Chapter 352: The Three Kingdoms of England

"His Excellency Grigoo, I am very convinced of your proposal just now, but you also know that our country has just been established and I am afraid there is no sufficient financial and material resources to deal with this war." Jemasp said as if he was a little "difficult".

After working with Jemasp for so long, Harrison and Robert also understood what Jemasp meant at once, so Robert hurriedly said: "Yes, Lord Grigoo, we are lacking weapons and ammunition now. Although we also want to attack Britain, we are indeed powerless!"

Grigoo naturally understood what they were thinking and sneered in his heart: "Hmph, let you be happy now, there will always be times when you cry in the future." His face was filled with smiles, Grigoo said: "Don't forget that we are friends. Your country is in trouble, so our country will naturally support you strongly. I can make the decision. In the future, we will export a batch of arms to your country to support the consumption of war. As for payment, if your country is financially in a tight position, we can provide interest-free loans to your country, as long as you use your country's mineral resources as collateral." The island of Ireland is still rich in lead, zinc and other minerals. If these minerals can be controlled in the hands of France, this trip will be worth it.

Harrison, Robert and Jemasp were all very happy after hearing this. Although they had to use mineral resources as collateral, they could use these arms to get a lot of benefits from the UK. In addition, the loan was interest-free, and then repay France. This is a sure-fire deal!

So, the two sides signed another agreement, that France will provide Ireland with 1 billion francs of arms with interest-free loans in the next year, and Ireland will use several lead and zinc deposits as collateral.

Afterwards, Grigoo left Ireland and returned to France. After he returned to France, a large amount of arms were shipped to Ireland. Ireland also began to prepare for pre-war. With the help of French instructors, Ireland rescued ** carried out a series of regular military training, and the troops were also reorganized. The reorganized Ireland rescued ** included 4 infantry divisions, 1 artillery brigade and 1 cavalry brigade, with a total force of 70,000. In order to ensure victory in the battle against Britain, Ireland rescued ** began a new round of expansion, and it is expected that 6 infantry divisions will be expanded within one year.

Ireland's large-scale military expansion attracted the attention of the British. After urgent negotiations, Villams, Hammutabee and the royal representatives also began to step up the reorganization of the army to be able to deal with the upcoming war. They also knew very well that there was a shadow of France behind it, but France is now in great power, and they dared not express any dissatisfaction. However, because in the last war, the British arms industry was destroyed by more than 80%, so they lacked weapons to equip their troops. So far, although the recruitment of 10 infantry divisions has been completed, six were unable to carry out training because they did not have weapons.

The British side had to ask France that they could buy a batch of arms, but Ireland had not yet attacked Britain. If France sold arms to Britain at this time, Ireland would probably give up the idea of ​​attacking Britain, so France rejected Britain's request. However, this does not mean that France would sit and see Britain defeated by Ireland. If Irish dominance was formed, it was not what France wanted to see. There is no doubt that after the war really began, France would still export arms to Britain. Now, the French troops stationed in Britain have all withdrawn from the country except the troops deployed in London.

While Ireland and Britain were actively preparing for war, the intelligence personnel sent by France also made major breakthroughs in the Scotland region. They successfully formed a relationship with the Douglas family in Glasgow, Scotland. After some inducement, the Douglas family agreed to contact other forces and oppose Britain. Of course, the other party also asked France to provide them with necessary assistance. The Douglas family is a big family of Scotland. During the Emorrian dynasty, the Douglas family was once named Duke, so their family had a great influence in the Scotland region, which was also the reason why the French Intelligence Agency came to their family.

After some win over, the Douglas family quickly gathered a huge force in the Scotland area, and with the help of France, they secretly formed an army. Everything was just waiting for the Irish army to invade Britain, and then they would launch an uprising to expel British forces in Scotland.

For a moment, the British islands were surging.

