Chapter 1324： Cross the river by boat

Originally, Marin prepared hundreds of small and medium ships in Las Vegas on the east bank of the Elbe estuary. These ships are usually used to pick up those noble masters from the West Bank to Las Vegas to gamble. After all, the Las Vegas casino was built to receive and corrupt the old nobles of the Bremen region. Therefore, those ships are usually used to receive the old aristocrats who have been pushed out of the political core circle by Marin.

However, during the war, the hundreds of ships would be commanded, standing side by side on the Elbe, and building pontoons for the passage of the army.

Only this time, when the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry Army arrived at the Elbe River again, the hundreds of ships that were originally prepared here were all deceived by the old noblemen of Bremen, headed by Baron Gentle, to the other side. , And then controlled by the old nobles on the other side ...

Not only that, the old nobles on the west bank of the Elbe not only detained the ships that sent them back, but also left a large number of servants on the west bank to guard against people crossing the river.

When Steindorff brought the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry Corps to the east bank of the Elbe, not only were there no ships crossing the river, there were 10,000 enemy troops on the other side guarding the river, and people on the east bank were strictly prevented from crossing the river.

These 10,000 people are naturally the 10,000 conscripts sent by the coalition forces of the eight princes to replace the private army of the 7,000 old nobles who were originally here.

Although the fighting strength of these conscripts is very low, it is enough that they come to guard the Elbe and guard against people crossing the river on the other side.

For example, if someone on the east bank crosses the river and has not reached the west bank, they will be hit by the crossbowmen of these 10,000 people. This does not count, when the ship tries to dock, it will be spurred by several spears, forcing the ship to fail to dock ...

Even if the people on the ship are fierce and escape the blow, what about? If a solitary ship leans against the West Bank, those on the ship will definitely be besieged by the enemy forces in the West Bank. How many people can carry a boat? Besieged by the enemy brigade, martial arts masters must also hate ...

Therefore, in the absence of ships, the soldiers of the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry Army could only stare at the torrential Elbe water.

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"Alas, how to cross the river! If you can't cross the river, you will have to slow down the fighter plane!" Steindorff looked at the surging Elbe and the enemy on the other side of the river, and jumped anxiously.

In the evening, Steindorff sullenly sulked in Las Vegas's main palace, accompanied by Arthas, commander of the Cossack Cavalry Corps.

Suddenly, the newspaper was handed down-Woolf Esbrand, the governor of Dietmarshen Autonomous County, visited ...

"Woolf Esbrand? A familiar name ..." Steindorff murmured.

The adjutant waiting on the side quickly reminded:

"It was the Woolf Esbrand who had defeated the Danish army, and Grand Duke Marin had also been captured by him ..."

"Ah, remember!" Steindorff finally remembered who Woolf Esbrand was. This person is a famous hero in Europe in this era.

In an era when people ’s thinking is generally stiff, Woolf Esbrand is a rare figure in Europe who knows how to use tricks.

At the beginning, the Danish king sent more than 10,000 troops to attack Dietmarschen, who had only a thousand militias. As a result, during the Battle of Hemingstedt, Woolf Esbrand organized the Zhuang to block the river to store water upstream in the village of Hemingstedt. After the arrival of the Danish army, it suddenly made people dig the river embankment and flooded tens of thousands of Danish army with the flood, making it famous in World War I.

This is not counted, when Marin led people to surround Hyde, the capital of Dietmarshen, Woolf Esbrand sent his number one fighter, Cage, and took Marin into captivity while he was not paying attention Marlin is forced to agree to the autonomy of Dietmarschen County ...

Later, the elder brother Kage was recruited by Marin and became an instructor of the Beihai Special Forces. Woolf Esbrand, the intelligent big man, after serving Marin for a while, returned to Dietmarschen County to benefit the village (the actual situation is that Marin later recruited Denmark Former Prime Minister Mikel, who has more political experience than Woolf Esbrand, left him back to his hometown). The people in Dietmarschen County also embrace him very much and have been appointed as the governor of the government of Dietmarshen County. Moreover, Las Vegas City is also said to be built in the most southwestern part of Dietmarshine County. However, it is currently not under the jurisdiction of Dietmarschen County, but directly under the jurisdiction of Marin.

This time, Woolf Esbrand came to Las Vegas, instead of eating, drinking, and having fun, but came to discuss and cooperate with Las Vegas city owner Groz.

As for cooperation? Woolf Esbrand hopes that vegetables, meat, and fish in Las Vegas City will be mainly purchased from Dietmarshen County, so as to increase income for farmers in Dietmarshen County.

Originally, although Las Vegas was next to Dietmarshine County, consumer goods were not only purchased from nearby Dietmarshine County. After all, Las Vegas is located at the mouth of the Elbe River, which is convenient for water transportation, and does not necessarily need to be purchased from Dietmarshine County.

Woolf Esbrand's coming this time is to negotiate with the owner of Groz, hoping to win most of the supply orders to benefit farmers in Dietmarschen County.

