The day after the Irish Independence Army declared the armistice agreement invalid, a squadron of the British Navy appeared in a place controlled by the Irish Independence Army and named "Carroll Port" off the coast.

This port was built after the armistice agreement was reached, and is now the largest port in the Irish Anti-British base. Because Carol generously donated all the prize money to the independent cause of the Irish after receiving the Prometheus Prize, the port was named after him. Most of those French ships, especially those that transport all kinds of weapons and supplies, will go ashore from here. Therefore, it became the first target of the British.

Because it is suspected that the Irish had laid mines near the port in advance to prevent the British fleet from bombarding the port, who would let the French also have mines? Therefore, the British fleet did not approach directly to shell the port. Moreover, there is a fort near the port. As a result of reconnaissance using hot air balloons, there are more than ten cannons on the fort.

Although the British estimated that most of the cannons are probably the masterpieces of Irish carpenters, because of Ireland’s financial resources, there are more than a dozen cannons on a fort. But as long as one or two of them are real, and a fleet without reliable high-explosive bombs, they will still suffer a lot when facing this type of fort.

Therefore, the British fleet did not really launch an attack on the Port of Carroll, but anchored outside the port to prevent any possible ships from entering the port.

Ireland has a long coastline, and the coastline under the control of the "rebels" is not short. It is not easy to completely cut off the connection between the French and the Irish. However, the blockade of their largest port can greatly reduce the amount of supplies they receive. After all, the presence or absence of port facilities has a very large impact on the transportation of materials. At least, the most dangerous artillery can't go ashore.

On the other side, the Irish Independence Army is also planning their first major operation to capture Athlone and cut off the railway from Dublin to Galway.

"Comrades, you see, this is what our comrades obtained through a secret channel about the deployment of British troops in Athlone." Commander Joyce spread out a map on the table and confronted the three surrounding them. The head of the regiment said, "You all come and see, this time our teacher has struggled to win the main offensive task. We must fight this battle well. Otherwise, there will be such a thing in the future, we are ashamed to go with the second division Fight?"

Everyone gathered around and studied the map.

"The way the British deploy is very similar..." said Westwood, the regiment leader.

"Very like what Adviser Villefort told us, the French defense system in Verdun." Three regiment commander Clark also said.

"According to the Villefort consultant, the French do not have many good ways to deal with this defensive system. If they must attack hard, they can only rely on their firepower advantage and bit by bit." Westwood said, "But that's the French way. The French have the firepower advantage. We don't have it."

"The setup of these fortifications is quite reasonable. If we attack hard, the loss will be too great for us to bear." Joyce said, "However, Mr. Joseph Bonaparte once said that most of the time, defense is more powerful than offense. Therefore, a general who is good at offensive will work hard to create a situation where the defensive side will have to leave the defensive position that they have preset and fight with him on the battlefield outside their expectations. So, let’s change our mindset. Let’s not rush to point the target at Athlone. Our goal is to cut off and destroy the entire railway line, not necessarily to take down Athlone."::

Having said this, he stood up and pointed his finger at the railway line that traverses Ireland on the map: "Look, this is our real goal, the No. 1 railway. Along the No. 1 railway, the enemy has set up There are a series of large and small strongholds. If we try to destroy the railway, we must first face the resistance of these small strongholds. These small strongholds are also relatively strong. If they can't be taken down quickly, the enemy can use the railway to move the army quickly. Come and counter us. But if we can quickly take down such small strongholds, then they will have to fight us under less than ideal conditions.

The British's estimate of our ability to tackle tough problems is somewhat inadequate. After all, they don’t know that we have some weapons here that have never appeared on the battlefield. The speed at which we can take these small strongholds should be much faster than they expected. And the speed of their reinforcements, I'm afraid they won't get up quickly..."

"We are here to besiege Athlone and cut off the railway line from here and here," the second regiment commander Kane, who has been silent, said, "So Athlone’s enemies dare not come out easily. The British should Dublin and Galway sent troops to relieve Athlone from the east and west.

According to what we know, the British have 80,000 troops in Dublin, but except for the black dogs, which are basically unreliable, there are only 30,000, and some essential garrisons are removed. Haha, Dublin’s bottles and cans. There are so many people left, they can't rest assured. You know, they not only need to guard against us, but also guard against the security forces. Therefore, out of these 80,000 troops, probably no more than 20,000 people can be used for mobile use~lightnovelpub.net~ However, our strength is not enough to eat 20,000 people, even if we combine the county brigade and the district team It’s not enough.

But if we can block them with a smaller force, for example, if the Second Division can block an offensive enemy in this way, then we have the opportunity to concentrate our efforts to kill another enemy from Galway.

There are more than 30,000 British people in Gowell. Because it is close to the base, there are not many security forces. But four thousand of them are navy, so the army they can use will not exceed ten thousand people. If we concentrate our main forces and come to a spot to fight for aid, we may be able to eat these 10,000 people. After these ten thousand people are killed by us, I estimate that the British in Dublin will immediately retreat, so that until the British send a large number of reinforcements from their homeland, whether it is Dublin, Gowell, or the British in Athlone, Without the ability to actively attack, we can destroy the railway for a period of time without interference. Not only this railway, but other railways are the same. Without these railways, even if the British increase their military strength, the threat will be much smaller. "

"Oh, not bad, Kane!" Joyce patted him on the shoulder. "Well, let's get the whole plan out and show it to President Russell. Well, the Second Division also said that they want to I want to do something."

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