Alan Kelly followed some members of the American Youth Party and sailed to Montreal, the capital of the "United States of America," under the organization's arrangement.

Because of the relationship between Caterina's family and the fact that he had participated in many youth party rallies in the past, he knew many backbones of the Southeast Branch. At his request, he was assigned to the newly formed Great Lakes Army as a battalion commander in the Albany Reserve 3rd Regiment.

The cities of northeastern North America were swept into this wave of "independence", and the streets and alleys began to stir, like rivers after spring, with torrents rolling, noisy and boiling.

Workers gave up their jobs, pickets were formed, and women were mobilized to distribute leaflets and related political pamphlets in the streets. The old bureaucratic ruling class was overthrown, most of the capitalists fled to the west, and a provisional government was established consisting of Al-Shabaab and a number of other independent associations.

The new republican government was established, and the people were cheering and celebrating, and their faces were filled with pride, as if the day had truly come for them to be the masters of their own country.

However, it didn't take long for something unfortunate to happen.

As a result of the outbreak of war, people's living standards fell sharply, and a huge demonstration of independence broke out in New Yorktown.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out.

At that time, many citizens gathered in the square in front of the town hall holding signs that met the demands of the people's life and abolished independence and opposed the war. On the orders of the Provisional Government, the army and pickets opened fire on the unarmed crowd of protesters and began to harshly suppress all opposition.

Arrests, executions, violent and terrorist acts enveloped the entire independent region, and it was only then that people realized that the autonomous government was much more brutal than the original rulers. When life and property are threatened, the vast majority of ordinary people can only choose to obey.

It was under this circumstance that Allen joined the Independence Army.

Located at the intersection of New Yorktown's canals to the Great Lakes, Albany is a strategic transit point.

The commander of the 3rd Reserve Regiment, Sherman, was a very talented and intelligent man, who had received a formal military education, had served in the local garrison, and his military qualities far exceeded those of the average Independence Army officer. He was a fanatical separatist and the "Revolution of Independence" cheered him up and gave him the opportunity to show his skills.

He got in touch with the independent soldiers, and worked hard to propagate the idea of breaking away from the Tang Empire, implementing a republican system, and completely independent, and overthrowing the brutal rule of the "autocratic dynasty" in the Americas.

Sherman was of medium height, well-proportioned and strong, a typical Nordic man, with brown curly hair, a dark face, very bright blue-gray eyes, and a frank gaze always full of confidence. He had a wealth of historical knowledge and a fanatical ideal, but like most of the Shabaab of the Americas, he didn't think about how to govern the country.

All they seek is the pleasure of being a ruler.

"How can we live without the Tang Kingdom? There is nothing but wheat in the area

Yes. "Oil is in the New North Bay, coal and iron ore are in the western part of the Great Lake, and cotton is in the south." ”

Sherman patiently explained: "We do not advocate the isolation of the United States of America, but according to the principle of federalism, that is, according to the principle of union, the whole of North America should be a unified region, and America should be the land of the Americans, not the nobles of the East." The whole of America is rich in minerals, and we can find everything that is enough to be independent. ”

"But you must know that this place was originally developed by the Tang people!"

"To whom these places belong to the territory should actually be the Indians who are truly indigenous. We do not exclude the Tang people who were born and raised in the Americas, in fact, we want to drive away those rulers from the East, who have never thought about the Americas except for collecting taxes and squeezing the blood and sweat of the people. Why is it that not a single arsenal has been built in the whole of America until now?! They're afraid that we have weapons! ”

"So what is the benefit of our separation from the Tang Empire?"

"The benefits are clear. First of all, we can shake off the political shackles and restore our right to be the masters of our own affairs. This land is ours, why should we obey the orders of those noble lords! ”

Listening to his words, Alan felt that there was nothing wrong with his choice.

These people are a bunch of people who only pursue power, but after taking power, they don't care about the lives of the people at all, and only make a mess of the country.

In those days, many independent cities were actually under martial law, and it was dangerous to walk on the streets of the cities. On all roads, it is possible to encounter workers' pickets or patrols of the Independence Army, who may at will give ordinary people a whip or a few pellets.

Many had to "voluntarily" join the Independence Army or workers' pickets in order to make a living, turning from victims to persecutors.

Entering the autumn, the provisional government issued a general mobilization order: ...... We have won the great victory in the defense war, but the bureaucrats, the rich and the capitalists are not willing to be defeated, and the enemies of the revolution have begun to raise their heads, and they are always trying in vain to overthrow our regime. ……

Many city workers, as well as peasants, were conscripted into the army and began to reorganize and train.

In this way, the size of these reserve infantry regiments continued to grow, and the strength of the regiment actually exceeded 5,000 men.

Alan led the team in routine training every day, got up early in the morning, and watched the recruits assemble in formation. Then there is morning exercise, washing, early roll call, and then it is again to assemble for morning training. The instructors of the 3rd Reserve Regiment were from West Francia and had a certain Germanic rigor who demanded that the recruits march in line for whatever they were doing: to the dining room, to the classroom, to the field, to the shooting range and the training ground, without exception.

In the queue, it is necessary to keep the same pace and keep up with the left and right.

This is followed by individual and squad tactics, shooting training, gun maneuvering, and white-knuckle combat. Every day, from waking up to lights out, everything is a high-intensity training according to the standards of European armies.

"Assassination! No, lunges, thrusts! The West Francian instructor on the playground was shouting the password.

Alan Kelly looked at his group of workers full of enthusiasm for training with some apprehension, and some worried about their lives. He had read a lot of books, and he knew from the newspapers that the Imperial Army was armed with many tanks, and although he had only seen photographs, he did not think that his workers, who had only undergone simple military training, would be able to resist the attacks of the steel monsters of Shin.

Cluster grenades?

Those anti-tank tactics taught by the Germans were able to blow up tanks?!

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