In the port of San Francisco, a huge steam schooner has docked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info~top~point~small~say~~ The pier is full of black pressed crowds of people who come to welcome. The military police and police of the Kingdom of Donghua, as well as the remaining troops of the Kingdom Guard, are trying to maintain order. But the enthusiasm of the people of Donghua is still like overturning the wharf. Military music, gongs and drums, crowds of people watching the ceremony. Representatives of various government organizations, schools and enterprises in the core area of Donghua. Plus the crowd that spontaneously gathered. Transform the atmosphere into a volcanic atmosphere.

It was the morning of August 20, 1875, and the Battle of the Missouri River had begun for 15 days. The scale of the battle was shocking from the start. Both commanders seem to have realized the military value of the railroad. Therefore, before the outbreak of war, the general staff of the Donghua and American empires repeatedly practiced the use of railroads to assemble troops and transport logistical materials, and gained a great deal of valuable experience - these two countries were thoroughly militaristic, and both regarded the battlefield as the only place that would determine the rise or fall of their nation. Therefore, in any matter related to the war, we dare not be careless in the slightest.

At the moment of the outbreak of the war, the railroads under their respective control were indeed running well, and a million troops were transported in a short time. This also created the possibility for the commanders on both sides to quickly assemble heavy troops and enter the battle. Moreover, railway lines, inland waterway shipping lines and transportation hubs have also become the focus of attention of the generals of both sides. Kansas City, where the Missouri River and the Pacific Railroad intersect, was such an important hub, and naturally became the target of the East China Army. At the same time, the Army Command of the American Empire had long anticipated it, and also formulated a plan to gather heavy troops to flank the Donghua Army. However, this plan did not hide Jujuan - in fact, the Army General Staff in Donghua had long realized that the two "Chinese states" of the Confederate States of America would become the focus of future wars. As a result, countless targeted drills and wargames have been conducted. I took into account all kinds of possibilities. and even the laying of the Great Pacific Railroad and its spur lines across the Rocky Mountains. The factor of future war is also taken into account!

In this kind of situation, where both sides almost know the bottom line and have been prepared for a long time, of course, there is no surprise surprise attack, and a hard-fought conference battle seems to be the only possibility. However, the huge casualties after the start of the Battle of the Missouri River still caught both sides of the battle by surprise. Even the Donghua Army, which seized the favorable terrain and was on the defensive, suffered more than 150,000 casualties in the past ten days, and tens of thousands of people were killed and seriously injured almost every day! This figure does not seem to be a big deal in Daming, which has a population of more than 700 million. It's only 3.65 million in a year! The new population of the Ming Dynasty in a year is at least twice as much!

But in Donghua, which has a population of only 18 million. The total number of adult males probably does not exceed 8 million! Among them, the young and strong people who are suitable for the battlefield don't know if there are 3.65 million! The loss of 10,000 people on this day is really huge. Although the high-level officials of Donghua still concealed it and did not make it public, even the wounded were concentrated in Lordan Province and did not move westward. But there are always some well-informed people who already know about the situation, and rumors about casualties and losses have begun to spread quietly, and people's hearts have always fluctuated a little.

At this time, the arrival of Zhu Jishi, who had conquered almost half of the world and was worshiped as a god by the entire Chinese world, could undoubtedly greatly stabilize people's hearts and boost morale. Because the Ming Emperor is a symbol of victory, he sits in North America. It shows his attitude, in this decisive battle. It is only possible to win, and absolutely cannot and will not lose! Because the Ming Empire has an army, claiming to have 70 million bayonets, which is more than the total population of Donghua, the American Empire and the United States of America! With such strength, how can it fail? At least that's what the people think. And Donghua's official propaganda machine is also propagandized in this way.

