The matter of sending troops to North America is not very urgent, and Marin also has his own overall considerations. For example, Marin plans to make a big one this time - to provoke the Iroquois Alliance, which is the most combative among the North American Indians.

Although it seemed like a death, Marin knew that only in this way would Marin's army have a reason to stay in New York for a long time. Otherwise, after defeating the wolf tribe of the Mohicans, they would have no reason to continue to send troops.

Moreover, the Mohican people are actually not very strong. Don't look at Marin, who only sent an army of more than a thousand people. However, after training in jungle warfare, this army is fully capable of destroying all the Mohicans.

For this reason, before the expeditionary force set off, Marlin specially found the officer who led the troops, Gullit, and asked him to lead the troops after arriving in New York, not to rush to send troops, but to familiarize himself with the North American jungle first. Then, spies were sent to find out the distribution of local tribes. Once you've figured out the situation, launch an attack.

In order to ensure the jungle combat capability of the expeditionary force, Marin prepared to equip the musketeers of the expeditionary force with clockwork muskets instead of arquebuses. This is only because, the arquebus of the arquebus, in the jungle, is easy to be scraped by tree branches. If you break the arquebus, it will be miserable.

In addition, in the dense forest, the roads are narrow, and if the arquebusiers are crowded together, their own arquebuses can easily ignite the gunpowder of their companions.

Therefore, Marin spared no expense and equipped the expeditionary force with rifles with clockwork and lighter mechanisms to facilitate their jungle operations. Anyway, there are only a few hundred musketeers, and even if all of them are equipped with clockwork muskets, the cost is not too high.

Marin remembered that the Iroquois appeared to live in the northwestern part of New York State. The Mohican tribe that came to New York to rob this time lived in the upper reaches of the Hudson River, in the northern part of New York State.

Therefore, Marin intends to let Gulit lead his troops in a pursuit battle this time, rather than a war of annihilation.

This was done by breaking down the stockades of the wolf tribes, but not destroying them, but driving them as far west as possible to the territory of the Iroquois. Then, slowly pursue, all the way to the territory of the Iroquois, by the way, to have a conflict with the Iroquois, and form a grudge.

In fact, Ma Lin learned this trick from Chairman Chiang. The bald Jiang asked Xue Yue to lead the army and chase the Red Army all the way. But in fact, instead of trying to catch up, they deliberately let the Red Army survive.

Why? Because the bald Chiang wants to take the opportunity to annex the warlords of the provinces......

For example, Wang Jialie in Guizhou was annexed by Xue Yue by taking the opportunity. Lao Wang didn't know the sinister intentions of the bald head Jiang, and after letting Xue Yue's army in, he was directly set aside.

After seeing Lao Wang's miserable end, Li and Bai of Gui Province and Long Yun of Dian Province later tried their best to prevent the Red Army from entering their hinterland, fearing that Wang Jialie's mistake would be repeated.

In fact, the Long March was just a game of cat and mouse played by the bald Chiang. The cat took the opportunity to chase and kill the mouse, and took the opportunity to run to the house of other kittens and bully other kittens...... But in the end, the bald Jiang didn't expect that the Red Army, which he once regarded as a mouse, finally turned over and overturned him......

Of course, the wild wolf tribe of the Mohicans is not worthy of being compared with the Red Army. Their only role was to flee for their lives, and then provoke a conflict between Gullit's expeditionary force and the Iroquois. When the two clash, there is no need for them to exist.

provoked the Iroquois Alliance, and the situation was serious. Because, the Iroquois are able to dispatch a few thousand warriors, and they seem to be very strong.

On the plains, a thousand of Gullit's men would be enough to beat a few thousand Iroquois warriors. However, if it is in the dense jungle, it is difficult to say.

Fortunately, Marin equipped the expeditionary force with old hunters and Alsatian wolfhounds, and they will not be hit. However, it seems that it is difficult to pursue it quickly. Because, for the sake of safety, the soldiers of the expeditionary force all wore armor, and the lowest was also wood chip armor (mahjong mats). With a lot of loads, it seems difficult for the expeditionary force to catch up with the enemy in the jungle.

