Wild North America 1846

By March 1867, the first stage of the five-year desert expedition was basically over. The Tang Empire conquered a large area of ​​territory at the southern tip of South America, with a total area of ​​about 3 million square kilometers, and the southernmost point reached Tierra del Fuego.

On this basis, the Tang Empire established the Andean Governor's Mansion, which is a colonial institution directly under the Imperial Colonial Department to perform government functions.

The southernmost city of the Tang Empire in South America is Storm City on the Atlantic side. It is also the southernmost starting point of the 2960-kilometer Atlantic Railway from south to north. After five years of construction, the main railway line has been basically completed.

The Atlantic Railway is a major railway artery on the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. From south to north, it connects Storm City, Zhengnan City, Shuguang Port, Crescent Port, Weiyuan Port, Victory Port, Glory Port and other important cities along the Atlantic coast. Convenient long-distance telegraph lines have been opened. , Deepen the Tang Empire's complete control over the South American colonies.

By the end of 1866, statistics show;
Under the Andean Governor's Mansion established by the Tang Empire in South America, nine provincial-level administrative regions have been established and relatively complete colonial institutions have been established.

The total immigrant Chinese population is 107.7 million, and the total population is about 153.55 million (including hundreds of thousands of Indian women, mail-order brides, newborn children, etc.). The largest country in the Americas, the Brazilian Empire, ranks second.

In terms of force alone, among the more than one million Chinese immigrants under the administration of the Andean Governor's Palace, at least 50 armed militias can be pulled out, which is quite strong.

Among them, there are no less than 7.6 retired soldiers with service experience, and the two divisions (one field expeditionary cavalry division of the Royal Army and the second division of the Royal Marine Corps) that have been organized in the region total 3.56 people. The total number of active and reserve soldiers who have completed military training exceeds 11, and the overall combat effectiveness is unmatched in South America.

If the empire wanted to intervene in the Paraguay War, it didn't need to send troops from the mainland at all.

After five years of desert expeditions, the so-called Patagonian kingdom, the Mapuche tribe, and the original Indian tribe on the South American continent were all wiped out and become a history that remains in memory.

Except for a very small number of native Indians who fled into the depths of the Andes, it is difficult to see the rest.

According to the official records of the empire, most of the local indigenous Indians are vaguely said to be more than 7 people, and there is another saying that they are about 8 to [-] people.

Some scholars in Argentina and Europe in South America believe that the Mapuche Indians are the original inhabitants of South America, and the total number is not less than one million.It was hunted and killed in an organized manner by the Chinese Armed Corps, but this point of view is not officially recognized by the Tang Empire at all, and it is completely nonsense.

In the families of many local Chinese manor owners, it is common to see taciturn Indian women who are busy in the manor all day or have a big belly, and still work hard.

During the peak period of the construction of the Atlantic Railway, an insider once revealed;

No less than 17 indigenous Indian convicts worked day and night on the 3000-kilometer-long railway line, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water.

After the completion of the railway sections, these indigenous Indian convicts moved to new construction sites, mainly on the north-south trunk lines of the Andes Railway and the Central Railway.

These folk gossips are "crimes of slandering the government" under the administration of the Andean Governor's Mansion, which belongs to the Tang Empire, and they will be severely punished once they are found out.

Don't you like to spread rumors? Then throw it into a hard labor camp to experience it for yourself.

The Imperial Propaganda Department keeps a close eye on the news, propaganda and speeches of the colonies. While enjoying the blessings of the empire, Chinese immigrants must maintain a high degree of consistency in their words and deeds with the imperial government. This is a basic requirement.

The territory of the Andean Governor's Palace is 185 million square kilometers, the longest from south to north is more than 3770 kilometers, and the widest point from east to west is 1835 kilometers. The province adjacent to Lis is the widest.

According to the plan;

Overall, three main railway lines from south to north will be built. The first is the Atlantic Railway Line, which is basically completed in its current state.

This is a railway line bordering the Atlantic Ocean from north to south. The southernmost point starts from Storm City, facing Tierra del Fuego across the strait.

Continuing south from Tierra del Fuego is Antarctica, which is covered with ice and snow all year round.

The northernmost end of the Atlantic Railway line ends in Glory City. From here, continue to the north for more than 41 kilometers to reach the southern border of Buenos Aires, the most populous and prosperous province in Argentina.

