The words of the Prussian cavalry caused an uproar among the defenders of Venice, who, in the eyes of the Venetians, were simply speaking wild words.
Although the current Republic of Venice has fallen a lot compared to the glorious period in history, it has to be said that the current Republic of Venice is also a regional power, and after hundreds of years of construction, Venice's city defense facilities can also be called perfect, not to mention the unique terrain help.
In this case, although the Prussian army outside Venice was 30,000, in the eyes of the Venetians, 30,000 people wanted to attack Venice, which was the first fortified city on the European continent, it was simply a fool's dream!
This was true not only of the defenders of Venice, but also of the upper echelons of Venice, whose city defense and topography were a major asset for them to dare to confront the Prussians.
A moment later, while the Prussian cavalry was still chattering, a group of Venetian soldiers guarding the stone bridge immediately opened fire on the Prussian cavalry, on the orders of a Venetian officer.
The distance between the cavalryman and the Venetian soldiers was just over a hundred meters, just within the range of a rifle or something.
But what is amazing is that this Prussian cavalry was unscathed under a round of nearly 30 rifle shots, which not only made the Prussian cavalryman feel alive and dies, but also made the Venetian soldiers look at each other.
However, just as the Venetians were angry and ready to let more troops shoot, the Prussian cavalryman suddenly turned his horse and began to gallop towards the Prussian army's main position.
See this scene.
William, who was already standing in front of the formation, suddenly became a little dumbfounded and laughed.
"Prince Henry, this cavalryman is a talent, and when he returns, he will be promoted to two ranks!"
William smiled and said to Prince Henry, who was beside him.
Hearing William's words, Prince Henry immediately responded.
You must know that being able to shoot more than 20 rifles without being injured is no longer simply described as lucky, this can simply be called a miracle of God!
And just as the Prussian cavalry pulled out his horse and fled, another burst of gunfire rang out among the Venetian troops, and the Venetian soldiers tried to shoot the Prussian cavalry off their horses with hideous faces.
But the Venetians' shots did not have the desired effect, and the bullets avoided the Prussian cavalryman as if they had eyes.
Watching the Prussian cavalryman flee beyond the range of his rifles, the Venetian officers gritted their teeth.
"Talent, this is definitely a talent!
It seems that even God is on our side!
” William turned to the Imperial princes and the Prussian high-ranking people around him.
And after William finished speaking.
Everyone around him immediately praised the Prussian cavalryman in unison, and even afterward, everyone unanimously praised Wilhelm and the Prussian army.
Phrases such as "This time the Prussian army will win!"
"This is God's will, and Venice will be conquered!"
The sound of sycophants like Yunyun was heard endlessly for a while.
Wait until the cavalryman escapes back to his camp unharmed.
William even received the cavalryman in front of the whole army.
Then he solemnly hung an Iron Cross on the horseman's chest.
It is no wonder that Wilhelm was so serious, knowing that any change on the battlefield would affect the soldiers of the army, and the survival of this Prussian cavalryman was obviously magnificently magnificently magnificent.
And it is undeniable that the life of this Prussian cavalryman also weakened the soldiers of the Venetian army to a great extent, after all, under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes present, this Prussian cavalry actually escaped from the guns of the Venetians, which is really a great irony and humiliation.
Subsequently, that afternoon.
Under Wilhelm's orders, the artillery of the entire Prussian army was gathered in the first line.
The Venetian civilians who had been gathered before were also driven by the Prussian army to the Prussian artillery.
The reason why these Venetian civilians gathered in front of the artillery array was on the one hand to let the Venetian artillery throw rats, and on the other hand, to confuse the Venetians.
After all, in the midst of a chaotic crowd, it was not so easy to find out the location of the Prussian artillery hidden behind.
Although the Venetian artillery had the help of the sentries on the ramparts, the Prussians were undoubtedly able to reduce the hit rate of the Venetian artillery Before Washington's army arrived in Dayton, the 3,000 British troops had been assembled in Dayton, and in addition to these 3,000 British troops, the British had also called up some conscripts and some armed guards on farms, and in this case, the defenders of Dayton had reached 4,000 men.
Looking at the rice flag fluttering over the head of Dayton, Washington's brow was a little distressed.
Although Washington had thought that he would definitely encounter a fierce battle after entering the territory of Ohio, he did not expect that this fierce battle would come so early.
As mentioned earlier, Dayton is the only way from Richmond to Columbus, the capital of Ohdan, and it will undoubtedly take an extra week to get around Dayton.
