Chapter 536 (1/2)
In 1775, the autumn crops did not catch up with the planting.
Even if the stormy bear army speeds up its March, and even if the stormy bear army directly sweeps over the chipeways, Ottawa and Miami people in a crushing manner, it is October after they have completely conquered all three tribes.
Conquering these three tribes was not as fast as expected, especially the chipewa. The 3000 kilometer Lake coastline was enough to break the legs of the bear army.
Even if the stone bear later mobilized some smaller inland river armed transport ships to go up the north of Illinois, then directly into Lake Michigan through the Chicago River, then into Lake Huron through Lake Michigan, and finally into Lake Superior through the natural river channel between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, there was no way to help the bear army, The most important thing is to help the bear army transport some materials and ammunition.
After all, more ships to Beijing only need to transport food and personnel.
Starting from Shangjing, some ships went up the north side of Mississippi, and some ships went northeast along the Ohio River to pull some people and food. When they came back, they brought the qipewa, Ottawa and Miami people to Shangjing.
This job alone accounts for 80% of the transportation capacity of Shangjing. Therefore, there is no surplus transport capacity to help the soldiers of the fierce bear army speed up the expedition. Then, it was not until the middle and late October that the three tribes were completely occupied by the fierce bear army. By this time, the weather around the great lakes has become very cold
Judging from the topography of the North American continent, the Great Lakes are actually a huge vent. The cold current from the north to the south of the mainland will always be the first to enter the territory of the United States through here. Therefore, even if there are five Great Lakes here as an adjustment, it is still inevitable that the temperature will get colder and colder day by day.
Fortunately, most of the waterways of the Great Lakes were not frozen in October, so the bear Stormers, who had freed up their transport capacity, began to set up defense lines, or attack bases, on the lines of Susanne Marie, Detroit and Cleveland.
From the end of October, the first and second divisions of the fierce bear army will be stationed in this line as the main force, and the third division, the mixed Fifth Division and the mixed Sixth Division will return to Shangjing for repair. The mixed seventh division and the mixed eighth Division will be transferred here from Shangjing to assist the first and second divisions in building this defense line.
These four divisions will stay here until April next year, for half a year. They will spend a long and cold winter here, which is also the longest and coldest winter in their life.
In order to ensure that the soldiers can safely spend this winter, the stone bear also came up with a lot of ways.
For example, the stone bear carried the Chinese ”cellar”.
This kind of ”house” has been used for thousands of years in Northeast China. Half of it is underground and half of it is on the ground. It has good thermal insulation. People in Northeast China have used it for thousands of years and it has been used very well. The most important thing is that it's very convenient to repair this kind of cellar.
Now the Cherokees are not short of irons, and the bear soldiers are equipped with a shovel. In the Great Lakes region, there are abundant water resources, and the trees are very luxuriant, with thick trees everywhere.
When repairing a cellar, dig a big enough pit about two meters deep on a slope facing the sun and close to the water source. In the middle of the pit, top it with a big tree, put logs on it, hold it firmly with big nails, then cover it with thick thatch, and cover it with thick soil. A cellar will be repaired.