Alexander I refused peace talks! And officially announced that he would fight in China until the last moment: "Although Russia is vast, not an inch of land is superfluous. "It's infectious!

Alexander I was very different from what Chen Ming thought, they didn't care about the damage of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, because the huge Russian Empire had a population of more than 40 million and at least 500,000 reservists.

But dignity and prestige, Alexander I could not afford to lose. It doesn't matter how many defeats he fought, the latter could not shake the foundations of Alexander I, who had already defeated Napoleon.

This war is Chen Han's invasion of Russia, no matter how arrogant and domineering Russia was before, and how many sins it has committed against China in history, but now this war is indeed China's invasion of Russia.

This has greatly hurt the feelings of the Russian nation and greatly stimulated the patriotic enthusiasm of the Russian nation.

Just like the eight-year war of resistance in the original time and space, will so many Chinese who served as soldiers become discouraged and decadent because of the skinheads' repeated defeats on the battlefield, and then resent Chang Kaishen, and then give up resistance and bow to the Japanese and admit defeat?

This is certainly not possible.

This kind of war is completely different from the First World War of later generations, but it is very similar to the Soviet-German World War II.

The Russian ruling class, represented by the Tsar, did not need to fear the bad effects of defeat, and Alexander I was much more secure than the Iron Man of the past, and did not need to fear the social upheaval caused by defeat.

Because the whole subject of the Russian Empire is the Russian nation. This huge empire, which has been expanding abroad for hundreds of years, cannot be easily knocked to the ground by a few fists from a foreign enemy, and in the case of having a strong enemy, the prestige is very good, and getting Alexander I will only be more secure, he will be the best leader of Russia, and the whole of Russia will unite around him to deal with this huge and incredible enemy.

Today's repeated defeats on the Eastern battlefield are not weakening the deterrence of the Tsar and weakening the deterrent power of the Tsarist Russian army again and again, but tempering Russia's sense of democracy and statehood, and increasing the cohesion of Alexander I little by little.

So, Emperor Chen of Nanjing was doomed to disappointment.

In the evening, Xuanwu Lake is like a deep old man, sleeping quietly in the twilight. There is no wind, no waves, and the sky is silently opposed.

This year's winter is relatively warm, not to mention the frozen lake surface of Xuanwu Lake, and it is difficult for people to stand in the thickest places on the edge of the ice.

Chen Ming often comes to Xuanwu Lake these days, although it is not like the sea that can make people feel the vast sky and the vast water, but here always makes Chen Ming feel a tranquility that is not in the place.

Since Chen Ming spread the news that he was going to abdicate, there was no peace in the palace.

Chen Ming looked at the sky in the distance, looked at the sea of Xuanwu Lake close at hand, and his eyes wandered between the sea and the sky. No one bothered him!

In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Ming was thinking. didn't know that Chen Ming was just emptying his brain.

It was getting dark, and the night covered Xuanwu Lake, and the water surface was hidden in the night, only the flash of silver scales flickered on it. It was moonlight, starlight, and the lights and fires of the nearby barracks.

The quiet night is warm, and the streetlights by the lake illuminate the bluestone path. If you don't have the troubles of war, you must enjoy the smell of people and the night sky and the vast water in this hazy night. In the lap of nature, you can clearly hear your own footsteps and breathing, hear the gentle wind, and the sound of waves crashing on the shore......

The night blurs the surface of the water and the land, and the human eye is so narrow, but the human mind is so broad.

Since Russia feels that it can continue to top, does Chen Han have any reason not to continue fighting?

Chen Ming felt that his appetite was expanding little by little. It wasn't that he wanted to expand it himself, but the Europeans threw over piece by piece of fat, which boosted Chen Ming's appetite.

The end of this war for Russia will be very miserable.

If we end standing now, China and Russia will negotiate peace. At most, Chen Ming asked to go to Tsaritsyn, and the Russians would definitely bargain, and then the two sides bargained to Tulinsk, and Chen Ming was satisfied.

But looking at it now, the Russians don't lose Tsaritsyn to Chen Han, they are uncomfortable.

And the ETO has also sent back some rumors. Britain and France seem to secretly have a loan program for the Russians, and the exact amount is not known. Moreover, this time the French are very high-profile, and it is not certain whether the British have given more, but the enthusiasm of the French is obvious.

Chen Mingqi gritted his teeth!

Napoleon was really not a thing.

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The Honolulu Islands that have been named Xiangzhou, Honolulu.

Just when Chen Ming was standing on the shore of Xuanwu Lake and was fierce at Russia, a large paddle steamer with a red flag in the blue sky and white sun had just docked at the Honolulu wharf, and a group of Chinese who had been waiting for a long time surrounded it.

All eyes were on the steam-powered paddle steamer with a displacement of 2,400 tons, and they did not pay much attention to the four hybrid ships with sails that followed the paddle steamer.

At this time, hybrid sailboats are no longer rare, and pure steam-powered paddle steamers are the real rarity, especially since there are many nobles on this steamer. There is even the current Royal Highness.

The Great Seal has been going on for a while. Some people went to the Americas early, while others lagged behind, and the current group of people is not the last. Those who are at the bottom of the group still haven't left.

This fleet is not taking the traditional Sino-US route, they will not hit Xiangzhou and turn back to Japan and then go north through the Pacific Ocean, they are going to directly cross the Pacific Ocean, and they do not stick to the coastline of the North Pacific like a large army.

