The reality was that after the fifth round of shelling, the infantry of the Continental Army was halfway dashed, and a rickety white flag was waved from the fortress - the Hessians surrendered.

This is actually not surprising at all, even the Continental Army side is stunned, some veterans of the Continental Army from 1775 to the present, still have a strong leg and stomach tendons, and those who believe in piety draw crosses on their chests, saying things like "hell rage". As for the Hesses, who were directly covered by this shelling, even if they were protected by fortifications, they were beaten to the point of leaking urine and feces.

Almost eighty percent of the people on the city wall were killed or wounded, and even the barracks in the fortress were almost destroyed, and this unimaginable level of firepower caused a large number of casualties and turmoil in the morale of the Hessian army. Colonel Van Eyber was acupunctured by a piece of shrapnel and lost the back two fingers of his right hand, so he finally saved his life, and he didn't think about any military glory and the power of the Tang people, so he quickly let people fly the white flag.

Washington, who was waiting to cross the river in the distance, could actually have some of the battle situation, and when the loud cannon fire came, he and everyone in the Continental Army headquarters looked into the distance, hoping for some information about the battle at New Brunswick Ridge. The flames and the loud explosions shook them, and soon someone came and said, "The Hessians have surrendered." ”

One of the officers said: "You can't fight such a battle, everyone will surrender." ”

General Adam. Stephen said: "The weapons used by the Tang army are different from those that support us, I paid attention to their artillery when I was in Philadelphia, although it was sealed very tightly, but it was much larger than the 12-pounder cannon sold to us, and the structure seems to be very different, I am afraid this is the secret that they can obtain a longer range and greater power." ”

Washington nodded and said, "This is probably Datang's secret weapon, so they won't sell it to others." But it doesn't matter, now this combat force is on our side, and with this terrible artillery, any fortress that encounters it only needs to keep firing. We didn't have to invest any troops in attacking fortifications, and we suffered huge losses. ”

Stephen said with some concern: "Now Datang is our ally, but who can guarantee that we will not have conflicts with them all the time?" What if it is us who is faced with this kind of cannon? ”

Washington was silent for a moment and said: "There is no need to think about this kind of problem now, the Tang Dynasty has not shown interest in the Thirteen Colonies, and if they turn into aggressors." The people will be against it, and it will not be as popular as it is now. And. These guns, although terrifying, are no less bulky, so in the face of such artillery, the only way is to maneuver, do not give them a chance to stop firing, and then attack their artillery in the rear or flank, and in the end such artillery can only become trophies. ”

The officers laughed, because this kind of tactics of running up and fighting was clearly mastered by the Continental Army under the influence of the Tang Military Advisory Group.

Washington pointed to the Tang sappers who were fighting by the river and the soldiers of the Continental Army. "The Datang Army's boat and bridge troops are also admirable, and it may take us more than a month to build a bridge that can pass through the Lalitan River, and they, in more than six hours, are almost complete." ”

Of course, Datang's engineers were able to be so fast, first of all, because they had been prepared for a long time. Before the construction of the pontoon, they had prepared a lot of materials, and the Tang Navy also entered the Lalitan River and towed several ships as part of the pontoon. They fastened all the pontoons with ropes, and then laid thick planks on them, some places. Inflatable plastic floats are also used to increase the buoyancy of the pontoon. If it was a thick heavy vehicle, it would not be possible to pass through the pontoon, but for infantry and horses, and even animal-powered carts, there would be no problem.

Someone said: "Actually, there is no need to build this bridge, New Brunswick was taken so quickly." Just cross the river right there. ”

Washington naturally shook his head and said: "The strategic value of two bridges and one bridge is different, and we can get to the other side of the river and start operations first." General Liu probably didn't expect the Hessian army to be defeated so quickly, so it wasn't a waste. We can now cross the Lalitan River at a much faster speed. ”

On this day, the U.S.-Tang forces conquered the important town of New Brunswick, crossed the Lalitan River, and advanced to Perth Amboi, New Jersey, across the water from Staten Island. The British defenders of Staten Island did not expect the Continental Army to appear in this position at all. However, because night fell, the Continental Army did not launch an offensive, but rested on the spot.

