Wild North America 1846

Chapter 352 Who hasn't pursued yet?
Prime Minister Liu Xianjun talked for a while, then left with a respectful expression.His affairs are very busy, and he will take a special train back to the imperial capital Chang'an in the past two days to solve a series of tedious government affairs.

With this large shield, Li Cha really relaxed a lot.

Let him get rid of the tedious government affairs, so that he can focus on the important affairs of the current North American war. There are two major problems to be solved right now;
One is the upcoming Battle of Cincinnati by the Colorado Corps, and the other is the request just made by the Confederate States of the United States, hoping to transfer the captured 12.3 Northern Army to them to supplement the urgently needed troops.

Let me talk about the first question first, that is, the Battle of Cincinnati that the Colorado Corps has been preparing for for a long time.

Due to the limited logistical conditions of the kingdom, the important northern railway has not yet been built and used. The current railway transportation cannot support more than 55 corps to launch large-scale campaigns at the same time.

Therefore, the Northern Corps took the lead in launching the Battle of Detroit. After the victory was established, the whole army entered a rest period, and then launched the siege campaign step by step.

After the war in the north
The Colorado Corps in the south will launch a new round of Cincinnati campaign, and the focus of military transportation will turn to the south to ensure the smooth progress of the campaign.

Cincinnati is an important industrial city and river port at the southwestern tip of Ohio in the central part of the United States. It is also a fortress-type city painstakingly managed by the United States of America (North), with strict barriers.

It is located on the north bank of the top of the Ohio River's Great North Bend, near the junction of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In order to defend against the serious threat of the Tang Kingdom, the United States of America (North) spent a lot of money to build a series of defensive forts in Cincinnati, trying to Build it into a steel barrier in the middle.

The urban area of ​​Cincinnati is 202 square kilometers, with a population of 26. The city is located in a flat basin surrounded by hills on three sides, where the Big and Little Miami Rivers and the Ohio River converge.

Cincinnati was the first group of Europeans to settle here in 1788. It was established as a city in 1819. After 1827, with the completion of the Miami Canal and the Ohio River-Lake Erie River, it gradually became a major river port and commercial center in the Midwest of the United States.

Due to the construction of the railway, the scale of the city has grown rapidly, and it has become one of the earliest industrial cities in the Midwest of the United States.Because of the convenient transportation, the annual trading volume of live pigs is huge, so it is also known as the "Pig Capital".

Cincinnati's unique geographical environment makes its urban area concentrated in small valleys and surrounding hillsides, so it has the superior environment of a fortress city.

The Americans built numerous fortresses and high defensive walls along the valley terrain, and set up permanent fortifications and large forts along the Miami Canal and Lake Erie, fortifying the entire city and becoming another solid pillar of the Detroit-Cincinnati defense line.

If the Battle of Detroit was the closing battle of the second phase, then the Battle of Cincinnati was the opening battle of the third phase of the Datang Kingdom's offensive.

Cincinnati currently has 17 U.S. troops stationed there, and as the situation changes, it may rapidly increase its troop strength, which is another tough nut to crack.

After thinking about it for a moment, Richard decided not to approve the Colorado Corps' planned campaign on January 1861, 1, and postponed it for a while.

The launch date of the campaign is only one month away, which is still too hasty.

As the lord of a country, Richard will not consider issues from the perspective of the Colorado Corps, but will stand at the peak of the situation in North America and watch the world with a cold eye.

During the second phase of the war, the Kingdom of Tang swallowed up the vast land of the seven central states of the United States of America. There were dozens of large and small cities and hundreds of towns. Digest it completely.

From another perspective, appropriately delaying the progress of the war will help both the North and the South to exhaust their population and resources, and it will be more conducive to the Datang Kingdom’s dominance of the situation in North America after the war, infiltrating and controlling the two countries through financial and trade means. nation.

In summary

Li Cha believes that it is more appropriate for the war to continue for more than half a year to a year, and it is okay to extend it for a while. It is not good to end the war early.

Since the large tracts of fertile agricultural and animal husbandry land in the central region were occupied by the Tang Kingdom, the traditional agricultural states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri were all under military occupation, and it was no longer possible to supply large quantities of agricultural and animal husbandry products to the northern government.

For several months now, the United States of America (North) has experienced serious food supply difficulties. Famine has spread in some small and medium-sized cities, and many urban civilians have died of hunger and turbulent crimes.

British Canada was not able to supply the food needs of a country with a population of 1200 million. As a large number of Americans fled into Canada, the pressure on its own food supply also increased, and the food aid provided to the United States of America (Northern) decreased sharply.

A food crisis of unprecedented scale is brewing and will soon spread throughout the United States of America, resulting in a sharp decline in the population and deprivation of the people's livelihood.

This situation that makes Li Cha feel regretful can only be said to be a side effect of the war.

The second is about the Confederate States' request to transfer 2 white captives.

Li Cha decided after consideration;
The transfer can transfer some, after all, it is an ally, but the number cannot exceed half.

This is because after the Battle of Chicago, a white servant division attached to each army of the Northern Corps suffered the most casualties. There were five white servant divisions in five armies.

