gate of the barracks, looking at the retreating Northern Army envoys, and muttered to himself: "No matter who wins or loses, today will be the greatest day in the history of human warfare, because human beings have proved today that Even in the wildest and most brutal of times, humanitarian ideals can still shine brightly."

...

Not long after the Northern Army envoy left, the Confederate tentative offensive was about to begin. General Pierre Beauregard also came to Jackson's army to understand the effect of the Northern army's defense methods.

"General, you came to a step late and missed a historic moment." As soon as he saw General Pierre Beauregard, Jackson said to him like this.

"Historic moment, did the Northern Army send someone to surrender?" General Pierre Beauregard joked.

"The Northern Army sent people here. Although they didn't come to surrender, the significance is more important than surrender." Jackson picked up a proposal from the table and handed it to General Pierre Beauregard.

"This is?" General Pierre Beauregard looked at Jackson suspiciously. Jackson, on the other hand, smiled and beckoned him to continue reading.

General Pierre Beauregard carefully read the proposal and then said to Jackson: "Yes, I missed a great moment that will last forever in history. However, you should be happy about it. If I It’s a step ahead, I’m the one who signed in this place.”

"On that point, I don't want to deny it," Jackson replied with a smile.

...

A tentative attack began. Although it was a tentative attack, Jackson still made preparations quite seriously.

First came the shelling. Jackson himself has experimented, and solid bullets pose little threat to trenches. It is shrapnel, and the effect is also very general. However, the purpose of this round of shooting was not to kill the people on the opposite side but to destroy the barbed wire. But it turns out that using solid bullets to deal with barbed wire is almost useless. At most one or two wires were broken by the shell, but the whole wire fence remained unmoved.

However, to deal with the barbed wire, Jackson not only prepared such a tactic, he also prepared some long ladders for the soldiers to be placed on the concertina barbed wire so that people can quickly cross it.

After the shelling, the Confederate soldiers began to attack in skirmish formation. After the soldiers of the Confederate Army approached the position of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps", the Napoleon guns of the Federal Army also began to fire.

Because the Southern army adopted a formation of skirmishers, and the distance between each soldier was at least four or five meters, the efficiency of attacking such a target with solid bullets would be very low, so from the very beginning, the wealthy Yankees used shrapnel.

There is still a difference between the so-called shrapnel and the later high-explosive bombs. He just shoots a thin iron bucket full of iron beads and waits for a certain distance to set the timing fuze (even if it is just a fuse) Just blast the tin barrel and throw those iron beads out. In terms of power, it is far inferior to the high-explosive bombs of later generations, but it is much stronger than the new bombs used to deal with infantry.

If the Southern Army was still using the old-fashioned dense formation, this burst of shrapnel would be able to bring down a lot. The advantage of the skirmisher formation in terms of anti-shelling is quite obvious. Even with the use of shrapnel, before the Southern Army approached the barbed wire, it only knocked down a dozen or so unlucky ones.

When they got near the barbed wire, the soldiers of the "Cleveland Volunteer Corps" started shooting, so the casualties of the Confederate Army immediately increased, and one soldier after another was knocked down in front of the barbed wire. Especially those snipers who use the McDonnell 1857 precision shooting rifle, almost every time they shoot, they will knock down a Confederate soldier who is in a dilemma in front of the barbed wire. However, the Southern Army showed fearless heroism. Against the rain of bullets, they put the long ladder on the barbed wire, and then someone jumped up the long ladder and rushed forward.

It's just that the concertina barbed wire is semi-soft and the ladder is not stable at all. So the soldier who jumped up tilted his feet and fell headlong on the barbed wire fence. He was firmly hung by the barbed wires and was immediately hit mercilessly by several bullets. A large stream of blood gushed out not only from his wound but also from his mouth, nose, and ears. The hapless guy was hung on a barbed wire, twitching non-stop, and finally died.

"Quick, let's hold the ladder." Two Confederate soldiers stood beside the ladder and held the ladder so that more people could rush over. Such a selfless and fearless act immediately made them the target of the shooting, and soon they were shot several times and fell to the ground. But more hands held onto the ladder, and countless Confederate soldiers shouted and rushed over the barbed wire from the ladder.

However, breaking through the first layer of barbed wire was only the beginning of their nightmare. Those who crossed the barbed wire fence were blown to the ground by the landmines buried in the ground after only a few steps forward...

"Stop attacking. This position is not something we can capture." Jackson said.

General Pierre Beauregard stared at the telescope, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Stop. You are right, Jackson, to attack such a position is simply..."