And for the Continental Army led by Washington, time is not consuming, because the various materials consumed by the Continental Army every day are a huge pressure on the logistics of the Continental Army.
And in addition to time, the Continental Army also had a problem with roads, with only a decent road between Oh and Indiana, and that road was right under Dayton.
The British army did not only hold on to Dayton, but also built two small forts on both sides of Dayton in a few days, and together with Dayton, these two forts blocked the only wide road between Indiana and Ohio.
Faced with such a situation, even Washington is feeling a little distressed.
Ultimately.
After consulting with a group of officers, Washington came up with an idea.
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The two forts and Dayton were arranged in a triangular formation, in this case.
No matter how much the Continental Army would have to pay a lot of casualties if it wanted to conquer Dayton, and the Continental Army was desperately short of large-caliber artillery, although the French had some support at the beginning, even with the Continental Army's looting from Indiana, there were less than twenty large-caliber artillery pieces that could pose a threat to the city walls.
In contrast to the Continental Army, Dayton, including the two forts hastily built by the British, was equipped with a lot of artillery, many of which were large-caliber cannons.
These guns were enough to form a crossfire, which caused more casualties on the Continental Army.
Therefore, Washington decided not to resort to brutal assault for the time being.
Because once the Continental Army attacked, it would inevitably meet the wishes of the British and suffer heavy casualties.
Washington's countermeasure is to dig tunnels, that's right, tunnels!
As it has already been stated, nearly forty percent of the Continental Army was made up of black slaves.
Although under the Emancipation Act of the Continental Congress.
The large number of black slaves directly doubled the strength of the Continental Army, but these black slaves who had just joined the Continental Army were not so much soldiers as farmers with a single strength.
After all, due to the need for marching and time constraints, these black slaves only underwent simple military training after joining the Continental Army, and even many of them did not even master the drumbeat of the march.
Under these circumstances, it is very appropriate to let these black slaves fight the well-armed British, and to describe them as death.
And although Washington also had the idea of consuming these black slave soldiers before, in Washington's view, the death of these black slaves should be exchanged for some price for the Continental Army!
So instead of letting these black slaves die under the fire of the British.
It's better to let them use their strengths to dig a tunnel for the Continental Army.
Dayton's soil is not very hard, which provides a very good premise for the success of the tunnels.
Moreover, there were many black slave soldiers in the Continental Army.
This also provided enough manpower to dig the tunnels.
At Washington's orders, 4,000 black slaves were gathered together and began digging tunnels about 400 meters from Dayton.
In addition to these 4,000 black slaves, Washington also concentrated 6,000 troops, of which 3,000 were also poorly armed black slave soldiers.
The task of these 6,000 men was to launch a proper attack on Dayton and the two British forts in the north and south directions, so that Washington and other senior leaders of the Continental Army could understand the disposition of British forces and the strength of their firepower.
In addition to these 10,000 people, the remaining 8,000 people, whom Washington regarded as the main force, were temporarily on standby.
Early May At the sound of Washington's orders, the 6,000 army began to attack Dayton to cover the excavation of tunnels in the rear.
"General, the rebels of the Continental Council are on the attack!"
A British officer, noticing the Continental Army's offensive formation, immediately ran to the British headquarters in Dayton and said to the British commander Monroe.
Hearing the British officer's words, Monroe immediately walked out of the room and walked up to a tower in Dayton, surrounded by a group of staff officers.
Monroe held a telescope and looked at the Continental Army in the distance, only to see that the offensive formation of the Continental Army was very chaotic, and the scene of black and white soldiers mixing was a little chaotic.
"Those rebels are just to be killed!
They actually put together inferior blacks and whites, slaves are slaves, and they will always be slaves!
Damn bastard!
” Monroe's face was very ugly, although the gang of people in the Continental Congress were rebellious, but they were also Caucasians, but now, the Continental Army actually absorbed blacks, and also let these blacks participate in the battle on a large scale, which is simply insulting to the view that has always held the view of white supremacy.
Of course, in his opinion, although the gang of people in the Continental Congress are also Caucasian, and many of them are also British, since they have chosen to oppose the British, then the word mongrel also applies.
"Order the artillery to open fire, and let those bastards understand that the honor of the Kingdom of Great Britain cannot be tarnished by anyone!"
In Monroe's slightly arrogant tone, the British artillery in Dayton immediately opened fire on the attacking Continental Army.
After the opening of British artillery fire.
Although many officers of the attacking Continental Army were trying their best to maintain order in the army, for this wave of soldiers who could be described as a rabble, in the face of the threat of death.
The officers' orders were not heard at all.
