Wild North America 1846

London
Downing Street Prime Minister's Residence

Seeing the report on the emergency consultations between the foreign ministers of various countries, Prime Minister George felt dizzy and his face changed.

after half an hour
He gritted his teeth and said, "It's too much. This is shameless blackmail. What do the French say?"

"The French side has not officially stated its position yet, and the tremendous changes caused by the great changes in Tsarist Russia have not yet subsided. The French have invested too much in Tsarist Russia, and now is the time to be devastated." Foreign Minister Smith sighed lightly, frowning deeply He shook his head, and it could be seen that he was under great pressure.

The French are like this, why are the British not grasshoppers on a rope?

After the new regime of Tsarist Russia came to power, it not only immediately announced its withdrawal from World War I, but also announced that it would not recognize the huge debt of more than 1 billion francs owed by the Tsarist regime, and no one was prepared to repay it.

This huge thunder stunned both Britain and France, and they have not recovered until now.

The war is not over yet. Germany has freed up its hands on the Eastern Front. Now it can transfer more than 40 German divisions to the Western and Southern Front battlefields in Europe and the Middle East. The situation facing the Allied military group has become even more severe.

At this critical moment, the Tang Empire's valuable help is even more needed, both in terms of materials and troops.

In the conference room of the Prime Minister's residence, the ministers of the British wartime cabinet looked stern, and there was a heavy sadness between their brows, making the atmosphere particularly solemn.

Colonial Secretary Chamberlain coughed slightly, and then said after everyone's attention turned;

"Gentlemen, we must make a decision as soon as possible and tie Datang tightly to the Allied chariot.

The current top priority is to defeat the Germans and win the war. This is the highest priority. If the Germans are not defeated, there will be no future.

All focus must be subordinated to winning this extremely difficult war. The Eastern Front was completely eroded, and the collapse of the Tsarist Empire was irreversible.

under these circumstances
We need more support from Tang allies, from finance to supplies, weapons and equipment, and the army, everything...

I agree with the view of His Excellency Prime Minister George. At this extremely difficult moment for the Allied Powers, the supplementary request made by the Tang State is tantamount to blackmail.

But what I want to remind colleagues is that

According to the signed Treaty of Bordeaux, the 60 troops, supplies and financial support provided by the Tang government were fully and faithfully implemented.

Millions of tons of high-quality flour, weapons and ammunition are being continuously transported in, as well as coffee, toffee, canned food and everything else we need. This plays an important role in stabilizing the social order of the participating countries.

The joint patrols of the British and Tang royal navies reduced the damage caused by Germany's crazy unrestricted submarine warfare by more than 8%, and curbed the huge destructive power of German submarines.

on the basis of

We hope that the number of troops sent by the Tang State to Europe will increase from 60 to 300 million. This is not a small numerical change, but means a huge sacrifice.

So when blaming them, I hope for more calmness, more wisdom and tolerance. We need to gather all the forces we can to deal with the Germans together.

In this war, we cannot do without the help of Tang's allies.

As long as we win the final victory of the war and maintain the British Empire's unshakable maritime hegemony, everything will still be under control. "

Chamberlain's speech triggered a burst of whispers from the wartime cabinet ministers, and many heavyweight cabinet ministers expressed their approval.

Prime Minister David Lloyd George also gradually calmed down from his initial anger. He thought for a moment, turned to Foreign Secretary Smith, and asked, "Tell me, what does our greedy ally need?"

Foreign Secretary Smith replied;

"Honorable Prime Minister
The Tang Dynasty hopes that the Allied Powers will make compensation for the obligations beyond the fulfillment of the "Bordeaux Treaty" and proposes to include Syria, Crimea, and central or southern Ukraine into its sphere of influence.

After the efforts of the British and French diplomatic departments, the Tang State backed down and was willing to co-administer the Syrian region with Britain and France, and not to be directly included in the rule of the overseas colonies and overseas provinces of the Tang Empire.

However, the Tang State needs to station its military in Syria and share administrative rights, including ports in Lebanon and the Mediterranean coast.

Meet the above requirements
The Tang State is willing to increase the total strength of the European Expeditionary Force to 120 million men, and bear the expenses of weapons, equipment and casualties by itself.

Regarding Europe's demands for Crimea and central or southern Ukraine, Tang is willing to make further concessions and only retains its demands for the cession of Crimea and the areas surrounding the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine.

Meet the above requirements
The Tang State is willing to increase the total strength of the European Expeditionary Force to 300 million men, and bear the expenses of military deployment, weapons and equipment, and casualties on its own.

Even if the above additional requirements cannot be met, Tang is still willing to fulfill its allied obligations under the Treaty of Bordeaux, but the size of the expeditionary force is limited to about 60 people. "

"It sounds like a business, it's ridiculous."

