On May 3, 1794, when the Prussian army drove the Venetian civilians to attack the city, the Venetian army held on to the stone bridge and did not give an inch, and the Assembly of the Republic of Venice, after deliberation, reluctantly decided that for the glory of the Republic of Venice, the army should be ordered to attack these civilians, and the Prussian conspiracy must not be allowed to succeed.
The artillery of the 4th Division was already in place, and at this distance, the Prussian artillery could fire shells at the heads of the Venetian troops stationed behind the stone bridge without pressure.
Of course, the Venetian artillerymen stationed behind the stone bridge were not vegetarians, and before the Prussian artillery opened fire, they calculated the position of the Prussian artillery with the help of the sentries on the city walls, and then manipulated the artillery to fire.
The artillery of both sides came and went, but before the stone bridge, countless Venetian civilians became pitiful creatures caught in the middle, and the relentlessness of both sides caused these civilians to suffer huge casualties.
Seeing that the Venetian defenders were not ready to back down, after two hours of artillery fire, Leohard ordered the army to withdraw.
Previously, William had only asked the 4th Division to give the Venetians a look, but did not make it necessary for the 4th Division to conquer Venice, in which case it was Leohard's primary goal to make the Venetians understand their determination, and the two-hour artillery fire had achieved this goal.
Moreover, Venice is a city of water, and if you want to capture Venice, you must have the help of water ships, so the cavalry sent by Leohard not only drove civilians everywhere, but also had the task of collecting ships.
Of course, because Venice has many canals, most of them are small rivers, so big boats are useless.
Therefore, the cavalry collected the "Venetian boat", a characteristic boat of the Venetian area, which could not carry artillery, but was an obstacle that could help Prussia to step on the moat. ..................................
At Stewart's behest, the private farmers and factory owners of the Pittsburgh Governorate had to draw some of the armed guards to the governor's office, despite their discontent.
So.
Within a week of Stewart's order, nearly 1,000 armed guards were drawn from farms and factories near Pittsburgh alone.
Because of the peculiarities of the North American colonies, a large farm or factory could employ thousands of workers and slaves, and even small farms had dozens of slaves, in which case the owners of these farms or factories had some armed guards in their hands.
There were hundreds of people, and there were more than a dozen people.
After all, not all slaves were willing to be forced by slave owners for the rest of their lives, so slave revolts were not news on various farms or factories, so these slave owners, who were also capitalists, had to build up armed forces to suppress these slaves.
Of course, Stewart also knew that these private armed forces were no match for the regular army in any case.
However, in Stewart's opinion, it is enough to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, after all, their enemy Continental Army is not a regular army, and what makes Stewart even more dumbfounded is that he actually began to recruit black slaves and Indians in the Continental Army, which made Stewart feel a little jealous because 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 had already traveled to Columbus, on Stewart's orders.
The 3,000 British troops stationed throughout Ohio were to assemble at Dayton, west of Columbus, on Ohio's border with Indiana, as soon as they received the Governor's order.
In Stewart's vision, the Continental Army has already plagued Indiana, so the Continental Army must not be allowed to plague Ohio again, after all, compared with Indiana, which has just been pioneered for a short time, the British have been developing in Ohio for nearly ten years, if the Continental Army is allowed to capture Ohio again, then not only will the ten years of efforts of the Pittsburgh Governorate be dissipated, but also the impact on the entire Pittsburgh Governorate will be huge.
After all, of all the governorates of Pittsburgh, only Ohio had 3,000 regular troops stationed.
In addition to these.
Stewart also tentatively sent a letter to Brunecke, in which Stewart vaguely had the meaning of testing Prussia.
For Stewart, it would not be enough if it were the Continental Assembly alone, even if it could get some support from the French.
However, due to the current situation in Europe, even if the French wanted to support, they would not be able to take out all their possessions with a clear attitude, and in that case they would be once again on the opposite side of the British.
Therefore, at present, in North America, the only people who can make Stewart feel jealous are the Prussians, and if there is a shadow of the Prussians behind the resurgence of the Continental Congress, then it is somewhat intriguing.
Although the alliance agreement between the two countries has not yet been torn up, it is clear to both countries that there will be a war between Britain and Prussia as time goes on, as can be seen from the recent-for-tat decree issued by the two countries.
