On the afternoon of March 19, 1909, the 5th Route Army was ready, and as soon as the time came, it launched an all-out attack on the Dominion of Canada. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Kingdom of Lu replaced all the offensive forces with mercenaries and garrisons, and this military operation, in the face of the weak Canadian brigade, was aimed at exercising the combat effectiveness of the troops while seizing territory; The General Staff of the Kingdom of Lu also arranged for 2 divisions of the Praetorian Guard, 2 cavalry divisions and 4 divisions of the Wehrmacht to be stationed on the border to suppress their positions; At the same time, 100,000 troops were prepared in Indianapolis as a reserve to ensure that the war was foolproof.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the war, Qi allocated the only 2 airships to the 2 armies; The General Staff of the Kingdom of Lu mobilized three airships as auxiliary means of attack and was responsible for the timely delivery of guns, ammunition, food and other logistical baggage to the front line.

At 5 a.m. on March 20, 1909, the 5th Route Army moved simultaneously and the battle to occupy the Dominion of Canada officially began.

The fastest movement was the first army of the Lu State that occupied the city of Thunderbay, and the commander-in-chief of this army was Sun Liechen, the commander of the mercenary cavalry brigade, and the deputy commander was Du Lisan, the commander of the mercenary brigade.

The two have been participating in the mercenary army for a few years, in addition to training and studying, they are eating and drinking, and they have been particularly leisurely in recent years, and they were transferred to Lu last year, ready to have a good fight with the American devils, but they didn't expect that after coming to Lu country, they didn't even catch a devil hair; This time, Feng Guohua gave the two of them the opportunity to fight independently, and they didn't sleep all night.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 20th, Sun Liechen, who had already done a good job of division of labor and made preparations, led 3,000 cavalry to cross the border line and enter Canadian territory and advance in the direction of Thunder Bay.

It was only 30 kilometers from the border to the city of Thunderbay, and Sun Liechen was ready to rush in and occupy the small city smoothly.

In order to speed up the march, Sun Liechen asked for one man and two horses, and the remaining 3,000 cavalry followed Du Lisan's troops on foot.

At half past nine, Sun Liechen's cavalry troops rushed into the city, and the horse's hooves struck the ground, making a "boom" sound, which could be heard several miles away, and the residents who had long been frightened hid in their houses.

There is no garrison in the city, as long as dozens of policemen, before they resist, they are wiped out by the cavalry who rushed into the police station, and those who are close to the position use a saber to go down, and the head and neck are separated, and blood spurts out from the neck several meters high, and the policemen who are scared stupid in the distance are directly killed by the cavalry gun.

"Bang", "Bang", "Bang"

The constant sound of gunfire frightened the residents even more from going out, and the empty streets were suitable for cavalry action.

At lunch, leaving 100 men to maintain local law and order and take care of 3,000 war horses, Sun Liechen led 2,900 cavalry to gallop northeast, and he prepared to occupy cities along the railway line within 1,000 kilometers from Thunder Bay to Sudbury, opening the railway passage for the follow-up troops.

The next 3,100 cavalrymen would carry their baggage and follow.

Sun Liechen had already discussed with Du Lisan, who set up his brigade headquarters in Thunder Bay to ensure the smooth flow of logistics and supplies, and sent officers and soldiers of the brigade cavalry battalion and two regiments to the west to attack and occupy the cities along the railroad in the entire province of Ontario.

For this kind of battle without technical content, Du Lisan had no enthusiasm at all, and felt very disappointed, only Sun Liechen was busy and unhappy, after all, this was the first combat mission arranged by the General Staff for them to complete independently, and Sun Liechen promised that it must be completed without time.

Sun Liechen comforted: "Okay, Lao Du, after a few years of leisure, you should be relaxed, I heard that after fighting Canada, the empire will take action against Mexico and other countries, and prepare to occupy the territory of the entire American continent, and it will be all Chinese territory in the future, if we behave well this time, we will definitely be indispensable in the next battle; Besides, no matter how weak the enemy is, it is still an enemy, and we can be regarded as expanding the territory, no matter what era it is, those who can expand the territory are heroes. “

Du Lisan said: "Don't worry, I won't miss a big thing, I just can't raise the enthusiasm for this kind of battle, this enemy is too few, it's not interesting." “

"I've heard the Soviet War Chief say, there are many big battles and evil battles waiting for us in the empire, but the empire started late, and now we are trying our best to restrain ourselves, otherwise we would have already faced up with the devils of the entire Western countries, and the big war you hope for will be indispensable in the future, and that is the opportunity for us to show our skills, if we don't fight for it now, there will be no chance for us at that time, and the Imperial General Staff does not want to send us up as cannon fodder." Sun Liechen continued to comfort Du Lisan.

"You can rest assured, I'm still waiting to go back to clean up the Russian grandsons, they used to bully us with poor equipment, but I have suffered the loss of the Cossack cavalry, next time I go back, I must get the field back." Du Lisan said.

"It's right if you think so, sooner or later we will have to confront Russia, they have occupied so much of our land, according to His Majesty the Emperor's previous practices, they will definitely double the snatch back, the war with Russia is inevitable, if we don't work hard now, we won't have a chance to play in the future." Sun Liechen said.

On the 20th, at 5 o'clock, Brigade Commander Feng Linge led an infantry regiment to take the lead by boat from Sue Ste. Mary City in Lu State to Sault Saint Mary City in the Dominion of Canada, two cities with the same name belong to Canada and Lu respectively, just across the river, less than 7 o'clock, they completely occupied the city of Su Saint Mary in Canada, which is still spent most of the time on crossing the river.

