Fox of France

Although the British Army is very organized in its retreat, it has a super research on retreat, especially when it has allies or servants.

But as the troops are gradually withdrawn, the front line is becoming more and more difficult to maintain. At this time, it is the most critical time.

Nowadays, it is impossible to continue to shrink the defense area little by little and withdraw troops little by little. Any small withdrawal may lead to an avalanche-like deterioration of the defense line. Therefore, what the British want to carry out now is no longer a small-scale retreat, but a general retreat. The people quickly loaded onto the ship and left.

To achieve this goal, the requirements for the handling capacity of the port and the organization ability of the troops are very high. But Dublin naturally has some advantages.

First of all, Dublin itself is the largest and most important port in Ireland. It has quite good port facilities compared to this era, and can park a large number of ships at the same time. In addition, because it is relatively closed, the sea conditions in the Irish Sea are better, and ships can also Put more people on.

In addition, after the war entered a stalemate, the Duke of Norfolk further expanded the Port of Dublin, adding a lot of piers. The reason at that time was naturally to facilitate the increase of troops, but at that time, the small dock established for the purpose of rapid increase of troops did not necessarily have no plans to withdraw troops quickly.

In this way, the first condition for a quick withdrawal is fulfilled, and the rest is how to quickly organize the withdrawal.

In the past few days, the Duke of Norfolk has been busy receiving the commanders of the "Security Force", speaking to them, encouraging them, and awarding them medals.

After Napoleon came up with a system of medals, the British also came up with their own set of medals. And more detailed than Napoleon's set. Among them, the main ones used in the army are some of these.

The first is the Royal Cross, which is basically only awarded to members of the royal family and senior military officers serving in the army. The lower level is the so-called "Outstanding Bravery Medal". Judging by the name, this thing should be awarded to those who have performed very bravely on the front line, but in fact, this kind of medal is mainly awarded to school-level Officer's. It is basically impossible for the real front-line soldiers and low-level officers to get this thing.

The lower level is the military medal, which is used to reward soldiers and low-level officers who fought bravely. Basically, this kind of medal will only be awarded to the authentic British army, and there is no need to think about miscellaneous names like "Public Security Force".

The next level below is the so-called "epaulet", which is a bronze oak leaf decorated on the shoulder. In the British Army, this is a relatively common medal. But in the "Public Security Forces", it is generally those "hardcore love rapes" who can get this thing.

Generally speaking, the British army's medal system at this time is fairly complete, full of traces of pettiness in this era, that is, high medals are given to high-level people, and low-level medals are given to low-level people. Unlike a certain country in the later generations, the highest-level medals are all given to the most grassroots and front-line soldiers.

This time, the Duke of Norfolk spent a little money and awarded a lot of military medals to the captains of the "security forces", and the more prominent ones, such as Captain Jarvis , and even got an "Outstanding Bravery Medal", which made some authentic British soldiers not very satisfied.

"Where is there a military dog ​​awarded a medal, it is still awarded a high-level medal such as the 'Outstanding Bravery Medal'." Tony Holkin, the Duke's attendant, said.

"Ah, Tony, isn't it just a few brands? What's the big deal." The Duke of Norfolk shook his head indifferently.

"But the Duke, the issuance of these things requires the approval of the parliament and the king. If we have been winning, it would be fine if we applied for so many medals at once. But now...they will definitely have something to say."

The Duke smiled slightly after hearing this, and said, "Ah, Tony, you are so young and cute. Who told you that I want to apply to the parliament and the king? Is it worth the trouble?"

At this time, the large-scale awarding of medals, seriously, is indeed easy to make people think that this is not eating a dead meal. However, when meeting them, the Duke of Norfolk also conveyed the retreat plan to them very seriously, including the time and order of boarding the ship. Of course, the Duke also asked them to keep it strictly confidential, and pointed out that if anyone's troops moved, their retreat sequence would be adjusted to the last.

Basically all the "hardcore babes" also get a nice retreat sequence. For example, Captain Jarvis got a very good pick. Tomorrow morning, the authentic British monarch behind him will be the first to retreat. After the princes retreated, it was soon Jarvis's turn. At that time, with the signal of the assembly number, Captain Jarvis can take his men and retreat to the pier. On the pier, there was a boat reserved for Jarvis and the others. They're on board and they're safe.

"Captain Jarvis, the retreat must be kept in high secrecy. We suspect that there are rebel spies in your army. Therefore, we cannot tell you about the retreat until you hear the assembly number. Before that, Don't tell anyone." The Duke of Norfolk said seriously.