However, the city of Groz responded somewhat coldly. This is because the city of Groz believes that although Ditmarshen County belongs to the North Sea State in name, it has autonomy, does not pay taxes to Grand Duke Marin, and makes little contribution to the North Sea State. At the same price, Groz would rather order products from other regions than to order products from the "country of the country" in Dietmarschen County.

After Woolf Esbrand entered the city's main palace, the city of Groz responded coolly. It was Steindorff, the commander of the Third Army, because he admired Woolf Esbrand's record, and he talked with him.

Steindorff vomited bitter water to Woolf Esbrand by chatting, explaining the difficult situation of crossing the river.

After listening to Woolf Esbrand, after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked:

"If I can find a way for the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry to cross the river smoothly, the Commander of the Army can promise to persuade the owner of Groz to deliver most of the food supply orders in Las Vegas City to Dietmarschen County?"

Steindorff suddenly came to the spirit:

"Master Woolf, can you think of a way for us to cross the river?"

"Yes, yes ..." After that, Woolf Esbrand looked at the owner of Groz.

Steindorff heard overjoyed:

"I understand what you mean. If you can find a way for my army to cross the river smoothly, it will be a great contribution to the Beihai National Government. Dagong will not be stingy about the agricultural product supply orders in Las Vegas City. Even Dagong will Another reward! "

"Really? Can you guarantee?" Woolf Esbrand asked Steindorff staring.

"I promise! You do n’t know how important this war is to Dagong, it ’s a contract for agricultural products, but it ’s a matter of Dagong ’s words. I want to assure you here that I will try to make it happen afterwards! ! "

Woolf Esbrand nodded and said:

"I can rest assured that……"

Steindorff hurriedly said:

"Then let's talk about how the army will cross the river!"

Woolf Esbrand nodded and came to a map on the wall beside the room, pointing to the map and saying:

"Lord Lord, please see ..."

Both Steindorff and Alsace came over, and the city of Groz also came to watch.

"This is Las Vegas, and dozens of kilometers southeast is the Hanseatic city Hamburg ..."

"I see, you let me go to Hamburg to borrow a boat!" Steindorff yelled excitedly. However, he quickly became frustrated—

"However, there are enemy defenses on the west bank of the Elbe. Even if you borrow a boat from Hamburg, it will be difficult to build a pontoon. After all, the other party will definitely not allow us to successfully build a pontoon ..."

Woolf Esbrand smiled and said:

"Master Steindorff, you see, Hamburg City goes further south, in fact it has passed the territory of Bremen ..."

Steindorff looked at it and said:

"Yes, further south is the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg. That is the enemy country. Are we building a pontoon there?"

Woolf Esbrand nodded:

"Yes, the Principality of Braunschweig-Lüneburg is an enemy country, but there is no defender on the riverbank like Bremen, so you can borrow a boat from Hamburg in the south of Hamburg. , Build a pontoon to cross the river. "

"Then if the opposing defender finds it, he will also send people to the south? After all, the pontoon is not built overnight. If the pontoon is being built, what should the enemy do to destroy it?" Arthas, commander of the Cossack army, asked.

Woolf Esbrand thought about it and said:

"This is simple. Tomorrow Steindorff takes the Third Army with the attitude of crossing the river by force in Las Vegas, attracting the attention of the defenders on the opposite side. And Master Alsace, you take Five Thousand Cavalry soldiers quietly detoured to Hamburg City and borrowed a boat from Hamburg ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Then, at night, they took the fleet south and entered the border of Brunswick-Lüneburg to build a pontoon. "

"After the pontoon was built, the Cossack cavalry crossed the river and guarded the pontoon. The two also said just now that the defenders on the other side were recruiters with little combat effectiveness. As long as the Cossack cavalry passed two or three thousand people, even if the other party found the truth, It's too late. Even if they want to go south to destroy the pontoon, it depends on whether your Cossack cavalry has agreed or not. "

Arthas nodded again and again after listening:

"Yes, if my Cossack cavalry had two or three thousand people in the past, they would be able to cut down those conscripts! By then, the third legion of Lord Steindorff would be able to cross the river smoothly under the cover of my cavalry! "

After thinking about it, Steindorff asked:

"How does the Weser River to the west cross the river? It is also a big river ..." The Old State of Oldenburg has been occupied by the coalition forces of the eight countries. The ferry boats that originally crossed the Weser River will also be controlled or even destroyed by the Allied Powers of the Eight Kingdoms to prevent the Third Army from crossing the river and attacking the Allied Powers of the Eight Kingdoms. From Las Vegas to East Friesland, the two major rivers of the Elbe and Weser are difficult to cross. For other small rivers, just find a few boats to build a pontoon. Even logging on-site to build a pontoon will do.

Woolf Esbrand said without thinking:

"The old way, go to Bremen City to borrow a boat to build a pontoon to cross the river! Bremen and Hamburg are both Hanseatic cities, and Grand Duke Marin and the Hanseatic League have a good relationship, and there is no problem with Bremen City. "Bremen City is also a famous inland port city, and there are many ships.

Steindorff jumped up excitedly:

"Okay, just do it! As long as we can successfully cross the two rivers, our army will be able to plug directly into the enemy's back! By then, we and the Grand Duke's main force will strike back and forth to successfully wipe out the enemy!"

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