Text Chapter 235 The Whale Swallowing Momentum
"If you want me to say, it's better to join the company, you see the Charles family now, that is to have power, to have soldiers, and there is no shortage of money. ”
"Why, do you have a few beautiful daughters to give to others, such a good high-ranking person, it is really shameful to have to be a lover to a lowly Indian. ”
"You, hum, okay, I'm shameless, then you have the ability to take your people to fight other people's troops, see if you can get hurt." Not to mention too much, even that black brigade can beat you all over the ground to find teeth. ”
"Smack! You seem to be so good, do you want us to go out and pull out people to practice. ”
"Knock, knock, knock, okay, don't quarrel, go to the company, although it is also a choice, but until the last resort, it is better not to make this choice. After all, our roots are still in the colonies. ”
Lynman stopped the aristocrats from arguing and set the tone for the ensuing discussion. But before the negotiation could continue, a private soldier hurriedly broke into the tent, and before the nobles could get angry, the private soldier's words made everyone stunned again.
The 30,000 troops of the Yanhuang Trading Company marched out and began to storm the French colony. A week earlier, the French had already taken two small towns, one city. ”
"This, this, how can it be so fast, their combat effectiveness ......"
"Alright, that's the end of today's meeting, and everyone is back to their places at once. The people on the front line must urge Lin Xin to speed up the strangulation of the more than 10,000 French troops, and we can't let the Yanhuang Trading Company eat alone. ”
Because of this news, the nobles had no intention of continuing the negotiations. The company has already sent people to invade the French colonies, and it is still 30,000 troops. Even if 10,000 people are militiamen, their firepower is stronger than that of the regular army on their side, and there is no problem at all guarding the occupied territory. From the moment the company appeared in everyone's sight, any territory occupied was not lost due to the enemy's counterattack or the rebellion of the people, but little by little it was transformed into the company's heritage and strength.
If the company still had the weakness of population scarcity before, after a few years of fighting, coupled with a huge number of slave traders, the company with a number of 150,000 has begun to make up for this weakness. If they swallowed more than 100,000 French colonists, then they didn't have to think about it anymore. As long as the company does something to them, they will surrender immediately. 150,000 people can arm 30,000 powerful troops, and another 150,000 people will mean another 30,000 troops.
The army of 60,000 equipped with weapons and equipment in the early days of World War II, not to mention the current British North American colonies, which was the most powerful colony during Charlie's reign, did not dare to confront it. Therefore, they must end the fighting on this side as soon as possible, and then let the army join this feast of carving up the French North American colonies. Naturally, the 18,000 French troops who were still trapped here could not just ignore them. Surrender is basically not to think about it, both sides have already played a dog's brain, and they both have deep hatred and blood hatred. Then, the only way to do this is to kill all these people.
Lin Xin deliberately delayed the strangulation of the French, and had used the pretext of reducing the casualties of their private army before. Now, the nobles know that this guy is deliberately dragging them to wait until the Yanhuang Trading Company is full of food and drink, and will not let them go until they have left a little residue. Now that he has been discovered, Lin Xin can't continue to drag it out, anyway, Xiao Lin's order has been completed, and he has already delayed these people for more than half a month, and with the time of strangling the French, it will take at least a month for these people to enter the French North American colonies.
At that time, the company had already occupied all the key target cities. Speaking of which, Xiao Lin has also been transferring troops and generals, mainly to transfer the garrison division and militia division from the rear to the front. The reason why the three French forts were laid first was also to welcome the arrival of these people, and more importantly, the enemy stuffed the elite army into three stone forts, and the company had the ability to turn these forts into their coffins, so it was naturally the first to do it. The opportunity must not be lost, and the truth that it will not come again if it is lost, Xiao Lin still understands it very well.
After three fortresses were laid, the field division was in a state of second-level combat readiness, repairing while waiting for reinforcements to arrive. The company's elite spies have all entered the French colonies long ago, and this is not an airtight wall, or bribery or threats, and one by one has established information gathering channels. As soon as Carrot's decision to recruit the militia again came out, it didn't take long for Shawlin to know. Xiao Lin thought to himself that this would not work, if the strong labor force was all pulled strong, it would be difficult for him to do it.
