In late September 1780, William appointed Prince Henry as Minister of the newly established Prussian Military Department, Prince Ferdinand as Director of Military Affairs under the Ministry of War, and Old Hans as Director of Military Economy under the Military Bureau. This kicked off the process of Prussian military reform.
Big curtain.
In October 1780, the second batch of troops from the Kingdom of Prussia was ready to go to North America. At the same time, the first batch of Prussian expeditionary legions landed in North America.
In New York, Count Bruneck was warmly welcomed by British Commander-in-Chief Clinton. Although one of the conditions for King George III to send troops to the Prussians was that any territory the Prussians had conquered in North America belonged to Prussia, but the British could not conquer Prussia.
Many sites are skeptical.
Clinton laughed loudly after learning about George III's conditions. He even declared that the Prussian army would not be able to get an inch of land in North America, because before that, the rebellion in North America would definitely be suppressed by him.
Clinton's pride was not unreasonable. Before that, in the spring of 1780, Clinton led 14,000 British troops to encircle the city of Charleston, where Commander Lincoln of the Southern U.S. Army was located, by land and sea. He forced more than 5,000 people from Lincoln's department of the Southern U.S. Army to surrender and captured warships.
4 ships, causing the US military to suffer the largest loss in the entire war.
However, the resistance of the US military in the south did not subside. Instead, it intensified. These rebels switched from head-to-head confrontation to guerrilla warfare. They mysteriously ambush the British supply lines and scattered soldier detachments, making the British defenseless.
The reason why Clinton warmly welcomed the arrival of the Prussian troops was precisely because in his plan these Prussian troops would exist as a logistics transport team for the British, thereby mitigating the losses of the British troops and allowing Clinton to concentrate more troops to destroy more enemies.
Rebel.
When Clinton proposed to Bruneck that the Prussians would transport supplies and maintain the supply lines, Bruneck did not object to the proposal. Before leaving the country, Bruneck was cordially received by William, who asked Bruneck to
During the interview, Necker mentioned that Bruneck should preserve his strength.
Clinton was ecstatic when he saw Bruneck accepting this task calmly. He said to his left and right:
"Let those Prussians transport materials for us. We have only one goal, and that is to completely eliminate those rebels, both mentally and physically."
After that, Prussian soldiers stationed in the form of squadrons the supply depots originally stationed by the British army. The importance of these supply depots to the British army is self-evident, although some people suggested to Clinton that he should not believe the Prussians in this way.
But Clinton couldn't wait. The British troops on the entire North American continent were limited. The existence of these supply depots affected the scale of the British army's battle. Moreover, due to the limitation of troop strength, each escort would always be attacked by rebels and cause losses.
Bruneck made Prussia's request to Clinton. The Prussians could be responsible for the security of the British's logistical supplies, but the Prussians also had the right to share in the British army's spoils. Although Clinton was furious at this request, he still
Still agreed.
Bruneck left a thousand men in North America to assist the British army in defending New York, Philadelphia and other important cities. He himself led 4,000 men to the south. There was no way the rebellion in the south was too arrogant. It is said that Clinton's
All the family letters were seized by the US military in the south.
Sure enough, on the first night after the Prussian army arrived, there were faint sounds of gunfire near the military camp. However, the Prussian army was not a rookie. These Prussian troops who were on an expedition to the North American continent were all veterans who had been tested by war.
The Prussian soldiers gathered together quickly and effectively, and then sent a detachment to search nearby. Soon Bruneck received a report that a North American army was attacking a British supply depot not far away. This supply
According to the plan, the Prussians would take over the station tomorrow, but maybe the British inside were too excited and drank too much, so the US military took advantage of it.
Bruneck immediately ordered two thousand men to be left to guard the camp, and he personally led two thousand troops to the rescue. When Bruneck led the army to the supply depot, the battle seemed to be almost over, and there were only supplies.
There were still gunshots coming from a bunker inside the station, and in Bruneck's telescope, countless civilians in colorful clothes were quickly moving materials out of the warehouse.
Bruneck immediately ordered the Prussian troops to disperse their formation and form a fan shape to semi-encircle the supply depot. After the formation unfolded, Bruneck decisively issued an attack order.
After receiving the order, the Prussian army took action quickly. Suddenly, a man in the distance seemed to see the Prussian army. He asked loudly: Who are you? But the Prussian soldier ignored that person and directly fired a row of bullets.
Call over.
After gunshots rang out from the periphery, the gunshots that had almost subsided in the supply depot also roared again, and more people rushed out to attack the Prussian army. But in Bruneck's eyes, these people wearing various clothes
Strange, how can people with weapons of different sizes be called an army? At best, they are just a group of rats, and rats can never make big waves.
