In the northern theater, Li Dingguo first led the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force, cooperating with Zhang Tianbao's approximately 20,000 cavalry, starting from Columbia south of Vancouver and heading south.
Twenty-two battles were fought with the Spanish army along the way. Because there were tanks on the ground, aircraft in the sky, plus heavy artillery and missiles, there was no defeat.
This surprised Zhang Tianbao and many of his generals. The passive battle situation that caused them headaches was reversed by Li Dingguo almost in a short time.
The only drawback was that the total number of enemies annihilated was less than 3,000. The Spaniards saw that the situation was not good, so they fought and retreated, and would not defend a certain place to the death.
Although northern California was the front line, Governor Ariola did not invest a lot of troops. He had only mobilized 20,000 to 30,000 troops for the previous defeat of Zhang Tianbao.
Carlos III expressed concern that the defense lines of the Viceroyalty of California were too long, so after Ariola's victory, only about 10,000 garrison troops were retained at various frontline strongholds.
The North American Emperor's worries were not without reason. He had been sneak-attacked by the yellow-skinned monkey's fleet several times before, with heavy casualties each time.
It's not that the imperial troops can't capture Vancouver, but they have to defend it once they capture it, which invisibly dilutes the defense strength of the entire west coast.
Carlos III originally wanted to save for another two or three years, and then let Ariola launch the final battle to wipe out the yellow-skinned monkey country in North America in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, the other party actually took the initiative to attack him.
The “other party” does not refer to Zhang Tianbao, but to the distant yellow-skinned monkey king—Zhu Cihong!
In view of the limited troops he had at hand in the early stage, Li Dingguo did not rely too much on the attack distance, especially as the King's Division had only 5,000 soldiers and the Japanese army had 20,000.
The first year ended when they only reached the crater area south of Oak Ridge. The entire army camped on the spot for the winter. Only in southern California could they enjoy the tropical climate.
The Spanish cavalry had a very large range of activities. South of the Columbia River and west of the Snake River, that is, the entire Oregon region, was its guerrilla zone.
After the opponent gave up a large-scale attack and turned to tactics combining harassment and ambush, the time came for Li Dingguo to have a headache.
Counter-guerrilla warfare was not his mission, and his troops were short of war horses, so he could only rely on his nephew Zhang Tianbao's troops to do such a thankless task.
There were also many Indian tribal armed forces who planned to regain their lost territory, especially the chiefs, who took refuge in Zhang Tianbao. They obviously felt that they would be better off if they followed Zhang Tianbao, who was backed by the Ming Empire.
The Spaniards were simply unwilling to treat them as human beings, so they had no choice but to embark on the path of desperate resistance.
The problem is that the Indian tribal armed forces are not good at counter-guerrilla, but good at what the other party is doing!
Li Dingguo distributed some anti-guerrilla pamphlets to this group of temporary partners, but they did not have much effect for a while.
In a short period of time, only aircraft can be used for reconnaissance, and they can cooperate with the cavalry troops on the ground to carry out encirclement and suppression or sneak attacks.
The total force Zhang Tianbao and the Indian tribal armed forces could bring to the south was only 50,000, which was obviously not enough to counter guerrillas.
It wasn't until two more armies came over from the mainland that the situation changed, and the change was limited to a small scale.
Li Dingguo had 75,000 people under his command, 15,000 of whom were his old troops, and his combat effectiveness increased sharply.
During this period, Zhang Tianbao saw that his second uncle had a strong army but weak horses, so he provided a thousand horses at a time.
As the emperor of the Dadong Empire, Zhang Tianbao hoped that his second uncle could avenge him on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to guard against this uncle who had served the dog emperor Zhu Cixiang for many years.
After so many years, everyone in the Dadong Empire was still wary of the Ming Empire, fearing that it would be destroyed overnight.
The appearance of Li Dingguo relieved Zhang Tianbao's urgent need, which could be said to be a timely help, but it was still difficult to change Zhang Tianbao and others' inherent views on the court.
Before his death, the old emperor Zhang Xianzhong told Zhang Tianbao to be careful, watch out for, and make use of the west. Only by remembering these three words can the empire avoid disaster.
Zhang Xianzhong knew that during his lifetime, the one in the west had no interest in the Dadong Empire, but after his death, he might...
The problem was that the age difference between the two emperors of the East and West was too great. When Zhang Xianzhong died, Zhu Cihong was only 40 years old.
This was the time when the emperor was in his prime, and Zhang Tianbao's skill and ability were far inferior to his opponent.
Zhang Xianzhong could only tell his son that from now on he should keep his tail between his legs and act like a grandson, right?
As long as you don't offend the one in the west, you can still conduct barter trade and make the Dadong Empire invincible.
