Chapter 238

Chesapeake Bay, blockade formation, HMS lion class III battleship.

In the closed warden's room, Shaq was reading the report with a frown.

The report came from distant Newfoundland and was marked as top secret. Irrelevant personnel should not know it.

The second formation of the continental sub Fleet said that the Canadian garrison intended to promote the peaceful return of Portland, an important port town.

At this stage, the review of the action plan has been completed, and the executive personnel are being widely selected by the army.

At the same time, the Canadian garrison hopes to get the full cooperation of the second formation, and the Navy will undertake the delivery, reception and necessary maritime support of operational personnel.

The timing and wording of the application are very subtle.

On the land, general Clinton's southward strategy has yielded fruitful results. Except for some setbacks in New Orleans and other places, most of the battles have won absolute victories.

This means that the military focus of the garrison in dealing with the armed rebellion in North America has officially shifted.

The next stage of military operations is likely to continue to revolve around Savannah. The Canadian garrison guarding New England can only sit on the wall and watch as glory, merit, reputation and privilege are farther and farther away from them.

On the sea, sir Parker established a new order in the Caribbean with a crisp and beautiful battle, and defeated France and the Netherlands.

The greatest value of the battle of the Windward Islands lies in the fundamental establishment of Britain's dominant position in the new world.

The Royal Navy can do whatever it wants, because with the current maritime strength of all parties, even if France unites all people, Britain will no longer be afraid of challenges.

But it was at this time that the action application from the North was suddenly handed over to Shaq's desk. There was a strong smell of trying to dominate between the lines.

The review of the action plan is completed, that is, the implementation of the action is a foregone conclusion.

Extensive selection of executive personnel, i.e. [all garrisons should cooperate in action].

Hope to get the support of the sea

New England is close to Boston Harbor, and this time it is clearly a peaceful return. Since we are not ready for an all-out war, why bother to drag the Shanghai army?

It seems that there is only one possibility. General Clinton in the South has spared no effort to get the support of the navy in the series of wars to the south. Since there is support in the south, so will the north.

Shaq picked up the quill in disgust and was ready to reject the application.

He didn't like that he and his men were materialized into the jealous target of the army, not to mention that this operation was only aimed at Boston.

Boston is the most prosperous port in the north. The wide wharf is full of advanced forts built by the British themselves. From the conditions, the fleet simply does not have the feasibility of carrying out ground attack.

But just as he was writing, he suddenly thought of

The application for action was submitted by the second formation on its own initiative. If the Canadian garrison is retarded and wants the fleet to bombard the port, it is also the second formation that hits the stone with an egg.

Why did they deliver this application?

Is it not only the army in the north that is unwilling to become a supporting role, but also the navy in the north that has become restless?

Shack's relaxed eyebrows wrinkled together again.

The British colonial power structure gives great respect to expatriates at all levels.

Each colony has its own independent governor, who obtains its rights according to the nature of the colony and controls military and political affairs as the head.

However, in practice, the colonies may be reluctant to organize some land forces to maintain law and order, but they do not have the ability and can not be allowed to build their own independent Navy.

The colony's truly effective maritime and land troops were sent by the mainland. The colony was responsible for providing military spending, but personnel were always firmly in the hands of the local military headquarters.

Personnel and financial power are the two pillars of the military organization. The separation of pillars naturally leads to two results.

First, the governor nominally controls the army, but actually relies on the army. Even if he holds enough logistics and supplies that can be used as the life gate, he dare not be too harsh, let alone implement the command.

Because the officers of noble origin can't die of hunger. If you don't stay here, you can go elsewhere.

Secondly, the convergence of personnel rights.

The convergence of personnel power means that the colonial army should be incorporated into the national military system. Only in this way can it constitute a normal promotion and transfer and prevent the emergence of an independent kingdom.

Taking the new world Navy as an example, Peter Parker, as fleet commander, systematically controls the dispatched navy of the whole new world. He governs three sub fleets in the Caribbean, mainland and South America, and subdivides multiple formations.

From a personnel point of view, these fleets should have been one, but because the colonies controlled most of the fleet's military spending, they still had corresponding independence.

Peter Parker personally docked with the pan Caribbean colony, and the only thing he can fully control is the Caribbean sub fleet, which is also the sub fleet supervisor.

These include the first formation of Jamaica in the central Caribbean, the second formation of Barbados in the Windward Islands colony, the third formation of Bahamas in the Bahamas colony and the fourth formation of the Gulf of Mexico in the Central American colonies.

During the battle of the Windward Islands, all the ships he deployed came from the first to third formations, and the Complete Fourth formation was retained to deal with the ambiguous Spaniards at that time.

Shaq's situation is similar.

As the commander of the continental sub fleet, his main sources of military expenditure were the colonies of the thirteen states of North America, Canada and Bermuda.

Among them, the military expenditure to the south of New York State and Bermuda supports the first formation, and the military expenditure to the north of New York State and Canada supports the second formation.

