Chapter 658: The Great Lakes Controversy
The Great Lakes of North America is the world's largest group of freshwater lakes, that is, the collective name of five connected lakes in North America, including Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
The total area of the Great Lakes is about 245,200 square kilometers, equivalent to 4.1 tons, which is larger than the three Bohai Seas, or half of the Yellow Sea.
The total water storage capacity of the Great Lakes is about 22.8 trillion cubic meters, which is about 15 percent of the world's freshwater lakes and is comparable to the extremely deep water level of Lake Baikal.
If California's splendor is that it cut off the Colorado River and claimed the water of northwestern Mexico, then the Great Lakes region is a fertile land that is naturally suitable for development. (pictured)
Even more advantageous, through the connection of the wide and deep St. Lawrence Waterway, and the construction of the Welland Canal, any city along the Great Lakes can pass 10,000 tons of sea vessels.
In many places, giant ships of more than 50,000 tons are even allowed to pass.
In other words, the Great Lakes region is called the Lake District, but in reality, it is a coastal area with many harbors, easy to defend and a vast inland radiation.
It can be said that God favored the United States, especially the Great Lakes.
Of course, Heavenly Father also loves the Great Lakes, and he loves it so much that he has wanted to get it for a long time.
Zhu Fugui believes that Asian carp have inevitably become the king of the Daming River, and it is time for them to go to the Great Lakes to cause a new ecological disaster.
In fact, with the conquest of Sovo Fortress, the Ming Dynasty has now taken large tracts of land in Wisconsin and Mini Suda.
The southwestern part of Lake Superior and the western part of Lake Michigan were under the de facto control of the Ming army.
It can be said that the Great Lakes are dangerous, and the Ming Dynasty has accounted for one of them.
The only Milwaukee-Madison Line that can defend Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and the second largest industrial city in the 13 states, is now the Milwaukee-Madison Line.
But today's Chicago is a cosmopolitan city with a drunken atmosphere.
The cancans still kick their thighs hard in the nightclubs, and the little capitalists are swaying around with alcohol and money in their hands.
Everywhere is a scene of apocalyptic carnival.
"In addition to the nickname, Prime Minister Churchill sent a telegram to the whole country, saying that he would continue to send reinforcements to defend the Great Lakes Industrial Zone to the death!"
"Outside the nickname, Fon Dirac won a great victory, General Lewis Cousins defeated the Ming bandits, and destroyed 30,000 enemies!"
"Outside the nickname, Lieutenant Colonel John Joseph Pershing defeated the Ming bandits in Green Bay, annihilating 20,000 enemies!"
"In addition to the nickname, Marshal Hugh Wells said after inspecting Milwaukee Naval Base that the Milwaukee-Madison defense line is impregnable, and even if the bandit leader Zhu Fugui wields a million troops, there is absolutely no possibility of breaking through."
According to incomplete statistics, in just three months, under the caliber of the Chicago media, the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty has been annihilated by more than 720,000, the bandit leader Zhu Fugui was suspected of being captured alive 4 times and killed 2 times, the commander of the Beiyin Theater of the Ming Dynasty was killed 13 times, and the chief of staff Qian Luojun was killed 25 times, it can be said that the Royal Navy and the 13 state armies have achieved an unprecedented victory.
And Zhu Fugui and old Churchill coincidentally possessed a bald head, and chose the road of being safe and secure first, which led to the breach of Fort Wowau, both sides were busy dealing with the affairs of their neighbors' homes, and the Milwaukee-Madison line seemed quieter.
This gave Chicagoans a little solace in the storm.
I'm invincible in the world, so this should be the end of the Ming people, right?
So, the song was sung, the dance was danced, and everything was as before.
However, the ugly daughter-in-law will always see her in-laws, and the gray rhinoceros will one day break the house.
With the Ming Dynasty's counterinsurgency operations in the southern states proceeding in a step-by-step and orderly manner, it is imminent to liberate Chicago and transform it into our Ming Dynasty's new Lanzhou.
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Located northeast of Milwaukee, adjacent to Michigan, Grain Lake Bay is named after the grain trade.
In the future, Milwaukee will be the largest producer of internal combustion engines in North America, but for now, industries in the Great Lakes region are concentrated in the more geographically advantageous cities of Chicago and Detroit.
Milwaukee is also an agricultural city.
And the foundation of its agricultural development is the vast fertile fields and endless plains.
Such a place is suitable for growing grain, but also for the galloping of tanks and other vehicles.
It is an ideal attack point for the Ming Royal Army to exert its best combat effectiveness.
If it weren't for the sheer importance of Chicago, the British commander Hugh Wells would never have wanted to fight the Ming army in such a ghostly place.
Fortunately, since the British regained control of the Thirteen States, a dense fortification has been set up here.
The forts were reinforced with reinforced concrete by the French engineer Enabic, and sleek barbed wire and trenches were installed.
It has to be said that the French can be regarded as a good doctor after a long illness, and they know how to build fortifications after being beaten a lot.
The Milwaukee-Madison Line, designed and built by them, is the 19th-century North American version of the Maginot Line.
At the same time, the Grain Lake Beach has been converted into a Royal Navy base, with more than a dozen warships moored.
If necessary, the artillery fire of the sailors was able to provide direct support to the British soldiers on the shore.
The navy of the Ming people in the Atlantic was already weak...... Probably......
Even if the Akito navy in the Atlantic has a certain strength, even if the guy called Morishita is fierce and decisive, it is absolutely impossible for him to sail the warship into the St. Lawrence waterway and into the Great Lakes.
That is, above the Great Lakes is the absolute home of the British Navy.
This is also where Hugh Wells dares to stop Akito here.
Indeed, as an old power, Britain still has a very high standard of military experts.
Daming in the Great Lakes did not have his own boat, so he could only be beaten and could not fight back, which was indeed a big problem.
But they don't know that there is a way of building ships called dumplings.
Years later, their conjugated father and son demonstrated this skill after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and today, Da Ming is also well-versed in this know-how.
Green Bay is a city that was captured by the Ming Dynasty very early, and almost at the beginning of the declaration of war against the British, the 17th Panzer Division led by Qian Luojun quickly blitzed this small city with a population of only 20,000.
This move was hidden among other feints and did not attract the attention of the British.
And the reason why the Northern Yin Du Command Envoy wanted to take such an inconspicuous small city for the first time was because of the unique geographical environment of Green Bay.
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His Majesty Zhu Fugui personally gave this place the Chinese name "Xinsu".
Xinsu is Xinsuzhou, and Suzhou is Jiuquan.
Zhu Fugui gave Green Bay the name of Jiuquan, a place name that was familiar to Chinese in later generations because of a certain base, and naturally placed high hopes on him.