Chapter 536

War raged on the Florida Peninsula.

In the early morning of February 27, the expedition fleet of the Miami volunteer corps raided the Indian artillery position from the water, that is, the first line of defense occupied by the enemy during the siege.

All 11 warships of the first fleet directly under the Drake General Chamber of commerce undertook all the heavy tasks of this raid. Even if the weather, geography and people were not in hand, the crew still showed incredible courage and execution.

Facing the overwhelming battlefield conditions that did not have the conditions to win, the first formation forcibly suppressed the Indian artillery position at a very close range for 47 minutes with full shrapnel. During this period, five ships, grey backed falcon, sea parrot, dark spice and Hydrangea, sank one after another, killing and missing a total of 427 people.

But they achieved their campaign goals perfectly.

In the 47 minutes of blood and fire, the landing formation 36 ships composed of several chambers of Commerce forcibly broke through the blocked river. The night navigation without lights caused six warships to run aground on the beach and two warships to collide in the process of breaking through.

These damaged ships became sacrifices to Indian artillery positions after dawn, and a total of 59 people disappeared during the breakthrough.

A total of 28 warships loaded with Marines entered the defenseless middle reaches of the Miami River.

Four days later, the landing troops who migrated back to the Indian Lake landed, and 2500 volunteer Marines armed to the teeth set off a bloody storm in daze under the guidance of 800 East Florida Indian armed forces.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 50 Indian villages were destroyed in the expedition, more than 2000 people were killed in the war, and tens of thousands of people lost their hometown and were displaced.

Because of the war, the most powerful achaca department and queliqi department in West Florida lost their strength greatly. The mayinchi department, whose main concentration is located on the edge of daze, narrowly escaped the expedition, but it also became a bird of fear and panic all day.

In addition, land.

In the early morning of February 27, the volunteer warship team went to war. At noon on the same day, the larger volunteer army was divided into three routes, and launched a strong attack on the second and third defense lines and the command post theater at the same time.

The atrocities of West Florida Indian tribes in Valley Village aroused the anger of all noble people in Florida who yearned for freedom, peace and justice.

This war with the name of Miami revenge is no longer limited to the more than 10000 native Miami people. With the advent of the volunteer army, it has truly become a decisive battle between justice and evil on the Florida Peninsula.

The powerful volunteer army consists of the labor community in Miami, the labor intensive chamber of Commerce, the Black Legion of Mose's registered residence and the East Florida Indians. The total strength is 27 regiments, the total number of soldiers is 32400, of which 9 are white, 3 are black, and 15 are Indians.

Miami City Hall undertook the ordnance rationing of 24 regiments at any cost. The remaining three regiments were composed of the St. Augustine Grenadier regiment, which temporarily disguised as the civil army and experienced many battles in the war of independence. The war logistics was undertaken by the Florida governor's office and purchased and rationed by the 100 business association.

At the invitation of the Miami Town Council, sir tutsela, the governor of Florida of Spain and a famous general of the Spanish army, personally assumed the important position of the General Commander of the volunteer army.

The three deputy commanders are the mayor of Miami town under siege, Mr. dipyani, the garrison commander, the Indian representative of East Florida, Mr. saisachi, the head of yamasi tribe, the representative of Miami Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Ben Spang, the Secretary General of the Miami Affairs Office of the hundred business association.

At 12 noon on February 27, the commander-in-chief of the volunteer army, sir tutsela, issued an order to clear the siege.

In the next two hours, the command post theater, the second line theater and the third line theater began to fight one after another.

The volunteers did not have an advantage in equipment and military strength, but the St. Augustine grenade regiment of the three regiments undertook the heavy task of battlefield sharp knives and caused a lot of casualties to the West Florida Indian forces besieged by the city with their elite and unparalleled tactical quality.

The battle lasted until the seventh day. On March 5, the news of the heavy damage to Daze district spread to the Miami battlefield. The Indians were in chaos. The besieged Miami garrison timely launched an internal and external attack with the volunteers, and finally broke the Indian siege front.

As soon as the West Florida Indians were defeated thousands of miles, thousands of people died in the first World War alone, 5000 were captured, and Yi hinqi, the head of the achaca minority, was captured alive. Two days later, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to justice in Miami Parliament Square.

After that, nearly a month passed

Pansy manor is sunny in spring. In Drake's other courtyard by the lake, Lorraine, sir tutsela, Carmen and mayor dipyani are having a tea party. Just like a few months ago, the same four people are discussing the future of Miami in St. Augustine.

But compared with a few months ago, the atmosphere today is obviously much more harmonious.

Sir tutsela took a sip from the teacup in front of him, and the aftertaste expression rippled on his face for a long time, a long time

"Well, it's worthy of English tea, good tea, good tea!"

Carmen burst out laughing.

The muscle on the Jazz's face jumped: "what? Does manager Xavier think I'm wrong?"

"How dare a mere merchant question the Jazz's praise? I laughed at the president. I tried my best, but in the end I was busy in vain."

The mayor of dipyani was alert to the sensitive word, and the teacup in his hand shook violently.

"Mr. President, we are close comrades in arms today. We secretly calculate whether..."

"Mr. Mayor misunderstood." Lorraine gave Carmen a sad and laughing look. "In fact, in order to entertain the jazz, Monica specially went to ask for the authentic Madrid match. Today's tea is Spanish tea, and Carmen's opportunity is exhausted..."

