Chapter 117: Swallowing the Scroll (6)

Before leaving Bres, no matter how the two colleagues tried to argue at the high-level military hearings about participation, General Lee, who was present, did not believe that a group of rabble, who had not been defeated for a long time, could defeat the Bellese army, which had not been defeated for a long time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info said that he has a high fighting spirit and has a powerful weapon in his hand, does it mean that the level of equipment and morale of Beles is not the highest level in the world? Li would rather believe that the two colleagues had lost their command of the army because they had been absent from the battle for a long time, and that they were quibbling for their incompetence after the defeat. In addition to this, the honor of the Brethren soldiers did not allow Lee to believe that there was still the power in this world that could defeat the Gregorian army. Of course, he had to think that if he organized another expedition, it would not be so unbearable anyway. It is not only himself who believes in Lee, but also Prime Minister Locke, who replaced Hawkins. Putting aside the personal relationship between Locke and Lee, just from Lee's past achievements, it can be shown that the commander of this expedition was not wrong. Of course, the small friction between the previous and the big empire in the East is not a war, and it is another matter.

But since landing on the continent of Emerik, it seems that all the good fortune has abandoned Lee and his soldiers, and the first battle of the landing seems to be a great victory, but no high-ranking officials of the United States have been found, and not even a few residents of the town have been seen. It was also a pipe dream to find symbolic trophies such as the founding instrument of the United States. Unable to return in vain, the Bristles decided to attack other strategically important municipalities such as Virgil. Perhaps in Virgil, the army will be able to regain its lost luck and win a great victory. So, every minute of waiting on a warship to reach Virgil is very unbearable. As soon as he reached the vicinity of Fergil's beach, Lee immediately gave the order to land, and before the staff officers could make a basic staff plan for the landing, the army had already arrived at the beachhead in landing craft. The unsuspecting British army was met head-on, and the shells fired from the concealment fell into the group of soldiers and exploded, emitting green smoke. It was this green smoke that caused countless Brejan soldiers to fall on the beach. Looking through the binoculars, the soldiers lying on the beach were convulsed and foaming at the mouth, and they had lost their basic mobility, let alone attacked, under the green smoke. The soldiers at the back of the phalanx were not affected much, but they were already staggering and could not move on. Li resolutely issued an order for the whole army to withdraw its warships, demanding that all the soldiers who could still be treated should be withdrawn, and all the wounded and sick who could not be taken away should be discarded. The Breechian soldiers, who filled the beach, were left on the beach, and the rest of the soldiers withdrew to the warship, which left the shore to hide from the attack.

The enemy who launched the surprise attack finally showed his true face, and apart from a dozen or so guys who walked slowly in black smoke, there were not many enemies rushing towards the beach. It was these weird guys, with clumps of flames rising from the muzzles of the guns, and shells flying towards the warship. The shells that fell on the deck of the warship also emitted green smoke, and the soldiers on the warship were in confusion. Fortunately, not a few shells landed on the deck, and the nature of the warships moving back and forth made it difficult for the enemy to hit. Lee commanded the fleet to actively maneuver to evade enemy artillery fire and avoid greater casualties. Gradually, the pace of the artillery attack slowed down, and finally, the enemy monsters stopped firing and slowly stopped on the beach. There is no ammunition, Li made such a judgment, then, you should taste the power of the Britles, he squeezed a few words from the corners of his mouth, and landed again to attack. Without the powerful artillery, could the Emmerics still be so powerful?

Lee again tasted defeat, and the soldiers who landed again were driven away by the order, and without even forming a qualified phalanx, they began to charge. Everyone with rifles in hand, stooped cautiously along the gently sloping beach, and the formation was so dense that they were about to get close to the strange guys who had just fired green smoke cannonballs. The sound of gunfire rang out, and the Brethians lay down on the beach before they could find the source of the gunfire, and the red blood flowed from roughly the same spot, and the Americ attacked again, though they still did not launch a massive charge. Li's hands trembled, and he could barely hold the telescope in his hand. He began to imagine more scenes of soldiers being sacrificed, and even began to imagine the scenes of the hearings he would have to go through when he returned to the country of Breez. After a wave of vertigo in his head, Lee decided that he couldn't stop there, he wanted to change his tactics and save the day. While the Brethians were still struggling to land with the pitiful terrain cover, General Lee left the warship with a few landing craft full of soldiers, and then the huge hull cover of the warship, and quietly advanced towards the alternate landing site. This is the roundabout outflanking tactic that Lee excels at, and this is also the experience of a seasoned veteran. At this moment, Lee had only one thought in his head, to go around behind the traitors like Amerik and beat them up.

