Early October

Native Australia

"What...... Peace talks? What bullshit peace negotiations? Li Fushou asked in surprise.

Although Li Fushou has been shrinking the edges and corners and delegating power to the cabinet and parliament, at this moment the atmosphere of great dissatisfaction is revealed, and the prestige of the long-standing position is fully revealed, like an awakened lion patrolling the territory, which is convincing.

Prime Minister Zhang Li's face turned pale, and he hurriedly replied; "Shengshang, it's the Fuso people who can't fight anymore now, and they want to see if they can get enough benefits from the Yankees, so while continuing to increase troops to North America, they want to start peace negotiations. Therefore, it is good to test whether the imperial side can host international mediation and take a breath. ”

"Be his big dream." Li Fushou replied with a disdainful expression.

The strategic situation that Fuso is facing now is really not too good!

After finally capturing Denver, an important city in Colorado, the Japanese side gradually took control of the entire state of Colorado, and targeted mobilization of troops to exert more pressure on the United States and force it to sit at the negotiating table.

Now the people of the United States are in desperate need of time, and the same is true of the Fuso people.

After the war, the total strength of the Japanese army was about 260,000 people, which was restored to about 350,000 after emergency replenishment, and continued to exert strong pressure on the United States, and it is expected to reach about 500,000 by the end of the year, forming a trend of large soldiers.

Sending troops from the Fuso mainland to North America, along the Pacific Northern Route through Midway, Hawaii to Seattle, and then along the West Coast Sea Route all the way south to the port of Los Angeles.

After the Japanese army landed on the shore, they could take a train from Los Angeles to Phoenix, the capital of the Republic of Arizona, in one day and one night, and along the railway line extending in all directions, through the Gallup area to the core towns of Rio Nancho, Las Vegas, and Wagenmande, which are all occupied by Fuso, and the transportation is very convenient.

Heading north by rail into Colorado, passing through Fort Watson, Colorado Princeton, and north to the capital city of Denver, all of them were newly occupied by the Japanese army.

In this strategic direction

The Japanese army adopted a general defensive gesture and built a key defense along several eastern towns in Colorado to hold the railroad line, in an attempt to repeat the success of the U.S. Gallup Fortress.

The Japanese had hundreds of thousands of American prisoners in their hands and abundant building materials to carry out this policy smoothly.

The overall strategy of "defending the north and advancing eastward" was a strategy set by the base camp of the Japanese army.

Simply put, it was to take a defensive position in northern Colorado, and move the main Japanese forces to the vicinity of Kansas City (the capital of Kansas) in the east via a convenient railroad line, where they took an aggressive offensive posture.

Kansas City is located at the intersection of three states, one of the important transportation hubs in the middle states of the United States, and its status is comparable to that of Zhengzhou, China, and its geographical location is very important.

From here, there are a total of 6 railway trunk lines leading to all directions in the southeast and northwest of the country, connecting almost all the large cities with a population of more than 500,000 in the country, which is a very fatal place.

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The transportation links between the north and south of the country will be greatly affected, and the agricultural products produced in the south need to be transported to the north by bypassing the eastern railway line, and the same is true for the industrial products produced in the north.

From the map

Kansas City is located in the center of the territory of the United States before the "Wool War", which is equivalent to the navel eye of the human being, and is an important organ to the north and east, and the Republic of Texas and the Louisiana region of the United States to the south, which is also an important agricultural state.

The aggressive "eastward expansion policy" of the Japanese army base camp was like a sharp knife against the navel of the United States, which was simply sour.

Facing a moment of life and death

The people of the United States exposed their spikes like frightened hedgehogs, and quickly established new defenses on the line of Omaha, more than 100 kilometers north of Kansas City, Blue Creek City in the east, and Remor in the south, and formed two major heavy army groups, hoarding about 50 more than 500,000 heavy troops, which are still increasing at a rate of more than 10,000 people per day.

The successive defeats and turmoil caused great social turmoil in the United States, and after the Japanese army arrived in the heartland, it caused widespread fear.

There are all kinds of horror legends in the society, saying that these Fusang people are adulterous and murderous, tyrannical and excessive, like to drink children's hearts, lungs and livers, carry the severed heads to show off, are evil spirits raised by the devil, and once they are entangled, they will fall into darkness and hell forever and so on.

These rumors, both true and false, are like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, which unsurprisingly magnifies the fear in people's hearts, thus setting off one wave of refugees after another.

Huge numbers of people poured into the southern Republic of Texas, the eastern Republic of Virginia, and the more southern states of the United States, and many more Americans boarded ships to reach the Republic of California and the northern states of the empire via the Panama Canal.

