Three years later

Late 1922

The metropolis of the Red River Valley has become the world's first modern metropolis with a population of more than 10 million, with Songjiang, the second largest city, with a population of more than 3.8 million, and Beilun, the third largest city, with a population of 2.32 million, both of which rank among the top ten cities in the world.

Among them, the Red River Valley is the first, Songjiang is the fifth, and Beilun is the ninth.

By the end of 22 years, the total population of the Ocean Empire reached 127 million, and the overall economic scale was equivalent to the combined size of Britain, France and Germany.

In the past three years, many major events have taken place in the world, and after Poland was restored in 19 years, it launched an attack on Russia in April of the following year.

Poland won and then lost the battle, however, the Russians were carried away by the victory, and finally suffered a defeat at the foot of Warsaw.

The two countries finally signed the Treaty of Peace between Poland and Russia and Ukraine (also known as the Treaty of Riga) on March 18, 1921, in which Poland succeeded in seizing Western Ukraine and Western Belarus and part of Lithuania from Soviet Russia, and Russia lost 150 kilometers of land east of the "Qixiang Line".

In September 19, the Ocean Empire withdrew its troops from Vladivostok. The third-ranked Grand Duchess Maria and the fourteenth son of the emperor were married, and it was a grand wedding of the century, which was attended by many White Russian nobles.

Nicholas II's second daughter, Grand Duchess Tatiana, was unwilling to leave Vladivostok, so the marriage contract was annulled, and the twelfth son of the emperor married another Belgian princess, and the matter came to an end.

Seeing the opportunity, the Japanese side supported Archduke Tatiana to form a White Russian government, and at the Czech Corps station in Yekaterinburg, representatives of all parties of the White Army reached an agreement to jointly support Archduke Tatiana as the dictator of the Siberian Republic and enjoy unlimited power.

Four Cossack units of the Urals, Orenburg, Seven Rivers and Siberia received their leadership. After the general mobilization order was issued, the total strength of the Siberian coalition army was 120,000, but there were many factions and poor coordination.

The total number of White Guards in several routes reached more than 200,000, and how to unify all forces became the biggest issue for the Omsk government.

After three years of civil war, the Russian side was finally able to free up its hands to clean up the puppet state.

At the beginning of the 21st, it launched the Eastern Campaign, a large-scale attack, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides.

By July, the assembled White Bandit Army had been routed and the Japanese had suffered heavy casualties, so they were forced to retreat all the way back to Vladivostok and withdraw in November.

At this point, the puppet kingdom led by the Archduchess of Tatiana fell, and the Archduchess of Tatiana left England to seek refuge under King George V.

And a large number of Belarusian nobles poured into Australia like a tide, with a total of as many as four or five hundred thousand, forming a refugee wave that lasted for nearly half a year, which is really spectacular.

The Japanese army was the last foreign intervention force to evacuate Soviet Russia, and it was not until November 22 that it was withdrawn, leaving the Far East in disarray.

And when the Japanese army was meddling everywhere, the United States paid off all the war reparations in three times, totaling 3.157 billion US dollars (because of the early repayment of the loan, after negotiation to reduce part of the interest), and finally freed itself from the shackles on its body.

At a time when the outside world is disturbing

At the end of the 19th year, the Ocean Empire formally adopted and implemented the "Ocean Empire Democratic Charter", completed the constitutional amendment process, and changed the national government from a German-style constitutional monarchy to a British-style constitutional monarchy, comprehensively and deeply promoting the process of capitalist democratization.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the new Tang Zhaoyi cabinet came to power, and while promoting the democratic process throughout the country, it was committed to economic development and the implementation of the education for all system.

In 21, the new cabinet pushed the Congress to pass the blockbuster "Imperial Citizen Equality Act", which is a law that stipulates that nobles and commoners have equal rights at the legal level, and abolishes the privileges of the nobility, which is of extraordinary significance.

At the beginning of September 21, the "Holy Advent Day" (that is, the day the emperor boarded the Brisbane docks), the government officially announced the relocation of the capital to Chang'an.

After five consecutive years of large-scale civil construction, the population of Chang'an City has reached more than 800,000 today.

The newly completed Chang'an Palace is magnificent, unique to the imperial meteorological scene, it is located at the foot of the Kosciasco Mountain, about 16 kilometers away from Chang'an City, facing the mountain and facing the lake, stretching the palace along the mountain straight into the sky, extremely shocking.

Halfway up the mountain, the water is impounded into a lake.

The vast clear lake of smoke and waves covers the reflection of the palace, the grass and trees are sparse, the red flowers and green trees, and the Lingxiao Pavilion is located on it, which makes people dizzy and fascinated.

There is a city wall of more than ten meters high around the Chang'an Palace, which guards the huge royal residence, and there are three city gates in total.

To the south it is called Suzaku Gate, and to the north it is called Xuanwu Gate.

The gate to the east connects the avenue with a width of up to 80 meters, and only the central green belt is up to 22 meters wide, reaching the capital Chang'an City, which is called "Yunxiao Gate".

Name implies; This city gate is like a rainbow covered bridge, and the golden plaque in the middle is written with two strong and powerful characters of "Chang'an", which is from the handwriting of His Majesty the Emperor.

In the court

Li Fushou knelt in front of a large and small emperor's grandsons, there were men and women, the eldest was in his teens, and the younger was only three or four years old, all of whom were the children of the imperial family who came to greet the emperor's grandfather, and there were more than thirty people.

