Wild North America 1846

The trains full of officers and soldiers are traveling eastward at lightning speed. If you stand at a very high place, you can see that on the vast central plains of North America, trains are all speeding eastward.

on the vast plain

There are also many marching teams that can't be seen at a glance, like long snakes, crossing the border and going straight to the designated targets in Ohio.

In the dining car, Major Lei Xiao, the captain of the cavalry tank brigade, was wearing a standard cavalry officer uniform, and was sitting and eating face to face with the two captains and squadron leaders of the tank brigade.

He ate gracefully, regardless of the strange eyes of the surrounding officers.

"Wow... dude, that black lump on your cavalry armband is really weird, uh... Detroit Independent [-]st Cavalry Chariot Group, is there a second or third wagon like this ?”

A cavalry major officer and several of his companions sat down at the dining table next to them, and then they were surprised to find the difference in the cavalry captain, and asked in a teasing tone.

The dining car is where the officer's restaurant is located, and there are many officers coming and going, which is nothing unusual.

The standard cavalry armband is the horse head armband, the horse head is marked with the division to which it belongs, and the unit with a glorious history also has a specific logo.

For example, the famous San Francisco Cuirassier Regiment in the Royal Guard, the top is the curtain separated by the crown, which is a prominent logo representing the Royal Guard.

Below are the seven characters of "The First Division of the Imperial Guard", and below that is the horse head badge representing the cavalry, and the infantry is a cross pattern of rifles and bayonets.

Different from ordinary cavalry units, the San Francisco Cuirassier Regiment's flying mane is embroidered with money, representing the glorious history of the ace cavalry regiment.

The circle of words under the horse head badge is "San Francisco Chi Corps", surrounded by olive leaves and wheat ears.

Major Lei Xiao's armband was different, it was the silhouette of a black armored chariot, no wonder the cavalry officer was a little fussed.

The officer deliberately referred to the "Independent [-]st Cavalry Chariot Battalion" as a "cargo convoy", which caused many officers in the dining car to burst into laughter.

As a country on wheels, there are many freight cars running on the urban and rural roads of the Tang Empire. It is a very common social scene, and no one is unfamiliar with it.

On Major Lei Xiao's young and vigorous face, there appeared an old man who was not commensurate with his age. He didn't get angry in the face of provocation, but just smiled lightly, and responded through the interface;

"Lei Xiao, Major and Captain of the Detroit Lawyer's Independent First Cavalry Chariot Brigade, I am leading a new type of troop that you have never seen before. There is only this brigade in the entire Northern Legion.

but i firmly believe

In the future, there will be more and more cavalry chariot brigades. As the main force of the Royal Army's siege, I have full confidence in this. "

First class main force?

What a big breath!

Ge Jiabao stood up solemnly, raised his hand and saluted;

"Get to know Ge Jiabao, the captain of the first brigade of the 105rd Zhangzhou Cuirassier Regiment of the [-]th Division.

Well known
The unit I am in is one of the trump cards of the Northern Legion and even the entire Royal Army. In the early years, I followed His Majesty the Holy Emperor in the South and North Wars and made great achievements. "

Major Ge Jiabao looked at Major Lei Xiao who also stood up and returned the salute, and was amazed at his tall and tall figure, but continued to ask with pride;

"Even so, I don't dare to boast that I am the number one main force of the Royal Army. How can I ask the major?
Dare to claim to be the first-class main force, isn't it too big? "

in general perception
The first-class main force of the Royal Army is the famous four ace divisions in the early years, namely "103 Tieliu Division", "101 Dahe Division", "104 Hongyangu Division" and "205 Fire Division", collectively known as the Four King Kong.

During the Second North American War, four new ace divisions emerged, and they were called the "Eight Kings". Among them, three ace divisions belonged to the Royal Guards.

These are all first-class main force divisions who have achieved a great reputation in bloody battles. His Majesty the Emperor personally awarded honorary titles, and they are recognized as the first-class main force by the entire army.

Major Ge Jiabao's 105th Division is indeed very strong, and the Zhangzhou Third Cuirassier Regiment is also very old, but it is not among the eight kings, so I dare not pretend to be the first-class main force.
Facing the questioning, Major Lei Xiao smiled slightly, looked around the officers in the dining car with confident eyes, and said loudly;

"Whether you can do it or not, we will see the outcome on the battlefield.

