Chapter 554

As for the Americans, or the colonists who came from Europe, the idea of the stone bear can be preserved as much as possible.

If a powerful empire wants to be prosperous for a long time, one of its most basic qualities must not be lost, that is, it has a broad mind and can accommodate the existence of more different nationalities.

In other words, a country with only one or two nationalities can never be strong forever. And those countries that can accommodate more nationalities and exist harmoniously at the same time will inevitably become a powerful country.

This has long been proved in later generations.

The powerful countries of later generations, whether Huaxia or laomaozi or the United States, are multi-ethnic countries. These countries are extremely powerful.

Like those small countries in Africa, each country has a small number of ethnic groups. What's the result?

There are also countries in the Middle East, which are even more inseparable from each other.

Therefore, no matter who wins the war of independence, the stone bear does not intend to let go of these Europeans who stay in the new continent of North America.

In fact, although the number of European colonists in the new world of North America now exceeds that of Indians, most of these colonists are farmers and handicraftsmen who can't get along in Europe. They are a group of hard-working people.

Now these people's requirements for life are very simple. As long as they can eat enough and support their family, they will not rebel easily.

This has been proved by the war of independence.

If the British government can't survive these hardships, who will have enough to fight against the British government?

And if the British government's oppression of the thirteen colonies was not so cruel, they would not lose the whole new continent of North America!

Therefore, it is not very difficult to accept these Europeans.

Give them enough jobs, give them enough land to farm, and reduce their tax burden, and these people will not rebel.

Besides, even if they have other ideas, they have to be able to implement them.

Are you really a decoration?

From the barrel of a gun comes political power. The words of Taizu Ye never dare to forget!

Once these colonists can really return to their hearts, the talents among them will surely be used by the Empire!

After Alvin Osten left, the stone bear kept thinking about these things. It was not until the guardian called him to eat that the stone bear ended his thinking.

It's a huge and long-term plan about how to develop rapidly after the establishment of the Empire. Shi Xiong also knows that he can't perfect this huge plan in a short time.

In addition, the plan can't keep up with the change. Therefore, no matter how perfect the plan is, it needs to be changed temporarily according to the actual situation.

After putting this idea down for a while, stone bear put all his energy into the coming battle in the following days.

The Great Lakes region is located in high latitude. It begins to freeze at the end of December and the beginning of January, and thaws at the end of March and the beginning of April.

It's mid March now. Although the ground is still snowy, according to the report of the hot air balloon observer, the center of Lake Erie has begun to thaw.

While the Detroit River and the St. Clair River had not thawed, the eight regiments of the second division crossed the St. Clair waterway and began the final preparations for the general attack on the Iroquois.

The second division will keep two regiments near Detroit. The two regiments were not looking at the British, but to ensure that the back of the second division would not be cut off. This is something that must be done in a war.

Half a month later, the snow on the ground had almost melted, and the stone bear gave the order of general attack by radio.

In the north, from sushengmali to Cleveland in the south, after deducting the left behind troops, a total of 30000 people started to attack the Iroquois in the east along three lines.

The task of the first division on the north line was the heaviest, because the first division had to attack eastward along the north shore of Huron. It was the farthest way, and it would meet the Huron people along the way. So the number of stormy bears attacking the north line is the largest. The first division and the seven regiments of the mixed seventh division will form the North Road army.

The eight regiments of the second division and the three regiments of the mixed seventh division, with a total of 11000 people, were the shortest. However, the Middle Route Army was the first to contact the Iroquois, so the task of the Middle Route Army was not light.

As for the South Route Army, that is, the mixed eighth division stationed in Cleveland, after leaving one regiment behind, the remaining nine regiments will attack eastward along the South Bank of Lake Erie. The main task of the mixed eighth division was to contain the Iroquois in the south. Of course, if the Iroquois pull the main force to the south, then the mixed eighth division doesn't mind giving the Iroquois main force a hard hand.

After four or five years of development, the equipment of the ten divisions of the fierce bear army is almost the same. There is no difference in hard power, but in soft power.

For example, combat experience and the will of soldiers.

If the Iroquois really think that the mixed eighth division is easy to bully, then the nine regiments of the mixed eighth division can definitely teach the Iroquois a profound lesson.

At that time, the expeditionary force of more than 2000 people was able to defeat the main force of more than 20000 criks led by bighorn sheep. Now its strength is far beyond that of the mixed eighth division of the expeditionary force. It's still easy to defeat the main force of the Iroquois.

Although the Iroquois are now the most powerful tribe in the northeast of the new world, their population is about 100000, and their overall strength is not much different from that of the Crick people of that year. The stone bear is not worried about mixing the eighth division.

Although the snow has almost melted, the speed of the second division is not very fast. After all, the muddy road caused by snowmelt is relatively difficult to walk.

It took the second division ten days to walk 300 kilometers from Detroit to Hamilton. Part of the reason is that the road is difficult. The other reason is that small-scale battles continue along the way.

The Iroquois adopted the tactics of harassing, but this kind of tactics against other tribes was completely turned into the tactics of refueling when facing the second division with overwhelming weapons.

The rigid Iroquois obviously did not want to hold the white flag like this. They sent two or three thousand soldiers to harass the second division along the way. As a result, more than one thousand people were killed by the second division alone, and more than one thousand people were captured!

Along the way, the soldiers of the second division were covered with the blood of the Iroquois.

But when the second division arrived in Hamilton, the good news came from the North Road army.

The Hurons raised the white flag without any resistance