Immediately after Brankoff's words, several generals showed a look of panic on their faces.
It was clear what it would mean for Alexander to fight back, and if they wanted to keep their current glory, they would obviously need to defeat him.
But the reason for the panic of these generals was not Alexander alone.
Even if Alexander returned to Russia, it would not be possible to make any waves, because the current Russian Empire has almost no troops loyal to Alexander, but Brankoff said that Alexander was supported by Prussia and the Swedes.
The Prussian Army does not dare to be called the first in the world, but the first-class in Europe is absolutely worthy of it, and as for the Swedes, don't look at the Swedish army that suffered several big losses in a row at the hands of Bagration some time ago, but this does not mean that the Swedes are not good at combat.
If the Prussians and the Swedes did join forces to support Alexander and send troops to help him recover, it would undoubtedly be a great pressure for the rebels.
"What are you afraid of, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, we are still afraid of the Prussians and the Swedes, since we can fight from the Black Sea to St.
Petersburg, then what is there to fight from St.
Petersburg to Brandenburg!
As long as His Royal Highness orders it, then I will lead my troops as the vanguard of the army and fight to the death against the Prussians and the Swedes!
” After a while, Nikolavich stood up and shouted.
And just as Nikolavich finished speaking, Brankoff immediately applauded; "Well, Nikolavich, you really did not disappoint me, I appointed you as the governor of Estonia, you should go to Estonia now to prepare your defenses, and wait for me to lead the army, this time we must tear off two pieces of meat from the Swedes before the enemy is ready!"
Without waiting for others to get bored, Brankoff had already made a decision.
For Brankoff.
If he wants to consolidate his position and rule, then he must not show weakness to the outside world, and the people under the world always pay the strong, and if Blankov is frightened by the Prussians and the Swedes, then what will he use to rule the Russian Empire.
Therefore, even if Brankoff no longer wants to, he can only stick to it.
Moreover, in Brankoff's opinion.
This time I don't have to fail.
Although Brankoff's army did not expand after the capture of St.
Petersburg, there were still more than 50,000 troops in St.
Petersburg, and there were 20,000 troops loyal to Brankoff in Moscow, so that Brankoff now actually controlled more than 70,000 troops.
In contrast to the Russian army, the Swedes have a total strength of only 80,000 men, despite the massive increase in troops from within Lithuania and Poland.
And these 80,000 people are not concentrated in everything.
These armies were scattered by the Swedes in the major cities of the territory in order to gain de facto control over the territory.
In Estonia, although Ostein personally led a large army stationed in Estonia, the Swedish army under his command was only 30,000 men.
Under these circumstances, if Brankoff was really ruthless, then it was not impossible for the 50,000-strong army concentrated in St.
Petersburg to attack Estonia, and it was not impossible to defeat the Swedish army. ....................................
Inside the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam.
Du Li was sitting in a rocking chair, and the person standing next to her was William.
After William was in Brandenburg, considering that Du Li's health had improved, and William missed Du Li very much, he sent someone to take Du Li from Parettz to Sanssouci Palace, and in addition to Du Li, Karina and Lilisa were also summoned by William to Sanssouci Palace.
"Du Li, this time I will call you to Sanssouci Palace.
I have something to explain to you!
” "Say, my esteemed majesty" Hearing William say this, Du Li immediately stopped her movements and looked at William's eyes quietly.
"That's right, your father, the Marquis of Hans, wanted to be able to take off the burden of the Ministry of Intelligence and return to his hometown, but you also know that the truth is difficult now, and you have left your father.
I don't know who is going to be in charge of the mess in the Ministry of Intelligence.
So I hope you can convince your father to let him stay in office, after all, he is not yet old enough to retire, and of course I can understand his difficulties, so I hope you can share some of the burden for the Marquis of Hans!
” After William's words were finished.
Not only Du Li, but even Karina and Lilisa, who were listening on the sidelines, had a look of surprise on their faces.
The Prussian Intelligence Department was highly valued by the Prussian leadership because of its contribution to the wars, and the government invested an astronomical amount of money into it every year, not only that, but the Prussian Intelligence Department also had a special task force of 2,000 people, all of whom were selected from the elite of the Prussian army.
William's words not only mean that Du Li can re-enter the Ministry of Intelligence, but even imply that the Ministry of Intelligence will be handed over to Du Li in the future.
Powerful, rich and armed, the intelligence department is powerful enough to make anyone blush.
Seeing the hesitant look on Du Li's face, William continued: "I know what you're thinking, but I can tell you for sure, you don't have to worry about Anna and the government's top braws, I've already gotten angry with Locks about this matter, and besides, it's just to assist your father and not replace it!
