In addition to the cases of successful attacks by the guerrillas in the Far East, the General Staff of the Imperial Crusade, in the spirit of rigour, collected several times the number of failures. In the absence of sufficient intelligence and perfect planning, or because of the temporary change in the situation, the organizers of these guerrilla operations realized that they could not take advantage of them at the beginning of the operation, so they resolutely canceled the original plan, disbanded the guerrillas on the spot, and wandered to other areas without the knowledge of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, lurking like poisonous snakes, patiently waiting for the time to launch a new attack.

The second characteristic of the Far Eastern guerrillas was that they were very familiar with the local environment, were good at using the terrain to ambush the imperial officers and soldiers, and planned more than one retreat route in advance. Places that the Imperial Expeditionary Force could not have imagined, such as pigsty, dog holes, cellars, gutters, etc., could become hiding places for partisans. The officers and soldiers of the empire had to guard against cold guns from dark corners at all times in this strange land, and the mental pressure they were under can be imagined. Even if the noble Imperial knights don't mind getting into the filthy and foul-smelling gutter, they can't figure out which gutter is going to the guerrilla stronghold and which gutter has bombs planted by the guerrillas.

The third advantage of the partisans in the Far East was the general support of the local population. Although the Imperial military was reluctant to admit it, it was exactly what happened: almost all the inhabitants of the vast snowy fields on both sides of the Turbid River were staunch supporters of the rebel government in the Far East. Although they did not dare to admit it openly in front of the Imperial officers and soldiers, most of the local natives regarded the Imperial people as invaders behind their backs and held a grudge. Not only did they refuse to pay supplies to the Imperial Expeditionary Force in every possible way, but they also preferred to starve their families and save as much money and supplies as possible to help the local guerrillas.

If a guerrilla from the north is being pursued by the imperial officers and soldiers, and casually flees to a local farmer's family, even though the two sides do not know each other, they will also be warmly entertained by the master's family, not only taking care of food and shelter, but also providing a cellar for refuge, if the imperial officers and soldiers come to the door, they really have nowhere to hide, they would rather endure the threat of whipping or even the death penalty, and insist that the guerrillas are their distant nephews, and rarely reveal the true identity of the other party.

What made the Imperial staff shudder the most was that the above phenomenon was very common, and the people who risked their lives to protect the partisans in the Far East included not only adult men, but also seemingly weak women and children, from the wealthy gentry and landlords to the poor peasants, almost all of whom held the same position: to unite the northern compatriots against the imperial invaders!

You must know that even after the establishment of the Kolas Kingdom, the vast territory on the west bank of the Zhuolang River was still under the control of the Yashan Empire, and the local residents were supposed to belong to the subjects of the empire, but now they were as committed to the Kolas government as the residents of Jiangdong, and they had to protect the guerrillas on the other side of the river at the cost of their families, which made the officers and soldiers and generals of the Imperial Expeditionary Force who had no conscience deeply disturbed, and they could not help but suspect in private that they were participating in an unjust war against the will of the local people.

The fourth characteristic of guerrilla warfare in the Far East was that it was well equipped far beyond the expectations of the Reich. The partisans did not wear military uniforms or fine armor, but they always wore a woven lining of special materials under their cotton coats. According to the Far Eastern government, this is called a "star stab-proof suit", which at first glance looks light and thin, but the texture is surprisingly tough, and the defensive effect is not inferior to the chain mail made of steel wire, providing effective protection for the guerrillas, and at the same time it is not as cumbersome and bulky as the imperial standard armor, and is more suitable for mobile and flexible guerrilla warfare.

Far Eastern guerrillas were not armed with conventional weapons such as swords and spears, and rarely used bows and crossbows, and their signature weapon was a Far Eastern Type 1624 air rifle, codenamed "Wind Lance", equipped with magazines, gas cylinders, and bayonets that could be placed under the barrel for hand-to-hand combat if necessary.

Initially, the Imperial military did not take this strange-looking weapon seriously, believing that it was as powerful as a small crossbow and could not inflict lethal damage on the officers and soldiers of the Crusade. However, after many encounters with the guerrillas, General Engel and his generals had to admit that they had greatly underestimated this new weapon, which fired bullets from high-pressure cylinders. The bullets fired by the Far East "Wind Lance" are much stronger in range and penetration than the individual crossbows equipped by the military of the Varesse countries, and even more terrible, they can also fire at high speeds! The guerrillas only need to lock on to the target five or six hundred yards away, gently press the trigger, and the muzzle of the gun will continuously spray lead bullets, causing continuous damage to the target.

According to the statistics of the past two months, the servant infantrymen, sappers and logisticians in cloth and leather armor in the Imperial Army were either killed or wounded by gunfire, and the regular knights and knight squires in scaly armor would also face a threat to their lives if they were continuously fired by the "Wind Spear". Because the guerrillas either hid in the shadows and put cold guns and changed places after firing a shot, or sniped at a distance of several hundred yards, it was very difficult for the officers and men of their own side to make an effective counterattack even if they did not lose their combat effectiveness on the spot -- the range of the bow and crossbow was not as far as that of the "wind spear," and if they tried to close the distance, they would inevitably be shot continuously on the way to the guerrillas, and they were likely to be shot and fall down before they could get close to the enemy, and they were in a rather awkward situation.

In order to avoid casualties, the command of the Imperial Crusade had to issue an internal order: officers and soldiers who were shot by the Far Eastern guerrillas were advised to lie down on the spot, find shelter and take shelter, and if the enemy was outnumbered, they could choose to retreat if necessary.

This tactical advice not only required the Imperial knights to lay down their stubs and crawl on the muddy ground to avoid bullets, but also allowed the noble knights to choose to flee, and their opponents were not even regular troops, but only a group of militia and common people, which was a loss of dignity and discouragement.

The imperial generals headed by General Engel no longer had any regard for the dignity of knights, and due to the unsmooth progress of the Eastern Crusade, the criticism of the imperial government and the opposition questioning the incompetence of the military became increasingly intense, and the drastic change in the atmosphere of public opinion brought tremendous pressure to the main battle faction of the imperial military, and it was urgent to open up the situation in the Far East as soon as possible.

Since the Eastern Crusade Army under the command of General Engel was mired in a quagmire on the west bank of the Zhuolang River, and the main force was still unable to cross the river to fight, the main battle faction of the Imperial government and the opposition could only pin their hopes on the navy, hoping that the commander of the Imperial Navy, General Charles Lucien, and his fleet would be able to go north at an early date and break the disappointing stalemate in the Far East as soon as possible.

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