Under these circumstances, it is reasonable to say that there is a Prussian shadow behind the Continental Congress, after all, where did the Continental Assembly come from, and where did it dare to change from the previous sneaky to the current open-minded attack on the British colonies.
In addition, the Continental Congress is located in Mississippi, which borders not only the British colonies but also the Prussian colonies.
This had to make Stewart suspicious.
Moreover, in addition to testing whether there were Prussians standing behind the Continental Parliament, Stewart's letter also hoped to get a promise from the Prussian population that the Prussians could not support the Continental Congress or invade the British colonies in the process of destroying the Continental Congress.
After reading the letter, a smile appeared on Bruneke's face, this Stewart still hasn't changed at all, and his suspicious personality is still so deep-rooted.
However, Stewart's letter was a reminder to Bruneke that it was about destroying the Continental Congress and conquering the British colonies.
Which Prussia is inclined to get the greater good?
Or what price could Stuart pay if he wanted to ensure Prussian neutrality!
However, it is too early to say this, after all, although the Continental Congress invaded Indiana, it was then annihilated by the British with all their might.
Whether it will still be able to stand is also a big question.
Washington led his troops to Richmond, Indiana's border, from which it took only five hours to cross the Ohio border.
Along the way, the Continental Army moved unusually well, after all, after annihilating hundreds of British troops guarding Polis, there was no armed force in Indiana that could oppose the Continental Army.
Upon arrival in Richmond, the ranks of the Continental Army were further expanded.
The farms and factories of the British were all accepted by the Continental Army, and the black slaves who learned that joining the army would be able to free themselves from slavery were very eager to join the Continental Army.
However, Washington did not refuse to come as usual before, you must know that when Washington left Polis, his Continental Army had 16,000 troops, and by the time he arrived at Richmond, the number of his troops had reached 18,000.
This rate of military expansion may not be a big deal in Europe.
But in North America, it's quite terrifying.
The increase in troop strength has not only seriously affected the logistical supply of the Continental Army, but also affected the speed of the Continental Army's march.
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Most of these new soldiers were European-style black slaves, and when these black slaves joined the Continental Army, they had nothing outside their bodies except their people, and all the food and clothing of these soldiers needed to be provided by the Continental Army.
In this way, a large number of holes immediately appeared in the already small logistics materials of the Continental Army.
"Your Excellency Marshal, we can't go on, if the number of troops continues to develop like this, then our logistics materials can only last for another half a month at most!"
A quartermaster hurried up to Washington and spoke.
Although the Continental Army seized the warehouses of the local government and the property of the enemy capitalists who had sent it to the Continental Congress during the capture of the British towns along the way, the goods collected were not at all proportional to the daily consumption of the Continental Army.
In this situation, the pressure of the quartermaster made the quartermaster miserable.
Washington was silent at the quartermaster's complaint, and this was not the first time he had heard the quartermaster's complaint.
After all, since Polis, the Continental Army has not had enough military supplies.
After a long while, Washington had to speak out to the quartermaster: "Nasri, the current difficulties are only temporary, compared to Indiana.
Ohio is undoubtedly relatively wealthy, as long as we can successfully invade Ohio and even capture Columbus, then I think the problem of munitions can be solved immediately, so for now you still have to find a way to hold on for a while!
” "But Your Excellency, what you said is based on the fact that we have not encountered large-scale resistance, and the grain and grass carried by our army can only supply the army for half a month, and although the other ammunition is sufficient, it is based on the fact that nearly half of our army does not need ammunition supplies!"
There was something bitter in Nasri's words.
Although Washington was in Indiana, he was never able to equip every soldier in his army with guns, and among the 18,000 soldiers, the shortage of guns was as high as 7,000, which also meant that the 7,000 men could only use cold weapons to fight, and many of them were actually armed with hoes and sickles used by farmers.
In fact, it is no wonder that Washington, after all, in addition to the 18,000 men under his command, there are nearly 3,000 troops scattered by her throughout Indiana to consolidate the rule of the Continental Army, and these 3,000 people naturally cannot carry hoes, sickles 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, so the troops stationed in various places must have a certain combat effectiveness, even in terms of equipment, otherwise it will not discredit the military appearance of the Continental Army, and even more seriously, it will not show the weak points of the Continental Army to everyone!
You must know that many ordinary people in Indiana have guns in their homes, but in Washington's previous search.
