Wild North America 1846

Chapter 255 The Dead Neighbor's Yard

Before you know it, the territory of the Tang Kingdom will have expanded to 731 million square kilometers. Adding the 78.6 square kilometers of Paradise Island to which the Tang royal family belongs, the kingdom’s territory will reach 809.6 million square kilometers, second only to Brazil’s 851 million square kilometers. km territorial area, ranking second in the American continent.

in comparison

The territory area of ​​the United States is 599 million square kilometers, which is far behind the Tang Kingdom, and can only rank third in the American continent (note; with the 67.8 square kilometers of Texas, the U.S. territory is 573 million square kilometers , plus a total of 26 square kilometers of land in Tijuana and Monterrey ceded by Mexico, a total of 599 million square kilometers).

Looking back at history
In the US-Tang War that ended in 1849, the Datang Kingdom ceded the land of the six northwestern states of the United States through treaties, with a total area of ​​147.7 million square kilometers. Reaching 301 million square kilometers, second only to Brazil, the United States is the third largest country in the Americas (including North and South America and Central America).

In September 1851, after the "Mexico Treaty" was signed, the Tang Kingdom annexed eight southern Mexican states, and the total area increased from 9 million square kilometers to 449 million square kilometers (note, the increased figure includes 559.3 square kilometers in Hawaii Province, Panama province of 1.75 square kilometers).

Later, through purchase, another 171.7 million square kilometers of the Alaska area was obtained, bringing the territory of the Tang Kingdom to 731 million square kilometers, surpassing the United States and second only to Brazil, ranking second in the Americas.

Through two North American wars, the Datang Kingdom defeated regional competitors such as the United States and Mexico this year, thus greatly expanding its territory and establishing its current status as a strong player in North America.

It can be said

The rise of the Tang Kingdom was based on the continuous weakening and attacking of the United States and Mexico, stepping on numerous corpses to win one victory after another, and knocking down the United States before it became stronger.

And all of this has also formed the main contradiction in North America today; that is, the hegemony pattern of Tang and the United States.

In the big study of the Los Angeles Palace
Li Cha stood in front of a large map of North America with his hands behind his back, his eyes were solemn, and he carefully considered the current situation.

The Kansas Civil War in the United States is still going on. In the original history, this civil war has been fought until the end of 1859, and there is no sign of the war stopping now.

What do brothers fear the most?
I am most afraid that there will be a neighbor with malicious intentions around me, who may take action at any time to unite with one party and attack the other.

maximum possible
It is the Datang Kingdom uniting with the closely related American South and supporting its separatist proposition. This is the strategic dilemma that the current US federal government has to face.

Being caught in such a strategic dilemma has made the US federal government restless. The Tang Kingdom has demonstrated its strong military capabilities in previous wars, and it is a difficult opponent to provoke.

However, the forces in the slave states in the southern United States, amid the gunfire of the Kansas Civil War, gradually drifted away from the liberals in the north, and the rift had widened to the point where it could not be concealed.

From the perspective of the US federal government, there is an abyss to the left and an abyss to the right. There is only a rough and thorny path in the middle, which seems to lead to the other shore of victory.

The only possibility for the U.S. to break through the strategic dilemma is to provoke the U.S.-Tang border dispute first, and then develop into a full-scale war, replace the internal conflict with a larger conflict focus, and prompt the U.S. North and South to temporarily put down their prejudices and jointly deal with the Tang Kingdom. worst enemy.

This thorny path seems to be the only viable option for the US federal government.

Li Cha stood in front of the map that was more than half the height of a person, holding a lit cigar in his hand, and the thick blue tobacco mist lingered on his side, making his figure blurred.

Today, the Tang Kingdom is in a rare period of peace since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Under the influence of inertial growth, the economy still maintains a relatively high speed of development.

However, without the strong pull of European war demand, the impetus for development has become weaker and weaker, showing obvious signs of a slowdown in development speed, and it is transitioning from a quasi-wartime economy to a peaceful economy.

The country is singing and dancing, and it is a prosperous scene. Few people can perceive the looming strategic crisis in North America.

Li Cha is one of these very few people. Relying on Superman's mysterious premonition, he can foresee that next year will be an uneasy year.

The heavy cloud of war swept from the east, and the east was the direction of the United States...

After the rise of the Datang Kingdom, the historical trajectory of North America has been quite different from the original one, and a new player has emerged who can compete with the United States—the Datang Kingdom.

This also brought many new variables to the situation in North America. Did the American Civil War enter an irreversible state of division at the end of 1860, as in history?
With the strong support of the Tang Kingdom, and the British guys stirring things up, will the American South declare independence sooner?
In order to gain the initiative, will the U.S. federal government take the lead in attacking the Datang Kingdom and initiate an all-out war?
Judging from the current situation
The last possibility is the most likely. The United States of America has been unable to hold back the urge to war. It is expected that after June or July next year, the possibility of a war between Tang and the United States will increase rapidly.