Zhang Xianzhong's arrangement was good, but everything went up in smoke with Sun Kewang's rebellion...
The eldest uncle defected to the Spanish, the second uncle was far away in the mainland, the third uncle died of illness, and the fourth uncle died in the war.
As a large number of civil servants and generals died in battle or passed away one after another, Zhang Tianbao's men were almost in decline.
This directly led to repeated defeats on the frontal battlefield and the loss of nearly half of the territory left by Zhang Xianzhong.
After Li Dingguo arrived, the situation improved, giving Zhang Tianbao hope of turning defeat into victory.
The next year, Bai Liangbi led his troops to land in Eureka, which meant that he could fight with Zhang Tianbao and Li Dingguo.
In the early stage, Bai Liangbi's army only had one army, and the other two armies could be brought in half a year later, which was similar to the previous model of Li Dingguo's army.
But this news still gave Li Dingguo great confidence, indicating that he was not fighting alone in the northern theater.
The mission of Bai Liangbi's unit is very simple, which is to open up the land corridor to the two fortresses in the Bay Area and Long Beach.
In the early stage, Bai Liangbi could only fight from Eureka to the Bay Area and join the local Marine Corps.
This section is relatively easy to fight, but going from the Bay Area to Long Beach is more difficult.
Not only will the climate change drastically, but the battlefield will be hotter and less watery, and the rivers will cut off in summer.
The Spaniards also gradually became smarter. They ambush near the valley, use mortars, and then run away on horseback after firing the cannons. You can't catch up.
Bai Liangbi, who was so angry that his beard turned white after suffering several hidden losses, couldn't help but cursed. These grandsons were even more shameless than he was back then!
He was born a bandit, and later he changed his ways. As a result, when he arrived in the East in his later years, he encountered groups of Spanish bandits. Is this retribution sent by God?
Once caught, you can kill without mercy. You can kill him any way you want!
This is the order given by Bai Liangbi, and this is the only way to relieve his hatred.
From Eureka to Long Beach, it took Bai Liangbi more than two years to reach his destination.
With a designated strength of 75,000 men, after arriving at the place, nearly 300 people were killed, about 500 lost combat effectiveness, and more than 20,000 were injured.
This is still close to the coast and fleet supplies can be obtained at any time.
Bai Liangbi didn't even dare to think about the consequences of fighting deep inland...
It can be said that Governor Ariola of California achieved the most brilliant victory over Bai Liangbi.
But this did not stop the Ming army from continuing to move south, and in more than two years they captured nearly half of the California Governorate.
When Li Dingguo and Bai Liangbi joined hands to attack the Spanish cavalry in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Zhou Yuji also came over.
Although the three troops all fought in the Governor's District of California in the short term, their operations were in completely different directions.
Li and Bai's attack focused on the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Great Basin, while Zhou Yuji wanted to go all the way east.
There are still a large number of Spanish regular troops at the junction of the three viceroyalties of California, Mexico, and Texas, and it is too early to talk about counter-guerrilla warfare.
If the local Spanish regular army is not crippled and dispersed, the other party can dispatch 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry at a time, which poses a very great threat to our own side.
"Brother Zhou, how do you feel about this mountain?"
"It's so big! It's so difficult to attack!"
When asked by Zeng Ying, Zhou Yuji suddenly felt that despite his age, he had acted foolishly at this time.
It was so easy to encircle and suppress the enemy bandits with Li Dingguo and Bai Liangbi in California, but they went to the Rocky Mountains in the middle to fight guerrillas.
The Rocky Mountains run for three thousand miles, and the mountains in Shanxi combined are not as big as them. Xiyi has finally found an excellent guerrilla location.
Before he came, Zeng Ying was already here looking at the mountains and sighing.
Any ideas?
After thinking about it for a long time, I came up with no solution!
Use 25,000 men to encircle and suppress the enemies hiding in the Rocky Mountains.
Even if the respected master comes, the difficulty will not be reduced at all!
Zeng Ying originally planned to invite Li Dingguo to encircle the enemy, but after asking about it, he found out that he was in California.
This is hopeless, Bai Liangbi is also there.
His senior brother Huang Ting was busy capturing James II in the Mississippi River Basin.
The seventh junior brother Zheng Chenggong and the youngest junior brother Zheng Shengying are still on the east coast. They are waiting for backup here, and they are afraid that they will have to wait for two years.
If it were not for carrying fishing nets with them, it would be a problem for the troops to eat now.
Zeng Ying tried hard to put the experience gained in Siberia into practice, but unexpectedly fell into the same pit for the second time.
After many years, he once again led his soldiers to fish and hunt in the wilderness. This fire...
