Wild North America 1846

The general attack began in late August. The Northern Army performed triumphant songs on the western front and continued to achieve victory after victory. After occupying the transportation hub of Kansas City, the army marching eastward marched directly into Tennessee.

Along the way, the Confederate army was beaten to ashes and died or surrendered after even a slight resistance. Lieutenant General Samuel Brown took only two weeks to fully occupy Tennessee.

It is expected that after taking a short rest, Lieutenant General Samuel Brown will continue to attack in the southwest direction, break through the towns along the Mississippi River occupied by the Southern Army, and implement the "scorched earth policy" to deal a heavy blow to the Southern rebels;

The troops heading south were personally commanded by General Sheldon. Since early September, they have launched an attack front of more than 160 kilometers wide along the railway line. The 240,000-strong army divided into several routes and moved south, burning, killing, and looting along the way to implement the "scorched earth policy." The methods were extremely cruel.

The cities, towns and farms they passed through as they marched south were all completely destroyed and burned to the ground. The Northern Army soldiers went on a killing spree, killing people and burning houses whenever they saw them, just like demons.

Oklahoma, Missouri, Alcant and northern Texas were ravaged by war. These originally fertile areas were left littered with corpses, and there was no rooster crow for hundreds of miles.

According to conservative statistics;

No fewer than 450,000 white southern residents died when the Union troops marched south, and some say 700,000. Anyway, there is no precise statistics, but the towns in these states were almost burned to the ground, forming a large-scale fleeing wave.

From here, we can see that the Southern Army's war potential has been exhausted, its disadvantages have been fully demonstrated in this mutually damaging war, and it has reached the end of its strength.

By the end of 1859

News of the American Civil War continued to come, and the Northern Army continued to attack the Western Front. Since breaking through the Kansas City defense line in early September, they have successively occupied several southern states. The decline of the Southern Army has been fully demonstrated, and the battlefield situation is very different

optimism.

Chang'an City, Daming Palace.

In the Nuang Pavilion on one side of the Qinzheng Hall, the simple bronze glutton heater exudes warmth, and the fragrance of ambergris is refreshing. In this highest power center of the Tang Dynasty, there is a strong atmosphere of chilling.

A large hand-drawn military map of North America was unfolded in the thermal cabinet. King Richard held a supreme military meeting here. Prime Minister Earl Gu Yan and a group of cabinet ministers and military bosses were all present to discuss the current situation.

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In summary;

The southern military and civilian casualties have exceeded 1.1 million, including about 370,000 to 380,000 troops, and more than 700,000 local residents have suffered casualties, about 85% of which are southern whites.

Sherman's army marched all the way south and strictly implemented the order of General Grant (the new commander-in-chief of the US military) - "create havoc and destruction of all" resources that would be beneficial to the “enemy.” That is, to carry out destructive measures against the South, regardless of the consequences, without hesitation.

Costly destruction.

In November 1859, Sherman was appointed commander-in-chief of the Memphis Military District and led the army to launch an attack on Vicksburg, a stronghold of the Confederate Army. This was a tough battle.

In the early stages of the war against Vicksburg, the Northern Army's attack did not go smoothly due to insufficient manpower, leading to a stalemate in the war.

In order to capture Vicksburg, the Federal Army continued to invest troops, but it failed to achieve substantial results.

Due to the protracted attack and heavy casualties, the northern army became angry and angered the civilians in the city. They activated hundreds of heavy artillery and began to carry out indiscriminate and violent bombardment of Vicksburg for several months. Many buildings in Vicksburg were bombed.

It was turned into powder, the ground was in a mess, and countless urban poor people also died in the shelling.

The current Western Front is located along the line from northern Texas to the Mississippi River. The Southern Army is doing its best to consolidate the front and force the recruitment of follow-up soldiers. All males from 13 to 60 years old are being recruited.

In other words, as long as you can carry a gun, you will go to the battlefield.

Army Staff Headquarters estimates;

If the current situation of continuous fierce fighting does not change, the Southern Army will probably be able to hold on until the turn of the spring and summer of 1860, approximately between May and June of next year, and after that... it may evolve into an irreversible defeat.

Before the war, the South had a population of less than 9 million. After excluding women, there were about 5.2 million to 5.5 million men (because women accounted for very few black slaves). There were about 1.1 million to 1.2 million children and teenagers under the age of 13. There were also

There are approximately 200,000 elderly people over the age of 60.

That is to say;

There were only about 3.8 million men in the South who could fight in the war. Considering that more than 40% of them were black male slaves, the total number of young white men did not exceed 2.2 million.

