Wild North America 1846

More than a month after Prime Minister Temple took office, London made two major announcements targeting North America, which attracted great attention from Richard. His extraordinary premonition could detect the low pressure before the storm, and he knew that this could be dangerous.

Not a good thing.

The first big news was that Prime Minister Temple instigated members of the ruling party to throw out the "British North America Act" in the British House of Commons, which aimed to combine Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Unified Dominion.

The above-mentioned areas are all located on the eastern coast of British Canada, which has a long history of colonial development, a large population, and is relatively developed, along the Great Lakes region.

The area under its jurisdiction accounts for about 16% of the British Canadian colony, but covers more than 69% of the population. The above-mentioned areas were previously fragmented and fragmented. After the merger and formation of a new unified dominion, its influence and role will surely have 112

Effect.

Through this move, the Temple government attempted to unify the scattered Canadian colonies and form a Canadian Dominion government.

when the time is right

It will promote other central, western and northern Canadian provinces to join the Canadian Dominion government, thereby achieving unified and effective colonial rule and jointly coping with the chaos in North America.

I have to say, this move is very powerful.

As of 1859

The population of the entire British Canadian colony has grown to about 2.54 million, most of which are concentrated in the east and the Great Lakes border areas adjacent to the United States.

There are successful precedents for London's sophisticated politicians to adopt this integration policy, such as the United States;

Initially, the thirteen states in North America under British rule were unified together, and eventually developed and evolved into the United States today. There are enough successful experiences to learn from.

From the perspective of economic development

The level of development of the United States is much higher than that of Canada, and the economic ties between states are much closer than those between Canadian regions. There are frequent exchanges of people and materials without any hindrance.

When the United States became independent, the thirteen states of British North America had already formed a unified market and a national consciousness with a strong sense of identity.

Canada is different from the United States. Because Canada is relatively remote and has a low level of development, places such as Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick are relatively independent regions with low levels of development.

Moreover, in the British Canadian colony, there were still serious conflicts and distrust between the French residents and the British residents. This was also the biggest obstacle to the Temple government's efforts to consolidate the Dominion of Canada.

In 1756, the Anglo-French War broke out. It took the British several years to defeat the French, seize French Canada, and incorporate French Canada under their control. The entire Canadian region became a British colony.

In order to appease the always restless French, the British promulgated the "Quebec Act", which recognized the special status of the French in Canada and granted various privileges to the Catholic Church.

Therefore, the Quebec region, where French residents make up the majority, has great independent power, and the French in Quebec have been trying to dominate and promote the independence of the region, and have a strong influence on several surrounding remote provinces.

In summary

Even if the ruling party pushes for the passage of the British North America Act through parliamentary voting, its specific implementation will still face many difficulties, and it is not a policy that will be effective in a short time.

The second big news is that the British government has changed its policy on North America, which has suddenly undergone major changes;

He retreated from his original position of supporting and preparing to recognize the Confederate States of America in the South and instead supported the North.

This is no small matter, but a major policy change that will affect the situation in North America and will influence a large number of European countries to follow suit.

The change that is visible to the naked eye is that the Northern Army obtained a large amount of cloth to produce military uniforms. The frontline troops changed their previous strange clothes and put on light blue military uniforms, which looked very similar.

After getting rid of the original impression that the Northern troops were in ragged clothes and exuding a bad smell, the Army of Northern Virginia on the eastern front was an army that put on uniform uniforms and was quickly sent to the frontline battlefield.

The Northern Army's originally messy weapons and equipment were rapidly improved, and British-made Minie rifles appeared on the battlefield in large numbers. In the general attack launched in early August, they caused more serious damage to the Southern Army.

President Johnson-Buchanan ordered the 1.1 million-strong Northern Army to launch a general attack on all fronts on August 3, vowing to achieve the final victory of the war at all costs.

The British Minie rifle has a long range and high power, and the lead bullets used are highly toxic. On a battlefield with extremely poor medical conditions, if the wounded cannot quickly remove the lead bullets, there is a high probability that they will die.

Fortunately, the Mini rifles equipped by the Northern Army were only for a short period of time, and the total number was not large, about less than 100,000. It did not completely change the situation of the war.

After paying heavy casualties in the eastern battlefield, the Southern Army finally contained the Northern Army's ferocious general offensive and stabilized the eastern front.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army, Robert E. Lee, mobilized the general reserve force to launch a comprehensive counterattack. From August 25 to September 1, General Lee's 160,000 troops and the Northern Army's 220,000 troops launched the "Seven Days' Battle."