The Tang Expeditionary Force crossed the river from New Brunswick and was not in a hurry to continue its advance, and was stationed on the north bank of the Lalitan River.

It was not until the next morning, in New York, that Clinton received news that New Brunswick had fallen and that the US-Tang coalition had arrived at the doorstep of New York.

At this time, in addition to the superiority in troops, the two cavalry battalions of the Tang Expeditionary Force enabled the Tang and American coalition forces to completely grasp the initiative on the battlefield. In fact, there was no shortage of horses in the Thirteen Colonies of North America, but the Continental Army had only 176 cavalry so far, and the British army also had almost no cavalry. This is because cavalry requires more training than the army, and not everyone who can ride a horse can become a good cavalryman. And even if the British had their own cavalry regiments, it would be difficult to transfer them directly to the Americas to fight.

The cavalry of the Tang Army previously belonged to the category of dragoons, and they were basically fighting on foot. However, after Chu Bai arrived in Philadelphia, he carefully prepared horses for the arrival of the follow-up Tang army, although these horses could not be compared with the original mounts of the Tang cavalry, and they were not even suitable for riders to shoot on horseback, but Liu Fangwu mainly needed the cavalry's mobility ability rather than impact ability. After a week's adaptation to the horses, the cavalry and horsemen were barely able to continue riding and fighting.

So, on the land of New Jersey, the Tang cavalry began to attack the various outposts of the British army like a gust of wind, the British army's defense in this area is not high, and the garrison of each outpost is limited. Not only the Tang cavalry is contributing, but the Continental Army and the militia of New Jersey have also cooperated in attacking the British outposts, the militia in the past could not break through these outposts at all, but with hundreds to thousands of Continental Army troops, plus a gust of wind like the Tang Dynasty soldiers, in just three days, the land west of Staten Island - Newark Bay, the British army was uprooted by the coalition forces.

Meantime. Several warships of the Datang Navy also sailed to the waters of Xiawan and constantly bombarded the British troops on Staten Island. Staten Island was an important point to compliment New York, and the British army was not inadequately defended here, but it completely lagged behind the Coalition forces in terms of size.

Soon, a thousand-strong Continental Army unit transported by the Datang Navy landed on Staten Island under the cover of naval artillery fire and artillery fire from the Datang Army on the opposite bank. The British on the island, though, were frantically trying to drive the Continental Army back. But in the end, because the Tang army was too heavy with firepower, it could not succeed. As a result, the Continental Army was transported to the island in an endless stream. After 4,000 Continental Army soldiers surrounded the fortress of Staten Island, the British did not continue to put up useless resistance and surrendered to the besieging Continental Army commander Putnam.

The total number of British troops on Staten Island was more than 1,800, but in fact, there were only 47 casualties in total, but they were so "aware of current affairs".

After Staten Island was conquered, the Tang Navy took control of Upper Bay, all British troops in New Jersey were basically wiped out, and the main force of the Continental Army led by Washington arrived in Newark and prepared to attack Manhattan. And the main forces of the Don Army were transported by the Navy, preparing for a direct landing on Long Island.

At this time, Washington received news that the Continental Army in Upper New York had also exchanged fire with Bergoyne who was heading south, and Bergoyne himself died on the battlefield, and the British Right and Center Army were routed, and 5,800 men surrendered to the coalition forces.

It's actually quite simple. Burgoin's actions are resolute, but they are highly subjective but cannot completely change the disparity in strength. The British army first encountered an American army led by Arnold at Freeman Farm, and Arnold, a well-known Continental Army officer, was keenly aware of the gap between the British Army's Right Army and the Middle Army, and cooperated with the Continental Army led by Morgan to directly insert between the two British troops, causing huge casualties to the British army, if it were not for the British army on the left to help. Coupled with the fact that Gates did not send reinforcements at odds with Arnold, it is possible that the British army has been defeated.

