Wild North America 1846

Chapter 431 One Peach Kills Three Soldiers

June 28, 1864

Emperor Richard of the Tang Dynasty, who was officially visiting the Kingdom of Prussia, and his entourage arrived at the Emeline Palace on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. They started a six-day state visit to the Kingdom of Prussia. Therefore, the entire Kurfürstendamm Street was heavily guarded, and irrelevant personnel were strictly prohibited.

In and out.

"I heard that a noble lady from a German country was heartbroken for you. Is this true?" Richard asked, wearing a loose tunic and sitting on the imperial couch.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Kun, the Duke of the North, who had his hands hanging down, hurriedly knelt down, bowed and reported: "I am stupid and was confused by emotion for a while. I dare not hide it from the emperor. The Holy Father has heard that this is indeed the case."

Although the Tang Empire abolished the kneeling ceremony, in the royal family and high-ranking aristocratic families, the younger generation still had to kneel down to their elders, even in the families of ordinary people.

This is a traditional Chinese etiquette, and the royal government cannot control it no matter how far it stretches its hands, let alone do anything unnecessary.

Richard sighed softly and said with a kind expression;

"Young man Mu Ai was originally understandable.

But being born into the royal family, while enjoying this honorable status, one must also assume the responsibility of maintaining the orthodoxy of the royal bloodline to avoid being criticized by the courtiers.

When the dynasty was first established, every royal descendant must consciously safeguard the imperial lineage, speak and behave in line with the expectations of the subjects, and not because of their own..."

Richard taught the seventh prince earnestly. As he was talking, Zheng Yuan, the head of the royal secretariat, stepped into the palace. He waved his hand to ask the seventh prince to stand up, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

The General Staff Headquarters of the Prussian Army must also understand this, so it urgently needs the guidance of the Tang Empire's rich war experience.

The French army is recognized as the overlord of Europe and was the main force that defeated the Russian army in the Crimean War in 1853. In the subsequent War of Independence of the Kingdom of Italy, the combined forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia defeated the Austrian Empire, once again demonstrating its strong strength.

In response to this incident, the Imperial General Staff Headquarters has deployed a complete response plan and plans to intervene at the most difficult moment of the war to provide Paraguay with strong military support.

With the mere strength of the Kingdom of Denmark, it is simply unable to fight against the Prussian and Austrian coalition forces, not to mention that there are many countries in the South German region that are eyeing it?

Although each of these countries is not enough to look at alone, they can't help but unite together. You send 1,200 people, and he sends 4,000 people. If you gather them together, you will have an army of nearly 100,000. The ants will bite the elephant to death!

In addition, some officers are sent to each other to enter each other's military academies for further studies, exchanges, and make up for the shortcomings of the command of the large corps of mid-level and senior officers. They can only cooperate in the form of secret exchanges.

The tragic fate of the rise of the German nation is to be beaten by a group of brothers in Europe. If it fails once, it will be beaten twice, until it can no longer take care of itself.

In the common perception of Europeans

The combat effectiveness of the armies of small countries such as the German Confederation is not strong, and is probably about the same as that of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The Argentine government also expressed support for the rebellious Red Party of Uruguay and provided a large amount of supplies and 2,000 smoothbore rifles, further intensifying the situation in South America.

Ever since the Tang Empire launched the South American Desert Expedition, the situation in South America has been completely different from what it was in the past. An unpredictable factor has been added, and the entire situation has completely changed.

The war was about to end on both sides, and the Danish army clearly withdrew from Holstein and Schleswig, handing over these two areas.

Because Argentina refused to allow Paraguayan troops to pass through Argentina to aid Uruguay, Paraguay declared war on Argentina on March 18, 1865 and sent troops to the Argentine province of Corrientes.

Director Zheng Yuan then reported on the latest progress in the colonization of South America and the intensive negotiations between the visiting delegation and the Kingdom of Prussia, which involved the signing of more than 10 cooperation treaties, both public and secret.

This six-year South American war was unprecedentedly tragic and bloody. After the defeat, Paraguay's population was drastically reduced by half, with only more than 20,000 males left, most of whom were children under the age of 8 to 10. Almost the entire country fought.

die.

The public part is mainly about facilitation treaties on trade, cultural exchanges, and the granting of national treatment to each other, etc. It involves some commodity categories that need to be negotiated. It is progressing very quickly with the attention of the top leaders of the two countries, and it can be officially signed in a few days.

Due to the geographical conditions of warm weather and abundant water resources in South America, the new Chinese immigrants reclaimed tens of thousands of hectares of land there, and the food they planted yielded bumper harvests, and they no longer needed to be imported from the empire.

