After breakfast on the morning of the 23rd, everyone gathered in the conference room again, and Zhang Wei prepared to listen to a report on the military situation in the Americas. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a night's rest, Zhang Wei's improvement is obviously much better, and he is no longer as tired as yesterday.

Today's report is dominated by Feng Guohua.

Zhang Wei said: "To what extent is the aid to the United States now? “

Song Shijie said: "Your Majesty, up to now, the value of supplies that have been provided to the Americans has reached 150 million summer yuan, mainly focusing on food and energy, arms and many transport ships sent from the empire, in order to help the Americans increase the speed of immigration. “

Feng Guohua said: "Your Majesty, in terms of military aid, 300,000 Mauser 1988 commission rifles, heavy machine guns, some bullets, 6 battalions of 75mm retreat guns, 3 battalions of 105mm howitzers, and artillery shells have not been given to the Americans. “

Zhang Wei said: "Yes, it is still the first priority to ensure its immigration, as for weapons, especially heavy weapons, it is better to put it off for a while, and you can't cultivate a strong enemy for yourself." Now on to the progress in Central America. “

Feng Guohua said: "Your Majesty, in order to complete the task as soon as possible and get the aid of the Empire, the US military marched very quickly in the second half of the year, and now it has entered the Panama region, which used to be the sphere of influence of the United States, and has encountered less resistance, and it will be able to completely occupy the Panama region by early March, and it will be able to enter the Colombian state in mid-March." “

Zhang Wei said: "It's very good, if you don't put a little pressure on them, they will procrastinate; Have the two armies reorganized with the 2nd Praetorian Guard Division stationed in Los Angeles and the main force of the Southwest Theater have been reorganized? “

"Back to Your Majesty, these two armies have been reorganized, they have been assembled and are ready to set off at any time." Feng Guohua replied.

Zhang Wei said happily: "Okay, now transfer these two armies to Central America, and at the same time, transfer all mercenaries and garrisons to Central America, establish a South American theater, and enter South America at any time; The South American Theater still practiced the separation of military and political affairs, Zheng Qiang was in charge of administration, people's livelihood and construction, Chen Yifeng was appointed chief of the General Staff, and Cao Jiachuan of the Southeast Theater was also transferred to South America and temporarily served as the deputy of the Chief of General Staff Chen; It has 2 corps, plus 10 brigades of mercenaries, 3 cavalry divisions and 2 corps garrisons, as well as the current Defence Force of Guyana; This year's goal is to occupy Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador; Premier Song will send a telegram to Li Jingfa, the ambassador to the United States, asking him to negotiate with the United States, and in the future, he will take the Amazon River as the boundary with the United States, and the north of the Amazon River will be the territory of the empire. The military and political affairs of Qi were shared by Lu State, and the leadership team of Qi State was not withdrawn for the time being, and after South America occupied the north, the leadership team was relocated to South America; Later, Panama and the 24 million square kilometers north of it became the territory of the empire. “

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone answered.

Chen Yifeng was very happy about such a transfer, there was a war after he got there, and it was easy to make war exploits; Zheng Qiang was a little helpless, such frequent transfers were not conducive to his political achievements, so many elite-level administrators, he had not been fixed for the time being, even Jiang Baoshan had served as the prime minister of the State Council of Yue, and when he was asked to go to Qi State, the foundation was very poor, and now he goes to South America, the basic conditions are even worse.

Feng Guohua and Song Shijie are very happy about this transfer, and the territory under management is more, and the burden is heavier, but this is convenient for them to plan and layout in a unified manner.

Feeling that Zheng Qiang was not very happy, Zhang Wei comforted: "The situation in South America is different from that of North America, the empire will support your immigration from the Chinese Empire, in order to make up for the lack of population, quickly fill the occupied territory, and also facilitate your work." “

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support! I'll focus on the big picture. Zheng Qiang hurriedly replied. With the addition of immigrants, jobs in South America are relatively much easier.

"Now what's going on in South America? Can the U.S. complete immigration on time? Zhang Wei asked.

Feng Guohua said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning, Brazil was taken by surprise, just like the empire fought against the United States, Brazil was defeated for thousands of miles; Later, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo were occupied, and the Brazilian government had withdrawn to the Brazilian highlands, taking advantage of the terrain to temporarily stabilize it; The Brazilian soldiers who fled to Argentina were also gathered and repatriated to Brazil to continue fighting, and the Brazilians who came to their senses broke out with great enthusiasm for resistance, and the war between the two countries is now deadlocked; And I feel that Britain and France and other European countries have provided very much assistance to Brazil and Argentina, and now in Argentina and the Brazilian plateau, the two countries have formed huge forces to confront the United States, and without huge foreign aid, the problem of weapons, ammunition and funds alone cannot be solved. ”

Song Shijie replied: "Your Majesty, at the current rate, it is difficult to complete the immigration before 1910, mainly because there are too few transport ships, and according to Ambassador Li Jingfa's estimate, the immigration will not be completed until at least the summer of 1911." “

"Let's slow down the immigration, and when the time comes, we will take over the territory first, and drive all the remaining Americans to the port to wait; For the war situation, stalemate is the best ending, and they can't be allowed to fight too smoothly, and they can fight slowly in order to consume more population and wealth. Zhang Wei said.