The Independent First Cavalry Chariot Brigade is an experimental unit of the Royal Army. The entire cavalry chariot brigade has 24 armored chariots, with an investment of tens of thousands of yuan, which is enough to equip a cuirassier regiment.

The high level of the military department placed high hopes on this, and Lei, who was not talented, was honored to be the commander of this experimental tank unit, so he naturally had to do his best to hand in a perfect answer.

Emperor Napoleon once said; a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier.

There is no evidence for empty words, and today I invite all my colleagues in the army to be witnesses;

Let's see if the performance of my independent [-]st Cavalry Chariot Battalion in the war can be called the first-class main force of the Royal Army. "

These words were full of confidence, and the officers in the carriage gasped when they spoke.

A cavalry chariot brigade has invested tens of thousands of yuan, which can be called a big deal, and it must be supported by military giants behind it!Otherwise it is absolutely impossible.

Although he was puzzled, he did not dare to underestimate it.

At this time, a colonel officer at the nearby dining table stood up and ordered in a light tone;

"It's a good thing to be ambitious, but you have to do it first. Now hurry up and eat. After eating, go back and control your troops. You will start combat operations after dawn."

"As you order, Your Excellency."

Major Lei Xiao and Major Ge Jiabao turned around and saluted in unison, then sat down respectively, and the previous calm was restored in the dining car.

The military column galloped eastward along the Great Plains in central North America, quickly throwing the scenery outside the window to the rear. After crossing the vast expanse of barren wilderness in Indiana, one ranch farm after another gradually appeared.

Looking at this scene, it has entered the territory of Ohio...

Major Lei Xiao, who returned to the carriage, looked out of the car window, with deep eyes on his young face, occasionally flashing a desire for victory and glory...

He is His Royal Highness Tang-Li Yi, the 71st son of the emperor who entered the army anonymously. He is a son of the royal family who has listened to his father's brilliant achievements since he was sensible. He is one of the soldiers who fanatically worship His Majesty the Holy Emperor.

With the enfeoffment of the vassal states, the top 21 princes have their own places to go, and the more than [-] duke mansions on the side of Longshou Yuanyuwan have gone to the room, which is much more deserted than before.

The princes are going to the feudal clan, and some princes who have always been close or have a compatriot of the same mother went to help, hoping to accumulate some social practice experience and prepare for the possible future feudal clan.

Doing the math, about 40 His Royal Highnesses left.

In addition to the few princes who went to study in Europe, and the dozen or so princes who served in the military or in various government departments, there were only a few princes who were incompetent who really traveled around the mountains and rivers all day long, listening to songs, feasts and dances.

The current Dragon Head, which had been vacated, was taken back by the Royal Household Department, and according to His Majesty's will, it was successively rewarded to the lower-ranking adult princes.

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Yi, the 71st son of the emperor, also owns a ducal mansion there, which is a mansion covering an area of ​​2.21 acres.

Tang-His Royal Highness Li Yi is a very ambitious person. He joined the army because he wanted to make a breakthrough without relying on his royal status.

He is very good at thinking, and this Detroit Independent First Cavalry Chariot Battalion is a new gadget he invented himself, and the specific effect has yet to be confirmed on the battlefield.

His Highness Tang-Li Yi was inspired by the British before he came up with the idea of ​​building armored vehicles.

As early as 1855, the British J. Cohen installed machine guns and armor on the chassis of a steam tractor, made a wheeled armored vehicle, and obtained a patent.

However, this armored vehicle failed to be used in practice and was soon abandoned.

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Yi had thoroughly studied the design drawings of J. Cohen's armored tractor, was amazed by this genius invention, and had a bold idea of ​​building an armored chariot unit.

After carefully comparing the advantages and disadvantages of crawler tractors and wheeled vehicles, His Highness Tang Li Yi believes that;

Compared with the shortcomings of crawler tractors such as bulkiness, fragility and unreliability, it is more appropriate to refit with a more reliable wheeled vehicle. The disadvantage is poor off-road performance.

Just do what you say, being born in the royal family is so willful.

The so-called armored chariot is an ordinary BMW brand commercial 2.5-ton truck with some specially ordered bulletproof thin armor, and rough traces can be seen everywhere.

