Duke Juarez, tribune of the Western Empire of the Roman Empire, arrives at Lordaine. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Just before Jujuan was preparing to move the command of the North American Army to Topeka, near Kansas City, on November 22, 1876. At this time, the battle, which later generations called the "Kansas-Mississippi River Battle", had been fought for more than two months.

On the southern front, the battlefield of the fierce confrontation between the two sides has shifted to the wilderness less than 40 kilometers east of Kansas City, and the Confederate troops in Kansas City can already hear the dense shelling sound like thunder, and at night they can already see the flames rising into the sky - the good thing of escaping and ascending to heaven seems to be imminent!

The morale of the already low level also rose sharply, and on the night of November 20, Thomas. Admiral Jackson even organized an elite to launch a small tentative offensive. As a result, they were still disappointed, the encirclement of the Chinese army was still impregnable, and the attack of tens of thousands of infantry did not even capture their first trench, but only left thousands of corpses in the no-man's land in the formation of the two armies.

On the northern front, the siege of Des Moines by the American army has lasted for more than a month and a half, and most of the urban areas east of the Des Moines River have fallen, leaving only the dock area and the area around the railway station near the Des Moines River still fighting fiercely. The Chinese army relied on the strong buildings there to put up the most stubborn resistance! And the U.S. military has also made a strong attack -- this is now the most critical moment in the siege of Kansas City, and perhaps with more efforts, the final victory will belong to the United States! Britannica-American Army Chief of Staff George W. Admiral McClellan was personally stationed in Ames as the representative of the headquarters, supervising the desperate attacks of the various troops. Admiral Sherman, commander of the U.S. theater of operations in the Great Lakes region, has given a death order that Des Moines must be occupied by November 25th! Lay a solid foundation for America's complete victory in the Central American theater!

Even Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who were far away in England, were drawn to Des Moines and Kansas City. A few telegrams a day were sent to the General Headquarters of the British-American Army in New York for questioning. When will Des Moines be played? When will the siege of Kansas City be resolved? Although the two of them no longer have the slightest confidence in defeating China and winning the war. But it's always good to keep a few more things...... In particular, the ongoing battle of "Kansas City Relief" is like a big gamble that will determine the fate of North America! He thought that in the event of defeat, Donghua and Beihua would expand their Atlantic coast and swallow the last territory of the British Empire in North America. The two "supreme rulers" of the British Empire felt like they were on pins and needles!

And the northern front cluster of the Chinese army also set up a never-ending posture around Des Moines at this time. The nine-part Army Group, including the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Armies, pressed on all fronts, leaving only one Twenty-third Army at Omaha and Cotherel Bluffs. The more than 1 million troops of the nine armies formed six heavy groups, either approaching Des Moines and fighting with the American reinforcements, or crossing the Des Moines River to engage in fierce battles with the American mobile regiments in the vicinity of Ames and Webster City, or confronting the American large regiments trying to cut off the Chinese retreat on the Des Moines-Conseil Bluffs line.

If you look down from the air, the battlefield around Des Moines is already in chaos. More than 2 million armies on both sides are entangled together, and it is really difficult to solve!

However, the fiercest confrontation took place east of Kansas City. It was already the last and strongest line of defense of the Chinese army! General Yang Xien, chief of the general staff of the Donghua Army, had already come to the front line to command the overall situation, and under his strict orders, the Chinese army resolutely resisted reinforcements. And the U.S. military is also in Castius. Under the urging of Admiral Lee, he attacked desperately.

The two sides are in this offensive and defensive battle. Thousands of guns were used to fire at each other. The infantry on both sides charged and countercharged each other along a roughly neat front. In every position and trench, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of shells from both sides were falling. The two sides can only decide to belong after changing hands several times! The casualties were tragic and unusual from the start. The U.S. military is fierce and tenacious, but the Chinese men who went to North America also showed the greatest determination!

The battle line had been fought in a sea of corpses before, and the American forces were taking advantage of their superiority in strength to continuously extend their flanks to the north and south. Tried to outflank the Chinese army. However, the Chinese army also fought-for-tat, constantly drawing troops from the Kansas City encirclement to join the blocking battle. As a result, they were able to extend their flanks and launch constant attacks north of the Missouri River. Several times forced the flanks of the American army to waver. Before the start of a large-scale assault in the direction of the Mississippi River on the further south front, the Chinese front around Kansas City, it seems, is unshakable!

