When Douglas of Vancouver received the news that the Canadian brigade had almost been destroyed, he was silent for a long time and speechless for a long time. His back seemed much sadder in the cold wind.
This blow was a bit big for him.
The army pursuing the Finnians is victorious, and good news comes every day, killing many enemies and captives, making people feel comfortable.
Originally, the army pursuing the Chinese had good news from time to time, how many guns were seized, and the group of Chinese were about to starve to death, which also made Douglas happy.
But now, all of this has become a carefully compiled scam, a scam in which the Chinese have been complacent before in order to eliminate their own army.
This hit Douglas very hard, which shows that everyone in the command center was slapped hard by a Chinese man he looked down upon.
The cost of this plan was more than 2,000 soldiers. Such cruel reality forced Douglas to start to wake up. He first asked someone to dig up the graves of the Chinese, and then most of them were empty without surprises.
"That Chinese is a strong opponent, old friend, it seems that we have to focus more on them." After several defeats in a row, Douglas began to face his opponent and swear in his heart,
Never underestimate Chinese again.
In the past, Chinese people were not treated as human beings, but now they are at least treated as cunning people.
"Yes, Chinese, their commander Liu is younger than Boet, but he is more cunning." The chief of staff sighed softly. What happened to the British Empire recently? I always encounter it.
These are headaches, people who are headaches.
The Battle of Colenso on the Boer battlefield last year, the British soldiers were more than the Boer people, and the weapons were almost the same, but the final result was shocking. The British army lost more than 1,000 soldiers, 250 missing, and 10 lost.
Cannon. The Boer army only killed 8 people and injured 30 people. In that battle, Boer's commander Boer was 37 years old.
Douglas was impressed by the Battle of Colenso. However, no matter how profound it is, it is not as profound as the Battle of the Rift Valley.
How to fight against the Chinese? This has become a stone in Douglas's heart.
Finally, Douglas had to hold a combat meeting, and finally formulated a steady combat plan for the Chinese self-rescue army.
All the troops who went to attack the Chinese city were no longer dispersed from this moment, but slowly moved forward with the artillery troops.
Only by gathering artillery and infantry can we fight with the Chinese army, and before marching, we must send a scout to explore the route to march clearly to prevent the attack.
This eliminates the possibility of division of troops. The Australian infantry brigade has 4,000 people, and the Canadian brigade can continue to fight, plus 5 artillery companies. Even if it is a tough battle, there should be no problem, but
To be on the safe side, Douglas was afraid that Liu Zhenming would play something else in Kamloops, so he asked someone to send four 4.7-inch naval cannons over.
Logan, the commander of the Australian Brigade, is a Scot, with a mild temperament and is much more cautious than Steve.
So, when he saw the tragic situation of the Canadian brigade and received Douglas' order, he wisely chose to move forward slowly.
Just as Douglas sent people to send naval artillery, a small merchant ship took the opportunity to dock on the coastline of the Vancouver area. The merchant ship was flying the American flag, but from above, several Germans came down.
, and two Chinese.
As soon as these two Chinese people set foot on Canadian territory, they wrapped themselves tightly in their coats, fearing that others would discover their identities...
"Your Excellency, the purpose of our trip is here? Why didn't you say it earlier? You know, Canadians are not very friendly to us Chinese!" A Chinese complained softly, but he did not dare to express his strong dissatisfaction.
It's a complaint.
"Let go, with us here, you will definitely not be in trouble!" The German curled his lips without comment, and then said, "Now, let's start looking for the target person."
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Although Liu Zhenming retreated to the second line of defense, he also sent a scout to monitor the movements of the British team chasing behind him.
After he discovered the British's slow behavior, he decided to take more measures to prevent the timid and cautious British people from being deceived.
In the second line of defense, Liu Zhenming chose a small river.
Originally, Liu Zhenming had already made all the preparations, the bridge was blown up, and the people were in place, but this time, taking advantage of the British's slowdown in the marching speed, Liu Zhenming dug a trench across the river.
It is not easy to dig trenches in the snow, and the soldiers complained secretly, but they still carried out Liu Zhenming's orders meticulously.
In the command fortress, Liu Zhenming gathered Ye Geyin, He Xiaoqing, Jin Xiaowu, Zhang Donglai and others together. Zhang Fengzi did not come. He stabilized the situation in the Chinese city. More than 15,000 Chinese were added to the Chinese city, but none of them were
Someone who is famous for doing things is crazy, maybe something will really happen.
When Ye Geyin saw the busy soldiers outside, she asked with confusion: "Captain, aren't we using other strategies? Why do we still have to dig trenches here? Isn't this a waste of time?"
"After our continuous beating, foreigners have become much more cautious and will not be so easily deceived. So, I dig a trench here and put on a decisive battle with them here. In this way, the British will not
It would be so suspicious, and if the plan failed, we really have to defend here for a while." A glimmer burst out from Liu Zhenming's eyes.
This time, he was not ready to fight the British at all. His trench was about five kilometers away from the bank of the river. In ancient times, if you didn't want to fight the enemy, set the defensive position by the river so that you can
The opponent dared not cross the river easily. If he wanted to fight a decisive battle by the river, he would set his defensive positions quite far away from the river and wait until the enemy crossed and attacked him halfway.
Of course, the use of modern firearms, especially the use of cannons, made this boundary blurry, but Liu Zhenming set the position five kilometers away from the river, which was completely giving the British a time to cross the river, even if the British accused did not read it
Passing the Military Book, but it should have been after crossing the river and then launching an attack.
Liu Zhenming stood up straight, picked up the telescope, looked downstream of the river, frowned and asked, "Where is Kuscart? Why can't they be seen?"
Ye Geyin touched his chin and replied with a smile: "The Indian tribe downstream is still a distance from the river. Kuscart led the Indian Self-Rescue Army to hide in that tribe."
Liu Zhenming nodded and said that he knew, but he still instructed: "Geyin, please send someone to contact them again and tell them that the British will arrive in five days at the latest, so that they can prepare for them to defeat the UK.
People, it depends on theirs.”
Although the Indians were part of his plan, they were not the most important one. The reason why Liu Zhenming said this was just to make the Indians feel glorious.
Ye Ge chanted and went on quickly.
Liu Zhenming looked at Zhang Donglai again. Although Zhang Donglai looked vulgar, he was still very well-organized in his work. He was a relatively important part of this strategy.
Seeing Liu Zhenming looking at him, Zhang Donglai squinted his eyes and smiled, and said with a flattering look: "Captain, I, Lao Zhang, do things. Just rest assured, and wait for your order."
"That's good, I'll go with me later."
"Yes, this is a fortification built by more than 30,000 people. There is no accident in keeping it." Zhang Donglai replied confidently.