Wild North America 1846

In the Krupp arsenal, workers are working overtime to produce a new type of rifled artillery. Due to its good airtightness, this new type of 105mm artillery has a range of up to 3.5 kilometers and higher shooting accuracy. The shells with imported charges are more powerful. .

After inspecting the busy Krupp factory, Major General Schwarz-Kopf, the quartermaster director of the General Staff Headquarters of the Prussian Army, hurried to Frankfurt.

There is a batch of 20 cow hides from South America that have just arrived in Hong Kong, which solves the urgent raw material problem for military production.

Although the price is nearly doubled, as long as the production can be satisfied, all the price paid is worth it.

The Prussian war machine has been quietly running at full speed. Guns and ammunition, leather, quilts and food supply are the top priorities, and there is no sloppy at all.

Once fully mobilized

The materials in the warehouse alone are far from enough to meet the needs. The heroic Prussian officers and soldiers cannot be allowed to go to the battlefield with spears and knives. That is a shitty thing that Tsarist Russian gray cattle will do. The strict Prussian Junker military nobles can’t lose from that person.

There are not enough materials in terms of military preparations. For example, the 600 million canned meats that the Prussian army is hoarding now, if they really have to let go and distribute them to the troops, they will be exhausted in a week or two at most, and it will be ruined if they can’t finish them.

These imported canned meats are calculated in Tang Yuan. If tax is not included, a pound of canned beef costs 8-9 cents, canned pork costs 6 cents, and canned beef offal costs [-] cents, which is almost three times the price of chilled fresh meat products. .

Here we must take into account tin canned packaging, deep processing and other costs, which are still within a reasonable range.

The Prussian Army successively ordered five batches totaling more than 8500 tons of canned food of various types, including meat, fish, and canned fruit, to maintain the Prussian army's nutritional balance and always ensure a high level of combat effectiveness.

If necessary, additional orders will be made generously.

Experience through the Austro-Prussian War

In just one month of high-intensity war, the Prussian army finally defeated the Austrians with aggressive and powerful offensives, allowing them to enjoy the sweetness.

Therefore, after receiving a large loan from the Tang Empire, the Prussian army spared no effort to increase the nutrition of the soldiers. Storage-resistant, convenient and practical canned food is an important means.

The train was speeding on the railway line, and the scenery along the line receded rapidly.

field in early summer
The galloping train crossed one beautiful German-style village after another. The golden wheat fields in the fields and the green hillsides full of unknown wild flowers complement each other, weaving a moving picture of life.

Along the road and in the square, militiamen in military training can often be seen. Prussia is already full of pre-war preparations.

It is a pity that the French are at a loss for all this.

Perhaps it is due to the occlusion of news in the current era, or the arrogant Gauls did not look down on the Prussians at all, and still think that they are barbarians in the Black Forest. This is a common arrogance.

In France in the early 19s
Because of a string of victories brought about by global colonization, self-confidence has never been higher. From the top political circles to ordinary people, it is widely believed that the warlike and rude Prussians are nothing more than buffoons in front of the mighty French Legion. Torn it to pieces.

no such confidence

The French Emperor Napoleon III would not ask William I to agree; part of the territory of Bavaria on the west bank of the Rhine and Hesse-Darmstadt was merged with France as compensation for France's conservative neutrality in the Austro-Prussian War.

no such confidence

The French foreign minister, the Duke of Gramont, would not forcefully ask William I to guarantee that the Hohenzollern family would never get involved in the vacant Spanish throne.

port of frankfurt
There are a lot of goods piled up in the busy port, and there are many rich Chinese businessmen with black hair and black eyes during the exchange period.Many rich Chinese businessmen swaggered through the market in expensive cars with their beautiful white girlfriends in their arms, attracting a lot of attention.

There is envy and dissatisfaction in their eyes, but it is undeniable that these rich Chinese businessmen are very rich, and they are not easy to mess with with sturdy gun-toting guards.

In recent years
As the trade relationship between Trump and Trump became closer, the number of Chinese immigrants to Frankfurt also increased. They concentrated in several high-end neighborhoods around the Frankfurt Cathedral, forming an independent Chinese neighborhood.

Among these Tang people, in addition to some Chinese doing business, there are also some scholars and students who exchanged. The foreign employees of several major multinational banks in the Tang Empire, oil companies and telegraph bureaus, etc. belonged to the higher-income group.

Tang people have always been introverted, and it seems difficult to integrate into the local life.

They prefer to live together in a group and take care of each other in a foreign country.The Tang people saved money in several powerful multinational banks in the Tang Empire, spent their daily consumption in Tangren restaurants and department stores, and their children were enrolled in local Chinese schools. They did not like or were good at integrating into the daily life of the Prussians.

The Tang people are different from the notorious Jews in Europe. They are extremely powerful, and they don't engage in usury.

