Wild North America 1846

Chapter 640 The Scorched British
Transatlantic expedition to America?
This topic itself is a false proposition. The Royal Italian government is not so impulsive. Apart from severely condemning the discriminatory immigration policy of the American government, it has not made too many diplomatic moves.

However, Benue Locatelli, the leader of the Italian opposition party, always uses various occasions to slam the US (Northern) government in order to win higher social attention.

he said;
"If elected, I will personally lead the 8 Italian Expeditionary Corps to expedition to Millikin. The strength will reach 30 within one month after landing, and 80 to 100 within three months. The glory of crossing the sea and conquering the English Isles during the Roman period..."

The underlying logic of Benue Locatelli is that the more than 800 million Italian descendants who settled in North America are all loyal supporters of the Italian Expeditionary Force.

As soon as Master Wang arrived, followers gathered.

Regardless of whether this kind of brazen argument is ridiculous, the key is that Benue Locatelli just kept slamming Millican, and then brought the British with a crooked mouth, which aroused strong protests in London, Paris and Berlin. expressed serious concern.

The government of the Kingdom of Italy could only come forward to refute the rumors, saying that Benue Locatelli's remarks only represented him personally.

It is purely a misunderstanding that the Government of the Kingdom of Italy has not and will not intend to make territorial claims to the territory of ancient Rome.

The Italians in southern Europe are passionate and impulsive. They often don't consider the consequences in their words and deeds, and only want to express their pleasure for a while.

Many of the Italian descendants who immigrated to North America in the early days had few relatives and connections in Europe, and they recognized their American identity more.

The delusion that the Italian Expeditionary Force would be welcomed by the streets as soon as they landed in North America is simply a dream.

The White House retorted; "Mr. Benue Locatelli's dream of the Roman Empire can be awakened. In view of his obvious tendency to immigrate, he will lead more Italians to North America, so he will not be welcomed."

These local countries have fought each other without affecting the increasingly severe overall situation in Europe. Since the Russian Empire officially declared war on the Ottoman Empire on April 4, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro followed closely. declare war.

Tsarist Russia, a behemoth, came to an end brazenly, assembled an army of 70 to forcefully cross the Danube River, and attacked with superior forces, kicking off the prelude to the 10th Russo-Turkish War.

The war broke out in an all-round way, and almost half of Europe felt heavy pressure.

The war broke out right around us, just outside the border, and a large number of refugees fleeing the war fled across the border.

The distance is so close and the feeling is so real, which naturally aroused the great attention of European countries.

The original military superiority of the Ottoman Empire was immediately lost, and the heavy military group was forced to shrink its defensive positions. It was teetering under the fierce offensive of the Tsarist Russian Empire. It was looking forward to the arrival of British reinforcements.

It has been more than 4 months. In addition to sending a Royal Navy fleet into the Black Sea, the United Kingdom warned Tsarist Russia not to go too far, and then there was nothing...

Logically

The Balkans are not far from the mainland of the British Isles. It is very convenient to transport the British Army by sea, but why haven't we seen a single soldier so far?
This is completely different from the 1853 Crimean War (the 9th Russo-Turkish War) when Britain, France, Tang, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (predecessor of the Kingdom of Italy) joined forces to bring together millions of troops to beat the Tsarist Russian army.

In fact, the British are suffering. The alliance of Russia, Germany and Austria against France has taken shape. These three European land powers have joined together, which has greatly squeezed the strategic maneuvering space of the British.

Since Tsarist Russia took the initiative to send troops to invade the Ottoman Empire, it did not touch the common defense mechanism of the Alliance of Three Emperors, and Germany and Austria did not need to send troops to participate in the war.

However, the system of the Three Emperors Alliance was tantamount to setting up a safety valve for Tsarist Russia to ensure that its territory would not be invaded by world powers such as Britain and France, which greatly contributed to the arrogance of the Tsarist Russian court.

I can hit you, but you cannot hit me.

Simply put, this is the case, so the Tsarist Russian court can easily make a major decision to invade the Ottoman Empire.It is because war losses are controllable and will not affect its own territory.

The British and Datang's bias towards Germany in the Franco-Prussian War greatly hurt the strong self-esteem of the French. It has only been a few years?

Without the full support of the French army, Datang is far away on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. At this time, it is absolutely impossible for the British Army to bite the bullet and go up alone to support the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire has more than 40 troops, and the United Kingdom also has more than 40 troops. The two add up to more than 80 troops. Isn't it enough to rush all of them?
Tsarist Russia sent more than 70 troops after the outbreak of the war. After mobilization, there are still tens of thousands of troops in the country ready to go. Adding in the 10 troops of the Balkan brothers, the situation is quite grim.

The survival of the Ottoman Empire is related to the overall strategy of curbing the westward advance of Tsarist Russia and the basic national policy of the British "balance of power in Europe".

Otherwise, once the decaying Ottoman rule falls apart, losing the Balkan and Caucasus barriers, the fun will be great.