Since the two countries have not yet reached a cooperation agreement on the extension of the Atlantic Railway northwards to the territory of Argentina, and finally to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

Therefore, in the foreseeable ten or twenty years, Glory City will be the northernmost terminus of the Atlantic Railway.

Article 2. The main line of the north-south railway is the Andes Railway, also known as the "Pacific Railway". This is a railway line bordering on the Pacific Ocean. Several large rivers are quite difficult to build.

The current status is that the construction has just started. The first phase is mainly to build a relatively gentle plain area railway line in sections, with a total length of about 1 kilometers. It is expected to be completed in 2550 to 6 years.

The second phase of the project will mainly focus on railway lines and tunnel bridges crossing the mountains. Overcoming difficulties in the construction, we will strive to connect the segmented plain railways together to form a complete Pacific railway traffic artery.

这一阶段预计7~8年时间，总计花费14~15年时间，至1880年末前建成通车。

Article 3. The main line of the North-South Railway is the Central Railway. The total length of this railway is about 1800 kilometers. The control area of ​​the Chinese armed militia.

Continue north from here, separated by the provinces of Santiago del Estero and Chaco in Argentina, and continue northward for more than 480 kilometers from Cordoba, the Tang Empire, to the southern border of Paraguay, where the Chinese armed militia arrived the northernmost point.

Since most of the Central Railway is located in plain areas, the construction progress is very fast. More than 1100 kilometers of railway lines have been completed and opened, and the remaining 700 kilometers will be completed within this year and put into use.

The Central Railway is an important railway channel for the Datang Empire to project power to the focus area of ​​South America with Paraguay as the core, and it is of great strategic significance.

It is connected to the Atlantic Railway through the east-west railway trunk line, which can smoothly receive a large amount of materials from the seaports along the Atlantic Ocean and transport them to the front line.

This important railway line is also a big stick for the Tang Empire to exert pressure on South American countries.

After the "Asunción Military Alliance Treaty" between Tang and Ba was officially signed, the Tang Empire strongly intervened in the war.

On February 1867, 2, as the overlord of the Americas, he proposed to hold a new round of peace talks to resolve the turmoil in South America caused by the Paraguay War and restore the peace and tranquility that the people expected.

on the other hand
The Andean Governor's Office issued a convening order. The Royal Navy's Second Expeditionary Marine Division has a total of two regiments and another artillery battalion. The total number of about 5700 people and a large amount of equipment are transported to Cordoba Province through the Central Railway.

3.2 armed militias responded to the summoning order one after another, and horses, personnel and equipment were also transported to Córdoba Province through the Central Railway, which suddenly made the situation in the area tense.

A series of tough measures taken by the Datang Empire show that;

I am not asking you to come back to the negotiating table. If you are sensible, it is best not to go against the expectations of the empire to restore the vision of peace in South America and seize the rare opportunity for peace.

Otherwise, do it at your own risk.

This tough-handed and soft-handed move has shocked the high-level officials of Brazil and Argentina into panic. The Brazilian negotiating delegation that had just returned to Rio de Janeiro, before they had time to settle their luggage, set foot on their way back to Buenos Aires. His long journey.

This matter also alarmed the British. London sent a high-level dialogue request to the Tang Empire cabinet through the Atlantic submarine long-distance cable, hoping to get a detailed understanding of the Datang Empire's South American policy, so as to avoid misjudgment.

Prime Minister Ryu Hyun-kun, who is already in his second term, is really not too skillful in dealing with the high-level dialogue request from the UK!
this year down

If not 30 times, there are more than 20 times, such as the European Prussian-Austrian War in recent years, the Tang Empire's policy towards Europe, the Yukon issue, the situation in Central America and Guatemala, the coordination of the two countries' policies towards Cuba and Suriname, the coordination of East Asia policies, and the containment of Tsarist Russia Eastward policy, etc., there is a smooth high-level communication mechanism between Britain and Tang Dynasty.

The royal families of the two countries also have the same communication mechanism, which is the highest-level dialogue, which is used less frequently than high-level dialogue between governments.

Last time

It was also Emperor Richard of the Tang Dynasty who, after successfully completing his visit to Europe, wrote a letter of thanks to Her Majesty Queen Victoria to express his sincere thanks.

