Wild North America 1846

Chapter 639 Strength Soars
After the total population exceeded the 1875 million mark at the end of 1, the weight of the Tang Empire was already extraordinary. The total population exceeded that of Tsarist Russia, and it was about the combined population of Britain, France and Italy.

also this year

The total economic volume of the Tang Empire surpassed that of the United Kingdom and ranked first in the world economy. Finally, in 1876, the output of pig iron and steel both ranked first in the world, and achieved remarkable economic achievements.

The weird thing is

The media in various European countries did not publicize these things, and seemed to have forgotten them or simply pretended not to see them.Even the well-known British "Times" did not report on relevant economic achievements, but always liked to label the Tang Empire as an "upstart".

It can be seen from this that the Europeans have small intestines and are not very generous. They are neither willing to publicize the brilliant economic achievements of Datang, nor willing to show his strength.

The news media of the Tang Empire is not the case. They have reported the brilliant achievements in the economic field of the empire in lengthy articles. They have built the most complete and largest industrial system in the world from scratch, ranking among the top in many fields in the world.

This greatly encouraged the self-confidence of the people of the empire, won higher prestige for the royal family and the government, and gained the general support of the people.

In the environment of global turmoil, North America also appears not to be calm.

The main source of turmoil is the US (North) region.

In the first week of February 1877, after the new Chinese President Zhang Zongliang took the oath of office, he immediately launched several political proposals, and the "Restriction of Italian Immigration Act" was one of them.

Besides
The new government has intensified the anti-corruption judicial investigation that the public is clamoring for, and has been pursuing the corruption cases involving the outgoing President Benjamin Disraeli. Hot spots have emerged frequently, and it has become one of the hot spots in North American politics today.

These measures boosted the prestige of President Zhang Zongliang's integrity, but inevitably damaged the government's prestige, causing a strong backlash from the Republican Party and further contributing to political division.

Originally, hello, hello, everyone's tacit understanding was broken. Former President Benjamin Disraeli may become the first president to be imprisoned because of his involvement in serious corruption cases.

The so-called being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.

After the founding of the early democratic sages, the American (northern) political arena has become more and more conservative and corrupt for more than a hundred years. The traditional political elites have always been in the small circle of the upper class in England, and they have inevitably been contaminated with the old and conservative ideas of the original suzerain country. Political ideas are tacit to each other.

After the new Chinese-American President Zhang Zongliang entered the White House, he immediately set off a new trend of improvement to eliminate long-standing abuses. He introduced the mechanism of the Datang Empire's Independent Commission Against Corruption, introduced the advanced system of the Datang Empire's inspection of officials, and implemented strict departure audits.

This series of combo punches caused the American political arena (North) which was like a stagnant pool to set off monstrous waves. Many old corrupt people were found out, and the reputation of some traditional political families fell to the bottom, followed by hysterical riots. furious.

Some local forces expressed dissatisfaction with the United States government and vigorously promoted local protectionism, which happened one after another in Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and even New York.

Some social celebrities jumped out one after another, advocating the establishment of the Boston Republic, the Pittsburgh Republic, and even the New York Republic independent of the United States (the North), further showing the tendency of local separatism.

Generally speaking

As long as the government takes measures to crack down on this separatist force, it will soon disappear.

But the White House obviously has no intention of doing this, and adopts a tolerant and generous attitude towards local speech, and sits back and watches local separatist sentiment grow step by step...

There has been resentment throughout North America for a long time. Since the unprecedented defeat in the Third North American War, the high patriotism of the United States (North) has been greatly bruised.

The United States (North) has been implementing a heavy tax policy for more than ten years. Whether it is a factory, a business, or an individual, it bears a heavy tax burden, and life is extremely difficult.

This has also led to the separation of the local governments in the United States (North). Coupled with the serious corruption cases that have been continuously exposed, the anger and disappointment of the people have been exacerbated.

At this time, local separatism is like dry wood meeting a raging fire. Under the right environment, it will quickly ignite...

in central america
The Cuban uprising that broke out in April 1869 has lasted for 4 years. President Desais Perez led the uprising of the Cuban people and dealt with the Spanish colonists in the jungle for 8 years. Now it has entered a very difficult time. Hou.

in the original history
The Cuban rebels fought the Spanish colonists for 10 years without any friendly troops or foreign aid, causing more than 20 casualties to the Spanish colonial army, and they also suffered huge losses.

