Although he realized that Yin Jun's strength was greater than he thought.
But with Liu Qingnan's character, it was impossible for him to watch his compatriots in the north being slaughtered like this by the Yu people.
He is not a fool, nor is he a coward.
Liu Qingnan waited in place for a few days, sending people to spy on the intelligence of the Yin army while gathering the cavalry brought this time.
To be on the safe side, he also mobilized four divisions and nearly 30,000 troops from the south to the north.
However, it will take time to assemble these troops and supplies.
He was not prepared to wait. He couldn't wait any longer. He didn't know how long those pioneering groups in the north could last.
Fort Yuanxiang is a relatively large pioneering regiment fort in central Canada.
Because it is located in the south, the climate is relatively mild and more suitable for farming. Therefore, this pioneering point has the largest population.
Such a pioneering point only lasted for half a day under the attack of the Yin army.
It is unrealistic to say that this development point is not prepared at all.
These pioneering points were originally built for the purpose of military occupation. The Yin army has never stopped causing trouble, and they still have the necessary vigilance.
It's just that the people of the country usually encourage the Yin Di'an people who are vassal to them to cause trouble.
Liu Qingnan originally brought not much supplies, and it was almost time to go back. However, his two cavalry brigades raided along the upper reaches of the Missouri River during this period and captured a large number of livestock, which was quite considerable.
These are mobile rations, enough for them to consume for a long time.
You don’t have to worry too much about forage when marching on the prairie during this season.
It's just a little slower.
The main force of the Yin Army attacked the Renaissance Army's pioneering points from south to north.
The north-south development point of the Central Strip is also the most important development point of the Renaissance Army.
There are also some development points located on the east-west corridor that are much smaller in scale, and these development points only serve as transfer stations.
The southernmost point of this north-south pioneering point is the west shore of Lake Winnipeg, and the northernmost point is the south shore of Big Bear Lake.
It is an artificial dividing line running from north to south.
Like nails stuck in the middle line of the northern part of the New World.
And the people of the country now want to pull out these nails one by one.
The Japanese attacked from south to north. They believed that their retreat was safe, because the south was the undeveloped western area of Milicia.
The Milicians are currently busy with the civil war and probably have no time to dare the Chinese actions in the north.
They didn't take Canada into consideration.
In their view, despite the influx of a large number of Chinese in recent years, Canada is still a state of America.
In addition to trading with countries in the Greater China Circle, Canada rarely interacts with other Western countries.
In everyone's mind, these are still wild, backward and sparsely populated west coasts.
Except for a handful of adventurers, few Europeans are willing to come here.
Naturally, the people of Yu would not have thought that an army from Jiahua would insert itself into their rear.
At this time, the commander of the Yin Army was still directing his troops to march forward singing loudly.
They only have three months. In November, the weather will turn colder, and they must withdraw their troops by then.
Three pioneering points were conquered in a row. More than 10,000 Chinese were wiped out. Not many were captured.
The Yin Army felt vented like never before. They had rarely achieved such a victory against the Renaissance Army in recent years.
After Liu Qingnan learned about the strength of these enemy troops, he decisively turned eastward.
His target was Fort Winnipeg.
These are the logistics bases of the Han people. There are two thousand Japanese infantry left behind.
Protected by a solid fortress, the Yin army felt that these troops were sufficient.
They feel that good steel should be used on the blade.
All the main troops were pulled to the front line by the Yin army to attack.
This will speed up their attack.
When the Yin army moved to the location of Lake Lendile, they saw an empty fortress.
The house in the fortress is still there, but there is not a grain of food or an animal in it.
Only half of the surrounding fields have been sorted out, and it can be seen that there has not been time to cultivate them.
Many houses are very clean and there is no dust on the tables.
Apparently the Chinese here just escaped.
Ying Jun knew that his whereabouts had finally been discovered by these Chinese, so they began to speed up their advance.
Yingjun believed that those Chinese would not be able to outrun his cavalry.
In this way, the enemy army was getting further and further away from its rear.
Outside Fort Winnipeg, a light cavalry team wearing red uniforms approached the fort.
It's easy to get foggy in southern Canada in the summer, which reminds Chinese people of the weather in London. But the fog here is pure white and doesn't have that sour smell.
The sentries on the fortress were a little listless. They took over the shift in the middle of the night, and it was almost time to hand over the shift.
