Chapter 650: The North American War
Canada.
Montreal, Canadian Army Command, and British Empire North American Army Command.
In this inconspicuous building, it was already a nervous appearance at this time.
Coming and going, military personnel walking briskly, drawing various curves and marked maps of North America, one after another, the sound of announcements, and dance steps indicate that this place has entered a state of war.
Suddenly, the sirens sounded.
All personnel hurriedly hid in the basement according to the established plan.
In a few moments, tons of bombs poured down from above.
Soon, the building was enveloped in puffs of smoke.
Half an hour later, Field Marshal George White of the British Empire sent a telegram to 10 Downing Street from the underground command room.
"Airship, airship, we still need airships!"
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Although the new thirteen states were formally under the jurisdiction of the British Empire and were considered a more important core territory than India, four years was too short.
Not enough for the British government to take complete control of the situation.
Both Robert King Jr. and Robert Lincoln Jr. were wary of their spheres of influence.
Therefore, the British still placed the command of the Americas in Montreal, Canada.
As it turned out, despite its proximity to the East Coast, Montreal was still within the striking range of the Ming airship.
In the past two months, major cities in North America have been frequently bombed by Ming airships.
Although the total number of casualties was modest, it greatly disrupted industrial production and military deployment in British North America.
Britain cannot afford to lose North America, and the British royal family in particular cannot afford to lose Canada.
For more than two hundred years, the British royal family has considered Canada their backyard and refuge.
Including Napoleon, a strong and unified European country has always been the nightmare that the British fear the most.
The British royal family has several plans to move to Canada to avoid the irreversible threat to the British mainland.
Just like the Portuguese royal family in exile in Brazil.
However, the reincarnated Ming of the filthy earth, like an indescribable giant, suddenly inserted into Victoria's back garden, making Canada no longer safe.
Is the dignified Indian Empress going to India?
This is clearly unacceptable.
Therefore, the defense of Canada, the defense of North America, is a vital thing for the British, especially the British royal family.
Long before the Ming Dynasty smashed the North and South Citi countries, the British deployed 30,000 regular troops here, as well as as 100,000 Canadian militia.
As the threat from the Ming Dynasty grew, so did the British government.
By the time of the 1871 exercise "How to Train Your Dragon Hunter," the British garrison had more than 450,000 troops at bases in North America.
This is an extremely frightening figure, close to the total number of soldiers that the British government had engaged in the Boer War 27 years later.
Of course, many of these soldiers were recruited from Canada and the United States, and even anti-Ming activists from the southern states joined, and North America was also rich in industrial and agricultural products.
Compared with projecting power to South Africa, which has weak Anglo-Saxon roots, maintaining a standing military force itself will also have a smaller financial burden on Britain.
After the exercise, the British government had a more ambitious expansion plan, preparing to deploy an additional North Atlantic squadron and 700,000 troops in North America to curb the Ming Dynasty's expansion trend and eventually reverse the Latin American transformation.
But the sudden crash of aluminum products hit the British government and the British royal family in the face.
Their plans for military expansion were forced to scale back significantly.
The North Atlantic Squadron was only 12 of its size, and the number of additional troops in the army was halved to 300,000.
At the same time, the army of the New Thirteen States was inherited from the Northern government forces of the Civil War.
Although some of them were laid off due to financial difficulties, they still amounted to 500,000.
Moreover, after the war began, the new thirteen states were still able to quickly pull up a "hundred war veterans" of nearly 1.3 million people.
This figure is a significant drop from the three million "strongest army on the surface" at the peak of the northern government.
After all, Daming's bloodletting plan over the years has been fruitful.
The total population of the Ansar barbarians in the north has plummeted from 23 million at its peak to 15 million, and young and middle-aged men have suffered heavy losses.
To put it simply, the war potential of the new thirteen states is already only half of what it was originally.
Therefore, what the Ming had to face in North America, not counting the Confederate government, the total number of Anglo-Saxon troops was about 200,000.
Correspondingly, the total strength of the Ming Beiyin was 36 divisions and 387,000 people.
2 million against 380,000.
The advantage is mine!
The vast majority of the British are convinced of this.
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Since September, the Queen's pre-war proclamation, as well as speeches by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Defence Secretary Williams, have been replaying on the London radio.
These speeches were the most concerning nothing more than "despicable and shameless Germans", "Austria in danger", "freedom fighters in the Balkans".
But by October, the frequency of a word had increased dramatically.
And that'sā
China!
China!
China!
In the midst of the hustle and bustle, a silver-gray carriage quietly drove into a luxury estate in Oxfordshire, protected by two British "self-developed" Doberman cars.
The carriage was fast, and the two Dobermans struggled to keep up.
It even makes people wonder who is protecting whom. ć
The two Doberman cars were painted with the British government logo.
The silver-gray carriage is painted with red crosses with black and white shading, two white lions with scarlet tongues, and intricate patterns of scallops and Chinese knots.
This pattern of bells and whistles is the family crest of the Duke of Marlborough.
It is clear that this is the carriage of the Reich Prime Minister John Winston Spencer-Churchill.
The elegant and luxurious carriage gallops on the colorful country road, and the chic and toned white horse tramples away on the golden fallen leaves, and the picture looks warm and beautiful.
But at this time, the mood of the owner in the carriage was very different.
Two hours earlier, he had just learned of his son's death.
He didn't die peacefully.
It is said that just has seven catties and six taels, which has set a new record for the Ming State execution ground.
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After a while, the luxury carriage slowly stopped at the door of the Suenchet manor.
There is only one of the two British bridge cars left with him.
There was a Doberman car, unsurprisingly broke down halfway through.
When Churchill got out of the car, he saw a cannon with a slender barrel being arranged in the manor, and the guards were adjusting the muzzle of the cannon to the sky.
Churchill saw such cannons on the tender documents of the Ministry of Defense.
This is a new weapon designed by Armstrong, adapted from a long-barreled howitzer, and the only purpose is to target the Ming airship.
Obviously, after the Beijing tragedy, even Her Majesty Queen Victoria's temporary palace had an emergency plan.