Chapter 478: , Siege (four)

The safety of New York is even more important than Washington in a sense. This city is the true essence of the American North. So when the British army surrounded New York under the leadership of General Arthur Wellesley, the United States was indeed under great pressure. Even after the state soldiers of several southern states were trying to rescue New York but were slammed by the British, the vengeance of some southern guys dropped a lot.
But with France's participation in the war and the results of the North Atlantic naval battle, the whole of the United States was relaxed. President Jefferson had already sent a special envoy to probe the British voice. After receiving the news, he immediately sent someone to call back the envoy who was about to leave.
At the same time, President Jefferson also prevented the US military's rescue operation. In the war room, President Jefferson pointed to the map and said to his generals: "The British surrounded New York. New York looks dangerous. However, because the enemy cannot block the port of New York, the enemy will take No less than New York. So, let’s not rush to clear New York. Anyway, as long as the French attack, everything will be fine."
France does not have a large army in Louisiana, only a security force of about 10,000 people. This force was scattered across the huge Louisiana in battalions, so that there was almost no sense of existence. (In fact, in the two gold mining areas, there is also a 20,000 gold army directly under the Ministry of Truth. This army has more numbers, better equipment, and of course, it also has no sense of existence.) In the previous years The German-speaking French in Central Louisiana had a lot of friction with the Americans and Canadians, but the trilateral militias were basically involved in the friction, and no real regular troops were involved.
But it was actually quite simple for the French in Louisiana to expand their army. First of all, the French had a lot of weapons in Louisiana. And the residents of Louisiana also have a large number of weapons in their hands, many of which are far more advanced than the regular French army. For example, rifles, civilian rifles in the hands of ordinary people, from all angles, are better than military rifles in the hands of the French army. After all, for the people who buy guns, they are going to use this thing to deal with the terrible things from brown bears to Americans and Canadians. They are responsible for their lives, so their requirement for civilian rifles is that they must have good performance. . As for military rifles, this thing is purchased by the state. In national procurement, the most important thing is cost performance, and even more clearly, price. Therefore, French civilian rifles are obviously better than military rifles in performance.
As for combat personnel, there is no shortage in Louisiana. Many French people who settled in Louisiana have a record of serving in the French army. Nowadays, it is no longer possible for the French army to allocate land to veterans in the country like before. After all, there is not enough land in France. But in Louisiana, there is still enough land allocated to the veterans, and some veterans chose to leave the army in Louisiana. Especially the preparatory French in the foreign legion, they join the army in order to be able to come to Louisiana in the future.
So now the French recruits troops in Louisiana and there is no shortage of manpower. In addition, although France has few regular troops in Louisiana, there are too many militia organizations. Most of these militia organizations are led by retired soldiers. According to French law, these militia organizations have the nature of reserve service. Once a war breaks out, the French government can enlist them into the army at a reasonable cost.
In this way, as long as there is time, the French can actually make an army of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 in Louisiana quite easily.
Therefore, the situation today is indeed that as long as the French launch an offensive, everything will be fine for the United States.
However, for the British, especially for the army of General Arthur Wellesley, it was not even necessary for France to actually send troops. The fact that France participated in the war immediately made him feel unstable.
A large part of the Canadian colony was snatched from the French in the Seven Years' War. The demographic composition of these areas is still dominated by French speakers. The loyalty of these people to the United Kingdom is quite questionable. In fact, after France returned to Louisiana, these people did not miss the French in Louisiana. For a while, they jumped to a high degree of autonomy, and then they demanded the establishment of their own National Self-Defense Army. (What do you want to do?)
After the war with the Americans, due to religious contradictions, they resolutely stood on the side of the United Kingdom and played extremely vigorously against the Americans. But once France joins in, it is really hard to say which side these people will be on.
Especially in previous wars, the two requirements of a high degree of autonomy and having its own National Self-Defense Force that were rejected by the United Kingdom, although legally still invalid, already exist in fact. Nowadays, it is really hard to tell whether these "French-speaking British" will collude with those "German-speaking French" and stabbing the "English-speaking British" from behind.
But what is terrible is that General Arthur Wellesley's army, their logistics supply line, but to pass through the area of ​​those "French-speaking British". Now General Arthur Wellesley faces a dilemma.
First of all, he can continue to besiege New York, and use the method of encirclement to fight aid to continue to eliminate the vital forces of the Americans. At least, until the French really integrated the army of Louisiana, it still seemed quite safe to do so.
But this "safety" is based on the fact that those "French-speaking British" are still loyal to the United Kingdom. If the "Britishes who speak French" are not loyal to the United Kingdom, it will be troublesome. At the most critical moment, they suddenly stabbed them from the back—not even so troublesome~EbookFREE.me~ Just suddenly Cut off the army's supplies, and then General Arthur Wellesley's army will advance and retreat, and most of it will be wiped out.
Of course, he can also retreat immediately. This is naturally relatively safe. But this is also publicly expressing to those "French-speaking British": "We can't believe you, we think you are enemies." Under this stimulus, their retreat will even be affected by these "French-speaking British." People" are seen as purging their preparations-because they have to withdraw from the area near those "French-speaking British".
However, General Arthur Wellesley did not hesitate. He immediately made the decision: "Withdraw the troops."
Because in Canada, everyone knows that the loyalty of those "French-speaking British" to the United Kingdom cannot be trusted. As for whether this move will stimulate them to rebel directly. General Arthur Wellesley felt that if they did not intend to rebel, this move would not stimulate them to rebel; if they rebelled, it must have been premeditated, and if there was such a stimulus, they would rebel. So how could he risk the fate of the army like this?
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