Public Security Reinforcement (1)

In terms of organizing terrorist attacks, the Britain were utterly incompetent at this time, and the Royalist Party, who cooperated with Britain, were also quite limited in their abilities. Those Royalist Party were only good at spreading rumors; they weren't even very good at intelligence gathering, let alone carrying out terrorist attacks.

If you were to ask who the Royalist Party hated most and most wanted to kill, Robespierre's gang would definitely be at the top of the list. And frankly, given Robespierre's penchant for wandering around without a single person, assassinating Robespierre wouldn't have been particularly difficult for the Royalist Party if they had any ability. As for Hébert, that would have been even easier; that guy had always lived in the most chaotic slums.

In fact, none of the Jacobin leaders were well-prepared to defend themselves against assassination attempts. The Royalist Party didn't even need high intelligence or ability; all they needed was the courage to face the guillotine to eliminate any leader they wanted, whether it was Robespierre, Saint-Just, Danton, or Hébert. Just like Corday, a sympathizer of the Brissotins, who, despite lacking any training, easily killed Marat.

In other words, those Royalist Party had no martial spirit to "die with them" and were just a bunch of worthless idiots.

Therefore, the group of Britain were completely surrounded by the National Military Law Enforcement Intervention Unit.

However, compared to the Royalist Party idiots, the Britain were far more militant. Upon discovering they were surrounded, they immediately launched a breakout attempt. Had their opponents been ordinary police or incompetent National Guard, these men might actually have managed to break through.

But this time they were facing National Military Law Enforcement Intervention Unit. In fact, this so-called National Military Law Enforcement Intervention Unit was a group of people in the "Red Army" who were specifically responsible for urban warfare training. According to the tactics they had studied long ago, they first quickly laid personnel mines on the streets. They also prepared three-pounder cannons in the directions where the enemy was expected to break out.

As expected, the Britain fell into a trap during their breakout attempt. They first stepped on landmines, then were shelled, followed by volleys of gunfire and bombardment from Little Melon, throwing the group into chaos. In the end, the National Military Law Enforcement Intervention Unit annihilated the "rioters" with only single-digit casualties.

Since the Britain were stirring up trouble in France under the banner of the Royalist Party, the France naturally had to respond. So the Ireland launched another offensive in Ireland, taking advantage of the fact that the newly recruited Britain army was not yet ready and that a large number of troops had been deployed overseas, leaving Ireland with a weak military presence, and thus began a large-scale offensive.

In its original history, influenced by the France Revolution, the Society of United Irishmen launched an uprising in Ireland. However, due to a lack of experience in fighting and inadequate secrecy, the news leaked before the uprising even began, leading to the arrest of key leaders such as Tone, Tandy, and Russell. The remaining members of the Society of United Irishmen hastily launched the uprising under these circumstances.

However, the United Kingdom was not the Qing Dynasty, and such a hastily launched uprising naturally could not shake their rule in Ireland. The uprising was easily and quickly suppressed by the Britain. In order to deter Ireland rebellion, the Britain carried out massacres in Ireland, killing at least 70,000 Ireland people.

However, the Society of United Irishmen of today is completely different from its historical counterpart. Several of their leaders received training in various forms of clandestine operations at the Toulon Training Camp, significantly enhancing the organization's overall cohesion. While it cannot yet compare to the Leninist parties of later generations, the Toulon Rectification has transformed the Society of United Irishmen from a mere club-like organization. Although it cannot yet rival the Vanguard, it is at least comparable to some criminal organizations of later times.

It was during their studies in Toulon that they met Joseph Bonaparte, the spiritual mentor of the Ireland Revolution. Later, after the Ireland people fought a bloody battle and finally achieved independence, the first version of currency issued by the independent Ireland government featured Joseph's portrait on the 1 Ireland pound gold coin.

Joseph's greatest contribution to Ireland independence in Toulon was not providing the Ireland with weapons and training, but rather helping them analyze the current situation in Ireland and pointing out the correct path of struggle that the Ireland needed to follow in their fight for independence.

