Wild North America 1846

Chapter 403 Future Strategic Planning
After the inspection at the First Steel Plant in Chicago, His Majesty the Emperor and his party stayed at the Palace at night. This is a secluded manor located on the side of St. Gallen Cathedral, and a grand British palace-style building is hidden among the lush trees.

as usual

Emperor Li Cha brought dozens of his beloved beasts with him when he traveled, including lions, tigers, and huge bald eagles. He had formed a habit of playing with these beasts every morning and evening.

standing in the woods
Li Cha threw out the large pieces of beef leg meat in the basin with one hand. Each piece weighed tens of pounds including the bone and meat. It was as light as nothing in His Majesty's hands, and he casually threw it dozens of meters away.

Red, white, rich, little flowers, two, three, five cakes, six cakes, these lions, tigers, bears, wolves and beasts are excited to grab food, and there are bald eagles passing by like lightning, throwing them high into the sky Grab the piece of meat with one claw, and then fly up to a high tree branch with fluttering wings, where you can enjoy the food safely.

"Why didn't fifty thousand and ninety thousand come?"

Li Cha frowned and looked around, then snapped his fingers.

I saw a huge bald eagle swooping down from the treetops. After approaching, it flapped its wings a few times and landed, looking at Li Cha and screaming a few times.

Li Cha checked the memory of this bald eagle named "Twenty Thousand" from the air, and a smile could not help showing on the corner of his lips;
It turned out that the two bald eagles, [-] and [-], lived and flew together, and are now hatching young sea eagles on a big tree in a forest by the lake, and they won't be able to return in a short time.

In a good mood, he rewarded [-] pieces of meat left in the basin. Under the service of the court maid, he washed his hands with warm rose water, wiped them clean with a snow-white towel, and strode back to the palace.

Not long ago

The thirtieth son of the Tang Empire was just born, plus 18 royal princesses, Emperor Li Cha already had 48 heirs, it can be said that the royal family is thriving, and this is the result of his efforts to control.

Looking at it now, Emperor Li Cha is 34 years old in the prime of life, and the Tang Empire is also in the golden period of development. Everything is as beautiful as flowers and brocades, and there seems to be no regrets.

When the time came to October 1863, the total number of the imperial army was reduced to 10, and there were another 32 Royal Guards. In the future, a military force of slightly more than 38 will be maintained for a long time to maintain the rule of the vast territory of the empire.

Among them, there are about 16.5 troops stationed in the United States of America, which is almost half of the Imperial Army.

This scale of troops is more in line with the current actual needs of the Tang Empire.

Compared with European countries such as Britain, France and Prussia in the same period, the total number of the British Army is 30.2, the British Royal Navy is nearly 20, and has 63 tons of warships. The speed of updating the fleet, the total military expenditure amounted to more than 7 million pounds, equivalent to 8 million Tang yuan.

This figure is three times the total military expenditure of the Great Tang Empire.

The French Army has a standing force of about 38 people, and has nearly 50 vassal troops in colonies around the world. As long as the need arises, the army can be expanded to a size of more than one million at any time.

The size of the French Navy ranks second in the world, with a ship displacement of more than 46 tons. It is also making every effort to steam-ironize its fleet, with 5 to 6 new iron-clad warships launched into service every year.

Among European countries, the Kingdom of Prussia has the largest standing army, with a size of 46, and nearly 300 million reservists. The military expenditure exceeds 3000 million Tang Yuan. The overall army is well-trained and has a high combat effectiveness.

Among the European powers, Tsarist Russia ranks first with an army of 72, which is almost the combined strength of the British and French armies.

Compared with these European powers, the Great Tang Empire, because of its advantages in both oceans, dominated the entire Americas economically and militarily, it had almost no rivals at the same level, and its strategic security situation was unprecedentedly relaxed, so it did not need to maintain an excessively large army size.

If it weren't for the insistence of the generals of the Army Staff Headquarters, Li Cha even hoped to reduce the size of the army to less than 20. This would not have happened with the South American desert expedition and the attack on the Japanese Islands, so it would have been nothing.

Anyway, the imperial government was rich, not to mention the royal family. The dividend income from the Appalachian coalfields alone was as high as one thousand and several million yuan each year. After the production increase plan was realized, it was expected to increase significantly.

