Chapter 182: , Flanging (four)

The battle did not end with the fall of the wall. The British knew what they did with the Irish, so they resisted fiercely. Of course, the First Division won the victory, but it also paid the price of hundreds of casualties.
　　 This number of casualties made Joyce very frustrated, because if every army station had to pay such a price to get it down, then his first division would not be able to fight a few battles. What irritated him even more was that at the last moment, the British set ablaze the warehouse and burned a lot of precious materials.
　　 This time the counter raid, no matter how successful the operation, the base areas will definitely be severely damaged. Under such a premise, the seized materials are extremely important. Therefore, the failure to seize more supplies made Joyce even more frustrated.
　　 If Joyce knew the results of the Second Division, it would definitely be even more sad. In the direction of Watford, the 2nd Division had already won four depots in one day, and the casualties were still small. The O'Hara division commander of the Second Division was very courageous. He directly divided the 900-strong unit into four detachments, and attacked four military stations almost simultaneously, and they all succeeded. Of course, the seizures of the second division are naturally more.
　　 So furious, Joyce not only killed the British, but also hung up all the officers above the platoon commander of the "Black Dog" who had participated in the defensive battle. Anyway, everything has been burned, and there is no need for them to move things.
　　 But what Joyce did not expect was the effect of the news that he had taken the British military station by storm at night.
　　 After the news came out, the British army suddenly lost the confidence to defend the station with small troops. Of course, due to military orders, they did not dare to leave the military station and run away. But they didn't dare, it didn't mean that others didn't. Those "black dogs" who were pulled in to help guards were different. Even if the British soldiers wanted to run, they had nowhere to run. But if the "black dogs" want to run, there is really no problem at all.
　　 In the past, the "black dogs" felt that they could join the British and fight the guerrillas first. If they couldn't fight, they would surrender and the guerrillas would give them a "hand in shot but not kill." In this way, naturally follow the British to join the guerrillas first. Because there is meat to eat with the British, and if the British are finished, there is still a way out. But now it seems that at least it is to follow the British guard station, in case of defeat, this retreat is really not necessarily there.
Moreover, everyone has seen the results of the defensive battle, and it is really unpredictable. So when Joyce led the army to attack the third barracks, he found that the defensive force in the barracks was surprisingly small, so much so. I don't care about it. The result was soon beaten down by Joyce.
After the attack, Joyce found out when he asked that there were originally more than 50 British and more than 300 "black dogs" in this military station, but after learning that Joyce's army was approaching, the "black dogs" The result was...
　　 In this way, the Duke of Norfolk had to issue an emergency order to abandon some less important strongholds, concentrate his forces on the most important strongholds, and order the transfer to the army from the front. The transfer of the army almost means admitting that the raid has failed, so some of the staff of the Duke of Norfolk who were not reconciled to failure asked the governor whether it is possible to recall only a part of the army, because only a part of the army can be re-guaranteed. Safe now. However, this proposal was quickly rejected by Lord Duke:
"Gentlemen, one of the most common mistakes in the world is to continue to invest in things that have failed because you are not reconciled to failure. Let us be more magnanimous and confident in acknowledging this move by the rebels. It exceeded our expectations. Moreover, they have almost completed the cut of our army's logistics line.
　　 Everyone, if we want to reassign an army, what will happen?
　　 To transfer back to an army, it involves more than just an army. This kind of mobilization often creates a large gap on the entire front, so that the enemy can get various opportunities to break through. Of course, considering that our enemy nowadays may not have the ability to destroy our army even all the way in the field alone, we are not intolerable of this kind of defect.
　　 But even so, this kind of transfer must be very cautious and very organized. Military orders must not only be given to the army that was transferred, but must be given new orders to every army involved. Even so, huge chaos is still inevitable. As a result, our combat efficiency in non-public security zones will inevitably decline.
　　 At the same time, tens of thousands of troops are operating in hostile areas. Everyone knows how high the logistics requirements are. Even if a team we recall can restore the line of communication, can our frontline army wait until that time? It is true that there are potatoes in the rebel's field, but those potatoes are not yet mature. Besides, do you want to disperse our army completely and then dig potatoes in the ground like a marmot all day long? ?