Imperial Capital Chang'an
Hall of Qinzheng

Here, Emperor Richard received the Queen's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Minister of the Colonial Department, Lord James Cleveland, Governor-General of Canada Palmerston attended the audience, and Imperial Prime Minister Dong Jie accompanied him.

This time, London was really in a hurry.

in the british cabinet
The Minister of the Colonial Department is the fourth cabinet minister after the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance. He is responsible for managing the British colonies and dominions of nearly 4 million square kilometers. He has tens of thousands of civil servants and has great authority. cabinet ministers.

During this trip, Lord James Cleveland, in addition to bringing personal letters from Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister, also shouldered several important responsibilities.

First, in today's fierce European war, seek a united front with the Tang Empire, hoping to obtain Tang's comprehensive support from materials, weapons, transportation to military power.

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The Tang Empire has been announced successively with the United Kingdom;
Strongly oppose the war behavior of Tsarist Russia and its allies to blatantly change the status quo in Europe, and will adopt various means including but not limited to military operations to support the invaded Ottoman Empire and so on.

Previous policy coordination was limited to rhetoric, putting pressure on Tsarist Russia through diplomatic means, warning it not to go too far.

Obviously, this is of little use to the old fritters Tsarist Russia.

This involves the second issue, that is, the joint dispatch of troops by Britain and Tang.

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The British found unprecedented loneliness. When the French were not coaxed, only Tang had the military power to go on an expedition. As for the small European countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Norway, they really couldn’t squeeze out much troops. .

Instead of wasting that effort, it would be easier to discuss with Tang Guo about sending out more expeditionary troops.

The third problem is the huge demand caused by the war.

It has been 10 months since the 5th Russo-Turkish War broke out, and a large number of provinces affected by the war have been barren. This has exacerbated the two-year-old famine, and a large number of people in the Ottoman Empire are struggling on the verge of life and death.

Among them are many ethnic groups who believe in Christianity, such as Greeks, Bulgarians, Armenians and West Slavs. These are the oppressed bottom people of the Ottoman Empire, and their survival is worrying in the double suffering of famine and war.

Lord James Cleveland brought a huge delegation on this trip, and will sign a series of large orders for food, quilts, leather products and ordnance with the Datang Empire, and start closer cooperation.

The British demanded a wide range of categories, urgent time, and large quantities. Only the Tang Empire had such a strong industrial and agricultural foundation that could meet the demand.

The Tang Empire is now a large economic power with a population of over [-] million and a GDP ranking first in the world. It has a high degree of industrialization and developed agriculture and animal husbandry. It is the largest exporter of grain and oil in the world.

According to the statistics

In 1876, the total amount of grain, oil and meat products exported by the Datang Empire (including the export volume of the South American Andean Governor's Palace) accounted for 66% of the world's trade volume of this type, which is two-thirds of the world's grain, oil and meat trade volume.

The United States of America in North America, the Confederate States of America, Canada, Chile in South America, Venezuela, Brazil, the United Kingdom in Europe, Germany, Italy, Ottomans, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries are all importers of grain, oil and meat products .

Except for France, the Austrian Empire and Tsarist Russia, the three traditional agricultural powers in the whole of Europe, almost all of them are Datang’s exporters of grain, oil and meat products.

The biggest problem caused by the 10th Russo-Turkish War was not purely military. The Ottoman Empire was full of internal crises. The famine and the double disaster of war devastated the lives, and it was likely to cause the collapse of this great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.

Two evils, whichever is less

The purpose of British aid is to maintain the crumbling rule of the Ottoman Empire. It cannot fail completely militarily, let alone completely collapse politically. The impact would be too bad.

The fourth question is that the UK hopes to strengthen communication and cooperation with Tang on East Asian issues, and the possibility of joining forces cannot be ruled out.

This area includes the Qing Empire, Fusang and the Korean peninsula.

In 1877, there were frequent wars in East Asia, and Zuo Zongtang led an army to recover the four cities in the east of Nanjiang.Taking advantage of the internal turmoil of the enemy, he sent troops to rush into the West Four Cities, winning consecutive battles.

Seeing that the general situation is over, Burke Huli, the son of Aquba, led the remnants to flee into Russia, and the complete pacification of Nanjiang is just around the corner.

In Fusang, as it had happened in history, the Southwest War broke out in this year, which was a continuation of the turmoil caused by the assassination of the second cabinet Prime Minister Shinyuki Matsuda by the reformists.

Actually

The British guys didn't have any good intentions in bringing up this topic. They wanted to take advantage of the Great Tang Empire, so they wanted to test the attitude of the Great Tang Emperor Li Cha through the East Asian issue.

What the British are most afraid of is that the Tang Empire will join forces with the Qing Empire, which will completely overturn the white ruled world, and the harm it will bring is unparalleled.

How the world situation develops, the opinion tendency of Emperor Li Cha of the Tang Empire played a decisive role.

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