"Your Excellency, our scouts have discovered that the British are withdrawing from the fort, and they are preparing to flee!"
Just as Washington was about to order his troops to attack the fortress, a scout captain hurriedly rode up to Washington and shouted.
Hearing this news, Washington's face showed a look of astonishment, followed by ecstasy, the British army actually chose to evacuate the fortress at this time, it was simply God blessed.
You must know that the Continental Army has a lot of war horses, which means that at least in terms of mobility, the Continental Army surpassed the British Army, and lost the protection of the fortress, on the plain, the British army, which only had more than 1,000 people, wanted to resist the attack of more than five times the Continental Army, which was obviously a very difficult thing.
"Order the army to turn immediately, and give me another order to give the cavalry an immediate sortie to hold off the British!"
After Washington's order was given, the Continental Army, which had already lined up in a neat line, suddenly began to turn around and rush towards the other side of the fort in a somewhat chaotic manner.
"General, we have discovered scouts from the Continental Army on the periphery, and it seems that our actions cannot be concealed from the Continental Army, what do you think we should do?"
A British officer said to Monroe with an ugly face.
At present, there are more than 1,400 British troops led by Monroe to break through the siege, and among these more than 1,400 people, there are only more than 200 war horses, which means that except for the cavalry on horseback, the rest of the British army can only rely on their own two feet to advance.
Although the British did not know how many horses the Continental Army had, they did not know how many horses the British army had.
The horses of the Continental Army were certainly no less than those of the British, and perhaps even more, after all, there were not many places in North America to breed war horses.
When the Continental Army attacked Dayton before, the British troops on the city wall looked far away and saw that there were many cavalry behind the Continental Army.
"Don't panic, order the cavalry to attack and immediately return the attack, and must delay the enemy for an hour, and order the rest of the troops to speed up.
It is necessary to leave before the arrival of the Continental Army and throw away all unnecessary supplies!
” Monroe said with a serious face.
After that, the Continental Army and the British army ran and chased each other on the plains west of Dayton.
Fortunately.
Although Washington ordered the cavalry of the Continental Army to attack, there were not many cavalry in the Continental Army, and the cavalry of the 800 Continental Army and the 200 British cavalry that blocked the attack were actually on a par for a while.
This situation also made Washington's face very ugly.
"Leave the British cavalry alone, all the cavalry continue to attack.
Hold the British infantry for me!
Don't give me any casualties.
As long as the British army can be delayed, the cavalry is a first achievement!
” .............................
"Your Excellency the Governor, as the unfavorable news of the British army in the war spreads, many British colonies have begun to pour into our territory, and in this regard, the government hopes to allocate 300,000 gold marks to provide the necessary livelihood for these refugees!"
In Bruneke's office, an official from the Prussian colonial government reported to Bruneke.
After the resurgence of the Continental Army and the capture of Indiana.
Someone in the British Governorate of Pittsburgh began to flee to the Prussian colony, and this situation intensified after the news of the Continental Army's capture of Dayton spread.
Colonial states such as Virginia and North Carolina that were adjacent to the Prussian colonies saw a large number of refugees dragging their families with them.
Of course.
To this end, the British colonial government also made great efforts, and they set up a large number of posts in the border area with Prussian territory in order to intercept these refugees.
Originally, a Continental Army would not have caused such a great panic in the entire colony of the British Governorate of Pittsburgh, but those so-called well-informed people were the first to flee after learning that the strength of the Continental Army had exceeded 20,000, thus setting off a lot of storm in these colonies.
Fortunately, because the British colonial government was quite competent, Prussia had so far only accepted less than 6,000 refugees, but except for some of the wealthy people who owned assets, the rest were poor, and the treatment of these poor people was the key to the Prussian colonial government's difficulties.
Each of these refugees needs to be carefully screened, mainly to prevent the Continental Army or the British spies from being hidden, and secondly, after these poor refugees fled to the Prussian colony, it became a big problem for them to make a living in this way, and it is foreseeable that if these refugees feel that they cannot survive, then they will inevitably create a series of riots, which the Prussian colonial government does not want to see in any case. "300,000 gold marks is too much, and now we need to use money in a lot of places, in this case, we can't take out 300,000 gold marks at all!"
As he spoke, Brunecke picked up the quill on the table and changed the number three on the document to one.
Seeing Brünecke's movements, the Prussian official standing opposite him looked a little embarrassed and said: "Is 100,000 gold marks too little, if we want these refugees to settle down, then the government needs to at least prepare some houses and supplies for them.............
