Between October ~ November

The situation in North America is like a kaleidoscope of changes in the game of political forces of the world powers, and it is dizzying and unexpected for everyone, including the initiators.

The Ocean Empire came forward to preside over international mediation, and the Japan-US peace talks hit it off, and both sides were eager to use this time to take a breather and reorganize their armies in order to facilitate another war.

The repeated bloody battles were really too cruel, not only the Fusang people, but also the Mi Guoyan couldn't hold on.

The Ocean Empire quickly tightened its support for Japan, which made the Japanese side immediately feel that winter was coming, which was a cold chill to the bone.

Prime Minister Masashi Terauchi immediately led a delegation to Australia to embark on a diplomatic journey aimed at dissipating the anger of the Ocean Empire, and tried to restore the old harmonious relations between the two countries.

However, the peace talks are related to the fundamental interests of the Japanese side, and the Fuso people do not want to completely follow the baton of the Ocean Empire, and the victory over the Mi Guoyan has given them enough confidence, thinking that they have enough strength to be respected by the Ocean Empire, so they do not want to back down.

As a matter of fact

Prime Minister Terauchi Masashi and his entourage were severely humiliated, and this whirlwind visit was not received by Emperor Li Fushou, and at the Red Fort, the prime minister's official residence, Prime Minister Zhang Li personally met with Prime Minister Masashi Terauchi, who had come to visit.

And this official meeting, because of the "small chair incident", has become a world-famous diplomatic bullying incident, which will forever go down in history.

According to a large photograph of the official meeting published in the newspaper;

Zhang Ligao, the prime minister of the Ocean Empire, sat at the top, and the ministers stood on the left and right sides of the desks, looking arrogant and rude, like a group of high-ranking people.

Prime Minister Masashi Terauchi can only sit on the small chair opposite, and the horizontal armrests of this small chair are only about 10 centimeters high, like a small stool, and it is also a little shorter.

Sitting there as if he was a suspect on trial, he had to look up at the ministers of the Great Ocean Empire Cabinet at the top, and the meaning contained in it was simply overwhelming, and many people couldn't help but laugh out loud when they saw it, which was so funny.

The British newspaper The Times published a large photo and reported it on the front page;

The Ocean Empire taught the disobedient Fusang a hard lesson with an arrogant attitude, even if the dog was covered in blood and exhausted, it still had to drive it to bite the country frantically, leaving no mercy.

Once again, this uncomfortable scenario demonstrates;

Strength is the foundation of all international dialogue, and in the face of the Pacific regional hegemon, the Fuso, who have always been aggressive, has to bow their stubborn heads, wag their tails and pray for a piece of meat and bones.

The British fully demonstrated their vitriol in this news commentary, considering that the Ocean Empire was constantly sending troops to Europe, and this crucial juncture could not afford to make a difference.

The news media of Britain, France, Italy, and other countries have surprisingly chosen to watch the fire from the other side, but the arrogance, contempt, and disdain that pervades the tone of the tone come to their faces, and that is the positioning of the United States and Japan.

These two countries can only be second-rate powers, and as long as they do not overthrow the oceanic empire for a day, their international status will never be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the European powers.

Are you kidding?

Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Austria-Hungary and other countries are all world-class powers side by side with the Ocean Empire.

As for the rice country, it was beaten by the Fuso people, so don't mention it.

The Fusang people, who have always had a good face, were humiliated by this, and did not leave with their sleeves flat, but chose to endure the humiliation and steal their lives, bowing and asking for forgiveness.

No way

The Ocean Empire was stuck in Fusang's neck and was almost suffocated, and people were under the eaves and had to bow their heads.

After the abrupt tightening of the support policy, various bills flew like snowflakes, and the expenses of the hundreds of thousands of wounded Japanese soldiers treated in North American states alone were as high as more than 37 million gold oceans, and this bill is still growing at a rate of hundreds of thousands of gold oceans every day.

If you don't pay the bills, you can't talk about follow-up treatment.

Originally, the Japanese side had just received a large loan of 85 million gold oceans, 30% cash and 70% materials, and in peacetime, it was able to send troops from North America to support it for 4~5 months.

