As of the 30th, the Xia Di ** team has achieved their respective strategic goals, according to the arrangement of the command, stop the attack, and begin to consolidate the territory that has been occupied; Now the Xia Empire has not issued any economic policies, which has not affected the normal life of the Americans on the territory it occupies, and the factories are also producing normally, but the railway system is managed, and the Xia Empire is still operating normally without transporting soldiers and supplies, but it can only transport materials on the territory occupied by the Xia Empire, and cannot be transported to the 13 states that are not occupied, cutting off all economic exchanges with the 13 states in the eastern coastal region. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Due to President Roosevelt's timely order, all the officers and soldiers stationed in Detroit were evacuated to New York State by ship, and the troops stationed in Pittsburgh and Cleveland were also withdrawn to the mountain range of central and eastern Pennsylvania for deployment, so that they escaped, and only 40,000 American troops and 3 infantry divisions in Chicago surrendered after being besieged by the Xia Empire.

Several states on the eastern seaboard, which organized more than 1 million soldiers after the president's ******, are now being trained; The rest of the US military still has more than 300,000 officers and men, some of whom are veterans, some of whom joined the army in October and November last year, and the first year of training has not yet ended.

In the face of the formidable Xia Imperial Army, President Roosevelt knew that he could not win with the existing forces alone.

Judging from the information obtained, the troops of the Xia Empire stationed in the mainland of the United States include 9 divisions of the Praetorian Guard, 9 cavalry divisions, and 93 divisions of the National Defense Army, with a total strength of 1.8 million people, and there are also troops on the way to the mainland of the United States.

Now that the Xia Empire has stopped attacking, it is only to stabilize the territory it has occupied, not to be afraid of the American army.

The important industrial bases, mineral bases, grain and animal husbandry bases of the United States were all occupied by the Xia Empire, and there were no resources to support the United States to carry on the war.

Even if it unites the entire white Western countries, it will be difficult to achieve a final victory, mainly because of the Atlantic moat, which can not only prevent other countries from invading the United States, but also prevent other countries from aiding the United States.

Before the Xia Empire's navy reached the Atlantic, Britain and France could still maintain superiority at sea, if the Xia Empire wanted to destroy the United States, their navy would be able to bypass the South American continent and enter the Atlantic Ocean in a few months, and now no European country was willing to fight a decisive battle with the Xia Empire's navy; Especially after the Battle of Hawaii and the Battle of the Philippines, the powerful U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Philippine colonies surrendered without even supporting it in the morning, if the Xia Empire attacked the colonies of Indochina or the British Indian colonies, they would not be able to hold out for too long, and they would not hold out until the arrival of domestic reinforcements, and the Xia Empire deployed a large number of troops in the Southern Xinjiang Special Region of the Great Qing Kingdom, which was specifically aimed at the British and French colonies, so the British and French would definitely throw a mouse. They did not dare to openly support the United States against the attack of the Xia Empire, because they would not lose their colonies in Asia because of the United States.

Each factor has thought of it, the United States will not be the opponent of the Xia Empire in any case, although the Western countries know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, but for their own immediate interests, it is difficult for them to unite and unanimously resist the Xia Empire, so there is only one consequence if they continue to fight, that is, the demise of the United States.

The only thing that can be done now is to negotiate peace, and strive for the continued existence of the United States after the land reparations, and perhaps the day when there will be a counteroffensive, but that is a far way off.

President Roosevelt, in accordance with the line of thought just now, after careful communication with the secretary of state, asked the secretary of state to visit the ambassadors of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and other countries to the United States, and explained to them the truth that the United States must be saved no matter what, and the United States must be kept no matter what the price is, otherwise the Xia Empire will be the enemy of the entire Western countries and the white people.

The ambassadors of these countries have all said that they have no right to call the shots, and they will certainly give feedback on the situation in the United States to their own countries, and their governments will make decisions.

The Secretary of State also knew that it would not be very effective, and he had already visited these ambassadors many times, and they had always spoken in this tone, and it seemed that they had to find another way.

President Roosevelt had no choice but to send a telegram to the British prime minister asking for help, and asked the US ambassador to Britain to personally visit the British foreign secretary and the ambassadors of various countries in London to discuss how to save the United States.

The Secretary of State suggested: "Your Excellency, it is best for us to communicate with Li Jingfa, the ambassador of the Xia Empire to Washington, to see where the bottom line of the Xia Empire is. If they want to destroy America completely, nothing can save it; If there is room for détente, then we will keep the United States no matter what the cost. ”

For the time being, the president had no choice but to take the Secretary of State's advice.

Since it was only the Xia Empire unilaterally declared war, and the United States did not declare war on the Xia Empire, Ambassador Li Jingfa was not expelled at present, and he continued to work in the embassy.

In order not to exacerbate the contradictions, the United States specially dispatched 1 battalion of troops to take turns to protect the embassy of the Xia Empire, otherwise, angry American people would have rushed into the embassy a long time ago; Although the Xia Empire is not afraid of these violent conflicts, it is good to be able to make less trouble, and now all the staff of the embassy do not dare to go out, and even the food and drink are provided by the US government for free.

On the afternoon of 30 July, the secretary of state paid a special visit to Ambassador Li Jingfa at the embassy of the Xia Empire and held talks for more than half an hour. Ambassador Li did not give a clear answer to the United States, but suggested to the Secretary of State that since the Xia Empire's troops had stopped attacking, it meant that the Xia Empire had the sincerity to hold peace talks, and hoped that the US government would fully cooperate with the Xia Empire's request to release the Hawaiian Queen, let her return to Hawaii, restore the Hawaiian Kingdom, and express the sincerity of the US Government before proceeding to the next step of talks. If the U.S. government is tough to the end and does not cooperate with the demands of the Xia Empire, the possibility of the Xia Empire continuing to take military action cannot be ruled out.

At the same time, Li Jingfa also demanded that the US Government earnestly protect the property and personal safety of the Chinese in the United States, and so far, the troops of the Xia Empire have not affected the normal production and life of the American people in the occupied areas, and he hopes that the US Government will cooperate.

After receiving the report from Ambassador Li Jingfa, Zhang Wei ordered the high command to announce to the outside world that the offensive would be temporarily stopped, leaving one month for negotiations, and if the Xia Empire's demands were not met within one month, the Xia Empire would continue to attack until the US government was eliminated.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, one month is enough time to upgrade the system, and give the Americans and Western countries a face, the Xia Empire does not want to destroy the United States, hopes to negotiate a settlement, and then there will be another war and destroy the United States, then it cannot be regarded as the hegemony of the Xia Empire, but the US government does not know the current affairs.

President Theodore Roosevelt was relieved to hear the Secretary of State's report and the Xia Empire's announcement of a one-month truce for negotiations, and peace talks were the best option for the U.S. government in the current situation. (To be continued.) )