Chapter 2869: Southern Fire (Ⅱ)

This kind of spiritual comfort by resorting to religion can logically not solve the actual problem. However, by coincidence, after a short while, General Green and the Continental Army Southern Corps that he has been struggling to maintain have truly ushered in a turning point in their destiny!
The matter also starts with the "Proclamation for the Emancipation of Slaves" issued by Earl Winthrop at the end of May. After more than two months of deliberation and propaganda, the announcement has spread all over Alfheim and aroused strong enthusiasm. repercussions.
Many black slaves learned of this announcement through various means, and were greatly encouraged, and tried every means to escape from the plantation, and went to join Feizhen's army in search of freedom.
Earl Winthrop and his Feizhen officers and soldiers were not only the "liberators" in the eyes of the slaves, but also pushed themselves to the opposite of the slave-owner class, becoming the slave owners who instigated and shielded the slaves to defect and harm their vital interests. The culprit!
Looking at it with hindsight, if we do not consider moral factors and analyze from the perspective of actual pros and cons, we have to admit that the "liberation announcement" issued by Earl Winthrop has more harm than good in the battle of conquest of the south.
The "liberation of the black slaves" did indeed help Real Man Fei regain a city on the battlefield of public opinion, but it also completely angered the manor owners in the southern part of the New World, in order to prevent the black slaves under his name from being liberated, and to defend the "sacred and inviolable" "Private property", they must spend money to fund the Continental Army to expel the Feizhen invaders.
In this way, the "Abolition Proclamation" issued by Earl Winthrop turned into a powerful propaganda weapon in the hands of General Green, who was used to persuade his fellow southerners to help recruit new recruits and raise food.
Since then, General Green's work to rebuild the Southern Continental Army has been impressive, but it is not an overnight effort to build a force that can rival the invaders.
Rolls Winthrop didn't want to give General Green too much time to regroup. He wanted to take advantage of this new threat before it had grown and strangled it to death in his infancy.
In mid-August 1627, the Earl of Winthrop took the seat of Leiden, and sent General Cornwalli to lead the Fijian 3rd Infantry Division and Isaac Hook’s Cavalry Division, together with the Royalist militia and fugitive slaves. The "Freedom Corps", with a total of 30,000 horses, went south to attack the Green Corps, preparing to launch an annihilation battle, and determined to completely wipe the remaining forces of the Southern Continental Army from Alfheim's territory!
Leiden is the birthplace of the "Freedom Sons Association". From slums to rich areas, there are active figures of "Freedom Sons" everywhere. The large-scale mobilization of Fiji's military cannot hide the eyes of these spies. Related information soon reached the headquarters of General Nathaniel Green.
After more than two months of preparations, in addition to the 6,000 veterans of the Continental Army brought from Forge Valley, General Green has recruited nearly 10,000 new recruits. The total force is only half of the Kanghuali Corps. Most of the recruits are under the age of 20 and seriously lack actual combat experience. Even if they are equipped with new air rifles supported by the Far East, it is difficult to defeat well-equipped, well-trained, and clearly superior enemy forces in a frontal confrontation.
General Green, his staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel Holden Zion, and Cavalry Colonel Audrey Zion, all soberly realized that before the reinforcements sent by the two allies of the Far East and Canaan arrived in the New World, the South The Continental Army should try to avoid head-to-head with the enemy, and make use of the complex environment of the rivers and dense jungles of the Alfheim area to deal with the enemy. At the same time, the militia of the towns and towns should be harassed by the enemy, cut off the supply line of Fiji, and give full play to the familiar terrain. The advantage of fighting guerrilla warfare.
In the next month, General Green adopted the principles of "the enemy advances and we retreat", "the enemy retreats and we chase", and "the enemy garrisons us" to avoid confrontation and procrastination with Thomas Convalley’s forces. With Feizhen's army circling in the jungle wilderness of Alfheim.
General Kanghuali had superior forces in the air, but could not catch Nathaniel Green, the slippery "ground snake". He was led by his nose and was harassed by local militia guerrillas from time to time. It is possible that a forest can be slammed. After running in vain for more than a month, no results have been achieved, and the troops are still exhausted from tossing.
Feizhen’s army chased behind the of the Green Corps and went deep into the southern hinterland, gradually moving away from the coast, and the supply line was forced to become longer and longer, and the logistics supply became more and more difficult to guarantee.
The military supplies collected from Prince Port and Leiden City, as well as ships of weapons and ammunition transported from the home country, can only be escorted to the front lines by land.
Alfheim at the beginning of September is the hottest and wettest season of the year. The mountain trails are already rough and difficult to navigate. Coupled with the scouring of heavy rain, the road is covered with silt and weeds, and the transportation convoy is marching on such bad road conditions. , Of course, the speed can't get up.
The transport team is like a crawling snail. If such a good target is not hit for nothing, it will of course become the target of the Continental Army militia.
The transportation team was escorted by officers and soldiers. After all, it was impossible to defend against. At least six of the ten transportation teams were destroyed by an ambush on the way. The escorted supplies fell into the hands of the guerrillas, and a large part of them were transferred to the camp of General Green, which was a waste of the Continental Army. .
In the autumn of 1627, such incidents appeared endlessly.
By looting the Feizhen army transport team, the impoverished "mud legs" of the Continental Army received sufficient supplies, so that the cynical Lieutenant Colonel Holden dubbed the Earl of Winthrop as "our quartermaster." ","Generous patron of food and ammunition."
Contrary to the situation of the Continental Army, General Kanghuali's troops were unable to provide logistical supplies, and even food became a problem, so they had to hunt wild beasts in the forest as rations.
In this way, the Kanghuali Corps had a sharp conflict with the indigenous peoples who lived in the Yalf jungle for generations and lived on hunting.
Wherever the army passed, all the birds and beasts were killed. How would you let the aborigines live?
The Asa people of Alfheim, including non-human groups such as elves, goblins, and centaurs, all protested to General Kang Huali. After being coldly received, their anger turned into hatred, and these aborigines joined in one after another. Going to the ranks of the guerrillas, assisting the Continental Army to harass the invaders and ambush the transport team of Fei Zhenren. As a result, the Kanghuali Corps' supplies are even more scarce and fall into a vicious circle.
Thirty thousand soldiers eat horses and chew, and the daily consumption of food and grass is not a small amount. Logistic supplies cannot keep up. The problem cannot be solved by hunting beasts alone.
It is not a long-term solution to always have a hungry meal like this. General Convalley has no other choice but to reach out to the owners of the Southern Manor and ask them to be responsible for providing part of the food. The latest chapter address of Master Qiao An: https://EbookFREE.me/book/102085.htmlThe reading address of Master Qiao’s article: https://EbookFREE.me/read/102085/Master Qiao An txt download address: https://EbookFREE.me/down/102085.htmlMaster Qiao An’s mobile phone reading: https://m.EbookFREE.me/read/102085/For the convenience of reading next time, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record the reading record of this time (Chapter 2869 Southern Fire (Ⅱ)), and you can see it next time you open the bookshelf ! If you like "Master Qiao An", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.), thank you your support! ! (EbookFREE.me)