Of course, Juarez also knew that the Armageddon in North America had reached the most critical time, and as soon as he saw Jujuan, he asked: "Your Majesty, what can you do to force Admiral Jackson to surrender?" ”

"I have 2,000 tons of chlorine...... It is a poisonous gas that can kill tens of thousands of people! Jujuan and Juárez walked towards the headquarters, "The Americans don't know about this weapon, and they don't have any defense, so they will definitely suffer heavy losses!" ”

"Oh God! This war is getting more and more terrible! Juarez grinned and asked, "After poisoning tens of thousands of Americans, what if the rest refuse to surrender?" ”

"Then wait until after November 25th, as long as a breakthrough is reached east of the Mississippi River, and Castius. Lee could only retreat, and then Jackson would have to surrender. ”

Now the plan could not keep up with the change - at first both Jujuan and Mathilde were ready to fight according to Napoleon IV's script. But now none of them want to keep the American brand...... Because the British-American Empire has made it clear that it has put all its capital on the table! This is no longer a gamble on the fortunes of the country, but two countries are gambling on their lives!

Juarez frowned, "How many 2 million or 3 million U.S. troops are there in this battle?" What are you going to do with the United States after winning the war? ”

"There are estimated to be more than 3 million, of which there are between 300,000 and 400,000 Britons...... If this war is won, the British-American Empire will not have the capital to survive! ”

"Do you want to swallow them all?" Juarez laughed, "Can Yingtian support you in doing this?" ”

Jujuan smiled bitterly, "It doesn't matter if Ying Tian supports it or not, there are still more than 20 million or nearly 30 million white Americans!" ”

Jujuan was of Bonaparte and Württemberg royal blood, so the whites of the Roman Empire did not reject him very much, but the whites of the United States were difficult to obey his rule because of the ruin of his family.

"North America is big, there is always a place to settle it." Juarez added, "Mexico is also a big contributor this time, you won't let the Mexican people contribute in vain, right?" ”

"Of course not, how about giving North Carolina and the Eastern Plains of Virginia to the Kingdom of Mexico?" For Jujuan, who has long regarded the Mexican throne as a bag, there is really no difference between the two states being Mexico or Donghua.

He and Juarez sat down in the meeting room of the headquarters, and after the orderly serving King Juan served coffee, Juan said: "I don't know if the land of these two states can satisfy Napoleon IV, if not, we must add Tennessee." ”

"It's all temporary, and Napoleon IV's Roman Empire won't last."

"Duke, do you think so?"

Juarez gently turned the coffee cup in his hand, "Just look at South America right now, Brazil, Paraguay-Uruguay and Argentina all have problems. Which countries in Europe were really willing to join the Roman Empire? ”

"Of course I am not reconciled," Jujuan nodded, "but after thirty or forty years of slow fusion, I can still make do with a Roman ...... As for Brazil, Paraguay-Uruguay and Argentina in South America, give me two years to settle the matter. ”

Juan wasn't so naïve as to think that it would be settled in a few months, as he had fought bad battles with the Indians in the Rocky Mountains. Knowing how difficult it is to quell a guerrilla war on a vast and complex terrain. Even more troublesome than fighting a battle of millions of people on the Great Plains of North America, Juan had the same concerns about the white populates of the eastern North American continent.

"Duke, when you see Admiral Jackson, tell him for me that I still support an American presence in the northeastern part of the North American continent, which can include some densely populated states in the northeastern United States and several Canadian provinces. He could be the founding president of this new America. ”

"Not going to swallow it in one bite?" Juarez raised his eyes and asked Jujuan.

"I probably can't swallow it." Zhu Juan said with a smile, "Even if the one million troops sent by East Asia join Donghua, there will be more than 17 million Chinese left in Donghua, how can they eat the 3 or 40 million whites in North America?" Unless the Ming Dynasty is willing to send more troops over! But there are no plans to do that at the moment! It seems that it can only end in a truce! And the hatred of this war cannot be resolved at all, and it will inevitably be fought again in twenty or thirty years! Donghua should seize the time to recuperate. ”

Juarez groaned and said, "...... Then let this new America temporarily hang in the name of Napoleon IV, which can be regarded as an explanation. Your Majesty, how much land in the United States are you going to take? ”

Jujuan curled his fingers one by one, "Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are all sparsely populated territories, and it's easy to take them down. Nebraska and Kansas were originally Chinese states, of course, they had to be taken, and Oklahoma was a Chinese, Indian-majority, and now it has been won. Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri have chosen my mother as their monarch, and naturally my land. Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Russia, Kentucky and West Virginia are also expected to take the coal-producing districts. In addition, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the islands near the North Pole are all given to Juheng's North China Bar. (To be continued.) )