The Confederate army maneuvered and flexibly searched for fighter planes, mobilized the Northern Army's deployment, and then found the weak links of the Northern Army to launch a resolute and decisive fierce attack. They won several battles in succession and drove the Northern Army out of the peninsula near Richmond.

In the "Seven-Day Battle", the Northern Army lost 36,500 people, and the Southern Army also lost 41,000 people, but strategically they achieved victory in defending the capital Richmond.

After repelling the Northern Army's general attack, Confederate Commander-in-Chief Robert E. Lee led his army to take advantage of the victory and march northward. At the end of September, he fought the Third Battle of Manassas with the Northern Army.

In this battle, General Robert Lee's superb command skills were fully displayed. He used a small force to attract the main force of the Northern Army to the position. The main force maneuvered, launched attacks from the flanks and rear, and then attacked from the front and sides, defeating the Northern Army in one fell swoop.

The Northern Army suffered 24,000 casualties and captured 15,300 prisoners. It was severely defeated and the Confederate Army approached the walls of Washington.

The Northern Army withstood the Southern Army's offensive at the Battle of Antietam in October, lifting the danger of destruction facing Washington.

In the all-front general offensive launched by the Northern Army in August 1859, the Eastern Front battlefield and the Western Front battlefield had one victory and one defeat, and the contrast was very obvious.

The Eastern Front was victorious first and then defeated. It was severely defeated by the Confederate Commander-in-Chief Robert E. Lee. Until the army reached the gates of Washington, it was impossible to retreat. The heroic oath issued by the Northern Army before the war became a joke.

Under Washington's strict orders, the Northern Army used human wave tactics in the Battle of Antietam, and was able to withstand the Southern Army's tidal offensive.

The Western Front battlefield is another situation.

The Northern Army general Sherman was old and powerful. After his defeat in the Battle of Kansas last year, he re-recruited the army, reorganized the army, practiced martial arts, and carefully prepared for war. Finally, he shined on the Western Front battlefield this year and achieved successive victories.

The first battlefield was in Kansas City. The Northern Army learned the lessons from the last war and took advantage of its strength to divide into two.

A mobile force composed mainly of cavalry broke in from the south flank, cut off the railway line from Kansas to the south, and set up a strong blocking position.

The other group used heavy artillery bombardment and round after round of infantry attacks to storm Kansas City, smashing the Confederate defense line to pieces and occupying it one by one like peeling an onion.

Under the difficult environment of cut off support and heavy enemy attacks, the Kansas Corps of the Confederate Army, which defended Kansas City for five days and five nights, had to retreat westward after suffering heavy casualties.

After breaking through the Union Army encirclement, Lieutenant General Daniel Harvey Hill, commander of the Kansas Corps, led the remnant of 31,000 troops, fought westward and retreated to the town of Manhattan.

The town of Manhattan is now under the control of the Tang Kingdom. The westward railway line from here can reach Phoenix City on the Colorado Plateau, which is more than 890 kilometers away, without any hindrance. It can also receive continuous support from the Tang Kingdom's army.

It can be said that it will be safe if we retreat here.

Tens of thousands of pursuing troops from the Northern Army were stopped by a cavalry regiment of more than a thousand people from the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty outside the town of Omaha. They were told that the front area was under the jurisdiction of the army of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty and trespassing was strictly prohibited.

Major Fan Pengju sat proudly on his horse. Behind him were more than 1,300 cavalrymen from the 6th Regiment of the Colorado Cavalry Division, neatly arranged in a long horizontal snake formation, firmly blocking the pursuers.

Opposite him were the black soldiers of the Northern Army who covered the mountains and plains. They were dressed in all kinds of colors, like an army of beggars fleeing, but everyone had long spears and sharp blades in their hands, creating a murderous and ferocious scene.

"Your Excellency, General, this area is already under the protection of the army of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty. Please lead your subordinates to leave here. Otherwise, Your Excellency, General, will be fully responsible for any unnecessary conflicts between the two countries." Major Fan Pengju pressed his hand on his waist.

He commanded the sword and said calmly.

His words made the Union general Samuel Brown twist his nose with anger. His blood boiled up and he wanted to order the arrogant cavalry major to be shot to death, but he knew rationally that he could not do this.