This route is not new, of course, there are very few people who take this route, and more explorers are following the example of Zhu Wu. The sea is vast, the distance from Japan to Xiangzhou, from Xiangzhou to the Americas is too far, and man is always a creature who pays attention to 'safety first'. The vast majority of people tend to stick to the coastline of the North Pacific, especially when it comes to large-scale migration shipments. The latter had already established a complete supply chain along the way, which was much better than the sea.

But this time things have taken a new turn, because of this purely steam-powered paddle steamer. If the operation of this paddle steamer can truly pass the test of the sea, it will give a great impetus to China's long-distance navigation.

This is not a matter of proving the success of the ocean-going paddle steamer, and it also confirms the correctness of developing a purely steam-powered ship. Chen Ming was the emperor in power, but he could not force the shipping market to abandon the sailing ship and accept a pure steam-powered steamer. The latter also needs to be renewed, and it needs advertising. So there is the current paddle steamer full of nobles.

And this is also an extremely important event for Xiangzhou.

If paddle steamers succeed in sailing directly to the Americas, Xiangzhou's status will leap up several notches. Because it will become one of the most important transportation hubs in the entire North Pacific.

So, let's see who is in these welcoming crowds today, shall we?

First of all, the mayor of Xiangzhou City, the number one commander of the garrison, there is a naval division detachment stationed here, which is all necessary. Then there are the local merchants and plantation owners, Xiangzhou lives in the rich sandalwood wood, and now also develops the sugar industry, immigrants have opened up a large number of sugarcane plantations here, the latter brings together nearly 100 people, old and young, it can be said that the business community of Xiangzhou has been wiped out.

The paddle steamer gangway was set up on the shore. First came a group of heavily armed soldiers, then an old man and a young couple. These are the couple of King Song and King Yu.

In addition to the emperor and empress and the crown princess, the two most noble couples in the Oriental world today.

Firecrackers rang out, gongs and drums were noisy, and the port area was filled with local immigrants. Countless distinguished figures have come to Xiangzhou, not to mention that this can be linked to the future future of Xiangzhou, even if it is not related to government affairs and economy, it is also a great honor and responsibility for many Chinese people in Honolulu.

It had been more than twenty years since they had emigrated here, and there had been no big man with them, except for the magistrates who had been gradually promoted to the rank of mayor.

The first thing they want to do is to entertain these nobles, let them have fun in Honolulu, and see some of the beautiful scenery of Honolulu; The second is to make these people feel the respect and enthusiasm of themselves and others.

Then I made a wish - I hope that more and more direct ships will pass through Xiangzhou in the future.

No Chinese is unaware of the enormous influence that the Great Canonization can bring, and this is not a one-shot deal, but a major event that benefits the future. As long as the local direct trade route to the Americas is opened up [the trade route is not just the sea route], then Xiangzhou will cut all the sandalwood trees all over the mountain tomorrow, and there is no need to worry about how to live in the future.

As the most important transit point in the North Pacific, Xiangzhou's importance is irreplaceable.

And judging from the current situation, such a good day is likely to come.

The entire American route, China to North America is 12,000 kilometers, even to Mexico, that is at most 13,000 kilometers, and then to South America, now direct flights to South America, it is too risky.

According to the speed of the sailing ship of 5~8 knots per hour, the daily speed will be about 300 kilometers, so crossing the Pacific Ocean in this way will only take a month and a half, which will inevitably greatly enhance the density of cross-strait exchanges.

Of course, the speed of a pure steam-powered steamship is not much higher than that of a sailing ship, and at present, this pure steamship still needs the rest of the sailing ships to share the coal reserves, otherwise, it is impossible to reach Xiangzhou only by relying on its own coal reserves - if you don't want to see the sailing ships in the second half of the journey completely moving by sails.

Chen Yu lay on the big bed of the mansion prepared in Xiangzhou, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. God is pitiful, he is a seasick person, and Chen Zhen himself doesn't know about this problem.

But even if he knew that he was seasick, when the fleet arrived in Japan, Chen Zhen gritted his teeth and persevered. Everyone knew that the wind and waves and bumps in the depths of the ocean would be worse than those in the near sea, but Chen Zhen was invited - at the cost of five million, he and his legitimate princess took people on this all-steam-powered ship.

There's no way, is a hero for a penny, Chen Zhen is short of money. And after this incident, he can still win the friendship of King Song and Peng Hou, killing two birds with one stone, no, it is three wins. He can also brush his face in front of the local people.

Chen Zhen gritted his teeth no matter how he transported the ship.

Now that he is finally down-to-earth, he will no longer feel swaying when he lies on the bed, and after Chen Yu exhaled deeply, his expression was greatly relaxed.

Then Chen Zhen thought of the promise made to him by the China Navigation Association, on the dock in Xiangzhou, they would leave Chen Zhen a few good plots of land, but if Chen Zhen wanted to get these lands, he had to invest real money in it.

The Navigation Association is a community of the two major industries of Chen Han's shipbuilding and transportation, and its strength is extremely strong. For the first trip across the Pacific Ocean on an all-steam-powered steamer, the 'spokesperson' they invited was not only Chen Zhen's family. There are a total of eight nobles sitting on that ship, otherwise how could it cause a sensation in the entire mainland before setting sail? It also includes people who are not short of money, such as King Song and Peng Hou, so they will only occupy greater interests in it......