Warman really didn't expect an unknown number of Breess to appear behind him, which was really bad news. But it's not bad that the two and a half young men who were hiding nearby to watch the excitement spotted the Breechians sneaking up in time and quickly reported to Warman. Warman divided the already nervous soldiers into two parts, rushed forward, and completed a rough defensive position on a high ground. Warman, like the deceased Curris, never really learned to conduct, but it seems that they were born to command. Often, the ever-changing situation on the battlefield inspired Curris and Warman's brilliant ideas. Of course, it has to be mentioned that the advanced weapons brought from the undersea base, those that even Warman did not understand the principles of production, have helped the young United States of Emerik time and time again. For example, the disadvantage that the previous rifle could only attack with a single shot was too slow, and the rifle was made into a gun formation, and the firing and reloading procedures were separated, which greatly improved the speed of firing. Faster firing means that oncoming enemies will fall in pieces, especially with a dense formation like the Brillesians. The frontal charge of the Britles was dealt a heavy blow and could not create a sufficient area of beachhead on the beach, and some of the landing craft did not even reach the edge of the beach. Warman decided to look at the line of defense in the rear.

In front of Lee was a long, narrow valley floor, which made him hesitate. If you march from both sides, you will inevitably slow down and affect the effect of the attack, while if you march from the bottom of the valley, although the speed is fast, it is difficult to ensure safety. After a little consideration, Lee decided to move along the valley floor, believing that Warman might not be able to spot the surprise attack of the small Brethian army. Lee's team formed two narrow columns and slowly entered the valley floor. As soon as the team entered the valley floor, gunshots were heard from the trees at both ends of the valley, and the first agitation occurred at the rear end of the group, where someone was shot and fell. The well-trained soldiers quickly relied on the terrain and trees around them as cover to launch a counterattack, and for a time the two sides were inseparable. Once again, Lee lost the favor of the goddess of fate, and it was difficult for the roundabout troops he led to get out, let alone support the other troops who were still struggling to support the landing on the beach. Li Yangtian sighed, will his reputation in the army be ruined in this nameless valley? He couldn't help but think of the good times he had served on Europa, in his territories in the Far East, in Ephyrex. If you knew that you would end your military career in this way, you might as well follow the advice of your family members, leave the army early, and smoke cigars in the halls where you have attended and listen to the chatter of politicians. At least that kind of life was decent, but it was too late, Li thought of something, he looked at the few soldiers around him who were still resisting stubbornly, and ordered to stop resisting. As if they didn't understand, the gunfire continued, and it was not until Lee ordered the soldiers to give the signal to stop the attack, and the soldiers gradually lowered their guns. In fact, Lee and his soldiers were already able to see the blackened muzzles of their guns sticking out of the bushes. At this moment, surrender became their only option, and Li was the first to unleash his command knife and show his sincerity.

Warman accepted General Lee's surrender and even returned the general's command knife to him as a sign of his sincerity. A saber is a soldier's honor, and Warman knows what it means to untie it. The struggle between two countries has nothing to do with the honor of soldiers. It was only the Empire of Libers that was defeated, not the soldiers who bravely resisted and avoided needless sacrifices. During their time at the base, the cold agent and Warman discussed the future of the United States, as well as the basic concept of modernization. A series of ideas sounded so novel, and although Warman couldn't accept them all, he listened patiently. For example, the agent's refusal to accept the enemy's sincere surrender is not a sign of the height of individual evolutionary civilization. Rationality in dealing with the confrontation and confrontation between two power entities is a necessary quality for a leader of a power entity. Now, Warman showed this rationality, though he wondered if this surrender meant that Breth would give up his revenge and finally accept the independence of Emric's domain. Lee returned to the frontal battlefield with Warman and called on the Breechian soldiers, who were landing but had already paid a heavy price in casualties, to stop the attack. Lee argued that while he had the right to order the soldiers to retreat and stop the attack, he did not have the right to sign an armistice on behalf of Breess and Warman. Warman bowed his head in understanding, and watched him leave with his crippled soldier. Just now, there were corpses left on the battlefield under artillery fire, and it became silent. Warman let out a long breath that Virgil had not been badly damaged, hoping that this was the final battle between Americ and Breez. War, after all, is not full of undisguised destruction.

