Wild North America 1846

Admiral Kitchener has left. He came to the Prime Minister's Office to obtain the maximum support from the Queen's government for the army. There are two main aspects.

On the one hand, it is hoped that the Queen's government can exert strong pressure on the Kingdom of Portugal, cut off the passage of supplies from Mozambique to the Transvaal, and cut off the logistical supply lines of the rebels.

This is crucial to winning the final victory of the war, and it is a big problem that needs to be solved urgently.

on the other hand
While continuously increasing troops to South Africa, I hope that the Queen's government will provide a protective umbrella for the military, so as to avoid strong accusations from European public opinion and other countries, causing the soldiers to shed blood and tears.

Because, while the military is urgently dispatching troops from the colonies, it has opened its arsenal and is about to transport a batch of poison gas bombs called "low-level guns" to South Africa. This inhumane weapon is used by the military against the Boers. trump card.

You have armored vehicles, I have gas bombs.

Admiral Kitchener is ready to deal ruthless blows to the Boers. Concentration camps, gas bombs and fortress strangulation tactics have all been used. I don't believe that the little Boers can't be subdued.

For the Boers, Admiral Kitchener was a terrifying murderer, and the strangulation battle led by him almost pushed the entire Boers to the brink of extinction.

Admiral Kitchener is a senior general of the British army who has experienced wars all the year round. As early as 1892, when he served as the commander-in-chief in Egypt, he successively commanded the war to suppress the Egyptian national awakening movement and invade Sudan.

This man has a heart of stone and is extremely ruthless, and treats the lives of these colonial civilians as nothing.

In 1896, Kitchener personally led the British and Egyptian troops to invade Sudan again, defeated the Mahdi general Mahmoud in the Battle of Atbara, captured the important town of Dongola, and wiped out tens of thousands of brave black Sudanese soldiers.

After that, the British army continued to march and approached Omdurman near Khartoum. In 1898, Abdullah personally led the main force of the Mahdi army to resist the British invasion, and the two armies fought a decisive battle in Omdurman.

The strength of the British army in this battle was 8200 British soldiers and 1.7 Egyptian and Sudanese colonial servants, and the Mahdi supported more than 5 troops.

The British army is all equipped with the new "Lee-Metford" rifles, and there are new Colt heavy machine guns to help out.However, the Mahdi weapons are still not yet popular, and many fighters fight with swords and spears.

The British army surrounded Omdurman and formed a semicircular defense line for defense. They dug trenches in front of the formation and built parapet fences.Artillery and Colt heavy machine guns are scattered among them, backed by the Nile River, preventing the enemy from turning around.

There were British gunboats shuttling back and forth on the river, constantly shelling the Mahdi army, luring them to take the initiative to attack.

Under the provocation of the cunning British army, in the early morning of that day, the Mahdi army could not hold back and launched a full-line attack. As a result, they were frantically harvested by Colt heavy machine guns, platoon guns and artillery, causing extremely heavy casualties.

The British army immediately counterattacked aggressively, launching a massacre-like encirclement and suppression of the fleeing Mahdi army, completely establishing the final victory.

In this battle, at the cost of 48 casualties, the British army killed and injured more than 1.1 Mahdi rebels and captured more than [-] people, winning a complete victory.

The battle that Admiral Kitchener personally commanded was only part of his rich colonial war experience, which is enough to show his attitude towards the colonial people.

No matter white or black, any resistance will be ruthlessly suppressed and killed.

The urgently mobilized troops from Ireland and Scotland are being assembled, and Admiral Kitchener is about to go on an expedition with the fleet.

So after the prime minister's office frankly made a request, he quickly left.

The British Army has long been in a subordinate position in the military power of the Queen's Government.If the Royal Navy is the darling of the first-born relatives, then the Army is purely raised by the stepmother.

in the world military

The British Army is generally regarded as a sub-first-class army. Its combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the three major army powers of Germany, France, and Russia. It is basically on the same level as the Tang and Austro-Hungarian Empires, and slightly stronger than Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

From the perspective of modern war history, the British army lost the American War of Independence, lost 4 anti-French alliance wars, lost the 1st Anglo-Afghan War, and even lost to the Zulus in South Africa, becoming a colony for British expansion. A disgraceful page in history.

Now that they have suffered a serious setback in South Africa, the British army is eager to find their way back.

"What do you think?"

