Chapter 840: Sitting on the Mountain and Watching the Tiger Fight
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The war against the United States, which has been brought together by China, France, and Spain, has attracted the attention of the whole world. Judging by the current situation, the United States is completely at a disadvantage. China, France, and Spain launched attacks on the United States from three directions, and even though the American army continued to expand its forces, it was still unable to stop the enemy's attack. In particular, the French attack in the northeast threatened the security of the United States. If the Northeast falls, U.S. industry will be greatly affected. When the time comes, they will not have enough ability to resist the attacks of China, France and Spain!
The year 1847 was undoubtedly a turbulent year for the entire world situation. Large-scale wars, one after another. First, the Chinese Empire destroyed the Manchus, and then defeated Russia twice, costing Russia millions of troops. With the help of this war, the Chinese Empire not only completed the unification of the country, but also swallowed most of the Russian Siberia. Russia lost the war by all means.
During the Russo-Chinese War, the Kingdom of Prussia also launched a war against the Austrian Empire. It was a war between the two countries for the leadership of many German states. Now, too, the curtain has come down. The Kingdom of Prussia won the war, kicked the Austrian Empire out of the German Confederation, and became the leader of many German states. In essence, many of the northern states of Germany had been united. In this war, the figure of the Chinese Empire can still be seen, if there is no Chinese Empire to defeat Russia and drag the main force of Russia. The Kingdom of Prussia simply did not dare to go to war against the Austrian Empire. As an important ally of Russia in Central Europe, the Austrian Empire undoubtedly had the support of Russia. It's just that now Russia itself is not in a position to protect itself. Naturally, there was no way to provide support to the Austrian Empire, which directly led to the crushing defeat of the Austrian Empire.
After the end of the Sino-Russian War, Russia was extremely weakened, and its military strength fell to the freezing point. This directly gave Russia's old enemy, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, a declaration of war. The war between the Chinese Empire and Russia was not completely over, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire could not wait to declare war on Russia. Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ottoman Turkish Empire crossed the border, and from the Balkans and the Caucasus, launched an offensive against Russia. Caught off guard. The Russian army suffered heavy losses, and large swathes of territory fell into the hands of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Because most of the elite troops were lost on the battlefield with the Chinese Empire, the Russian army recruited new recruits. The combat effectiveness was low, and it was simply unable to withstand the invasion of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. This directly put Russia at a disadvantage in the war with the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
The fourth war was after the end of the war against Russia by the Chinese Empire. Immediately land in North America. A war against the United States was launched. After a series of fierce battles, the army of the Chinese Empire has annihilated hundreds of thousands of American troops on the west coast of North America. After the Chinese Empire landed in North America, the Kingdom of Spain and France also landed in North America, plunging the United States into a great crisis.
All four of these wars involved the direct or indirect participation of the Chinese Empire. It can be said that the turbulence of the world situation is closely related to the Chinese Empire. Merely. In each of these wars, the Chinese Empire was on the winning side. This directly leads to the strength of the Chinese Empire. Stronger and stronger.
The war between China, France, and Spain against the United States will have a tremendous impact on changing the political situation in the Americas. If China, France, and Spain can unite closely and destroy the United States, there is no doubt about it. Unfortunately, even the closest allies cannot be unanimous. There are still many contradictions between the three allies of China, France and Spain.
The relationship between the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain was even closer. Although in Spain, there are also some pro-French people who survive. However, the mainstream forces are still close to the Chinese Empire. This allowed the Chinese Empire to be relatively consistent with the Kingdom of Spain on the North American battlefield. In particular, after the Imperial Army wiped out hundreds of thousands of American troops on the West Coast, it began to gradually cross the Rocky Mountains and advance into the heart of North America. Eventually, the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain will be united. This is conducive to the joint operations of the two countries.
However, France is different. Their ambition to take over the best of America's industrial regions in the northeast led to strong resistance from the Americans after the French* army landed. Even though France sent more troops to the United States, the results were not as great as those of the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain.
As for the situation of the French, both the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain chose to turn a blind eye. Both countries were busy consolidating their interests in North America rather than continuing to attack the United States in order to assist France. From this, the contradictions between the three countries are reflected.
