Clinton took over from John. General Campbell handed over a musket and examined it carefully in his hand. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

John. Campbell said to him: "This is the weapon provided by the Tang Republic for the rebels, it seems to be called the SC-2, it is the model of the Tang people, and the militia of the colonies generally call this thing the 'lightning gun', because compared to the ordinary flintlock musket, this musket has a much higher rate of fire, George. Washington also refers to the units equipped with such weapons as the 'Quick-Gun Regiments'. ”

Clinton checked the muzzle of the gun and said, "Are there several rifled rifles?" This is what caused us a lot of casualties when we attacked Brooklyn. ”

Campbell nodded, "That's right, the range and accuracy of rifles are better than those of privates, so when the rebels shoot us with this musket in the front, our men will suffer quite a lot." ”

Clinton said: "I have the impression that the rifle has a very low rate of fire, because of the rifling, it is very troublesome to stuff bullets into it, but the rebels can use this musket to shoot several times the firepower of our smoothbore guns, why is this?" ”

Campbell had been in charge of interrogating the captured quick-gun soldiers, so he had already understood how to operate the SC-2 rifle, Campbell escaped a paper shell from his pocket, took the rifle and demonstrated it to Clinton: "The designers of the Tang people are very clever, they put the bullet, propellant and primer together with nitrocell, and when shooting, they only need to stuff this paper barrel with bullets into the bolt, and then pull the trigger and the bullet is fired." When they finished shooting, they turned on the bolt and stuffed another bullet into it. After loading, you can continue to fire. Because the residue of the barrel is not particularly strong. So these rebels often fired three or four shots before cleaning the barrels. So. The rebels' quick-gun regiments saved us several steps in firing steps, so they could shoot four or five times faster than our soldiers, and the firepower caused was considerable. ”

Clinton also took a breath and said: "Fortunately, this group of rebels is a group of rebels, and if they have been fully trained and also use musket lines, our losses may be even greater." ”

It's just that Clinton didn't know that the instructors of the Tang people had never taught the soldiers of the Continental Army the musket line. They are more likely to hide in bunkers and fortifications and shoot at the enemy, which is essentially not much different from the firepower of the musket line, but in terms of the level of firepower and their own battle damage, they have a lot of advantages. It's just that the training of the Continental Army is still limited, and it can't achieve more impressive results.

"I heard that the Tang Republic sent a military advisory group among the rebels, did you catch a Tang man this time?" Clinton asked, it is obviously more reliable to find out the intelligence of the Tang Dynasty from the Continental Army than from a genuine Tang person.

Campbell said: "I'm very sorry, according to the information we got from the torture of the prisoners, there were three military advisers from the Tang Dynasty who were indeed in Brooklyn before. But when they learned that Manhattan had been captured, they immediately abandoned the QuickGun Regiment they were in charge of and absconded. This also caused some confusion in the Quickgun Regiment, and we didn't arrest a single Tang in the end. ”

Clinton smiled: "It's okay, there will be a chance later." ”

More than 100 kilometers away from New York, Guo Xin and three other military advisers who were originally in Brooklyn finally joined Washington and Yue Zhenfu.

"It really relieved me to see that Mr. Guo and your colleagues were fine." Washington's state is not good, the Continental Army has suffered the biggest defeat since its establishment, lost the important town of New York, and lost thousands of people, and now Washington's troops are at most five or six thousand people, and those who can fight are about 2,000 people, and the rest are militias that can only fight with the wind. Many of the Continental Army were disbanded after losing the battle in Manhattan, and the officers of the Continental Army did not have much ability to restrain them, and some even ran away themselves.

Guo Xin's image is also quite embarrassing, he thought from the beginning that Sullivan was not a qualified military commander, and after the fall of Manhattan, the Continental Army did not have the slightest appearance of being able to fight, so Guo Xin resolutely took two comrades-in-arms, swam across the river, and returned with his partners by relying on his excellent special warfare skills.

After carrying a radio on his body and properly protecting him from waterproofing, he walked for a while and finally contacted Yue Zhenfu.