　　 Gentlemen, let's face it, now every second we delay, the loss we suffer will be one second bigger..."
　　 Generally speaking, the most difficult thing in military operations is not to attack, but to retreat. Especially when the goal is not reached, it is even more difficult to retreat in front of the enemy. The British army was able to accomplish such tactics relatively well, but it was originally lacking in training. Now the morale of the "security army" can only be said that "the concubines can't do it".
　　 In addition to the county brigades, district squads, and so on, they all adhere to the principle of "pinch the persimmons" and basically can fight the security army, but not the British army. As a result, more than 40,000 "security forces" became a mess, and the British army couldn't really throw them all in the base area-if this were the case, it would be equivalent to sending equipment to the "rebels". However, if you have to take care of them and take them, the whole retreat will become chaotic.
The guerrillas naturally took advantage of this opportunity to shoot two shots here and bury a few landmines there. Although the casualties caused to the British were very limited each time, when these small numbers were put together, the final number was It suddenly grew bigger. If it weren't for the Governor-General forcing the British army to bring out the "security forces" as much as possible, many British officers would have wanted to get rid of these "security forces" and went back by themselves.
　　 took the "security army" to retreat, which proceeded slowly and awkwardly. Finally, when all the troops or "suspected troops" were withdrawn to their starting positions, and then the losses were counted, the British army suffered more than 1,000 casualties in this crusade (this is mainly due to broadsword mines).
　　 As for the "Security Army", basically there are no statistics on casualties, because both the dead and the injured were directly left behind by them. But the number of "missings" on the "security army" side is a bit scary. Of the more than 40,000 security forces, fewer than 34,000 returned, and 6,000 to 7,000 were "missing".
In addition to the "missing" six to seven thousand people, they have even more missing weapons. They have lost more than half of their guns. Needless to say, these things have been donated to the liberation cause of the Irish people, but the Irish guerrillas really It was irregular, and I didn't even open a receipt.
　　 So, the British's second large-scale raid ended just like that. Both sides went back to their homes to count the gains and losses, and made a summary.
　　Of course, the responsibility for such a failure must be investigated, and the Duke of Norfolk was also asked to return to London to accept parliamentary questions. In the questioning, when the Whig guys asked "who should bear the responsibility for this failure", Lord Duke admitted frankly that in this failure, he must bear "the responsibility he should bear", but he He also pointed out that the reason why he made the wrong judgment was because the French increased their support for the Irish rebels. And said: "If the French can't cut off the hand extended to Ireland, the Irish problem will not be a problem that can be solved in the short term."
　　 Whig MPs are of course very dissatisfied with the Duke of Norfolk’s statement, but no one intends to pursue the Duke. The reason is actually simple. Because the British will also forget "you say he can't, you can do it, you can go". And after questioning the Duke of Norfolk, even the Whigs understood one thing, that is: Ireland is now a fire pit, and anyone who jumps in is uncomfortable. So let the Tory people stay there.
　　 So the Whig party quickly unified their calibre, they said. The Duke of Norfolk’s work in Ireland is excellent and fruitful ~EbookFREE.me~ The deterioration of the situation today is not the Duke of Norfolk’s responsibility, but because the Tory government failed to cut off the French and Irish contact.
　　 Of course, the Tory government also retorted, pointing out that the reason for these problems is because the Whigs are holding back the government in the parliament.
　　Of course, this alone is not enough. The most important thing now is to prevent the Irish from getting foreign aid.
　　 For this reason, the British first contacted the French again and proposed new conditions for peace.
　　 Compared to the previous conditions, the British people are now quite sincere. They have almost admitted all the rights that France has obtained on the European continent except Hanover, and even Hanover, they are also willing to recover through exchange.
　　 If it was the previous condition, France would probably accept it. Even now, many people find it acceptable. But Joseph was very opposed to this. He said to Napoleon who had returned to France to take a vacation: "If there is real peace? Where will you come to win the merits?"
　　 "And you, Joseph." Napoleon replied, "Where does your military-industrial complex get the money?"
So the French put forward a peaceful counter-proposal. The French suggested that for peace, the British should give the Irish a high degree of autonomy and allow the Irish to establish a true representative of the Irish on the basis of the United Irish Federation. Autonomous government.
　　 So the peace talks broke down naturally.
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