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Volume One Chapter 1,559 Attack the United States!  !

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    In 1607, the British came to the Atlantic coast of North America and began to establish Virginia, the first civil settlement.  ""/""/

    After continuous colonization, by the 1730s, the British had established 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America.  During this period, a large number of immigrants immigrated to North America, most of them British, many from other European countries, and many black slaves trafficked from Africa.  They made important contributions to the development of North America.

    On April 19, 1775, the people of Boston fired the first shot of the Revolutionary War over Lexington. The gunfire at Lexington kicked off the American Revolutionary War.  North American Militia at Lexington

    In April 1775, Thomas Gage, the governor of Massachusetts and commander-in-chief of the garrison, received news that there was a secret arms warehouse of the "Committee of Correspondence" in the town of Concord, not far from Boston.  Gage immediately ordered Major Francis Smith and John Pitcairn to lead 800 British troops to destroy it in order to dampen the morale of the militiamen.  The troops set off overnight. In the early morning of April 19, they arrived at Lexington, a small village 6 miles away from Concord.

    The British army moved forward in the predawn mist after a night's march.

    They were all very sleepy and yawning.  Suddenly, they found more than 70 villagers standing on the grass outside the village, waiting with spears in hand.  Smith knew that these armed villagers were the Lexington militia. Residents of the colonies on the North American continent called them "one-minute men" because they acted very quickly. As soon as they heard the alarm, they could assemble within a minute and jump into action immediately.  fighting.  What surprised Smith was why did these militiamen know the British army's actions so quickly?  It turned out that the "Committee of Communications" scouts had already obtained the information and hung a red light on the top of the Boston church.  The messenger of the "Committee of Correspondence", the engraver Paul Revere, immediately rode to Lexington after seeing it, notifying the anti-British leader Samuel Adams who was hiding there to evacuate, and then rushed to Concord to call the police.

    When Smith saw that there were only a few dozen people on the other side, he immediately relaxed his nervousness.  Pitcairn paid no attention to these ragged militiamen and ordered them to surrender.  But the militia led by Jonas Parker rejected the British army's request.  Pitcairn ordered the British troops to surround these militiamen.  In the chaos, someone fired the gun, and a fierce battle broke out.  After a few minutes, the gunfire gradually became sparse, and 8 militiamen were killed and 10 injured. Because there were few people, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield and spread out to hide.  Only one British soldier was injured.

    Smith was very proud of his victory in the first battle and directed his soldiers to go straight to Concord.  When the British army arrived at the town, it was already bright and the sun was rising, but no one could be seen on the streets. Every house was closed and deserted. Smith ordered a search, and the British army went into each house and rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and spent most of the day.  , nothing was found.  It turned out that the militiamen had already moved the warehouse and the leaders of the "Communications Committee" had also gone into hiding.  Smith felt that the situation was not good, and quickly ordered a retreat.  At this time, there were loud shouts of killing and gunshots outside the town. Militiamen from nearby villages and towns had received the news and came to Concord from all directions.  surrounded the retreating British troops.  They lay in wait behind fences, in bushes, on house roofs, and on street corners to shoot at the British troops.  Group after group of British troops fell to the ground, and when the British troops raised their guns to fight back, not even the militiamen could be found.  The British army retreated all the way to Boston, and were constantly attacked by militiamen along the way.

    The battle continued until dusk, and finally it was a reinforcement force from Boston that rescued Smith and others.  On this day, the British army suffered 273 casualties and the militiamen lost 95 people. The remaining British troops ran out of ammunition. Looking back, they were still frightened. For the first time, they tasted the iron fist of the colonial people.  One soldier said: "I haven't eaten anything for 48 hours. My hat was blown off three times and two bullets penetrated my jacket. My bayonet was also knocked off."

    The gunfire at Lexington shook the 13 colonies along the Atlantic coast.  The American Revolutionary War began.

    In August 1781, British Commander Cornwallis led 7,000 British troops to retreat to Yorktown at the top of the Virginia Peninsula.  At this time, the British army in the entire North American battlefield was mainly concentrated in New York and Yorktown.  In August 1781, Washington personally led the French and American forces to secretly march south to Virginia. At the same time, the French fleet led by De Grasse also arrived at the sea outside Yorktown, defeated the British ships coming to the rescue, and completely controlled the sea power in the theater.  On September 28, 17,000 French and American troops completed the siege of Yorktown from both land and sea.

    Under heavy bombardment by Union artillery, Cornwallis was desperate and requested surrender negotiations on October 17, 1781, the fourth anniversary of Burgoyne's surrender.  On October 19, 8,000 British troops walked out of Yorktown. When the neatly dressed red-shirted troops put down their weapons one by one in front of the ragged American troops, the military band played the song "The World is Turned Upside Down."  Famous piece!

    After the Battle of Yorktown, except for a few battles at sea and sporadic battles on land, the North American continentWhat will you be called?  Killer King?  murderer?  Butcher?  Or is it some other more unpleasant nickname?  But this is not important to Wang Hengyue.

    What is important is that he is about to help China eliminate one of its most important enemies in the process of becoming stronger, and he will help China determine its status as the world's most powerful country.

    Let them be slandered by future generations. You have a clear conscience. Even if you will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history in the future, you will not hesitate.

    Maybe the American people are innocent, but once the war starts, how many innocent people will be innocently involved?

    "Hengshuai, the war is almost over, shouldn't Yu Yun and the others let them evacuate?" Dai Li suggested cautiously.

    Wang Hengyue was silent, and then nodded silently: "Yes, it's time for them to evacuate. Yu Yun spent the best years of her life in the United States and dedicated them to her country. She is still here today.  She is not married because her mission has not been completed yet. There are many people like Yu Yun, and the country owes them."

    Yes, the country owes them, and now that the war is about to be won, it will make up for it.  But what can be done to make up for them?  Their best years are lost.

    This is 1944, and the terrible war is about to end!

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