The federal government of the United States is doing its best to deal with the invasion of the Japanese army, and there is no time to take care of the large flow of people.

The defeat in the war caused the New York stock market to plummet, many small and medium-sized financial institutions went bankrupt and liquidated, and a large amount of capital fled to the Red River Valley, the financial center of the ocean empire.

With such a good situation, how can it be said that if you don't fight, you won't fight?

Thinking of the unhappy place, Li Fushou's whole face darkened, Fusang, a white-eyed wolf, is not familiar with it!

It's time to bang and bang and knock to make them sober.

"What's going on now?" Li Fushou asked in a deep voice.

Prime Minister Zhang Li saluted respectfully and replied, "Returning to the Holy Majesty, the Fuso cabinet has just undergone a new round of reshuffle, former Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu has stepped down, and Terauchi Masatsuki, who was born in the War Department, has come to power to form a cabinet and vigorously promote the policy of decisive battle in North America. ”

"It's the old boy who made trouble again, right?"

"Exactly, now Yamayama Aritomo as the most senior veteran, the influence of the political, military, economic and judicial circles, forming the largest parliamentary group in Fuso country, the former Prime Minister Katsura Taro, the current Prime Minister Terauchi Masashi are his loyal followers, oh, and the current commander-in-chief of the North American Dispatch Army, General Tanaka Yoshiichi, because of his outstanding merits, he was made a duke, an honor, and promoted to marshal."

"Hmph, a bunch of wolf cubs." Li Fushou snorted coldly, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, thought about it, and asked; "What is the situation of loans and supplies related to Fuso?"

Prime Minister Zhang Li couldn't answer this question, and the Minister of Finance on the side, Li Sixian, stood up and replied with a respectful hand;

"Enlighten the Holy One;

This year, a total of 4 financial loans have been issued, with a total amount of 220 million gold oceans, the latest one was issued on August 12, with a total amount of 85 million gold oceans, with an interest rate of 13.5%, of which 30% is cash and 70% is materials.

Cash loans have been disbursed and supplies are being delivered.

This loan is large, and if it is not a big war, it is estimated that it can last for 4~5 months of North American military expenditure.

There are two other Jinyang loans being discussed, one is an industrial development loan, with a total amount of 60 million Jinyang.

One is a loan for military supplies, totaling 110 million gold oceans, mainly for the Japanese army's next step to expand the central campaign, and the related disputes are mainly in the interest rate and collateral, which has not been negotiated for the time being. ”

"Well, the newly negotiated loans have stopped, the delivery of materials for existing loans has also slowed down, the imperial side is preparing for a European expeditionary force, the supply of materials is under great pressure, and the loans are not rich." With a wave of his hand, Li Fushou decided.

Turn off the faucet, and the days of Fuso's North American dispatch will be sad.

In the past two years of bloody battles, there has been almost no construction in the Republic of Arizona and New Mexico, and the planning of the large chemical industrial zone in the oil fields of southern New Mexico is still on the drawing paper, and all the materials, personnel, funds and resources are inclined to the North American army, and they will use their strength to win this battle.

No way, Fusang is poor!

Although the industrialization has developed for more than 40 years, it has been severely shaded by the Ocean Empire, and the current economic volume of Fusang is not as good as that of the same period in the original history, only the armed forces have shown abnormal growth, which has reached the point that the small body of Fusang can not bear it.

It's easy to understand by analogy.

Fuso seems to be a short, dark man, extremely fierce and bloodthirsty, one arm as perverted as Popeye (Royal Army), the other arm and two legs are thin and pitiful (United Fleet and Industry and Agriculture), panting and severely lacking oxygen while frantically attacking the enemy.

If it weren't for the Ocean Empire adding a few oxygen packets to him, and then injecting saline into this perverted arm, the calf would have been finished long ago.

In today's world

Placed in the list of the world's capitalist powers, Fuso is still a small point in front of foreign countries, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the United States, Italy and other countries.

By the outbreak of World War I in '14, Fuso's economy accounted for only 1.65% of the world's total, not even comparable to Italy.

In terms of industrial structure, Japan's light industry still accounts for 83.7% of all industries. Only the textile industry workers accounted for 68.2% of the total number of workers, and the machinery and equipment and key parts and components were basically all imported from Nanyang, Europe and the United States, which shows how serious the bias is.

Heavy industry has never been able to develop, first, because of serious resource constraints, second, because of capital constraints, and third, because it has become a dumping ground for industrial products of the ocean empire, and independent heavy industry has never been able to develop.

