Chapter 476

The first division crossed the river not far downstream of the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

With the southern and Eastern expeditions of the explosive bear brigades in the past two years, this large area to the east of the Mihe River and the south of the ohe river is now basically controlled by the Cherokee people.

Now, with all the officers and men of the first division of the stormy bear Army crossing the Mississippi River, the western expedition plan made by the stone bear himself began.

Across the river, there used to be a small Missouri tribe with a small population of more than 200 people, mainly fishing and hunting.

When the soldiers of the first division began to cross the river to build a floating bridge, the small tribe ran away early. Even though it was a little cold at that time, the little tribe did not dare to stay here

The soldiers of the first division soon crossed the wide Mississippi River and began to build barracks with the help of the thatched houses left by the small tribe.

This will be the base camp of the western expedition of the fierce bear army. The "big manager" Kuangshi, who is responsible for the logistics of the whole western expedition, will be here to take care of the huge logistics materials for the whole western expedition.

Speaking of the old lion, the stone bear is also very helpless.

As the leader of Honghe tribe, one of the top ten tribes of the Cherokee people, he had to follow the western expedition after learning about the plan of the stone bear's westward expedition.

At first, Shi Xiong didn't agree, but he couldn't stand it. The old lion was too pestering, so he finally agreed. However, in view of crazy lion's age, Shi Xiong did not agree to join the offensive troops, but asked him to take charge of the logistics of the whole army in the rear.

Crazy lion very happily agreed to the stone bear's promise, but also modestly to the second division of the storm bear army commander bone spear for advice.

As early as when the expeditionary army went to the south to invade the Kerry people, bone spear was the logistics manager of the expeditionary army. For logistics, bone spear was very experienced. Moreover, the lion not only asks for advice from him, but also "harasses" the stone bear from time to time. He has a strong desire to drive the chief away

In the following period of time, the officers and men of the first division will take the logistics camp as the center and attack in the west, North and south directions. They will drive away all the enemies in the semicircle area with a radius of about 50 km or so in more than ten days. Play a peaceful area for the brothers of the second, third and fourth divisions.

It's said that the troops and horses didn't move, but in fact, the scouts were the first to act!

These Cherokee riders, who are the most skillful, will ride their horses in advance to find out the situation in this area and beyond, and then draw a simple map for the rear commanders to make corresponding decisions.

These scouts are the eyes of the stormy bear army. The scope of their activities is as large as the scope of the stormy bear army's subsequent attack.

When the intelligence continuously gathered in the hands of bighorn sheep and Kuaima, the two top commanders and staff officers quickly made the corresponding battle plan.

The first division has three brigades and nine regiments. Each regiment has 1000 officers and soldiers. In addition to the large number of Engineering Battalion, logistics battalion and division headquarters, the number is exactly 10000.

The other eight regiments are divided into eight directions, with the rear camp as the center and attacking in a fan-shaped way.

According to the information brought back by the scouts, seven Missouri tribes and four Arkansas tribes were found in the semicircle with a radius of about 50 kilometers. Most of the Missouri tribes were in the West and North, while the Arkansas tribes were in the southwest.

It's under the control of the osaqis, both Missouri and Arkansas.

In view of this situation, the big horn sheep decided to divide the army into eight groups, one regiment for each group, and pull out the eleven Tribes!

Although each regiment has only 1000 people, the soldiers of the first division are really armed to the teeth. Moreover, with the excellent equipment of the first division, not to mention the Indians, even the most powerful Englishmen at present, even if they send 3000 people, they will be beaten in front of the first division.

At that time, the equipment of the expeditionary army was far less than that of the first division of the stormy bear army, but the expeditionary army of 2100 people collapsed in a battle.

To this, bighorn sheep but deep experience! He was the commander of the Cree!

However, the weapons of the first division of the stormy bear army are far from those of the expeditionary army.

For example, a regiment of the first division will have a special mortar company, equipped with eight 55 mortars. In addition, there are two catapult companies, equipped with 100 catapults with smokeless powder as propellant and new xiaohuazha powder as warhead.

The remaining 700 soldiers, including 300 Musketeers, are equipped with explosive bear rifles with an effective range of 600 meters, top 200 archers and strong bows with a range of 140 meters. In addition, the security company directly under the regiment, the scouts and logistics troops are also equipped with powerful weapons.

The main mortar company and the catapult company alone are enough to destroy all the enemies on the road.

The power of the blossom bomb in this era is not small. Especially for the Indians who don't see much overheated weapons, the acousto-optic effect of explosion alone can frighten them down.

The eight regiments of the first division, under the leadership of their respective scouts, are advancing rapidly towards their respective goals.

If you look down from high altitude, it is eight sharp arrows shooting in eight directions!

The first one to contact the enemy was the second regiment of the first division. The second regiment attacked in the northwest direction. On the road ahead of them, there was a big Missouri tribe with a population of more than 1000 people!

The ambitious soldiers of the second regiment saw this extensive tribe after they trudged about 10 kilometers.

Most of the Cherokee tribes are in mountainous areas. Even the top ten tribes are as small as possible, so most of the Cherokee tribes are very compact.

However, this is the Central Plains. There are endless plains and grasslands everywhere. Therefore, the land occupied by a tribe of more than 1000 people is several times that of the Cherokee tribe.

The officers and men of the second regiment prepared to win the big tribe one by one, making a good start for the western expedition. What I didn't expect was that when the soldiers of the second regiment set out to attack, the tribe didn't move at all.

Finally, when the scouts rode close to the tribe carefully, they found that the tribe was empty and no one was seen!

I wanted to clench my fist to give the enemy a head-on blow, but I didn't expect that I would shake my waist