With no hope of winning, he was finally forced to surrender.

History is different now. The Cuban rebels have received assistance from the Tang Dynasty and South American countries one after another. They gritted their teeth and fought bloody battles with the Spanish colonial army to the end, preferring to die rather than surrender.

This has directly led to the current Cuban civil war being more brutal, bloodier, and more costly. The population has more than halved from 151 million at the beginning of the civil war to only 70.

South America

In June 1877, large-scale armed riots broke out in Cartagena and Bogota in the northern part of Colombia's new colonial area. The bloody squeeze of the Tang Empire was the main factor that contributed to the civil war.

The Tang Empire immediately sent massive reinforcements to the newly colonized areas, and resolutely suppressed the rioting areas by encircling them with an iron wall. All aboriginal villages and towns were wiped out, leaving no hidden dangers.

These aboriginal Indian villages and towns are important supply points for bandits hiding in the rainforest. As long as these villages and towns exist, the rebels in the jungle can persist.

The Southern Army adopted a strategy of completely emptying out all women and children on trains. Men who resisted were killed on the spot, and the rest were thrown into hard labor camps.

This ruthless repressive measure quickly emptied many towns in the south-central region, and also cut off the rebels' only hope of survival.

In these emptied central and southern regions, as long as there are local betting Indians or native whites, they must be rebels, and there is no second possibility.

While suppressing the area on a large scale, the Southern Army deliberately blocked the news, blocked the roads, and stationed troops on duty for a long time in the villages and towns along the way, strictly prohibiting all living materials from flowing into the area.

Various measures made the rebels hide in the jungle and could only drink dirty water and gnaw bark. Many people died tragically due to tropical malaria, cholera, diarrhea or plague, and the loss of strength was very serious.

In desperation, the rest of the people had no choice but to attack the villages and camps held by the army in vain, and died tragically under the intensive gunpoints.

The Colombian Civil War seemed inconspicuous in the context of raging wars all over the world, and not many countries paid attention to it, so it was quietly submerged in history.

Actually

The Emperor of the Tang Empire spoke very highly of the Colombian Civil War, believing that it was a successful battle in which the new colonial area was in a state of chaos.The changes in the demographic structure of the region were completed 10 years ahead of schedule, and while reducing its own losses, it achieved major colonial strategic goals.

The Colombian civil war, which lasted for a full year and a half, did not have much ink in the history of the imperial army, and there were not many news media reports, and there were no particularly major and brilliant battles. Instead, it consisted of hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized battles.

There are not many descriptions of this period in history, and most of them have been briefly mentioned. There are no accurate data and historical materials. Later generations are mostly guessing about this period of history.

With the advancement of railways and highways, the Tang Empire really took control of the New Columbia residential areas after the Civil War, when a large wave of Chinese immigrants entered the central and northern regions, and the rule penetrated into every village and town.

After the Colombian Civil War, Marshal Mai Xiaozu, the commander of the Southern Military Region, returned to the imperial center to serve as the chief of the army staff, surpassing several veteran deputy chiefs of staff. It is said that the real reason was that his excellent performance in the civil war was particularly favored by His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, this is all gossip, which is completely unfounded.

Some local celebrities angrily called Marshal Mai Xiaozu the "Colombia Butcher", "The Executioner with Bloody Hands" and "The Andean Demon", believing that it is the chief culprit for the drastic decline in the indigenous population of Colombia.

These are all folk sayings, and even some radical sayings have triggered some honorary lawsuits, and that will be another story.

Judging from the colonial methods of various countries in the world, as an emerging world colonial power, the colonial policy of the Tang Empire is similar to that of France and Russia, and tends to adopt a direct management policy that refers to the local.

The most obvious example of France is the colony of Algeria in North Africa, which is a French territory north of the Mediterranean Sea and is very close to the French mainland.

French Algeria's status in the French government is also very high, much higher than that of ordinary colonies, and its policy treatment is only slightly lower than that of native provinces.

France has invested heavily in the construction of railways, roads, bridges, and wharves, as well as the construction of farmland water conservancy facilities and towns. It has also immigrated a large number of people to the area, and provided various policies to facilitate its economic development.