Don't look inconspicuous, the money is really well spent.

In order to realize his dream, he specially ordered 100 tons of bulletproof thin armor from the steel factory through the royal relationship.

After equipping 24 armored tanks, each tank used almost 1.8 tons of steel armor, and more than half of the 100 tons of bulletproof thin armor was left, which was piled up in the barracks warehouse.

In order to build these 24 steel chariots, the BMW factory specially arranged 17 engineers and dozens of skilled workers.After more than 4 months of busy work, the steel armor was all hand-crafted and riveted piece by piece.

If it weren't for Prince 71's distinguished status, who would want to accompany him to such nonsense?
Now leading his own armored convoy, Major Lei Xiao (His Royal Highness Tang-Li Yi) is full of ambition, ready to show his talents in this upcoming war against chaos.

On June 1890, 9

A total of 13.6 troops from the Northern and Central Legions of the Datang Empire, divided into seven groups, invaded the turbulent states of Ohio and Pennsylvania through railways, roads and Great Lakes water transportation, and implemented a military operation code-named "Autumn Harvest Plan" to reconnaissance and counter-insurgency .

just three days
The imperial army has fully controlled the main towns and traffic arteries, docks, railways and roads in these two states, and immediately fought fierce battles with local armed forces.

at the same time
The North American Command suddenly exerted its strength, and its 6.32 army came out in full force. In a short period of time, it fully occupied all major towns and docks in New Jersey, controlled highways, railways and other traffic arteries, and began to arrest the armed organizations that were active in the early stage The leader, attack local forces.

If you don't make a move, it's fine, and if you make a move, you will be thunderous.

Such a big movement inevitably attracted great attention from Britain, France and other countries. Overseas telegrams from the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street and the Elysee Palace in France poured in.

Daming Palace

After Emperor Li Cha accompanied all his concubines to the garden and listened to the opera in the harem, he returned to Xingqing Palace in good spirits, and heard two news reports, one good and one bad, from Zheng Yuan, the head of the Royal Secretariat.

The good news is that the military operations of the Empire's 20 troops in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are progressing smoothly, and they are in the stage of consolidating their victories and combating local forces.

According to the domineering style of the Tang Empire, which has always been "killing mistakes, never letting go", some families with intertwined local forces will be uprooted by the way, so as to reduce obstacles to future governance.

Needless to say
The Tang Empire's combat plan and prior social background investigations were done very thoroughly and solidly. Taking advantage of the launch of the war of reconnaissance and counter-insurgency, they will basically be cleared up.

It is expected that before the end of the year, the large-scale military operations will come to an end, and then turn to the stage of consolidating governance and rebuilding.

The bad news is that General Liu Wu, the former commander-in-chief of the Royal Guards, died of illness at the age of 78, which is a very long life in this era.

Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Military Region, Imperial General Tian Mantun, first-class Yongguo Duke, passed away peacefully at the Duke's residence in Mexico City three days ago at the age of 72.

The two founding fathers passed away one after another, which made Emperor Li Cha feel very sad for a while, and ordered a generous burial.

During his lifetime, Admiral Liu Wu was granted the title of Marquis of the Empire, and he decreed that his son, Major General Liu Zhongguo, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Southern Military Region, would inherit the title of Marquis and fiefdom.

His Majesty the Emperor issued another decree;
After the funeral was settled, Major General Liu Zhongguo was ordered to resign from his current position.He was transferred to the post of Major General of the 101st Dahe Division of the Royal Guards, and he was on duty at the central center of the Wuhuang Palace to show his favor.

Time flies, and decades pass by in a hurry.

Now that Emperor Li Cha recalled the events of that year, bit by bit vivid memories emerged, causing him to have different emotions in his heart.

In recent years
Some old courtiers passed away one after another, and some concubines in the palace also passed away due to illness, and were buried in the royal mausoleum deep in Shenghuang Mountain first, which made people feel like once the new ones replaced the old ones.

Thoughts arise in my heart, I still have to face reality.

Emperor Li Cha saw the thick stack of memorials on the plan, and several overseas telegrams placed separately, which were obviously different from the domestic memorial regulations, so he asked, "Which countries are these letters from?"

