Chapter 475

The winter of 1767 was cold, which was no worse than that of last year. After several heavy snows, the whole land turned white.

In previous years, this cold winter was the hardest time for the Cherokees. After all, the tribe is short of food, so hunting is needed to supplement the people's rations. However, in such a cold winter, almost all animals will hide in cat winter, which makes it more difficult to hunt. In many cases, a hunting team of more than ten people will not be able to hunt any large prey if they wander outside for two or three days.

In this case, the cold winter will become a deadly winter, many people will be starved to death.

But this year is different. All the people living in the territory controlled by the Cherokee have had a very comfortable winter. Even if it is so cold, the Cherokee people can still hide in their houses and keep warm in the brazier. They don't have to go out hunting in the cold, let alone run into the danger of wolves wandering in the wilderness

Because the autumn harvest this year is enough food for these people to have a good winter!

This is the biggest change since the stone bear became chief!

In the past, thousands of people were starved to death every winter. Except for the ten or so people who died of disease, none of the Cherokee people, including the Cree and the bowatan people, died of hunger this winter!

If you put it in later generations, this is a great achievement!

Of course, this is nothing for the stone bear.

A few years ago, there was no starvation in the gaoshu tribe. Now it is not rare to spread to the whole tribe.

Although most of the territory controlled by the Cherokee is mountainous, the soil here is really fertile. Rich soil, advanced farming technology and favorable weather make it strange that there will not be a good harvest.

As a result, the whole Cherokee people had a wonderful winter.

However, the Chinese can spend the winter at home with their wives and children every day, but the soldiers of the fierce bear army can't, especially the recruits who just joined the fierce bear army after this year's expansion!

Even though these recruits have trained from summer to winter, they still have to train under the leadership of veterans every day in this cold winter.

Now there is a saying in the fierce bear Army: sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime.

All the soldiers who knew this thought it was true! After all, it was said by the great chief, the son of God. And don't you see that every morning the chief trains with him?

Even the chief followed the training rain or shine. Who dares to be lazy?

As long as you dare to be lazy, there's no need for veterans to say that those recruits can spray you to shame

Everyone knows that as long as they have excellent performance in training, they will be written down by those veterans who are military officers. After the spring of next year, they will be able to March West with the large army, instead of being left behind in Monongahela or two fortresses on the Bank of the river.

It is a soldier's duty to fight for the tribe. If he is left at home, what kind of soldier is he.

Therefore, in this cold winter, the new recruits training progress of the bear army is also very good.

Then, unconsciously, 1768 came, and the spring of that year also came quietly

Although the central prairie of worm month (March) is not as green as the grass, the spring breeze has begun to make this vast prairie with millions of square kilometers full of green.

Countless small animals that have experienced a harsh winter have emerged from unknown corners, and groups of bison have also appeared, which together add countless vitality to the prairie.

One day this month, on the West Bank of the turbulent River, three floating bridges were erected.

Hundreds of soldiers from the industrial barracks of the first division of the stormy bear army crossed the Mihe River by canoe as early as a month ago, with corresponding raw materials.

Thus, in a short period of one month, twelve huge reinforced concrete piers were erected on both sides of the Mihe river. This kind of concrete pier with a height of seven or eight meters is built in a pit with a depth of more than five meters. After the concrete pier is completely solidified, the pit will be backfilled. In this way, the concrete pier will be deeply buried in the land.

Such concrete piers are almost impossible to be pulled out, their only function is to fix the iron chain of the floating bridge!

Once the chain of the pontoon is stretched, a pontoon will soon be built.

When the floating bridge was built, the soldiers of the first division of the explosive bear brigade crossed the Mississippi River, which runs north and south, under the command of the commander in chief of the western expedition, bighorn sheep, and the commander of the first division, Kuaima!

The curtain of the western expedition was completely opened!

According to the operational plan formulated by the general staff of the stone bear and the stormy bear army, the four divisions of the stormy bear brigade, namely the first, second, third and fourth divisions of the stormy bear army, will be dispatched in this western expedition, with a total of 34000 troops.

Among them, the first division is the one with the best equipment, the highest combat effectiveness, the most powerful and the largest number of the whole stormy bear army. There are 10000 people in the first division, 2000 more than the other three divisions, while there are only 8000 people in the second, third and fourth divisions.

As for the Fifth Division, which has only six thousand people, three thousand were left as reserves at Fort okron and Fort Memphis, while the remaining three thousand were stationed at the critical sections of the tribal border.

Although the Fifth Division is only a reserve team, they are also responsible for a lot of tasks. In particular, the three thousand people stationed at Fort Memphis and Fort okron, they not only need to watch the two fortresses, but also watch the retreat for the stormy bear army in the western expedition, at the same time, they should always be alert to the French.

Yes, the French have been dishonest since they were beaten down two fortresses by the explosive bear brigade last year, and seven or eight inland river armed transport ships were dug up at the same time.

They want revenge, they want to take down the two military fortresses, and most importantly, they want to regain control of the waterway of the Mihe River and its tributaries.

But how can the stone bear do what they want? So, from May last year, whether it's Fort Memphis or Fort okron, almost every month we've had a fight with the French.

However, relying on the strong fortress walls and 55 mortars with an effective range of 2500 meters, the explosive bear brigade has beaten the French to ashes. Up to now, the two fortresses have been seized by the explosive bear army.

The French didn't move last winter, but that doesn't mean they won't do it after spring.

So the task of the 3000 soldiers of the Fifth Division is still very heavy.

PS: the year of the rat is coming. On the morning of the first day of the lunar new year, Lao Mo pays new year's greetings to all the brothers and sisters who have been supporting Lao Mo! I wish you all the best in the year of rat, good health, harmonious family and successful career!