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On the morning of March 20, 1909, the Canadian self-government received attacks from the army of the Kingdom of Lu in three directions, and at the same time, the news of the rapid eastward advance of the army of the Kingdom of Qi by train was also known to the Canadian self-government.

At 11 a.m., the Governor General of Canada convened a meeting in the Governor's Palace, attended by the Governor, the Prime Minister, the Chief of the General Staff and members of the Cabinet.

Charles Robert Gray, 4th Earl of Gray, was the Governor General of Canada, the Supreme Head of State of Canada and the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces.

At the meeting, the Minister of Defense first analyzed the strategic intentions of Qi and Lu: the two armies of Qi quickly marched eastward by train, that is, they wanted to quickly seize the two provinces of the central grassland, and quickly advance eastward to join the Lu army and launch a general attack on Canada; The purpose of the 3rd Route Army of the Lu State and the Western Route Army is to cut off the retreat route of the eastward retreat of the two provinces in the central steppe and encircle and annihilate the military and political forces of the 2 provinces; The primary goal of the Lu Central Route Army was to seize the railway passage and prepare for the eastward advance of the Qi army, and the second goal was to encircle and encircle Toronto, Ottawa and other areas from the land in a roundabout way, and at the same time cut off the aid from the east to the western provinces; The Lu Guodong Route Army was the main force, achieving the goal of attacking head-on and occupying the Windsor-Quebec corridor in Canada.

The Chief of the General Staff put forward a clear operational vision, and the strategic idea of the Qi and Lu countries was to attack at the same time on several fronts, advance rapidly, divide Canada into several pieces, and not give the Canadian self-government time to mobilize the militia and organize a counterattack, therefore, we must take measures to buy ourselves enough time, even if we pay a heavy price in the early stage of the war or take the initiative to give up areas that cannot be defended, let the enemy's battle line be extended, buy us favorable time, and then establish a blocking position in a place with favorable terrain, Slow down the enemy's attack and wait for reinforcements from the overlord.

To this end, the chief of the general staff specially formulated several opinions: first, the military and political officials, troops, police, and militia of Saskatchewan should quickly withdraw to Manitoba, and destroy the railways and highways east of Saskatoon and Regina, slow down the offensive speed of the Qi army, concentrate all materials and personnel in Winnipeg, establish a blocking position in Winnipeg, and make every effort to block the eastward advance of the Qi army; second, to hold the fortress of Detroit and contain the attack of the Lu army; third, to immediately organize and mobilize the militias of the four eastern provinces and the eastern part of Ontario; Fourthly, the regular army immediately established a first line of blocking positions south of Toronto, and organized a second line of blocking positions between Kingston and Algon's Golden Hills; The Fifth Autonomous Government prepared for evacuation in advance and established a third line of defense in Quebec City.

In the concept of the chief of the general staff, the second and third lines of defense were to make full use of the fortress artillery groups of Kingston and Quebec to block the enemy, and the Canadian self-government first established two fortress artillery groups after the withdrawal of British troops from Canada, respectively, to guard the entrance to the St. Lawrence River from the Atlantic and Great Lakes regions, protecting the political center and the most prosperous economic areas of Canada.

Both the governor and the prime minister understood that with a population of less than 6 million in Canada and the partition of several provinces in the grasslands, it would be difficult to stop the attack of hundreds of thousands of troops from Lu and Qi, and it was the most reasonable way to evacuate Ottawa, organize the defense line one by one, block the enemy's attack, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the suzerain. 【】

The Minister of Defense very much agreed with the plan of the Chief of General Staff, especially the first one, as long as the railways and highways in Saskatchewan and Manitoba were destroyed, the troops of Qi would not be able to complete the 600-kilometer journey without more than a week if they relied on walking, and enough time was bought for the two provinces of the grassland to organize and mobilize the militia and build blocking fortifications. As for the mobilization of militias and the establishment of interdiction positions in the eastern provinces, they are all common-sense military actions.

The Governor authorized Prime Minister Wilfried Laurel to command the Canadian Army to resolutely resist the attacks of Lu and Qi; Authorise the Prime Minister to organize and mobilize a national militia to defend the self-governing government of Canada; Authorise the Prime Minister to urgently seek help from the British Prime Minister for British reinforcements; Authorize the prime minister the right to communicate and negotiate peacefully with the Lu state, the Qi state, and the Xia empire.

At the same time, the Governor himself was to send a telegram of help to the Queen of England after the meeting.

The Prime Minister entrusted the Chief of the General Staff with the burden of organizing positions and leading the army to stop the enemy; The Ministry of Defense assists the General Staff in organizing the mobilization of the militia to defend the homeland.

The provinces, as well as the combat units and militias, received the operational orders from the General Staff and acted quickly.

In Saskatchewan in particular, under the organization of the provincial government, government officials and militia quickly evacuated by train, and the cavalry troops first blew up the railway bridge south of Regina to prevent the rapid eastward advance of the Qi army, and then the cavalry moved east along the railway line, destroying all the bridges at any time in the process of transfer; The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was ordered to retreat along the road, and was also required to destroy all road bridges, blow up hillsides, block roads with mud and rocks, and slow down the march of Qi troops.

Manitoba Province was forced to either surrender or choose to fight on its back when it learned that the Lu army in the east had cut off the retreat road, and that there were more than 100,000 troops of the Qi State in the west.

They knew what happened to the Americans after the Midwest chose to surrender, and all the Canadians chose to resist without hesitation, even if they failed in the end, they would buy time for reinforcements for the suzerain; As a result, the top brass of the Manitoba provincial government chose the will of the people and resolutely resisted, so they sent people to destroy the railways and highway bridges in the east and south to stop and delay the offensive of the national army against Winnipeg from the east and south.

In Ontario, while ordering the army to hold the fortress of Detroit, the troops, militia, personnel, and materials stationed in Hamilton began to withdraw to Toronto, and began to build defensive fortifications in Toronto, resolutely blocking the attack of the Lu army; The Canadian Army stationed at Fort George in the Niagara area was also successfully withdrawn to Toronto to participate in the defense of the Toronto Line.

Until the afternoon of the 20th, the Lu army did not launch an attack on the Detroit Fortress, and the governor and the prime minister all believed that it was feasible to use the fortress artillery group to establish a blocking position and block the attack of the Lu army.

The Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defense are also starting to be a little complacent, and Canada will definitely hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the suzerain.

However, the Canadian self-government made a common sense mistake, their understanding of the war was still stuck in the Boer War, but they did not know that the fighting style and combat effectiveness of the Xia Imperial army had changed drastically compared with the opponents of the Boer War.

Even the scale of the war is not comparable to that of the Boer War.

During the Second Boer War, the British native army, plus reinforcements from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as well as cavalry troops in India and Ceylon, did not have a maximum strength of more than 250,000 troops, while the armies of Lu and Qi, with the help of the Xia Empire, dispatched hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops at will, which was unimaginable for the Canadian self-government.

Moreover, the airships escorted by the planes of the Lu and Qi countries are even more insoluble war monsters for the Canadians, and their destructive power and lethality exceed any previous war weapons.

The strategy chosen by the self-government of Canada to counter the resistance is doomed to failure. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.