I was relieved that the British had taken the top of the hill without much pursuit. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This siege of Boston was strictly a loss for the North American militia, and apart from our battle at Bunker Hill, which had some bright spots, the rest of the city was a mess.

Having lost their positions on the outskirts of Boston, the North American militia units retreated as a whole, merging the incoming guerrillas and militia regiments and reorganizing into six companies of the Continental Army, the first regular army in North America.

The Continental Army consisted of divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and artillery and cavalry detachments, with a total strength of 88 battalions and a total of about 60,000 men, but in the course of the war it never actually exceeded 19,000 men. The commander-in-chief is none other than a former British Army colonel and Virginia plantation owner, and I have been recuperating in the hospital, if this is a hospital. I can only describe the treatment methods of doctors in this period in two words, ignorance and barbarism.

The tent next door to me is the operating room, and the blood-red sewage flows under my bed every day, and the big clumps of flies eat under my bed, and when I am tired, I rest in my bed, and the buzzing is very irritating.

The curtain of the door was opened, and Wang Li walked in with two people.

"Wang Li, find a way to get me out, I'll be crazy here!"

In the past few days, Wang Li has been taking care of me, and her treatment concept has been resisted by the doctors in this hospital, and some people even call Wang Li a witch in private.

During this period, there were only two results of being called a witch, being burned or expelled. In order to protect Wang Li, she was arranged to take care of me and minimize the number of appearances.

Along with Wang Li were two big-bellied officers, who seemed to be farmers or businessmen before joining the army.

"Hello, I'm Allen, the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment of the first division of the Continental Army" The older officer reported his home, and his origin scared me.

"I'm Jeffs, a staff officer of the 1st Division"

I began to secretly wonder if it was my performance in the battle of Bunker Hill that caused these two, and that it would be miserable if I was held accountable for impersonating the commander.

"Tian You, guerrilla squad leader. Why are you here? ”

I don't like to go around in circles and ask them directly where they came from.

"We are delighted by your performance at Bunker Hill and we formally invite you to join the Continental Army, this is your appointment"

The battalion commander handed me a piece of paper with my new position written on it, the commander of the second company of the second battalion of the first regiment of the first division of the Continental Army. The benefits of the door-to-door delivery were not taken in vain, and I happily accepted the appointment.

The personnel of the second company are all remnants of the soldiers in Bunker Hill last time, and they are familiar with me and have some confidence in me, which will help a lot in the later missions.

The whole company assembled in the open field, waiting for my arrival, and after the first sight of the soldiers, I turned around and left, and went straight to the division headquarters, leaving behind a large number of stunned soldiers, and even the brothers could not understand what I was doing.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

Alan studied the map in his tent, writing down something with his pen from time to time. I didn't bother and waited for him to finish. When Alan finished writing, he looked up and saw that it was me, and his face was a little surprised.

"Second Company Commander, is there anything you want me to do?"

"Company Commander I need shoes, weapons, ammunition, and food"

The first thought of seeing the troops made me feel angry. Poorly equipped, ragged, yellow-skinned, and obviously a regular army, it was not as good as the guerrillas.

"I don't have what you said, not only me, but even the commander-in-chief can't take it out"

Allen said that there was nothing he could do, that the North American continent would not be as good as that of future generations, and that the Continental Army was not yet an American GI with extravagant equipment.

I returned to the barracks dejectedly and found Jiang Yitao, the deputy company commander, to find out the specific situation.

"Say, how bad is it"

Jiang Yitao wanted to speak and stopped, and said after a long time: "You have to be mentally prepared"

I indifferently opened the data book handed to me, on which was the detailed data of the second company, no matter how bad it was, how bad could it be.

The second company had a total of 124 men, only 63 rifles, less than a thousand rounds of ammunition, and not a single artillery.

If it's just weapons, there is a huge shortage of living materials. The company had only 45 blankets, nearly half of the soldiers had no shoes, and what was worse was that the food was only enough for the company to eat for four days.

"One more thing you have to note is that many soldiers have a term of one year or even nine months, and it is expected that by the end of next month, nearly 60 people will be discharged"

This news is like a bolt from the blue, the person who formulates this service period should be hanged, what can a one-year service period do? The training of recruits takes at least nearly two months.

In fact, these things happened because of the lack of mental preparation of the people in North America for the long-term nature of this war, and also because of the lack of awareness of the necessity of a standing army.

Thinking of the unsuccessful ambush in Boston, I had an idea, and it seemed that the only way to do it was to get rid of the British supply team.

I made my suggestion to the above, and got an instruction similar to acting cheaply, and it seems that the above also hit this idea, but I was worried that it would be difficult to deal with it if it failed. Now that someone is willing to "test the waters", they must be smiling.

I have less than four days, and once the food is gone, it is not surprising that nothing happens in the army. If something happens, I'll be the best back-breaker.

The first two days I looked at the terrain on the main route where the convoy appeared, and the result was not very ideal, there was no suitable location.

Riding a horse to a bridge, I looked up and down the bridge, the river was not wide, but the current was fast.

"How far is the nearest bridge from here?" I asked the local guide.

"There is only this one bridge here, and if you don't take the bridge, you can only take the ferry, and the nearest ferry is more than 120 kilometers away."

"When is the next supply team here?"

"The supply team will arrive here once a week, probably tomorrow at noon."

I nodded, had a rough idea in my mind, and returned to the barracks with the people.

That night I left the barracks with my troops and headed straight for the bridge, and we arrived at the bridge at about two o'clock in the morning.

I've checked the gunpowder reserves, and although there are no cannons, there are many cannons that are used for firing powder packs, and a simple modification is an explosives pack.

"A platoon of people brought explosives to blow up two piers of the bridge for me, pay attention to the amount of gunpowder, only two piers are allowed to be blown up!"

"Yes!"

The chicken is a long line, and this kind of sabotage is to his taste. Soon the bridge deck collapsed in an explosion, no more, no less, just two piers.

"The others come with me"

I didn't cross the river, but I led the people to a clearing on the side of Boston.

"Dig a pit for me and bury all the explosives!"

Everyone looked at me strangely, wondering if I was too busy to get out of the way.

"That's... Brother You, the supply team is coming from the other side of the bridge," Jiang Yitao whispered close to my ear.

"I know."

"So what are we doing here with explosives?"

"Grab supplies"

"But the supply team is on the other side, we can't cross the bridge if we blow it up, how can we rob it?"

"Who said I'm going to grab the supply team?"

I didn't explain what they didn't understand, and then they would know for themselves.

After planting the explosives, it was almost dawn, and I took the people to hide in a forest far away. At the same time, a strict order was given to the squad and platoon leader, and before receiving the order to attack, anyone was forbidden to leave, and the violator could be killed on the spot!

Now we just have to wait quietly for the night to come, and I am sure that this trap will surely be stepped on by the British army!