Chapter 1651: Calling for Reinforcements

The news of the old general being killed quickly reached the British Colonial Area.

Kelinxi looked at the battle report.

The old general was killed, his head still hanging on the city wall, and of the thirty thousand British Army troops sent out, ten thousand were captured.

Fifteen thousand died in battle, and only five thousand survived.

These five thousand did not participate in the final battle at all; they had fled!

Seeing such news, Kelinxi was instantly enraged.

"People from the Military Department, get over here!"

In the British Colonial Area, the people from the Military Department had been there for a long time; they sat upright, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Such a battle situation was, from any perspective, their disgrace.

They had suffered a crushing defeat.

Kelinxi looked at those military officers sitting at the very back, shoved past other staff members, stared at their cheeks, and slammed the military report in his hand hard against their heads.

The paper hit their heads and flew wildly.

Everyone saw this scene and dared not make a sound.

They dared not even say a word for the Military Department.

They all knew the reason for Kelinxi's rage.

The failure of two consecutive battles was simply humiliating.

In both battles, their forces had held an absolute advantage, and even their equipment had been superior.

From no matter which angle, such a battle should not have been lost.

But the result was not only a loss, but a crushing defeat, a disastrous rout.

The two generals Britain pushed onto the battlefield were one a young rising star, and the other a seasoned general who had traversed the battlefield.

Both men had met their downfall in the same place!

This was simply an unacceptable fact for them.

Kelinxi pointed at the noses of the Military Department in a fit of rage and cursed, "How did you lead the troops? Now two generals are dead, and the lost army is nearly forty thousand!"

"What exactly is your Military Department good for!"

"And you still have excuses every day!"

Kelinxi roared.

They were scolded so badly they dared not say a single word.

The British Army had never held the advantage; Britain's strongest force had always been the Navy.

Since arriving in America, although this situation had improved slightly, the effect was minimal.

However, this did not mean the British Army was useless.

The British Army had also had its glory in America and had won many wars; it was just that this time, fighting the French, the loss was too miserable.

Especially since they had lost so miserably while the opponent's overall strength was completely inferior to theirs.

For them, it was simply a heavy blow.

These officers thought and thought, but they could not come up with a good Method!

Kelinxi slammed his fist onto the table with a loud bang: "You must come up with a Method for this matter. If you lose another battle, you officers can just wait to meet the Lord!"

Kelinxi issued an ultimatum and left in a huff.

After Kelinxi left, the officers broke out in cold sweat.

They had no good Method at all, especially for this battle.

Generally speaking, the situation on the battlefield was now unfavorable for their British troops; two battles had been crushing defeats, and on top of that, the generals of both battles had been killed by the French.

Their heads were still hanging on the city wall.

Such provocative behavior undoubtedly struck a blow to the morale of the British Soldiers.

These officers all sighed, their hearts filled with myriad thoughts.

Two names popped into their minds.

"What do you think about calling back those two guys, Gelin and Qiaozhi?"

After pondering for a moment, the group said, "Are those two capable?"

"Whether they are capable or not, we won't know until we try!"

"Don't"

"forget, when we were fighting for the gold mine, it was those two guys who won several battles under all sorts of unfavorable conditions."

"Only then was our war situation saved; otherwise, we would have already been wiped out by the French Army."

Thinking of this, the group recalled the time they were fighting for the gold mine.

It really was Gelin and Qiaozhi who turned the tide of the war.

Although a large part of the credit was due to the equipment from Longyan.

But now, these people still held the advanced armaments of Longyan, and their weapons were much more powerful than those of the French.

Yet on the battlefield, they just could not beat the French.

They were even retreating again and again.

They were at a complete loss regarding the schemes of the French.

But Qiaozhi and Gelin were different; although it was said they had relied on the equipment of Longyan back then.

The greater reason for their success in combat was their schemes.

Thinking of this, the group finally sighed and said, "Regardless of whether Kelinxi agrees or not, let's go invite those two back."

If things continue like this, our British territory in the Ohio River Basin will all be swallowed up by the French.

The group nodded, deciding to go together to invite Gelin and Qiaozhi to command the army.

……

Meanwhile, in Australia.

Xie Fang, the Crown Prince of Longyan, had established his own dynasty here.

He had introduced a policy of military leasing here, amassing a great deal of wealth.

However, after Xie Fang visited Longyan, he had been decadent for a period of time.

After this period, Xie Fang finally recovered his spirits, and at this moment, he was preparing to set about abolishing the military leasing policy in Australia.

But before the abolition, Xie Fang issued a series of orders.

To try to avoid the impact brought about after this policy was abolished.

First was increasing taxes; for those foreigners and people holding Dual Citizenship, Xie Fang decided to collect an additional portion of tax to fill the fiscal hole left behind by the military leasing.

This caused dissatisfaction among many foreign residents.

But regarding this matter, they were also helpless.

One could even say they had no Method at all.

These people, if placed in their own countries, might all be illustrious figures, or even individuals with enough power to make their own countries tremble with a single stomp.

But within the territory created by Xie Fang, their power simply did not exist.

As early as the time of military leasing, their personal armed forces had already been abolished.

Facing Xie Fang, who possessed absolute military force, they could only accept the policies after they were promulgated, having no way to make any further choices.

Immediately following this, Xie Fang promulgated a second policy: strengthening the treatment of peace officers.

Strengthening the dynasty's public security capabilities!

No matter how one looked at it, this policy was a good thing.

But for certain people who had come to Australia with ulterior motives, it was a terrible thing.

During the few years they had developed in Australia, they had relied entirely on dishonorable means to amass large amounts of wealth and acquire huge fortunes.

Now, strengthening the public security forces was damaging their interests.

However, regarding these two policies, Earl Howard was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, frightened and panicked.

Within a single day, he requested to see Xie Fang five times, but each time he was turned away by Xie Fang.

Howard was even more worried, recalling what Delu had told him before.

The matter of abolishing the military leasing now appeared to be coming true!

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