One man's resistance against Japan, I mobilized a million people to aid Shanghai.

Five million troops were crammed around the valley, with no way to use their strength.

Li Xiangdong was so anxious that he kept cursing.

Until, half an hour later.

A staff officer pointed to the north of the map:

"Commander, this place... might be an option."

Li Xiangdong leaned over to take a look.

That is a mountain pass called Metallurgical Creek, about fifty kilometers north of the Spokane River Valley.

The map indicates that the altitude is low and the road is passable, but the road conditions are extremely poor.

"Has any reconnaissance been conducted?"

"Scouts have been sent, but there's been no return yet."

"Then wait!" Li Xiangdong paced impatiently. "Meanwhile, continue the attack!"

"Even if it means filling the river with corpses, make sure a road is carved out of the Spokane River!"

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.

At 2 PM, the scouts reported:

"The pass of Yejinxi is indeed passable, but the road is narrow, only allowing one vehicle to pass at a time, and there are several landslides."

"More importantly... Yamaguchi... seems to be another country."

"Huh?" Li Xiangdong was taken aback.

The staff officer confirmed on the map:

"Commander, Metallurgical Creek Pass is the border of the United States of America. Once we cross the pass, we will enter British Columbia, the province of the United States of America."

Li Xiangdong stared at the map for a few seconds, then suddenly grinned:

"Who cares which country it is! As long as we can get behind the Eagle Army, it's a good route!"

"Order: 31st Mountain Army, advance immediately towards the Metallurgical Creek Pass and open up a flanking route!"

"But Commander, entering another country's territory..."

"Jia Gu, tell me to draw the enemy's attention!"

Li Xiangdong glared at him. "I can't fight head-on right now, so what's wrong with taking a detour?"

"If the Canadians dare to stop me, I'll beat them up too!"

The order has been issued.

......

Early the next morning, the vanguard of the 31st Mountain Army, numbering about 5,000 men, arrived at the Yejinxi Pass under the command of Army Commander Zhao Tiezhu.

The situation at Yamaguchi was worse than the reconnaissance reports indicated.

The road was damaged in many places by floodwaters, and the engineers had to repair the road while advancing.

To make matters worse, at the top of the pass is a border post, a wooden structure with a maple leaf flag flying, guarded by about a platoon of Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

When the Chinese army came into view of the outpost, the Canadian police officers inside were stunned.

"My God..."

Chief Constable McDonald lowered his binoculars, his hands trembling. "Easterners... tens of thousands..."

The deputy stammered:

"Sir, what do we do?"

"Follow procedure." McDonald took a deep breath, grabbed a Lee-Enfield rifle, and walked out of the guard post.

Behind him, more than thirty police officers followed cautiously out.

The vanguard company of the Chinese army stopped two hundred meters from the outpost.

Company Commander Wang Dashan stepped forward and shouted in broken English:

"Who's there? Get out of the way!"

McDonald mustered his courage and responded:

"This is Canadian territory! You have illegally crossed the border!"

"Retreat immediately, or we will take necessary measures!"

Wang Dashan frowned.

He looked back at the troops; five thousand mountain soldiers were gathering at the foot of the mountain pass, and more troops were arriving from behind.

Army Commander Zhao Tiezhu rode his horse to the front line, listened to the report, and then sneered:

"Maple Leaf Country? Ha! Tell them to get out of the way, or we'll run them over."

Wang Dashan turned to McDonald again, this time in Chinese:

"Get out of my way! Or I'll shoot!"

McDonald didn't understand, but he understood the meaning from the other person's attitude.

He gritted his teeth and raised his gun: "Final warning! Back off!"

The standoff lasted for ten seconds.

Then, a nervous Canadian police officer accidentally fired his weapon.

"Bang!"

The bullet hit Wang Dashan's feet, kicking up a cloud of dirt.

"Don't eat the pickled radish! Not only do you not surrender, but you also dare to fire!" Wang Dashan instinctively raised his gun to return fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

Upon seeing their company commander fire, the Chinese soldiers immediately opened fire.

More than 30 Canadian police officers were riddled with bullets in five seconds.

When Sheriff McDonald fell to the ground riddled with seven bullets, his eyes were filled with disbelief.

He couldn't understand how a border standoff could turn into a massacre in an instant.

Zhao Tiezhu spurred his horse over the corpses, not even glancing at the maple leaf flags: "Keep going! Engineers, repair the road!"

News of the border conflict quickly reached Vancouver, the Western Command of the Maple Leaf Nation.

"What? Easterners have invaded? And they even killed our soldiers?"

Commander Lieutenant General Arthur Curry jumped up from his chair. "Are you sure?"

"Confirmed, General." The staff officer's face turned pale.

"The Metallurg Creek outpost has lost contact. Aerial reconnaissance has revealed that at least 50,000 Eastern troops have crossed the border and are advancing toward Phoenix."

"What's even more terrifying is... there are many more behind them, perhaps hundreds of thousands, or even millions."

Lieutenant General Curry slumped back into his chair.

How many troops does the Maple Leaf Country have in the west? The standing army is less than 30,000, and even with the militia, it's no more than 100,000.

"Report this to Ottawa immediately!"

He hissed, "At the same time, order all border troops to go on high alert!"

"But...don't shoot! Repeat, don't shoot!"

Too late.

While Curry's orders were still being relayed, the border was already in complete chaos.

Zhao Tiezhu's 31st Mountain Army received orders from Li Xiangdong:

"Since they've already crossed the line, let's hit them hard! Let's make a big scene!"

"It might be simpler to attack Washington from the north!"

Therefore, the 50,000 mountain troops were divided into three routes.

Heading eastward, it threatens the mainland of Canada.

Heading north, it leads directly to Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.

They stayed on the border to build forward bases.

Maple Leaf Country's border troops attempted to stop them.

Outside Phoenix, a Maple Leaf infantry battalion of about 800 men set up a roadblock, demanding that the Eastern Expeditionary Force halt its advance.

Zhao Tiezhu's answer was: One round of artillery fire.

Twelve 75mm mountain guns fired simultaneously, turning the Maple Leaf Country's position into a sea of ​​fire.

The infantry then charged, and all eight hundred Maple Leaf soldiers were wiped out within half an hour.

When the news reached Ottawa, the entire country of Canada was shocked.

At 2 p.m., Canadian Prime Minister McKenzie King delivered an emergency address to Parliament:

"...This morning, our western border was brutally invaded by Zhu Ganglie. This is a blatant trampling on our sovereignty and a shameless betrayal of international law..."

He took a deep breath: "I hereby declare that the Maple Leaf Nation and Zhu Ganglie have entered a state of war!"

When Li Xiangdong received the news of the declaration of war from the Maple Leaf Country, he was supervising the battle at the Spokane front.

"Declare war?"

He was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter, "Great! I was just wondering where I could put my skills to use!"

"Pass on my order: The 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Army Groups, immediately turn north and enter Canada!"

"Send them all the way to Vancouver!"

"Commander, the Naspokan front..." Li Gan reminded him.

"Leave two army groups to continue the feigned attack; the rest, all move north!"

Li Xiangdong's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "Jia Gu told me to draw the enemy's attention. Is there anything more attention-grabbing than invading Canada?"