Today, the total casualties of the Confederate States exceed more than 600,000 (including soldiers and civilians), with about 1.05 million serving in the Confederate Army, and hundreds of thousands more serving in the war. The war potential has almost been exhausted.

The Northern Army made continuous breakthroughs on the Western Front battlefield and achieved a series of victories, which reflected from the side the dilemma of insufficient military strength in the South. It could not be filled by demolishing the Eastern Wall and repairing the Western Wall. The gap was too big.

If the current situation is allowed to worsen, even if the Tang Kingdom sends troops in the future, the Southern Army will not be able to contain the large number of Northern Army troops facing them, and more pressure will fall on our shoulders.

Taking into consideration the circumstances of all parties;

The military suggested that at the beginning of 1860, it proactively launch a full-scale war against the Great Lakes region and Kansas City, breaking the Yankees' outstretched hands and breaking their feet, leaving a half-dead person to continue tossing with the Southerners.

The longer it is delayed, the less conducive it will be to the kingdom's military intervention."

Lieutenant General Chen Chuan, Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military Region, introduced the latest situation of the current American Civil War. Then he respectfully saluted His Majesty the King who was sitting on the throne, put down the small wooden stick pointing on the map, and quietly walked to the group of troops.

Mr. Fang left behind.

King Richard did not speak, leaving some time for the ministers to carefully assess the current situation. He picked up the tea cup on the royal table with a leisurely expression, took two sips and then said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will introduce, Britain, France, Germany and Austria and other European powers

The latest trends.”

"I will obey the Holy Orders."

Foreign Minister Juan Carlos stood up, saluted facing the throne, turned half sideways to look at the ministers attending the Supreme Military Council, and said word by word;

“Based on the realistic interests of domestic workers and capitalists, the London government abandoned the South in the American Civil War and changed its policy to support the North. The military and economic interactions between the two countries have become increasingly obvious and closer.

London gave large military loans to the North, and transport ships plied the Atlantic Ocean constantly, delivering much-needed military uniforms, warm tents, weapons, ammunition and other military supplies to the North, which greatly enhanced the Northern Army's combat capabilities.

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On the French side, the British followed the lead and even acted more radically. The letter written by French Emperor Napoleon III to His Majesty revealed a clear request that he did not want the Tang Kingdom to intervene in the American Civil War.

But now France is deeply involved in post-war negotiations with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 110,000 French troops are stationed in Lombardy, facing off with the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s army more than 100 kilometers away. They are temporarily unable to distract themselves from things outside Europe. At most, they are

Just talking.

The defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the European battlefield was certain, but what French Emperor Napoleon III did not expect was that the war against Austria would greatly promote the Italian national liberation movement, and a surging wave of popular uprisings swept across the northern and central Italian peninsula.

July to October

Uprisings broke out in Tuscany, Parma, Modena and the Papal States, overthrowing the local separatist monarchy and establishing American-style democratic self-government.

Garibaldi led the "Alpine Hunters Corps" to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, looking for opportunities to attack the small forces stationed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's ruling areas, resulting in a situation where war was everywhere.

The spread of liberalism seriously threatened the rule of the feudal dynasty. This made the French Emperor Napoleon III deeply uneasy.

Therefore, he decisively abandoned the Allies of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and when the war did not achieve a complete victory, he took the initiative to negotiate with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, sacrificing the independence of some Italian regions in exchange for a ceasefire.

According to the latest news from Europe;

The Austro-Hungarian Empire agreed to the French conditions, ceded Savoy and Nice to France, and handed over the rule of the Lombardy region to France, who transferred it to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire continued to occupy and rule Venice. Those monarchical regimes that were overthrown by the Italian rebels, France expressed support for restoration during negotiations and was willing to send troops to suppress those Italian mud-legs.

France's betrayal completely shattered this already fragile alliance, and the turmoil in central Europe will continue.

The South German region and the Kingdom of Prussia are full of contradictions and currently do not have the strength to take care of areas outside Europe. This is not part of their plan."

After the introduction, Minister of Foreign Affairs Juan Carlos quietly withdrew when he saw that His Majesty had no expression.

after awhile

After the ministers digested the current situation, Richard lightly knocked on the imperial case and said;

"The situation of the American Civil War is very serious. As the leading power in North America, the Tang Kingdom can no longer remain silent and must intervene in a timely manner.

The 50,000 militiamen trained on Paradise Island have been organized into 5 field divisions and will soon land in North America to strengthen the kingdom's military strength.

