At the railway station in Lorda, it is still the scene of a large number of troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoLocated at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, this city is now the base of the East Chinese Army in the Central United States - the city was built to be used as a logistics center for the army. The city is dotted with warehouses and barracks, all of which are filled with food, ammunition, clothing, tents, medicines, helmets, rifles, cannons, weapon parts, and other military supplies. Enough to support an army of millions for several months. Most of them are produced in Donghua, and a small part is produced in Mexico...... Under the leadership of Juarez, the Mexican Empire, the industrial development of the past 10 years has not been slow! Although it cannot be compared with the American Empire, their industrial output is definitely not below that of Donghua and the Confederate States of America.

The platform of the railway station was full of troops in black uniforms, and they boarded the train in good order under the leadership of the officers. The military station in Lordan House had prepared dry rations and placed them on dozens of large tables, all steaming beef buns - meat was not a problem in North America. Therefore, the food supply of the Donghua army will definitely make the Ming officers and soldiers blush.

There are also full of horses being driven on the carriage by the soldiers, and the horses are also not worth a few dollars in Donghua. The Chinese farmers around Lordan Province were all owned by horses and wagons. Therefore, it is also a trivial matter to requisition war horses and pack horses. However, most of the improvised pack horses were not well trained, and they all neighed loudly and refused to get on the cart, so anxious that the soldiers were = one = book = read = novel kicked and beaten. The scene was a bit chaotic.

Jujuan sat in the carriage of the special train, looking coldly at everything in front of him. He exhaled heavily again and said, "Yixuan, where do you say the battlefield will be?" Missouri. Or Nebraska? ”

Yang Xien, the chief of staff of the Donghua Army beside him, frowned, and seemed to have been thinking hard. "It's hard to say...... If it were a Confederate state alone, then the battlefield would definitely be Missouri. But the American Empire had heavy troops in Minnesota and Iowa, as well as South Dakota. They will most likely attack our left flank while we advance eastward. This time, the two brothers of the Bush family made a clever move! ”

Jujuan smiled, what kind of trick? It's nothing more than a tough battle. What did the army of the American Empire look like, and who else in Donghua does not know? Their weaponry, training level, and fighting will of officers and men are all on a par with those of the Donghua Army. But so what? The American Empire had a population of only 20 million. Even if you count the Confederate States of America, the entire British Empire has 85 million people, and if you count India, there are more than 400 million. But can India fight a war? Even if they can fight, how many troops can they send? There is no compulsory military service. There is no military and national education, and there is no system of national mobilization, how many soldiers can be pulled out by relying solely on money and employment? In the end, this war will be fought in comparison with the population of China and Britain!

He smiled faintly: "Then press Nebraska!" We went to Lancaster. The former enemy command was established there...... If Lao Mei doesn't call. We'll cross the Missouri River! ”

"Hit it?" Yang Xien was stunned, "Regardless of the Chinese in St. Louis?" ”

"They're fine." Jujuan smiled, "Lao Mei's target is our main force!" What is there to kill 20,000 or 30,000 Chinese people? There are no less than 100,000 Confederate whites in our hands! ”

When he said this, Yang Xien really admired his king. Although young, he is definitely not impulsive, and his mind is very calm! Although he is not a big military strategist, he can definitely cope with a tough battle that is fought steadily and steadily. Isn't this war between China and Britain just a hard-fought battle?

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"Where has the First Army of the Donghua Army arrived?"

"Hmm. Now that they have arrived in Lancaster County, Nebraska, their deployment is ...... Set along here. ”

"How many of Daming's reinforcements have arrived?"

"As of yesterday. It has reached 220,000, which belonged to 5 infantry corps, and a total of 1,600 artillery pieces were transported...... 93,000 tons of ammunition were transported. ”

Zhu Jishi tapped on the map with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Donghua has mobilized 1.5 million troops, of which 1 million can be used for the front line, plus our 220,000, that is 1.22 million troops!" Juan is in command of a million-strong army. ”

Our Emperor Zhu has not left the Hot Spring Palace yet, and the Son of Heaven's personal expedition is not a trivial matter, not to mention a lot of all kinds of red tape, even the political arrangements after leaving Ying Tian are also a big deal.

