Chapter 296: The Helpless U.S. Government
At present, the most onerous theater of defense is the Northeast Theater, which has borders with five states of the United States, and has the longest battle line; The second is the Southeast Theater of Operations, which only has a border with North Carolina, but it has to surround North Carolina from 2 directions, and the border line is not short (due to the eastward shift of the western border of North Carolina, it no longer borders Georgia); To this end, Chief of General Staff Feng Guohua sent 3 divisions of the Wehrmacht in the Northeast Theater and 2 divisions of the Wehrmacht in the Southeast Theater, and these 5 divisions were deployed in the 5 states that have borders with the United States, and all of them were deployed on the border line; Feng Guohua also planned to wait for the arrival of the mercenaries and garrisons transported by Du Shihui, the governor of the peninsula, and then allocate one cavalry brigade and one garrison division to each of the two theaters; After the Japanese mercenaries arrived, they would also be arranged to train on the U.S. border in turn, and then they would be dispatched to the border with Mexico to wait for the opportunity to expand the territory of the country. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Xia Empire placed heavy troops on the border line so that no one could smuggle across the border.
After the signing of the Washington Treaty, the Xia Empire opened one-way lanes, allowing only whites with legal procedures to cross the border to the United States.
As the whites returned to the United States one after another, reporting the experience of the whites in Lu to the U.S. government, the news soon reached the hands of President Theodore Roosevelt, which made President Roosevelt very angry, the Xia Empire was too deceitful, occupying the territory of the United States, depriving the Americans of all their property, and driving the Americans to migrate back to the United States on foot, and causing a large number of deaths, which was unbearable, so he immediately asked the Secretary of State to contact Britain, France, Germany and other countries, so that they could help protest to the Xia Empire and the Lu State, you know, Many of these dead people are descendants of the people of their countries, which is a naked challenge to the entire Western world.
Because the Xia Empire and the British Empire had already reached an agreement and had already passed their opinions on the handling of the Americans in Lu, the British directly ignored the Americans' request.
The British did not come forward, France, Germany, etc. were too lazy, and it was not worth offending the Xia Empire for the sake of the Americans.
And countries such as Spain themselves are mortal enemies with the United States, and the more miserable the Americans, the happier they are.
Diplomatic efforts did not yield any results, and the United States had no choice but to turn back and beg the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire and the State Council of Lu to provide the necessary food for the displaced Americans, otherwise more Americans would fall on the way.
Lu Guo's reply was that there was a shortage of military rations now, and it was simply impossible to ensure that so many Americans had enough to eat, and now that the autumn harvest had not yet ended, there was no surplus food in his hands, and there was nothing he could do about it; Moreover, when they set off, the Lu government had already allowed them to carry enough food, and now the lack of food was caused by their internal strife and their slow movement, and it had nothing to do with the Lu government.
Forced to helpless, the U.S. government can't have no relief measures at all, otherwise the cohesion of the Americans will be no longer at all, that is the reason for the loss of the country, so the U.S. government submitted a request to the Lu State Council, hoping that the United States will provide food and personnel to help the white Americans on the way.
Black Americans have also been abandoned by the U.S. government.
The government of Lu still rejected the request of the US Government and stated that Lu is an independent and legitimate government and does not allow any country to use state power to carry out tasks within its own borders.
In retreat, the U.S. government once again made a request, hoping that the U.S. government would pay for the purchase of grain from the country of Lu to help the migrating white Americans.
Finally, at the end of October, the two sides reached an agreement that the U.S. government would pay gold and silver to buy grain from the Lu government at a high price, and send civilian personnel to supervise the Xia Empire's distribution of grain to the migrating Americans, and these grains could only ensure that they would not be starved to death and freeze to death in cold weather, so that they could have the necessary physical strength to reach the United States.
Because of the sheer number of people who have migrated, only a small fraction of them will receive relief, which makes those who do not receive government relief even more bitter about the government's incompetence.
Because before declaring war on the United States, the Xia Empire exchanged all the dollars in his hands for gold and silver, and James of the Bank of Asia was also selling dollars, as well as dollar assets; After getting the news, the Rothschilds, who have a sensitive sense of smell, are also quietly selling all the dollars and dollar assets in their hands, causing a serious depreciation of the dollar and dollar assets; Subsequently, Central and South American countries such as the Qing Dynasty, Japan, Spain, and Mexico declared war on the United States and confiscated the assets of the Americans in the host countries. In the Treaty of Washington, the Xia Empire demanded that only gold, silver, or Xia Empire's paper money be used to pay compensation, which immediately reduced the status of the dollar a lot; Now, in the sphere of influence of the Xia Empire, the use of dollars for transactions was refused, and the Lu State confiscated the Americans' precious metals such as gold and silver and various fixed assets; A number of factors have contributed to the value of the dollar today.
Because the United States lost more than 90% of its national territory and the Pacific Fleet was annihilated, the United States was rapidly reduced from a world-class country to a third-rate country in the world. Under such circumstances, no country is willing to bail out the United States.
The United States is now so close to the vassal state of the Xia Empire, Lu State, maybe that day will make the Xia Empire or Lu State unhappy, and the United States will have the disaster of destroying the country.