Jarvis knew that there may not be any of his men who are still in contact with the "rebels"—after all, they are separated by battle lines and barbed wire. But there must be a lot of people who want to get in touch with the "rebels" - this can be seen from the way they look at themselves these days.

But as I said there, spying on important information, just like stealing his head, is considered a major meritorious service. As long as those guys under him know, God knows how many people plan to make a "significant meritorious service"? If it weren't for the fact that he had blood on his hands, Jarvis himself would have made a "major meritorious service".

"Your Excellency, I will definitely keep it a secret." Jarvis touched his feet and stood at attention.

"If your soldiers see other troops retreating behind, how do you explain it?" the Duke of Norfolk asked again.

"My lord, I told them that they are retreating to the next line of defense."

In fact, behind them, there is still a line of defense. Therefore, most of the soldiers of the "Public Security Army" also believed that they had to retreat to the last line of defense first, resist for a period of time, and then retreat in total. But in fact, the most important function of the so-called last line of defense is to make them misunderstand.

"Very good, Captain Jarvis, very good!" said the Duke of Norfolk. "When I get to England, I hope to see you serving the United Kingdom."

"It is our greatest honor to fight for the United Kingdom," said Captain Jarvis.

Captain Jarvis, wearing a silver and white "Distinguished Bravery Medal", returned triumphantly to his defensive position. At this time, it was time to eat, and the members of the independent army also had to eat. This was a rare quiet time in the siege.

Taking advantage of this time, Captain Jarvis ate and tidied up his personal belongings. He knew that no matter how it was arranged, it was always easy to have all kinds of chaos when retreating. Moreover, he didn't intend to really stand on the last shift. At that time, when the situation was chaotic, God knows what would happen? If something happens and you can't get on the boat, it's all over.

In his room, Captain Jarvis checked both revolvers, loaded them with bullets, and carefully looked out the window, but there was no one there.

Captain Jarvis went to the window, opened it, and looked out. There was indeed no one outside. He retracted his head, closed the window, drew the curtains, and opened a locked cabinet. There was another safe inside the cabinet. Captain Jarvis opened the safe and took out a long leather belt and a stack of gold coins from it.

Over the years, Captain Jarvis has relied on collecting protection fees, buying and selling important supplies, participating in various smuggling and anti-smuggling, as well as anti-smuggling and smuggling after the seizure. Anyway, relying on these methods, Captain Jarvis has made a lot of money over the years. Captain Jarvis has never trusted banknotes, even British banknotes, so in these years, he has exchanged part of the proceeds for gold coins, and the other part, um, he ran to The British mainland bought land and houses. Comparing the current situation, I have to say that Captain Jarvis still has a bit of investment talent. It's just that Captain Jarvis is not too satisfied with himself. He thinks it would be better if he chose to buy a house in France.

Jarvis picked up the belt. It was a special belt. It was actually a long pocket that could hold some small things inside.

Jarvis stuffed the gold coins into the belt one by one, and finally put a few pieces of paper—the land deeds—into a long strip, carefully stuffing them in. Then he took off the belt on his waist and put on this belt. Then he patted it carefully with his hand. The gold coins were stuck tightly inside, and there was no sound.

Jarvis touched the belt with satisfaction, all his wealth was in it. He had sent his wife to England long before the siege. The above is very satisfied with this, thinking that this is a performance of loyalty to the United Kingdom. But this is nothing to Jarvis. In fact, he couldn't trust anyone, including the woman who didn't know whether it was his wife or his concubine, so his money, his really important things were not put there, they were all here.

Because there are a lot of gold coins in the belt, it is a bit heavy. This heavy feeling made him feel particularly at ease. He put on the revolver with two loaded bullets again, and then went out to inspect the position.

It was night in a blink of an eye, and it was a night with a full moon, and the light was very good, so Jarvis had to arrange his defense for the night.

He told his "security forces" soldiers that tonight, they would abandon their current position and retreat to the last line of defense.

"The British next to us and a little behind us retreated one after another. They retreated to a new support point. After controlling the key support point, it was about dawn in the early morning. We can retreat."

The previous few retreats were basically the same, so most of the soldiers were not suspicious. Even if they are suspicious, the doubt is whether the British will sell them when the last line of defense can't stop them. What they didn't expect is that this so-called last line of defense was not originally designed to deal with those Irish independents. Army, but to deceive them.

