New Ming Empire mixed in America

By the time Su Ping and the others took Jackson to Texas by train, Sun Laifu had already withdrawn to Jinling with the National Defense Forces.

However, after such a long period of construction, the railway from the Xinming Empire to Texas is almost completed.

Because both sides are under construction at the same time, only the middle area is left unfinished.

This railway built along the telegraph line will not only handle trade between the New Ming Empire and the Confederacy in the future, but will also consolidate the dominance of the New Mexico region through armored trains.

"Your Majesty, the resistance in New Mexico is almost invisible, but we are not yet able to take care of the rest of the western region."

As soon as Sun Laifu came back, he reported to Li Mingqi the situation while stationed at the border during this period.

"The construction of the railway is going quite smoothly now, but the section of railway we are responsible for consumes a lot of wasted work..."

Because the railway was built at both ends, the Xinming Empire used white workers on the side, while they used African-American workers on the part of the railway subcontracted to Texas.

Because we wanted to shorten the distance of the railway as much as possible, we did not go through the Arizona plains under the New Mexico region, so it was more difficult to build.

This is the reason why road construction workers have suffered serious losses and why the cost of railway construction is much higher than usual.

Although Li Mingqi had already learned about these through Jin Yiwei, Sun Laifu had to report it himself.

"If the Army of the Northern Federation wants to cooperate with the British expeditionary fleet, they can only go to Canada to join the other party's army first, so that they can have enough supplies."

Having said this, Sun Laifu started drawing on the map.

As for why we don’t go directly across what Americans call the western region to the west coast, firstly, it’s because the land is vast and sparsely populated and there is no place for supplies.

The second reason is that there are a large number of Indians active there. If they want to pass through, they will definitely be attacked by the Indians, and the long supply line will collapse directly.

Because these Indians did not join the Xinming Empire, they were not qualified to be called Yin people.

But Li Mingqi had already sent people to sell weapons to those Indians.

After arming these Indians, there is no need to worry about the millions of troops from the north and the south suddenly joining forces to attack the Xinming Empire.

Although that situation was so small that it could be ignored, the Xinming Empire had to guard against it.

Therefore, if the Northern Federation wants to cooperate in leading the British army, it can only go north to the Canadian region, join them, and then go through the old path of leading the British army again.

"In my opinion, it is impossible for those northern foreigners to send troops to participate in this joint attack on the Xinming Empire. Even if they participate, the number of troops will not be too large."

Sun Laifu clicked on the locations of Washington, the capital of the Northern Union, and Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, and continued:

"Now that they have become a mess here, it is unlikely that they will be able to determine the outcome within a short period of time."

Jefferson Davis, the commander-in-chief of the Confederacy, was very tough and established the capital of Richmond opposite Washington, the capital of the Northern Confederacy. The two were very close to each other.

So now there are a lot of battles surrounding the capitals of both sides, but the battles in other theaters are somewhat conservative.

Both sides maintained a defensive posture in the remaining theaters and put all their forces on the battlefield between the capitals of both sides.

Moreover, this situation was caused by Lin himself. He did not remotely command the army to attack Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, and now his capital would not be surrounded by the other side.

Therefore, it is difficult to get off the tiger, so we can only hastily carry out large-scale killings near the capital.

Li Mingqi also agrees with the situation mentioned by Sun Laifu.

Now the British expeditionary fleet has arrived near Panama with the army drawn from the younger brother.

In two weeks, we will almost be able to reach the waters of the Xinming Empire, so the two brigades led by Sun Laifu were transferred back at this time to prevent accidents.

"I believe that the British expeditionary fleet is likely to attack San Francisco directly, and then attack Jinling along the bay, so we should put the main force in the defense of the San Francisco area."

Li Mingqi could hear the meaning of Sun Laifu's words, which was to abandon Yingtian Mansion and the Baja California Peninsula that had just come over from Mexico if the war was not going well.

"There must be defenders at Yingtian Mansion. Two regiments are almost enough. The remaining seven regiments should be used to defend San Francisco and the original coastline of Southern California."

As soon as Sun Laifu finished speaking, Li Mingqi shook his head and said, "There's no need to go to such trouble. You didn't take Song He's navy into consideration."

The reason why Sun Laifu wanted to deploy defenses along the coast just now was because he made arrangements based on the failure of the naval battle.

But Li Mingqi did not think that the royal fleet of the Xinming Empire would be defeated by the expedition fleet led by the British.

Now all six new ironclad ships have been launched, and navy soldiers have begun to board the ships to familiarize themselves with their performance.

With these six new warships, the Xinming Empire is not afraid of any form of naval battle.

"I am preparing for a decisive battle near Yingtianfu. The navy will intercept the opponent's fleet in the waters near Yingtianfu."

"What you have to do is lead the National Defense Forces to Yingtian Mansion to set up defenses. If their naval battle is unfavorable and they prepare to land, it will be your army's time to show off!"

Li Mingqi finally stated his plan. He was not prepared to allow the British navy to appear on the west coast.

In fact, if the construction of new warships had not been too slow, Li Mingqi was ready to rush to Peru directly and defeat the opponent's expedition fleet in front of many of his subordinates.

But now time waits for no one, so we can only fight in the sea near Yingtian Mansion.

In this case, after defeating the opponent, there will still be enough ocean depth to pursue and destroy the opponent.

Although the sea is vast, the ports where supplies can be carried out cannot be moved, so if they want to escape, they can only escape along the coastline with ports.

The Pacific side is not the Atlantic Ocean on the European side.

The Pacific Ocean is very vast and there are not many supply ports. If you want to escape to the Far East, you must have enough supplies to go to the Hawaiian Islands.

Then resupply in Hawaii and set off for Midway Island, or go directly to Japan.

There is also another route, which is along the west coast, passing through Alaska and entering the territory of Tsarist Russia, supplying supplies at the ports of Tsarist Russia and heading to the Far East to join the British squadron stationed in the Far East.

This route is also the route that Li Mingqi and his companions took on the "Flying Bird" merchant ship to San Francisco.

Because the Flying Bird merchant ship was relatively small, it could only reach San Francisco from Pseudo-Qing in a large circle along the coastline.

This is why it took them so long to cross the Pacific Ocean.

(I forgot to mention the protagonist’s route to the West Coast at the beginning. I only mentioned one port. It was my mistake.)

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Laifu asked: "I don't know anything about naval battles. I'm just afraid that Song He won't be able to defeat the opponent's fleet..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song He's furious voice came from the door of the room: "Why am I not qualified?"