It's not that I'm afraid that if there are too many militias, the company will not be able to defeat them. Even if you are a musketeer, if you want to form a good combat ability, you need to go through three months of training. If you just train your shooting skills, it will take a month to ensure that you don't waste resources. The hastily trained militia really doesn't even have the qualifications to stand in front of the company. However, in order to ensure victory in the battle, the company's army can only kill these cannon fodder. Their destination should not be to become a pile of minced meat on the battlefield.
They were supposed to go to the fields, to the factories, and even to enter the army of the company after rigorous training. Another point, these strong laborers were pulled away, and they were brainwashed and quietly came back to do spy work, and it was really difficult for the company to track down. They are all locals, and if they make up some reasons, the residents here will cover for him. Naturally, not everyone will easily betray the company, but people say that because he was a soldier on the French side and killed the company's soldiers, he was afraid of being liquidated by the company, so naturally someone would protect him.
If these were to be relocated, it would be a huge project, costing a lot of time and money. Simply, Xiao Lin directly exposed his huge appetite and directly launched the trend of whale swallowing. When the garrison division and the militia division had just arrived, Apache and the other three field brigade major generals and brigade commanders had already led their troops to the nearest French town. Originally, the French already had no army, and the men of the field brigade were also replenished with the ammunition consumed before, that is, a hundred heavy howitzers, and each of them was replenished with ten base shells.
In a hurry, the French gathered a large number of militias. But the weapon had not yet arrived in time, and not even a musket could be made for each person. In desperation, they could only find some old muskets and use them alive. Those who do not have firearms can only take a knife and make a hunting bow to participate in the battle to defend the city. An army of this level will naturally not be able to stop the wolf-like field division soldiers. On the first day, just after the attack, each of the three brigades occupied a settlement.
The 1st Field Brigade, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, also combined with three brigades of cavalry units to capture a small city here in one fell swoop. The next day, the soldiers of the garrison division and the militia division, who had rested all night, began to enter the territory of the new battle territory. In accordance with the dissolution of the occupied territory, a militia division of companies to a battalion was left at one of the gathering points to prevent the opportunity to cause disorder. The company's officials also began to settle in, and immediately began to reassure the people, so that the French colonists could settle down and not make their own things about burning, killing and looting.
The company's army and officials naturally have a set of discipline to restrain them, and there will be no such thing as arson robbery and forcible seizure of the people. The territory of the French officials and the army before was enough for them to digest. Their own interests were not harmed, and the civilians of the French colonies were not the kind of people who made revolutions every year later, so they naturally did not make trouble. The common people are blindly obedient, unless someone stands up and leads the demagogy, otherwise they will grit their teeth and suffer no matter how hard they are, not to mention, under the command of the company, life will get better and better.
The men of the field division and the garrison division, again set out and attacked the surrounding French settlements in a big way. No one resists, no one is hurt, and the company's army does not harm civilians. If someone resists and the company's sergeant is injured, the rebel will not survive, and even the supporters behind it will be traced down and then tried and sentenced. In this way, the French, who did not have enough strength, naturally chose to open the door and surrender directly.
And the nobles and big businessmen with some strength were unwilling to succumb to the company, so they fled all the way with their own property and personal servants. They also have information gathering channels, and wherever Carrot stays, they run wherever they go. There is nothing Carrot can do to stop this trend. One or two people can ignore his strength, and when everyone gathers together, he has to send troops to protect the lives and property of these people.
Of course, these aristocrats and big businessmen are not insatiable people. In return, they also donated a lot of goods for Carrot to recruit and train new troops. They also thought that the French army would counterattack back, and then let them continue to stand on the heads of the civilians and make a fortune. Carrot still has no confidence in this. Since the company's full-scale offensive began, the morale of the French army had fallen to rock bottom after the newly formed militia units and the original remnants of the regular army had fought several battles with the company, each time with a rapid rout.
Now they don't even have much navy, and there is only one old cargo left of the battleships that were not sent out at that time, and there are only three cruisers and eight frigates. With this little power, it is not enough to shelter four or five towns at most. If the British fleet had finished resting and fighting, they would not even be able to stop themselves. Carrot was also very confused, why did the British work so hard, didn't they know that it would be very bad for them for the company to be strong.
Of course, the British knew, but at that time, coupled with their hatred of the French, they were stupid as soon as they were guided by Lin Xin. Now, even if you want to put the more than 10,000 French troops back, the hatred is already very great, who dares to guarantee that they will not suddenly bite the British like mad dogs.