The war in North America has changed from a stalemate in favor of the British army to the current stalemate, and Clinton has also reflected on it while being annoyed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe overall fighting style of the Continental Army has changed dramatically, in short, they have become more agile, clever and cunning, and Clinton knows that his opponent is still George. Washington, then Washington must have received "guidance from a master", because the Tang Republic has a military advisory group in the Continental Army, so Clinton naturally thought that it was the Tang people who helped Washington.

In fact, Washington followed Yue Zhenfu's advice and organized a group of very clever and loyal militiamen, so that they did not fight, but collected intelligence, and formed a reconnaissance brigade directly under the command of the Continental Army. In this way, the Continental Army gained an advantage in the battle report, and by contacting the people who supported the Continental Congress, and secretly observing the British army's positions and movements, the command could judge the specific actions of the British army, so as to respond in advance. As a result, repeated British offensives against the Continental Army were unsuccessful, and the Continental Army avoided direct confrontation with the British and continued to divert.

Guo Xin gave full play to his strengths as a special forces, personally led a group of soldiers of the Continental Army, constantly harassed the outposts of the British army, and if the British army was relatively small, he launched an attack on the British army and ate a lot of British soldiers. Of course, this unit is far from the real special forces, but it has a bit of elusive meaning.

Another headache for Clinton was that the Continental Army's quick-firing regiment, which had SC-2 rifles, was still the enemy that the British army was most worried about, and the quick-firing regiment would not line up to shoot this deadly craft. However, they would use various bunkers such as trenches and terrain to strike at the British army. After the Battle of Long Island. The British army did not win a single victory against the Rapid Rifle Regiment again. Often, in a short period of time, the British and Hessian mercenaries, who were superior in strength, were routed by the heavy fire of the quick-gun regiments.

Of course, Clinton recognized the role of the SC-2 rifle as an epoch-making weapon, and he also had nearly 1,000 captured SC-2s in his hands, but on the day of the capture of Brooklyn, several ruthless Continental Army officers blew up the temporary arsenal where ammunition was stored, leaving Clinton with nearly 1,000 good guns but lacking matching ammunition.

The British captured paper shells from the surrendered Continental Army soldiers. However, there are not many of them, not enough to support them to fight for a long time. Clinton ordered people to disassemble the paper shell fixed ammunition, the caliber of the warhead is different from the caliber of the British warhead, and the size of the warhead made by the Tang people is almost the same, but the British can also imitate some similar warheads, of course, the accuracy rate will be reduced, and there may be an explosion accident. Black powder as a propellant this British has many reserves, not a problem, the simplest part. The trouble was the primer, and the British would not use thundermercury as a fire cap until the first half of the next century. A group of British lobster soldiers had no idea what was behind the fixed ammunition, so they couldn't make it.

Even so. Clinton still distributed a limited number of SC-2 rifles and ammunition to one of his troops, of course, Clinton still held the musket line tactic of lining up to shoot, and the lobster soldiers got down on one knee and loaded after raising their guns to shoot, but Clinton soon found that the British army's traditional three-row musket array used the SC-2, a high-velocity weapon, was no longer suitable. Because the soldiers in the first row were reloaded after firing, and the soldiers in the second row had just fired, they also had to wait for the soldiers in the third row to shoot again before they could fire, which was obviously inefficient. But Clinton was also not the first to break the line of muskets into two rows, as this would obviously require the retraining of his soldiers.

Clinton did not forget to send back 100 unused SC-2 rifles to China, hoping that the military personnel in China would be able to imitate such a powerful weapon as soon as possible. Clinton was a little worried that if the Don Army, which was equipped with a large number of such rifles and had other better weapons, the British army might suffer even more if it was not equipped enough. It's just that Clinton didn't even think that the rifle used by the Don Army itself was more than half a century more advanced than the SC-2.

Washington stabilized the morale of the Continental Army through the victory at Princeton, and through the help of the Tang military advisers, coupled with his continuous collection of defeated troops and recruitment of new soldiers, the Continental Army in Washington's hands was restored to about 8,000 people. At the same time, Washington demanded that at least one battalion of soldiers be recruited from each colony and sent to him for deployment. In addition to the main force of the Continental Army under the command of Washington, the strength of the Continental Army in the Thirteen Colonies still has about 30,000 troops, which is comparable to the strength of the British army.