It is said that the 506th Division of the Fourth Army had more than 1.1 casualties, and only about 4000 soldiers retreated in one piece. The division's establishment must be fully supplemented.

Immediately, the siege battle will begin. Don't white people need cannon fodder for the tragic urban street fighting?
After comprehensive consideration, Li Cha decided to allocate one third, about 4 white captives, and consider the rest as appropriate.

Pull out more if you have it, and pull it down if you don't have it.

tell the truth
The current Southern Confederate States are really miserable. Basically, young men from the age of 13 to 55 are carrying guns and going to the battlefield. Being able to maintain the current total size of the army of 83 people has already used all the strength of breastfeeding. Out.

Men are now a scarce resource in the South. The president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, has already set his mind on young and strong Chinese immigrants. The two countries are discussing this matter.

If Chinese immigrants take the immigration route in the central Pacific Ocean and land from Paradise Island to Panama, after a 78-kilometer railway connection, Chinese immigrants can easily arrive at various ports in the southern United States by sea and quickly integrate into society.

There are a lot of ready-made houses, ready-made women, ready-made land estates and job opportunities in the southern United States. As long as you arrive in the southern United States, you will be a proper winner in life.

The 4-year war cost the Confederate States of America (South) as many as 53 white young men, almost an entire generation.

Southern white soldiers who are still fighting on the battlefield today seldom see young and middle-aged men between the ages of 18 and 26, or middle-aged and elderly white men between the ages of 27 and 55 to 18, or white men between the ages of thirteen and fourteen to [-] Young man, that is really old and young, which makes people feel inexplicably sad.

When the Sherman Legion and the Brown Legion ravaged the South, millions of black slaves fled north, which caused unimaginable losses to the South's economy centered on cotton plantations and the white slave owners, with a total of 10-12 billion Tang yuan.

A large number of fields in the southern United States are barren, and cotton production has been cut in half compared to the peak period, and this part of the gap is made up by cotton plantations in the southern Chihuahua State of the Datang Kingdom, which also leads to continued rise in international cotton prices.

Hey, it's not easy!

Li Cha waved his hand in a happy mood, and two huge and colorful white tigers ran to his side obediently, crouched beside Li Cha, and put their big heads in a convenient position for their master to stroke the tigers.

Li Cha was stroking his pet tiger with one hand, and smoking a cigar beautifully with the other, feeling quite wow!
The two beautiful tigers have grown so big, they just look pitifully at the lit cigars from time to time, frightened and dare not resist, for fear that the cigarette butts will fall on their heads.

"Qizou Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Northern Corps presented 50 beautiful girls and a batch of curios to express their filial piety. These antiques and curios have been loaded on the special train and will leave for the Chang'an court in the afternoon. And these 50 beautiful girls, you Look……"

"Leave 10 smart and dexterous servants to serve the imperial court, and the rest will return to the Chang'an court with Treasures. As soon as there is a matter of rewards, the secretariat will handle it intentionally, and there is no need to ask for instructions."

"My minister obeys the order." After Viscount Dong Jie replied respectfully, he quietly withdrew.

These 50 Caucasian show girls are all top-quality girls carefully selected when the Northern Corps wiped out places. They are naturally beautiful and extraordinary, and they are all perfect.

A teacher only has the opportunity to present one or two beautiful women, so it is natural to strive for perfection. If he can really be favored by the emperor and regenerate a man and a half woman, wouldn't he be prosperous in the future?

The head of the secretariat, Dong Jie, stepped back in a hurry. He had to quickly select ten Caucasian girls with curvy figures to serve the imperial court according to His Majesty's taste. The skin must be good, the legs must be long, and the appearance must be particularly good.

There is no small matter related to His Majesty, and he must personally check it out before he can rest assured.

Now that the cabinet has been re-elected, the former prime minister, Earl Gu Yan, has been re-elected as the speaker of the House of Nobles. In the new government, Liu Xianjun, who won the election, will be the prime minister of the cabinet. The cabinet ministers have also undergone a reshuffle. The position continues to serve His Majesty.

Viscount Dong Jie has been serving His Majesty for seven years. His Majesty has revealed some words recently, and it is estimated that he will be sent out to sit in one side soon to accumulate the qualifications of local officials.

At this critical time, we must be more cautious in our words and deeds in doing things, and there must be no mistakes or omissions.

The most important position in the kingdom is the senior official in California. Both Chang'an City and Los Angeles are located in this province. This is the most core and most essential province of the Tang Kingdom. It is the only one in the whole country.

The second is to count Illinois senior officials, because Chicago is located in this province, and half of the industrial elite cities of the Great Lakes are also located in this province. They were severely damaged due to the war, and there is a long way to go to rebuild.

How to revive the vitality of Chicago and the Great Lakes region's industrial development and make it better than before is a very challenging task for senior officials in Illinois.

If this is done well, the next Prime Minister is expected to...

Generally speaking

His Majesty the King will always ask for his intentions in the appointment of important positions, and Dong Jie has made up his mind to challenge the important mission of Illinois senior officials.

It is easier to make political achievements in this position, so that you can exert greater creativity and leadership, and let His Majesty see your outstanding talents.

To be honest, who doesn't have a pursuit?
(End of this chapter)