Chapter 443, Intervention
When Louis was talking about the atrocities, he was referring to the burning of Detroit by British troops. Although the French invented the idea of burning cities with Molotov cocktails, the French used incendiary bombs to burn pagan pirates and barbarian cities, in order to liberate thousands of oppressed and enslaved Christians, and it was a righteous act supported by the Pope, the whole of Europe, and even the whole world. The French burned down the city, and it was a heavenly fire that God sent down through the hands of the French, just as he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with his own hands, and it was a complete manifestation of God's justice.
But what the British did in Detroit, it was complete atrocity! They attacked cities built by people who also believed in Jesus Christ and were built by noble Caucasians; They burned to death by devout Christians who were still calling on the name of Jesus Christ when they were dying. Such atrocities show that the British are no longer worthy to be regarded as civilized, and that they should be regarded as terrible and evil barbarians like Athla and Temujin!
It's just that there is not even a shadow of the transatlantic cable telegraph. Although the military-industrial complex already has the technology of wireless telegraphy, considering that the cable telegraph is more profitable, (because the cable telegraph needs to set up a line, it needs to have an amplification and forwarding every other segment, so it can bring more business), so this kind of thing is shelved and kept strictly secret. Only some of the Navy's warships have this thing on it, and it's kept under a high level of secrecy, and no one else is even aware of its existence except for the captain and the communications officer himself. Therefore, these news will not reach the European continent in a short time, so the European edition of Scientific Pravda has not had time to issue a similar editorial. But in Louisiana, Scientific Pravda was already starting to scold the British.
Of course, with the development of Louisiana, things about transoceanic radio communications began to be arranged gradually. Talleyrand was discussing with the Portuguese about buying the easternmost island of Flores in the Azores from them. They plan to build a wireless relay station here, and then build a wireless relay station on the Saint-Pierre Island, which originally belongs to France, so that the old and new continents can be connected by radio.
However, this plan is still a plan, and there is still a little time before it can be implemented, and it will be even more time before it can be put into use.
As Louisiana's Scientific Pravda began to scold, the French, who usually spoke German, in St. Louisiana, immediately organized. The St. Louisiana National Guard began moving north along the Mississippi River to guard against a possible threat to St. Louisiana from the "barbarians of the new age."
In the process, Louisiana's Science Pravda also found a little girl named Hannah, who was said to be a survivor of the Great Fire in Detroit. What's worse is that this little girl is still French, although her French is not very standard. According to her, before the war broke out, the whole family was in Detroit to trade in furs. Because of a dispute over money, the family did not leave Detroit immediately after the war began. This is also normal, who would have thought that the British would make such a heart-wrenching move?
Later, even though the British soldiers came to the city, Hannah's family did not panic because it was not their war. And they are French, they have French passports. France's passport reads: "No matter where you are in the world, the mighty French army is your back." "How dare those Englishmen do anything to a French man with a French passport? 135 Chinese
However, what I didn't expect was that the British dared to violate the world's condemnation and directly burned the city with incendiary bombs. Hannah's father escaped from the fire with Hannah in his arms, while her mother, brother, and several other uncles all died in the fire, and even Hannah's father was severely burned and died of severe infections from the burns shortly after escaping from Detroit.
The French consulate in Ottawa then protested to the British, demanding that the British immediately hand over the murderers of French citizens to the French for trial and compensate the French for their losses.
In this regard, the British Governor General in Canada said that they mourned the tragic death of a French citizen and were willing to give some compensation to the families of the victims out of humanitarian spirit. But the appearance of this tragedy was not the responsibility of the British, but only the inevitable accidental injuries in the war. In addition, if the British army violates military discipline, it should also be investigated and tried by the British courts, so "handing over the murderer to France for trial" is completely unreasonable demand, and the United Kingdom will never agree to it.
Immediately after receiving this reply, the Louisiana Governor's Office announced that it would lift the ban on commercial loans and arms embargoes on the United States that had been announced some time ago because of trade disputes.
When the Americans, who were in the midst of a losing streak, received the news, they immediately pounced on them and hugged the French thighs tightly, and President Thomas Jefferson sent a special envoy to negotiate with Mr. Marcel, the French Governor in Louisiana, hoping to get help from his French friends. Not only did they want to get guidance on weapons and technology from the French, but they even hoped that the French would send troops directly to help the Americans fight the "evil Englishmen", as King Louis XVI did.
But Governor Marcel had no intention of selling his head to the United States, saying that his authority was limited, and as a governor, he did not have the right to declare war on another country unless they crossed the border directly and attacked cities belonging to France. Therefore, although he was very sympathetic to the situation of his American friends, he could only make a decision that allowed Americans to buy all "civilian weapons" in Louisiana without restrictions, and to engage in most of the business that did not threaten the security and interests of France.
The Americans also offered to lease two new cruisers belonging to the French detachment in Louisiana. Governor Marcel did not immediately refuse. However, he said that the matter was theoretically beyond his power, and that it would not work if he was the only one who supported it.
Jefferson's envoy immediately understood what the Governor meant, that is, Mr. Governor wanted him to win over a real and influential figure to endorse the matter. As for who this big man is, everyone knows that in Louisiana, there are two governors, one is the governor Marcel, who lives in the governor's palace, and the other is the chairman of the "Louisiana Development Bank", who lives on the top of the hill and belongs to the "White Castle" belonging to the "Louisiana Development Bank", the first consul of the French Republic, the Roman Emperor, the invincible English Pelatto, the protector of Corsica and North Africa - the younger brother of His Majesty Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte.