Wild North America 1846

Chapter 829: Fire appears across the shore
From early August 1917

The Far Eastern Corps of the Tang Empire that occupied Basra began to enter a rest period, replenishing equipment and supplies, and reorganizing the Jordanian servant army.

After the Battle of Basra, the servant army lost nearly [-] people, making it a severely damaged cannon fodder army.

The Imperial Expeditionary Corps of the Tang Dynasty selected the outstanding ones from the new captives, and mixed them with the prisoners who had performed better earlier to form a new servant army with relatively complete equipment and acceptable combat effectiveness, with a total of more than 3 people, organized into three divisions .

The remaining prisoners were used as coolies in building bridges and paving roads.

The German-Austrian Allied Forces suffered a sudden defeat and quickly abandoned unimportant peripheral towns, shrinking their forces in the core Baghdad Province and fully defending Baghdad.

In the system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both Basra and Baghdad Pasha were important officials guarding the frontiers. In particular, Baghdad Pasha was the most powerful and had the authority to control high-ranking officials in Iraq.

Baghdad is also the main force of the German Desert Corps. After hearing about the unprecedented defeat, the German high command urgently removed three German divisions from the eastern battlefield to further strengthen the area's forces.

On the Eastern Front battlefield at this time
Due to the sudden collapse of the tsarist regime, the new tsarist Russian government lacked prestige and various factions competed for power and lost the ability to launch large-scale attacks.

The German army on the Eastern Front could therefore deploy some of its forces to reinforce the southern battlefields of Europe and the Middle East war.

This move will undoubtedly further increase the difficulty for the British and French coalition forces to capture Baghdad.

For this reason, the Allied Forces Command of the Middle East Allied Forces issued an urgent document requesting the Middle East Corps of the Tang Empire to end their rest and recuperation ahead of schedule and dispatch the main force to participate in the upcoming Battle of Baghra.

August to October in the desert areas of the Middle East is the hot and dry season. Marching in the Gobi desert under the scorching sun is simply a torture and is very unfavorable for long-distance marches and operations.

Fortunately, the water system from Baghdad to Basra in the Mesopotamia is well developed and can handle inland river ships of no more than 600 tons, which has become the main way to transport troops.

Through the exchange of messages, the Allied Forces Command of the Middle East Allied Powers decided to postpone the launch of the Baghdad Campaign, specifically to early October.

During this period
The Tang Empire's Middle East Corps needs to move its forces northward, take steps to capture a large number of towns between Baghdad and Basra, and eventually gather its forces in Baghdad.

This will be the largest battle in the Middle East. The total number of troops participating in the battle will exceed 70, and it will ultimately determine the ownership of the Middle East.

Lalemache District, Yunzhong Province

Lalemache, located on the plateau, has a cool and pleasant climate. The plateau snow-capped mountains gather here with numerous lakes and rivers, and fertile pastures stretch as far as the eye can see.

The Lalemachi area and the Tataikuraro area have an average altitude of 2200 to 2460 meters. They are known as the "plateau water towers" in the Ethiopian plateau, where the 6670-kilometer-long Nile River originates.

The plateau heavy rains and plateau lakes here have abundant water and sunshine, giving birth to natural plateau pastures.

The total area of ​​the above two areas is about 8.5 square kilometers. This is where Yunzhong Province gathers pastures. It is rich in livestock products and furs, and its manufactured products are mainly exported to Europe.

There are more than 2.3 large and small ranches in these two areas, with a total population of more than 140 million. Most of them are run by families or relatives.

The sea transportation to Europe is very developed here. It only takes three days to reach Italy from Fubo City via the Suez Canal.

It only takes 4 days to arrive at ports in Britain, France and Germany.

Richard wore a cowboy hat and rode his horse slowly on the plateau pasture. In the distance, large tracts of cattle and sheep were like white clouds in the sky, group after group.

The vast mountain pasture made him feel happy and he enjoyed the leisure time very much.

Sevilla rode a beautiful white horse next to him. She wore a sunhat with complicated patterns on her head and a light-colored French court skirt. Her waist was just right to outline her graceful figure. The child appeared, absolutely beautiful.

Servilia looked at the tall Richard with a look of reverence in her eyes and said;
"Dear Your Majesty, everything is like a dream. I feel that this is the life I want most. I no longer have that precarious and insecure feeling. I love France, but I am afraid of going back there again."

"France is in Europe, caught between the great powers of Britain, Russia and Germany. It's hard to describe the grievances and grievances that have existed for hundreds of years." Richard shook his head and continued with a slight sigh;
"This is an endless cycle of knots. Only if they let go of their hatred and choose understanding and tolerance, Europe will still not be at peace."