It's almost the end of the year

The domestic craze for economic construction continues to heat up, and the government still needs to maintain this good momentum of development and try its best to reduce the impact of the war on the existing social economy.

The main measure is to further increase the introduction of immigrants, mainly on the Central Pacific route, and strive to increase the average monthly immigration from the existing 35,000 to an average of 50,000 per month, with an annual import of 600,000 immigrants.

The average monthly immigration of the Northern Route has increased from the existing 56,000 to 60,000 people to an average of more than 70,000 people per month to meet the increasing labor demand gap and strive to reach an average annual scale of 1.4 million to 1.5 million.

In addition, some southern white immigrants who escaped the war can also be selectively absorbed, and specific situations will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

Through a variety of measures, we will try our best to fill the gap in the demand for labor force in social development, ensure that the overall economy continues to develop at a high speed on the original track, and achieve both external expansion and internal development.

Dear friends, this battle is the ultimate battle that will determine the pattern of North America. It is also the battle that will determine the dominance of the Tang Kingdom in North America and even the entire America. It is of extraordinary significance.

If you don't take action, you'll be fine; if you take action, you'll be a blockbuster.

I hope that all ministers and workers will work together, factories will operate at full capacity, ranches and farms will increase production and harvests, and the government and police departments will strengthen the maintenance of market order to ensure a good situation of domestic prosperity and stability.

I firmly believe that the final victory must belong to the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty."

"I firmly believe that the final victory must belong to the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty." All the ministers saluted in unison and replied.

His Majesty did not seek the opinions of his ministers, but directly decided to send troops to join the war. No one thought there was anything wrong.

In order to prepare for this war, the Tang Kingdom began to establish a strategic reserve system in 1850, the second year after the end of the American-Tang Dynasty War, and gradually and steadily promoted the material reserve system.

10 years have passed in a flash

The Tang Kingdom established 178 strategic reserves throughout various provinces, involving all materials needed in the war. The target size of the reserves was initially set to support 300,000 troops for a year's war, to 500,000, 800,000, and finally set at 1 million.

The amount of supplies, weapons, equipment and ammunition reserves required by the army for a year's full-scale operations is larger.

Therefore, once the Tang Kingdom entered a wartime state, it did not require a comprehensive socio-economic transformation. It had a long enough buffer time to allow factories to increase output and farms and pastures to produce bumper crops.

Unless a million-scale war lasts for more than two years, the massive amount of supplies stored alone will be enough to meet the needs of the war.

Some people would say that both the North and the South of the United States invested billions of dollars in order to win the war. How could the Tang Kingdom easily issue huge war bonds without affecting the normal functioning of society?

Under such circumstances, can we cope with all this?

The reason is very simple, it is a long-term strategic reserve system.

The strategic reserve materials purchased in large quantities over the past 10 years were basically purchased in bulk at prices slightly lower than the market price, and were purchased and stored in a planned manner. This did not disrupt the market order, and the relative purchase and storage costs were also low. This is why

one.

And after the war broke out

The prices of all armament materials needed for wars have skyrocketed. It is common for the price to rise several times or more than the original market price. In fact, the actual amount of materials purchased by the North and the South of the United States did not increase much, but what they paid was 5 times. 6

Times or even more the cost, this is the second.

Once the Tang Kingdom decided to participate in a war, its main force would come from well-trained recruits from China. With China's land of 400 million people at its back, it was an endless source of troops.

In terms of economic development, the introduction of Chinese immigrants was the foundation of the Tang Kingdom. It continued for thirteen years and will continue to enjoy this demographic dividend.

This is the sufficient confidence for the Tang Kingdom to develop production internally and expand externally. This is the third step.

The fourth and most important one is that the Tang Kingdom was the second country in the world to enter industrialization. It had a complete industrial system and a very strong food production capacity. It could fully meet its needs without importing.

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It was precisely by laying such a solid economic foundation that the Tang Kingdom was able to always take the initiative and remain in an invincible position.

Even if the world powers such as Britain and France unanimously opposed the intervention of the Tang Kingdom in the American Civil War, took the opportunity to expand, and frequently put pressure on them, Richard now had enough confidence not to offend them.

The wings are stiff!

In this three-thirds of an acre of land in the entire America, the Tang Kingdom is the ultimate boss. It has already reached its level of strength, and now it just needs a splendid ceremony to shine.

Henry John Temple and his like love whatever. The storms caused by Britain, the United States and other countries in the past were stormy waves that were difficult for small sampans to withstand. For the Tang Kingdom, which had grown into a giant ship of ten thousand tons, it was enough to cope with it.