The sun never sets in America

Chapter 182 Eight Years of Longwu
The west coast of the North American continent, Xijing of Han Dynasty...

At this time, three years have passed since the Sino-American War, and this year is already the fourth year. During these three years, the Han Ocean Fleet visited British India and the Ottoman Empire, and was under the influence of the Ottoman Sultan at that time. Warm reception.

The tall and heroic officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty's ocean fleet appeared in Istanbul, in the Mediterranean, and even in the ports of London and France.

Although the space-time canal has not yet been opened, the navies of Han and the United States were unable to fight due to the distance, which became a common regret for the two navies.

But the subsequent opening of the Port of Houston in Texas increased the possibility of a naval war between the two countries by at least ten times.

Fortunately, the war had just ended, and both Han and the United States were busy with domestic matters and unable to launch a war.

After all, the impact of that war on China and the United States was too great. Not only did it directly turn the originally turbulent situation in the Americas into a two-power structure, it also brought a brand new world revolution to the whole world. .

In those years, if a country was not equipped with weapons like lightning rifles and storm cannons, it was regarded as an outdated description.

Those who fall behind are destined to be beaten! !

After the war, Han quickly lifted its export ban on lightning rifles and storm artillery. (Before this, it had only given technology to the British, authorized British production, and signed a confidentiality agreement. In order to maintain its military advantage over other countries, the United Kingdom also agreed to this confidentiality agreement)

From Europe to West Asia and even the Far East, there are Han arms dealers selling lightning rifles and storm artillery.

The huge hammer logo of the Thor Group, the yellow lightning on the Lightning Rifle, and even the tornado logo on the Storm Cannon have become synonymous with the advancement of this period.

Even some African tribes, after seizing the lightning rifle from the colonists, directly replaced the tribal totem with two crossed lightning rifles, which feels like a later AK rifle.

The Han Dynasty's storm artillery and lightning rifles, during this period, were similar to the later Krupp artillery and Mauser rifles, and were popular products in international arms.

Even when the British were encircling and suppressing the resistance forces in Afghanistan, they discovered that these people were actually using lightning rifles.

To this end, the British Foreign Office also made stern representations to Han, requesting Han to provide the number of lightning rifles in the hands of Afghan tribes and a timetable for when these weapons will flow in.

Regarding these requirements, Han Guo said, you ask me, how do I know? ?
You must know that in just three years, Han State has sold 40 lightning rifles to the global market. How can it be controlled where so many guns go after they are sold?

Therefore, this recent incident was dismissed, but the UK subsequently issued the so-called lightning ban, requiring that no force other than the British army be allowed to possess lightning rifles in the British colonies.

That is the weapons ban that is currently in full swing.

In the final analysis, it was because the lightning rifle posed too great a threat to the colonists. It had a long range and high accuracy. This thing was used for guerrilla warfare. At this period, it was no less than the AK rifle of later generations.

Because loading is simple, it doesn't require as many processes as a flintlock gun, and it doesn't require any queues. That thing is only useful for regular troops. For those colonial natives who can't even read, simpler weapons are best.

At this time, the Lightning Rifle was precisely such a weapon. It had projectiles that were not easily jammed, and it only needed gunpowder once. It also had a special flashlight for subsequent firing, and it could be used as soon as it was plugged in. This was much better than those flints that required a second shot of gunpowder. It's much easier to fire a gun.

And for those colonial people who were illiterate, these were simply a match made in heaven.

For a time, wherever there were colonial riots, there were lightning rifles.

The Lightning Rifle also earned the title of Colonial Killer during this period.

Of course, I also received a lot of malice from those colonial countries! !

In addition to its achievements in weapons, the greatest achievement is the population of Han. After the Sino-American War, Han annexed the northern territories of Mexico and the state of Colorado in the United States. Coupled with the outbreak of immigration in recent years, Han's total population The population has increased from 500 million at the end of the fourth year of Longwu to the current level of 730 million. According to estimates, before the end of the first half of each year, the population should be able to exceed the 800 million mark...

This is a remarkable achievement in this era. The current world hegemon, the United Kingdom, has a population of about 400 million to 500 million.

Han's neighbors only had a population of 2000 million. The reason was due to the impact of the Han-American War. At this time in time and space, the United States should launch the U.S.-Mexico War this year and take away 240 million square kilometers of Mexico's territory. and large populations.

In this time and space, the U.S.-Mexican War did occur, but because of the Han Kingdom, the United States not only failed to swallow up large areas of territory including Texas and New Mexico, but instead lost the vital state of Colorado.

At least for more than a year after the end of the war, the immigrant population in the United States decreased, with most of the population either going to the British colonies or South America.

But fortunately, after a year, the number of European immigrants to the United States increased again and basically returned to the pre-war level. This is also the main reason why the United States can maintain a population of 2000 million.

