After the successful experience of the first Australian expedition, this is undoubtedly a great encouragement for the civil and military ministers of the Great China and North Korea and even the people of the lower classes, and this time the actions and appetites of the Great China and the North Korea have become much greater, and Xiao Tianjian has locked his eyes on the Spaniards.

Because of the two massacres of the Chinese by the Spaniards on Luzon, needless to say, under the deliberate propaganda of the Great and Chinese Dynasties, the current Chinese of the Great and Chinese Dynasties are very hostile to the Spaniards, and the Spaniards are now in decline in national strength, and their maritime strength is greatly weakened after losing the naval battle with the British, and in the face of the offensive of the Great and Chinese Koreas, they soon lost their interests in Asia, and were forced to withdraw from the power competition in Southeast Asia, focusing mainly on North and South America.

From the end of the fifteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century, Spain occupied many lands in North and South America, making it a Spanish colonial territory, and through these colonies, a large amount of gold and silver were obtained, and then to Asia to purchase goods, making a windfall.

Xiao Tianjian has already set his sights on these Spanish colonies, in the early stage, just because of experience and strength, the Great Middle Korea did not have the ability to go to North and South America to compete with the Spaniards for colonies soon, but now after the Great Middle Korea completed the expedition to Australia and occupied Australia to make it a colony of the Great Middle Korea, the Great Middle Korea already has such strength.

As a result, a new plan for an expedition to North and South America was submitted to Xiao Tianjian and the cabinet, and after Xiao Tianjian reviewed it, he revised it to a certain extent.

The plan submitted by the naval department and the Maritime Trade Group was really a bit too big, and they actually wanted to send four expeditionary fleets at once, and at the same time choose to land in four places in North and South America, and compete with the Spaniards for colonies in the Americas, such a plan made the cabinet and Xiao Tianjian a little unacceptable.

Because the number of ships and personnel that cost and need to be deployed is too large, even if the financial situation of Dazhong and North Korea is quite good now, they can't stand such a toss, so Xiao Tianjian directly killed the plan of two of the expeditionary fleets, and only retained two expeditionary fleets, and the destinations were reduced to two, that is, Mexico in North America and Chile in South America.

The reason why these two places were chosen as the first places to land in North and South America is because the Mexican region has very huge silver reserves, and the Spaniards obtained a large amount of silver through here, which was imported into Asia, and the most important thing is that it is relatively close to Panama in later generations, once it has a firm foothold here, it can then control the Panama area, you must know that a Panama Canal can be dug here in the future, connecting the North Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, just collecting tolls, it is a lot of wealth!

Therefore, the occupation of Mexico is very important for the Greater China and North Korea, and this is also for the layout of Greater China in the future and lay a good foundation in advance.

The South American expeditionary fleet chose Chile to land in the vicinity for no other reason, that is, to run for Chile's saltpeter ore and copper ore resources, you must know that before the modern chemical industry was produced, for a long time, arms production is inseparable from saltpeter, and Chile has the world's largest saltpeter mine, once occupied there, you can obtain saltpeter for a long time to make a large amount of gunpowder, greatly reducing the production cost of gunpowder, which is also the basis for the army of China, North Korea to conquer the world in the future.

Therefore, in Xiao Tianjian's view, since he wants to expedition to North and South America, he must first obtain these two places, and as long as he has a firm foothold in these two places, then he can gradually expand the power of the Great Middle and North Korea to the entire North and South America in the future!

After receiving Xiao Tianjian's instructions, the Admiralty immediately revised their original plan, which was quickly approved by the cabinet and the emperor.

So at the end of the fifteenth year of Tian Yuan, the second and third expeditionary fleets immediately began to recruit personnel and put them into training.

However, what is surprising is that this time the War Department protested, believing that such a big thing had kicked their War Department aside to cool off, and it was a serious injustice to the Army Division for the sake of watching the excitement.

It was just the first time to go to Australia, and now that Dazhong and North Korea want to go to the Americas, they will not allow Lu Shi to participate, and Lu Shi will never accept it.