After the general left, Prime Minister Lord Robert Cecil took a sip of coffee and asked thoughtfully.

The question was thrown to Chamberlain, Minister of the Colonial Department. He raised his brows arrogantly and replied;

"There is no doubt that we will win in the end, the question is how much will it cost?
The House of Commons had just passed the reappropriation bill. In just half a month, they had spent 2 million pounds, buying all kinds of supplies and medicines from Tang Guo.

i doubt it

Whether the more than 4400 million pounds in the appropriation bill can support the South African Expeditionary Force until June, the key is that the money is still spent on others.

I know that Britain does not yet have the ability to supply such large-scale supplies in a short period of time, but if it is collected in various colonies, at least 1/3 of the order can be eaten.

God, that's £2 million. "

Chamberlain, as Secretary of the Colonial Department, was deeply distressed by the military's profligacy, and couldn't help but began to complain.

As a rising star in British politics, Arthur Neville Chamberlain is just 31 years old this year.

He has an inescapable responsibility for the evolution of the South African issue to this day.

From the perspective of the Colonial Department, the colonies should get a share of the military's large orders. Isn't this the role of the Queen's government colonies?

Contributing people and resources to the war is also a dazzling political achievement. The so-called "British Empire will not lose the war if the blood of the Indian subcontinent is not shed" is a true portrayal of colonial policy.

The Prime Minister, Lord Robert Cecil, shook his head indifferently when he heard the words. This was not the focus of his consideration.

The military only cares about whether the supplies can be delivered in a timely manner with high quality and quantity, so as to ensure the smooth launch of subsequent campaigns, but not who will provide them?
If the Ministry of Colonial Affairs was really responsible for raising such a huge amount of supplies, it would take years and months to send them to the front lines in South Africa?

Who will bear the responsibility for almost missing the fighter plane?
The number of troops arriving in South Africa will be as high as 45. This is the largest war in which Britain has used its troops since this century.

You can only win, not lose.

Any untimely and delayed logistics supply will cause huge chaos, and no one can bear such a big responsibility.

Since the promulgation of the "Corn Law" in 1848, the British mainland has been importing a large amount of grain for more than half a century to meet the strong demand of the British Isles.

Such a sudden increase in material demand orders cannot be changed out of thin air.

Regardless of the fact that the colonies of the British Empire spread all over the world, in fact there are not many areas rich in food, and only the Indian subcontinent has the ability to transfer food abroad.

However, the large-scale food adjustment by the Governor-General of India will inevitably starve millions of people in the local area. The poor food is all saved from the mouths of the local people.

The banks of the Nile River in Egypt are the oldest farming areas in the world, but after being included in the British colony, the British were not allowed to grow food, only cotton was allowed.

Because the British textile industry needs cotton as a bulk raw material, there is not enough food in Egypt, including Sudan, and famine year after year is the norm.

This is the case in the British colonies throughout the Near East. The food production capacity is not rich, and there is no ability to transfer abroad.

The UK needs to import a large amount of high-quality agricultural products. The huge production capacity from North America, high-quality and cheap wheat and various agricultural products flood into the Guochen market.

Under the protection of the low-tariff "Corn Law", it made the British farmers even worse. A large number of landlords went bankrupt, and agricultural output shrank sharply.

And all this is the reality that the British government has to face.

Prime Minister Lord Robert Cecil sighed softly and said, "If it's just spending money, it's not a big problem. What I'm worried about is the further sharp increase in the number of casualties, which puts a lot of pressure on the Royal Government."

"Doesn't Tang have armored vehicles? Why can't we buy some, or just build them ourselves?" Chamberlain asked rhetorically.

Immediately he shook his head helplessly, and asked and answered himself; "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I forgot the damned pride and stubborn stubbornness of the military. For them, it's like learning something new from the Protectorate Army. Son, you might as well kill them."

The prime minister, Lord Robert Cecil, nodded sympathetically. The pride of the British is not limited to the aristocracy or the upper class, but the general self-confidence that permeates all levels of society, and is so stubborn that nine cows cannot be pulled back.

Pride, stubbornness and conservatism are the labels of the British, and they have been integrated into the blood.

The two talked about South African affairs for a while, and soon Chamberlain, Minister of the Colonial Department, brought the topic to the Far East again. He frowned and said;

"Honorable Prime Minister
The current situation in the Far East is very noisy. If necessary, it should be resolved by force.

