Wild North America 1846

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In a luxurious French-style building, in the study on the second floor, Richard was listening to a report on the progress of the negotiations.

The person who reported the report was Baron Tan Dewen, the deputy in Xu Jinxun's secretary team. He was also an outstanding staff member who came from the military aristocracy of the Tang Dynasty and was appreciated for his rigor and precision.

Baron Tan Dewen was a member of the Tang Empire's diplomatic negotiation team. He was only responsible for listening with his ears, not participating in any detailed discussions, and then returning to report to His Majesty the Holy Emperor Taizu.

After listening for a while

Richard didn't say anything, just waved his hand, and Baron Tan Dewen bowed respectfully and quietly withdrew.

Judging from the current contact situation

As old global colonial powers, Britain and France had very different attitudes, which was reflected in the distribution of the Tang Empire's global interests.

Britain is conservative, France is proactive.

Especially after the Third South American War, the six South American countries jointly carved up Brazil's post-war status quo. France actively expressed its willingness to recognize it, while the United Kingdom delayed its stance.

British claim;

In view of the seriousness of the matter, this matter has been postponed.

Because the international mediation team composed of European-led powers made a prudent evaluation and gave the people of South America a fair and just future, rather than being decided by a group of people led by the Tang Empire.

This is actually to retain the attitude of containing the Tang Empire on this international issue. There is much to be done here and many strategic benefits can be exchanged.

This also includes the issue of the Arabian Peninsula and other demands of the Tang Empire, and the British are all clinging to them.

As a senior international conspirator and a veteran world hegemon, the British know that similar issues involve major issues such as the reconstruction of the post-war international order and the division of interests among the world's colonial powers. These are all heavy chips.

Being the first to admit it will undoubtedly invalidate your martial arts skills.

Even though the Allied Powers group faced many difficulties, the British were unwilling to see the Tang Empire succeed again and add insult to injury when Europe was in trouble, so they refused to let go.

The French are already desperate. The Western Front battlefields are mainly located in the northeastern provinces of France, which has brought a fatal blow to France's industrial and agricultural production. Now it can be said that all industries are in decline.

Coupled with the millions of French men who died on the front lines, an entire generation was filled into the bottomless meat grinder of the battlefield, which made France heartbroken.

For the French, any overseas interests are now secondary. The most important thing is to provide reinforcements to the European battlefield. Whether it is troops, weapons, materials or money, everything can't wait.

The vast British colonies are supplemented by the Canadian Corps, the Anzac Corps, the Indian Corps, the South African Corps, the Sri Lankan and the Egyptian Corps, etc., and the number of soldiers is almost endless.

The British can proudly say that the British Empire will not fail until the blood of the Indian subcontinent is shed.

What does France have?
The largest French Algerian Legion has the largest number of white French immigrants who are descendants of French immigrants. They are also French, but all their meat is rotten in the pot.

France was forced to recruit black colonial soldiers to fight. In response, many British newspapers published satirical cartoons to mock the French.

In the cartoon, the black soldiers wearing French military uniforms look like idiots, which looks very comedic.

The German army on the front was also aware of this and often used places with many African soldiers as breakthrough points to achieve success in one fell swoop.

In German terms;
Beating the French was like chiseling a rock, and beating the niggers was like eating chocolate, often with some dessert attached.

The so-called dessert after the meal was that in order to make up for the gap in the front line caused by the defeat of the black soldiers, the French army had to rush forward to block the holes of the guns.

Over time, the French army, which had suffered a lot, did not dare to use black soldiers on a large scale, and could only do logistical work in the rear.

Richard knew the situation on the European front very well, and he knew his old rivals the British very well. These were masters who would not shed tears until they saw the coffin. They were extremely tough and cunning.

Now the main line of the world war has become clear. As the difficult and bloody 1916 is coming to an end, the Battle of Verdun on the Western Front and the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front have come to an end, and the Battle of the Somme is about to come to an end.

Although the Tsarist Russian army achieved victory in the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front, it has suffered a heavy price of more than 500 million casualties since the war broke out so far. This decadent agricultural empire is also crumbling, and various old abuses have broken out. come out.

In about half a year, this boss's empire will collapse...

Standing at the juncture of history
Richard was able to deeply understand the choice of the Americans in his previous life. He joined the European battlefield at the end of the war with the attitude of taking advantage of others.

Think about it, can Britain and France get used to him?
in the original historical trajectory

Britain and France, which led the post-war Paris negotiations, gave the excited American president a big slap in the face, mocking him to the point of being autistic. After returning home, they once again held high the banner of the Monroe Doctrine to run the small world in America. .

In today's world, the Tang Empire has done everything the United States has ever done, and even more so in South America. How will Europeans treat it in terms of the division of the post-war world structure?

Will you look down upon it?

Will you be favored?

This is obviously all an illusion. Richard is well aware of the bad virtues of the British and French people who are polite and cowardly, and he has no extravagant expectations at all.

What is not available now will still be unavailable in the redrawing of the post-war international order.

If you ask for it by force, you will only get humiliation.There is a precious window of time between now and July and August next year. The British must be forced to soften their attitude and recognize the vested interests and global sphere of influence of the Tang Empire.

