People die for money, birds die for food, this sentence is never false, but just a bounty of ten oceans per person made those American sailors who were originally full of hostility to China choose to compromise, and even have a good impression because of this ten yuan ocean. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Money is not everything, but money does make a lot of people do something, even if it's to betray their country!

Of course, for these American sailors, they believe that this is just a very ordinary employment, after all, the Chinese are not at war with the United States, the number of merchant ships assembled in Nipigon is increasing, and the vast majority of the crew members are facing liquidated damages and bounties, and finally choose to compromise.

While the merchant ships were increasing, the number of Chinese troops in Nipigon was also increasing, from a regiment at the beginning to nearly 20,000 now, which is the main force of the 167th Division. It was at this time that some American businessmen came here.

"They're going to attack the British by water!"

A month ago, Frank, disguised as a merchant, looked in amazement at the merchant ships gathered near Nipigon, although it was hard to imagine how the Chinese obtained them. Now what is more important is where the Chinese will attack, this is what Frank is concerned about, and of course there is a more important matter. It was to report the news to the nearest British army.

On the same day, Frank handed over the business to his employees and left Nipigon overnight, where he had to report to the British army the news that the Chinese had obtained a large number of merchant ships before the Chinese attacked the British by water.

While Frank was quickly delivering information to the British army, the soldiers in Niv-Migon were riding dozens of small boats, where they repeatedly attacked the enemy's front of the enemy for landing training, and this training made the soldiers understand that they were going to a new battlefield. Where is that new battlefield?

No one knows, but what is certain is that they will definitely be going to ship out of here and then carry out landing operations against the enemy.

The 167th Division is not an elite, but it is just a newly formed unit, and even his soldiers have not received rigorous training, in the Chinese army, his combat effectiveness is inferior, but compared to ordinary troops, most of the fighters in this unit have good marksmanship, which is exercised in the forests of the Rocky Mountains, after all, in that, when facing the natives, each of them needs to learn to shoot, and of course, they also need to shoot and hunt to improve their food.

Although their marksmanship was very good, as soldiers, their tactics were so ordinary, that from the time they came to Nipigon, every day, every minute on the shores of the lake around Nipigon, there were troops conducting drills, either rowing boats for landing training, or listening to the company and battalion commanders instruct them on what to do during the landing operation.

In short, although on the one hand there was a strict secrecy about the next combat operation, on the other hand, almost everyone, including the ordinary citizens of Nipigon, knew that their next battle must have something to do with merchant ships and landings.

Where will it land?

Not to mention ordinary people, I'm afraid even the head of the regiment may not be clear. Everything was strictly guarded as a war secret, and even the letters sent by the soldiers were temporarily withheld by the military post office, and it was only after some time that letters could be sent for them.

One, two, three...... A full week later, after almost the whole world knew that they were going to carry out a landing operation in the Great Lakes region, and after a week of waiting for training, the troops, who were basically familiar with the techniques of landing operations, finally came aboard.

The ships were river steamships that had just been purchased from the United States, and without exception these ships were purchased at a premium, and even the crews on them were hired with high salaries, unlike in the past, these ships were marked with numbers on the sides, the flags of military ships were hung on the masts, and even some 88-millimeter field guns were added to the side of the ships, and these ships became armed ships, at least to a certain extent.

Even if the British warships appeared in the middle of the Great Lake now, they would not pose much of a threat to the soldiers on board, because their ships were also armed.

"Where are we going?"

Before the soldiers boarded the ship, everyone was there to ask, of course, as a first-class soldier of the regimental headquarters guard company, Li Tengtian was also asked like this, he shook his head and said that he didn't know, but just a few hours ago, when he was on duty in the regiment commander's room, he saw a package of documents. It was a tightly sealed package of documents with a red pen on the cover; "Open three hours after setting sail,"

Although Li Tengtian is a Japanese, he also knows the importance of secrecy, but even so, he can guess that on that extremely precise map, the water system of the large lake in this area is drawn. In addition to the Great Lakes, there are also rivers that crisscross the Great Lakes region, like mesh, and each river is marked in detail on the map, marking the width and depth of the river, the sediment at the bottom of the river, and even the places where temporary docking is possible.