Yue Zhenfu also sighed and said: "After this defeat, I'm afraid that the Continental Army will not be able to slow down for a while." ”

Guo Xin saw that the generals of the Continental Army, including Washington, were in a very low mood, and he said toughly: "We must persevere, as long as we hold on, the reinforcements of the Tang Republic will eventually arrive, and then we can blockade New York, completely restrict the British from the sea to supply the British army and Hessian mercenaries on land, as long as we can rekindle the people's revolutionary confidence, we will inevitably defeat the enemy." ”

Washington was a little unsure, he said: "Mr. Jensen may have prepared to return from Los Angeles at this time, but Datang has already refused to send troops directly to aid us once, and now if it is only weapons, even if there are one or two invincible warships of Datang that can severely damage the Royal Navy, but if we can't win on land, everything will be in vain." ”

Guo Xin had some confidence in this, because he knew that Bai Nan's idea from the beginning was to intervene in the North American Revolutionary War. He said, "Please have hope, Mr. Washington, at least the Continental Army is not completely lost now, you still have thousands of soldiers loyal to the Continental Congress, and we have two of the Rapid Gun Regiment, and if we use it properly, we can inflict heavy losses on the British army, and at least get a little respite." ”

Washington asked, "Gentlemen, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Yue Zhenfu said at this time: "Victory will certainly make the British army more arrogant, according to our intelligence, the British army has begun to divide its forces and attack in all directions, with the aim of controlling New Jersey and other areas around New York, and cutting off the north and south of New England. Although our strength has weakened, the British have also weakened in essence because of the division of troops, and as long as we can repel one or two enemies, stabilize our position, and increase the absorption of new blood, we will still have the strength to compete with the British. ”

Washington couldn't help but be surprised: "Do you still want to fight the British army at this time?" ”

Guo Xindao: "That's right, the more times like this, the more we need to unite the troops, strengthen the will to fight, blindly fleeing can only be bad, we also have a certain initiative, with the fast gun regiment as the core to fight a beautiful ambush battle, we can alleviate this crisis." ”

Washington's generals didn't think so. Ward said: "Is this really a good idea? Why does it sound like a suicidal operation, our military is now panicked, and we need some time to adjust. ”

Guo Xin said unceremoniously: "When you finish adjusting, maybe there are only a few hundred people left, and the British army has completely controlled New Jersey and New York." ”

Washington was no longer silent, he said, "Do it! We still have a chance to fight, and indeed, as several advisers said, if we blindly retreat, the Continental Army may be doomed. ”

He looked at Yue Zhenfu and said, "Major Yue, please help me in command, our goal is to attack Conleyworth, New Jersey, and we will organize a counterattack in Princeton." ”

Yue Zhenfu nodded and said, "Okay, we can build trenches and improvised fortifications suitable for our operations in Princeton, send a militia to lure Conleyvos into attacking, and then we will strike at them." This battle requires all the bravery of the entire Continental Army, and it must be defeated! ”

Washington defied public opinion, and with the members of the Datang Advisory Group as the main commanders and staff officers, he began his last risky battle. Because the Continental Army in New York was so badly defeated, the British army encountered little resistance, and the 3,000 British army led by Conleyworth went very smoothly. Henry. Clinton explained that he was pursuing the remnants of Washington's troops, but because the Continental Army was so broken up, Clinton could not grasp the specific place where Washington had retreated for a while.

Conleyworth's British forces captured several stronghold posts in succession, leaving some British troops to defend them, and soon they found the Continental Army in the area north of Preston, which was actually a militia that did not have much combat effectiveness.

Conlivos immediately led his army into attack on the Continental Army, and the militia, which had little combat effectiveness, immediately retreated to the rear after firing a few shots.

Under Yue Zhenfu's arrangement, the Continental Army arranged trenches on both sides of the road overnight, and covered them with some felled trees and vegetation. The Continental Army was crawling in the trenches, and the British did not find out at the first time, so they entered the trenches on both sides under the fire cover. At this time, Yue Zhenfu immediately ordered the soldiers of the quick-gun regiment who were ambushed in the trenches to shoot at the British with SC-2 rifles.

The sudden ferocious firepower stunned the British army, and Guo Xin led a Continental Army unit of several hundred people from the front of the British army to fight the British army in close combat, and finally the British surrendered to the Continental Army after suffering 800 casualties, and Washington finally reaped the first victory since the Battle of New York.

When Clinton learned that the Continental Army had defeated the British army at Princeton, he immediately organized the main force of the British army of 13,000 men to prepare for the battle. However, under the advice of the Tang military advisers, the Continental Army did not defend Princeton, but instead moved and sent small detachments to attack several outposts of the British army, causing certain losses to the British army.

When the Tang Expeditionary Force was drawn from Los Angeles in August, the Continental Army finally stabilized its position with some scattered military victories, and Clinton repeatedly tried to encircle and suppress the Continental Army, but they were all suspended due to the early retreat of the Continental Army. The tactics of this mobile operation naturally come from the PLA of the other plane.

Fearing a surprise attack on New York, Clinton had to withdraw to New York, and the front was suddenly deadlocked. (To be continued.) )