Decades later, every inception textbook for the history of the United States of Emerrick wrote that Chris, the second consul of the United States (who did not yet have a presidency at the time). Mr. Warman, after the death of the first consul, Curris, was mortally wounded, and led the conscripted militia to defeat the huge British invading army at the Battle of Virgil with crude weaponry, and won a decisive victory. From then on, Britain was no longer able to launch a large-scale invasion, and the independence of the United States became an unbreakable fact. The accompanying picture shows Warman riding on a horse to receive the Commander of Bethle, Lee. Fifty years after the United States was in town, Congress convened to reconsider the contents of the newly revised textbook on national history, as is customary, and President Cliff attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

After reading the newspaper he picked up, the poor boy Bobby casually threw the newspaper on the ground, and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on it. The climate is dry, unusual, and the streets of Virgil are full of high-rise buildings, probably inhabited by wealthy people. What is confusing, or always baffling Bobby, is that the rich people have nothing to do all day, but they have a lot of money, but Bobby has not had a day off, but he is poor and jingles. Now Bobby needs to rush home to take care of his sick mother before hurrying back to the factory where he works. Before arriving at the door, an advertisement on the street caught Bobby's attention. It was a national recruitment advertisement, and what appealed to Bobby was that the salary and allowance for service were very attractive. Of course, Bobby has also heard that some ads are just deceptive. But this is a conscription advertisement, and there is a big red seal of the local government on it, so it shouldn't be a lie. He made a note of the address on it and prepared to take advantage of his vacation.

Mei Yi didn't expect that this time the suppression of bandits going north would actually become his last performance in officialdom, and he took the initiative to leave. Or rather, the Xiyi clique asked him to leave. The regiment he led successfully caught up with Hong Eighteen's team less than two hundred miles south of the capital. At that time, the capital was already panicked. The big and small people in the court began to prepare to move the capital, and the queen mother in the court sent a decree asking Mei Yi why he was unwilling to march quickly, causing bandits to approach the vicinity of Beijing. Mei Yi asked Master Zhao to write back to explain, and on the other hand, he launched an attack with the help of favorable terrain and climate. With superior weapons and equipment, favorable terrain, and the lack of food and clothing of Hong 18's troops under the freezing weather, the war began to show a one-sided trend within a few days. Mr. Yi's order came again, asking Mei Yi to suspend the attack, because the offensive on Nanjing's side had also slowed down. In this way, Mei Yi's team surrounded the remaining rebels, and from the winter of the first year to the spring of the following year, they did not launch an attack for three or four months. The good news is that there are fewer and fewer people in Hong Eighteen's team who can crawl and move, and it won't be long before they can win without a fight.

Mr. Yi did not ask Mei Yi to wait until the day when he won without a fight, but urgently recruited him to go south. Mei Yi believed that the imperial court should issue an order and send troops to replace such a major use of troops. The replacement army arrived in time, look at the arrival of the holy decree, and then look at the fat-faced guy who replaced Mei Yi, Mei Yi understands that the time has come for some imperial relatives to make meritorious contributions. After the handover, Mei Yi waved his army south, but Master Zhao proposed to return to his hometown at this time. When Master Zhao said this, Mei Yi thought it was a joke, Master Zhao was in the prime of life, how did he think of saying goodbye to his hometown and returning home? The master did not explain positively, but with a solemn face, he persuaded Mei Yi to withdraw from the officialdom at the right time and return with his crown. Mei Yi saw that Master Zhao had already made up his mind, and he didn't keep too much, so he ordered the military affairs to bring more travel expenses to Master Zhao, plus Mei Yi's own gratitude of a few hundred taels, and sent Master Zhao away. Master Zhao left instructions when he left, he pointed to the sunny day, paused for a short time, and only said one word at a time, and the three words were changed. This made Mei Yi very uneasy. He asked Master Zhao how to deal with it, and Master Zhao just said that he had changed his own way, and he would be safe when he met. Mei Yi was busy with military affairs, sent off Master Zhao, and hurriedly led a large group of soldiers south.

Nanjing's military was beyond many people's expectations. Although Hong Shibai has not had a chance to come out since he entered the city, there are many people who have stayed outside the city and raised troops in his name. These military groups constantly harassed the officers and troops besieging Nanjing, and this also distracted the attention of the besieging troops to a great extent. It is not known how Hong Shibai's activities in the city were, but what is strange is that Nanjing, which has a population of tens of thousands, has never had a shortage of food. The besieging team launched an attack shortly after Mei Yi arrived, and the attack that began smoothly quickly turned into a difficult advance. Mei Yi, who fought with Hong 18 when he was in Hezhou, found that Hong 18's men and horses were not at all the rabble they had in the past, but were extremely combative. Those tall, burly, fierce and fierce bandits who rushed over were several times superior to the officers and soldiers in terms of momentum alone, not to mention their martial arts. If it weren't for the large number of officers and soldiers, it would be difficult to say what the victory would have been. Compared with ordinary officers and soldiers, Mei Yi's regimental soldiers were much better in combat effectiveness, and they were equipped with new-style muskets, and they took the lead in breaking through the main gate of Nanjing, and after breaking into the city, according to Mr. Yi's care before the war, they attacked straight towards Hong Shiba's lair. At that time, the building was already empty, and it was difficult to capture the bandit leader, Mei Yi was strictly ordered to search and arrest after the report, and soon the officers and soldiers reported that the bandit leader was not captured, but a rather tricky thing happened.