Arriving with Zhu Jishi was a division of the Ming Army Guards, who were the most elite units in the Ming Army. There is also a siege artillery column under the jurisdiction of the Ming Army Artillery Headquarters, hundreds of heavy guns and mortars of various calibers and tens of thousands of large-caliber shells, which were loaded by eight steam sailing ships, followed by 16 large steam sailing ships transporting the First Guards Division, and sailed into the Kinmen Strait together. Zhu Juan, the king of Donghua, was still stranded in the headquarters of Lancaster to command the battle, and the people who were responsible for greeting Zhu Jishi on the dock were Donghua Zuo Rong Hong, Zhang Zegen, the secretary of the War Department, and Zhu Heng, the king of Beihua, who arrived in advance. As for Zhu Jishi's other son, the Japanese king Zhu Xingyi had already commanded the Sixth Army to move forward.

There were cheers on the pier, the people of Donghua were shouting slogans, frantically shaking the small national flags in their hands - the Daming national flag and the Donghua national flag, and some people were desperately jumping in the crowd, hoping to catch a glimpse of their great emperor majesty. Farther away is the workers of the South San Francisco shipyard, not only male workers but also many female workers, after the implementation of the general mobilization in Donghua, the Donghua government began to mobilize women to go into the factories to replace their husbands or brothers, all the work that can be undertaken by women, as much as possible to use female workers, of course, some difficult to master technical jobs and heavy physical work still have to be undertaken by male workers, so in some positions that are particularly important to industrial production Donghua men are not included in the mobilization.

Workers stood on the slipway or on the top of the ship, climbed on the roof of the factory building, and applauded enthusiastically. His eyes were full of worship and faith in the great emperor. The Ming Emperor is here, North America must be the world of the Chinese! The sound has merged into a raging river, echoing in the sky.

On the dock, Zhu Jishi took Rong Hong and Zhang Zegen's hands, and asked in a low voice about the latest battle situation, but his brows furrowed slightly, obviously the current consumption of flesh and blood on the battlefield made him a little worried. When Rong Hong and Zhang Zegen finished speaking, he nodded and said, "I already know that the war in North America is indeed not easy to fight, but there is no need to worry, I have already ordered the Admiralty to supervise the construction of battleships and steamships...... Horizontal and vertical is just more than consumption. How many people are there in the United States? How many people are there in Greater China? As long as the capacity at sea can keep up, it will be able to win a big way. ”

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At this moment, inside New Windsor Castle in New York, Henry. Prime Minister George W. Bush was still talking about trying to persuade the most senior couple in the entire British Empire to adopt his plan and that of the Imperial Army Command of the United States.

"William. Admiral Sherman believed that the key to victory in the North American War, in addition to fighting with Donghua, was that the British Empire was able to eliminate China's maritime power as much as possible. According to intelligence, the Chinese have the most powerful shipbuilding capacity in the world, and if they are allowed to build steam sailing ships to transport troops and supplies, we may still fail. ”

Prince Albert nodded noncommittally and said, "The Admiralty is already preparing for a decisive battle with China, and the decisive battle will be held near the Strait of Malacca. ”

"Why don't you give up Malacca?" Bush was not satisfied with the British entanglement in the Strait of Malacca. Holding on to Malacca means blocking China's power in the east...... Or rather, to force the attention of the Chinese to North America. In the eyes of the Americans, the more battlefields China has to deal with, the better it will be for the United States. If China can capture the Singapore fortress, it will definitely start the South Sea Islands Raid, the Indian Ocean Campaign, and even the Australian Campaign. In this way, their maritime capacity will be dispersed, and it will be much easier for the United States to win the war.

"After defeating the Chinese navy in Malacca, the Imperial Navy will be able to penetrate deep into the Chinese coast to force the Chinese to abandon the war." Prince Albert strengthened his tone, "This is the opinion of the Imperial Cabinet and the Admiralty. ”

"It's whimsical!" Henry. Bush pointed out very unceremoniously: "Even if Britain wins the Battle of Malacca, it will not be possible to completely annihilate the main force of the Chinese Navy, and they have many fast cruisers and armored cruisers, and they can still afford to transport and escort ships in the North Atlantic, and the steam galleons of the Imperial Navy will certainly not be able to defeat them." As for threatening the coast of China with the main forces of the Navy, it is a complete joke! (To be continued.) )