All of this is no different from the colonial measures of the Tang Empire.

The number of French immigrants to North America was very small. Between 1860 and 1870, there were only a mere 2.7 people, and the average annual number was only 2700.

This is because a large number of white French immigrants went to French Algeria nearby, where they enjoyed super-national treatment and the service of black slaves. Isn't it so beautiful that their noses are bubbling?

Why do you want to be a second-class citizen in someone else's territory when you have a colony in your own home?
If it doesn’t work, the French can also emigrate to other French African colonies, Syria and Lebanon in the Near East, emigrate to the Indochina Peninsula or Brazil, French Guiana and other places.

There are many destinations for French immigrants, and emigrating to North America is a relatively late choice, so French immigrants don't even have a fraction of the numbers of Britain, Germany, and Italy.

After the United States (North) pioneered the Italian immigration restriction bill, it aroused the incompetent fury of the Kingdom of Italy, and vowed to retaliate fiercely.

Later, the Kingdom of Italy found that the influence was not so great.

They could not go to North America. Many Italian immigrants chose to go to Brazil and Argentina, as well as Venezuela, Chile and other South American countries. Some of them also flowed into the southern United States.

What should go is still going, but the place to go is different.

This gave the Italians a certain degree of comfort to their severely traumatized hearts, and the voice of denouncing the United States of America was not so loud.

My family knows their own affairs. Compared with the United States (North), Italy is slightly inferior in strength.

At the end of 1876, Italy had a population of more than 3570 million and a national economy of about US$12.6 billion, ranking second-tier and lowest among European powers.

During the same period, the United States of America had a population of 2600 million and a national economy of about US$17.2 billion, which basically reached the level of the North before the American Civil War 20 years ago (note, the territory has shrunk significantly).

The Kingdom of Italy has an army and a navy, and its strength on paper is considerable, but the transatlantic operation is far beyond its capabilities, and it is unbearable.

The United States has no army or navy, only the National Guard and the Coast Guard. Its national security is guaranteed by the garrison of the Tang Empire, which is an obligation stipulated in the post-war treaty.

Of course, the United States needs to provide military bases and all logistical facilities, and bear half of the cost of the garrison.

So once the Italian Kingdom's army lost its head and crossed the long Atlantic Ocean to the North American expedition, they would be surprised to find that what they had to face was the Tang Empire army armed to the teeth, and the strength of the two was not at the same level at all.

Although European countries are unwilling to recognize the excellence of the Tang Empire and belittle the economic strength of the Tang Dynasty everywhere, the powerful military power of the empire, which has risen in the flames of war, is generally respected by the international community.

In this world that respects strength, there is no more convincing fact than the black hole of the muzzle.

Between August 1877
The "Zhenyang", "Zhenhai" and "Zhenjiang" of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty were all completed and put into service, and the three ships of the extended range "Zhendong", "Zhennan" and "Zhenbei" were completed and put into service , "Zhenxi" is being launched and outfitting, and will be completed and put into service before the end of the year.

The enhanced firepower 11000-ton "Duke" class ironclad ship has been built and served, "Duke of Hawaii", "Duke of Panama", and "Duke of Alaska", a total of three powerful first-class ironclad ships.

The "Duke of Costa Rica" has been launched and outfitted, the construction progress of the "Duke of California" has reached 6%, and the construction of the "Duke of Colorado" has begun in the dock. Everything is advancing in an orderly manner as planned.

especially important
After nearly nine years of arduous construction, the Nicaragua Canal has basically completed its large-scale two-line three-level ship lock, and is currently in the installation and commissioning stage. It is expected to be able to test navigation in the middle and late next year.

The completion of this grand cross-century project will greatly enhance the Royal Navy's ability to mobilize its main fleet from the east and west coasts, enhance its ability to participate in decisive battles at sea, strongly promote economic exchanges between the east and west coasts, and further enhance the strength of the Tang Empire.

As a powerful empire spanning North and South America, the completion of the Nicaragua Canal is of great significance to the Datang Empire.

Regardless of political influence, military influence, or economic influence will be multiplied, establishing its unshakable hegemony over the entire Americas.

When the five fingers of the iron fist can be tightly clenched together, the natural power is so powerful that no one can bear it.

(End of this chapter)