The military advisory group from the Tang Dynasty was arranged to enter the Continental Army, and it was obvious that Washington did not trust the Tang people very much at this time, so it did not assign the advisory group to various units, and of course, the Continental Army did not have a very strict military organization at this moment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Receiving more than 2,000 advanced muskets from the Tang Dynasty, as well as gunpowder (black powder) that the Continental Army had been lacking, Washington's confidence was greatly increased, and he assigned Tang-made weapons to rifle companies that he thought were the best in archery, in the hope that they could maximize their combat effectiveness.

"Maybe after the Battle of Boston, we should unite a group of elite soldiers and train them in arrays." Washington thought so, and he also asked for help from Datang's military advisers.

However, Guo Xin and others rejected Washington's suggestion, he said: "The combat mission of the Continental Army is heavy, so it is a luxury to pull out the training musket line separately, Mr. Commander, you will be able to use every force in your hands, and our musket can provide more dense firepower and more accurate strikes, so that the musket line created in order to make up for the lack of accuracy and range has no value, and the Continental Army needs a new tactic." ”

Washington couldn't help but suspect that this was the Tang people's intention to hide their secrets, but he didn't know that the Tang army had never trained musket arrays at all, and if their S1 rifles were to use a three-row line line, they would be laughed off by all the traversers who knew about military affairs.

In fact, the Ministry of Defense also considered this issue when it first sent an advisory group, how to give the Continental Army advisers, obviously the level of the SC-2 rifle. It is no longer suitable for the basic three-row line of musket lines. Standing and shooting is also undoubtedly a foolish act. Because the SC-2 was already rear-loaded, there was no need to reload bullets and propellants at the muzzle while standing. The skirmish line tactic is undoubtedly the most suitable for the SC-2 rifle, but it is worried that the combat effectiveness of the Continental Army, which has absorbed the skirmish line tactic, is too strong, whether it is to solve the British army too early, gain independence, or clash with the Tang Dynasty in the future, it is not a pleasant thing.

In the end, it was Zhao Daling who overrode public opinion, thinking that such a thing as a skirmish line would not be taught to the Americans even now. Slowly they will also play on their own. Unlike the European armies, the American army did not have a strong foundation in the line of the legs, and the courage to fight was also limited, and it would not be long before they found that the tactics of their weapons in line were very absurd, and even if they could not play the orthodox skirmisher line, their combat would never be the typical musket line of this era.

Soon, Guo Xin and other military advisers conducted basic training for a part of the Continental Army, so that this part of the Continental Army basically mastered the use of new weapons, learned to shoot, and also practiced tactics that were not too difficult such as skirmishers.

Washington believes that the time is almost ripe. He gathered the members of the advisory group and prepared to lead the Continental Army to launch a siege campaign. Washington is not a commander of great military talent. But compared to the rest of the Continental Army, it is already a bit of a way. During the ten-month siege of Boston, Washington pursued security and did not force an attack on Boston. Because the commander of the Continental Army knew very well that the Continental Army in his hands was nothing more than a rabble, and neither discipline nor will to fight could be considered strong, and if the British Army gave the Continental Army a serious plan by virtue of the terrain, then the Continental Army was likely to collapse on its own. The British were careful not to rush into a breakout, and the Continental Army was able to maintain it without fleeing.

In fact, throughout the siege of Boston, Washington proposed many siege strategies, including using small boats to cross the back bay, using amphibious warfare to surprise the back of the British defense, and leading the army to attack the British on the ice after the sea between Roxbury and Boston Common froze in February. However, Washington's control over the Continental Army was limited, and the officers opposed his strategy because they did not want their troops to face heavy casualties. It was also quite normal for these forces to come from Massachusetts, from Pennsylvania, from Maryland and New York, and although they had the same goal, they also had differences.

Finally, at this moment, the heavy artillery of Fort Ticonderoga was in place, and the Tang people also sent a large number of weapons and gunpowder, and the morale of the Continental Army was greatly boosted, and it was ready to conquer Boston in one fell swoop.

For the first time, Washington felt that he had a good hand, that he was superior to the British in numbers, with more than 10,000 Continental Army soldiers, and now he had dozens of artillery pieces and an superior musketeer armed with breech guns.