Arnold was soon removed by Gates, and Burgoyne thought he had found an opportunity to bypass the forest and prepare to attack the rear of the Continental Army's center, but fortunately, Burgoyne managed to infiltrate and set up a formation. found that in addition to Gates' men and horses sitting in the middle of the road, there was actually the second battalion of the infantry of the Longxiang Regiment led by Xu Daorun.

"Let's fight, defeat the Tang people first, and then destroy Gates." Bo Goyin can only bite the bullet, he has 1,500 people in his hands, and Xu Daorun only has more than 400 people, how can he have an advantage.

Burgoyne had the British army set up, three perfect rows of musket arrays had been formed, the military musicians beat the drums, and the line infantry marched at neat steps, and Bergoyne felt that his chances of victory were not small.

Then the Tang army, which was about a mile away, also hastily lined up, and soon, the Tang army also formed a perfect three-row line, but to Bergoin's slight surprise, the Tang army's line phalanx was relatively small, and each row seemed to have only ten to twelve people.

This made Bogoyne feel a little troublesome, because the Tang army's phalanx was relatively small, so marching from different positions might cause crossfire damage to the British army, but Bergoin also felt that if the British army could quickly break through the oncoming enemy, and then deal with the other way, it should not be a problem.

Burgoyne also praised his opponent, he said: "From the war to the present, I have not seen the rebels form a phalanx, they are all some cowards, some mud legs who take up arms, there are real regular troops like the Don Army, they will fight us with brave and noble phalanxes, come, British soldiers, let the enemy witness your bravery and strength!" ”

As a result, the phalanx of the Bogoyne army and the phalanx of the Tang army, with uniform steps, began to approach each other, as if a heart-pounding battle was coming.

Burgoyne generally asked his junior officers to shoot when the phalanx had reached a distance of eighty yards from the enemy, a dangerous distance, because the enemy would shoot first if he could not bear the pressure, and the British phalanx would be the first to be damaged. However, the infantry behind will automatically fill up, and they will keep the phalanx intact until they reach the preset position and open fire.

The last enemy to shoot was superior, they were close and could sweep down more enemies with more dense fire, so the British used to rush under the enemy's nose and open fire despite casualties.

It's just that these enemies they encounter today don't seem to be as zealous on honor as they think.

"Four hundred meters away, lie down!" Then in the surprised eyes of the lobster soldiers, the Tang soldiers lay on the ground in a hurry.

The British officer who led the team laughed and said, "Are you scared, you just lay on the ground." ”

"Fire!" The bullets fired from different directions instantly converged into a rain of bullets, and not only the S1 rifle in the hands of ordinary infantry fired, but also the light and heavy machine guns holding drum chains also burst into flames at this moment.

Then a whole phalanx of one hundred and twenty men was struck down in a moment, and they were shot to death like wheat without any resistance, and in less than a minute, they were reduced to a pile of corpses.

The "phalanx" of the Tang army was completely gone, and even the soldiers who got up again did not line up any more squares, but began to constantly look for better positions to shoot the British troops under the leadership of the squad non-commissioned officers. One by one, the phalanxes of the British army were completely annihilated by the Tang infantry with a dense rain of bullets, and when the British formations behind found out that this was the case, they no longer dared to move forward, but immediately ran backwards.

What is this? It's like two people say they're going to fight hand-to-hand, and then one of them suddenly pulls out a Gatling and starts sweeping. There was no need for the Tang army to line up at the beginning, but Xu Daorun made his infantry pretend to be so similar that Bogoin mistakenly thought that the Tang army was going to have a glorious confrontation with him, and in the end it only confirmed that this was a one-sided massacre of the Tang army against the British army.

That's right, Xu Daorun's subtext is just one sentence: "Teasing you." ”

As the mortar shells fell into the fleeing British troops, the battle ended in this way, and the frontal British army led by Burgoyne was 1,500 people, with a total of 1,288 killed, a casualty rate of more than eighty-five percent, and Burgoyne himself was also hit by a bullet and died of bleeding in the spleen.

The war in Upper New York State ended with that. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )