In late September, William appointed Prince Henry as Minister of Military Affairs of the newly established Prussia, Prince Ferdinand as Chief of Military Affairs under the Military Ministry, and Hans Sr. as Director of Military Economy under the Military Bureau.
The curtain was raised on the military reform of Prussia.
In October, the second army of the Kingdom of Prussia to North America was ready, and at the same time the first expeditionary corps of Prussia landed in North America.
In New York, the Earl of Bruneke was warmly welcomed by the British commander Clinton, and although King George III gave the Prussians one of the conditions for sending troops to the Prussians was that Prussia would conquer as much territory as Prussia could conquer, the British were skeptical about how much territory Prussia could take.
Clinton laughed when he learned of George III's conditions, and he even declared that Prussian troops would not get an inch of land in North America, because the rebellion in North America would certainly be suppressed by him before that.
Prior to this, Clinton led 14,000 British troops to encircle Charleston City, where Lincoln, the commander of the Southern US Army, was located, forcing the Lincoln troops of the Southern US Army to surrender and capture warships, and the US States suffered the largest losses in the entire war.
But the resistance of the American forces in the south did not subside, but intensified, and these rebels turned from head-to-head confrontation to guerrilla warfare, and they ambushed the British supply lines and scattered detachments of soldiers, making the British defenseless.
The reason why Clinton warmly welcomed the arrival of the Prussian army was precisely because in his plan these Prussian troops would exist as a logistics transport force for the British, so as to reduce the losses of the British army, and allow Clinton to concentrate more troops and destroy more rebels.
When Clinton proposed to Bruneke that the Prussians should transport supplies and maintain supply lines, Brüneke did not object to this offer.
Before leaving the country, Brünec was cordially received by William, who mentioned to Brünec when he was opportune to let Brünec preserve his strength.
Clinton was overjoyed to see Brüneke calmly accepting the task, and he said to the left and right: "Let those Prussians transport materials for us, we have only one goal, that is, to completely exterminate those rebels, whether they are or **" Later, the Prussian soldiers were stationed in squadrons of supply depots originally stationed by the British, and the importance of these supply depots to the British was self-evident, although some suggested to Clinton that the Prussians should not be so trusted, but Clinton could not wait.
The British army was limited throughout the North American continent, and the presence of these supply depots affected the size of the British army's war, and due to the limitation of troops, each escort was always attacked by those who rebelled and caused losses.
Bruneke made a Prussian request to Clinton that the Prussians would be responsible for the logistical security of the British troops, but the Prussians would also have the right to share the spoils of the British army, and although Clinton was bitten by this demand, he agreed.
In North America, Bruneke left 1,000 men to assist the British ** team in defending New York, Philadelphia and other important cities, and he himself took 4,000 men to the south.
Sure enough, on the first night of the arrival of the Prussian army, there was a faint sound of gunfire near the barracks, but the Prussian army was not a rookie, and these Prussian troops on the North American continent were veterans who had been tested by war for a long time.
The Prussian soldiers quickly and effectively gathered together, and then sent a detachment to search the vicinity, and soon Brunecke was informed that a North American army was attacking a British supply depot not far from here.
This supply depot was supposed to be taken over by the Prussians tomorrow, but it may be that the British inside were too excited and drank too much, and they were caught by the American army.
Brüneke immediately ordered two thousand men to be left to guard the camp, and he personally went to the rescue with two thousand troops.
When Brunecke arrived at the supply depot with his army, the battle seemed to be almost over, only the sound of gunfire could still be heard from a pillbox inside the depot, and Bruneck's binoculars showed countless civilians in colorful clothes quickly moving materials from the warehouse.
Brünecke then ordered the Prussian army to disperse and fan into a half-encirclement of the supply depot, and when the formation was unfolded, Brüneke decisively gave the order to attack.
After receiving the order, the Prussian army moved quickly, and suddenly a person in the distance seemed to see the Prussian army, and he asked loudly: Who are you, but the Prussian soldier ignored the person and directly hit a volley of bullets.
After the gunfire rang out on the periphery, the gunfire that had been about to subside in the supply depot also roared again, and more people rushed out and charged the Prussian army.
But in Bruneke's eyes, how could these men of different costumes and weapons of different sizes be called armies, at most they were just a bunch of rats, and rats could never make much of a wave.
