"No, this is not enough. You must evacuate people now and let them enter a safe place."
"Your troops must protect the people and retreat now!"
Vino looked at Pano's firm request, and he finally compromised: "Okay, I will order my men to cover the civilian retreat now."
"But Lord Pano, I hope you know that such a decision will make the already tense battlefield even more tense!"
"We need more lives for this!"
After saying this, Vino left directly.
He didn't know which one was right, his or Pano's idea.
But if a civilian dies, Philadelphia will not lose it!
But if a soldier dies, Philadelphia will lose.
But if all the civilians die, America's already fragile people's trust will be completely bankrupt.
Vino is not dwelling on these issues.
He ordered his Continental Congress troops to develop a relatively safe retreat route on the other side of Philadelphia, where there was no attack by the British army.
But that doesn't mean it's safe.
This is a cliff with very steep terrain.
If you want to travel through the past, you have to climb down the mountain.
For most people in Philadelphia, retreating from here was a no-brainer.
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On the frontal battlefield, 30,000 troops led by British commanders besieged Philadelphia from multiple directions.
General Vino personally led his troops to resist.
He was shocked when he saw the array of British troops on the battlefield.
From the looks of it, 30,000 people spread out near their fortress, like a coiled snake, winding for a long time!
The three-shot muskets equipped by the British army attacked more frequently.
Most of their troops' muskets were single-shot muskets.
If the enemy hadn't cut off their supply lines, the six-shot musket purchased from Long Yan would also have come in handy.
But that's not possible now.
In the eyes of the British commander, the sparse Continental Congress Army posed no threat at all.
"attack!"
Following the order, the artillery shells of the British troops attacked the battlefield from all directions.
The Continental Congress Army, which was under attack, could only stand still and did not dare to launch a large-scale counterattack.
Their ammunition and artillery are too short. If they are not sure of hitting, it will be a meaningless attack if they fire back.
There is no point other than wasting shells.
General Vino looked at the front line where the British troops were advancing little by little, and his heart almost rose to his throat.
Because the enemy will soon enter their effective attack range.
And there was a trap they had carefully prepared.
Just when the British troops advanced to the edge of the trap, sudden changes occurred, and General Vino's expression changed drastically!
"Go forward!"
Suddenly a group of black slaves with shackled hands and feet appeared among the British troops!
The black slaves, threatened with death, walked tremblingly toward the battlefield.
Suddenly, there was a bang!
The mines Vino had buried below exploded, exposing their trap!
Seeing this scene, Wei Nuo's expression was gloomy and frightening. The trap he finally set and the mines he bought from Long Yan at a huge price were just wasted!
"Oh, what a pity!"
The British troops will never attack from here if they find a trap, and they won't be fooled a second time!
This also means that Vino has lost a golden opportunity.
The British commander smiled coldly, he knew there would be such an ambush.
But what I didn't expect was the dragon flame mines. Earlier, the reputation of the dragon flame mines was very famous among the British troops.
"Fortunately, there are these black slaves. Clear these mines and continue the attack!"
With experience, the British army quickly cleared out the mines buried underground this time.
At this time, General Vinod issued an order to attack.
The troops of the Continental Congress immediately launched a counterattack.
The sound of muskets was everywhere, and apart from the Continental Congress troops deployed by Vino to cover the retreat of the civilians, there were a total of twelve thousand people!
Two hundred artillery pieces formed multiple intensive combat units under the command of General Vinod.
They covered each other and cooperated to attack the British forces.
The British troops who dared to charge had no choice but to retreat under their bombardment.
"General, the enemy's firepower is too strong, we need to suppress them!"
The British commander did not expect that the enemy would make such an attack. He said in a deep voice: "Let our troops withdraw and attack in an arc!"
The so-called arc attack means that the troops on the left and right sides take the lead in launching an attack to contain the enemy's firepower.
And the large troops under their cover will launch a continuous attack on the Continental Congress Army behind them!
The advantage of this is that it can reduce casualties and allow your main force to exert great advantages on the battlefield.
At this time, the gap in weapons showed up.
Their three-shot muskets had higher combat capabilities, and the Continental Congress army was difficult to defend against such continuous fire muskets.
Their firepower was suppressed, and this gave the British army an opportunity to get closer to the fortress!
Wei Nuo looked at the unoptimistic battlefield and his heart sank!
At this moment, his deputy asked for orders: "General, send out the death squads!"
"As long as the death squads can rush out and suppress the enemy's attack, we have a chance to delay it until night."
"At night, the British army is still afraid of the darkness of the night and does not dare to attack. They can only delay us!"
General Vino looked at his deputy who had been with him for ten years: "You know this team is not fighting, it is going to die!"
The deputy said nothing. He looked at General Vino.
As the person who proposed this action plan, he knew exactly what his fate would be.
"If we don't do it, we may die today, but if we do it, we can survive until tomorrow."
"General, you once told us that someone has to make sacrifices, and I am willing to be the first one."
"Luke..." General Vino looked at his deputy.
There are too few soldiers who can stay with him for ten years, and Luke is one of them.
When he became his guard, he was still a young man of twenty years, but ten years later, this young man had wrinkles on his face and scars on his body.
Wei Nuo didn't know how he was going to issue this order, this order that determined the death of the other party.
This was worse than killing him.
But as Luke himself said, some things have to be done.
In front of the raging command, Vino nodded heavily, his speechless voice covering the sound of artillery.
After that, Vino heard firm footsteps leaving the command room, leaving the troops and heading towards the battlefield.
Until the evening came, the intelligence soldier put a medal in front of him.
"Their shouts of killing stopped at 6:15, and our people only found this on the battlefield."
Vino quietly looked at the medal he awarded to Luke, and his suppressed emotions surged out instantly.
