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The battle under Dayton had been going on for four days, during which the Continental Army had suffered heavy losses, and before the war, the Continental Army had 18,000 men in four brigades, but after four days of war, the Continental Army had less than 10,000 men.
Had it not been for Washington's rally of the entire army immediately after the end of each day's combat mission, and then promote officers and award medals to boost morale, I am afraid that this rabble of the Continental Army would have collapsed long ago.
"Report to Your Excellency Marshal, the tunnel has been dug under the city of Dayton, please give an order immediately!"
Early in the morning of the fifth day, after a night of final fighting, the black slaves finally dug the tunnels under Dayton.
The 4,000 black slaves who were ordered by Washington to dig the tunnels also suffered some casualties in these days, of course, the casualties of these black slave soldiers were not caused by the battle, but because the tunnels were full of danger, and a lack of oxygen alone caused nearly 300 black slave soldiers to die in the tunnels.
This tunnel to Dayton is not long, but it is not short.
However, the distance of more than 500 meters still makes the oxygen in the tunnel extremely lacking, not to mention, there are thousands of people in the tunnel consuming this oxygen, coupled with the operation of not being discovered by the British, these soldiers digging the tunnel are limited by the orders of the officers and do not dare to dig up the ventilation hole.
In this case.
It is not a new occurrence that 300 of the black slave soldiers who were divided into two shifts day and night died of lack of oxygen.
"Good, great!
The tunnel has finally been dug through!
” After receiving the report from his subordinates, a look of excitement finally appeared on Washington's face that had been tense for several days.
The casualties in the past few days are so great that even a commander like Washington, who has great prestige in the Continental Army, is under more pressure than he can imagine in the face of criticism from his subordinates.
In addition to the black slaves who dug tunnels, there were only 5,000 men left in the Continental Army, which was originally regarded as the main force.
This proportion of battle losses makes people feel a burst of palpitations when they think about it.
But after a while, after a moment of excitement, Washington calmed down and ordered: "Order the whole army to assemble and launch a general assault on Dayton today!
Let Nikolai and Horatio and Putnam concentrate their forces and tell them that today all three of their brigades are going to attack Dayton!
And it is necessary to make the British understand that their attack is the general attack of our army!
At the same time, he ordered the mobilization of all the gunpowder of the whole army and transported it to the tunnels.
Let the black soldiers bury all this gunpowder in the tunnels under Dayton!
At twelve o'clock at noon today, after igniting gunpowder and destroying the city walls, I will personally lead the 4th Brigade to attack Dayton!
” After Washington's order was given, the heralds in the tent left the tent one after another to go to the various units to convey Washington's order.
While Washington was planning the general attack on Dayton, a British army of 2,000 men also arrived near Columbus, the capital of Ohio, and this 2,000-strong reinforcement was led by Stewart, the governor of Pittsburgh.
In Stewart's vision, the 3,000 British troops concentrated in Dayton would hold out until he arrived with reinforcements anyway.
In this way, the strength of the British army will reach more than 4,000 men, and with the militia of the various regions along the way, there will be no problem in reaching the number of troops to 5,000.
And leading 5,000 against more than 10,000 Continental Army, for Stewart, he is not worried at all, although the British side is inferior in terms of troops, but whether it is logistics supply or weapons and ammunition, the British army is much better than the Continental Army, in this case.
Although the number of troops is smaller, in terms of combat effectiveness, the British army is still higher.
Don't look at the original history books, the father of the United States, Washington and the Continental Army, but in fact, Washington and the Continental Army led by him are no better than beggars without the help of the French.
According to the official history: This Continental Army was poorly equipped and lacked ammunition.
Poor provisions, ragged clothes.
When it was first formed, there were only 9 rounds of ammunition per capita, only 1 musket and 1 quilt for 3 soldiers, and only 1 day's supply of artillery gunpowder.
Fort Ticonderoga had only 900 pairs of shoes for 12,000 warriors.
Washington once wrote: "The soldiers marched barefoot, barefoot, unclothed, without felt blankets at night, without shoes, and their whereabouts could be traced from the blood left on their feet, and they were almost often without food." ……” Twelve thousand soldiers actually have only nine hundred pairs of shoes, what kind of concept is this, even shoes do not guarantee that everyone has a pair of troops, can an army still be called an army!
In fact, during the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army did not outnumber the British army, and in this case, the inferior and extremely poorly equipped Continental Army was able to defeat the British army.
Some may attribute it to the strength of the spirit, and the people's quest for independence enabled them to defeat the British.
I'm going, if I talk like that, am I deceiving the ghost?
All thanks to the heroes behind the scenes – the French.
And now, when France has lost the strength to compete with the British, and is unable to support the Continental Congress with all its strength as it did in the last war, how can Stewart be afraid of the Continental Army!
Stewart did not participate in the last American Revolutionary War, but Stewart also gained an in-depth understanding of the last war after serving as governor of the Pittsburgh Governorate District, and learned what the Continental Army was really like.
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Naturally, Stewart did not regard the Continental Army as an opponent of the same level as himself.
In Stewart's opinion, if it weren't for the complete extermination of this rebellion, then he only needed to give him 8,000 men, and he would be able to uproot the Continental Council!
And the reason for this maximum mobilization is within the Governorate of Pittsburgh.
In fact, this is not Stewart's jealousy of the Prussians!