Bruneke's hand reached into his bosom and took out a pocket watch, which showed that it was three o'clock, and looked at the sky and Lunek ordered: All front-line units must end the battle before dawn, and all those who dare to resist will be wiped out.
After receiving Bruneck's order, the Prussian troops of all divisions accelerated their offensive, and as soon as the Prussian army accelerated, the American troops could not resist, and after a sound of retreat, these American troops were like rabbits, throwing their guns in their hands and scattering in all directions.
Brunech did not order a pursuit after seeing the American troops fleeing, but ordered someone to check the battlefield as soon as possible to see if there were still British soldiers alive.
The sky was so dark, Bruneke was not at ease, in case of an ambush during the pursuit, wouldn't he lose a lot, and the Prussian army was very expensive.
Thinking like this, Bruneke did not notice that there was a large jungle not far from him, and in the jungle there were several pairs of eyes silently watching him.
While cleaning up the battlefield, the Prussians found a dozen or so British soldiers who were not dead and several wounded and captured American soldiers.
After careful questioning, Brünecke learned that the American troops who attacked the supply depot were not simple, and that the commander of these American forces was named Green, and that he was appointed by the Continental Congress to be the commander of the American forces in the South after Lincoln.
Originally, there was not much left of the American military forces in the south under Clinton's suppression, but it was under such circumstances that Green's arrival changed the situation of the war in the south.
At the outset of his tenure, Green declared that his aim was guerrilla warfare, and that he would devote his greatest efforts to the logistical supply of the British army.
The British army had to increase the number of guards for each transport, so as to play the role of pinning down the British army and depleting the British army in the back.
For several months, the British army suffered heavy losses due to the transformation of American troops in the south, and Clinton hated Greene to the core, but Cornwallis, who was appointed by Clinton, could not catch Green, but suffered repeated losses under Green's men.
Bruneke frowned after learning that this army belonged to Green, according to the information passed to him by the British, this Green has a wide mass base in the south, and no one knows where Green is hiding, it is not so simple to catch this ground mouse.
The eyes of the jungle withdrew after seeing that the Prussian army had cleared the battlefield, and it was not long before the men came out of the jungle to show their figures.
I saw five people walking together, 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 did not want to kill all the time in the past few months.
And on the side of Green is a character who looks like a bad old man, of course, don't look at this person's appearance as if he wants to eat, but if someone sees the eyes of this bad old man, they will definitely forget his appearance, this is a pair of chilling eyes, and the fierce light revealed by the eyes seems to be eating life alive.
"Green, I look like a Prussian when we attacked us tonight," said the bad old man in a deep voice "You're right, they're Prussians, but I didn't expect the Prussians to come so quickly," Green said with a wry smile How can you be sure that they are Prussians, as far as I know, you don't seem to have dealt with Prussians," the bad old man asked with interest "Once in Philadelphia, I met a Prussian, and that kind of old-fashioned, hard-nosed thing can be seen in every Prussian," Green replied "So, what are you going to do with these Prussians," asked the bad old man, who stopped and stared into Green's eyes "There's no good way for the time being, I can only take one step at a time, if they don't have a lot of troops, I think I'm confident," Green said, and his eyes hardened.
"Don't worry, man, I'm very experienced with these Prussians, and I'll teach you a few hands," said the bad old man, and laughed again.
This bad old man was not a simple figure, he was a French instructor assigned to Green by the Continental Congress, and it is said that he had participated in many foreign wars in France before.
He himself once boasted that he had almost captured Prince Ferdinand of Prussia, but was run away by Frederick because of his bad luck.
But the bad old man's archives show in the French army that he did fight in the Seven Years' War, and his name was Melun, and the soldiers called him Old Melun.
Green looked at the old disrespectful fellow and shook his head with a wry smile.
Although old Morun does have many shortcomings in life, such as not liking to take a bath, not doing laundry, often going to the tavern and fooling around with dancing girls, and looking like a begging for food, he still has the ability.
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The tactic of waging guerrilla warfare in the rear of the British army was proposed to Green by the elder Melun, and it proved to be effective.
But with the arrival of the Prussians, I don't know if this tactic can still have such an effect, and Green thought about it and fell into a trance.
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