Within the global sphere of influence of the new Datang Empire
In addition to acknowledging the current situation of Brazil, the Tang Empire gained more than 570 million square kilometers of vast land during the frenzy of carving up Brazil, and was the largest vested interest.

Recognize the current status of the Arabian Peninsula, including the five provinces of the peninsula, namely Jeddah, Yemen, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and the Kingdom of Oman (provincial-level affiliated kingdom), plus the areas along the Red Sea north of Jeddah and Jordan area.

The Jordan area is the traditional British sphere of influence, bordering Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the west, Israel to the north, Lebanon to the southeast, and Syria to the east.

Although this area is not on the verge of the Mediterranean Sea, the closest point to the Mediterranean Sea is only more than 130 kilometers away, and the mobile corps can reach it in one day.

The Tang Empire's request to acquire the Jordan region was tantamount to carving out flesh in the hearts of the British, which was something they were unwilling to do under any circumstances.

Such demands are tantamount to dancing on the British red line and testing their strategic bottom line step by step.

The Tang Empire did not want Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, the Mesopotamia of Iraq and other sensitive areas in West Asia, but only Jordan.

Such an asking price just stepped on the throats of the British, making them very uncomfortable.

Due to the huge economic and military pressure, several factions with sharply opposed opinions formed in the UK on the issue of wooing the Tang Empire to participate in the war.

In particular, the Great Gulu-Saxon nationalists and the upper-class British nobles strongly advocated immediately drawing the Tang Empire into the war, at any cost.

Every white British citizen who died in the war made them heartbroken, and the upper-class British nobles suffered particularly heavy losses, and the call for strong allies was rising.

On the contrary, the British Liberal Party, which has always been on the left, has a hard-line attitude and is also opposed to the mainstream of compromise.

Richard has been in charge of the Tang Empire for more than 70 years. From the 31st British Prime Minister Robert Peel to the current 53rd Prime Minister David Lloyd George, he has experienced a total of 22 British Prime Ministers. He has experienced the political ecology and politics of his old rival Britain. Home is very understanding.

These people are all very realistic interestists.

Thinking about the problem in his mind, Richard lit a cigar, stood up, walked to the window and looked out.

The city of Bordeaux is quiet and beautiful under the sunset, with ancient French buildings standing everywhere, as if time has frozen.

If you ignore the high defensive walls and fortress-style forts built in the city, the patrols with guns and armed militia, this is a beautiful southern city suitable for living.

every day

City residents would line up in front of stores with baskets in hand, hoping to buy a limited number of goods, but most people came away disappointed.

Because the number of products is limited, they are often sold out within a few hours of queuing, and those who cannot buy them can only leave sadly.

Whether the store will be open on the second day depends on whether there are goods arriving at the store.

He took a deep breath from the cigar and let the strong smell of cigar smoke wrap around his tall figure.

There was a hint of determination in Richard's deep eyes. He had already made up his mind.

He is about to return home with a secret order and impose a trade embargo on both sides of the war in Europe, cutting off the food transportation lines and funding sources of the Allied Powers.

this action
From the perspective of a neutral country, there was nothing wrong with it. The Tang Empire did not deliver supplies to either the Entente Group or the Central Powers Group, just to avoid being suspected of funding the war.

In fact, this move was a fatal blow to the Allied Powers group, because countries such as Britain, France, and Italy now rely on the Tang Empire for food transportation and precious funds.

Cutting off these might cause the Allied Powers to lose the entire war.

Taking this move will put the British and French groups and the Tang Empire in an absolutely hostile situation, making the situation of this world war more complicated and dangerous.

Not too much. Tsarist Russia will be unable to survive without the input of funds. It will only take two to three months for the Tsarist Russian Empire to collapse.

You must know that while Britain, France and other countries have borrowed large sums of money, they have been spending large sums of money to extend the life of Tsarist Russia and maintain its role in sharing pressure on the battlefield.

Once the Tang Empire cut off its financial loans, neither Britain nor France would be able to lend money to Tsarist Russia because they themselves would not be able to survive.

All new campaign plans and armament rearmament plans for 1917 were scrapped. There was not even enough food to eat, so why fight?

In 1916, Britain's agricultural losses reached 32.7%, France's 51.5%, and Italy's 17.6%. Such a large gap had to be made up by the Tang Empire's grain exports.

Once the Tang Empire cuts off the channels for material transportation, even if the news is leaked, the black market prices in Europe, including the United Kingdom, will immediately double. This is such a reality.

The Tang Empire led by Richard did not want to talk about the post-war international order and the division of interests. It wanted to get the benefits now, or fall out if it didn't.

Why, are you afraid that you will bite me?
It is now the end of 1916, and the food independently produced by Britain, France and Italy has almost been consumed. Closing the valve on export materials at this time is tantamount to kicking the Allied Powers standing on the edge of the cliff. The consequences are obvious.

Richard doesn't care about this. He only cares about getting real benefits, and he doesn't have to worry about Britain, France and other countries turning their backs. Does he still want to start a war?
The Tang Empire must show its sharp claws and fangs to make the British, French and other countries who are still intoxicated in the idea of ​​​​white world priority wake up. They do not have the final say in this world.

No matter at any time, the power of the Tang Empire cannot be ignored.