However, Du Li, I also want to take care of you, that is, don't use the public weapons of the Ministry of Intelligence for private use, I don't want it to happen again when it happened to Anna last time!
” William said, a hint of sternness flashed in his eyes, and under William's gaze, Du Li had to nod meekly.
After seeing Du Li nod, William breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, then turned to Karina and said: "Karina, I have discussed your future with your grandfather, and His Excellency the Prime Minister means to let you experience in the government, and he is going to place you in the education department, what do you mean?"
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"Your Majesty, I have no opinion" For Karina's arrangement, Locks has already been angry with Karina.
Prussia was a militaristic state, and among militaristic countries, the belief in the respect of the strong was generally respected.
As a woman, compared with men, there are natural shortcomings.
In this case, it is undoubtedly a very safe arrangement for Karina to work in the government's education department, after all, one is less visible in the education sector, and the other is that there are several times as many women in the government's education department as in other departments.
At last.
William looked at Lilisa.
If there is one of William's four women, it is undoubtedly Lilisa, Du Li and Karina have the support of family backgrounds, but Lilisa is the only one who lives alone in Prussia.
"Lilisa, I'm going to transfer you to my side as a female officer.
You've been following me ever since, what do you think?
” After William's words were finished, a look of surprise instantly bloomed on Lilisa's face.
"Your Majesty, I am willing, I am willing to follow you all the time!"
Among the women, Lilisa is undoubtedly the most pitiful existence, without the help of her family. and the dilemma between Du Li, Karina, and Anna in the battle, making Lilisa almost a puffed up being.
After talking about the arrangement of the three women, William's mind remembered the image of the woman in Frankfurt again. ..................................
"Quick, faster!"
Stewart rode on his horse and yelled at the soldiers around him.
At this moment, Stewart was leading 2,000 British troops towards Columbus, the capital of Ohio.
It had been a week since Dayton had been captured by the Continental Army, and the situation in Ohio had changed dramatically in the course of a week.
The sudden appearance of 2,000 Continental Army soldiers who had been sent by Washington to act as a surprise team immediately caused turmoil inside and outside Columbus, but fortunately, the 500 British soldiers defending the city withstood the attack of this Continental Army division with the cooperation of 300 militiamen.
But even so, Columbus sent fast horses to send the news of the appearance of the Continental Army under the city to Stewart's hands.
And after getting the news, Stewart couldn't sit still anymore.
Originally, according to the agreement between Stewart and Monroe, now Stewart should lead 2,000 British troops to support the British troops in the Dayton fort and help Monroe safely withdraw the British soldiers from these forts.
But now that he learned of the Continental Army under Columbus, Stewart didn't care so much.
Columbus was not only the capital of Ohio, but also strategically important if Columbus was captured by the Continental Army.
Then the other colonial states of the Governorate of Pittsburgh would be exposed to the Continental Army, and more importantly, there would be few important points to defend along the way from Columbus to Pittsburgh.
So for Stewart, Columbus's importance was unmatched.
And at the same time that Stewart led the LinkedIn army to retreat.
Monroe was standing on the watchtower of the fort, anxiously looking east.
Previously, Monroe and Stewart agreed that today, Stewart would lead the army to approach the fort from east to west, and then under the cover of Stewart's army, Monroe would lead the British troops in the fort to slowly withdraw.
But now that it was noon, Monroe standing on the watchtower didn't even see the shadow of Stewart's army, which gave Monroe a sense of foreboding.
"Your Excellency, the soldiers have been assembled and are waiting for your orders!"
An officer hurried over to Monroe and said to Monroe.
After hearing the officer's words, the wrinkles on Monroe's forehead seemed to deepen.
"Wait, order the soldiers to be on temporary alert, and always be on guard against a possible attack by the rebels of the Continental Army!"
At Monroe's order, the officer said with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Your Excellency General, the soldiers' rations have been eaten, if you don't break through, I'm afraid that the soldiers' physical strength will not be able to last!"
The food in the fort had already bottomed out, and it was originally planned that Monroe would lead the army to break through today, so the food in the fort made these soldiers eat all of them early in the morning.
A few hours had passed, and if there was no breakthrough, it would have become a great question of how much combat the British soldiers would be able to exert under the attack of hunger.
"Well, at the latest, at two o'clock in the afternoon, when the time comes, even if His Excellency the Governor's army does not appear, we will immediately begin to break through.
In addition, when the time comes, light a beacon and notify the defenders on the other side to break out immediately!