Before the official could finish speaking, Brüneke waved his hand and said: "100,000 gold marks is already a lot, this money is mainly used to disperse these refugees to the periphery of the various states, and they cannot be gathered together, as for the houses and food, they are only fleeing, if a lot of money is invested in these people, it is not in our Prussian interests!"
After Brunech finished speaking, the official opposite him was a little speechless.
According to the government's plan, the 300,000 gold marks were to be used to build a town in the current border area with the British colonies to accommodate these refugees, so the cost was naturally drawn up with the goal of building a town.
After all, these refugees are only the first batch.
No one knows what the next battle will look like, if the British army is not in a good position, or even if they lose Ohio.
Then it is foreseeable that more refugees will surely pour into the territory of Prussia.
This number may not be a few thousand, but there may be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of refugees.
After the official left, Brüneke rubbed his temples, the recent busy government affairs really made him a little exhausted, fortunately, there was Scharnhorst on the army side, and Bruneke was still relieved to hand over the affairs of the army to Scharnhorst.
Just as Bruneke was looking out the window at the sky and preparing to ask someone to arrange afternoon tea, he saw Scharnhorst hurrying in.
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"Scharnhorst.
Why are you here?"
Seeing Scharnhorst's arrival, Brüneke's face looked a little surprised, but Scharnhorst's next words made Bruneke's face change "Your Excellency the Governor.
According to my observations, there were a great deal of problems in the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the colony, which not only did not carry out the necessary drills in accordance with the requirements of the Governor's Palace, but even had problems such as concealing the number of soldiers and eating empty salaries!
” The so-called 3rd and 4th Colonial Divisions were performing the products of the Shadow Division in Prussia.
Previously, Prussia had only two divisions stationed in the North American colonies.
Later, due to the continuous expansion of the colony and the resurgence of the Continental Congress, Bruneke immediately began to expand the division by two divisions.
According to the previous report, the two newly expanded divisions and regiments have preliminarily completed their reorganization, and they will be able to form combat effectiveness in just one month.
But what Bruneke didn't expect was that at this time, such a scandal broke out in these two newly expanded divisions.
"Scharnhorst, you can tell me more about the situation, and you don't know how much there is in the army?"
Since ancient times.
There are not a few cases of empty salaries in the army, after all, for the generals in the army.
Unlike local officials, they can exchange their power for a large amount of money at the local level, and the number of ways to make a fortune in the army is relatively small.
In this case, especially in the absence of an effective mechanism for managing the identity of soldiers, empty pay has become a means for some unscrupulous officers in the army to accumulate money.
By concealing the number of soldiers, officers can successfully disguise the identities of some non-existent people as soldiers in the army, and then these soldiers' monthly salaries will naturally go into the officers' pockets, and more importantly, these forged identities can be completely erased under the pretext of a death in the event of a large-scale war or two years later, when the matter is not only concealed, but the pension issued by the Prussian government may also be filled by these officers.
"Your Excellency the Governor, the Third Colonial Division should have 10,358 men, but now it is only 8,421.
The Fourth Colonial Division should have 9,617 men and men, but at present there are only 6,329 men!
The total strength of the two divisions should be 19,975 men, but now it is only 14,750 men, and the total number of forged soldiers in the two divisions is 5,225!
These generals are really bold, they dare to fake more than 5,000 people to defraud military salaries, and they are not wronged to kill them a hundred times!
” As he spoke, Scharnhorst's face was also angry.
Although it is not an uncommon phenomenon for officers to eat empty salaries in this era, at least in Prussia, during the reign of Frederick the Great, the phenomenon of empty salaries in the army at that time was also very serious, and later Frederick the Great also severely punished this situation, and even for this reason, several generals had to retire gloomily, which stopped the bad atmosphere in the Prussian army.
But what people did not expect was that this situation actually appeared in the colonial army at the moment, and there were more than 5,000 vacancies at once.
What is the concept of more than 5,000 people?
More than 5,000 people, which means that the Prussian government spent the same money, but it suddenly lost half a division and regiment, more than 5,000 people, even if they are the lowest level soldiers, have a monthly salary of ten gold marks, and more than 5,000 people means that at least more than 50,000 gold marks fall into the pockets of those ** officers every month in the Prussian military.
"When did you find out about this?"
In contrast to the anger on Scharnhorst's face, Bruneke's face was red and white.
To know.
He gave the order for the two new divisions, and the main generals of the two new divisions were also appointed by Bruneck.