However, the cavalry arriving outside the city still attracted their attention.
Recently, news of victory in battles has been coming every day.
This seems to be another group of messengers returning from the front line to deliver news.
Although I don't know him, the faces of those who came are Chinese and they are wearing light cavalry uniforms, so there should be no mistake.
"Which army are you from?" the captain guarding the door asked.
"We are the messengers of Company D of the 9th Royal Cavalry Regiment. We have news to deliver to the Governor."
"Have you captured another fortress of those yellow-skinned monkeys? Why don't you wait until you have wiped them all out and report them together?" the young captain officer with a double beard asked with a smile, and the beard at the corners of his mouth was raised.
"Captain, we are just following orders. Maybe the Governor can only have a good sleep after hearing the good news." Jack Li, pretending to be a soldier, answered very fluently.
In addition, their identities are all based on the true identities of the soldiers of the Royal Knights.
Therefore, the Yin army who stayed behind at the fortress did not notice it at all.
The city gate opened, and Jack Li and the others walked in with great swagger.
The soldiers on the top of the city returned to their original lazy appearance.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and there were loud gunshots and explosions in the city gate.
The soldiers on the top of the city were suddenly frightened and quickly moved to the bottom of the city to support them.
At this moment, the rumble of horse hooves sounded in the thick fog.
That was the sound of thousands of horses galloping together.
The captain couldn't figure out why these soldiers attacked his own people. They were obviously white people.
It can't be that they were sent by those Chinese pioneers.
The only thing he could think of was that the upstart Millicans from the south were attacking.
This makes sense, but it has been analyzed at the military meeting that the Americans will not interfere in Canada's war, and they do not have time.
When the large group of cavalry approached the city wall and fired at the city wall, the gatekeeper captain discovered that the other party was wearing khaki military uniforms instead of the blue uniforms of the Milicians.
This was an army they had never seen before. But their faces were all Chinese.
The soldiers who attacked the city gate were all white, but they were all white soldiers of the Canadian Chinese Army.
The most prominent role of these white soldiers is that they can be used as translators.
Because white people who join the Canadian Army must be able to speak Chinese to some extent, otherwise they will not be able to communicate in the military.
But Liu Qingnan's use of them to sneak attack the city gate today was really a stroke of genius.
At this time, the front line of the Yin Army was winning steadily, and it was the time when the rear was most relaxed.
The dense fog in the sky obscured the whereabouts of the large troops, allowing the large cavalry troops to get as close to the city as possible.
Otherwise, the few cavalrymen pretending to be messengers would not be able to hold on in the city gate for long.
However, even if the Canadian troops rushed into the city, the battle was still not over. The space inside the fort was not large and was not suitable for cavalry operations.
Liu Qingnan commanded the troops to dismount and engage in street fighting with the enemy, while also looking for the enemy's arsenals and granaries in the city to destroy.
The battle lasted for a day, and after paying the price of more than a thousand casualties, Liu Qingnan finally took command and eliminated more than 2,000 soldiers in the city.
However, he did not hold on to this fortress. After sweeping the surrounding areas, Liu Qingnan took away the livestock and supplies that could be taken away from the city.
Then a fire set this place on fire.
Then, he and his people disappeared from the sight of the people of Yu country.
The reason why we had to cross Fort Winnipeg and conduct a raid on the enemy's rear was to make this matter known to everyone.
It is necessary to cause panic in the rear of the Japanese people, so that it can have an impact on their front-line attacking troops.
As expected, Liu Qingnan's momentum was huge.
As expected, the main force of the Yin Army attacking the Renaissance Army's Pioneer Regiment stopped.
They can't continue chasing because their logistics have been cut off.
No commander with any common sense would move forward.
Some of the troops were withdrawn, and in the rear, the governor also began to urgently recruit militiamen to defend the town, and there was a sudden uproar.
The pioneering regiment retreating north had already retreated to Henan Fort on the south bank of Great Slave Lake.
At this time, a large number of wooden boats have gathered on the lakeside dock of Henan Fort, ready to transfer the hundreds of thousands of pioneering groups gathered here at any time.
At this time, people sent by Liu Qingnan contacted them and informed them of the actions of the Canadian Chinese Army.
Zhao Xu was the leader who led the first batch of pioneering groups and was the oldest. They followed the Liard River into the Mackenzie River and then entered the Great Slave Lake, establishing three river bends, estuaries, and Henan.