Bruneck stretched his hand into his pocket and took out a pocket watch. The pocket watch showed three o'clock. Looking at the sky, Bruneck ordered: All frontline units must end the battle before dawn. Anyone who dares to resist will obey.
Physically destroyed.
After receiving Bruneker's order, the Prussian troops accelerated their offensive. As soon as the Prussian troops accelerated, the U.S. troops could not resist it. After the sound of retreat, these U.S. troops scattered like rabbits as soon as they threw away their guns.
And go.
After seeing the American troops escaping, Bruneck did not order a pursuit. Instead, he ordered people to check the battlefield as soon as possible to see if there were still British soldiers alive.
It was so dark that Bruneck was worried. If he encountered an ambush during the pursuit, he would suffer heavy losses. And the Prussian army was very valuable.
Bruneck, who was thinking this way, did not notice that there was a large jungle not far away from him, and there were several pairs of eyes watching him silently in the jungle.
While cleaning the battlefield, the Prussians discovered a dozen British soldiers who were still alive and several wounded and captured American soldiers.
After careful questioning, Bruneke learned that the American troops who attacked this supply depot were not simple. The commander of these American troops was named Greene, who was appointed by the North American Continental Congress to be the commander of the southern American forces after Lincoln.
Originally, there was very little U.S. military power left in the South after Clinton's annihilation, but under such circumstances, Green's arrival changed the war situation in the South. When Green took office, he announced that his purpose was guerrilla warfare, and he would do his best to fight against the British.
The army worked hard on its logistical supplies, forcing the British army to add escorts for every transport, thereby containing the British army from behind and consuming the British army.
In the past few months, the British army had suffered heavy losses due to the changes in the American forces in the south. Clinton hated Greene deeply. However, Cornwallis, who was appointed by Clinton, was unable to capture Greene. Instead, he suffered repeated losses at Greene's hands.
After Bruneck learned that this army belonged to Greene, he frowned. According to the information passed to him by the British, this Greene had a broad mass base in the south, and Greene's hiding place was unknown to everyone.
I don’t know, it’s not that simple to catch this gopher.
The eyes in the jungle saw that the Prussian army had evacuated after clearing the battlefield. Not long after, these people walked out of the jungle and showed their figures.
I saw five people walking together, and the one in the center was a middle-aged man with a handsome face and a tall posture. This middle-aged man was Green, who the British army in North America had wanted to kill all the time in the past few months. And in Green
Next to him is a figure who looks like a bad old man. Of course, this person looks like a beggar, but if anyone sees the eyes of this bad old man, they will definitely forget his appearance. These are a pair of eyes that make people shudder.
The fierce light in his eyes seemed to eat people alive.
"Green, I think the ones who attacked us tonight are Prussians," the old man said in a deep voice.
"You're right, they are the Prussians, but I didn't expect the Prussians to come so quickly," Green said with a wry smile.
"Oh, how do you confirm that they are Prussians? As far as I know, you don't seem to have had any dealings with Prussians," the old man asked with interest.
"When I was in Philadelphia, I met a Prussian. That old-fashioned and rigid character can be seen in every Prussian," Green replied.
"So, what are you going to do about these Prussians?" The old man stopped and looked into Green's eyes and asked.
"There is no good solution for the moment. We can only take one step at a time and wait and see. If their strength is not large, I think I am confident." Green said, his eyes becoming determined.
"Don't worry, buddy, I'm very experienced with these Prussians. Let's go, I'll teach you a few tricks when we get back," the old man said in a nonchalant manner, and burst into laughter after he finished speaking.
This bad old man is not a simple figure. He is a French military instructor assigned to Green by the Continental Congress. It is said that he has participated in many French foreign wars. He himself once boasted that he almost captured Prince Ferdinand of Prussia.
, but because of bad luck, Frederick ran away. But this bad old man showed in the French army's files that he did participate in the Seven Years' War. His name was Molun, and the soldiers called him Old Molun.
Green looked at this disrespectful guy and shook his head with a wry smile. Although Old Molun did have many shortcomings in life, such as not liking to bathe, not washing clothes, and often going to pubs to hang out with dancers. He looked like a
He is a beggar, but he still has the ability. The guerrilla tactics behind the British army were proposed by Old Molun to Green. Facts have proved that this method is very effective.
But with the arrival of the Prussians, Greene wondered if this tactic could still be as effective as he thought about it.
Ps: During the Chinese New Year, there are still a lot of things. I don’t know if I can update 6,000 words a day, but I will definitely have one chapter a day. Hehe, please forgive me.
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