And this is only a part of the Imperial City of Jugan, and there are also dukes who are far away in fiefdoms or princesses who marry into other countries, and they are not here.

The royal family is flourishing, Li Fushou is happy but also a little tired, maybe he is old, and many children can't be named.

After the constitutional reform

The cabinet assumed the heavy responsibility of managing the country, and Li Fushou's daily affairs were also reduced a lot, and he began to live a leisurely life of calm and pure desire.

The manpower of the royal secretariat around him has been greatly reduced, from more than 3,000 at the initial peak to more than 1,000 in the later period, and further reduced to more than 170 after the restructuring.

The originally large telecommunications office was reduced to a telecommunications room, and only 11 personnel were retained to serve the imperial court.

In the new cabinet

Cai Tinggan became Chancellor of the Exchequer, former North American Governor Lee Hyo-jo became Foreign Secretary, and the cabinet has seen many new faces, most of them second-generation children who have recently risen.

In the past few years, the generation of founding fathers has been old and dead, and the natural replacement of military and political power has become inevitable in the development of the new era.

Towering on the Towering Sky Pavilion

After meeting with the children and grandchildren of the royal family, Li Fushou took the cable car to Lingxiao Pavilion, which is where he handles government affairs, and it is also a place where he looks into the distance, surrounded by beautiful scenery.

At this time, in the summer of December, the high temperature in Chang'an City is close to 30 degrees, and the temperature on the mountain is only about 10 degrees, and the cool breeze is refreshing and pleasant.

Enter the Pavilion

Gu Kaizhi, the head of the secretariat, was already standing on the side, and when he saw it, he hurriedly bent down and saluted, and said; "Wechen greets Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, what's the latest news these days?" Li Fushou strode in and asked casually.

The previous two days had been weekend off, and he did not deal with government affairs.

It's already more than ten o'clock in the morning on Monday, and after a little handling of government affairs, it's time for lunch, and after lunch, I will rest for a while, nothing serious, and it will be time to go back to the palace at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Fushou is not as diligent as before, and he mainly pays attention to major international and domestic affairs.

"The situation in North America has been abnormal recently, and the United States has frequently transferred troops to the center, and it is the appearance that a big war is about to start, and the specific report is here."

"Oh, read it."

Li Fushou was impatient to read the newspaper now, his eyes lit up when he heard this, he walked to the throne and sat down, took a sip of the hot tea he had just brewed, and looked interested.

Gu Kaizhi bowed respectfully, and without reading a thick recital in his hand, he said;

"North American Command Military Newspaper;

After his re-election campaign, President William Taft of the United States has become increasingly tough on the issue of Japan, and this year he visited Europe again and met with the heads of state of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany to win the support and understanding of these major immigrant countries in the United States.

At the beginning of last year, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which was mainly aimed at Tsarist Russia, came to an end because of differences between the two sides over the North American issue. In addition, this year, the United States has completely paid off the war reparations, recovered customs taxes and various rights, and lifted the restrictions on the number of military personnel, thus completely liberating the hands and feet of the United States in the use of force

This year, President Taft's visit to Europe was a complete success.

In the international environment, this is conducive to winning the support of Europe, isolating the Japanese side, and weakening the military pressure on the imperial side in disguise, so as to strive for military means to solve the problem of the North American and Japanese theater of operations.

Since the beginning of December

The US side has made frequent moves, the military forces of various states have been continuously transferred to the central region, and large troops have gathered in the Great Lakes region, and the situation of intending to win a decisive battle has become very obvious.

At present, a large number of heavy weapons and equipment of the US Second and Third Armies have arrived in Illinois one after another, and they have been assembled on the lines of Will and Kankaki, relying on the abundant material resources of the metropolis of Chicago, to converge with the First Army stationed there, with a total strength of more than 920,000 troops, and are preparing to launch a large-scale counterattack operation.

In addition, the U.S. Fourth Army correspondingly pinned down the Japanese troops in Kansas City on the flank front and stood by for a decisive decision.

The US action has alarmed the Japanese side, and an emergency mobilization is underway, arming the cantonment reserve soldiers, and sending troops to the front line on a large scale.

Intelligence shows

On the frontal battlefield in the north (Chicago Front), the current number of Japanese troops has increased from more than 240,000 to 52~550,000, and military trains carrying reinforcements arrive every day, and continue to increase troops to the northern front.

According to the North American Command's assessment of the current situation, the Japanese side is obviously one beat behind, and within 3~5 days, it is the best time for the US military to launch an offensive.

If it is delayed, when the Japanese reinforcements continue to arrive at the front line, the difficulty of breaking through the front line will increase significantly.

The slightest loss of the fighter is an indulgence, and there is no time to delay! ”

"Huh...... It's finally time to move! ”

Hearing the report, Li Fushou knocked on the table with a somewhat happy expression and said this slightly surprising sentence.

In the past few years, there have been continuous international wars, the civil war between Tsarist Russia and Tsarist Russia has been particularly bloody and tragic, coupled with the Russo-Polish War, Britain suppressed the Turkish uprising, and France fought in North Africa, which has not stopped everywhere.

Only the situation in North America, which Li Fushou is most concerned about, is calm, the Japanese side is busy with northern expansion, and the United States has taken the opportunity to recuperate and recuperate, and it has spent the past four years peacefully, which is simply unreasonable!

The United States and Japan are gradually out of control, and they are deeply disappointed!

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