"The marshal's vision is still ruthless, and it is difficult to build up a powerful European force through a small fight. This is also the real reason why European countries generally believe that the French army is more powerful. In particular, the French army has a large number of professional soldiers and participated in colonizing the world.

In all wars, the combat effectiveness is undoubtedly strong." Richard commented casually.

The second is that Paraguay can win the war and expand its land area, but it cannot obtain access to the sea, cannot annex Uruguay's territory, and always remains an aggrieved state as a landlocked country.

The Uruguayan government, controlled by the rebel Red Party, also declared war on Paraguay.

After Christian IX lost his second son George, the Kingdom of Denmark had lost its influence on the Kingdom of Greece. The originally proposed alliance between Denmark and Greece had no progress and was impossible to realize.

The Tang Empire had rich experience in organizing large corps to fight, which was particularly valued by the General Staff of the Kingdom of Prussia. It planned to organize senior generals of the Prussian army to take turns to go to the Datang Empire for further study. This was a key aspect of secret military cooperation.

The Kingdom of Denmark officially announced the abandonment of Holstein and Schleswig. King Christian IX also canceled the two noble titles of Duke of Holstein and Duke of Schleswig, admitted defeat, and transferred the above two places to

Ceded to the Prussian and Austrian forces.

The secret part is mainly cooperation in military and weapons and equipment. Since the Tang Empire has signed a 20-year patent exclusivity treaty with the United Kingdom, it can only deliver finished artillery products to Germany, but cannot provide technology.

However, after the war mobilization between the Brazilian Empire and Argentina, a steady stream of more than 200,000 troops entered the battlefield and carried out crazy group beatings against the Paraguayan army, changing the overall trend of the battlefield.

"Is there anything else?" Richard asked.

"Your Majesty, in the morning, the General Staff Headquarters of the Kingdom of Prussia invited Lieutenant General James Kahn to Camp Megan to visit the training situation of the Prussian Army. Marshal Dai Changfu, Chief of Staff, also went with him. Before leaving, he told the ministers to report to the Holy Majesty in time.

, for enquiries."

in the original history

Paraguay, a small but powerful country, was one against three. On December 13, 1864, Paraguay officially declared war on Brazil and sent troops to the Mato Grosso region.

"Well, it seems that William I wants to poach someone?"

The method of teaching Chinese and German students at the same time further reflects the broad mind of the Tang Empire, which carefully imparts valuable combat experience to large corps without hiding any secrets.

This is because the terrain along the Atlantic Ocean in South America is flat, mostly composed of plains and hilly areas, and a few sporadic mountains can be avoided by reasonably planning routes, making railway construction less difficult.

That is to say

By supporting Paraguay, its powerful little brother, it suppresses and influences South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and even Peru, stirring up life from the stagnant waters of South America.

Richard's attitude towards this was to help the Prussian army without reservation and teach the Tang Empire the valuable experience gained from countless bloody battles.

"Your Majesty, the Marshal said the same thing. He commented on the Prussian army that the overall morale of the army is high, the training is excellent and the obedience is good. The shortcomings are that it has not been tempered by large-scale wars, the integration of the army is not high, and the coordination of various departments is poor."

Only in this way

Only the Tang Empire could always hold the fate of Paraguay, allowing it to hug the thigh of the Tang Empire tightly and not dare to let go for a moment while its hostile neighboring countries looked around.

Only the Prussian army inherited the fine military tradition of the Teutonic Knights. It was brave and good at fighting, and was not afraid of death. It was indeed famous far and wide.

The senior generals of the Prussian Army who are undergoing rotation training will be able to truly feel this.

At present, a military inspection delegation composed of 33 military officers has arrived in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, and they have brought a batch of aid supplies."

The Prussian army has not participated in large-scale wars in the past 20 years, and the Prussian-Danish War was only a short-term battle of low intensity and scale.

All this aroused great anger from Paraguayan President Lopez, who publicly declared: "The imperialist invasion must be responded to with a strong war."

In response to the upcoming hotspot war in South America, the basic strategy of the Tang Empire was to attack and weaken the two powers in South America, namely Argentina and Brazil.

The Chinese armed groups who immigrated to South America have begun to build large and small ranches. Tens of thousands of ranches are blooming everywhere. The early domesticated cattle and sheep have entered the estrus period, the ewes have begun to give birth to lambs, and the cows have begun to become pregnant. The size of the cattle and sheep population has also increased.

will expand rapidly.