Now the Americans are moving to the United States in large numbers, and with the passage of time, the food in the United States is not enough for the consumption of so many people, although the autumn harvest has just passed, but the population base is too large, and besides, the 13 states of the United States are not the main grain producing areas at all, and they must find food supply channels in advance, otherwise, those Americans will not have enough food for them to consume even if they arrive in the United States.
Europe and Africa were not the main grain producing areas in the first place, and the main grain producing areas in North America were under the control of the Xia Empire, purchased from Asia, and the distance was too far away to bypass South America, which was not cost-effective in any case, and the relations between the South American countries and the United States were even worse, and now there are several countries that have long declared war on the United States; At present, not to mention that the United States has no money, even if it has money, it cannot find a reasonable way to buy food.
The US Secretary of State is now angry: "Now the days are no longer passable, the United States has become a water dog, everyone wants to shout and fight, when is the head?" ”
War Secretary Taft said: "What are you anxious about, it has only just begun, the days of suffering are ahead, and our existing territory cannot feed tens of millions of people in any case, so it would be good to have enough to eat." ”
President Theodore Roosevelt asked: "Stop complaining, this will not solve any problems, please come and find a way, not complain, now everyone will talk about what is the best way to help the United States get out of the current predicament." ”
The Secretary of Commerce said: "Your Excellency, the rich in the United States are now leaving the United States, and now the ticket to Europe is 10 times the price of the previous one, and even so, it is still difficult to find a ticket, and if the rich Americans are gone, then the United States will not be saved, and there will be no chance of re-emergence." ”
"Why should they leave here when the country is in its most difficult time, when the country needs them the most?" the president asked. ”
The Minister of Commerce replied: "Your Excellency, they have lost confidence in the United States, this is so close to the country of Lu, they have heavy troops on the border, and they are in danger of attacking at any time, and they are frightened. ”
The president asked, "Do you have any measures to deal with it?" “
Seeing that everyone was silent, the Minister of the Navy stood up and said: "There is only one way, and that is to launch a foreign war to boost the confidence of the people of the whole country, and at the same time obtain war dividends and alleviate the current situation of poor materials." “
The president said: "Keep talking! ”
The Minister of the Navy had no choice but to continue: "Your Excellency President, although our navy and army are not the opponents of the Xia Empire, it is still very easy to strike at the countries in Central and South America that dare to declare war on the United States, there is a lot of grain there, anyway, they declared war on the United States first, and confiscated the assets of the Americans. ”
At present, the method of the Secretary of the Navy is the best way, and it can indeed produce immediate results, because grain will be continuously transported to the United States, and at the same time, it can improve the confidence of the people of the whole country, and more importantly, it can install a large number of surplus labor force and reduce domestic contradictions.
At this point, the Secretary of State asked, "So where does the Navy mean to start first?" ”
After a little consideration, the Secretary of the Navy said: "Fight Cuba first, and then Mexico, Cuba actually wants to break away from the American colony when the Xia Empire is attacking, and it seems that they are still too lenient in management; There is also Mexico, which dares to declare war on the United States and confiscate the assets of the Americans, the United States cannot defeat the Xia Empire, and it is not easy to clean up Mexico. ”
The Secretary of State asked the Secretary of the Army, "How is the Army training now, can it win against Mexico?" ”
Taft smiled and replied, "Don't worry, there's no pressure at all to play Mexico." ”
President Roosevelt asked, "Mexico is so close to the country, can they agree to us to occupy it?" ”
The Secretary of State said confidently: "Your Excellency, I just said that we can fight Mexico, I didn't say that we want to occupy there, we are making a profit this time, and at the same time, it is also to befriend the Xia Empire, they will definitely agree to our plan." ”
President Roosevelt was now unable to dance the big stick policy, and without understanding the Secretary of State's words, he continued to ask, "Does this make any difference?" “
The Secretary of State said: "Your Excellency, this gap is huge, the fight against Mexico is just for gold, silver, grain and other materials, to be shipped back to the country for emergency relief, and at the same time to boost the confidence of the people in the United States, and then the Xia Empire will appear as a savior, the United States will retreat, they save Mexico, and from then on Mexico will become the sphere of influence of the Xia Empire, therefore, this is an opportunity to befriend the Xia Empire; The occupation of Mexico would make it an enemy of the Xia Empire, and the United States would cease to exist. ”
President Roosevelt said angrily: "How can this gap be so big, then won't our United States become the lackeys of the Xia Empire?" Let's fight a battle in vain, not to mention the loss of troops, and let the Xia Empire get all the benefits, I am not reconciled. ”
The Secretary of State smiled at Roosevelt and said, "Your Excellency, Calm your anger, who says we have no interests?" After occupying there, we can grab and kill at will, we must set Mexico back 100 years, let them become poor and white, the materials we rob are our interests, and this is what the United States needs, we must fight this war, this is the pit that the Xia Empire has dug a long time ago, we have to jump, we have to jump if we don't jump, we have to jump, maybe there is a way to live, if we don't jump, we can only sit and wait for the country to die. ”
President Roosevelt also understood by this time, and could only smile helplessly. (To be continued.) )