Therefore, sir Parker can not completely control him, nor can he fully control the second formation, but because all military expenses have to be transferred here, the relationship within the sub fleet is much closer than that between him and Sir Parker.

Based on the internal fetters of the Navy system and the livelihood of the fleet, the whole new world fleet can naturally work together on major issues of right and wrong.

However, in terms of specific details, if the second formation is willing to cooperate with the Canadian garrison, even if he replies to the veto, the second formation will find other reasons to act.

"That's why I don't like to do anything..."

Shaq read it carefully and wrote at the bottom of the application:

[application received.

In view of the complete sea defense system of Boston port, it is recommended to refuse the requirements of relevant ships to attack the ground, so as to avoid heavy losses.

In addition, the detailed rules for cooperation with army colleagues do not need to be reported again, and the specific degree of intervention shall be judged by yourself.

Shaq Francis Drake, July 6, 1779]

Finally, after finishing an important document, Shaq twisted his sore neck and stood up.

The cabin clock had already crossed 10 o'clock. Unconsciously, the night was already deep.

At this time, the ship should be on night duty and only one sixth of the sailors should be retained to maintain basic ship operation and alert.

As for the fleet staff officers and adjutants assigned to him, he probably went to bed long ago.

Lack of energy is the great enemy of thinking. When it is not necessary, he has always opposed officers who use intelligence to stay up late for no reason.

In a word, dealing with such boring affairs should also be regarded as a waste of energy

Shack thought lazily, pushed open the hatch and saw the star officer walking towards the captain's room.

"Anything unexpected?" asked Shaq.

The officer on duty snapped to attention and saluted: "report to the commander, just want to report to the captain, formation 6 passed the first observation point!"

"Time?"

"Delayed for eight minutes, the light is normal!"

"It's still too short..." shack sighed. "The code of conduct issued should tell you that when the superior formation passes through the observation point normally, the lower formation moves according to the preset command, and then reports to the formation commander after the movement is carried out."

The officer on duty was embarrassed: "however, the lion and the blockade formation do not perform circular movement..."

"The round shape is only the model, and the cooperative defense is the fundamental. As a subordinate unit, it may be required to do rectangular motion, triangular motion or even linear and tangent motion according to the hydrology and terrain. This is not the reason to exclude itself from the cooperative defense system."

"Yes, Lieutenant! I remember it!"

The officer on duty responded in a hearty manner, but he was complaining. Besides your command, who else would do such a laborious and thankless complex defense

"You must be thinking that other officers won't let you do any Sark tactics, will you?"

The officer on duty was almost scared to death.

Shaq tactics was first called by Lorraine for round formation defense. Later, it was transmitted to the rover through Bell's mouth and then brought to the lion. It has degenerated into a slander and mockery of Shaq.

This should have been a joke only spread between senior sailors and junior officers. The star officer never thought that Shaq knew it clearly.

The officer on duty began to tremble at the thought of Bell who suddenly disappeared

"Lieutenant, not..."

"You should find out the warship you serve, captain." Shaq is not interested in hearing people explain. "This is the lion, Drake's flagship. I'm not going to change my flagship until I die or am forced to retire. As long as you're still on this ship, wherever you go, you need to be familiar with Shaq's tactics, whether you agree with it or not."

"Yes! Lieutenant!"

"Go and convey the deployment order."

"Yes! Lieutenant!"

The star officer ran in a panic. Shack looked at his back and couldn't help laughing at himself.

"Everyone thinks the round is a stupid tactic, but they don't know that someone has spoken highly of it... Right, brother."

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The blockade formation began to move according to the preset command.

In front of the southernmost class V, the space was filled by the lion in the middle and laid horizontally. The high-speed brig on the north side was also laid horizontally, hidden behind the lion and stopped.

This is the change from horizontal chain defense to three-dimensional defense, which is characterized by narrower defense surface but deeper thickness.

Because as formation 6 sails along the track, they will continue to cover the defense area at the mouth of the bay. In this case, the original horizontal chain will overlap with formation 6, resulting in a waste of firepower.

But no one expected that the class V ship out of the front unexpectedly ran into an uninvited guest who rushed into the bay mouth

"Alarm! Alarm! All crew members shall be on duty immediately and call the roll at all positions. The outpost meets the enemy! The outpost meets the enemy!"

The sharp whistle tore up the tranquility of the night sky. The disheveled captain ran out of the cabin with red eyes and saw Shaq staring at the dark at a glance.

"Lieutenant!"

"You are the commander in chief of the formation. Go and do your job." shack stared coldly at the dark in front of him. "The guns have been fired ahead. Judging from the sound of the guns, the opponent has bypassed the outpost and rushed at us in a panic."

"Rush at us?" the captain found that the lion was in the wrong direction. "Transverse, slow... Three-dimensional defense?"

"We're heading due north now, and the unicorn is on standby at 11 o'clock. There's plenty of time, and the target can't escape."

"Yes!" the captain saluted loudly. "The starboard gun door is fully open, the left rudder is five degrees, wait for work with ease! Wait for war!"