"On the contrary, I feel that I can accept it. The more I pay, the more I get. Is there any problem with this?"

"Those cunning Easterners always use this opportunity to make us give in again and again. They have almost occupied the entire America. They have expanded their power to the Southwest Pacific and the Middle East, and now they want to extend their black hands into Europe. This is simply It’s unbearable.”

"Wake up, man, we must admit that the foundation of the British Empire's rule of the world has been shaken. We cannot do without France and the Tang allies in the current European war and world affairs."

"With the loss of Tsarist Russia, we need Tang State even more now, and we must win this war. As long as the Royal Navy of the British Empire's seven-sea hegemony is unshakable, the future still belongs to us."

"Second, the main thing is to defeat the Germans."

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

The decision-making efficiency of the British war cabinet was very efficient. After a simple vote, London's official policy was introduced.

Next Step

A new annex to the "Bordeaux Treaty" will be reached through an emergency consultation process among diplomats from various countries, that is, relevant resolutions on post-war arrangements for Syria and the cession of the Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea port of Odessa.

It is formalized in the form of an annex to the treaty.

Britain, France and other countries were extremely eager for the Tang State's need for a large number of troops. No one chose the plan of sending 120 million troops, and directly chose the final plan of sending 300 million troops.

Today, Britain and France have reached an unsustainable point due to the massive loss of troops in the previous three years of war and the depletion of reserve military resources.

Today, on all fronts, the total strength of the French army has exceeded 470 million, the total strength of the British army has reached 330 million, and the total strength of the Italian army has reached more than 160 million.

Among them, the French army has suffered more than 150 million casualties, and the British army has suffered more than 117 million casualties. There are tens of thousands more casualties every day, and a steady stream of new troops is needed.

The huge gap caused by the collapse of the Russian army on the eastern front could not be filled by Britain, France and Italy. They could only place their hope on the Tang State on the other side of the Atlantic.

It is under such circumstances that Britain's geostrategic red line has retreated again and again.There is a saying that people are poor but have short ambitions, and horses are skinny and have long hair.

When your stomach is not full, and the Germans are about to come knocking on your door, why bother talking about perseverance?

The great changes in the northern Tsarist Russia's furry bear not only announced its withdrawal from the war, but also failed to fulfill its debt repayment obligations of up to 600 billion francs. This made the members of the Allied Powers such as Britain, France, and Italy extremely embarrassed, and created a deep vigilance and revenge mentality.

from their perspective

Today's Tsarist Russia is a dangerous country second only to Germany. If necessary, it will organize multinational armed intervention to defend its own interests.

In order to win over Tsarist Russia, this huge scammer, Britain, France and other countries have paid too much.

France accounts for about half of the total public and private debt of 600 billion francs, and the United Kingdom accounts for a little more than [-]%. The rest is the amount of loans from Germany, the Netherlands, China, Belgium, Denmark, Austria-Hungary and other countries, all of which have been accumulated over the years.

Therefore, when Tsarist Russia defected on the battlefield, the hearts of the French were bleeding, and how could the British be the same?
From the second half of 1916, Britain had to pay more than 2600 million pounds in financial aid loans to Tsarist Russia every month. Most of this money was borrowed from the Tang Dynasty Imperial Consortium and then given to allies of Tsarist Russia.

Only the years of the war

The international community, dominated by Britain and France, provided financial loans to Tsarist Russia amounting to 66 billion rupees, equivalent to approximately 265 billion francs, to support the deeply corrupt Tsarist Russian imperial government to continue the war and share the pressure on the Western Front battlefield.

Now that the old czarist Russia has turned his face and refused to admit his fault, how come Britain, France and other countries are not furious?
As the current war is still fierce, there has been a lot of public opinion in France, calling for the organization of an international intervention force to strangle the fragile new regime of Tsarist Russia from the source.

And this kind of voice is also rising one after another in the UK. It shows how big the response is?
think about it too

The old powers such as Britain and France have colonized the world for hundreds of years, and all the hard-earned resources they accumulated were basically lost in a world war and a great change in the north.

France has lost as much as 2 billion francs in the total war so far, and has lost more than 000 billion francs to Tsarist Russia. How much does this add up to?

If things go on like this, no matter how rich the family fortune is, it will be drained away.

An Allied military bloc and a new Tsarist Russian regime have become the current two major enemies of the European world dominated by Britain and France.

In order to deal with them, Britain, France and other countries had to pinch their noses to win over the Tang State. The geostrategic red lines were breached again and again, which was a last resort.

After receiving positive feedback from its European allies, the Tang Empire quickly responded positively.