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty is watching closely, and it is worried about the excuse for not having the opportunity to intervene in the American Civil War!

In May, the Tang Kingdom brazenly sent troops to occupy the state of Tijuana. Washington didn't say a word, pretended to be mute and didn't respond directly. It just gave up.

Instead, a "Emancipation Proclamation" was thrown out to confuse the public and made the Northern army generals panic. Several senior officers on the Western Front battlefield gathered together and simply led their troops to defect to the Southern camp.

The general attack originally planned to start in June had to be postponed to August. The commander-in-chief of the US Army, General Ambrose Everett Burnside, spent a lot of energy to appease the generals, eliminate internal unrest, and suppress dissatisfied speeches.

It was easy to get through this test without causing any big trouble.

Lieutenant General Samuel Brown knew all these things, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "You are the ones who should leave here. The 700 kilometers west from Manhattan are the inherent territory of the United States and belong to the state of Kansas. Yours

This behavior has violated the territorial sovereignty of the United States, and I have the right to wipe out all of you."

"This is indeed controversial. In your opinion, the south belongs to the rebels, and the Tang Kingdom recognizes that the south is an independent country. Each has its own position on this issue. As for the land in front of your Excellency General, it is now within the protection of the Datang Kingdom.

.Once you break in without permission, you will definitely start a war between the two countries. Our department accepts the order and stick to this place. General, please think twice before proceeding."

"Get out of the way, Major, or you all won't have to leave."

"Unfortunately, I cannot accept your request. Our troops are ordered to stay here and military orders must not be violated."

"You..." Lieutenant General Samuel Brown was so angry that he vomited blood, but there was nothing he could do.

The two sides were in a stalemate for four or five hours. Lieutenant General Samuel Brown finally did not let his anger go to his head and had no choice but to retreat with tens of thousands of troops.

Behind him, loud cheers erupted, and the cavalrymen of the Tang Kingdom threw their military caps high into the sky, as if they were using this method to vent the mountain of pressure in their hearts.

A mere cavalry regiment faced off against tens of thousands of troops for several hours. The pressure was so overwhelming that it was almost suffocating. Not a single soldier turned around and fled, and not a single cavalry retreated. This reflects the iron discipline of the kingdom's cavalry.

When the news came back to Kansas City, which had been reduced to ruins, Lieutenant General Sherman, the commander of the Western Front battlefield, was silent for a long time, and then he sighed with a heavy heart and said, "Come back as soon as you can. It's better than a temporary setback."

Provoke a war on the border between the two countries."

"But... Your Excellency General, the Southern Army still has more than 30,000 troops, and it is not without the strength to fight. And once our army splits up and goes south, it will always be a serious threat."

"A serious threat is better than an excuse for military intervention by the Tang Kingdom. This table is already too crowded, so be it!" General Sherman shook his head and said.

Now he has more important things to do. The 420,000 Northern troops on the Western Front battlefield were divided into three;

On one of the routes, 60,000 troops were divided to garrison Kansas, an important transportation hub, and they made every effort to restore the railway line connecting the north and south. They cleared the debris of the city and cleaned the battlefield. They established camps mainly composed of tents and simple wooden sheds, and built a defensive line to hide in Omaha 3.

The defensive line of more than 10,000 Confederate troops ensured that Kansas City was firmly under control.

More than 22,000 casualties and casualties from the Kansas War were also stranded behind the scenes in the Kansas area and did not follow the army.

100,000 troops were divided along the way, led by Lieutenant General Samuel Brown, and marched eastward along the railway line to capture Tennessee, known as the "Breadbasket of America", and fully occupy this important grain producing area to solve the major problems facing the north.

The food crisis ensures that the war can continue until the final victory.

235,000 troops will be divided along the way and will be led by General Hillman to move south along the railway line. Along the way, they will adopt a "scorched earth policy" to completely destroy and burn all villages, towns and cities along the way. They will deal a devastating blow to the supporters of the rebel forces in the southern states and shake the enemy's confidence.

The basis of social rule.

General Sherman planned to open up the Mississippi River, the main transportation artery between the north and the south, lead his army south to Houston, and then turn east to surround and capture the important southern town of New Orleans, turning the soft belly of the southern regime upside down...

Once this vicious battle plan is completed, the southern regime will not be far away from being completely destroyed.