On July 4, 1781, a huge fleet was galloping across the North Atlantic, led by Admiral Nelson of the British Empire, from the British Empire to reinforce the North American colonies thousands of miles away to eliminate the rebels.

This huge fleet has three first-class battleships with a displacement of 2,500 tons, and each first-class battleship has as many as 100 guns, which can be described as a mobile turret on the sea, but the cost of first-class battleships is too expensive, even the empire that the sun never sets has only built five, and this time in order to deter rebellion, three of them were sent at all costs.

In addition to the three first-class battleships, the fleet also has seven second-class battleships with a displacement of 2,000 tons, 47 third-class battleships with a displacement of 1,500 tons, 32 fourth-class battleships with a displacement of 1,000 tons, and 22 fifth-class cruisers with a displacement of 600 tons.

"How far are we from New York?" asked Admiral Nelson to the navigator beside him.

The navigator looked at the charts and began to calculate the speed and currents of the fleet, and after a moment he reported: "Your Excellency, our current location is about a day's journey from New York. ”

"I see, herald, order the forward fleet to expand the search area, the French fleet is likely to be waiting for us in front. ”

"Yes!"

Admiral Nelson's order was soon conveyed through the flag.

After all the preparations that should have been done, Admiral Nelson turned his head and looked behind him, on one of the armed merchant ships in the fleet.

"How is our princess doing, are you seasick or unwell?"

The adjutant beside Admiral Nelson replied, "Your Highness Princess Catherine has just been contacted, and Her Highness is in good health and does not feel any discomfort. ”

Admiral Nelson's answer made Admiral Nelson feel very depressed, "I really can't understand why Her Majesty would let a little girl who is only twenty years old lead an army of thousands of people into battle." ”

"Your Excellency, General, please be cautious. The adjutant looked left and right to see that no one noticed the conversation between them, and then said softly: "Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine is the daughter of the Grand Duke Victor, and the Grand Duke of Victor is a cousin of Her Majesty the Queen. ”

"Hmph! The battlefield is not a playground for aristocratic ladies, but it can kill people. Admiral Nelson snorted disdainfully.

"Your Excellency General, in fact, there is no need for you to bother at all, you are the navy, Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine is the army, and it is General Montgomery who should really be bothered by the commander of the reinforcements. ”

The adjutant's words made the corners of Admiral Nelson's mouth smile, "You're right, I just need to send Her Royal Highness the princess ashore, and I don't need to worry about the rest of the matter, hahahaha......!"

Amid the laughter of Admiral Nelson, the reinforcement fleet was one step closer to its destination, New York, an important city in the North American colonies.

On July 6, 1781, at ten o'clock in the morning, Ouyang Yu set foot on the land of New York, at this time she was wearing a bright British lobster officer uniform, wearing a black gold-rimmed triangular hat, carrying a one-handed command knife on her left waist, and a flintlock pistol on her right waist, and her current identity is the colonel of the 131st Regiment of the British Continental Expeditionary Force, and she is also a relative of the British royal family with the title of princess, her father is the Archduke Victor, the Minister of Cabinet Power, and her mother is a mysterious woman brought by Archduke Victor from the far East。

Accompanying Ouyang Yu to the dungeon was her Wild Rose Guards, and the thirty-two Guards were also wearing the uniforms of the Lobster Soldiers, carrying flintlock smoothbore rifles that Ouyang Yu thought could not be older to guard around her.

"Colonel first...... Madam...... Belch...... Mademoiselle, General Montgomery invites you to attend the meeting at his headquarters. The herald used a few nouns in a row to find a suitable word to call Ouyang Yu.

"I see, Laura, you stay in charge of the soldiers getting off the ship and resting, and I'll go see what General Montgomery has told me to do. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

After speaking, Ouyang Yu boarded the carriage specially prepared for her, and drove towards the temporary headquarters of the expeditionary force under the protection of the personal guards.

The number of expeditionary forces that arrived in the North American colonies from the British mainland exceeded 20,000, including 3,000 in Ouyang Yu's 131 reinforced regiment, 500 in cavalry alone and 500 artillery, so there were quite a few commanders at all levels in the entire expeditionary force, and when Ouyang Yu arrived, hundreds of officers of the expeditionary force had already gathered.

Ouyang Yu, who has a special identity and has royal "blood", although he is only a colonel, is qualified to sit in the first row, and when General Montgomery enters the temporary conference room, the officer on duty shouted: "All stand up and salute!"

"Sit down. ”

After the officers sat down, General Montgomery said loudly: "Originally, after a long voyage, you should have rested for two days, but after talking with General Clinton just now, I found that the situation on the North American continent is already very critical, and our army has no time to rest at all. The coalition formed in the west has divided our army on the North American continent into two, one part is here in New York, and the other part is trapped in Yorktown, where a friendly force of 7,000 men is being attacked by several times the enemy, so the main task of our army at present is to lift the enemy's siege of Yorktown and rescue the besieged friendly troops, and now I declare ......!"

All the officers, including Ouyang Yu, stood up again and waited for General Montgomery to issue a combat mission.

"The 122nd Regiment set out tonight as the vanguard to clear the way for the main forces of our army and clear the enemy guerrillas, the 128th Regiment to cover the left flank of the main force, the 130th Regiment to cover the right flank of the main force, and the 131st Regiment ....... ”

When General Montgomery read Ouyang Yu's army, she was a little excited, not knowing what kind of difficult task she would get.

"The 131st Regiment is headed westward, and is responsible for finding the munitions factories that have been set up in the area by the rebels, which can be occupied or destroyed, and in addition, our troops and friendly troops have insufficient food reserves, and the 131st Regiment is also responsible for collecting food in various villages and towns in case of emergency. ”

"Your Excellency, General, I ....... ”

"Disband!"

General Montgomery didn't wait for Ouyang Yu to speak, and quickly left the temporary conference room. (To be continued.) )