In other words, it was not the Continental Congress that Stewart ordered the Governor of Pittsburgh to mobilize in full force, but the Prussians!
"Your Excellency the Governor, according to our tip-offs, the rebels of the Continental Army are attacking Dayton day and night!"
"Oh.
So is there any call for help from Dayton?
” A herald hurried up to Stewart and said, but after hearing Stewart's question, the herald said: "Your Excellency, this is not the case, and it is said that General Monroe seems to be very relaxed, and even jokes with his officers.
Bet that the rebels of the Continental Army will die in a few days!
” Hearing the herald's answer, Stewart burst out laughing.
Then, Stewart commanded to one of the staff officers beside him: "Let the army speed up, we will go to Columbus today to rest, and let Columbus prepare supplies in advance, and we will rush to Dayton early tomorrow morning, what to say.
This time the credit can't be given to Monroe's boy!
” Washington pulled out the pocket watch in his arms, only to see that the hour hand on the pocket watch was about to point to twelve.
"It's almost time, let the Fourth Brigade get ready, and when the walls of Dayton are blown down, the Fourth Brigade will act as the vanguard of the whole army and must take the walls for me in the shortest possible time!"
This time, in order to be able to collapse the walls of Dayton, Washington mobilized 300 kilograms of gunpowder and a large number of artillery shells and piled them up in the tunnel.
Originally, according to Washington's plan, he was going to fill the tunnels with 600 kilograms of gunpowder, but unfortunately, although the Continental Army had started to search for gunpowder a few days ago, the Continental Army had not been able to collect 600 kilograms of gunpowder these days.
In this case.
Washington could only sacrifice artillery shells as a substitute for gunpowder.
The tunnel dug by the Continental Army was located under the wall southwest of Dayton, and according to the Continental Army's previous calculations, this wall was located on a blank spot in the fire resistance of Dayton, of course, this blank spot did not refer to the British army on the city wall that was not defending the city.
Rather, it refers to when the Continental Army attacked the city of Dayton from the position of the wall.
The fort crossfire points set up by the British commanders did not take care of this position.
Washington had changed into a new military uniform, and his eyes were fixed on the predetermined target wall.
Rumble!!!
An earth-shattering loud bang suddenly sounded under the city of Dayton, and this loud noise not only shocked the soldiers of the Continental Army who were struggling to withstand the British artillery fire, but even the British soldiers in Dayton stopped their movements because of this loud noise.
"What's going on, go and see!"
Monroe was also shocked after the loud noise, but his excellent psychological quality still made him react immediately, and then quickly gave an order to the staff officer beside him.
Hearing Monroe's order, a staff officer reacted, and the girl ran out.
Just a few seconds after the city seemed to have stopped because of the loud noise, the whole Dayton tiger came back to life, and not only that, but near the wall in the southwest corner of Dayton, countless houses were crumbling due to the huge tremors, and some even collapsed.
And the walls of Dayton began to sway like a drunken drunk.
"Run!
The walls are falling!
” A terrible cry rang out over the walls of Dayton, and the British soldiers guarding the walls woke up one after another, and then ran in panic to the bottom of the walls.
But because the explosion happened under their feet, some of the British soldiers injured their ankles due to the shock caused by the explosion, and for a while, these soldiers couldn't get up.
"Quick, help me!"
"Jack, come and help me and take me away!"
The walls of the city immediately turned into an apocalyptic scene.
Eventually, the wall didn't last two minutes, and two minutes after the explosion, the wall ended its life and collapsed to the ground.
Suddenly, countless British soldiers followed the walls into the tombs.
From the moment the explosion sounded, Washington had been holding up his binoculars to look at the wall, and his face turned red when he saw that the wall was about to collapse as he had envisioned.
"Quick, order the Fourth Brigade to attack!
In addition, tell Nikolai that the time for a decisive battle has come, and if anyone drags his feet at this time, then don't blame the ruthless military law after the war!
” Hearing Washington's order, in the middle of the Continental Army, a herald immediately raised the red flag in his hand.
Seeing this scene, the entire Fourth Brigade of the Continental Army, which had already been prepared, lined up in a neat phalanx and rushed to Dayton amid the orders of the officers.
"The general is not good, the city wall has collapsed!"
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The staff officer, who had been ordered by Monroe to check on the situation, walked for less than ten minutes before hurrying back to the British headquarters.
It is no wonder that he was able to get this news in such a short time, after all, the goal of the city wall is not small, basically the low houses on both sides of the street cannot hide the figure of the city wall.
Monroe's heart jumped suddenly, if there is a city wall to block it, then even if there is more Continental Army outside the city, Monroe is not afraid, but now the city wall has collapsed, which means that the British army has lost the protection of the city wall.
In this way, even though the British army had an advantage in weapons, the superiority in strength in street fighting was undoubtedly strengthened to a certain extent.
Moreover, in order to make the two forts around Dayton able to form a combat force, Monroe stationed 700 men in each of these two forts, so that the British troops guarding Dayton were only 1,600 men.
"General, the best way for us at the moment is to retreat, as long as we can temporarily evacuate to the fortress, even if the rebels of the Continental Army get Dayton, it will be useless!"
At this moment, a British staff officer hurriedly said to Dayton, hearing this, Dayton was stunned for a moment, and then only thought for two seconds and said: "That's it, order all the troops to withdraw to the northern fortress!"