On April 30, 1635, the Second Iroquois War, which lasted about two months, ended.

This large-scale military operation, which cost hundreds of thousands of troops, almost completely annihilated or expelled the Iroquois in the central valley of the White Horse River. With more than 1,000 Iroquois dead and more than 1,500 young Iroquois captives captured, it may not be long before these Iroquois captives are transported to the sulfur mines of Butterfly Island to spend the rest of their lives.

The Chinese and American forces also paid the price of 60 casualties, of which 29 were killed, 5 were seriously wounded and disabled, and 26 were slightly wounded. The largest casualty unit was the National Guard unit from West Point, which under the command of Sergeant Major Makarov, had more than a quarter of its soldiers killed or wounded in the first battle, but its bravery was feared by all participating units, including the Foreign Legion.

The Oneidas, who had suffered unprecedented losses in the Second Iroquois War, soon afterward sent private representatives to settle with the United States. The Oneida, the least populous tribe in the Iroquois Alliance, had less than 1,000 women and children left, and their fate would surely be merged with the other tribes years later.

Friday, May 16. Amid the sound of military music resounding through Manchester Bay, the customary award ceremony officially opened on the Parliament Square in the southern district of Manchester City, with more than 10,000 citizens of the capital and representatives of various towns and cities gathered.

Sergeant Yu Shan of the National Guard, although he has all kinds of mistakes and omissions, and it is obviously a clever combination of impulse and luck, he has shown a high degree of flexibility and adaptability in this battle. Yu Shan, who had been nothing more than a supporting role in all previous wars and held a painless low-grade medal, was surprisingly awarded the "Congressional Medal of Honor" this time and was promoted to the rank of sergeant major of the fifth class.

However, what made Makarov envious, jealous and hateful and cursed again for "idiot in the mountain" was that this "shy" young man of Chinese descent actually stepped on the empty foot when he came to the stage to accept the medal! Then he rolled down the steps and fell into the mud in front of the guests on the viewing platform and tens of thousands of people in the capital, causing President Chen Yuanyuan and Defense Minister Zheng Quan to look at each other, and the citizens of the capital who watched the ceremony even let out a tsunami-like laughter.

Makarov encountered the main forces of the enemy during the rapid march. It is still able to maintain the stability of the troops with a high sense of responsibility and combat experience, and has given great casualties to the opponent, especially since the subordinate unit is still a national militia reserve whose combat capability has been despised for a long time. So this time, he also received the Gold Medal of Distinguished Service, and his rank rose again, becoming the first sergeant major (brigade level) of the third class in the Chinese and American army.

Lieutenant Qiao Yan, in the unfavorable situation of the front-line troops, was able to calmly organize the troops to direct the follow-up operations, and complete the transformation of the battle situation from a narrow defeat to a big victory. While receiving the Gold Medal of Merit, he was finally promoted to captain after many years, and then married the daughter of a Chinese carpenter in West Point shortly after.

When the reporter of "Manchester City Weekly" interviewed the three heroes at the award ceremony. The lucky trio, after each of their different shy expressions, almost unanimously expressed their desire to "want to return to the Wehrmacht".

It seems that the Ministry of Defense has forgotten the mistakes of a certain two people who had "rebelled", and with a stroke of the pen, Yu Shan and Qiao Yan returned to the national defense force sequence. Even Sergeant Major Makarov, because of his rare military qualities, was transferred to West Point as the chief instructor of the non-commissioned officer training course.

Major Scott completed his final year in the Foreign Legion. He was transferred back to the Wehrmacht and served as commander-in-chief of the garrison in the capital. Although he was only awarded a Silver Medal of Distinguished Service, he was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from the representatives of the people of West Point.

A small piece of natural high-purity dog's head gold became a birth gift for Makarov's own son after Yu Shan's inner struggle. Makarov was so happy that he returned the favor with a bloodshot wolf tooth. It was also found on the corpse of an Iroquois and was said to be fortified for the incredible good fortune of the mountain.