The only good news the two got during this period was that they could get supplies from the south.
All were transported by air, so they could only be supplies urgently needed by the troops.
The Academy of Sciences sent all one hundred of the first mass-produced "Hercules" transport aircraft to the North American battlefield.
This transport aircraft adopts an eight-engine structure, with two engines in each group, and they still use the "Albatross" engine.
However, there are only four propellers, but the volume is much larger than that of the "Albatross".
It can transport about one thousand kilograms of cargo for a distance of two thousand miles at a time. If it is loaded with less cargo, it can fly more than three thousand miles.
This is the first large aircraft designed by the Academy of Sciences. The reference picture given by Emperor Haojing is the B-52 "Stratospheric Fortress"!
The "Hercules" transport aircraft can both transport and drop bombs. If it is equipped with a bunch of machine guns, it can also perform ground attack missions.
It can be regarded as a multi-purpose large aircraft. Apart from the relatively expensive test flight cost, which is more than twenty aircraft, it is affordable in other aspects.
In order to avoid becoming a one-time valuable item, the transport aircraft unit must first transport the required fuel to the destination.
When Zeng Ying saw this giant aircraft, he knew that his master had invested heavily in the North American battlefield, and he was determined not to disgrace his master.
However, with just a hundred transport aircraft, it is really difficult to solve the daily consumption of the troops.
Fortunately, there is another transportation channel, which is to take the Mississippi River, the Missouri River, and the Yellowstone River.
The disadvantage is that the distance is too far. If you start timing from the entrance to the sea, the whole journey will take about two months.
This is also the only remaining life channel for the troops. It is more reliable to rely on transport planes to airdrop rations than to fish on the spot.
After spending the winter on the spot, the two decided to retreat in the spring of Haojing's forty-seventh year (1690)...
Carrying out a campaign of suppression means huge costs and little success, which is really difficult to explain to His Majesty.
During this period, eight expensive transport planes also crashed.
It is conceivable that even if a hundred "Hercules" transport planes are destroyed, they may not be able to wipe out the Westerners in the Rocky Mountains.
Let them roam around for a while. The expeditionary force will first pick out the weak persimmons and eliminate the enemies on the plains.
After the two agreed, they led their troops south. The return journey was naturally very fast, because the soldiers all knew they could go back and rest.
They drove straight in, but in vain. This was the first time for both Zhou Yuji and Zeng Ying.
Now it’s finally clear how big North America is!
It's so big that even knowing that the enemy is in the mountains can make you give up the attack because of supplies!
Therefore, the unlucky ones are the enemies in the south, not only the Spaniards but also the British, all of them will be wiped out!
At this time, the campaign of suppression in the Viceroyalty of Mexico had come to an end.
Unlike the operations north of the Viceroyalty of Mexico, Emperor Hao Jing deployed ten armies totaling 250,000 men here.
The Spanish army in the area north of New Madrid has been divided, surrounded and repeatedly crushed by the expeditionary force, and there are not many people left.
Although they also wanted to fight guerrillas, the number of expeditionary forces was large enough and the density of counter-guerrilla warfare was high enough, making it impossible to take advantage of guerrilla tactics.
As for the enemies in the area from Panama to New Madrid City, because they are smaller in number and can still receive fire support from the fleet, their combat intensity is relatively low. Emperor Hao Jing gave them to Polo's troops for free to level up...
But we must cherish this precious opportunity. After the Spanish troops in this area are eliminated, if we want to fight in the future, we will have to come to North America.
For Carlos III, life has not been good in the past five years.
First they were besieged in New Madrid, and they finally defeated the yellow-skinned monkey, and then the opponent came back again.
He had to abandon the entire city and hurriedly fled to Monterey with his guards.
After the garrison of New Madrid surrendered, the yellow-skinned monkeys invaded Monterey.
Carlos III had to abandon the city and flee to Juarez.
Without waiting for good news from the imperial troops, they had to abandon Juarez and flee to Texas.
When we arrived in Texas, we stayed for a long time, but it also meant that the Viceroyalty of Mexico could not be recovered for the time being.
This made Carlos III, who had been living a wandering life before, feel very uncomfortable. He was clearly on his own land, but he was driven around by yellow-skinned monkeys.
The ministers could only comfort the emperor that the darkness was only temporary, and they must be ready to welcome the light at any time.
But the bad news coming from the front line is one after another, and it seems to be getting darker and darker!
The only thing that could give Carlos III some comfort was that James II was also beaten away by the yellow-skinned monkey.
His brother Charles II lived such a "good life" in his early years, and now it is considered a "tradition" of their family.
Thinking of himself, Carlos III couldn't help but feel happy.
At least I have never slept in a tree, which is a blessing among misfortunes.
