Chapter 2552: Presence

There is another inconvenience factor for Vaasa's insistence on concentrating forces, which is to take into account the perceptions of foreign friends.
The biggest advantage of guerrillas is their mobility, but the biggest disadvantage is that they are too scattered and lack a sense of presence.
Why emphasize the "sense of existence" of the troops?
Because foreign friends can't see or look down on the guerrillas in the clothes of ordinary people, what people can see from news reports is the large army with a neat appearance, and the great battle of thousands of troops!
If Vassar disperses the Continental Army into guerrillas lurking everywhere, even though the soldiers are still fighting against the enemy, but in the eyes of foreign friends, your army is disbanded and no longer exists, then why should I pay? Shoot out guns to support your revolution? God knows who will end up with these military aid?
Since ancient times, no regime has succeeded in establishing a stable territory by relying on guerrilla warfare, let alone establishing an independent nation.
Everyone has path dependence, and will find experience from past successful examples, and George Vassar is no exception.
Compared with unreliable guerrilla warfare, he is more willing to learn from the successful precedents of the Far East’s independence, and learn from the experience of Rudolf Kolas, the founding monarch of the Far East, in ruling the army. He pulled up a team by himself and used upright frontal combat. Defeated the empire army and laid a beautiful scene.
Vassar has no lack of self-awareness. He knows that his military and command abilities are inferior to Rudolf I, who was respected as a "famous general" by military strategists of various countries before the founding of the Far East. Rudolph", because the vast numbers of compatriots and foreign friends in the colonies have such expectations of him.
He cannot and does not dare to live up to everyone's expectations.
The conflicts between the North and South of the Continental Army are more acute in the soldier class.
The three thousand soldiers of Alfheim accompanied Vaasa to the north, including one thousand Asa soldiers from the village of Powatan.
Most of these officers and soldiers from the south have bright uniforms and well equipped, showing Alfheim’s wealth and superiority.
In contrast, the militias in Jotunheim are simply a group of homeless people begging along the street, and it is inevitable to see the southerners show off their arrogance. As a result, the northern militia went to trouble the Alfheim militia, and it was commonplace for the gang to fight and fight.
In order to overcome the regional prejudice, Vassar proposed to break the regional organization and reorganize all the fighters together.
But as soon as he said this, he was unanimously opposed by the generals.
Nor can it blame the generals for being careful, this was determined by the political structure at the time.
The Continental Army sounds like a "national army" and should be planned by the Continental Congress.
Unfortunately, the Continental Congress has no money-not only no money, but also no taxation rights.
What does such a weak "central government" rely on to feed the Continental Army?
It can only rely on the support of the colonies, that is, the legions that support themselves in each place, and everyone will get together to fight.
The Jotunheim Legion is appropriated by the Jotunheim Parliament, the Midgard Legion is paid by the Midgard Government, and the Alfheim Legion is paid by the Alfheim Government... Standards of supply everywhere It is not the same, some are more and some are less. In this case, it is impossible to break the regional organization.
More trouble than this is yet to come.
Vaasa began to conduct very strict and systematic military training on soldiers from the day he entered the Zishan Valley.
At the end of the training, they discovered that the next thing the soldiers who had just learned to fight was to roll up and go home, because their contract was about to expire.
When the new Avalon was surrounded, no one thought that the war would drag on for such a long time. When recruiting, they were all signed short-term contracts of three to five months.
In such a short period of time, basically nothing can be done. Isn't it a waste of effort to do military training?
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Vaasa proposed to the Continental Congress to establish a permanent standing army, but unexpectedly was rejected.
In the eyes of most legislators, the
standing army
means tyranny. A commander-in-chief who demands the establishment of a standing army will inevitably make these literati and politicians suspect that he is an ambitious warlord who is trying to implement military dictatorship. Of course, he must cut off Vassar’s ideas as soon as possible. miss you.
The Jotunheim militia also has a strange tradition, that is, officers at all levels are democratically elected, not appointed by superiors.
This is especially so that Vassar cannot bear.
War is a life-and-death game. The subordinates must strictly obey the orders of their superiors. How can there be democratic elections? Isn't this a joke of life?
So he issued an order stating that from now on, the promotion of all officers shall be decided by superiors, and not by subordinates.
This order made the officers and soldiers of Jotunheim, who were accustomed to the democratic atmosphere, very dissatisfied. Fortunately, everyone understood the principle of urgency to power during the war. How much face should be given to the newly appointed commander-in-chief. This order is still carried out. Up.
In such a stumbling block, George Vassar spent the first month at the Continental Army station.
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In early July 1626, the third infantry division from Feizhen's mainland arrived in the New World, increasing the total number of troops stationed in New Avalon to 40,000, surpassing their opponent, the Continental Army, for the first time in strength.
The town of Idaril, where the Continental Army is stationed, is located in the depths of the Yew Valley. It is a strategic point that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even with reinforcements, Earl Winthrop is not sure to attack Yew Valley.
Fighting in this kind of forested environment, the "line tactics" of the Fiji's real rulers are greatly restricted, and they cannot receive the support of naval guns, while the Continental Army soldiers from militia and hunters are like fish in the deep valley and jungle. Never pay attention to any kind of gentleman's demeanor, and even take pride in beating people in the back.
If Fei, who is not accustomed to fighting in the mountain forest, is forced to attack Yew Valley, not to mention that it may not be defeated, even if it can be attacked, the loss will definitely be much greater than the Battle of Gucang Mountain. This is not the case of Earl Winthrop. Willing to see the results.
In order to get rid of the passive situation, Earl Winthrop and his four generals—Henry Clinton, Johnny Burgoyne, Charles Convalley, and William Howe—made up a new battle plan.
According to this battle plan, Governor Winthrop and General Clinton will lead two infantry divisions to board the ship at New Avalon Port. Under the of the Navy Commander General William Howe's fleet, the legion will move south along the coastline and enter Asa. Bay, captured Midgard City.
At the same time, General Thomas Convalley and General Burgoin led 20,000 troops to stay in New Avalon, constraining George Vassar's main force of the Continental Army, making it impossible for them to go south to rescue Midgard with all their strength.
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