A little military expenditure is nothing at all.

After a sumptuous dinner, Li Cha lit a Cuban cigar and came to the big study. He habitually stood in front of a large hand-painted map of the Americas and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

The bright yellow representing the empire's territory spread from Alaska to Panama in Central America, and the southernmost triangle in South America was also rendered in bright yellow, which allowed the empire's territory to expand to the entire Americas.

From a strategic point of view

Without the consent of the empire, no European warship can enter the Pacific Ocean. The location of the Malvinas Islands as the southernmost supply base of the British Royal Navy is very important.

lost the island
Britain only has a colony in Guyana, South America. There is no supply port belonging to the UK more than 7000 kilometers south from Guyana.

The British are like this, as are France and other European powers. They must cooperate closely with the Tang Empire in international shipping and provide each other with port supplies, so that they can travel unimpededly between the world's oceans.

The northernmost tip of North America (Alaska Province) and the southernmost tip of South America (Tierra del Fuego) are controlled by the Datang Empire. In addition, the Datang Empire is now fully infiltrated into the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, Brazil and other countries to strengthen In terms of regional political influence, the Tang Empire was already the de facto hegemony of the Americas, and it continued to strengthen this position.

Just like the Tang Empire’s desert expedition in South America, after the government delegation sent urgently by Argentina returned, there was basically no follow-up sound and no follow-up actions.

After the initial fierce resistance, the Argentine whites were continuously attacked by the Imperial Expeditionary Force, and now they are completely wilted.

The specific manifestation is that the white pastures that expanded to the south have shrunk sharply, and many places have been emptied, and the land has been surrendered, which shows that these Argentine whites have no intention of wrestling with the imperial immigrants, and they wisely chose to give up.

Recent period
Chinese immigrants have made great strides, and many of them have infiltrated into the border of Buenos Aires province. This has caused strong protests from the Argentine side, which means that this is Argentina's last bottom line.

The empire has also restrained Chinese immigrants. It’s fine to occupy several provinces in the south. Don’t enter the province of Buenos Aires, which is regarded as life in Argentina. The rabbit bites people in a hurry!

The province of Buenos Aires is the most powerful white province in Argentina. It fought against the southwestern provinces with one province and won the civil war for ten years.

During the Paon epidemic in September 1862, Urquiza led the Argentine Federal Government Army to a decisive battle with the Buenos Aires Provincial Army led by Miter. It ended in victory for the Provincial Army of Sri Lanka.

now this time

The Expeditionary Force of the Tang Empire is invading the San Luis and Mendoza regions in an all-round way. These two provinces are adjacent to the west of the province of Buenos Aires. Argentine whites have relatively weak control over this, and it is difficult to resist the entry of imperial forces.

Argentina has now been divided for more than 10 years and has fought civil wars with each other for more than 10 years. Although it is still a country in name, the conflict between Buenos Aires province and the southwestern provinces is sharp, and they are secretly stumbling each other.

Judging from the ferocious invasion of the Tang Empire, as long as it does not involve the occupation of the territory of Buenos Aires Province, the top leaders of Buenos Aires Province who dominate the Argentine government will ignore it, because this is actually reducing The strength of the southwestern provinces, the Argentine government is optimistic about its success.

The southwestern provinces, which were defeated in the civil war and had no right to speak in the new Argentine government, were really powerless to fight against the ferocious imperial expeditionary forces and immigrants, so they could only retreat step by step to give up large tracts of fertile pastures.

The effect of the desert expedition was better than originally expected. Richard looked at the map of South America with satisfaction. He did not plan to set an expansion limit for the expeditionary force. This had never happened in the original history, and there was no ready-made experience to follow.

Wherever you hit the north!
Expansion to South America is an important part of the Tang Empire's strategy to dominate the Americas, and it is by no means dispensable.

Only by firmly controlling South America can we form an overall strategic pattern that echoes the north and south of the empire, and develop into a favorable strategic pattern that spans two oceans, covers North and South America, and protects the Pacific Ocean.

From an overall strategic point of view

The Tang Empire already has an undoubted advantage on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, and the territory directly under the Royal Empire, Paradise Island, Hawaii Province, and even Alaska, are like two powerful arms stretched out by the empire, encircling the huge Pacific Ocean.