But it didn't matter, Marin didn't intend to defeat the Iroquois all at once, but just looked for an excuse to clash and send troops.

As further conflict with the Iroquois grew, Marlin had a reason to increase his forces and engage in fierce battles with the Iroquois in the jungles of North America.

Marin was not in a hurry to destroy the Iroquois, but wanted to take the opportunity of the conflict with the Iroquois to train his troops on a large scale and adapt his soldiers to jungle warfare.

At the same time, the battle with these Indians is not very dangerous, so it is especially suitable for training recruits.

Veterans of a hundred battles are made by fighting, not just by training. Marin has always won victories before, relying on advanced equipment and training and combat methods.

However, with a few big wins, Marin can be sure that both the Spanish phalanx and the arquebus will be promoted in Europe. In the next big battle, Marin will not face a backward medieval army, but an enemy armed with muskets and imitating the Spanish phalanx. While the opponent may not be very authentic, it can also cause problems for Marin's army. So, Marin needs more disciplined and brave veterans. And the war with the Iroquois was also an important means of training the courage and ability of the recruits. In particular, let them see blood......

As for how to train so many recruits? Marin decided to imitate the **** war system of our army fighting the monkeys of South Vietnam in later generations......

What is a round battle? It is a method in which the major military regions take turns to send troops to the Lao Son front line to engage in small-scale border clashes with the South Vietnamese monkeys. Through this method, troops in all parts of the country can be exposed to the brutal war. At the same time, it is also possible to compare the combat effectiveness of the armies in various places. Find weaknesses and improve them.

Of course, Marlin's purpose is not this. His purpose was to train recruits. Recruits cannot immediately go into a decisive battle after months of queue and tactical training. Because, they have never seen blood, and they will fight a decisive battle as soon as they come up, and it is easy to collapse. Therefore, it is necessary to find a weak opponent first, let them see the blood, and exercise their courage and courage.

However, the Iroquois are really not weak, and they are considered to be the most combative among the natives. Of course, the current Iroquois League is only a loose alliance. It was not until around 1570 that the Iroquois alliance of the six tribes stabilized and formally formed a formal alliance led by Hiawatha. Unlike the current Iroquois, although they also have alliances, the six major tribes also have dirty feelings with each other, and they can only be regarded as a loose alliance.

But this was also good news for Marin, if the formal Iroquois League was established, the Iroquois would be too strong to train new soldiers. It was the loose alliances of the Iroquois that were now suitable for training recruits.

Moreover, through the rotation of battles with the Iroquois League in the jungle, Marlin can also let the officers under him see the quality of the soldiers when they are about to fight. In this way, it is also convenient for Marin to select the most elite soldiers and form elite troops to be used in the main battlefields of Europe.

To put it bluntly, Marin just regarded the now loose Iroquois Alliance as a copy of the recruit leveling. Unfortunately, those Iroquois were beaten by Marlin as a monster for training recruits. Through round battles, Marin can also see which soldiers are excellent and which are not. Excellent soldiers are incorporated into the main force to strengthen their combat effectiveness; Those who do not meet the requirements will be eliminated, or they will be transferred to the local police force to maintain law and order in the local area......

Marin also had the idea of opening up a road to the Great Lakes......

The Iroquois occupy the southeastern part of the Great Lakes, and the capture of Iroquois territory is equivalent to opening the way to the Great Lakes.

What's in the Great Lakes? In its northwest region, there is a famous iron mine! Mount Messabi is located on the shores of the Great Lake in eastern Minnesota, and the entire mountain is an iron-rich mine with more than 60% iron content.

To the south of the Iroquois is the Appalachian Hills Coal Mine. Therefore, it occupies the territory of the Iroquois, and there are iron mines to the west and coal mines to the south, and the geographical location is very important. Otherwise, the Northwest of the United States, especially near the Great Lakes, would not have developed into the earliest industrial center of the United States.

For Marin, who understands the importance of industry, the Great Lakes region of the northwest of the United States is the most elite region of the whole of North America. The rise of the United States is also inseparable from the coal of the Appalachian Mountains and the iron ore mines of the Great Lakes. And now, all this will be in Marin's hands......