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As the main force of the British navy moved south to the Windward Islands to attack the French fleet, this gave U.S. Commander-in-Chief Washington an illusion.

He believed that if he did not seize the main force of the British army that was attacking Yorkton alone at this time, he would definitely fall short. You know, after the historical Battle of Yorkton, the war between Britain and the United States basically ended.

The rest is all negotiation and wrangling.

Also, Fort Yorkton is located on the Virginia Peninsula on the west bank of the outlet of Pisacek Bay. It is bounded by the York River to the north, the James River to the south, and Pisacek Bay to the east. It used to be guarded by the main force of the British Navy. Although it looks like

It is a dead place, but with the assistance of the navy, the British army can still fight at any time or board ships and transfer.

But things are different now, the main force of the British Navy is no longer there!

In mid-April, Washington took 15,000 British and French troops (missing an army brigade under De Grasse) to conceal their whereabouts along the way and secretly arrived at Baltimore in the north of Pisacek Bay.

According to the original plan, they needed to continue to advance southward along the land route, and then approach Yorkton from the north side of the Virginia Peninsula. As long as the passage to the north of Yorkton was blocked, the British troops remaining in Yorkton would truly be a turtle in the urn.

However, after arriving in Baltimore, they discovered that there were still a large number of merchant ships in Baltimore Port that were used to transfer supplies in Pisacek Bay from Maryland and Virginia, as well as many slave ships that were delayed here due to the war.

At this time, although the British Navy still left a small number of warships here, they were all armed merchant ships. The slave ships loyal to the United Kingdom that were temporarily mobilized by the British Navy, and the slave ships loyal to the United States that remained in Baltimore were not taken.

The British saw it, and after being discovered by the British navy, they dismantled the artillery on it.

They did not want to destroy these ships, but wanted to seize them as their own after the war.

Washington came from New York and had traveled a long distance. The whole army was very tired. Although the final victory was in sight and the soldiers were passionate, they were tired after all.

Washington finally decided to reinstall some of the army's artillery on the slave ships, and then divided his troops into two groups. One brigade of cavalry continued to travel overland to Yorkton, while all the infantry boarded the ship, preparing to arrive at York near Yorkton under cover of night.

River surface!

Since the British navy had moved south, all the armed merchant ships remaining here gathered at the exit of Pisacek Bay, which was later known as Port Roof, controlling the exit of Pisacek Bay, and clippers only patrolled near the exit.

For them, the main forces of the British and French navies have already gone south to the Caribbean Sea, and other ships anchored in the ports of Pisacek Bay have all had their artillery removed and are completely useless, so there is no need to go deep into Pisacek.

Bay to patrol.

Since the French fleet broke out last time, all those remaining on the east coast of the Thirteen States were British Navy patrol ships, and they knew nothing about the situation in the sea south of Virginia.

In their eyes, even if the British navy went south to cause trouble for the French, due to the long distance and the similar strength of both sides, the war would last for at least a few months.

And once the two sides engage in battle, under the influence of the same wind belt, there will be no situation where one of the Daxin battleships of both sides will quickly get rid of the other and then lurk in a certain place for an ambush, because both sides have many reporting ships.

Every move will be within the opponent's sight.

Finally, there is the tug-of-war in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, which will not end soon.

Not only did the French send half of their navy's main ships to the Americas, why didn't the British do the same?

When the Truchin Navy cleaned up the British coast last time, it only carried out the coastal ports and did not go deep inland along the rivers. This allowed the British to save a large number of battleships.

Washington was afraid of long nights and heavy dreams, so he decided to sail to the vicinity of Yorkton as soon as possible during the night. For the sailors of these slave ships, they were as familiar with Pisacek Bay as they were with their own bodies. They took advantage of the good moonlight and hurried

Going south is the right thing to do.

Once the lone force of Charles Cornwallis, the British deputy commander-in-chief of the British Army in Yorkton, is defeated, no matter what the outcome of the naval battle in the Caribbean is, it will not matter to the overall situation - Washington does not believe that the French fleet of up to twenty-four battleships will be defeated quickly.

Head of the British Navy.

You know, French Navy Commander De Grasse is also a famous general, no more or less than British Navy Commander Samuel Hood.

Two large battleships, each numbering more than twenty, are engaged in a hard-fought battle in the open sea. With the power of the solid artillery shells deployed by both sides, the battle will not end soon.

The so-called victory means that one party's losses are slightly smaller.

If that is the case, even if the British navy wins, there will still be no less than ten French battleships capable of maintaining combat effectiveness, and the control of the water surface in Pisacek Bay is still unclear.

"We must seize this opportunity!"

Four brigades, a total of 12,000 people, sailed out of the Port of Baltimore on ten slave ships!

According to the plan, they would take advantage of the strong northeasterly trade wind and arrive in the waters near Yorkton before dawn that day. According to past intelligence, the remaining British warships remaining at the exit of Pisacek Bay were still sleeping.

If everything goes well, the cavalry brigade on the shore will arrive north of Yorkton at the same time. There are only 7,000 British troops remaining in Yorkton. Once the American and French forces land, Cornwallis's troops will not only break out to the north but also be trapped in Chou City.