Clinton faced a severe shortage of troops in New England, and he struggled to recruit militia from local loyalists. Although these loyalists were willing to be loyal subjects of George III, they were not willing to help the British army in the war at this juncture. Therefore, Clinton had to continue to urge China to send troops to North America.

As Washington held his ground and won several modest military victories in succession, George III's strategy of quick action was eventually ruined. The British could only hold on to New York and the surrounding area, and did not dare to attack in a big way, because once they were dispatched, Washington was likely to avoid the main British army and attack New York behind them, which would make the British army extremely passive.

Clinton hoped to mobilize the British army led by Quebec Bergoin to move southward, so as to achieve a linkage effect with himself and form an advantage over the Continental Army. However, Burgoyne refused Clinton's request, because it was already autumn, the temperature in the Great Lakes region was dropping very quickly, and the British army lacked preparations for winter operations.

And just like that, the stalemate continued.

At the same time, the Continental Army is also facing a big and small crisis, that is, a considerable number of soldiers in the Continental Army who have signed a one-year or two-year service period are ready to be discharged after the expiration of their service period. This kind of thing is simply incomprehensible in the eyes of most Chinese, their own country and nation are engaged in a war of independence, and the opportunity to strive for national independence and national prosperity is at hand, but these red necks actually stare rigidly at their service contracts, thinking that they should be discharged after the expiration of their service, regardless of the flood of the Continental Army after they leave.

Yue Zhenfu strongly opposed the Continental Army Command to fulfill the retirement contracts of these veterans, and he said directly in front of Washington and many generals: "It is necessary to organize the occurrence of a wave of retirement, these veterans are the cornerstone of the Continental Army, and losing them is equivalent to another major defeat of the Continental Army in the Battle of Long Island." ”

Washington was also helpless: "I don't know how your country behaves, but in our culture, the spirit of contract must be observed, and it is natural for everyone to retire at the end of their service." ”

Guo Xin sneered: "Really? Even if you put your country in great danger, and let more people around you let the British continue to enslave? This is a typical lack of morality and shame. ”

was scolded by Guo Xin, but no one dared to refute him, Guo Xin has led a Continental Army these days and has made many miraculous achievements, and has been recognized by the Continental Army. And people are here to help, more attentive than their own stakeholders, which is really unreasonable.

Yue Zhenfu came up with an idea: "Actually, there are other ways to remedy it, the Continental Army can sign a supplementary agreement with the veterans to extend their service period by one or two years, if it can be longer, it would be the best." ”

Washington said helplessly: "But no one should want to stay and fight." ”

Yue Zhenfu said: "The Continental Army can increase the salaries of these people and provide them with better benefits. For example, in addition to the spoils of victory in a battle, you can also get a bonus, you can get a bonus for killing or capturing, the most important thing for a soldier is to need honor, you can concoct some medals and other things, award them to meritorious soldiers, and finally, if the veterans persist until the end of the war, the United States will become completely independent, they will receive the title of 'Founding Father', they can enjoy tax exemption for ten or twenty years, their names can be engraved on the casting monument, and their children and grandchildren will be proud of them. ”

Washington and the others couldn't help but light up when they heard Yue Zhenfu's words, although Yue Zhenfu was only a little-known brigade commander in the KMT army back then, but he still had some level, and after crossing over, he studied in the Datang Military Academy for a short time and mastered more knowledge.

"It's a good idea, and if we use that method, we might be able to keep them." Washington was excited.

Ward hesitated: "But the current financial situation of the Continental Congress is not good, and we can't get that much money to pay salaries." ”

Yue Zhenfu said with a smile: "It's okay to write a blank check, now put on a blank slip, and then cash it out after it is truly independent, if the Continental Army wins, it's okay, they will have a lot of income, but if they lose, then they won't get anything, this is also an incentive means." ”

Guo Xin also added, "Soldiers who have not fought should also have a certain amount of pension, which will also motivate them, you should not only give pensions, but also strengthen publicity, so as to achieve better results." ”

Washington exclaimed: "The wisdom of the Tang people is really extraordinary, and it is really a blessing for us to have so many ways to turn the situation around, and to be able to get your help." ”

Guo Xin smiled slightly, but did not take credit. He smiled secretly in his heart: "Luck? The present may be, but the future is definitely your greatest misfortune. The land that should belong to you will eventually belong to the Tang Republic, a country that may become the hegemon of the world in two centuries, and in the end it can only do nothing and achieve nothing! (To be continued.) )