Chapter 656 Caribbean Independence Wave

Chapter 657 Caribbean Independence Wave

The British cannon began to roar.

The black rebel army in Nassau, oh, it should be called the "Bahamas National Army" now, also immediately responded with cannons.

Last time, Galissonnier sent them 10 cannons. Adding in the previous wealth, there were 17 cannons in the city at this time, and their firepower was even more powerful than the British.

General Brand continued to urge his troops to press forward. Based on his experience in fighting the black rebels in the past few months, as long as his soldiers can get close to within the range of the flintlock, they can quickly defeat the enemy with their absolute superior training and equipment level.

Even if their own number was only half or even a quarter of the opponent's, those niggas didn't have the guts to shoot at the British army.

What's more, he has a huge military advantage this time.

It was only a matter of time before the city of Nassau was retaken.

In the temporary command post of the French army, Lieutenant Colonel Galissonier used his binoculars to see that the British army was very close to the Bahamas National Army's defense line. He turned to look to his side and behind, and could not help but frown slightly.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire came from the southeast side.

Galissonier's brows immediately relaxed, he picked up the pipe and pen on the small table and put them in his pocket.

Not long after, a messenger came on horseback and shouted: "General, our flank is under attack. The enemy has more than 2,000 infantry and a small number of cavalry."

Galissonnier nodded and said to the staff calmly: "Send the order, the 17th Infantry Regiment and the Charol Infantry Regiment to withdraw to the port. The cavalry should pay attention to cover."

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!" the staff officer responded, but was suddenly stunned. "You mean, retreat?"

"Yes, the enemy's offensive is too fierce. If we continue to persist, our army will suffer huge casualties."

"But……"

Galissonier shouted: "Immediately execute the order, Captain Bertrand! By the way, tell the officers to try not to conflict with the enemy. The most important thing is to save the lives of the soldiers. Leave the rest to the British. "

"This is, Lieutenant Colonel!"

Soon, the 3,000 French troops responsible for defending the flanks began to "retreat" eastward, while the Bahamas National Army did not entangle with them at all, and instead attacked the British troops who were mainly attacking from the front.

Brand naturally heard the gunshots from both wings. Although he was a little surprised that the niggas had launched a flank attack, he didn't take it to heart.

There will definitely be no problem with thousands of French troops defending the niggas. It only takes two or three hours for his side to break through the defense line of Nassau City, and then turn around to deal with the enemies on the flanks. The more likely scenario is that the French army joined him in defeating the Negro army.

Suddenly, a continuous sound of trumpets was heard from the direction of Nassau, followed by intensive military drums.

Brand raised his telescope and looked, and saw a large number of black soldiers forming a crooked line and rushing out of the city!

"These stupid niggers." A sneer appeared on Brand's lips.

If the black rebels had been hiding behind the defense line, they might have lost hundreds of soldiers before they could invade Nassau City, but they dared to rush out at this time.

If faced head-on, your own soldiers can defeat the nigger in an instant.

Definitely win!

Just as Brigadier General Brand was formulating his speech after entering Nassau, he felt that the gunfire from both wings seemed to be getting closer and closer.

He frowned and raised his telescope again, but was shocked to find that chaos began to appear on the left wing of the British infantry line.

"What's going on?"

A ranger hurried over and said anxiously: "Report! The French army on the left was defeated by the rebels. More than a thousand rebels are approaching our infantry line!"

Brand was horrified and hurriedly mobilized his reserves to fill the hole on the left wing. At the same time, he cursed in a low voice: "Are the French all trash? They can't even defeat a group of niggas!" Just as his more than 600 reserves began to line up and turn, At this time, another officer came to report that the French army on the right had also begun to collapse, and thousands of black rebels also appeared there.

Brand's face suddenly turned pale.

At 3 p.m., the 1,300 British soldiers under Nassau dropped their weapons and surrendered to the Bahamas National Army.

The British were fully confident that they could defeat the poorly trained blacks in a head-on attack, but they faced being surrounded on three sides.

In order to make the attack sudden, Louverture did not even allow the black soldiers to form a formation. He rushed directly into the British army's line formation from the side and rear, and tore each British soldier into pieces with machetes and axes.

Under the cover of the cavalry, Brand barely escaped to the beach in the south of the Bahamas, which happened to be the camp left behind when Galissonier's French army was "defeated" last time.

There were less than 1,000 soldiers left around him.

The situation on the Spanish side was slightly better. The Bahamian rebels were obviously not interested in them. They only caught the British troops and beat them hard, allowing them to withdraw most of their soldiers.

At dusk, black people in Nassau took to the streets holding torches to celebrate their hard-won victory.

Members of the abolitionist movement could be seen everywhere standing on high places, giving speeches: "Yes, our French friends who advocate freedom and equality did not want to see us enslaved and voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield to give us a chance to defeat the British." guy!"

"The French army came to the Bahamas under pressure from the British. They never fired a shot at us from beginning to end. In fact, there have always been French friends who have been secretly transporting ammunition to us..."

This is the guidance of public opinion arranged by the Bahamas Parliament at the request of the "Abolition League" in Saint-Domingue.

Similar propaganda is also being carried out in places such as Jamaica and the Lesser Andres Islands.

Joseph spent so much energy to help the black people in the Caribbean regain their freedom, but he couldn't just get their hatred in the end.

What he wanted was gratitude.

It was the dependence of these newly established countries in the Caribbean on France, and the return.

With the huge influence of Saint Domingo in the Caribbean abolition movement, it was not difficult to guide public opinion.

Two days later, the Republic of the Bahamas held a national election with the victory of the Battle of Nassau.

In fact, the Bahamas is far from building an effective administrative system. The control of the parliament is basically around Nassau. So the election ended in just three days.

A total of more than 60,000 people voted, and Kenneth Lidington, the commander of the Bahamian rebels, was elected as the first president.

Louverture, a Saint Domingo, actually received more than 50,000 votes-the Bahamas adopted the American model, with more than one vote per person-but he finally declined the invitation to serve as vice president.

On the other hand, Saint Domingo also started the general election.

Compared to the Bahamas, the parliament here has been in operation for a long time and has formed effective management of various cities, so the election process is longer.

However, Oger's name has long spread throughout the Caribbean, and all black slaves regard him as a savior, so his victory is almost a foregone conclusion.

In Jamaica, after several months of operation, Oriol has gathered an army of 1,500 people again.