Li Cha took a step back, crossed his hands and looked around the map back and forth, countless thoughts flooded his mind.

Based on the current strength of the empire, it will take more than 10 years to digest the newly occupied areas of the Great Plains in central North America and the new colonies in South America, and it will be possible to transform the new territory into the strong strength of the empire.

Next Step

It should expand in the Pacific Ocean. The candidate areas are the Luzon Islands and the East Indies. This will help strengthen the empire’s dominance over the Pacific Ocean, obtain more excellent ports, and occupy a large area of ​​tropical regions with a warm climate.

Cuba and other regions in Central America are also the direction to consider. After all, the Spaniards who bullied Xishan Xishan were easily captured. The Yankees did the same in the original history, and there is ready-made experience to follow.

As the ruler of the empire, Emperor Richard could feel the resistance and dissatisfaction of the white world headed by the United Kingdom towards the expansion of the Tang Empire. This is also an important reason why he restrained colonial expansion.

With the current population of 4000 million in the Tang Empire, it is not enough to compete with the white world, and the only right choice is to integrate into it.

The white hardliners represented by British Prime Minister Temple reminded Richard that the colonial expansion of the Tang Empire may be on the edge of the tolerance limit of the European white powers.

Accepting what you see is the kingly way, and you should go through a period of low-key development.

10 years later

The empire's local population has grown to 6000-7000 million people, its economic aggregate is close to or surpasses that of the United Kingdom, and its political influence and military strength (mainly the Royal Navy) have improved to a higher level. Then the next round of colonial expansion can be considered.

The colonial expansion of the Tang Empire was different from that of the United Kingdom, but more similar to that of France. The French colonial policy was based on direct government management, direct garrison of troops, and direct immigration and development. This was especially evident in the colonies of Algeria and Morocco on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

In the above two African colonies, the French invested heavily in development and implemented a large number of white immigrants, so the number of French immigrants to the Americas was small, and most of the French white immigrants went to Algeria and Morocco.

However, countries such as Prussia and Italy, which have no overseas colonies, often regard immigration to North America as their first choice.

this age
Because the United States of America and the Confederate States of America implemented a heavy taxation system in order to repay their high war debts, many whites who immigrated to North America preferred to go deep into the Great Plains of Central North America and come to the Tang Empire to settle and multiply.

In the Tang Empire, white immigrants were treated more friendly. Except for large companies in the banking, military, petrochemical and machinery industries, and government departments, white immigrants could get relatively fair employment opportunities.

According to the recruitment regulations of the imperial government department; being able to use the national language proficiently is the most basic requirement. All government recruiters must be able to speak two or more languages, which can be Chinese and English, or Chinese and French, or Chinese and Spanish.

But in any case, Chinese is a language that must be mastered.

And such a huge language barrier prevents white immigrants from entering government departments or political circles, the military and important financial enterprise fields, because Chinese is also a commonly used language in banks or the army.

Datang Empire uses Beiping dialect as the national language standard, and extensively promotes "national language correct pronunciation education" in the empire's primary and secondary schools, aiming to eliminate the communication gap between local languages. After more than ten years of persistence, it has achieved fruitful results.

In the general Chinese language environment, many white-haired and blue-eyed white immigrants can already use the Chinese language proficiently, and they can naturally get more opportunities, and it is also possible to enter the army or government departments.

The Rise of the Tang Empire

Promoting the widespread popularity of Chinese language in North and South America is of great significance for further promoting Confucian culture and carrying forward the brilliant influence of Chinese culture.

This is something that Li Cha attaches great importance to.

Today, in important cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Florida, and New Orleans on the east coast, almost all local white businessmen can speak a few words of Chinese and can communicate in a simple way.

When they see the local Chinese, they will raise their hands high and say hello; "Nihao, have you cut it?"

Fried dough sticks, steamed stuffed buns, spring rolls, soy milk and other favorite breakfasts of Chinese Americans are no longer unique to Chinese, and are widely popular in cities in North America.It also includes big cities like New York and Philadelphia, where the white residents also like it very much, and it has become a part of American life.

(End of this chapter)