In Frankfurt, the banks of the Tang Empire are strong and have an excellent reputation. There are also rich oil companies and telegraph offices, all of which are high-paying and decent jobs that Prussians yearn for, so their reputation is quite good.

Transatlantic trade is almost monopolized by the Tang people, and it is a lucrative industry.

There are about 9000 local Chinese in Frankfurt. As the exchanges between the two countries continue to deepen, this number is still expanding.

The same is true of Chinese people in other cities in Europe. Berlin has a Chinatown area with a scale of 3.2 to 3.5 people, which is called "Tangcheng". Here you can buy almost all daily necessities that Chinese people like, including oil and salt. Sauce and vinegar tea, pickles, fermented bean curd and even red lanterns and incense candles, almost everything is included.

But there is a unique group among the Tang people, that is, the German immigrants with the passports of the Tang Empire. It is very natural for them to return home and integrate into the local society, and they are also widely welcomed by the military nobles of Junkers.

Just like

Lieutenant General James Kahn, who rose to fame in the Austro-Prussian War, has been awarded the title of Viscount by King William I, and served as the lieutenant general of the First Frankfurt Army. He is an authentic confidant general of King William I.

First Army Headquarters in Frankfurt
Lieutenant General James Kahn received Major General Schwarz-Kopf, the director of munitions from Berlin. During the meeting, Colonel Raun von Stadt, chief of the munitions department of the First Army, introduced the reception, storage and transportation of materials in the jurisdiction Condition.

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At present, there are 3.5 pieces of cowhide, which have entered dozens of cobbler workshops around Frankfurt for intensive production in batches, and a total of 6 pieces of cowhide have been allocated to Mainz, Bremen and Cologne for production as planned.

There are still 10.5 cowhide reserves in the warehouse, waiting for the deployment plan of the staff headquarters.

these two months

Frankfurt received 43 shipments of grain, oil and other bulk cargoes transported via the Rhine River, namely wheat..."

Lieutenant General James Kahn was sitting at the conference table, turning the gold pen absently with his hands. These materials in the headquarters were all passing money and did not belong to the Frankfurt First Army. They were transferred away after a transfer order from above.

For this kind of logistical meeting, it is enough for him to participate in the meeting as a military and political officer and express his importance. There is no need to worry about it, as it is beyond the scope of a military commander's authority.

Lieutenant General James Kahn was thinking of his own business;
This group of generals who were reused after returning to the country were aliens in the eyes of the traditional Prussian Junker military aristocrats. They were called "returners" and were excluded by various forms and intangibles.

Because of this, he was trusted by His Majesty the King and placed in the army to hold real power.

Really want to talk

Before the Pudan War, King William I and Prime Minister Bismarck were only a minority, and their situation was not stable.The Junker military aristocrats in the kingdom who hold the real power of the army and the opposition in the government and parliament are powerful and can easily overthrow the rule of King William I.

Therefore, William I confided to Prime Minister Bismarck;

"If this risky act fails (meaning that the Pudan war attracted great powers to intervene, such as France), we will both become scapegoats, you will be pushed to hang in Parliament Square, and I will step down sadly."

At that time

William I did not have any talents available, and he relied heavily on the military aristocrats of Junkers. The royal family only had two senior generals, "Blood Prince" Karl and Crown Prince Frederick William, and relied on the support of Conservative MPs politically.

The group of German generals of the Tang Empire who returned home with the glory of the North American War had nothing to do with the traditional Junker military aristocrats, and they were solving their urgent needs.Becoming William I's best helper in consolidating the kingship, he will naturally be reused.

From the perspective of the Kahn family;
Pursuing the safe approach of betting on two sides was an important reason for deciding to return to the Kingdom of Prussia.

James Kahn is the sixth in the family, the seventh Stephen Kahn, and the eighth Mark Kahn both serve in the Tang Empire Army, as well as Mandelheim Kahn and Schlieffen Kahn, etc. Impossible to mix up.

Only the eldest son of the family can inherit Old Kahn's title of marquis and fief of the Tang Empire, and it is completely impossible for others.

Coupled with the early death of Kahn due to injury, it is wise to return to the Kingdom of Prussia to serve William I in the face of a development ceiling. Facts have proved that this step is the right one.

"Blood Prince" Karl and Crown Prince Frederick William, two direct descendants of the royal family, can serve as commanders of the legion, but there is a lack of a large number of middle and high-level officers below to consolidate the military power of the two Highnesses.

The return of the "returnees" just filled this vacancy, and both parties were happy.

Right now, the Kingdom of Prussia is facing a major war risk, which is a great opportunity for soldiers. If they perform well, they might not be able to gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Prussia and become a military giant!
meeting in progress

Major General Schwartz-Kopf, the director of munitions, would always glance at Lieutenant General James Kahn intentionally or unintentionally.

He is from the traditional Junker military aristocrats, and he didn't like these "returners" at first.

The "returning faction" generals occupy one more hole, and the Junker military nobles have one less hole. There is a fundamental conflict of interest between the two sides.