After all, most of the immigrants have already developed the developed United States, which is more attractive than going to colonies like Australia and South Africa.

The wave of heavy industry and railway construction that started in the United States after the war not only brought the United States out of the haze of the war, but also made the United States' strength increase by an unknown amount compared to before the war.

Take the military industry as an example. Before the war, the United States did not even have a military industrial enterprise that regularly served the military. However, after the war, the military industry group, led by Springfield, completely occupied the mainstream of the dual-use arms market in the United States. .

The original small workshops were gradually replaced by large machines and systems.

The subsequent railway construction seemed to have nothing to do with the Han Dynasty, but in fact it was also a crucial relationship.

Judging from the map, the area west of the Rocky Mountains occupied by the Han Kingdom is mainly composed of plains and hilly deserts. In terms of overall value, it is not as good as the Midwest and East Coast where the United States is located.

But from a strategic perspective, the capital defense pressure of Han is actually much smaller than that of the United States. The Colorado Plateau alone is a natural chasm that is difficult for the U.S. military to cross, not to mention the fortresses built by Han on the Rocky Mountains on the Han-U.S. border. Group.

These fortresses and the Rocky Mountains actually directly separated Han from the United States, preventing the United States from threatening the core area of ​​Han, the west coast.

However, the Han Dynasty could move directly south from the entire defense line, especially from the direction of Colorado, and march into the vast Midwestern plains of the United States, threatening the industrial centers and core cities of the United States on the Great Lakes and even the east coast.

This also resulted in the United States having to build a large number of railways to transport troops in the rear. Some Americans believe that the reason why the last war failed was because there were no railways in the Midwest.

Therefore, from the perspective of national defense, the terrain of Han State is far better than that of the United States. This is why Liu Peng issued a secret order asking the Mobei Army to capture Colorado. The main reason is to capture the last piece of the Rocky Mountains, which is also the most important. A piece of the puzzle! !

The difference in terrain reflects the number of troops in the two countries.

After the war, the Han Army was streamlined to a certain extent, from the peak of hundreds of thousands of troops to the level of 6.

As for the U.S. military on the opposite side, the U.S. Congress had just launched a 10-strong standing army plan. I was initially very confident, but later, after investigation, I found that if the Han Dynasty really attacked, relying on 10 people, even if it recruits [-] reserves, it would not be enough. You may not be able to hold it the first time.

What to do if it can't hold on? The U.S. Army's solution is to increase its troops and purchase more weapons.

Because of this, the U.S. Army's initial strength of 10 soldiers increased to 15, and it also added 30 reserves to create the so-called [-] army, which is also a regular army.

Even if the reserve force does not usually cost much money, the 15 standing army alone will consume a large amount of US financial funds.

Fortunately, the U.S. military during this period has not developed the tradition of purchasing toilets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars or coffee cups worth thousands of dollars, otherwise the U.S. government would definitely go bankrupt.

But even so, the annual military expenditure is still a huge stone weighing on the head of the United States. It wants to use it, but it is afraid of failure in the second war. It can be said that a Sino-American war completely changed the national destiny of the United States and set the United States in the direction of Another road with no direction is running wildly, and it is becoming more and more unstoppable.

As for what to do if we can't stop the situation in the end, I guess there is no better solution to all this than war.

Apart from the United States, the biggest change has been in Mexico, the territory of Han State.

In the original time and space, Mexico during this period still controlled the huge territory from California to Texas. Mexico was still the largest country in the Americas after the United States.

But during this period, Mexico early lost the greater California region, including Baja California, and even two states on the Mexican Peninsula. In the subsequent U.S.-Mexican War, they were forced to sell the northern territories, including Texas, to the Han State at once, and even Mexico itself became a protectorate of the Han State.

The price of the protectorate was that Mexico was ostensibly an independent country, but in essence became Han's follower and a colony where Han's industrial goods were dumped.

And when the Han-Mexico Railway opened at the end of last year, it completely tied Mexico to Han's chariot.

Through the Han-Mexican Railway, the Han army could directly reach Mexico City within a few days.

It can be said that Mexico has completely lost its autonomy.

As the Mexicans have said long ago: "The greatest sorrow of Mexico is that it is too far away from God and too close to China!!"

Through Mexico, Han gradually took control of several small countries in Central America. Lake Nicaragua, which it had already rented, was a symbol of Han's preparations to develop a two-ocean strategy.

It's just that this plan had to be shelved because of fear of obstruction from the United Kingdom and the United States, and we could only wait for the right time.

In addition, there is industrial competition. In recent years, Chinese products and American products have basically occupied the mainstream market in the Americas.

It turns out that British and French goods in South America were either marginalized or defeated.

The Han Dynasty, which had terminated the Anglo-Chinese alliance with Britain, would not be lenient to this ally.

After all, due to the loss of British trade preferences, Han's industry and commerce suffered serious losses and were in urgent need of supplements. The recent South American market has become a target that must be captured.