A small town that is a military fortress. It was built on the ruins of the destroyed Iroquois village, a later Amsterdam Valley town, as a new support point for the forward defense of the Cheval Valley. Because the first to storm the village was a cavalryman on a white horse, the town with military defense as its main task was named "White Horse Station".

The Second Iroquois War was over. However, the fighting did not end, and according to the long-term strategy of the Ministry of Defense, in the coming years, the military will continue to discharge troops and continue to penetrate deep into the western part of the valley region, constantly searching for and attacking Iroquois settlements, in order to completely expel the Iroquois Alliance from the entire White Horse Valley, so as to occupy this strategic artery that will break into the interior of North America in the future.

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Just as the atmosphere in the Parliament Square in Manchester City was changing, and all the spectators paid a silent tribute to the fallen officers and soldiers in the Second Iroquois War, in the compound of the classified industrial zone next door to the north of the Manchester Security Headquarters, several members of the Science and Technology Commission and the President of the Senate, Bao Zitu, were holding a strange "silence" with a strange expression, as if a cherished old friend had quietly bid farewell to this world.

A laptop that lasted for 10 years finally died not long ago, and the sentence of death was pronounced. Even after years of careful maintenance and use, it still inevitably comes to the end of its life: the hard drive burns out, and the accessories are extremely old. And the last few laptops that are still working have also shown signs of exhaustion.

For nearly a decade, almost every document that could be opened on these laptops has been regarded as a treasure of infinite value, and almost every traveler has copied the contents. From a boring academic paper or product manual, to a vulgar erotic joke, every paragraph of text carries some people's memories of their lives.

In the enclosed room, the carefully disassembled laptop was placed on the table, and the few parts that were thought to still have some spare value had been put away. After a moment of silence, Bao Zitu personally sent the laptop to an ore grinder, and then watched as the black machine qì was devoured and reduced to unrecognizable debris.

The debris was then taken by a member of the Science and Technology Commission to the banks of the Song River in the northern district of Manchurian, where it had been buried deep in the earth. What is no longer remembered, and what is not wanted to be remembered, may not only be this thing itself that comes from hundreds of years later.

At 8 p.m. that night, Radio Manchester began to play the latest music programme "The Same Song" on the hour. However, what is surprising is that this time it is not Jenny, who has just spent a few months of parental and maternity leave, but two strange Chinese.

It is said that the grandfather is called Tao Quanfu, who is responsible for several erhu accompaniments and male voices; The granddaughter's name is Tao Xinmei, and she is responsible for several classic lyrics. The grandfather and grandson duo are the latest singer duo from Radio Manchester City and Manchester City Entertainment.

The name of the new song is weird, "one-night-in-manjing". Manking is another name given to the capital Manchester by Chinese people in recent years, with a strong and proud oriental flavor.

The rhythm of the song is bright, but it is not easy. The grandfather's singing voice is vicissitudes and calm, while the granddaughter is an evocative Kunqu opera singing. Although it was plagiarized and revised, as always, all the people who heard it lost sleep.

"One-Night-in-Manjing, I have left a lot of love, whether you love it or not, it is the dust of history; One-Night-in-Manjing, I left a lot of feelings, and I didn't dare to ask for directions at midnight, for fear of going to the depths of a hundred flowers. ”

"People say that in the depths of the land of flowers, there lives an old lover, sewing embroidered shoes. The old man with a serene face is still waiting for the return of the expedition. ”

"It is said that the brave people of the east will stand outside the city gate when the cold wind rises. Dressed in a rusty military uniform, he called for the city gates to open, with tears in his eyes. ”

"Oh...... I've been waiting for a thousand years, why haven't the gates been opened? Wow...... I've been waiting for a thousand years, why doesn't my lover come back? ”

"I don't want to ask you where you are; I don't want to think about whether you can come back. Thinking about your heart, thinking about your face, wanting to hold it in your chest, if you can, you won't let go......"

(End of Volume IV) (To be continued......)

PS: Huhu, Saturday will be added, and the fourth volume has finally been updated. To celebrate, next week's update will be adjusted to Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. As for the manuscript of the fifth volume, you can rest assured, dozens of chapters have been prepared, enough for me to be lazy for two months, oh roar......