Therefore, they proposed that the land division must also participate in this operation, because the navy cannot dominate the world, they are mainly responsible for maritime affairs, once they land, they need the land division to cooperate, and the navy's marines are limited, and lack of heavy weapons, once they encounter local resistance, it is not enough to control the situation.

Therefore, it is necessary for the army division to join in, and this credit cannot be taken by the naval department, because His Majesty the wise emperor once said that any war will eventually need infantry to finally settle it, so if the army is not involved in this matter, it will be a contempt for the entire army.

When Li Xin, a veteran of the Ministry of Soldiers, handed over the protest letter from the War Department to Xiao Tianjian and the cabinet, Xiao Tianjian and the cabinet were a little crying and laughing.

In addition, a few years ago, the army was abolished, but the navy was expanded, which made the army feel threatened, especially the expedition to Australia, which did not involve the army division, and the officers of the army had long held their breath, and now the expedition to the Americas was going to be carried out with great fanfare, but the navy and the maritime trade group were still responsible, and the officers of the army finally began to sit still.

Therefore, the commanders of various military regions jointly issued a letter to the army, demanding that the army should not be excluded this time, and the army must also be involved in this trip to the Americas!

After reading their joint letter, Xiao Tianjian was very happy in his heart, and now under his guidance, the Chinese, who did not like expansion and war, have now become more and more aggressive, and nationalism has begun to rise in the country, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the Chinese, and the army is no longer satisfied with the days of dominance on the Asian continent, but also begins to want to participate in this global expansion.

Therefore, this kind of performance of the army is something he is happy to see, so Xiao Tianjian decided to meet the requirements put forward by the army department after deliberation.

After consulting with the Admiralty and the Cabinet, Xiao Tianjian once again ordered the revision of the Americas plan and added the Army to the operation.

Although the navy was a little unhappy, it had to admit that the army's combat strength on land still surpassed that of its marines, and that in the future, in the huge North and South America, the navy and the marines alone would not be able to meet the needs of the war.

Therefore, under the coordination of various departments, Xiao Tianjian issued an order to order all military regions to select and recruit volunteers to form the Army American Expeditionary Force.

The first batch of Army Expeditionary Force of the Americas temporarily trained 6,000 men, and the two fleets in the north and south were each allocated half, and set off as an advance force to accompany the first fleet to the Americas.

In addition, in the next year, a second batch of 18,000 to 20,000 men will be recruited and trained into two combat divisions, which will serve as follow-up reserves, ready to land in the Americas at any time.

But Xiao Tianjian put forward some requirements, first, all applicants must be voluntary, and must not be forcibly assigned! Second, all conscripts will serve for five years after landing in the Americas, and then turn into immigrants on the spot and settle in the Americas, becoming the first batch of immigrants from the Great Middle Kingdom in the Americas; Third, everyone must be in good health and familiar with the water, landlubbers do not want to swim, if they can't swim now, they can also learn now, but they must pass the assessment to become a full member; Fourth, the scope of recruitment is not only for active army members, but also for soldiers who have been retired or laid off in the early stage can also sign up, which is equivalent to giving some veteran army soldiers who have been forced to retire due to disarmament an opportunity to appease the retired army personnel.

These principles were issued to the various military regions, and after the army generals learned about it, some speculators retreated, mainly because some people just wanted to go to the Americas to gild, and did not think about settling in the American continent in the future, so this group of people first chose to give up, but among the army, there are still many people who are very discerning, and after they understand the geographical knowledge, they learned that the territory of North and South America is very vast, many times larger than Australia, and going there to venture also means more opportunities. Especially after the end of the five-year service period, they can acquire a large amount of land in the local area, which is also very tempting.

As a result, there were still quite a lot of applicants, so much so that various military regions had to strictly screen them, and even some of the unsuccessful candidates even wrote to the military department to complain, saying that the selection was unfair, and the result was a lot of uproar, and it was not easy to complete the formation of the first batch of expeditionary forces.

