Chapter 2635: Battle of Meadow River

General Vassar immediately summoned his staff and held a combat meeting at the headquarters to prepare to meet the invading Feizhen army.
"Piracy Speaker" Helel Runliu was appointed in danger and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by the Continental Congress. He served as the commander of the Continental Army. He was responsible for assembling all warships that can be used in Freeport and the powerful Fichen navy to deal with it, buying time and strengthening for the Continental Army. defense.
That is to say, at this combat meeting, the representative of the Continental Congress stationed to the headquarters-to put it bluntly, the "supervisor"-Mr. Sean Skyler, put forward a very controversial request.
Mr. Schuyler believes that Freeport is no longer safe and unsuitable as a temporary location for the "Continental Conference". It is necessary for the delegates to evacuate to safer areas in the south, such as Prince Port or Leiden, so as not to become Fierce people Captive.
As soon as Mr. Skyler's speech started, he was met with a collective protest from the officers.
The most fierce opposition was Colonel Ramagne Poitan, who believed that at the critical moment when the military and civilians in the city rose to fight the invaders, the representatives of the Continental Congress should stand up to boost morale and fight side by side with the people. How can the enemy pay back? When they are nowhere to be seen, leave the people and the army to flee?
If the bureaucrats of the Continental Congress really do this, it will seriously hurt the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Freeport. How can they persuade the frontline officers and soldiers to work for a group of cowards?
Faced with the doubts of the officers, Mr. Skyler tried his best to persuade everyone to calm down.
"It should be understood that the Continental Congress is equivalent to the provisional government of all revolutionaries in the New World. The lives of frontline officers and soldiers are of course important, but the preservation of government institutions is even more important!"
"If the Continental Congress ventures to stay in the free port, if all the delegates are unfortunately captured, it would be tantamount to the demise of the revolutionary government, and the blow to the independence movement would be far more severe than the defeat on the battlefield."
Mr. Schuyler’s views are also those of most representatives of the Continental Congress. Although they sound harsh, they have to be admitted to a certain extent.
General Vassar stood out against the crowd and took the lead in expressing his support for Mr. Skyler's point of view, not minding that the Continental Congress withdrew early if it deems it necessary.
But even he didn't expect that Mr. Skyler would have gotten an inch, and then he made an even more exaggerated request.
"From Freeport to Alfheim, the land transportation is inconvenient, and there are dense jungles along the way, and there are many monsters infested. In order to ensure the safety of the Continental Congress retreat, we need to borrow Captain Green’s Herringhorn and transfer from the sea. Go south."
"Hullinghorn" is the only magical warship of the Continental Army. A ship's combat power is worth more than half of the fleet. Mr. Skyler actually wanted to requisition the "Hullinghorn" as the Continental Congress dedicated to The escaped vehicle was too shameless, and even General Heller, who had always been calm, couldn't help but pat the table with anger.
It was another dark argument, and in the end George Vassar had to make a decision on this difficult problem.
Whenever military generals and government officials clashed, no matter who was more reasonable on both sides, General Vassar always adhered to a principle-soldiers must unconditionally obey government orders!
This time was no exception. He accepted Mr. Skyler’s excessive request, and wrote a letter to Captain Green and asked Hailar to pass it on. The main purpose was to ask the captain to take care of the overall situation and obey the dispatch of the Continental Congress, and must protect government officials. Evacuate safely to the south.
In this way, the "Herlinghorn" is equivalent to being forced to withdraw from the battle sequence, and it is very likely that it will not be able to participate in the upcoming battle.
If someone else makes such a decision, Hailari is too lazy to deal with it, and it will be considered polite if he doesn't turn his face on the spot.
However, she understood General Vassar's difficulties and had to obey the general's orders.
At present, the independence movement in the New World is at its most dangerous moment, and there must be no more infighting.
The sharp conflict between the Continental Army and the Continental Congress, the military group and the politician group is no secret. There are also factional disputes within the army. In this era, in the entire New World, only George Vassar can mediate and prevent the conflict from intensifying.
As the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Vassar's ability to govern and command the army has been questioned, and his performance on the battlefield is not convincing, so much so that he was ridiculed as "an ever-defeating general."
However, anyone who has a deep understanding of the Continental Army and the Continental Congress must admit that General Vassar, who has to work the battlefield, is absolutely dependable politically. The independent revolution is the only thing irreplaceable if it wants to win. The key role is General Vassar!
Even though he was reluctant in his heart, Hailar had to take the overall situation into consideration. After saying goodbye to Sister Zion, he returned to the ship with General Vassar's handwriting, and waited for the Continental Congress with his father, Captain Green.
After the combat meeting, General Vassar and his staff personally went to the south bank of the Mijiu River to inspect the defense, urging all officers and soldiers and conscripted civilians to build fortifications along the river day and night, ready to meet the Feizhen army going south by ship.
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The pace of war is approaching, and the atmosphere in the free port is becoming more and more tense.
On October 19th, Feizhen's 25,000 army, led by Earl Winthrop, finally landed in Meadow Bay near Freeport.
General Vassar fortified along the south bank of the Mijiu River, intending to block the Feizhen Army on the other side of the river.
The confrontation between the two armies across the river lasted for three days. In the early morning of October 22, the army mage group under the command of Earl Winthrop ripped off the scrolls and jointly performed the 6th ring "Earth Movement".
With a burst of violent turbulence like landslides, the river was filled with a lot of silt, and the upstream river was forced to change its flow. Within an hour, most of the fortifications built by the Continental Army along the south side of the river bank were submerged or even directly submerged by the torrents from the bursting embankment. Wash down.
At the same time, the two Feizhen infantry divisions on the north bank of the Mijiu River, together with 5,000 Asa mercenaries from the Wali tribe, crossed the Mijiu River from the temporarily dry shoal under the cover of intensive artillery fire. At the same time, the left and right wings launched a pincer offensive towards the south bank position of the Continental Army garrison.
The battle of the Meadow River, which will determine the survival of Freeport, has officially started!
The command of the Continental Army is located in the highest "Running Fort" in the city. General Vassar and his colleagues looked out from the window and watched the floods sweeping their positions, all of them were deeply shocked.
The defensive strategy of the Continental Army before the war was to use the Mijiu River as a natural barrier, and to use the wide river surface and rushing torrents during the autumn flood season to block the Feizhen troops, thereby gaining a defensive advantage.
The generals envisioned the various ways that Feizhen might cross the river, such as taking a barge or erecting a pontoon, but they did not expect that the enemy would use such simple and rude tactics. With the large number of spellcasters in the army, a large number of high-level spell scrolls were stocked in advance. , Directly cast spells to destroy the river, forcing the Mijiu River to temporarily divert its course, turning the natural moat that the Continental Army relies on to defend against the enemy into its own use, which in turn caused a big problem for the Continental Army.
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