The same is true for the United States. During this period, the mainstream world market was occupied by the United Kingdom and the established Western powers, leaving only a few scraps for these newly industrialized countries.

And South America is the richest piece of these leftovers.

Americans have never been soft on attacking the British. Even after the failure of the Han-American War, the United States held a protest against the British supporting the Han Dynasty.

They use names such as:

(Down with the British Empire!!)

(Han: lackey of the British)

(Fakr, the British guy!!)

It can be said that Britain during this period had a very bad reputation in the United States. Except for those farmers in the South, few people liked the British.

Han State, which has common interests with the United States, has rarely shown tacit cooperation in competing for the market with established European powers.

Industrial products from Han and the United States even launched a collective price reduction in South America. Who would have believed this without contact in advance! !

What's even more amazing is that after Americans published the so-called America is the America of Americans.

The Han State also issued the so-called Yan Jun Declaration. The so-called Yan Jun Declaration was a speech made by Yan Jun, the Prime Minister of the Han State Cabinet, in an exclusive interview with Hanguo Daily:
"The wealth of the Americas was created by the Americans, but the wealth of the Americas flows to other places. As for this place, I think you all know it." Yan Jun alluded to Europe's invisible colonization of the Americas.

"We can't go on like this anymore. While people in other places are enjoying education and peace, what is there in America is only chaos? Are those places in South America where conflicts break out at every turn, are they all done voluntarily by South Americans, or are they South Americans? Warlike??" Yan Jun once again suggested that European powers manipulate the situation in South America.

"Look at Peru in South America. It has the most guano in the world, a lot of sugar and tropical plants, but do the people there enjoy anything? No, they are only poor!!"

"The money has been made by some countries. As for these countries, you know it even if I don't tell you."

"All in all, America can't go on like this. I really appreciate what the Americans said. America is America for Americans!!" Yan Jun talked about what the Americans said.

"I am here to call on the countries of the Americas to unite, let us form a common market together, develop our economy, our country, and develop a prosperous America, a new America that is not inferior to Europe!!"

"We can do it, and we will do it!!"

Yan Jun shouted loudly.

And when this speech was published in Hanguo Daily, it instantly aroused strong responses at home and abroad.

The United Kingdom directly stood up and accused Han of pursuing regional hegemony and opposing free trade.

France also came out and said that a common American market was undesirable, unreasonable, and unrealistic. It hoped that Han would calm down and not mess up the current prosperity of the Americas.

Other countries also have their own ideas.

When Americans heard this, they showed great enthusiasm. Even the current No. 15 President of the United States, James Knox Polk, once expressed his willingness to work with Han to build a prosperous and peaceful America. .

He also condemned those opposing remarks and said that those countries have great malice towards America and Americans, and are the main culprit of the current bad current situation in America.

Even Yan Jun's declaration caused a great sensation in the United States.

Even the anti-Han faction had to stand up and applaud the Han people, saying that the cruel Han people finally did something kind.

In the United States, there are even a group of pro-Han factions. Their purpose of pro-Han is not to really like the Han country.

It's because of national interests. Where the national interests of the United States lie, they are actually the market, just like those of Han.

The booming industry and commerce in the United States needs an industrial market, and the northern industry in the United States needs to integrate the southern market and cotton resources to develop the textile industry. However, the problem is who to build the textile industry and sell it to.

We must know that the southern United States produces hundreds of millions of dollars of cotton every year. Will the United States consume all this cotton? ?
If it cannot consume so much cotton, then the South cannot truly be of the same mind as the North. After all, the essence of people is still interests, and the same is true between countries.

The textile industry is the industry that needs the market the most. The reason why the UK can maintain such a huge textile industry is because the UK controls the largest market in the world and can dump to its heart's content without any worries.

The large-scale textile industry requires tons of cotton as raw materials, and the current raw material production areas are mainly concentrated in North America and India. Among them, the cotton production in America has always been the first in the world.

Most of them are in the southern United States. While this has brought wealth to the farmers in the southern United States, it has also tied them to the British economic warship, so that there will always be an inexplicable wall between them and the north.

This wall is the economy! !
Human beings are economic animals, and the starting point of most conflicts comes from the economy.

Assuming that the United States has a sufficient market to absorb the huge amount of cotton in the South, will there be a so-called Civil War later? Will farmers still be reluctant to part with the so-called slaves? ?

Liberating slaves sounds nice, but isn't it just a dispute over the direction of the economy? To solve economic problems, it must be economics! !
This is also the main reason for the pro-Han faction. The pro-Han faction also has good reasons. Since it is impossible for China and the United States to eliminate each other, it is better to cooperate to seize the colonies and markets of Britain and France.

And this market can be South America first! !
Liu Peng burst out laughing after learning the news, and then murmured to himself:

"We can cooperate. After we finish our cooperation, we have to fight again. After all, you are too close to us!!"

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