On May 3, 1794, the Prussian army drove Venetian civilians to attack the city. On that day, the Venetian army stood firm on the stone bridge and refused to give in. After deliberation, the Assembly of the Republic of Venice reluctantly decided to order the army to attack these civilians for the glory of the Republic of Venice.
The Prussian conspiracy cannot be allowed to succeed.
The artillery of the Fourth Division has been deployed. According to this distance, the Prussian artillery can shoot the artillery shells at the heads of the Venetian troops stationed behind the stone bridge without any pressure.
Of course, the Venetian artillerymen stationed behind the stone bridge were not vegetarians. Before the Prussian artillery opened fire, they calculated the position of the Prussian artillery with the help of the sentries on the city wall, and then controlled the artillery to fire.
The artillery fire from both sides came back and forth, but in front of the stone bridge, countless Venetian civilians became poor people caught in the middle. The two sides' ruthlessness caused these civilians to suffer huge casualties.
Seeing that the Venetian defenders were not prepared to give in, after two hours of artillery fire, Leohard ordered the troops to withdraw.
Previously, William only asked the Fourth Division to give the Venetians a look, and did not ask the Fourth Division to conquer Venice. In this case, it became Leohard's task to let the Venetians understand their determination.
The primary goal, and two hours of artillery fire had achieved this goal.
Moreover, Venice is a city on the water, and if you want to capture Venice, you must have the help of floating ships. Therefore, in addition to driving away civilians everywhere, the cavalry sent by Leohard also have the task of collecting ships.
Of course, although there are many canals in Venice, most of them are small rivers, so large ships are useless. Therefore, the cavalry collected the "Venetian boats", a special boat in Venice. Although this kind of small boat cannot carry artillery, it can
Help Prussia level the barriers of the moat.
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Under Stewart's order, although the private farmers and factory owners in the Pittsburgh Governor's District had too many dissatisfactions, they still had to allocate some of their armed escorts to the Governor's government.
As a result, just one week after Stewart's order was issued, nearly a thousand armed guards were mobilized from farms and factories near Pittsburgh alone.
Because of the special characteristics of the North American colonies, the number of workers and slaves used in a large farm or factory can even reach thousands, and even a small farm has dozens of slaves. Under such circumstances.
These farm or factory owners more or less have some armed guards in their hands, sometimes as many as a few hundred people, and sometimes as little as a dozen people.
After all, not all slaves are willing to be exploited for a lifetime under the coercion of slave owners. Therefore, slave uprisings are not news in various farms or factories. Therefore, these slave owners who are also capitalists must establish armed forces to
To suppress these slaves.
Of course, Stewart also knew that these private armed forces could not defeat the regular army anyway, but in Stewart's view, it would be enough if they could go into battle to kill the enemy. After all, their enemy, the Continental Army, was not a regular army, and what made Stewart even more dumbfounded was
The Continental Army actually began to recruit black slaves and Indians. This made Stewart feel a little afraid of the strength of the Continental Army, but at the same time he also looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Continental Army.
The messenger from Pittsburgh has already headed to Columbus. According to Stewart's order, the three thousand British troops stationed across Ohio will gather at Dayton west of Columbus as soon as possible after receiving the governor's order. That happens to be Ohio.
Close to the Indiana border.
In Stewart's vision, the Continental Army had already harmed Indiana, so the Continental Army must not be allowed to harm Ohio again. After all, compared with Indiana, which had just been established not long ago, the British had already developed in Ohio for nearly ten years.
If the Continental Army were allowed to capture Ohio again, not only would the ten years of efforts of the Pittsburgh Governor's District be wasted, but the impact on the entire Pittsburgh Governor's District would also be huge.
After all, among the places under the jurisdiction of the Governor's District of Pittsburgh, only Ohio has 3,000 regular troops stationed there.
In addition to these, Stewart also tentatively sent an official document to Bruneck. In this official document, Stewart vaguely meant to test Prussia.
For Stewart, the Continental Congress alone is not enough evidence. Even if the Continental Congress can get some support from the French, due to the current situation in Europe, even if the French want support, they cannot be clear-cut.
If you give away all your belongings, you will be on the opposite side of Britain again.
Therefore, currently, the only people in North America who can make Stewart feel fearful are the Prussians. If there is a shadow of the Prussians behind the Continental Congress's comeback, then it would be a bit intriguing.
Although the alliance agreement between the two countries has not been torn up yet, both countries know that as time goes by, there will be a war between Britain and Prussia. This can be seen from the tit-for-tat decrees issued by the two countries recently.
inferred.