Now it's all right

After the huge medical bills that could have been deferred came out, all the cash was not enough to be invested, and they faced a situation of immediate disconnection.

In addition, in the Republic of California, four North American states have skyrocketed fees in various fields, and the coast guard and local police in North America have stepped up their crackdown on Japanese smuggling and strictly checked passports.

Originally, many non-charging items have sprung up, such as personnel transit tax, cargo inspection tax, dangerous goods storage fee, quarantine fee, personnel entry and detention guarantee fee, port berthing fee, pilotage fee, import goods entry tax, unpacking fee......

Let's put it this way, it's a lot.

This greatly increased the cost of Japanese immigrants to North America, and the preferential passenger and freight transportation prices that had been given by the Ocean Empire have now returned to normal, and many other fees have been added.

As the most powerful immigration country in the world today and the world's largest economic power in terms of total volume, Ocean Empire has the world's largest number of ocean-going migrant ships and cruise ships, as well as the world's largest merchant fleet, with a very strong ocean-going passenger and cargo transportation capacity.

Without the support of the Ocean Empire, just relying on the dozens of small shipwrecked ships on the Japanese side, not only the tonnage is small, the ability to resist wind and waves is poor, but the transportation capacity is extremely limited, and even the logistics supply of the Japanese North American troops cannot be done, let alone transoceanic migration.

Most of Japan's ocean-going passenger and cargo ships are mainly 1 to 2,000 tons, and 3,000 tons is already a behemoth.

It is okay to sail to the northern Shenzhou or the Korean Peninsula, and it can also take on the task of passenger and cargo transportation in the Yellow Sea, but it is too difficult to transport across the ocean, and under the bad sea conditions of the northern route of the Pacific, a wave will be overturned.

This is due to the level of the transportation industry determined by the size of the Japanese economy and demand, and there are no dragons in the shallow pool.

By the end of 15 years

In terms of foreign finance and trade, Fuso is a debtor country with a debt of 3.9 billion yen, and does not have the strength to export capital to foreign countries, but is an importer of foreign capital.

This period

The capital of the Ocean Empire dominates, and there are also capital imports from Britain, France and other countries in the national economy, and the cumulative value of foreign investment has exceeded 10 billion yen according to the currency value of each country, which is the most important component of the Japanese economy.

In terms of trade, the total value of imports and exports in Fuso in 14 and 15 years was less than 600 million yen, and the total was less than 1.2 billion yen.

The scale of such trade and the size of the economy are about 1/12 of that of the Ocean Empire, and the gap is quite large.

It is precisely because of its prosperous overseas trade and huge economic volume that the Ocean Empire replaced the role of the original historical rice country and imported a large amount of materials to Europe, thus creating the world's largest scale in the maritime industry.

The transcontinental ocean-going passenger and cargo ships of the Ocean Empire are generally more than 5,000~6,000 tons, and the tonnage of large cruise ships is 12,000 tons to 15,000 tons.

The main fleet of ocean-going cargo ships is mainly 10,000-ton bulk carriers, refrigerated ships and oil tankers, and large mineral and sand cargo ships are generally 3~40,000 tons, and the two sides are not on the same level at all.

When the Ocean Empire was strongly suppressing the Japanese side, the minds of Britain, France and other countries changed again, which led to the situation in North America again.

For the sake of geopolitical competition

Although Britain and France and other countries do not like to see the United States strong, they do not want to see the Fusang country of the yellow race beat the rice country to the ground, and they are even more unwilling to see the Ocean Empire take advantage of the opportunity of the world war to quickly become strong and form a dominant situation in the Pacific region.

Although it is an ally of the Entente, it does not delay in secretly stumbling up.

For the above reasons

Britain, France, and other countries have successively stopped their activities in support of separatist forces in North America, and their policy has changed from "weakening the United States to strengthening the United States." In turn, they have supported the United States and betrayed the leaders of the separatist forces that they had instigated.