In early December 1847, a second group of 180,000 French troops landed in Boston. Strengthened and strengthened, the army led by Count Vayan once again defeated the American forces that stood in their way, advancing to less than twenty kilometers from New York.
The largest city in the United States is already under the French army.
However, in order to defend the largest city, the Americans are also desperate. Countless Americans joined the army one after another to fight the French attack. In the face of the fierce attack of the French army, the American army paid heavy casualties. However, they stubbornly resisted the French attack.
After the arrival of the second batch of reinforcements, the French army in North America numbered as many as 300,000 troops. The number of US troops has increased to 800,000. In addition, there are a large number of U.S. troops who are trained in boot camps. In order to expand the military as much as possible, the US military has relaxed the scope of conscription, and men from the age of 14 to 50 are obliged to join the army and defend the United States if they have no physical problems. This has directly increased the maximum mobilization capacity of the United States by a lot. However, these baby soldiers and old soldiers who appeared on the battlefield were basically cannon fodder, and after they went to the battlefield, they suffered heavy losses. In addition, in order to arm these troops, all the arsenals in the United States are working overtime to produce as many weapons as possible. In order to expand the production of arms, the United States has also set up many small workshops in the private sector to produce rifles. As for heavy weapons, they were produced only by arsenals or purchased directly from the British.
As the situation of the United States in this war became more and more unfavorable, Britain also stepped up its assistance to the United States. British-flagged merchant ships sail to and from the Atlantic. A large part of these merchant ships were transporting weapons to the United States. In order to avoid being intercepted by the French navy, these merchant ships often went to Canada first, and then transported weapons from Canada to the United States.
Even though the French protested against the British, the British claimed that the weapons were transported to Canada to arm more troops and avoid the effects of the war on Canada. The British refused to admit it, and the French had no choice. The British did not blatantly support the United States, and this was already taking into account the repercussions.
Some hawks in France proposed the use of force to cut off British support for the United States. President Bonaparte vetoed it. Although the French navy was strong, it was not comparable to the British navy. Although the British Navy lost to the Imperial Chinese Navy many times. However, the huge foundation made them recover their strength very quickly. In terms of the number of capital ships, it has once again surpassed the Imperial Chinese Navy. The French Navy was far from being able to compare with the British Navy. On weekdays, it was the French Navy and the Spanish Navy that combined to be able to compete with the British Navy. If this leads to a conflict with England, or even a war, it will be very disadvantageous for France.
Once the British Navy cut off the French army's logistical supply lines, the more than 300,000 troops in North America would fall into a logistically unsustainable situation. When the time comes, it will be even more difficult to defeat the United States. After all, all the logistical supplies of the more than 300,000 French troops depended on the French mainland. In the event of a fall out with the British, it would be a devastating blow to the French army.
Shire. President Bonaparte had no choice but to give orders to the commander of the front, Count Vayan, to do everything possible to defeat the American army and achieve a crucial victory in the war. At the same time, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs also actively contacted the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain, hoping that the two countries could strengthen their attacks on the United States, contain more US troops, and assist the French army's offensive.
To the request of the French, both the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain ostensibly agreed. However, when it comes to actual action, it is often justified by various reasons. In particular, the United States has a vast area, and the theater of operations of the Imperial Chinese Army is mainly in the west, which is too far away from the northeast, and if you want to attack the northeast, you have to cross the entire North American continent, which will make the logistics supply lines of the imperial army extremely fragile.
The army of the Kingdom of Spain also faced such a problem. They landed in the southern part of the United States, and the main forces were deployed in the southern part of the United States, and it would be a long way to march into the northeastern part of the United States.
The French, because of their ambitions, were in a dilemma. As France's allies, the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Spain both chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wanting France to consume more national strength in North America, which directly made France's situation more difficult.
In order to get out of the predicament, France had to think of other ways. Similarly, relations between the Chinese Empire and France began to decline sharply. This also laid the foundation for the two countries to eventually turn from allies to enemies. (To be continued......)