Settlement, relying on Zhuzhou's support, the settlements in this area expanded to more than a dozen.
The original three settlements have all developed into small town sizes.
The river bend settlement became an important shipbuilding base and wood processing base.
This is also the main settlement of the Yin Di'an people who have attached themselves to the Renaissance Army.
These Yin Di'an people are very good shipbuilders and are also an important source of additional troops for the advance team.
Hekou Town is backed by the Mackenzie River and is an important town for trading furs with the Yintian and Inuit people in the northern ice sheet.
Every summer, a large number of Inuit or Inuit people paddle canoes here to trade their daily necessities.
The settlements in Henan have opened up a large amount of farmland based on the swamp wetlands on the south bank of Danu Lake and the Danu River Basin.
The farmland here is comparable to that of Beidacang in Sanjiangyuan. Although it can only be planted once a year, the land is very fertile.
Therefore, Henan Fort is also the grain production center in the central region.
So many people poured in at once, making the entire Henan Fort look very crowded.
"We can't continue to wait like this. If this continues, people will be in panic, and the people below us will start to get into chaos." Zhao Xu said.
He is still the person in charge of the development points in the area around Great Slave Lake.
It is equivalent to the governor of the Renaissance Army in this area. He has control over civil affairs and military affairs.
At this time, he was sitting in a conference room in the Henanbao office building.
Sitting among his subordinates are Wang Hua, Liu Zhi, Zhang Sen, Xiang Yong and other senior subordinates.
As well as the leaders of various pioneering points who have retreated from the pioneering points in the south.
At this time, the conference room was filled with smoke, and everyone looked depressed. It could be described as gloomy.
This raid by the Japanese army has caused tens of thousands of people to die or go missing.
The southern fortress was almost completely destroyed, and many years of construction were destroyed in one fell swoop.
The climate here is harsh, and every brick and tile was accumulated bit by bit by the pioneering team.
The cost of a brick here may be ten times that of the local cost.
Every brick and tile embodies the hard work and dedication of the pioneer team members.
It was destroyed like this, and everyone felt uncomfortable.
"Captain Zhao, we don't have a backbone now. You tell us what to do. We all listen to you. We can't wait for news from the west anyway." said a regiment leader who had withdrawn from the south.
Everyone nodded. These regiment leaders were at the same level as Zhao Xu. They all accepted the leadership of the pioneering regiment headquarters in Zhuzhou.
However, Zhuzhou is too far away from the central part of the country. The situation is critical now, and they must find a smooth talker to deal with the current situation.
"Everyone, I am not being hypocritical about the current situation, but we still have to discuss the matter. It will take half a month for reinforcements from Zhuzhou to arrive. We can't wait."
"According to the news from General Liu, they have attacked the logistics base of the Yin Army in the rear. However, General Liu's troops cannot fight head-on with the Yin Army."
"This time the Yin army sent their local elite, and they were also equipped with heavy artillery. We suffered the disadvantage because our heavy firepower was not as good as theirs, so we could only be beaten by them."
"Now that they have stopped, they must be rebuilding their logistics supply lines. This gives us a chance to breathe, but we cannot wait like this. The Japanese army may continue to attack at any time."
"My suggestion is, first, move women, children and non-combatants to river mouths and river bends. If they can't be accommodated there, move them to Zhuzhou."
"Only combatants are left here in Henan Fort. We can arrange more ships at the riverside dock. When the enemy is too strong, we will evacuate from the lake without making unnecessary sacrifices." Zhao Xu explained his arrangement, and then looked at
To everyone.
Seeing that everyone had no objection at all, Zhao Xu continued: "Now that the people of the country have stopped, we must not let them get too comfortable. It would be too disadvantageous to fight them head-on. But we can harass them and fight."
"I plan to set up five detachments, each with about 2,000 people. Three teams will harass the Yin Army's station. The other two teams will detour to the rear of the Yin Army. In terms of familiarity with the terrain here, the Yin Army is not as good as us.
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"I can't tell you how to do it specifically. In short, one thing is that you must reserve a way out for yourself before fighting. If we can't fight, we will run away. We have already lost so many people and cannot afford more losses.
Okay. These young men were all brought out of the country with great difficulty, and they cannot be sacrificed in vain at the hands of the Chinese people."