But who would know that these generals who were previously led by Brüneke as a cadre actually did such a thing!
Don't talk about the situation in the divisions.
The commanders of the divisions and regiments do not know, even if these commanders really do not know, then it can only mean that these generals are all mediocre and incompetent people, after all, the troops under their command do not know anything, and how can they dispatch the troops on the battlefield!
"Your Excellency, I also discovered this situation by accident last month, but at that time, I wanted not to startle the snake.
I didn't mention it to outsiders, but just ordered a few trusted people to secretly investigate in the army, but who knew that the result would be so shocking!
” Scharnhorst found that the affair was, as he had said, full of serendipity.
Scharnhorst after coming to the North American colonies.
In addition to appointing him as the commander of the 1st Colonial Division, Bruneke also gave Scharnhorst the right to oversee the formation of the new division.
Last month, Scharnhorst saw a document on the desk of the army's expansion, which showed that in less than two months, the two new divisions had been reorganized by more than 70 percent.
At that time, Scharnhorst went to inspect the army on a whim.
Originally, he only inspected a regiment of troops.
But who knew that when he watched one of the companies in the regiment order the roster, he noticed that something was wrong.
There should have been a hundred or so people in a company, and there were indeed one hundred and twenty-one people on the roster, but as a result, only sixty-three people were present at Scharnhorst, and the rest were not there at all.
At that time, the officers who accompanied the Scharnhorst patrol troops gave the reason that these people were not in the barracks because they had no combat mission.
But Scharnhorst knows the rules in the army, and the rest of the soldiers is to rest, but there will definitely be false notes.
At that time, Scharnhorst asked all over the question, but did not see the existence of the fake note.
However, Scharnhorst was silent at the time, and it seemed to him that it was indeed just a lack of false notes.
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Then it can only mean that there is a loophole in management, and for the newly formed army, this problem is not unforgivable, but who knows that the conclusion of the investigation is so shocking.
"Scharnhorst, I have full authority over this matter to you, and I must strictly investigate it to the end, no matter who is involved, I will not tolerate it!
I will immediately send Fred and Alberry to the Doge's Palace, and then I will put them under house arrest for a week, and within a week, I will ask you to find out the truth as it is!"
” Unable to suppress the anger in his heartache, Brüneke slammed the table in front of Scharnhorst and roared.
Fred and Albery were two of Bruneke's commanders, as well as the commanders of the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the newly formed colonies.
Seeing Brüneke's statement, Scharnhorst immediately answered loudly and left Brüneke's office.
And just after Scharnhorst left, Bruneke lay down on the sofa with an ugly face.
Earlier, when Scharnhorst arrived, Brüneke received a personal letter from Wilhelm, in which Wilhelm not only expressed his condolences to Bruneke, but also hinted that Brandenburg would not forget the heroes of Prussia, and that he had every chance to become the head of the Prussian military department.
Brüneke understands that with the arrival of Scharnhorst, his time in the North American colonies has entered the countdown, and after staying in North America for more than ten years, Brüneke does have feelings, but this does not mean that Brüneke wants to continue to stay in North America as his emperor.
What is the concept of the Minister of Military Affairs of Prussia?
That was the position of the second person in the Prussian military besides His Majesty the King, and to say that Bruneke was not moved would be a complete lie.
It is precisely because he understands this that for Scharnhorst, Brüneke not only fully delegated power to the colonial army, but also let him participate in the affairs of the colony, because Bruneke understood that after he left, he would definitely be succeeded by Scharnhorst.
In this case, Brüneke naturally needs to think about those who have been following him, and it is under such circumstances that Brüneke will take advantage of the opportunity of the new two divisions to promote his two cronies to division commanders.
But who would have thought that these two guys would actually poke themselves in such a big basket!
If this matter reached Brandenburg, Brüneke would not dare to continue imagining it.
Apparently if Brandenburg had learned of this terrible news, then he Bruneke would still want to become the head of the military department?
It's a dream!
Who doesn't know that there are still many people competing for the post of minister of the military department, I'm afraid that if these people know about this matter, they will definitely take the opportunity to suppress him Bruneke!
All of a sudden, the idea of whether to silence Scharnhorst in order to conceal the matter suddenly arose in Bruneke's mind.
However, this idea was driven out of Bruneck's mind just for a moment, just kidding, William's cultivation of Scharnhorst, who can't see it, if Scharnhorst has an accident, William can let him go?
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on Bruneke's face.