Wild North America 1846

Chapter 322 Sharp Counterattack

The French are justified in their insouciance;
As a veteran colonist, since the Age of Discovery, France has launched not one hundred but seventy or eighty colonial wars around the world for the purpose of expansion and trade.

There are generally two characteristics; one is that it is profitable, and the other is that persimmons are only soft.

It is precisely because of the unique colonial wisdom of France that the French became the largest colonizer in the world in the middle of the 18th century, with colonies all over the world.

If it hadn't been defeated in several consecutive wars with Britain, losing large French colonies such as the United States, Canada, and the Indian subcontinent, and completely shattering the dream of world hegemony that is close at hand, France's life is now worse than that of England. Moisturize.

It's not a good idea to follow the British into North American affairs.

The Tang Kingdom is obviously not a soft persimmon. Its expeditionary force once fought side by side with France in the Crimean War, and received high praise. The soldiers are well-trained, obedient, and world-class weapons and equipment. Level.

Such a regional military power is very difficult to deal with, and the remote Atlantic Ocean and long land transportation make military options almost impossible.

Therefore, France is unwilling to take this muddy water.

As for the huge franc debts that French usurers have lent to the United States of America, the French have never been concerned.Regardless of whether the war is won or not, no one can rely on the French (except Russia), just so confident.

Those old courtiers who have experienced the glorious moments of Emperor Napoleon have not died yet, and they are full of disgust for the British.

Now France has experienced several major war victories, the proud Gallic Rooster raised his head, feeling that he can do it again...

After leaving the Elysee Palace, the British special envoy Marquis François Bowman got into the carriage with a gloomy face. He did not get any promise from the French, and this diplomatic trip ended in failure.

"Your Excellency, the attitude shown by the French is worrying, which is completely different from before." Owen Spacey, the entourage sitting side by side in the carriage, said with some concern.

Does Marquis François Bowman know what Owen Spacey is referring to?
He looked at the gorgeous palace that quickly receded outside the carriage, was silent for a while, and said after a long sigh of depression;
"The French needed us back then, and now the ambitions that are growing make Napoleon III want to dominate the European continent. The French have dreamed of this for hundreds of years. All we have to do is to give the French a comparable opponent, such as Prussia Or Austria-Hungary. Continental balance policy has always been at the heart of British diplomacy and is now even more so.”

"The absence of France will make this joint pressure operation less powerful!"

"This is not the problem. After all, it is a matter of North America. The Prime Minister is all about showing toughness, but that is just his personal political inclination. There are many opponents in the House of Lords and trade unions, and even Prince Albert is not satisfied with his actions. The Marquis of François-Baumann sighed faintly, twirling the precious cane in his hand, and continued; Including Greece, the Balkans and Bulgaria."

"I very much agree with your point of view, honorable lord, it is time to support an opponent who can match the flag of France."

"Yes, that's it."

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Downing Street Prime Minister's Residence

"These damned conservative aristocrats and rentier classes are simply blood-sucking maggots lying on the British Empire, like barking dogs that bite madly, and they don't even care who is the enemy?"

The prime minister, Lord Henry John Temple, roared to vent his anger, threw a thick stack of newspapers on the table, and shook the shaking coffee cup a few times, almost tipping over.

His anger stems from today's report. The "Southampton Herald" used "Advocate for American Interests ~ Prime Minister Temple" as the headline on the front page, reporting on the change of British North American policy and making various malicious speculations. This is an article The article smearing Prime Minister Temple is not surprising.

Not only that
The Times, which is known as a major influence, also had a front-page column titled "Confused Policy Change", questioning whether the Temple cabinet made a wrong political decision?
The article broke a major news at the same time;
That is, the Tang Kingdom and the United States of America signed an all-round alliance treaty, maintaining close communication in military, diplomatic, and economic aspects, and coordinating and uniting against the enemy.

Thus

The Datang Kingdom did not unilaterally invade the American Federation (North), but fulfilled the covenant and opened up a new battlefield on the Western Front to reduce the war pressure on the Confederate States of America (South), forming a substantive two-to-one situation in North America.

This is not the "Conquest of the White Race by the Orientals" as Mr. Prime Minister declared, but a "civil war among the White People".

When the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania waged wars against Tsarist Russia, they often paid a lot of money and invited the Tatars on the Crimean Peninsula to participate. The two are almost of the same nature.

This latest situation has just been known to London, and before a cabinet meeting was held to discuss countermeasures, it was reported by The Times, which made Downing Street very passive.

If there is nothing tricky in it, the Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple is 100 people who don't believe it.