Director Zheng Yuan had already read them one by one, so he gave a respectful salute and replied;

"Return to His Majesty;

There are letters from Queen Victoria of Great Britain, British Prime Minister William Hassell, French President Francis, German Emperor Wilhelm II, and Austria-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I, a total of five overseas diplomatic letters.

It is said that Qingyuntai has just received a letter from the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, and it has not yet been delivered to the imperial court. It is estimated that it is also concerned about the situation in North America. "

"Eat salty radish and don't worry about it. It seems that they are not taking lightly. Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire cared about North American affairs. This has nothing to do with the Habsburg Dynasty!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am more inclined that the Austro-Hungarian Empire wants to make its own voice in international affairs and show its sense of presence."

"Boring, where's Kaiser Wilhelm II?"

"Qizou Your Majesty, Kaiser Wilhelm II expressed mixed emotions of congratulations and worries in his letter, but he recognized the dominant power of the Tang Empire in North America, calling it "North America of the Tang Dynasty", President Weichen I think it reveals some sour taste."

"Hehe... This feeling is very accurate, and it has captured the German's desire to get what he wants." Emperor Li Cha smiled after hearing this. He was very specific about William II's thoughts and knew that this was an ambitious man. The reckless guy has completely fallen out with German Prime Minister Bismarck.

Just in March of this year, Prime Minister Bismarck was officially dismissed by William II, consolingly named Duke of Lauenburg, and rushed home to eat old rice.

From now on
William II, who was no longer restrained, started the process of frantic death. Germany has begun to colonize Africa and Asia on a large scale and launched a series of military operations.

The German expedition team dispatched everywhere even landed in the Americas and appeared in Chile and Peru, testing the possibility of fishing in troubled waters. It can be seen how big their desire is?

after a little thought

Emperor Richard left Kaiser Wilhelm II behind, and now the power of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has surpassed that of Germany, keeping pace with France and even slightly winning.

The absolute dominance of the Americas has been maintained and strengthened, regardless of Germany's small moves.

Needless to say, French President Francis is concerned about the issue of international debt restructuring.

Therefore, Emperor Richard asked again; "What about British Prime Minister William Hassel, what does he want to express?"

"His Majesty, Prime Minister William Hassell is deeply worried about the empire's abuse of its dominant position in the region, and hopes that the imperial government will clearly state its war goals. Does it have any intention of further expansion? But he expressed strong opposition to the latter, thinking that this Substantial damage to the stability of the international order."

"Hehe... There are quite a lot of new terms. He really deserves to be called a shit-stirring British guy, and he seems confident in intervening in North American affairs. He looks like I'm doing your best." Emperor Richard's evaluation of the British Prime Minister Not too high, full of sarcasm.

Zheng Yuan, the head of the secretariat, didn't dare to intervene, but just stood with his hands hanging by his side, turning into a transparent person at the right time.

After Emperor Li Cha got a general understanding of the attitude of these letters, he didn't ask any more questions. These are all foreign affairs that are under the responsibility of the Qingyuntai cabinet, and they can be dealt with after some Tai Chi massage.

Submitting the imperial case is just a report in advance.

If His Majesty the Emperor has no objection, all of them will reply with the word "yes", and then they will be handed over to the cabinet for a positive response. Anyway, they are adhering to a reasonable, beneficial and restrained attitude and communicating with each other!
Only the British Empire's gesticulating appearance is really a bit irritating.

Emperor Li Cha waved his hand, Director Zheng Yuan gave a silent salute, and quietly retreated.

He sat down after coming to the royal case, picked out the letter from British Prime Minister William Hassell among several letters, and read it intently.

A moment later
Emperor Li Cha put down the letter, picked up the ink pen and wrote the word "ke" at the end of the chilling heart, expressing his approval of the cabinet's handling of the matter, and just sent it out for implementation.

With China's profound cultural background, it really shouldn't be too simple to use some ambiguous language to deal with errands.

what hope...dedicated to...resolutely maintain...strive to achieve...relentless advancement...

It can make people see the clouds and fog, and the whole article is full of words. In the end, when you think about it, it seems that you haven't said anything, and you haven't promised anything. That's probably what Qi means.

The big thing is to delay in advance, I don't care about the other things, let's eat the fat. (end of this chapter)