The longer the delay, the higher the risk of war.

Why make such a strategic judgment?

One is based on Richard's mysterious premonition, and the other is based on the current situation of the US federal regime. This aspect needs to be elaborated.

The trip to Hawaii lasted for a month, and it has been more than a week since I returned to Los Angeles. It is now mid-August 1856, and the beginning of autumn will soon begin.

The current President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, has entered the dying days of his term of office. He will officially step down as president in March next year and become the former president of the United States in people's impression.

The remaining time is not enough to launch an all-out war against the Tang Kingdom. Neither the Congress nor the military will follow President Franklin Pierce in a fruitless adventure.

The final results of the U.S. general election have not yet been officially announced, but the Democratic candidate James Buchanan won 9 of the 6 eastern state elections announced earlier, leading the Whig party president by a large margin competitors.

If nothing else, Democratic candidate James Buchanan is more than 8% sure of winning the final presidential election, possibly more than that.

"James Buchanan..." Li Cha murmured, a tenacious fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.

This is the enemy of life and death in his mysterious premonition, who was unknown in the original history, but the next president of the United States who will succeed James Buchanan, everyone in the world will know that President Abraham Lincoln.

For the cognition of this president, people of later generations will often raise their admiration to worship when they visit the historic buildings in Washington, DC.

That is the "Lincoln Memorial", a magnificent Greek temple-style building with a clean and white overall shape, located on the west side of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in a straight line with the Capitol Hill and the Washington Monument. Strongman of the Greater American Confederacy.

The man, who had made great prominence in the Civil War in Kansas, was returning to Philadelphia to join the newly formed Republican Party, and was preaching and pushing his political ideas for the next political nomination.

With the threat of Abraham Lincoln still years away, Richard now faces James Buchanan, who publicly claimed during the campaign;

"The United States shoulders the natural mission of unifying and dominating the North American continent. It cannot tolerate cowardice, and it will not stand shoulder to shoulder with an oriental regime. This is a shame for white people.

During my presidency, I will be committed to recovering the territory of the six Northwest states, and to building a strong and great American Union, God bless! "

It can be seen from his public remarks that this person is a fanatical white expansionist, and his radical political ideas have been strongly supported by the hawks within the Democratic Party, so that he was able to defeat the current President Franklin Pierce and win the Democratic Party. nomination of candidates.

Passionate slogans are always easy to incite people's inner emotions. The Democratic Party has long complained about the mediocrity of Franklin Pierce's presidency, and is eager to change all this.

As a tough challenger, James Buchanan won the support of most people in the party with extreme and dangerous political slogans, and interrupted President Franklin Pierce's dream of being re-elected. Is it hard to say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing?
The one who knows you best must be your enemy.

Richard has analyzed James Buchanan's behavioral characteristics and personality tendencies in depth and meticulously. He is an old bachelor in his 60s, with an extreme and stubborn situation.

To put it nicely is called perseverance, but to put it bluntly is to go all the way to the dark.

The reason why this person is not well-known in history and spent four years in the presidency without a name is because his previous president has done everything he can do, expanding the US territory to the West Coast, and successfully won the The British Oregon Territory was established, on the basis of which the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, Iowa and Nevada were formed.

Xiang Nan acquired Texas by launching the US-Mexico War. He was already satisfied with his stomach, and his desire to expand new territories has greatly diminished.

If James Buchanan wanted to make a difference during his tenure, he would continue to bully Mexico or invade British Canada in the north, thus provoking the Anglo-American war.

Doing so does not have the basis of public opinion and no realistic possibility. Therefore, President James Buchanan can only focus on the domestic development of the industrialized economy and bully the surrounding Central and South American countries, nothing more.

It's different now

The United States has a strong opponent in the North American continent, the Datang Kingdom, and has the tragic experience of being defeated and forced to cede territory for peace, which gave James Buchanan a solid public opinion foundation for military adventures.

If the six northwestern states can be recovered through the war, and then westward to the New Mexico region, then James Buchanan will become a heroic president in American history, a president who ushered in a new era and will go down in history forever.

Coupled with the current strategic dilemma faced by the United States, it is easy to deduce what measures the new incoming James Buchanan administration will take.
"call……"

Breathing out a long puff of smoke, Li Cha's eyes at this time looked wise and profound.His eyes stayed in the Great Lakes region with Chicago at its core for a long time, and his eyes shuttled back and forth in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, showing an uncontrollable eagerness.

You want my territory, but I still want yours!
You covet my yard, so why don't I miss your yard so much?
Hehe, everyone is with each other!
(End of this chapter)