The 180-degree U-turn in the policies of the European powers has caused considerable confusion in the southern states of North America, where many leaders of the southern separatist forces have been arrested and are facing prosecution in federal courts.

So-called; People are not as good as heaven

Didn't think about it

On the contrary, this aroused a great rebellion among the people in the south, and many people who had been neutral and vacillating resolutely sided with the separatist forces, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

The United States and Japan are the first to bear the brunt of the bloody storm on the North American continent, and who feels a huge threat?

It is the Republic of Texas with the strongest will for independence.

New Mexico is just west of Texas, bordering Colorado and Kansas to the north, and is now a land newly conquered by the Fusang, a fierce and aggressive Japanese army that poses a great security threat to the Republic of Texas.

The western and northern borders of Texas are 2,640 kilometers long and sparsely populated except for the wilderness and the Gobi Desert.

Although there are boundary posts and barbed wire fences to distinguish the border, this thing is not a gentleman and not a villain.

During the First U.S.-Japan War

The combative Texas Cowboys formed an army and increased its strength to 72,000 men, with eighty percent of the force concentrated on the western border with New Mexico.

Now the Fuso people have defeated the Mi Guoyan, occupied Colorado and Kansas successively, and formed an encirclement of the Republic of Texas from the west and north sides, forcing the Republic of Texas to urgently mobilize, import a large number of weapons and equipment from the Ocean Empire, and increase the size of the army to 160,000.

meanwhile

The Republic of Texas, which has always advocated an independent foreign policy, quickly submitted an application to join the Pacific Security Alliance, which was approved by member states at the second summit forum and became a full member of the Pacific Security Alliance.

Although it is not a core member, it is already a close member state.

Who is not frightened when they meet a neighbor like the Fuso people?

What is the difference between the core members of the Pacific Security Alliance and the ordinary members?

The security of the core members is fully guaranteed by the Ocean Empire, but in terms of diplomatic, military, economic and trade policies, it is necessary to be consistent with the Ocean Empire, allowing the establishment of military bases, and advancing and retreating together in the face of foreign aggression, which is a passive military alliance.

The Republic of California, the Ryukyus, the Viet Nam, and Lan Phong are all core member states with a common military defense nature.

The only exception was the Republic of Virginia, which was a post-war arrangement in which the Ocean Empire had a large number of troops stationed in the Republic of Virginia after the Wool War, as well as a small number of troops in Britain, France, Italy, and other countries, to jointly ensure the country's security.

But the Republic of Virginia is only an ordinary member of the Pacific Security Alliance, maintains a fairly high degree of independence in military-diplomatic and economic policy, and is emotionally closer to the British and French.

in other words

If a core member state invades others, it will not touch the mutual defense clause, you can do what you want, and others will not endorse you.

Non-core member states do not have these constraints, and the Ocean Empire does not guarantee that its territory will not be violated, at most, when it is invaded by foreign countries, it will exert pressure, condemnation, negotiation and even implement an economic blockade through the forum of the Pacific Security Alliance, which does not involve the military field, but is more of a diplomatic and economic guarantee.

This is the case in Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Thailand, belonging to ordinary members, as well as in the Republic of Texas.

The so-called "close member states" are just like that, and it sounds pretty good, and nothing is done until the relevant covenant is formally signed.

President Bergkamp-Payton of the Republic of Texas was self-aware, and he knew that if the Japanese invaded and tried to seize the estuary, the Pacific Security Alliance would not be of much help.

At most, the strong condemnation of the lip service did not come to fruition, and ordered the country of Fusang to know that it was lost and not to go further and further down the wrong road.

And then, there is no then......

The Republic of Texas does not want to join the intimate coterie and enjoy the military protection of the Ocean Empire, and does not want to pay anything, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

But the people of the Republic of Texas, which has a strong sense of independence, are extremely sensitive to signing an alliance agreement that will lose some of the country's sovereignty, and it is better not to touch it if they do not want to commit political suicide.

The rude and irascible Texas Red Neck, no matter what your reason, dares to sign such a humiliating agreement, and you will be shot by a cowboy when you go out.

Then the only right path left is to strengthen yourself.