The 6,000 men of the first wave of the Army Expeditionary Force of the Americas were of very high quality, and many of them were high-ranking officers, who knew that after being recruited, they might lower their ranks, but some officers still resolutely chose this path, and these officers and men of the Army were all carefully selected, and each of them had undergone very strict military training, and their personal combat effectiveness was very strong, and many of them were even good at using a variety of weapons, so it can be said that all arms were complete.

So after these people were organized, with a little training, they were two elite soldiers, and the military department was responsible for directly allocating them in terms of equipment, and for these expeditionary forces, the military department did not hesitate to take out the best guys, armed them, in addition to the Migne rifle, they were also equipped with the latest wooden-handled thunderbolt cannons, at this time the thunderbolt guns have been officially renamed grenades, and they were also equipped with the latest exquisite four-wheeled carriages as their material transport, And they were equipped with the best and most robust horses, and they were also equipped with the latest steel twelve-pounder and twenty-four-pounder guns, as well as the latest steel cuirasses, in short, as long as they were the best weapons, they were all equipped in place, so that these guys liked it.

The only regret is that now the chemical industry of China, North Korea has just started, although the initial preparation of sulfuric acid, nitric acid and caustic soda has been the basis for the development of fire caps, but it has not yet reached the level of application, so in a short period of time, the rear loading rifle can not be produced, and the blasting grenade has not been successfully developed.

If there is a breakthrough in this aspect, then for a long time in the future, the Great Chinese Army can completely use these things to sweep the world, and there will be no big problem.

However, even so, the current Dazhong Army also has a large enough technical advantage when dealing with the enemy, although the number of troops in the first wave of the Americas is not large, but what Xiao Tianjian wants them to do is not to sweep the American continent immediately, but to let them seize the bridgehead, and then send reinforcements over.

After a year-long preparation, the two fleets finally set sail in Ningbo and sailed to the far other side of the Pacific Ocean.

For this reason, the Haimao Group also managed to spend a lot of money to get several nautical charts from Asia to the Americas from the Dutch, plus the nautical charts drawn by the expedition ships sent by the Great China and North Korea in the early stage, which was enough to support this huge fleet and sail to the Americas without getting lost on the road.

Moreover, on this voyage, Dazhong and North Korea made quite full preparations for the fleet, prepared enough flour, rice, all kinds of salted meat, and salted fish for the fleet in advance, and also prepared all kinds of dried vegetables and fruits for them, and even carried live chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep and a large number of turtles on the ship, so that the members of the fleet could also eat some fresh meat and eggs on the road, in addition, they also gave birth to bean sprouts on the ship to ensure that the crew could eat some fresh vegetables, and prepared a lot of tea for the fleet.

In order to protect the health of the fleet members, the Great China and North Korea also took advantage of the development of the glass industry to develop the first canned food, after the fruits and some meat were sterilized at high temperature, the glass bottle mouth was closed with a cork, so that it could be stored for a long time and served by the crew on the way.

In short, as long as he can think of and can do it, Xiao Tianjian will try his best to spare no effort to consider and prepare the fleet members in advance, because in his eyes, these people are precious lives, and they are the fire that will be spread all over the world in the future, and they cannot be easily killed by malnutrition, vitamin deficiency and sepsis.

And this time, the fleet commander was replaced by Zheng Sen, Zheng Sen was originally the commander of the South Ocean Fleet in Batavia, but now he took the initiative to resign and signed up to participate in this American expedition, Shi Lang could only let Xian take over Zheng Sen's position and give up the position of commander of this fleet.

A group of new naval officers, including the eldest prince Xiao Haoyu, also joined the fleet again this time, acting as an important backbone member of the fleet, Xiao Haoyu and officially assumed the position of captain on a cruiser.

With Xiao Haoyu's participation, it was also a great encouragement to the morale of the entire fleet, which strengthened the determination of the fleet members and made them embark on the journey without hesitation.