Back to the topic
The Argentines were not unprepared. On the border between Santiago del Estero and Chaco provinces, Argentina had hoarded about 3.5 cavalry and 2.7 Indian infantry, with a total force of more than 6.2, occupying an important position. Dozens of large barracks and hundreds of outposts were built to prevent the northward invasion of the Chinese armed militia.

Even at the height of the Paraguay War, Argentina did not withdraw troops from the border between the two countries.

to be frank

The Argentines were really devastated by the armed militias running around in the Tang Empire. These Chinese armed militias were fierce and domineering. They often broke out small-scale battles with the local white manor owners. dove nest.

Fighting and being unable to fight, but not daring to turn around, this is the ambivalence of the Argentine government's current dilemma.

The Argentine federal side demanded the recovery of the lost ground, and the strong voices were loud, angrily denouncing the government as "a group of cowardly cowards, trembling with fear of the bluff of the Orientals."

The big white landowners and capitalists in Buenos Aires province are not willing to be the first bird to fight in order to defend the interests and sovereignty of the province. Isn't that a joke?
The big estate owners in Buenos Aires who control the Argentine government know how powerful they are, and they are not stupid enough to kill themselves.

For this reason, the two sides quarreled against Yingtian in the parliament, and even fought.

It is precisely because Argentina's internal conflicts are difficult to bridge that the border survey negotiations between Tang and Argentina have been inconclusive. It has been dragged on for four or five years, and it is still a castle in the air.

The three main railway lines connect the north and the south in the shape of a "chuan" and together form the main line railway network pattern under the administration of the Andean Governor's Palace. There are 11 east-west main railway lines planned to be built in the middle (a few have already started, and most are still in the planning drawing stage) , forming a complete and unobstructed trunk railway network.

With the advancement of railway construction, organized Chinese immigrants have established hundreds of villages and towns, tens of thousands of farms and manors in the vast South American land, and have shown a gratifying situation with their hard work.

Grain is full, cattle and sheep are flocking, and harvests are everywhere from north to south.

The government transported a large amount of grain to the port cities along the Atlantic Ocean through railway lines, where it was further processed to make flour, edible oil, wine and various canned beef and mutton, and was exported to Europe by sea.

Locally produced high-quality wool is processed by wool spinning mills in coastal ports to make combed tops and carded tops, which gradually become the mainstay products exported by the Andean Governor's Palace and are widely welcomed by consumers in Europe and North America.

The refrigerated ships newly used on the transatlantic route export a large amount of cut and frozen beef to Europe. It only takes 21 days to reach Manchester, UK from the southernmost city of Stormwind, and only 16 days from the northernmost city of Glory.

Colt Industries Group, the world's largest weapons manufacturer, has set up a large-scale chemical plant in Torch City (Osorno) on the Pacific side, using the rich local saltpeter resources to produce yellow powder, and plans to build it as its subsidiary The largest gunpowder production base.

Products are exported to Europe and ordered by the imperial army. This chemical plant and the surrounding saltpeter mines alone require a young and strong workforce of more than [-] people, providing an inexhaustible new impetus for the economic development of Torch City.

It is precisely because of the full confidence that the empire showed a tough stance after intervening in the Paraguay War, and played very smoothly with butter in one hand and a big stick in the other.

Brazil and Argentina are also not friendly. While actively responding to the start of the new peace talks in Buenos Aires, they seized the time to storm the fortress of Umaita, the fortress of the river, and strive to create a fait accompli.

It would be really strange if this double-dealing method had not been secretly encouraged by the British!

It was the British who secretly backed Brazil and Argentina, so that these two countries withstood the pressure of the Tang Empire, and continued to send more troops to the front line to attack the Umaita fortress, beating the Paraguayans endlessly.

two weeks later
The Andes Governor's Mansion of the Tang Empire announced a new round of conscription to form 20 militia divisions, each with a strength of 5000 to 3 people, which belonged to a mixed force of cavalry and infantry, and each militia division was led by the imperial military. Responsible for strengthening an artillery battery, equipped with 6-pound or [-]-pound towed field guns.

at the same time
The Tang Empire gave an ultimatum to both sides of the Paraguay War negotiations;

Before April 1867, 4 (that is, three days later), the three-nation coalition composed of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay stopped all military operations. The same was true for Paraguay, and the current front line retreated 3 kilometers each to disengage.

Create an atmosphere of sincerity for the next step of peace negotiations. Any party who violates the ultimatum will suffer a merciless blow from the Tang Empire army. Please proceed with caution.