Chapter 182 The Conspiracy of the Boston Empire IV
The captain of the Papua not far away also loudly ordered: "Brothers, we cannot let the comrades on the Kilinco fight alone. I ordered the left rudder to be full and we will rush over."
Amidst the cheers, they also chose to stay.
The St. Martin's Imperial Navy showed great courage in this battle. Those sail warships chose to stay behind to block the main fleet. They seriously slowed down the pursuit speed of the Bostonians.
Seeing his subordinates die generously one by one, Marshal Dinant burst into tears. He hated himself for not being able to lead them to victory. He was also ruthless. The emperor only knew that he enjoyed himself but did not want to make progress. If he had had a powerful armor earlier,
The fleet would not be in such a tragic situation.
The sailing battleships suffered heavy losses. Due to the preparation of the Boston ironclads, they never achieved decent results, but they successfully held back the Boston fleet and created conditions for the main fleet to retreat.
In the end, five of the seven ironclads of the Saint Martin Empire escaped, and seven cruisers escaped. In order to cover the retreat of the main force, only two of the forty-one sail warships finally returned to the Saint Martin Empire with scars all over their bodies.
Rio military port.
Although he suffered a lot of losses despite the huge advantage, Major General Dewey was very smart. He cleverly switched concepts and first emphasized in the combat report that the opponent's military strength was strong and numerous.
Later, Dewey avoided the important and trivial in the statistics of the results of the war. He did not write down the specific models of the enemy's warships sunk, but vaguely wrote the results of sinking forty-five enemy warships and losing one ironclad and eight cruisers.
After such a reduction of Chunqiu brushwork, he made some adjustments up and down, and the Admiralty turned a blind eye. As a result, Emperor Washington III of the Boston Empire heard the news, Long Yan was delighted, and immediately promoted him to lieutenant general.
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Although Marshal Dinant rescued most of the main ships with his rich experience and excellent command, the conspiracy of the Boston Empire did not stop there.
Three days later, the Central Yugoslavia government released news, claiming that the Army of the Saint Martin Empire invaded the neutral South Central Yugoslavia for no reason and killed more than 3,000 Costa Rican soldiers of the Central Yugoslavia. It demanded that the Saint Martin Empire hand over the murderer, compensate for the losses, and
Provide an explanation for this incident.
The Boston Empire, which had succeeded in its conspiracy, issued a message a few days later, expressing its support for the just demands of the Central Yugoslavia Alliance, demanding compensation from the St. Martin Empire, and arresting General Caollan, the commander who crossed the border without authorization to attack the Costa Rican army, and handed it over to the Central Yugoslav Alliance.
trial.
By this time, Augustus I certainly knew that he had fallen into a trap, but he could not defend himself since he did not catch the Boston soldiers who attacked the patrol.
The grumpy Augustus I immediately decided to make amends with his mistake, and instead attacked the Central and Yugoslavia Alliance by sending troops across the border to sneak attack on his country's patrols. At the same time, he ordered the army to enter the Central and Yugoslavia Alliance to fight and punish the war criminals.
The actions of Augustus I played into the hands of the Boston Empire, and the Boston Empire, which had succeeded in its plot, immediately announced its willingness to protect the Central and South-South Alliance that was being invaded.
The Central and Southern Alliance government was panicked after being invaded. It was naturally happy to see a country willing to protect itself, and immediately agreed to form an alliance with the Boston Empire. After many negotiations, the Boston Imperial Army began to cross its friendly country, the Kingdom of Moss, and enter the Central and Southern Alliance.
On the land of the New World, the land war finally began.
"This idiot Augustus can't even see such a simple strategy." Fang Xiaoyu was so angry that he punched the table.
At this moment, Fang Xiaoyu was in the navy-army joint operations room. Also here were Army Deputy Chief of Staff Feng Shichang, Navy Commander Liu Junguo and Navy Chief of Staff Zhang Haiyang.
Feng Shichang said: "Master, you can't blame them. I believe there are many back-up plans for such a chain plan. Even if you escape this time, it won't work. Fortunately, Augustus I made a prompt decision and ordered the army to enter the Central and Southern Alliance first. I think they can
Occupying some strategic locations, even if the Boston Empire is well prepared, it will not be easy to defeat them."
Zhang Haiyang touched his chin and said: "But the navy is not optimistic. Although most of the main ships of the St. Martin Empire have been preserved, Augustus I has ordered them not to leave the port to fight, which gave up the control of the sea to the enemy.
Let’s not talk about the problem that the St. Martin Empire’s navy is too weak. They dare not go to war. What if the Boston Empire uses its army to land on the St. Martin Empire?”
Feng Shichang exclaimed: "Then they are finished. The most elite main force of the St. Martin Empire Army has already entered the Central and Southern Alliance to fight. If the Boston Empire chooses to land on the St. Martin Empire, it will be a disaster."
Liu Junguo said: "I'm not worried about them landing in the St. Martin Empire. After all, the coastal forts of the St. Martin Empire are not vegetarian, and the St. Martin Empire is on the coast in the direction of the Prosperous Ocean. Apart from those ports, there are few places where they can land.
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Liu Junguo pointed to the thinnest place in the New World on the map and said: "I'm afraid they will land here. This is the land of the Central and Southern Alliance. The terrain there is gentle and there are many beaches for landing. As long as the Boston Army gets stuck here, they will enter the Central and Southern Alliance."
The Saint Martin's army became a turtle in a urn without supplies, and the only thing waiting for them was to be wiped out."
Fang Xiaoyu was convinced of Liu Junguo's prediction. He knew very well about the Korean War on earth. The war situation started to reverse when the US military landed in Incheon. At that time, the Korean People's Army was also cut off from its logistics, which caused such a situation.
Miserable failure.
Thinking of this, Fang Xiaoyu hit his right palm hard with his left fist and said: "We can't go on like this. If the St. Martin Empire is destroyed, I'm afraid the Boston Empire's next target will be us. Such a situation is absolutely not allowed. We must use
The Empire of St. Martin kept the Empire of Boston in check.”
Feng Shichang said: "But I can't join the war for no reason. Is there any way to help the St. Martin Empire survive this land crisis?"
"There is a way." A voice came from the door. Everyone turned to look and saw Tobur striding into the war room.
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "The chief of general staff of the army is finally back."
Tobur said: "I have just arrived. I have handed over the defense of the Wild Continent to Fu Mingcheng. I believe he has three armies of iron-blooded troops under his command, so he should be able to take on the defense task there."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "There is no enemy in the Wild Continent now, and it should be very safe. The most important thing for us now is to protect the St. Martin Empire and let them continue to contain the Boston Empire. If you have any ideas, please tell me."