The Bergkamp-Payton administration was under great pressure, and while the Japanese continued to achieve military victories, the Republic of Texas went on the offensive and tried to win over allies, putting on a beautiful political move.

November 22nd

Arkansas announced that it would hold a referendum on whether to join the Republic of Texas in five days.

November 25th

Louisiana announced that it would hold a referendum on whether to join the Republic of Texas in four days.

November 26th

Oklahoma announced that it would hold a referendum on whether to join the Republic of Texas in five days.

On November 27, 162,100 of the 477,000 people in Arkansas voted in favor, with 71.21 percent of the votes in favor, and Arkansas joined the Republic of Texas.

November 29th

Out of a total of 2,776,000 people in Louisiana, 1,017,551 eligible people voted in favor of 70.63 percent, and the state joined the Republic of Texas.

December 1

Out of a total of 197,200 people in Oklahoma, 73,200 eligible people cast their ballots, with 82.21% of the votes in favor, and the state joined the Republic of Texas.

On 6 December, the Congress of the United Republic of Texas passed a resolution to officially change its name to the United Republic of the South.

It was a politically significant compromise that removed the strong Texas identity of the United Republic in favor of tolerance and embracing more Southern allies.

In just ten days

The political situation in North America is changing, and the vicissitudes of life are changing, and the United States almost immediately jumped out to oppose it, and began to mobilize troops to the south, trying to use military force to prevent this separatist behavior of the southern states.

The Japanese side immediately announced the breakdown of the talks, exerted strong military pressure, and shelled the US defense line in Kansas City, further aggravating the situation and turmoil.

The establishment of the United Republic of the South, with the addition of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, has greatly weakened the strength of the United States, and the Japanese side is of course happy to see it happen.

On the other hand

The threat of the Ocean Empire forced the Japanese side to take practical actions to alleviate the increasingly heavy pressure on the mountain, otherwise it would not be able to bear it!

The Ocean Empire immediately gave a warm welcome and recognized the United Republic of the South as a close member of the Pacific Security Alliance, the successor of the Republic of Texas.

In a speech at a public event, Emperor Li Fusheng made no secret of his favorable opinion of the United Republic of the South, stating;

This is a democratic, free and just political choice for the people of the South, and I believe that it is in the general interests of the people of the South, and all countries in the world should respect it, and the same is true of the Ocean Empire.

The Ocean Empire is willing to establish close bilateral ties with the United Republic of the South on the basis of mutual benefit, equality and friendship, so as to provide this new member with a reliable security guarantee and share the fruits of world economic development and prosperity.

Obedient and listening

Especially depending on the weight of the speaker, after this public speech, the people of the United States quickly died down.

Under the dual pressure of the Ocean Empire and the Fusang Kingdom, if the people of the United States dare to intervene militarily in the political process of the referendum in the Southern United Republic at this time, there is a chance that more than nine out of ten will be besieged and beaten.

I think about the consequences, this is humiliation under military power, and if I am weak, I have to grit my teeth and endure it with tears.

However, what no one expected was that the previously wavering state of Mississippi publicly announced on December 11 that it would hold a referendum three days later to vote for the relevant resolution of the United Republic of the South.

This action once again caused an uproar.

Why?

From north to south, the entire Mississippi River, which runs through the North American continent, flows south from Mississippi to the sea, and its importance in the United States is like the Yangtze River, which is not only an important geographical dividing line, but also a mother river.

Mississippi is a small state, less than 11/11 of Texas, but because of its location in the fertile alluvial plains of the lower reaches of the Mississippi River, it was a highly prosperous coastal state during French and Spanish rule.

The state's population is as high as 3,297,100, which is almost 2/5 of that of Texas, and its economic output is more than half of that of the other side, which is quite rich and prosperous.

Mississippi is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, across the mighty Mississippi River, across Texas, and is also the most prosperous and densely populated area in Texas.

With the acquisition of Mississippi, the entire United Republic of the South was strengthened, its strength skyrocketed, and its economy and population surpassed the Republic of California in all aspects, becoming the first of the three divided countries.