Chapter 3022 Siege

Both Joan and Rebecca were the founders of the "Life Foundation". They took a magical airship to Shizhu Town, and brought back 6,000 vaccines the next morning, which relieved the urgent need of the Continental Army.

On the other hand, the Continental Congress also received a report from the headquarters, and learned that Winthrop and Cornwallis had completely torn off their hypocritical masks and used black soldiers as "human virus bombs". After the shock, they were overjoyed and organized A group of "pens" were written to write articles exposing and criticizing this despicable conspiracy, and they were delivered to mainstream newspapers and periodicals in various countries, and the position of public opinion that is more important than newspapers and periodicals is in the "cloud network".

In hindsight, this public opinion offensive launched by the Continental Congress was very successful!

If it is said that before today, people's evaluation of Earl Winthrop was still positive, thinking that he had at least set an example in emancipating black slaves, and when the tragedy in Leyton City was exposed, this person was doomed to be famous The ending of sweeping the floor and leaving a bad reputation for thousands of years.

In fact, not only Winthrop and Cornwallis were denounced as "hypocrites" by the writers of the Continental Congress, but even the progressive movement of emancipating black slaves was affected by this incident, which attracted many voices of doubt .

The representatives of the Continental Congress took this opportunity to expand their scope of attack, questioning that the leaders of the abolitionist movement, like Winthrop and Cornwallis, were hypocrites who said one thing and did another. The slave-owning class does not seem so hateful.

These attacks dealt a big blow to the abolitionist movement, and what is even more tragic is that many black slaves were also affected by such propaganda, and lost trust in the leaders of the abolitionist movement, those white-skinned progressives.

The combination of the above factors caused the vigorous abolitionist movement in the New World to turn to a low ebb in the summer of 1628.

The exposing articles written by the Continental Congress were quickly printed as leaflets and sent to the forefront of the war.

Now that the Continental Army has mastered the air supremacy on the battlefield, it dispatched a large group of Giant Eagle Air Force, and scattered bundles of leaflets on the streets and alleys of Leiden City.

Earl Winthrop's gendarmerie hurriedly dispatched to collect leaflets along the street, but it was of no use. Most of the leaflets had already been quietly read by the soldiers and civilians in the city.

The "Freedom Corps" in the city, composed of escaped black slaves, was the most stimulated after learning the contents of the leaflet, and they protested with grief and indignation.

On the evening of the day when the leaflets were dropped alone, there were more than ten camps in the city, and a total of no less than 3,000 soldiers staged a mutiny—in addition to the black soldiers who learned that their compatriots had been betrayed, there were also many royalists who were desperate for the prospect of war white colonists.

The Giant Eagle Air Force, which was reconnaissance over the city at night, observed the riots and conflicts on the streets of Leiden City, and immediately reported to the headquarters.

On the same night, led by George Vassar, the generals who were meeting at the Allied Command agreed that:

The time is ripe for siege!

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In the early morning of June 14th, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, George Vassar, officially issued a general offensive order. The Far East Fleet, which blocked the Peek Bay, marched into the port of Leiden, and cooperated with the air force formed by the Giant Eagle and the Canaan Sky Knights to attack Leyton. Saturation bombing of military targets in Dunton City.

In the naval battle that broke out half a month ago, not only the ships of Fei Zhen’s side were severely damaged, but the Juvenile Air Force was also completely wiped out by the anti-aircraft artillery fire of the Far East Navy. Up to now, they have completely lost their air supremacy and are unable to compete with the soaring blue sky. The knights fight.

In addition, there was a mutiny in the city, and the "Sons of Liberty" lurking in the dark took the opportunity to move around and investigate the garrison situation of the Feizhen army clearly, including how many anti-aircraft batteries, where they were installed, and where they were located. How many troops are stationed, detailed information was sent to the desk of the Continental Army Command outside the city two days ago.

The air raid launched on June 14th was well-prepared. The anti-aircraft batteries in the city were blown to pieces in the first round of air raids. The only thing the city officers and soldiers could do was to hug their heads and curl up in the trench, praying that the bomb would not fall on their heads.

The combined bombing by warships in the port and airships in the air lasted all morning, pouring tens of thousands of tons of alchemy gunpowder on the streets of Leiden Port, turning the entire city into a sea of ​​flames.

In conjunction with this massive general offensive, the Continental Army also launched a "media war" ingeniously.

The Battle of Port Leiden opened a new chapter in the history of world wars. It was the first large-scale battle in history where journalists from various countries were allowed to watch the battle live.

As early as three days ago, the representatives of the Continental Congress sent invitation letters to the mainstream newspapers in various countries in Vares, inviting them to send war reporters to the front line to report on the actual situation of the war.

What is even more surprising is that three left-leaning newspapers in Avalon, the capital of Fizen, also received invitations, and the Continental Army didn't seem to worry about them acting as spies at all.

In fact, this is no longer a war, but the Continental Army and its allies are flexing their muscles and holding a grand armed celebration, and the desperate Fizen officers and soldiers in the city are lambs used as sacrifices in this cruel celebration.

At 6:00 a.m. on June 14, before the airstrike launched, a total of 364 media practitioners from various countries boarded a "Dawn-class" small airship specially prepared for them by the Continental Army, suspended at a high altitude with a wide field of vision, and the ground battlefield was as full as possible. Take a closer look.

Looking down from this angle, you can clearly see that there are nearly a hundred log towers erected in front of the Continental Army's position. They look like sentry towers or arrow towers, but they are not such primitive military equipment, but temporarily built by engineering teams from the Far East. "Magic Broadcasting Tower".

On these towers, there are large black iron boxes, which are the terminals of the magic radio, which is a large version of the home radio.

Through horn-shaped loudspeakers, these broadcast towers launched a psychological offensive against the enemy forces in the city from morning to night, broadcasting every two hours an ultimatum drafted by Major Holden Zion and recorded by General Vassar himself. .

For the rest of the time, the writers of the Continental Congress will play the despicable deeds of Winthrop and Cornwallis’ deception and use of black soldiers and royalist people to spread the smallpox virus, and call on the soldiers and civilians in the city to lay down their weapons and stop their stubborn resistance. call.

The voice of the female soldier of the Continental Army who served as the announcer of the position was crisp and full of emotion. With the provocative articles, even the bystanders couldn't help but be moved by it.

On the eve of the launch of the general offensive, the reporters in the airship received another piece of news that shocked them.

Before the naval guns fired and the bombing team took off, the broadcast station on the position publicly issued an air raid warning to the soldiers and civilians in the city—fifteen minutes earlier than the air defense siren in the city!

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