"Holy Lord, what is the intention of the Fuso Kingdom ......for peace talks," Prime Minister Zhang Li asked with some uncertainty in his mind.

Li Fushou glanced at him coldly, and Prime Minister Zhang Li immediately bowed his head with a face full of shame like a needle, and he didn't dare to speak.

The momentum of the saint today is too terrifying, and it is all to blame on the damn little devil.

Li Fushou was also speechless;

These confidant elites who have been cultivated by him are quite effective in handling major national affairs and have a strong ability to govern, but their flaws are also obvious.

It's just that as soon as he comes to his side, he is submissive, his brain is not easy to use, and his actions are restrained, like an echo worm.

To be fair, Prime Minister Zhang Li's group cannot be blamed for this.

In this era of rampant feudal thought, Li Fushou is not only a father and a teacher, but also a guiding light in life and a giver of all glory and wealth.

In front of him, a group of cabinet ministers are like rats seeing cats, naturally suppressed, and Prime Minister Zhang Li is no exception, and the admiration and fear are even deeper.

"The Fuso people can talk if they want to, they don't ask us to preside over international mediation, they can also find the British, French or Italians, remember that the money and materials are relatively tight now, the price should be increased when the price should be raised, and the price should be raised when it should be raised. Sometimes when you kick your nose and face, you can pump when you should be pumped, and you will be beaten when you should be beaten, and you will remember it for a long time when it hurts. ”

After speaking, Li Fushou brushed his sleeves away with a displeased expression. Gu Kaizhi, the head of the secretariat, and Liang Ruhao, the deputy director, hurriedly followed the saint and left.

Leaving a group of cabinet ministers looking at each other, after a while, Hu Chaoshan, Minister of Industry, coughed dryly and said; "It's all to blame for these little devils who don't know how to advance or retreat, which has caused the wrath of the saints, so I want to give them some color to see."

"That's it, it's really hateful to cause us all to eat melons."

"This time I want them to have a long memory, I remember that there seem to be more than 100,000 seriously wounded Japanese soldiers in North America, it's time to get the bills, the medical expenses are not cheap."

"Well, that's true. The Republic of California is under great pressure on transportation and will also have to increase prices. ”

"Not only will the price be raised, but the customs tax will also be raised, and the border will not cost money?"

The ministers, you said a word, and soon listed a large number of them, and Tian Shan, the minister of the Ministry of Justice who listened, rolled his eyes;

This group of guys knows the afterthought.

At the end he also came to a sentence; "It is necessary to severely crack down on and severely punish Japanese people of Japanese descent in the Republic of California and North America who illegally smuggle people and commit adultery in order to set an example."

As soon as this remark came out, it attracted everyone's attention.

Tian Shan said confidently;

"What's wrong, isn't it?

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

The country of the Japanese slaves and barbarians does not know how to fear the heavens and the earth, the left does not obey the culture and etiquette, the right does not understand the harmony of the neighbors, and the lower does not know how to appease the people, so they should be strictly restrained.

Those who dare to go beyond the thunder pool will be severely punished, which is the responsibility of the state education of the Heavenly Empire. ”

The ministers were shocked by Tian Shan's words, and then felt angry again.

Why didn't you say it when Fang Cai Sheng was here?

Maybe Long Yan Yiyue, everyone won't be affected, how good is that?

Everyone already had a premonition that the little devil's life was sad, and this mantra had to be recited to him ninety-nine and eighty-one times, so that the people of Fusang would never forget.

Now that he has entered the North American bureau and obtained great benefits, the little book is trying in vain to get rid of the control of the empire, so don't even think about it.

Today, the Holy Lord Li Fushou has set two bottom lines for the Fuso people, one of which is that they will never be allowed to have a port to the sea in North America. The bottom line is that Japanese forces will never be allowed to invade the Great Lakes Heavy Industrial Zone.

If you dare to violate these two bottom lines, the imperial side will definitely send troops to attack.

As soon as the Fuso people have access to the sea, they will remove the noose around their necks and have the ability to develop independently, which is something that will not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.

The Great Lakes Heavy Industrial Zone has world-class production capacity, and if it were combined with Japan's frenzied expansionist forces, the consequences would be unimaginable, and it would be an absolute disaster.

The Japanese side can develop heavy industry by itself, and no one restricts them.

But to seize the heavy industrial areas of the Great Lakes has touched the sensitive nerves of the Empire, and if necessary, the Ocean Empire will unite the United States, the Republic of Virginia, the Republic of Texas and the Republic of California to carry out a joint strangulation of Fuso.

Therefore, the Fuso people are actually tied with two arms, and this is their insurmountable strategic dilemma.

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