Two months later, on December 10, Ireland, who was well prepared, began a long-planned war against Britain. First, the Irish Resistance Group promoted anti-British activities at home, arousing hatred from the people. Later, Harrison and other senior leaders of the Irish Resistance Group publicly claimed that Ireland would make Britain pay the price for the war hundreds of years ago.

On December 10, President of the Republic of Ireland Harrison officially announced that he would declare war on Britain. A total of 3 infantry divisions and one artillery division, a total of 50,000 troops launched an attack on Britain. Since the Irish navy was almost blank, before the war began, Ireland urgently ordered 4 "Iberian" warships and 10 transport ships from France. Together with the requisitioned fishing boats, Ireland could transport about one division's personnel, equipment and some materials to the United Kingdom at a time.

Ireland's primary attack target is Anglesey, which is only separated from England by a very narrow strait, which is very convenient for attack. It can also serve as a base for Ireland to attack Britain.

At 8 a.m., the 3rd Irish Infantry Division set sail with the people's farewell to England. As Vice President, Robert will personally command the war. Robert served in the British team in his early years and served as the regiment commander. He was a rare general in Ireland's rescue.

The Island of Anglesey is not far from Ireland, and it looks about 100 kilometers. At 4 pm, after an 8-hour voyage, the Irish army arrived at the Island of Anglesey. Although the British were vigilant against Ireland, they did not expect that they would attack in winter. Therefore, the British army only deployed one infantry battalion in the entire Island of Anglesey, and there was only one 2nd Infantry Division in the entire Wales area. With the support of warships, the Irish army easily landed on the Island of Anglesey, and the British first army was very submerged in the attack of the Irish army. After two hours of battle, the Irish army controlled the entire Island of Anglesey.

At 9 a.m. on the second day, the Irish army continued to attack. They crossed the strait and attacked the British mainland. At this time, the British army had no troops there at all, so the Irish army easily occupied the Snowdenia area and began to attack in depth. The terrain of Wales was mostly hilly, so when the British 2nd Infantry Division learned that Ireland had launched an attack on Britain, they immediately sent people to report to London and organized a counterattack. When their troops rushed from southern Wales to northern Wales, the Irish army had already gained a foothold.

Both sides are newly formed troops, and a large number of British soldiers were "veterans" who participated in the last war, so the combat effectiveness was slightly stronger. However, after French instructors' intensive training for more than a month, the Irish army would not be much worse. The two sides fought fiercely in the Barmouth area, and the British army had a slightly superiority. However, it was December 12, and the second Irish army's second troops also completed their landing in the UK and rushed to the battlefield immediately. The second batch of landing troops was the 4th Irish Infantry Division. Their arrival completely reversed the situation in Ireland.

Under the attack of superior forces of the army, the British 2nd Infantry Division was defeated. Then, the front line was transferred to southern Wales. The British side urgently sent an infantry division to support it, but at this time, the landing Irish army had three infantry divisions and one artillery brigade. The Irish army had an absolute advantage in military strength, and it won again and had a strong morale. In the subsequent series of battles, it also defeated the British army and completely controlled the Wales area. The disadvantaged British army guided to organize defense on the east bank of the Way River. For a time, the two sides were in a stalemate.

While Ireland and the United Kingdom were fighting in full swing in Wales, Douglas couldn't sit still. On December 20, on Christmas Eve, Douglas invited major Scottish forces to publicly express his ideas of opposing Britain. Among the various Scottish forces, a large number of people supported the Douglas family's actions, while the remaining opposition forces were immediately suppressed by the Douglas family. On the second day, the Douglas family made a public statement.

It stated that it opposed the British rule in Scotland and organized its troops to march towards Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Before this, France secretly trained 5,000 armed personnel for the Douglas family. Although these people were a bit insufficient compared to the army, it was very easy to occupy Edinburgh, where only a few policemen were left. On the 23rd, the Douglas family's army occupied Edinburgh and within one week, it completely controlled Scotland.
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