"God, this sounds more like a fantasy. I know that France's hatred of the Germans is integrated into its blood. How is this possible?" Servilia covered her mouth and screamed.

"So, only when the people of various European countries choose understanding and tolerance can we usher in true peace." Richard spread his hands and said in a serious tone;
"Since we cannot completely eliminate our opponents, we can only try to coexist peacefully. This is the only and correct way."

Servilia's eyes widened after hearing this. After a moment, she shook her head and said with a slightly bitter expression;

“Maybe one day, but I definitely won’t see it, it’s just unbelievable.

France has paid the price of a whole generation of lives in the war. I can't believe that anyone can forget all this. France has been hurt so deeply.

Those women who lost their fathers, husbands and children in the war, those who lost their families and everything, wished that all the Germans would go to hell.

I don’t know about other people, but I can’t do it anyway. "

At this point, Servilia burst into tears.

One of her brothers and a younger brother died in this war, and many of her relatives lost their lives. This is almost a microcosm of millions of families in France.

France was the main battlefield of World War I and was directly exposed to the flames of war, with particularly heavy losses in personnel and material.

so far
France suffered more than 370 million casualties during the war. Calculated as a proportion of its population, its human losses exceeded those of any other country.

Its economic losses amounted to 1650 billion francs, equivalent to approximately 82.5 billion pounds, worth 330 billion Tang Yuan, poking a big hole in France's colonial income accumulated for hundreds of years.

The "loan shark empire" has long been misplaced by its name. It is a character burdened with huge international debts.

Today, France is a seriously ill patient who is bleeding profusely. His body is covered with various tubes that require blood transfusions from the Tang Empire to maintain his vitality.

The cruel war is still not over, and the Allied Powers group cannot even see the dawn of victory, which makes many people feel desperate.

In particular, a crumbling giant like Tsarist Russia could collapse at any time on the Eastern Front battlefield, which aroused widespread concern among the Allied Powers and the people of various countries.

In Europe, almost everyone is a military expert and has a deep understanding of the Eastern Front and Southern Front battlefields that share the pressure on the Western Front.

Although Tsarist Russia is a bottomless pit, France and Britain have invested huge amounts of financial aid loans, but Lao Maozi was really powerful during the war.

On the Eastern Front battlefield alone in 1915, the Russian army suffered 100 million casualties and 100 million prisoners in that year. Adding in the five months of 1914, the number was another 5 million.

It is now the end of September 1917. How many casualties did Tsarist Russia suffer on the battlefield?
There is no authoritative figure, but it is conservatively estimated that casualties plus captured Russian soldiers are no less than 720 million, which is almost half of the total 1460 million Russian soldiers mobilized.Without the czarist Russia old men sharing the pressure on the Eastern Front battlefield, the European Western Front battlefields had been breached by the Germans long ago, and the current confrontation would not have been possible.

Now that there are problems within Tsarist Russia, the entire Western European world is worried.

Richard acted calmly. In the final analysis, the First World War was a European matter and had little to do with the Americas.

The Tang Empire felt like watching the First World War from afar.

He urged the horses under him to trot briskly, moving forward along the clear plateau lake.

Servilia and the rest of the entourage followed closely, and the cavalry galloped on the grassland.

The so-called matter has nothing to do with oneself, hang on high.

The Tang Empire had already obtained enough benefits by taking advantage of the embarrassment of the Allied military group. It had symbolically sent troops to the southern battlefield in Europe, but it has not yet been deployed to the front line.

The Imperial Expeditionary Force did not have the consciousness to fight life and death for the Europeans. It was more about protecting the bottom line of the southern battlefield in Europe so that the Italians would not be defeated by the German and Austrian troops.

The British and American Allied Forces Command still has this military vision. In the 11 battles of the Izzo River so far, the Italians have suffered a bloody blow without exception.

The Allied Forces Command had already given up hope on the Italian army, let alone Italy's ability to truly break through the Austrian Izzo River defense line, which was simply too difficult.

The role played by the Italian army was to hold back 25 Austrian divisions and pin them tightly to the Izzo River defense line.

The Tang Empire's army arrived at the Apennine Peninsula. After resting and recuperating, it gradually expanded and formed a second front behind the Italian army.

If they attack, they can help the Italian army break through the Isa River defense line. If they defend, they can hold the bottom line of the southern battlefield and let the coalition headquarters sit back and relax.