The explanation can't be finished at all.

Before Lorraine had finished, the atmosphere had fallen to the freezing point, and Sir tussela held his tea cup awkwardly and snorted for a long time.

"I mean, Britain is worthy of being the hometown of tea. Even if you make Spanish tea, it is much more authentic than most Spanish mixers..."

"I see... Thank you for your compliment."

The gossip ended ahead of time. Sir put down his glass and adjusted his expression.

"Drake, let me tell you a good news. Your majesty has received praise for the Miami war. Although there is no plan to fully develop the colony of Florida for the time being, the special funds for the war have been allocated. The budget of ￡ 3 million has only been blocked by 50%, and your pledge entrusted financial plan has also been highly praised by the Ministry of finance."

"You didn't say in the report that I proposed the scheme?"

"Er... Although I'm sorry for you, I think the administrative praise of the Spanish court should be of little use to you, so..."

"That's right. You don't have to apologize for this. The same scheme is good governance. It comes from me... It's just an ordinary business of goods first and money later."

Lorraine waved casually.

"However, frankly speaking, Spain's financial situation is much tighter than I thought. Half of the three million pound budget has been cut off. The so-called pledge entrustment has been highly praised. To some extent, it actually means that the colonies should bear the war expenses themselves. It's too ugly."

Sir tutsela looked simple and honest: "ah... Really?"

"I really don't understand where your war feeling comes from..." Lorraine reluctantly rubbed his eyebrows. "In short, let's be frank. I guess you must have felt that with the limited war budget, we can't completely expel the Indians in West Florida to New France according to the original plan?"

Sir tutsela's face darkened: "indeed, I didn't expect to be stuck so much..."

"Logistics is the blood of war," Lorraine said. "According to your original idea, the war fund will offset most of the cost of launching a war and forming a volunteer army. I also promised you that as long as we guarantee the cash flow of the Miami Chamber of Commerce, we can provide you with continuous logistics support."

"Now it seems that your expectation has gone bankrupt."

"On the issue of the formation of volunteers, Drake chamber of Commerce has minimized its profits. Miami gun factory is a type II Brown bass foundry officially authorized by England. For each gun produced and traded, we have to pay not only the commercial tax in Miami, but also the authorization fee to the British ordnance Bureau. The resale of second-hand guns also requires additional storage and transportation costs..."

"As far as I know, the quotation principles of other chambers of Commerce on the issue of volunteers are not much different from ours, not to mention Carmen squeezing the premium in the middle."

"As businessmen, we can look forward to the future broad market and peaceful business environment brought by this war, but first of all, we have to live through the present, and the book of 1.5 million pounds is not enough to attract us to increase investment."

Mayor dipyani blushed with anxiety: "Mr. President, but as far as I know, the land price in Miami has tripled in a month because of the war. Do you say you are unprofitable..."

"The land price is the result of Carmen's painstaking efforts. I don't deny that it has something to do with the successive victories of the war, but the two are not directly related." Lorraine strongly interrupted. "It's like I lent you money to tide over the difficulties. In the process, I made money from other investments, but you're ready to erase the loan on this ground. It doesn't make sense and ridiculous."

"But... But you, including other gentlemen participating in the volunteer army, have promised to pay for all your losses in the war. The city hall has promised to pay for them. You have not really lost anything, have you?"

Mayor dipyani vehemently retorted, but Lorraine was unmoved.

"The basic condition for the establishment of the pledge is that the creditor can live until the repayment date. If the chamber of commerce that advances money for you before the repayment of the city hall will go bankrupt, most of the city hall's credit will go bankrupt."

"Are you willing to bear the consequences of the government's credit bankruptcy? More recently, even if you are willing to bear it, what about the praise of Jazz's good governance? What about jazz's political future?"

Lorraine looked sincerely at Sir tussela.

"Sir, the arrival of World War I can certainly add a heavy color to your military career, but what I want to provide you today is advice other than military. These are more important references than military ability in the consideration of civilian officials on how to reflect your governance ability and financial management skills."

"Where did the war go?"

"Under your command, we have smashed the resistance of the West Florida Indians on the wide front. You have conquered the whole of northern Florida, opened up the traffic between Miami and dazede, and returned the lone expeditionary force."

"We really failed to wipe out the enemy fundamentally."

"But if you stop now, you have boundless land to sell to the eager planters, and tens of thousands of prisoners of war can be transformed into slaves to enrich the labor of the plantation."

"Don't forget that the land can give us not only soil, but also gold, silver, copper, iron, coal and wood... Resources need to be carefully developed. Only the land you conquered this time will be enough for you to exhaust the next few terms of office."

"So what if the war continues?"

"You will win the final victory, the glorious title of an Indian killer, more slaves, and the complex Florida Jersey."

"Dazhedi is a hunting ground for Indians. Even if you conquer it, no one is willing to entrust their lives to it. They forcibly overdraw Florida's future finance for the sake of a mere false name. This is the truth that the war continues."

The highly inductive suggestion suddenly stops at the climax. Lorraine looks at tussela, and tussela also looks at Lorraine.

"From a soldier's point of view..." after a long time, sir tutsela muttered, "from a soldier's point of view, it's really a dilemma..."