Under such circumstances, it would make sense to say that the Prussians were behind the Continental Congress. After all, where did the Continental Congress get the courage to change from being sneaky to openly attacking the British colonies? In addition, the Continental Congress is located in Mississippi.
, this location borders not only the British colonies but also the Prussian colonies. In this case, why did the Continental Congress only target the British colonies?
This had to make Stewart suspicious.
In addition to testing whether the Prussians were behind the Continental Congress, Stewart's letter also hoped to get a promise from the Prussians that the Prussians could not support the Continental Congress while the British were annihilating the Continental Congress.
Parliament cannot invade British colonies.
After reading this letter, Bruneker had a smile on his face. This Stewart has not changed at all, and his suspicious character is still so deep-rooted.
However, Stewart's letter gave Bruneck a reminder, that is, between the two matters of annihilating the Continental Congress and capturing the British colonies, Prussia was leaning toward which one could gain greater benefits.
In other words, if Stewart wanted to ensure Prussia's neutral attitude, what price could he pay!
But it is too early to say this at the moment. After all, although the Continental Congress invaded Indiana, it is also a big question whether it can still stand under the full force of the British.
Washington led his army to Richmond, the border of Indiana. Starting from Richmond, it only took five hours to cross the Ohio border.
The Continental Army's actions along the way were extremely smooth. After all, after annihilating hundreds of British troops guarding Polis, there was no armed force capable of resisting the Continental Army in Indiana.
After arriving in Richmond, the Continental Army's ranks were further expanded. All the British farms and factories were accepted by the Continental Army, and those black slaves who learned that joining the army could be relieved of their slave status were even more so.
Very enthusiastic about joining the Continental Army.
But now Washington is not as open to all comers as before. You must know that when Washington left Polis, his Continental Army had a strength of 16,000 troops. By the time he arrived in Richmond, he
The number of troops under his command also reached 18,000.
This kind of rapid military expansion may not be a big deal in Europe, but it is quite terrifying in North America.
The increase in troop strength not only seriously affected the logistics supply of the Continental Army, but also affected the marching speed of the Continental Army.
Most of these newly joined soldiers are European-style black slaves. When these black slaves joined the Continental Army, except for their own people, they did not have any other possessions. All the food and clothing of these soldiers needed to be provided by the Continental Army. In this way
As soon as they arrived, a large number of holes appeared in the Continental Army's already small logistics supplies.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, we cannot continue. If the number of troops continues to develop like this, then our logistics supplies can only last for another half month at most!"
A quartermaster hurriedly walked up to Washington and said.
Although the Continental Army confiscated local government warehouses and the properties of enemy capitalists who had sent messages to the Continental Congress when they captured British towns along the way, the supplies collected were not at all proportional to the Continental Army's daily consumption.
Under this situation, the pressure of military supplies made the quartermaster extremely miserable.
Hearing the quartermaster's complaints, Washington seemed a little silent. This was not the first time he heard the quartermaster's complaints. After all, the Continental Army had never had enough military supplies since Polis.
After a while, Washington had to comfort the quartermaster:
"Nasri, the current difficulties are only temporary. Compared with Indiana, Ohio is undoubtedly relatively wealthy. As long as we can successfully invade Ohio and even capture Columbus, then I think the issue of military supplies will be solved immediately.
It has been solved, so now you still have to find ways to hold on for a while!"
"But Marshal, what you said is based on the fact that we have not encountered a large-scale resistance. The food and grass carried by our army can only supply the army for half a month. Although other ammunition is sufficient, but
That’s based on the fact that nearly half of our army doesn’t need ammunition supplies!”
There is a bitter taste in Nasri's words.
Although Washington gathered together in Indiana, he was still unable to equip every soldier in his army with a gun. Among the 18,000-strong army, the gap in guns was actually as high as 7,000, which also meant that
Seven thousand people could only fight with cold weapons, and the weapons in the hands of many of them were actually hoes and sickles used by farmers.
In fact, this is no wonder Washington. After all, in addition to the 18,000 men under his command, she also had nearly 3,000 troops scattered across Indiana to consolidate the rule of the Continental Army. Naturally, these 3,000 men could not hold a hoe.
, sickle and other things.
After all, the Continental Army has just captured Indiana, and there are still quite a lot of British forces lurking in the territory. Therefore, the troops stationed in various places must have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, and even the equipment must be neat. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a big blow to the Continental Army?
To discredit the Army's military appearance, or even to put it more seriously, wouldn't it be showing the weak points of the Continental Army to everyone?