Subsequently, Tauktahu's cavalry brigade and Feng Linge's infantry brigade all crossed the river and reached the city of Sault Saint Mary.

The commander-in-chief of this road was Feng Linge, and the deputy commander-in-chief was the brigade commander of the cavalry brigade, Tao Ke Taohu.

After all the troops crossed the river, Feng Linge ordered Tauktahu to arrive at Sudbury within 3 days and completely occupy it, and the large army escorted ammunition, food and other baggage followed up, and left the infantry to maintain order in the cities occupied along the way, and finally the brigade headquarters of the two brigades would be located in Sudbury, and threaten Toronto and Ottawa.

Tao Ke Taohu was very satisfied with this arrangement, for him, the past few years have almost suffocated him, and now he can lead the cavalry team to gallop at will, which is exactly what he said when he recruited them, the troops protect them to rob legally, and there is no danger, in a foreign country, even if it creates some killings, the superiors will not care, as long as he does not make peachy news and does not make mistakes of principle, it will not affect his status; Now he just wants to make meritorious service as soon as possible, complete the tasks assigned by the leader, and then strive for the opportunity to go out to fight again.

The 3rd Route Army of Lu State has 1 cavalry brigade of 6,000 people, 4 Japanese mercenary infantry brigades, 1 mercenary infantry brigade of Wu Junsheng and a garrison division of 12,000 people, a total of 60 people, the commander-in-chief is Ma Longtan, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Wu Junsheng.

The 3rd Route Army was divided into two directions of attack, the first of which was led by Wu Junsheng and his infantry brigade and Bai Yin Dajiao's cavalry brigade to seize Sarnia in Canada, raid the town of London, and cut off the retreat of the Canadian soldiers in the Detroit Fortress.

In the second direction, Ma Longtan led his garrison division and 4 Japanese mercenary infantry brigades to surround the Detroit fortress and make a feint posture to buy time for Wu Junsheng to raid the town of London and prevent the Canadian soldiers in the Detroit fortress from escaping.

Canada arranged 1 division of troops in the Detroit fortress, with 12,000 men, which was a relatively big battle achievement for the Lu State, and these 12,000 people must not be allowed to escape, which would be a real shame.

You know, there are not even 100,000 soldiers in the whole of Canada, and if you kill 12,000 people here at once, it will definitely be a great credit.

Wu Junsheng completed the raid mission before 9 o'clock, occupied the town of London, and began to arrange for soldiers to dig trenches, lay barbed wire and other defensive measures to prevent Canadian officers and soldiers in the Detroit Fortress from breaking through.

After receiving telegrams that the 3rd Route Army was progressing smoothly, Feng Guohua was very happy in his heart.

Song Shijie said: "Chief of the General Staff, I didn't expect the Canadians to be so weak and progress so smoothly, even the mercenaries and garrisons can't do anything, if we send all the way to occupy Winnipeg City, then the battle will be even greater." ”

"Haha, Prime Minister, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, we eat meat, why do we have to leave some soup for Chen Yifeng's guy, or it will be difficult to meet in the future." Feng Guohua said happily.

Song Shijie understood after a little thought, from the west to the east of Canada, there is a distance of more than 4,000 kilometers, even by train, it will take a week, and when they arrive in the east, maybe the war in the east has ended, if even Winnipeg is occupied, then Chen Yifeng really can't even drink soup.

The two armies of Qi State, each army was allocated 10 trains, which just loaded 1 division of the Praetorian Guard and 2 regiments of the Wehrmacht, and the cavalry troops had to follow behind the trains on horseback; As for the remaining troops, they can only arrange to transport them after the train has been snatched, or to transport them to the front when the train is free.

The first eight trains were Janissaries, the last two were Wehrmacht, and in front of the first train were huge airships flying along the railway line at low altitudes, and the airships were tasked with eliminating the Canadian troops and personnel who threatened the safety of the trains in time.

Chen Yifeng was on the second train, departing from Medicinhat at half past four, preparing to occupy the city of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, on the 20th; The distance is 480 kilometers, and according to the current speed of the train, it takes 12 hours to arrive, which makes Chen Yifeng very helpless.

However, this point in time is also the time calculated by the General Staff.

At 17 o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Yifeng arrived in Regina City and sent troops to quickly occupy the police station, city government and other places.

However, by this time, the rich and powerful people in the city of Regina had already withdrawn, and in the morning they received the news that Lu was attacking Canada, and the news that the Qi army was marching east by train was also known to the Canadians.

The Canadians were afraid of the Xia Empire's retaliation, so they did not destroy the railroad west of Regina, but tomorrow there will be no such good luck, the railway bridge over the South Vascana River in the city of Regina has been blown up, and there is no way to continue eastward by train until it is repaired.

At 18 o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th, Zheng Qiang, Premier of the State Council of Qi, issued a clear telegram to the world in Calgary, saying that the Kingdom of Qi declared war on the self-government of Canada.

When the Canadian self-government used the means of abduction to recruit a large number of Chinese to work for it during the construction of the Pacific Railway, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of Chinese, and after the construction of the Pacific Railway, it deprived the Chinese of all their property by collecting a poll tax.

At this point in time, it was more than 9 o'clock in the morning in Beijing, and it was between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning in London and Paris, and the dignitaries of Britain, France, Germany, Russia and other countries were still asleep.

Zheng Qiang's declaration of war did not attract the attention of many countries, only the Canadians were immersed in grief, and they also had to suffer what happened to the Americans. (To be continued.) )