Once it is let go, it may lead to the terrible end of the country's downfall.

As brothers, we should help!

To achieve such a strategic goal, one is that Paraguay cannot be weakened too much in the war, especially the male population cannot suffer too many casualties in the war, so as not to seriously damage the national power and fail to achieve the strategic purpose of balancing Cuba and Argentina.

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If it can really cross the Atlantic one day, it will have completely conquered France, England, Italy, Tsarist Russia and other surrounding European countries, and will almost dominate the world.

This cannot be seen in the low-intensity wars of small European countries. Once a battle for hegemony begins with the Austrian Empire or the French Empire, the shortcomings will be immediately exposed and may become the main reason for losing the entire war.

Paraguay, a small South American country, faced the allied forces of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay at the same time without fear. In the early stages of the war, it defeated the Brazilian and Argentine armies one after another and advanced all the way.

"Well, let's follow the established policy!" After listening to the report, Richard gave a simple instruction.

The trained senior generals of the Prussian army will go to the battlefield in person, and together with the senior officers who have studied in the Tang Empire, they will understand the situation of the enemy and ourselves in the battle of the large corps, adopt methods of attack, their own advantages and disadvantages, and organize the shortcomings and unsatisfactory aspects of the battle.

, receive selfless experience transfer.

Support Paraguay, known as "South American Prussia", to achieve the regional power balance strategy of "one peach kills three soldiers", enhance the Tang Empire's voice in South America, and have the de facto "arbiter of the Americas" status.

Only high explosives such as nitroglycerin can be exported, and cannot be authorized or co-produced. These are all prohibited.

Therefore, the growing strength of the Prussian army was a trouble for Europe and had nothing to do with the Tang Empire.

This course is the "Battle Studies" that senior generals must pass for further studies. It is taught exclusively by the Royal Army Academy of the Tang Dynasty in the world, and there is no other.

After Zheng Yuan saluted respectfully, he replied;

“Start your majesty;

We have just received news that the rebellious Red Party government in Uruguay, South America, is supported by the Brazilian army. 7,200 Brazilian troops have entered Uruguay to help suppress local rebels and stabilize the local situation.

During the post-war negotiations in late June

It is undoubtedly wise to do this, but if you can't beat it, you have to give up.

Objectively speaking

In today's era, the army of the Kingdom of Prussia is recognized as a powerful force in Europe, but it is indeed one level behind the French army.

Such a possibility is infinitely small and can be ignored.

The official rhetoric of the three South American countries has become increasingly fierce, and conflicts have occurred frequently in border areas. If the international community cannot effectively intervene, a war in South America is inevitable.

The Atlantic Coastal Railway is under construction in full swing. About 115,000 indigenous Argentine coolies are working day and night on the railway construction site. This Atlantic trunk railway is about 3,440 kilometers long and is expected to be completed in two and a half years. The total construction period

Three years and ten months.

compare with

War may break out no later than the end of the year.

Paraguay is the first South American economic powerhouse to open up to Europe and learn from the experience of modern science and technology. The industrialization it strives to develop has achieved some results. With a total population of about 460,000 people, the living standard has basically reached the third-rate European countries, and its performance is quite outstanding.

In the eyes of Marshal Dai Changfu, compared with the armies of the Tang Empire, which had experienced wars for a long time, the Prussian army still had many shortcomings, especially the joint operations and coordination of large corps.

Regarding the latest situation of the colonization of South America, according to the report of Director Zheng Yuan;

After a year and a half of repeated attacks, the number of local indigenous Indians has shrunk sharply to 320,000 to 350,000, most of whom are located in the deep mountains of the interior or in the barren areas of the south, making it more difficult to continue the encirclement and suppression.

Coupled with the support of abundant indigenous Indian labor force and timely and sufficient government funding, railway construction progressed quite quickly.

besides

The construction of three trunk railways traversing the east and west of South America has also started one after another. It is expected that after completion, the entire southern South America will form a "Feng"-shaped trunk railway layout, which will deepen the colonization of the occupied areas, completely eliminate the hidden dangers of sporadic indigenous Indian tribes, and realize the empire's control of the

Comprehensive regional governance is of critical significance.

Next step

The two cavalry divisions fighting in South America will organize expeditionary cavalry units with cavalry companies to continue to encircle and suppress the Indian tribes that go deep into the interior. They will repeatedly sweep and sort out the Indian tribes. This will be a long-term and arduous combat task.

There is no way, the newly occupied area is too big, who knows where those indigenous Indians have hidden?

(End of chapter)