"Most Ireland people are farmers, and the majority of the Ireland population lives in the countryside. This is different from England. In England, cities are the core of the national economy, and England's main strength comes from its cities. But in Ireland, cities are merely appendages of the countryside. In England, without cities, the entire economic life would fall apart. But in Ireland, for most people, life goes on as usual without cities. In Ireland, cities are not producers, but entirely consumers. In a sense, during wartime, England cities were a source of power, while Ireland cities were essentially a burden."

Therefore, the Ireland Revolution must be a rural revolution. Whoever controls the Ireland countryside will truly control Ireland. Therefore, do not rush to attack the cities, do not hastily acquire the burden of cities. What do Ireland cities have? They cannot produce cannons, nor can they produce Little Melon. The colonists will not allow them to have such capabilities.

Since that's the case, let them be in the Britain's hands for now. We'll first take control of all the countryside outside the cities, trapping the Britain in the vast Ireland countryside. They'll get nothing in the cities; they'll be forced to enter the countryside, into territory advantageous to us, and be engulfed in a people's war. I personally believe this is the correct path for Ireland to seize independence."

Joseph's views were accepted by the Ireland people and were adopted as the "general line of the revolution" at the First All- Ireland Congress of the Society of United Irishmen in Toulon: "Encircle the cities from the countryside and seize independence by armed force."

Therefore, even when the Britain were weakened in Ireland, they did not blindly target cities. Initially, they took advantage of the Britain arrogance and eagerness for revenge, luring them into the countryside and into a predetermined battlefield, whereupon they concentrated their superior forces to inflict casualties or even annihilate them.

After the Britain suffered heavy losses and dared not leave their fortified strongholds again, the Federation quickly filled the power gaps. They eliminated those loyal followers of the Britain, or forced them to flee into Britain strongholds, thus causing the Britain to lose control of the entire Ireland countryside.

In a sense, the brutal rule of the Britain in Ireland actually contributed to the Ireland Revolution. For many years, the Britain continuously plundered the Ireland and deprived them of their land through various means. This resulted in most of Ireland being under the control of England. In other words, most of the landowners and wealthy people in Ireland were England, or at least England lackeys.

This made the land revolution exceptionally simple, because national and class contradictions were very similar, making it easy to unify the thoughts of the revolutionary ranks. Moreover, once the Britain ruling power retreated to the urban strongholds, land reform in the countryside became very easy to carry out. As a result, Ireland was suddenly in a state of frantic land redistribution. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Federation quickly began to establish its own organizations in every village.

The Britain were not entirely unaware of these "Ireland rebellions." After all, such a large-scale operation could not be kept completely secret. However, the Britain did not take the matter seriously. On the contrary, they either believed that the Ireland rebels were not very powerful, since the largest city they captured was only a small town; or they ridiculed the rebels as "country bumpkins" who did not know to seize the opportunity to take cities and were in a hurry to divide the spoils of war before even winning the war—a bunch of brainless bumpkins.

"Once our main force arrives, we can wipe them out in no time." Although they were actually besieged in strongholds in various towns and cities, the morale of the Britain was actually quite good. Of course, the prerequisite was that they were not allowed to go out and sweep through the countryside.

The Britain were quite efficient. After Parliament passed a special appropriation, Britain quickly assembled an army of over 40,000 men, trained them for a month, and then sent them to Ireland. The Duke of Norfolk became the new Lieutenant-General of Ireland, and he would lead this army to Ireland to restore order.

Britain troops landed in Dublin, and the Duke of Norfolk entered the newly restored Governor's House. He first inspected the defenses of the Governor's House to ensure that the previous attacks would not be repeated.

Following his inspection, the Duke of Norfolk was dissatisfied with the current defenses of the Governor's Palace. He immediately issued new instructions: First, the square in front of the Governor's Palace was designated a military restricted area, and no one was allowed to enter it without special permission. Second, some houses near the Governor's Palace were too close and posed a serious security threat. Therefore, they should all be demolished. In short, no other buildings should exist within three hundred feet of the Governor's Palace. Finally, the number of troops stationed at the Governor's Palace should be increased to ensure security.

After resolving the security issues at the Governor's residence, the Duke of Norfolk ordered the commencement of a campaign against the Ireland rebels.