Of course, this is not a special collection of intelligence by the military, which is actually from public intelligence, because of the importance of the Great Lakes region to the United States and Canada, so there are similar maps on almost every ship, and in the past few days, the intelligence staff has redrawn new maps with reference to those shipping maps, and improved the deficiencies of military maps.

A few hours later, a flotilla of nearly thirty steamers sailed away from Nipigon without a single whistle, and the soldiers sat on deck, silently looking out at the town that was drifting away, staring into the distance, no one knowing where they were going, but they knew very well that the battle that would not be easy.

"We've won!"

At the British command in Toronto, when receiving a telegram from the front, General Hank said to Colonel Philip with some excitement.

"Chinese have been on their way for a week all night, and our troops have now reached Sault Ste. Mary......"

Almost as soon as he received information about the Chinese obtaining a large number of merchant ships, Hank immediately realized that his long-standing fears had suddenly come true at this time - the Chinese did not follow his plan to fight along the fortress one by one, and apparently the Chinese also knew very well that if that case, the war would continue indefinitely, and their strength would be exhausted in the process, so they chose another way of attacking with the least risk - attacking from the Great Lakes!

The Chinese got merchant ships!

Enough merchant ships to transport all armies!

This is all the information that Hank has gotten, and under the secrecy of the Chinese, the spies he sent have not obtained any more information, so in this case, he needs to speculate about the next move of the Chinese and guess where they will attack.

"The only thing that makes us happy now is that the river between Lake Sulibir and Lake Murun is blocked by Sault Sainte-Marie, and if Chinese want to enter Lake Huron, then they must conquer Sue Saint-Marie, otherwise they will never be able to pass through the ......St. Mary's River."

Hank finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, he looked at the map, from the map it can be seen that the Sue St. Mary River is a twin city between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, guarding the key points of water and land transportation, this place is unavoidable for Chinese.

After receiving the information that the Chinese had obtained a large number of merchant ships, his biggest fear was that the Chinese would attack immediately, because there were only less than two thousand defenders there, although there was a fortress fortress in Sue Saint Mary, but Hank knew very well that two thousand people might not be able to stop the Chinese, and if they could not stop the Chinese there, then the next would naturally be dangerous.

For this reason, Hank's first reaction was to send reinforcements to St. Mary's Saul, sending reinforcements there from many directions, and there was no other choice in front of him, once the Chinese crossed St. Mary's City and passed through Lake St. Mary's into Lake Huron, then the gates of Toronto were like they were opened, which was the real disaster!

Toronto may be the capital of Upper Canada, but as the capital, there are no military fortifications here, and it is almost impossible to hold the city in the face of fierce attacks by the Chinese. In this case, defending Susan Mari is necessary to defend Toronto. Because of this, Hank has been in a state of fear for the past few days.

He was afraid that the Chinese had already arrived there before the reinforcements arrived at Sault Saint Mary, and that the reinforcements would not be able to enter the fortress at that time.

But now, everything is fine, God forbid, new reinforcements will continue to reinforce Toronto in the next few days, and when the time comes, there will be a force of nearly 10,000 people guarding there, Chinese trying to conquer such a fortress, there is no possibility at all, as for poison gas......

This is indeed very worrying, but according to the information that Hank has now, it seems that the Chinese do not have poison gas, maybe the amount of poison gas of the Chinese is limited, not to mention that this is an army of lumberjacks, how can they use sophisticated weapons like poison gas?

Of course. It's a self-consolation, but sometimes, it works well, at least for Hank, and now, he's not worried about it all, and he believes he's won the battle.

"We can't just stay at Sault Saint Mary, we also need to have a decisive battle with the Chinese here!"

On the map, after drawing a few lines with a pencil, Hank had a desire for victory on his face, and he seemed to see the day when he defeated the Chinese!

"Now, the goddess of victory has lifted the corners of her skirt to us!"

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