Now the Allied Forces Command is most worried about the Eastern Front battlefield. More than [-]% of its energy is also on the Eastern Front battlefield. It wants to do its best to stabilize the Russians, and it has no plan to even launch a large-scale campaign on the Western Front battlefield.

In general
The troops of the Tang Empire's expeditionary force deployed in Europe will basically not encounter major battles during the year, and at most they will be sporadic small-scale battles.

The Tang Empire's military and the Royal Guards paid little attention to the war in Europe. Now they mainly focus on Brazil, South America, and continue to launch military operations to suppress public security and suppress resistance.

Just like what they did in Colombia, the Tang Imperial Army is carrying out continuous military purges and suppression of all parts of Brazil, including white people, to stabilize the local situation.

On the one hand, the Governor-General of Brazil of the Tang Empire used the courts to liquidate the crimes of local white manor owners and slave owners, with the intention of dismantling local white local armed and stubborn forces in order to achieve a new social balance.

Have you ever killed anyone?

Was there any tax evasion?
Were there any illegal or criminal acts against the rule of the Tang Empire, or were there any dangerous ideas that opposed the imperial power?

Have you committed any crime or insulted the people?
Generally speaking

These white slave owners are not clean at all. Basically, they can be found accurately and almost no one has been wronged.

On the other hand, we vigorously promoted the resettlement of Chinese immigrants, and at the same time, we sorted out a large number of Brazilian Chinese families and brought them into the legal scope of the Tang Empire.

For some Chinese people who stubbornly follow the local white manor owners, a series of measures including but not limited to legal measures, exile, crackdowns, suppression and confiscation of property are also taken to completely solve the hidden dangers.

in this regard
The measures taken by the imperial government are sophisticated and to the point. They are mature policies of colonial expansion for more than 70 years and have been repeatedly proven to be effective.

In the provinces under the Governor-General of Brazil in South America, compulsory Chinese education was promoted on a large scale. Portuguese Catholic theological education was completely stopped and was not allowed to continue.

People in colonial areas of Brazil can go to Catholic churches or Protestant churches, but local churches are not allowed to offer theological education in Portuguese. This ban also includes Spanish and Italian, which are also prohibited.

Everyone and any family must receive authentic Chinese education and patriotic education that is loyal to the imperial power. This is a bottom line that cannot be broken.

As long as it persists for a few decades, Brazil's new colony will be stable and completely digested.

This is now a policy that is being fully promoted in the Arabian Peninsula and the East African colonies. Taking advantage of the current turbulent international situation, except for the Portuguese and Spanish who will clamor against it, most others will turn a blind eye.

now in europe

The people who hated the Tang Empire the most were Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, because all the overseas colonies of these three old colonial countries were wiped out by the Tang Empire, leaving not even a trace left.

As a result, these three European countries are weaker than historically, and their international influence is also declining significantly.

In the original history, the Portuguese and Spanish areas of South America no longer exist, and are replaced by the Mandarin-speaking areas. From North America to Central America to South America, from the East Indies to the Arabian Peninsula, they are all widely-existing Mandarin-speaking areas.

If East Asia and Southeast Asia are included, the scope of the Mandarin-speaking area is much wider than the original historical time and space, and the influence is much greater.

Richard is committed to promoting Mandarin around the world and promoting the influence of Chinese culture with the Han and Tang Dynasties as the core. Now he is playing a huge role in influencing the world through new technological means such as movies and broadcasts.

He cannot control other people's territory. The colonial areas belonging to the Tang Empire must be fully Mandarinized. This is the basic policy of colonization.

The Tang Empire's policy of purifying residential areas even attracted the interest of the British, who intended to promote it in South Africa.

The alternative the Tang Dynasty gave the British was to vigorously introduce Chinese laborers, mainly from the East Asian continent.

Of course, all this will be implemented by the British South African colonial authorities, and the Tang Empire will not interfere.

In order to balance the influence of the Boers, the British colonial authorities in South Africa introduced a large number of Chinese workers since the Boer War, with the total number reaching more than 37 in more than ten years.

This number is quite large, reaching almost [-]% of the Boer white ethnic group in South Africa, becoming an important part of the local social population.

These Chinese workers were hard-working and obedient. They were highly regarded by the colonial authorities of British South Africa and thus became an important part of South Africa's social population.

With the Chinese people's traditional polygamy, the population will definitely grow much faster than the white people if they are not worried about hunger.

Under natural reproduction, an increase of 100 times or more is completely foreseeable in 10 years.

Richard is willing to see such good changes. He hopes that the South African authorities can stick to this immigration policy and create a pure land in Mozambique and South Africa in the future, with both sides providing mutual assistance.

(End of this chapter)