At midnight, there was a rustling sound from behind the position of the "security forces" led by Jarvis. It was the British army starting to retreat. Jarvis asked his deputy to look at his subordinates, and he made an excuse to contact the British who were retreating over there, so as to arrange the defense from behind.

This is also a common thing in the past, so the deputy did not become suspicious. He went back, and he saw that the British army was retreating in an orderly manner. Jarvis followed to the pier. It's just that he was stopped by the military police in the dock area. The military police told him that they, the "security forces", could retreat only after the assembly call was sounded.

So Jarvis could only wait there, watching groups of British people board the boat one by one, watching boats, large and small, approach the pier one after another, and then leave the pier again, and then another The boat docked at the dock, and some boats left the dock.

On the pier, teams of British troops arrived, and then quickly boarded and left. Troop after troop of the British army seemed to go on boarding, boarding, boarding until the four knights of the apocalypse sounded their horns and announced the end of the world.

"Ah, Captain Jarvis, you came early." A voice rang out.

Captain Jarvis turned his head to look, but saw several people coming towards this side. Jarvis took a closer look and found out that they all knew each other. They were all "hardcore rapists" certified by the Independent Army like him. Although Jarvis feels that several of them are not worthy of being called "hardcore sex".

"Why are you here?" Jarvis asked.

"Tch, why are you here, that's why we are here." A "hard-core sex adulterer" who also had always looked down upon Jarvis retorted.

"Okay, it's time, everyone, don't make trouble." Another "hardcore sex adulterer" said.

"It's time for the military police to board the boat in a while. Then it's our turn to board the boat." Another person said, "But look, how many boats are there on the pier? Obviously, there are not enough boats to take all of us away. If we don’t come here now, if we don’t make it right, we won’t be on board.”

What this person said hit everyone's expectations, so everyone stopped talking.

At this time, a group of four-wheeled carriages arrived at the pier. It turned out that the Duke of Norfolk was preparing to board the ship with a group of servants and his pet dog.

When the Duke of Norfolk got out of the car, he saw these "hardcore sex rapes", he motioned to the others, and then brought a few guards towards this side.

"Mr. Governor, are you here too?" Jarvis immediately stood to attention.

"Yes, I have to go too. But Captain Jarvis, you have to believe that we will definitely come back!"

"Yes, Your Excellency, we will definitely be back," Jarvis replied.

"Well, Captain Jarvis, it's not time for your troops to retreat yet." The Duke of Norfolk took a look at his pocket watch from his pocket, and his voice became severe, "And you, too. It's not time yet. You should go back to your posts now."

The gendarmes next to him also surrounded him.

"My lord governor, you misunderstood. We just want to ensure a smooth retreat later, so we came here to inspect the situation first." Captain Jarvis hurriedly said.

"Then you have finished your investigation now? It's time to go back? Return to your posts immediately." The Duke of Norfolk said very sternly.

"We'll go back right away," Jarvis said quickly.

Then a few "hard-core love rapes" winked at each other, saluted the Duke of Norfolk together, and then turned around and ran away.

But they didn't really go with their troops, they just turned a corner and went behind a house, and then stopped.

"Shall we go back?" Someone asked.

"Go back." Jarvis said, "Look at how many boats are left. There are so many people there. If we take them on board, we may not even be able to board them ourselves! No one is allowed to go back!"

While talking, Jarvis took out the revolver from his waist.

"Yes, you are not allowed to go back. We are waiting for the assembly number here." Others said the same.

At this time, the eastern sky gradually appeared a little pale, and the morning star had also appeared in the eastern sky. There were not many British troops on the pier. Then the boat left the pier. Nowadays, there are very few boats on the pier. The gendarmes also began to board the ship.

"The gendarmes are already on board, why hasn't the damn assembly number sounded yet!" a "hard-core sex adulterer" said anxiously.

"Oh, oh, those gendarmes are gone! Oh, those boats are getting ready to leave, aren't they waiting for us?"

"The trumpeter must have run away too, and forgot to blow the horn!" Captain Jarvis said, "Oh my god, the last boat is also pulling in the cable, let's hurry over there!"

At this time, there was only one boat on the pier, and the other boats were sailing towards the open sea. Outside the port, there was no waiting boat.

A few "hard-core rapists" turned and ran towards the pier. At this time, there was no gendarme to stop them. Panting, they ran towards the last boat that was still untying its rope.

"Wait a minute, wait for us." They shouted as they ran.

But they didn't seem to stop to wait for them. Just as they were about to run, the boat had already pulled up the cable and started to leave the pier.