Today, the attitude of European countries tends to cooperate and take more resolute actions, rather than allowing the situation to continue to deteriorate, which will eventually lead to an uncontrollable direction.

The biggest concern right now is Tang's attitude, which seems to be more inclined to expand Java Island, and this seems to have stepped on the red line of our policy. "

"Indeed." The Prime Minister, Lord Robert Cecil, was lost in thought, frowning and said;

"Tang Guo's cannibalizing strategy of eating cakes made us very uncomfortable and difficult to deal with.

It's like dancing a rumba, they are approaching the red line step by step, stepping on the red line, but we can only step back step by step.

In the international geopolitical competition, the dictatorial emperor of Tang State is undoubtedly a big winner!
Just like the current issue of the East Indies, reason tells me that Tang cannot be allowed to unscrupulously colonize South Asia.

No one wants to have a strong and strong man lying next to him, making it difficult to sleep peacefully.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is petite and weak, would be a better choice.

The problem is that the South African War exposed the weakness of the British Empire. We all need the cooperation and support of the Tang Dynasty on issues in the Americas, Northeast and South Asia, and even world issues.

Now before me is the test of choosing 4 from 1, that is, the South African issue, the Shenzhou issue, the Japanese-Russian issue in Northeast Asia, and the East Indies issue.

Needless to say about the South African issue, half of the funds in the reappropriation bill flowed into North America in just half a month, which shows that the UK has formed a strong dependence on North America.

This is the primary concern of the whole country at present. The whole world is watching the performance of the British army. We cannot afford the twists and turns caused by the serious setback in the relationship between Britain and Tang Dynasty. This will seriously damage the current cabinet and the maintenance of the honor of the British Empire.

Otherwise, there will definitely be waves out of thin air.

On the Japan-Russia issue in East Asia, Tang also had a decisive influence.The pro-Tang faction formed by a large number of high-level Japanese students studying in Tang is the mainstream of the government.

The current situation is already obvious. If the UK strongly opposes Tang's stepping on the red line of invading Java Island, then it will not get Tang's strong support on the previous three international issues.

On the contrary, the honeymoon relationship between Britain and Tang will continue, maybe ten or twenty years, maybe fifty years or more.

My reason tells me that Tang Kingdom cannot be allowed to expand indiscriminately around the world.

But in fact, the Queen's government can do very little, and it is clear at a glance how to choose which is more beneficial to the interests of the United Kingdom.

That is, when Tang Guo went further, we chose to continue to retreat, and then acquiesced to the current reality.

I believe

During my previous nine British prime ministers, they faced the same problem again and again, and they all chose to retreat silently, because it was more in line with the interests of the United Kingdom. "

After rambling on a lot, the Prime Minister, Lord Robert Cecil, vented the depression that had accumulated in his heart for a long time, and felt much better.

Even though he is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he has to bow his head in the face of the grim reality.

Li Cha, the long-sleeved and good at dancing dictatorial emperor of the Tang Dynasty, would always give ABCD several choices. In fact, one side is watermelon and the other side is red dates.

As long as they are not too stupid, anyone is willing to hug a watermelon.

It turns out

Through repeated selections, Tang Guo has accumulated a large pile of red dates, far exceeding watermelons in weight and value.

This is the biggest distress for the British, and now it's time to choose again.

After hearing these words, Chamberlain fell silent. After thinking about it repeatedly, his brows furrowed deeper, and he felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

The South African issue, the Japanese-Russian issue, and the mainland China issue are all far more important and urgent to London than the Java Island issue, and the two cannot be compared at all.

He also saw that the Tang Empire owned the Luzon Islands and Paradise Island in South Asia. If it aggressively invaded and occupied the East Indies, it would form a dense island group with a length of 6700 kilometers from east to west, with great influence and voice.

In the future, the international issues concerning Northeast Asia, South Asia and the Indian Ocean will all require the participation of Tang, a heavyweight stakeholder, to form a complete strategic layout around the Pacific Ocean.

But what's the use of knowing it?
How to stop it?

Tang Guo was like an unwelcome and rude big man, he thrust a foot in through the crack of the door abruptly, and forcibly mixed his foot in the interests of the Straits Settlements of the British Empire.

Then the thighs and half of the body squeezed into the door, and finally the whole person came in. Would he turn his back on the guest?