Most of the people hid their guns, and Washington didn't want to lose face for the Continental Army because of the guns in Indiana, where civilians had guns in their hands and garrisons didn't have guns.
"Hold on a little longer!
I think soon, our ordnance gap will not be so big!
” Washington's words meant something, and it was clear that Nasri understood.
So Nasri withdrew and left the direction where Washington was located.
It's no secret that there are quite a few British troops in Ohio, and in this case, the Continental Army's entry into Ohio will inevitably have to be a tough battle.
In this case, although Washington advocated the emancipation of black slaves, it did not mean that Washington put the black soldiers and white soldiers on an equal footing.
This can be seen from the fact that the 7,000 soldiers who do not have guns in the current Continental Army are basically black soldiers.
In addition, at the top of the Continental Army, basically everyone knows that Washington is actually a commander who discriminates against blacks, and you must know that Washington himself is a big landowner and a big slave owner, and Washington alone has more than 500 black slaves in his own family.
And once faced with the main force of the British army, then only God knows how many of these black soldiers without guns and ammunition will survive.
Just as Washington arrived at Richmond with his troops, the British army in Ohio was also massing on the Dayton line.
Predictably.
According to the estimation of time, if the Continental Army arrived in Dayton from Richmond, then the 3,000 British troops in Ohio would have almost completely assembled in Dayton.
After three days of rest in Richmond, and having left 1,000 soldiers to garrison Richmond, Washington marched toward Dayton with the remaining 17,000 soldiers.
From Richmond to Columbus, the capital of Ohio, Dayton was a must, unless, of course, Washington was willing to lead his troops on the road for an extra week.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the Continental Army to bypass Dayton, and apparently Washington was not prepared to waste a week on the road.
The Continental Army was led by 7,000 black slave soldiers armed with cold weapons and primitive weapons, 8,000 fully armed Continental Army soldiers were the main force of the Chinese army, and the other 2,000 Continental Army soldiers were scattered by Washington to complete the Continental Army's occupation of the Ohio border area.
At this moment, Washington did not know that the British army had begun to assemble in Dayton, and according to Washington's estimates, the main British army should have assembled in Columbus, the capital of Ohio, instead of Dayton. ..................................
The Fourth Division, starting on May 3, drove some Venetian civilians to die on the stone bridge every day, and although the cruelty of the war was vividly displayed in it, the whole of Venice was also very puzzled.
Because apparently the Prussians retained their strength.
As for the Prussian move, the whole of Venice believed that the Prussians' move was completely depleting the morale and ammunition of the Venetian defenders.
Of course, these Venetians did not think that the Prussians were collecting ships in the Venetian area, or else.
I'm afraid that the Venetian defenders are not in this way at the moment.
The moats of Venice are connected not only to the canals and canals inside Venice, but also to the irrigation canals outside Venice.
On the morning of May 8, 1794 William led the royal guard to the outside of Venice.
Seeing the royal flag of the Kingdom of Prussia and the eagle flag of the Holy Roman Empire fluttering outside Venice, all the Venetian defenders couldn't help but gasp in their hearts, because with the appearance of these flags, they understood that the Prussians were obviously going to fight the real battle next.
Just as the Venetian defenders were on alert, a cavalryman carrying the eagle banner of the Holy Roman Empire quickly came to the stone bridge over the Venetian moat and shouted: "To all the Romans, the king, to all the Venetians!
Within three days, the Republic of Venice must surrender unconditionally and supply His Majesty's army with food and grass, otherwise the Republic of Venice will be removed from history forever!
” William had not yet received the papal blessing of coronation, so he could only be called "King of All Romans" and could not use the title of "Holy Roman Emperor".
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However, in Europe, especially in Central Europe, although the Roman Empire has long since disappeared, Europeans seem to have a special memory of the glory of the Roman Empire, so countless Europeans admit that they have Roman blood in their veins, especially for those who have a dominant position.
It is very ironic that in Europe there were no orthodox Romans for a long time, after all, similar to those in Prussia and Austria, they were descendants of the Germanic barbarians, the sworn enemies of the Romans.
And like the Russian Empire, it is even more funny, because a monarch of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the predecessor of Russia, married a princess of the Eastern Roman Empire, so the Russian Empire has always regarded itself as the orthodoxy of the Roman Empire, and even the double-headed eagle banner of the Russian Empire and the eagle banner of the Holy Roman Empire are imitated from the Roman Empire.