The first is to amend the constitution and change the law from the king (the parliament has the right to make recommendations) to the law from the king and the parliament, that is, the two are in charge. Laws passed by parliament can be approved or vetoed by the emperor, but the emperor cannot make or repeal laws without the approval of parliament. Although literally, the king still has a certain amount of legislative power, as long as it is a monarchy, whether it is Eastern or Western, it does not completely deprive the king of legislative power. It's just that in some countries, the king no longer has the means to exercise his legislative authority.

The second is the reorganization of the Royal Consortium into the Royal Foundation. Sounds like a change of brand. But after this brand was changed, Zhu Jishi's sons and daughters had no way to inherit the shares of the consortium...... This royal foundation became the source of common education expenses for all of Zhu Jishi's descendants, including the descendants of his daughters, a start-up support fund, and funds for the maintenance of the emperor's court. Among them, the court can get 30 million Chinese yuan per year, which can also be increased or decreased according to the inflation rate. However, this reshuffle is not something that Zhu Jishi can say alone. Clementina also owns a 25% stake in the royal consortium. After exchanging views with her by telegram, Zhu Jishi decided to let the pre-reorganization royal consortium come up with 1 billion yuan in cash, stocks and land to set up a Maria. The Clementina Fund was used to support the construction of the Kingdom of Beihua.

The third, of course, is to arrange the generals who accompany the expedition. Of course, Han Si, the king of Guishan, did not let it go, and became the chief staff to assist Zhu Jishi on the expedition. Luo Junqi, Liu Jiong, and Luo Xuan, the three old marshals, also resigned from their respective errands and went with them. The old man Zuo Zongtang also worked hard to follow, and Emperor Zhu naturally agreed. However, after all, these old men are all old, and they have not been in the army for many years, so there is no problem in "sitting in the town", and the command cannot rely on them. Fortunately, there is no shortage of talented staff officers in the current Ming Army. Shi Dakai and others recommended to Zhu Jishi a complete set of staff teams headed by Liu Kunyi, a "genius staff officer", plus the Donghua Army Staff Corps led by Chen Yucheng, Minister of the Donghua Army, which was naturally enough to formulate a comprehensive plan.

Liu Kunyi is now dutifully explaining the military situation to Zhu Jishi, and when he heard him mention the million-strong army, he also smiled and said: "What we have is that 5 million troops have been mobilized in the Ming Dynasty alone, and this is just a drop in the bucket!" ”

Zhu Jishi was armed, shook his head and said: "You can't have such an idea, we have a lot of people, but we can't sacrifice casually." After all, the battlefield is not in East Asia, and our men and equipment have to travel thousands of miles across the sea. By the way, how is the shipping plan doing? Is the capacity of the vessel sufficient? There is also the issue of escort to be careful...... The British have already rejected our ultimatum, and the official declaration of war is a matter of these two days. When the time comes, there will still be broken diplomatic attacks. ”

Liu Kun nodded, beckoned a staff officer to bring the plan for the establishment of a transportation command, handed it to Emperor Zhu with both hands, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the army and navy have drawn up a plan to set up a joint transportation command. Specialized in the transportation of troop supplies. As for ships, it is not a problem, since the death of Napoleon III, the Admiralty has ordered all shipping companies to recall ships on unsafe routes. Now the Admiralty has a lot of capacity at its disposal. In addition, shipyards around the country are still producing ships at full capacity. ”

Zhu Jishi was about to explain a few more words, when he saw that the crown prince Zhu Guoxiong was already standing outside waiting for him. He hurriedly said to Liu Kun: "That's it for today, the headquarters will get on the 'Daming' tomorrow, and set off on time the day after tomorrow!" (To be continued......)