” After giving the order, Monroe raised his binoculars again and looked bitterly to the east.
Just as Monroe was planning a breakout, Washington was also planning an assault on the British fort in Dayton.
According to the information received from the British prisoners, the food in the British fort did not last long, in other words, a week was the limit so far, in this case.
Washington was ready to take advantage of the weakness of the British army to launch an offensive against the forts on both sides.
"Your Excellency, the soldiers are ready, but some black soldiers in the army complain that their weapons are insufficient, and rashly attacking them is tantamount to sending them to death!"
Just as Washington was setting up the British fort, a Continental Army officer stood up and said to Washington.
After hearing the officer's words, a hint of anger appeared on Washington's face.
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Before Washington could speak, he heard one of the generals speak: "Those black slaves, it's good to give them clothes and food, don't you know that our army is desperately short of weapons?
They don't have much combat experience, and they still complain that they don't have enough weapons, what a damn thing!
” After the officer's words, he immediately attracted the approval of many of the generals of the Continental Army in the room.
"That's it, you want me to see it.
It's that I'm too good to those black slaves, some time ago, a black slave dared to run to me and complain about their poor food, I'm sorry, it's good to have something to eat for things that they can only be slaves like that, and they are picky!
” Another Continental Army officer spoke.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Washington shouted angrily: "Enough, since those blacks have joined our army to fight for us.
Then we naturally need to treat everyone equally, so let's gather a thousand rifles from the weapons warehouse and distribute them to these black soldiers, and the officers should calm the emotions of these soldiers!
” After Washington's shouting, the Continental Army generals in the room were silent.
Although the Continental Congress passed the Emancipation Act and officially granted the status of free slaves to those who participated in the Continental Army, they were in the Continental Army.
Racial discrimination remains very serious.
During the week of the capture of Dayton, there were no frequent clashes between black and white soldiers in Dayton, and in such a situation, Washington had to strictly enforce the restraint of his troops among the officers.
But in terms of the distribution of supplies for the army.
Washington can only turn a blind eye to what the officers below do, after all, Washington does not look down on blacks from the bottom of his heart.
Subsequently, the Continental Army in Dayton was instantly divided into two fronts, one of 10,000 troops led by Washington himself to attack Monroe's fort, and the other front, led by Putnam, to attack the British fort on the other side.
"The enemy opposite us has already eaten the last meal, and their physical strength has been seriously depleted, so we must conquer these forts in one fell swoop, and the destruction of these British troops means that there is no army in Ohio that can resist our advance, and the Continental Army will win!"
Washington rode his horse and stood in front of the army's phalanx and shouted to the soldiers of the Continental Army, and just after he shouted the slogan of the Continental Army's victory, a huge slogan of victory also sounded in the entire Continental Army phalanx!
Seeing that the morale of the army was raised, Washington waved his horsewhip and shouted: "Forward!"
Naturally, Dayton's movements could not hide the evil disease of duty on the watchtower in the British fort, at least as soon as the Continental Army left the gates of Dayton, their traces were exposed under the noses of the British army.
"The general is not good, there is a change in the Continental Army in Dayton, they are marching towards our fortress, according to the enemy phalanx, the enemy's strength is not less than 10,000!"
At one o'clock in the afternoon, a British officer hurried to Monroe's side to report.
After hearing the movement of the Continental Army, Monroe stomped his foot fiercely.
The reinforcements he had pinned his hopes on had not yet appeared, but who knows, now the Continental Army seems to have long eyes, preparing to launch a large-scale attack on the fortress on the eve of the British retreat, which makes Monroe's previous plan completely useless.
"I can't wait any longer, order the army to start retreating immediately, and leave all those artillery pieces behind, before we retreat, order someone to set fire all these artillery and shells for me, and all I want the Continental Army to get is a ruin!"
Monroe said with a hideous face, obviously his heart was already ruthless.
Although there are not many food reserves in the fortress, there are a lot of weapons and equipment, and Monroe originally hoped that these fortresses could stand under the onslaught of the Continental Army, so the fortress was also equipped with a large number of weapons and ammunition.
But now that the British army is about to retreat, it is obvious that these heavy guns, shells and some weapons and equipment cannot be carried at all, and if they are forced, they will only slow down the withdrawal of the army.
Therefore, Monroe felt that it would be better to destroy all these things than to cheapen the rebellion of the Continental Army.
The Continental Army began to line up in front of the fortress, and the officers of the Continental Army kept shuttling through the phalanx, and they needed to make these recruits who had little combat experience understand what to do in the subsequent battles.