The Continental Army's goal was Dorchester Heights, which was located south of Boston, and as long as it was taken and artillery positions were placed, all effective British military installations in Boston could be covered. However, Washington was well versed in military affairs, and instead of directly seizing the Dorchester Heights, which was not defended by the British, he planted artillery at Cambridge and Roxbury to bombard Boston. This diverted the attention of the British army, and 2,000 soldiers were sent to Dorchester Heights in the evening, where they built fortifications and artillery positions.

At midnight, Washington climbed the heights with members of the Tang Advisory Group, and Yue Zhenfu taught the Continental Army some methods of building simple fortifications, but Washington itself did not have many requirements for fortifications, and it would be nice to be able to defend against grapeshotfire attacks and provide a platform for musketeers to fire.

If the Tang army used the heights themselves, then they set up fortifications and machine-gun fortresses at the top of the heights, and set up artillery positions on the anti-slope of the heights to make it difficult for the enemy's artillery to hit.

Even so, when the British discovered the fortifications on the Dorchester Heights the next day, their commander, General Howe, lamented: "The rebels can do more in one night than my army in a month." Of course, this is also an exaggerated statement, but it is this bit of execution, and the crew of the Datang Military Advisory Group is not very optimistic.

Washington also placed 3,000 troops at Cambridge, carrying artillery and transport ships, and once the British attacked Dorchester Heights, this force would directly cross the river to attack Boston, cutting off the British army's rear route. Judging from the above settings, Washington is still a commander who can fight.

The British were already ants on a hot pot, and their new naval commander, Shu Dehan, told Howe that the artillery set up by the rebels had seriously threatened Boston's naval ships, and that they must respond immediately to remove the threat to the navy.

Howe knew this, not only was the navy under serious threat, but the lobster soldiers were also under the constant attack of the rebels (the British uniform was red, and every guy looked like a lobster), so Howe mobilized 2,400 men and prepared to attack that night.

It was only at this time that Washington increased the number of troops in Dorchester Heights, bringing the number of troops on the heights to 6,000, and there was a snowstorm that night, which made Howe's offensive impossible to carry out.

The next day, when the snow was a little lighter, Washington immediately ordered artillery to bombard Boston at Dorchester Heights, this time with a much greater effect than the previous artillery attacks at Cambridge and Roxbury, and the British were greatly shaken. So, Howe finally couldn't sit still, and he was ready to withdraw his troops.

He wrote a letter to Washington stating that Washington must let him and his troops, as well as the local royalist populace, leave by boat, in exchange for Howe not going to set fire to all of Boston. This demand was tacitly approved by Washington.

And apparently the military advisers from Datang had other ideas.

"Mr. Commander, there are nearly 10,000 of Howe's men, if you can't eat them, then these people will continue to be the enemies of the Thirteen Colonies after resting." Guo Xin said to Washington.

Washington sighed, "Of course I know this, but even if I wanted to eat them, I didn't have the strength, and although we outnumbered the British in strength and weapons, it was clear that my officers did not want their troops to suffer too much damage, and they would do their best to stop my adventure." ”

Guo Xin sighed: "This army is not a completely pure army. ”

"But I'm confident in our future," Washington laughed. ”

Guo Xin suddenly smiled and said, "Of course, this strategy of mine did not envisage the use of your Continental Army from the beginning. ”

Washington was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "You plan to use the navy to intercept the British army?" ”

Guo Xindao: "That's right, 10,000 British troops, this risk is too great, and it will become the enemy of the Continental Army in the future." Our Lieutenant Commander Jiao Qiang is already preparing his battleship in New York, and if Howe and Shudhan leave Boston, you will immediately seize Boston, and then our ships will sink the British at sea, and of course, if they surrender so well, we will be able to capture a large number of British troops, and we will also be able to get the battleships, which we will transfer to the Continental Army and Navy, as is customary before. ”

Washington was thrilled and high-fived: "Fantastic, this is simply fantastic." I'm worried that I won't be able to keep these 10,000 British troops, and if we can do this, it will not be in vain that we have besieged Boston for more than ten months. ”

It was also a bit risky for the Military Advisory Group to make such a decision, as it would obviously benefit the Continental Army's future operations, and of course the British might continue to increase their weight, which was obviously a move they would be more comfortable with. However, after this battle, the Li Wenzhong will have to return to China, and its ammunition reserves will inevitably bottom out, and they will also need instructions for the next step.

The Tang Dynasty needed to obtain more benefits in the War of Independence, and it was obviously impossible to rely solely on Guo Xin and their advisory group, and it would not be of much help to rely on selling goods and arms. (To be continued.) )