In today's critical situation, the American federal government (North) has sent a sincere and urgent request for help, willing to make substantial concessions in trade, customs, finance, industry and foreign policy in exchange for the strong support of the United Kingdom to save today's North America Crisis.

in terms of foreign policy concessions;
U.S. President James Buchanan clearly expressed his willingness to abandon the "Monroe Doctrine" that previous U.S. governments had regarded as a national policy, and welcomed Britain, France and other world powers to intervene in American affairs, implying that he would turn a blind eye to the colonization of weak countries in Central America and South America by European powers. If you don't listen to it, you can even take tacit cooperation actions, including providing a series of substantive assistance such as port supplies and logistical materials.

The various preferential terms offered by the US federal government (Northern) really moved Prime Minister Temple, including other ministers in the cabinet. This is the bottom line of foreign policy that the United States has insisted on for more than 100 years!

Therefore, under the temptation of major interests, the London lords who have always moved slowly have a rare increase in efficiency. In just over 10 days, they launched a new North American policy aimed at "limited intervention". Unexpectedly, they were severely beaten. Look at your face.

The envoys sent by London to coordinate the diplomatic positions of various countries sent back good news one after another. The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Prussia agreed to participate in the diplomatic pressure led by the United Kingdom. Only the French refused.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is not interested, and Emperor Joseph is brooding over the failure of the Italian peninsula war. How can he be in the mood to praise the stinky feet of the British?

Now the latest news from North America;
The Tang Kingdom and the Confederate States of America concluded a formal alliance treaty. The alliance treaty negotiations between the two parties lasted for 4 years. The negotiations started when the south was preparing for independence, and now they are finally bearing fruit.

Prime Minister Temple was caught off guard by this latest news, and the so-called European joint pressure diplomatic action could not continue. Could it be that they pressured the Confederate States of America (South) to give up resistance and just let it go?

This was an unprecedented large-scale war in North America with more than 400 million troops (a total of more than 350 million people from the North and the South, and more than 50 people from the Datang Kingdom). Just stop?
The European joint pressure diplomatic action actively organized by London has failed, and it will inevitably be ridiculed by the French. This is not the most embarrassing thing.

The biggest crisis comes from the turbulent storm in the British political arena. From just a few words in the newspaper, Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple can feel that a political storm is brewing against him, which makes him feel very distressed .

If he loses most of the support in the party, he can only dismiss the cabinet, take the blame and resign, and the party will elect a new leader, or Queen Victoria will personally appoint a respected political leader to clean up the mess. The latter is less likely.

In this situation

The wisest thing for the Prime Minister, Lord Henry John Temple, is to be like a hedgehog, spread out his spines and take a defensive stance, say less and do less, try not to implement bills that are likely to cause great controversy, and save his own political life first.

As for the Yankees, that's out of the question for now...

In February 1860, the British political arena was turbulent, and the domestic political storm was suddenly directed at Prime Minister Temple. There were constant sharp criticisms from the political and academic circles, accusing him of biased policies, arbitrary and radical policies, and recklessly changing the direction of North American policies based on personal likes and dislikes. .

This caused serious harm to the two traditional allies of North America, the Tang Kingdom and the South, greatly affected the influence of the United Kingdom in North America, and harmed the interests of the United Kingdom.

Newspapers called Downing Street's joint diplomatic pressure with European countries "a stupid and impulsive diplomatic adventure launched to carry out Prime Minister Temple's personal will", which aroused a lot of discussion from the ruling and opposition parties. Downing Street has created enormous pressure.

Prime Minister Temple had to put out fires everywhere, and frequently met with heavyweights in the party to communicate North American policies, so as to gain support through concessions, and maintain the operation of the crumbling cabinet.

To the outside world, he gave speeches everywhere, explaining the essence of the North American policy, with the purpose of implementing the "North American version of the Continental Equilibrium Policy." He himself has deep respect for "Devil King Richard" and has no intention of directly intervening in the current chaotic situation in North America.

Instead, it is hoped that all parties to the war will show great wisdom, perseverance, and great determination to end this unprecedented disaster that can be called a human tragedy, and bring lasting peace to North America...

The mouth of a politician, a deceitful ghost.

In order to maintain his political life, the Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple did not hesitate to choose the original position to retreat significantly, from the original "limited intervention" to "active appeal", showing that a peace-loving person sees The blood scum that was fought in the North American War was flying, and the painful and anxious mood, I wanted to help but I couldn't.

Regardless of Sanqi 21, first pick yourself out before talking.

At this time, after Prime Minister Temple tasted the sharp counterattack from the Tang Kingdom, he realized that the devil Richard is not easy to handle, and he became more and more afraid.

(End of this chapter)