Within a few days, they would have no choice but to surrender.

When they thought that the six-year-old War of Independence was about to end, almost all Americans, including Washington, were extremely excited. Although they were all tired, after squatting in the bed cabin, almost no one could

Really asleep.

Starting from Baltimore, Pisacek Bay is about 500 miles long from north to south. The slave ship does not have as many sails as the big new battleships or armed merchant ships. There are only nine square sails on the three masts. Nowadays, they are full of northeasterly trade winds.

, heading towards Yorkton at an extremely fast speed.

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In this case, still in a relatively calm bay, the sailboat was not much slower than the steamship on the ocean. Before dawn, everything was normal, and the fleet arrived near the mouth of the York River!

The sky is still hazy, and in addition to the sound of the sea breeze, there is the rustling sound of the dense woods on the north shore of Pisacek Bay blown by the sea breeze.

Washington is still very uneasy. After all, it is the British Navy that currently has the advantage in Pisacek Bay. If the British Navy suddenly appears at this time, although these ten slave ships are equipped with a large number of land artillery, there will be five brigades after all.

Once the army fails, the consequences will be disastrous...

"Woo..."

"Rumble...."

No matter what you are afraid of, at this moment, there was a loud rumbling sound coming from the place near the exit of Pisacek Bay, and then there was a large fire!

In the night, Chu Feng, who was standing on the Bogda, was also a little uneasy.

Naturally, he was worried not because he was afraid of not being able to defeat the ten troop transport ships in front of him, but because he was a little confused about the empire's choice.

"Why does Your Majesty want to protect the United Kingdom and not allow the United States to become independent? Wouldn't the independence of the United States from the United Kingdom significantly weaken the strength of the United Kingdom? Once the United Kingdom continues to possess the colonies of the thirteen states in North America, it will be a great boost to them

Ah"

However, although Chitard's decision was incomprehensible at first, it proved to be correct in the end. Although he was still a little confused, Chu Feng still chose to implement it to the letter.

When the British fleet went south, his armored fleet went north, and then hid in a hidden port in Pamlico Bay in the south. Obviously, this matter could not be hidden from the British, but they came as allies of the British, so naturally

Will keep them confidential.

Washington still didn't know why, because some of the British warships at this time were also equipped with steam engines. He thought they were hidden warships secretly hidden nearby by the British. He was shocked when he saw this situation. In this situation, it was obvious that he would not fight head-on.

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However, Chu Feng's armored fleet was already approaching them, and they had not yet started sailing into the York River!

"Boom..."

A large number of armor-piercing howitzers flew towards the ten slave ships like spider webs!

......

When it gets dark, the battle is over.

It is inappropriate to call it a battle. It should be more appropriate to call it a unilateral massacre.

In front of the powerful maneuverability, firepower and iron armor of the Truchin fleet, the slave ship's solid artillery shells were like nothing. Because Washington's army carried a large amount of gunpowder and artillery, when an armor-piercing grenade penetrated the slave ship, it immediately hit the slave ship.

It will trigger an earth-shattering explosion.

A famous painter in later generations vividly described the experiences of these ten slave ships, titled "The Tragedy of the Republic Reversing Its Destiny".

After two hours of bombardment, all ten slave ships sank. About half of the soldiers were killed on the spot. Half of the soldiers were thrown into the sea by huge air waves. Half of them drowned and the other half struggled to swim ashore.<

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However, these soldiers who were lucky enough to swim ashore were counterattacked by the Yorkton Cornwallis garrison, and most of them finally surrendered.

The pioneer of the United States, George Washington died before he was born.

The cavalry brigade on the shore was ambushed by a Marine regiment from Truchin in a valley about a hundred miles away from Yorkton. Under the saturated coverage of superior short-barreled artillery, mortars, shotguns, and repeating rifles, most of the casualties were suffered.

, the remaining ones escaped by fleeing into the dense woods near Pisacek Bay.

The American cavalry lacks the training and leadership of the "Father of Cavalry" Casimir, and their combat effectiveness is actually quite doubtful. However, Casimir, who left the Americas because his mother country was fragmented, is now supported by the Truchin Empire.

King of the Kingdom of Poland.

A marine regiment is the largest force that the Truchen people can devote to the North American continent.

The Truchins won a great victory in Pisacek Bay, but the naval battle between Britain and France in the Windward Islands was still going on. It was not easy to destroy a solid and durable battleship with solid bullets. The two sides could only shoot each other for a day.

It is not necessary to destroy one ship, the battle will obviously be protracted.

And without a highly respected commander-in-chief and an army that has lost 15,000 men, the Americans still have combat power, but at best they can only draw a tie with the British.

What's more, even if the British eventually win, the Americans are dissatisfied with the British transoceanic aristocratic rule and the exorbitant taxes imposed on them, and will not give in.

The war between them will also be protracted.

This is what Kitard wants to see. Let the United States maintain Britain's feudal rule and prevent its bourgeois-centered strength from prematurely expanding and consuming Britain's national power. It has long been in his calculations.
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