From the end of 1917 to the beginning of 1918, in just over two months, through the large fleet escorted by the Royal Navy, the Tang Empire once again transported nearly 50 troops to Europe, effectively consolidating the battlefield situation.

Through the powerful escort operations of the Tang and British royal navies, astonishing zero casualties have been achieved in the process of transporting the expeditionary force to Europe so far.

It turns out
The well-organized and powerful joint escort operation in the North Atlantic was a powerful weapon to curb Germany's crazy unrestricted submarine warfare and achieved outstanding results.

In the escort fleet, the probability of merchant ships being attacked by German submarines has decreased by 9%. More than 10 German submarines were sunk every month, with the highest number reaching 13 in the month.

The recruitment plan in the Tang Empire went well. The new recruitment plan increased the rewards for meritorious service in the Crimean Peninsula and Syria, which triggered a wave of militants in the Tang Empire joining the army.

Many retired veterans also participated, so that the first phase of the army's million-person recruitment plan was completed in just over a month.

I have to say here that the human resources of the Tang Empire were so abundant.

The entire Royal Army's million-strong recruitment plan is divided into more than 23 soldiers in the South American area, more than 14 people in the Central American area, and more than 38 people in the North American area. Overseas, it is divided into more than 19 people in the Southwest Pacific area and more than 6 people in the Middle East area. people.

This small amount

On average, a province in North America has only a few thousand to 2 people in the empire, and the South American vassals have a population of 8000 to [-]. The situation in overseas provinces is roughly similar.

The province that recruited the most troops was Paradise Province, which recruited more than 6.2 soldiers at one time, nearly one-third of the Southwest Pacific Region.

According to the recruitment rules of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire

Those who are the only children in the family are not recruited, those who have had a stable job for more than three years are not recruited, those who are married and have no children are not recruited, and those who have no brothers to support the high hall are not recruited.

Recruitment prefers new immigrants, unemployed people at the bottom of society, and areas with larger populations, and will forcibly recruit indigenous people from Central and South America and the southwest Pacific islands, such as Colombia and Sumatra.

Among the recruitment quotas in South America, the forced recruitment of Brazilian governor-general and Colombian indigenous young adults accounted for half, about [-] people.

In Sumatra and Java, more than 10 local indigenous young adults were forcibly recruited, more than half of the recruitment plan.

In the second and third phase of the recruitment plan, the above-mentioned areas are the focus of forced recruitment, which also takes into account the young adults of the Arab tribes in the six provinces under the peninsula's governor's office.

The relevant troops are mainly sent to the Western Front battlefield, mainly to take over some defense areas of the British, French and other countries, and will face fierce attacks from the Germans.

The new Fourth and Fifth Corps of the European Expeditionary Force are under preparation. There are often more than two to three hundred ships on the Atlantic route consisting of a huge fleet of high-speed cruise ships, troop carriers, and cargo ships.

The Tang Empire used its powerful transportation capacity to begin transporting troops to Europe. Such a move won praise from the British and French allies, and the original huge pressure was reduced a lot.

Although Tang's allies have shortcomings in one way or another, their credibility, trustworthiness, and ability to act after obtaining relevant benefits are not limited. They are really powerful.

The power vacuum created by Tsarist Russia's official withdrawal from the First World War was quickly filled by the Tang Empire's expeditionary force, forming a new balance of power.

The Tang Empire continued to send expeditionary troops to Europe, which also aroused Germany's high vigilance and concern.

After bringing down Tsarist Russia, Germany and Russia quickly signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Tsarist Russia won a respite for peace by ceding large tracts of territory.

Germany has yet to launch a new large-scale offensive. The stalemate on the Western Front battlefield remains, but there are moves on the Southern Front battlefield.

During the 12th Battle of the Isa River

Germany was able to calmly deploy 6 German divisions from the Eastern Front battlefield, defeating the Italian army in one fell swoop, killing and wounding more than 4.3 soldiers, taking 26.5 prisoners, and more than 30 Italian soldiers deserted and escaped without a trace. .

The strength of Italy's 51 divisions was completely destroyed, completely unorganized, and they lost completely.

Through this battle, the German-Austrian forces completely recovered all the territory lost in the 11th Battle of the Izzo River, and greatly approached the interior of Italy.

Fortunately, the Tang Empire's expeditionary force, which was on the second line, withstood the pressure and firmly held the front after responding to a large number of fleeing Italian troops.

At this time, the German army was also at the end of its war effort. Out of caution in using its troops, it quickly retreated and disengaged, winning a hearty victory.

The Tang Empire's expeditionary force not only withstood the pressure on the southern battlefield, but also helped the Italians clean up the mess.It also sent a steady stream of reinforcements to the Western Front battlefield, effectively stabilizing the current confrontation situation.

Objectively speaking, that is really awesome. (End of chapter)