Feng Guohua said: "Your Majesty, the stalemate is beneficial to the Americans, their rear can quickly recover the economy, and then support the front-line operations, while Brazil and Argentina are not the opponents of the United States at all after the United States has eased up; There are not many dead people in this kind of stalemate, the United States does not attack, and Brazil and Argentina do not dare to counterattack while digesting the territory they have already occupied, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to Brazil and Argentina. “

Chen Yifeng retorted: "All European countries already know that the empire supports the Americans, and now it depends on how well the European countries support Brazil and Argentina, if they support some heavy weapons, ammunition and food, then Brazil and Argentina will definitely counterattack, and the reason why there is no counteroffensive now is because their officers and soldiers are all new recruits and must be trained for a period of time, so it is impossible to conclude who is beneficial to the stalemate for the time being; Brazil and Argentina also understood the intentions of the Americans, under the threat of annihilation, the power of the people to burst out is terrifying, as long as there is sufficient mobilization time and training time, it is difficult to say whether the outcome will be won or lost when the difference in weapons is not large; The Americans want to learn the Blitzkrieg of the Empire and have not yet learned home. “

"So what kind of weapons are Argentina and Brazil that Europe has aided? Can the work be realized? Zhang Wei was a little angry.

Feng Guohua hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the intelligence officers reported that most of the rifles they are equipped with now are Lee Enfield rifles, and the mountain artillery is all eliminated from Europe, all of which are 75mm caliber, and the larger caliber has not been found for the time being, and the number of artillery is far higher than that of the American army; Judging from the flags of the transport ships, there are Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, etc., and the ships of Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary have not been found for the time being; The United States, fearing war with the European countries, did not dare to provoke these merchant ships for the time being. “

Zhang Wei ordered: "In this case, strictly control the supply of 105mm howitzer shells to the United States, as well as the supply of other ammunition; Priority is given to aid to ensure migration; Americans in South America also need to reduce food aid and let them rob Brazil and Argentina to force them to go to war. Brazil, Argentina and several other southern countries in South America are very good grain producing areas, they do not lack food and population, what they lack is weapons and training of soldiers, if there is support from European countries, the United States will not have a good time, and the future war will definitely be fierce. “

Feng Guohua said: "So the United States is now eager to fulfill the order issued by the Empire, occupy Central America and Colombia as soon as possible, get the Empire's weapons assistance to them, and let these 300,000 veterans join the Brazilian battlefield as soon as possible." “

Chen Yifeng said: "Your Majesty, in this case, I feel that Germany is likely to secretly support the United States, the competition in Europe is too fierce, and what the British support, the Germans will definitely oppose; The reason why Germany has not yet intervened is to see the face of the Reich. “

"If they want to help, they will help, and I also hope that they will use South America as a training ground for European wars, the more fierce the fighting, the more beneficial it will be to the empire, and anyway, they don't spend the empire's money, and it is not the empire's subjects who die." Zhang Wei said: "Before they divide the victory, let's just occupy the northern part of South America, don't put pressure on them, let them fight with confidence, otherwise I am afraid that they will unite against the empire at that time." “

"Your Majesty, as long as the empire occupies the northern part of South America, the countries of South America will understand the meaning of the empire, and there is a high probability that something will unite against the empire in the future, but the empire is just using the war to consume their population." Feng Guohua said.

The commander of the Atlantic Fleet asked: "Your Majesty, whether you are going to occupy the island of Haiti now, in the middle of the West Indies, I am always at ease. “

"Okay, now we can occupy the island of Haiti, and transfer a defense division to garrison it." Zhang Wei said: "The blacks there can be used as free labor, and in the future, the Atlantic Fleet will be stationed in Port-au-Prince, the island of Haiti; The Qi fleet is under the management of the Atlantic Fleet, and its station is still in Qi State, which is mainly responsible for patrolling in the northern seas; For the time being, the Navy of the South American Theater will first set up a mixed fleet composed of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers in the Atlantic waters, which will be stationed in Port of Spain. a mixed fleet of two battleships, two battle cruisers and destroyers to be transferred to the Pacific Sea based in Panama City; The two fleets were temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of the General Staff of the Theater of Operations, and after the meeting, Commander Lu sent a telegram to Gan Pinghai. “

Ling Lu Chuanya asked again: "Yes, Your Majesty, is the current strength of the Atlantic Fleet too weak?" “

"I know it's too weak, so I'm equipped with high-speed warships and a large number of submarines, now your responsibility is defense, not offense, there are airships and shore defense guns to ensure the safety of the empire's territory, there are planes to cooperate with patrols, and submarines to ambush at sea, it depends on your tactical level." Zhang Wei said. (To be continued.) )