Chapter 1952: The Great Dividing Range Zone

At this moment, in the Great Dividing Range sector.

After enduring countless hardships, Li He's troops were about to reach the other side of the Great Dividing Range.

But on the final stretch of the road out of the Great Dividing Range.

Li He ordered the troops to be on alert; according to Longyan's previous research in Australia, the terrain behind the Great Dividing Range would no longer be jungle, but sparse Grassland.

In such terrain, they would have no cover whatsoever.

This meant that once they left the mountainous area, they would expose their movements for a period of time.

This was a very dangerous thing.

Li He's Resistance Army now had a sharply reduced force, with only five thousand troops having arrived on the Australian continent.

To maintain their strength and keep their combat capability as high as possible, they had chosen not to march overland from the coastline.

This was to avoid encountering ambushes by the French troops.

They had chosen the Great Dividing Range precisely because of such concerns.

However, although they had bypassed the routes garrisoned and guarded by the French troops, taking the detour through the Great Dividing Range still carried great risks.

If the French troops were already lying in ambush on the Grassland on the other side of the Great Dividing Range at this moment.

That would catch their troops off guard; in such a state.

Without any cover, their troops would very likely be completely wiped out.

After thinking of this, Li He ordered the troops to enter a state of alert.

They were to march cautiously and be ready at any time to respond to potential sudden battles.

The five-thousand-man force, utilizing the jungle, adopted a diagonal marching formation to weave through the forest.

After the trees became increasingly sparse and gradually turned into Grassland.

Ge Dazhuang led a hundred or so men to act as the vanguard, entering the vast Grassland to scout the situation.

The French commander spotted Ge Dazhuang's figure; through their Telescope, they saw the worn-out military uniform on Ge Dazhuang and the Musket in his hand.

Ordinary people would not come here, and it was even less likely for hunters to come over.

The French commander immediately confirmed that they were the Resistance Army they had been searching for!

The French commander whispered an order for his men not to act rashly, as Ge Dazhuang's party only consisted of a hundred or so men.

With just this many people, they were certainly not the main force of the Resistance Army.

Perhaps they were a vanguard, or it was hard to say; in any case, it could be some other unit.

After considering this, the French troops remained still, like wolves keeping a close watch on their prey.

On the uneven Grassland, there seemed to be no crisis.

But in reality, as soon as these French ambush troops moved out, the Resistance Army's troops would absolutely be wiped out entirely.

Li He's Resistance Army expedition this time was not well-prepared.

They carried Muskets, but no Cannon.

On Tasmania, they had not developed the kind of Cannon that Longyan had, which was extremely suitable for mountain and jungle warfare.

These were Longyan's latest technologies and had not been passed on to them in Australia.

The standard Cannon on those Battleships were simply too heavy; they could be carried, but would greatly slow down the marching speed.

Especially when walking on mountain roads, for the troops, such Cannon were no different from decorations.

Not only were they difficult to transport, but the terrain conditions would also limit the effectiveness of the Cannon.

In mountain warfare, these difficult-to-carry Cannon were of no use.

But on the current Grassland, the Cannon would become a sharp weapon again.

However, Li He's Resistance Army had not brought any.

Ge Dazhuang was scouting the situation on the Grassland; looking at the boundless expanse, Ge Dazhuang carefully checked for potential risks.

Searching the Grassland was not that difficult.

There were too few places in the grass that could conceal troops.

However, Ge Dazhuang even passed right over the heads of the French troops without discovering their tracks.

Regarding this performance by the Resistance Army, the French troops were initially very worried that Ge Dazhuang had discovered them.

If that were the case, they would have to take Ge Dazhuang out at that moment, which would expose their position and make the subsequent head-on battle with the Resistance Army somewhat difficult.

It might even scare the Resistance Army away.

But what they did not expect was that Ge Dazhuang, even while walking right there, did not notice anything amiss.

Having obtained this result, the French commander did not know whether to attribute this credit to his own excellent camouflage or the other side's poor standard.

They heard the conversation of Ge Dazhuang's party.

"Any problems?"

"No, no problems at all."

"Good."

Ge Dazhuang gestured as he spoke; the others watched Ge Dazhuang's hand gestures for a moment, but they were all slightly stunned, subconsciously wanting to look toward that spot.

But they quickly suppressed such thoughts.

"Let's go, let's head back."

Ge Dazhuang said in a low voice.

The group nodded one after another and immediately prepared to leave.

Hearing the sound of their retreating footsteps, the French commander curled his lips into a smile.

They had discovered nothing, and Li He would know nothing.

Then the main force arriving next would directly face their ambush, and Li He's Resistance Army would be buried by his hands.

At this moment, Ge Dazhuang retreated quickly and swiftly.

Seeing Li He, he reported in a hurry.

"General, there are ambushes ahead, and it looks like the number is not small!"

"They are just waiting for us to go over there right now!"

When Ge Dazhuang saw the camouflage made of withered grass by the French troops, he actually saw through it at a glance, but he remained calm, just to create a false impression for the French troops that they knew nothing.

He deceived the French troops; otherwise, their entire team would not have been able to return.

Even the main force would have suffered as well, as they were already exposed to the enemy's view at that time.

"General, what do we do now!"

Now they were in a dilemma; there were ambushes in front, and they still had to cross back through the jungle behind, but their operational objective was on the other side of the Great Dividing Range, the city of Xie Fang.

Choosing another route would make their difficulty even greater.

Li He's expression changed slightly; this situation was already the worst-case scenario he had anticipated.

Although the marching tracks of their troops had been erased, as long as there was any map, it would not be difficult to infer their destination from the direction in which they disappeared.

After all, their war objective was to reach the city of Xie Fang.

Now this city on the coastline had already fallen.

Li He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Prepare for battle; if they want to fight us, we will accompany them!"

"Brothers, prepare your Muskets; the next one will be our first battle since arriving in Australia."

"It is highly likely to be a very cruel and fierce battle!"

"But, we possess an unyielding will; even in the fiercest battle, we will not fear!"

The soldiers of the Resistance Army finished loading all the Muskets in their hands; they had already made the determination to die.

Based on the intelligence provided by Ge Dazhuang, Li He immediately drew up a battle plan.

They would not stay in the jungle for too long, as this would make the enemy suspicious.

After a few brief minutes, Li He's troops completed their combat readiness and alert, and they walked out of the jungle.

The field of vision suddenly became vast; looking at the Grassland ahead, that was where the French troops were lying in ambush.

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