Chapter 2649

After careful consideration, Earl Winthrop finally decided to let the Huaia Corps continue to guard the strategic location of Linyuan Castle, and instead dispatched General Johnny Burgoyne, who was stationed in Midgard, to lead the Fourth Division of the Feizhen Army Escort a hundred heavy cannons, come quickly to Forge Valley for reinforcements.

At the same time, Earl Winthrop also sent a letter to Admiral William Howe, Admiral William Howe, requesting that more naval aviation be sent to the Forge Valley to participate in the battle.

With the large number of heavy artillery brought by the Fourth Division, Earl Winthrop can clear the bunkers built by the dwarves one by one from the periphery. In addition, the four regiments totaling more than 400 giant crows dropped bombs and air strikes. It can blow up the mainland army positions outside the city into ruins.

As long as all the enemy troops are driven into the city of Nidaville, they will fall into the situation of running out of ammunition and food, and their morale will collapse after a long time, and they will raise the white flag and surrender.

"This will be the last battle before the arrival of this winter. After this battle, you can go on vacation and return to Avalon for the New Year."

In the frontline headquarters of the Fizen Army, Earl Winthrop optimistically made a promise to his staff.

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On the morning of November 5th, General Johnny Burgoyne received an order from Earl Winthrop, and he did not dare to neglect. It took only one day to assemble the troops and escort the 100 gates drawn by thousands of draft horses and mules. The heavy artillery, departing from Midgard on the afternoon of 6 November, went south to support Earl Winthrop's main force.

At the beginning of November, the Midgard colony has generally cooled down. Although the south where the Forge Valley is located is warmer than the north, no one knows when the cold current from the Arctic Sea will break through the barrier of the Jotunheim Glacier and move to the north. The south swept across, causing the weather to turn cold suddenly, and sudden heavy snowfall within two or three weeks is normal.

General Burgoyne knew very well that most of his officers and soldiers came from his home country with a humid and mild winter climate. They lacked snow combat experience, so they might not be able to adapt to the cold winter in the northern part of the New World. In the harsh environment of snow and wind, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.

General Burgoyne didn't want to fight to the death with the colony-born rebels on the icy and snowy battlefield. In order to end the war before the arrival of winter, he hurriedly urged the troops to march, and he did not hesitate to exhaust the officers and soldiers under his command.

General Burgoyne, who was looking forward to joining forces with the main force as soon as possible, did not know that the "Goddess of Fate" had secretly arranged another battlefield for him, leading him and his troops to a nightmare.

Just two weeks before Burgoyne's 4th Infantry Division set out from Midgard, that is, during the "Battle of Mead River" broke out, the Continental Army's partial division stationed in the Yew Valley of Jotunheim received the mainland troops. A letter from Sir Nichols, the chairman of the meeting, urging them to go south as soon as possible to support the Vasa Corps and assist in the defense of Freeport.

Counting the militiamen recruited in the past six months, the total number of soldiers in the Northern Corps of the Continental Army is nearly 30,000, but there are only about 10,000 officers and soldiers with military experience and decent equipment.

With these troops stationed in Yew Valley, they are responsible for monitoring the Cornwallis Corps in New Avalon—the main force is the 3rd Division of the Feizhen Army—no problem, but the Continental Congress asked them to move thousands of miles south to help the Vasa Corps, It is too strong to be difficult.

The nominal supreme commander of the Northern Corps of the Continental Army is General Charles Gates, but the actual commander is General Laval, and most of the high-level officers are Laval's old subordinates, which planted the seeds of contradictions.

General Gates and General Laval disagreed on whether to implement the order of the Continental Congress.

General Gates believes that the civil servants of the Continental Congress don't understand military affairs at all, and command blindly from a distance!

"Is the Northern Corps capable of fighting south now?"

"Sorry, I don't have the ability to know!"

"Execution of such nonsense orders is tantamount to suicide, sending the head of the enemy's gun!"

From Yew Valley to Freeport, the journey is too long. Even if you travel lightly and march at full speed, you will spend at least four to five weeks on the road, and you will have to pass through two very dangerous locations along the way.

The first is the base camp of the "Primitive Order", the "Iron Forest" full of dense forests and rampant monsters. The army can only drift along the river by boat. If they encounter attacks from water monsters, monsters and cultists on the way, the marching speed will be seriously slowed down.

Even if the gods bless the army and pass through the "Iron Forest" smoothly, do you really think that the Huaiya Corps stationed at Linyuan Castle is just a decoration and will let you go ashore calmly?

As long as two iron chains are set up to block the river, plus a successful ambush, the entire northern army of the Continental Army can be wiped out!

During the Mineral War, General Laval used this tactic to deal with the Fizhen troops who sailed down the river to reinforce them, shattering General Cornwallis' last hope for a comeback.

Master Fei is neither blind nor stupid, of course he will follow the prescription and use the same tactics to deal with the Continental Army.

General Laval did not deny the practical difficulties pointed out by General Gates, but believed that the order of the Continental Congress must be carried out even though the future was dangerous, otherwise it would lead to serious and irreparable consequences.

As far as personal perception is concerned, General Laval did not have a good impression of George Vasa. He publicly questioned Vasa's military accomplishment and command ability more than once, and believed that he was more qualified than Vasa to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

However, regardless of personal grievances, Laval knows that the main force of the Continental Army led by George Vasa is the only hope for all revolutionaries in the colony. Unfortunately, it will be the turn of his subordinates, whose combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Vasa Corps, and the independent revolution in the New World will also come to an end.

In order to preserve the spark of the revolution and maintain the hope of victory, General Laval had no choice but to bite the bullet and take risks, leading troops south to support the Vasa Corps.

Just as Gates and LaVar were at loggerheads, a special visitor came to Yew Valley and brought them unexpected good news.

This visitor is the "Green King" Orphen, the elder of the "Primitive Order".

In fact, before the Continental Congress sent a letter to Gates and Laval, the representatives had already expected that the two generals would refuse to carry out the order, and the Northern Corps did have many practical difficulties, and the long-distance march south was too risky.

Although Mrs. Josephine is not in Freeport, she is still concerned about the current situation in the New World. After learning about the current predicament from her old friend Sir Nichols, she took the initiative to write to her old employer, the "Primitive Order", and asked "Magic Wolf "Mother" Angel Poda for help.

To outsiders, the Countess's actions are simply inexplicable!