You must know that many ordinary people in Indiana have guns in their homes, but during Washington's previous search, most people hid their guns, and Washington did not want to have guns in Indiana because of the gun matter.
In this case, if civilians have guns but the garrison has no guns, wouldn't it make the Continental Army lose face?
"Let's hold on for a while longer! I think soon, our ordnance gap will not be so big!"
Washington's words were somewhat meaningful, and Nasri apparently understood them, so Nasri resigned and left in the direction of Washington.
It is no secret that there are many British troops in Ohio. Under such circumstances, when the Continental Army enters Ohio, it will inevitably have to fight a tough battle.
In this case, although Washington advocated the liberation of black slaves, it does not mean that Washington placed those black soldiers and white soldiers on an equal footing.
You can tell by the fact that they are basically all black soldiers.
In addition, at the top of the Continental Army, basically everyone knew that Washington was actually a commander who was quite discriminatory against blacks. You must know that Washington himself was a big landowner and a big slave owner. Washington alone owned more than 500 black slaves in his own family.
And once they face the main force of the British army, only God knows how much these black soldiers without guns and ammunition can survive.
Just as Washington led his army to Richmond, the British troops in Ohio were also gathering towards the Dayton line.
It is foreseeable that, based on time estimates, if the Continental Army arrives in Dayton from Richmond, the three thousand British troops in Ohio will be almost completely assembled in Dayton.
After resting for three days in Richmond and leaving a thousand soldiers to garrison in Richmond, Washington led the remaining 17,000 soldiers toward Dayton.
From Richmond to Columbus, the capital of Ohio, Dayton is the only place to pass. Of course, unless Washington is willing to lead the army to walk for an extra week, otherwise the Continental Army will not be able to bypass Dayton. And obviously
Washington was not prepared to waste a week on the road.
The Continental Army was led by seven thousand black slave soldiers holding cold weapons and primitive weapons, and eight thousand well-armed Continental Army soldiers were the main force of the Chinese army. As for the other two thousand Continental Army soldiers, Washington sent them out to complete the Continental Army.
Army occupation of the Ohio frontier.
At this moment, Washington did not know that the British army had begun to mass towards Dayton. According to Washington's estimation, the main force of the British army should be massed in Columbus, the capital of Ohio, instead of Dayton.
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Starting from May 3rd, the Fourth Division would drive some Venetian civilians to die on the stone bridge every day. Although the cruelty of war was vividly displayed, everyone in Venice was also very confused, because apparently the Prussians retained
strength.
Regarding the actions of the Prussians, everyone in Venice believed that the Prussians' actions were completely draining the morale and ammunition of the Venetian defenders.
Of course, these Venetians did not expect that the Prussians were collecting ships in the Venetian area. Otherwise, I am afraid that the Venetian defenders would not have this attitude.
The moat of Venice is not only connected to the large and small canals in Venice, but also to the irrigation channels outside Venice.
On the morning of May 8, 1794
William led the royal guards to arrive outside Venice.
Seeing the royal flag of the Kingdom of Prussia and the eagle flag of the Holy Roman Empire flying outside the city of Venice, all the Venetian defenders couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, because with the appearance of these flags, they understood that the next battle against Prussia
People are obviously going to take action.
Just as the Venetian defenders were on alert, a cavalryman holding the eagle flag of the Holy Roman Empire quickly came to the stone bridge on the Venice moat and shouted:
"The King of all Romans to all Venetians! Within three days, the Republic of Venice must unconditionally surrender and provide food and fodder for His Majesty's army, otherwise, the Republic of Venice will be removed from history forever!"
William has not yet received the coronation blessing from the Pope, so William can only be called "King of all Romans" and cannot use the title of "Holy Roman Emperor".
However, in Europe, especially in Central Europe, although the Roman Empire has long since disappeared, Europeans seem to cherish the glory of the Roman Empire. Therefore, countless Europeans admit that they have Roman blood flowing in them, especially those who have
For the ruling monarch.
It's very funny that there are no orthodox Romans in Europe. After all, those in Prussia and Austria are the descendants of the Germanic barbarians, the mortal enemies of the Romans. And the Russian Empire is even more ridiculous, because Russia's predecessor
A monarch of the Grand Duchy of Moscow married a princess of the Eastern Roman Empire. Therefore, the Russian Empire has always regarded itself as the orthodox Roman Empire. Even the double-headed eagle flag of the Russian Empire and the eagle flag of the Holy Roman Empire are imitated from the Roman Empire.