Even the army's offensive formation suddenly showed a huge hole, some soldiers continued to attack, but more soldiers chose to stop to avoid the British shells, and even many people simply began to flee backwards in an orderly manner.
This scene not only made the British defenders in Dayton have all kinds of mockery and disdain on their faces, but also made Washington, who was standing in the rear, have a disagreeable look on his face.
Although Washington does not expect these untrained soldiers to be able to exert much combat effectiveness, the current performance of these soldiers is undoubtedly discrediting the face of the Continental Army.
"The Overseers step forward!
Any soldier who retreats without permission before the order to retreat is given.
Shoot and shoot!
” Washington had to send in an overseer to maintain order, or else the attack would have become a real joke.
After the order from Washington.
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A group of Continental Army veterans immediately stepped forward, their weapons pointed firmly forward, and they did not waver in the slightest because their weapons were pointed at their comrades After a day of fighting, look at the army's battle damage report.
Washington couldn't help but feel a headache.
The 6,000 Continental Army, which had attacked Dayton during the day, had less than 2,000 men left after the war.
The rest of the soldiers either died under British fire or at the guns of the Continental Overseers.
In fact, such a large casualty was due to the fact that the British artillery fire was too sharp on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was not Washington's intention to teach the soldiers of the Continental Army a hard lesson.
Even though such a large casualty may have frightened many soldiers in the Continental Army, at the same time, the performance of the Supervisory Team at least made those soldiers who had not undergone much combat training understand that war is not a child's play!
Those who do not obey orders will not only die at the hands of the enemy, but also at the hands of their own people!
But the only thing that makes Washington happy.
Today's tunnel excavation progress is still quite impressive, after investing four thousand black slaves.
In just one day, the tunnel was dug for more than 100 meters, and depending on the situation, it only took another three days to reach the city of Dayton.
Washington envisioned that the tunnels would be dug under the city of Dayton, immediately filled with a large amount of them, and then blasted through the walls of Dayton.
It is obviously unrealistic to dig into Dayton, because many cities were built with the enemy in mind, so the foundation of the city wall is very deep and strong, in this case, it is very difficult to dig through the wall, and there is a high possibility that the defending army will find it.
As for the operation in the rear of the Continental Army, because there were many Continental Army soldiers in front of the battle to cover, the British Army did not find out, but the British Army could clearly observe that the Continental Army was cutting down trees on a large scale.
In this regard, Monroe believes that the Continental Army is preparing to build some siege equipment.
That evening, Washington held a special ceremony for the awarding and promotion of military ranks at the Continental Army station, which was special because of the large number of blacks present at the promotion ceremony.
You must know that although the Continental Congress had enacted a program for the emancipation of black slaves, the fact that black slaves who joined the army only gained freedom did not mean that they were free from discrimination by other Caucasians.
Under these circumstances, whether it was to boost the morale of the slave soldiers or to soothe the slave soldiers who were under great pressure during the day, Washington held a grand ceremony in the camp.
The 200 black slave soldiers and the 60 or so white soldiers who survived the battle were selected by Washington, and each of these soldiers was awarded a "" medal from the Continental Congress.
In addition to the medals, Washington also promoted the ranks of these soldiers in large numbers, and one of the black soldiers who performed well in the battle was awarded the rank of major, which was also the highest promotion at the award ceremony that night.
In addition to medals and ranks, Washington also prepared a batch of gold, silver and jewelry for these soldiers as a reward.
After the conquest of Indiana, despite the lack of uniforms, weapons and ammunition in the Continental Army, a considerable amount of gold, silver and jewelry were captured, and these gold, silver and jewelry were naturally hoarded by Washington to encourage the soldiers of the army to die.
"Soldiers, the daytime battles have proved your bravery!
You are the pride of the Continental Army, there are blacks and whites among you, but no matter what color you are, today you are united and fight together under the banner of the Continental Army!
Your fight for freedom and equality for the people of the colony deserves the respect of all!
Your heroic deeds will forever be passed down on the banner of the Continental Army!
I hope that in the future, all the soldiers under the banner of the Continental Army will undoubtedly unite together to drive the British who have invaded our homeland from this land!
It has nothing to do with skin color or appearance, our actions today are fighting for a place for our children and grandchildren to survive!
” Washington's words revived the morale of the Continental Army after the battle, and even the black soldiers' eyes turned red with jealousy when they saw that there was a black man who had become a major officer.
In such moments of glory, all ignore those who died in the war.
Yes, it will be a success, just as people only see a small number of successful people and ignore the majority of miserable losers.