The U.S. Legation in Yingtian later protested, claiming that it was unfriendly to send armed forces beyond the boundaries of power without notice.

The Ministry of Rites' Foreign Affairs Department was extremely slow to react to this, and three days passed in the blink of an eye, and there was not even a formal reply, the so-called "silence is the greatest contempt", and the attitude of the Ming court made the American legation feel unprecedented anger.

Last time, an American citizen was maliciously injured and disabled by a Ming soldier in the Tokyo Concession, and he received a perfunctory apology.

It was not until the morning of the fourth day that the Foreign Affairs Division belatedly replied to the following effect:

The resistance forces are a destabilizing factor in the archipelago, and the US forces have already been the first to discover, block, and clear the resistance forces that have crossed the border in time, and it is entirely appropriate for the Ming army to cross the border to exterminate them, thus avoiding suffering greater losses. The reason for the lack of advance notification of the crossing of the border was to prevent the leakage of operational information, which was also justified from a military point of view.

Such a reply was obviously not acceptable to the Americans, but the subsequent rebuttals and questions were all in vain, and the Foreign Affairs Department was never heard from again.

"This is Chinese arrogance! They are so arrogant that such contempt would make any American citizen angry. ”

At the U.S. Legation in Yingtian, Minister Williams complained angrily.

In addition to normal business and state exchanges, the two countries also have to communicate and exchange with each other in the game and fighting, which was fine in the past, but what has made Americans feel depressed in the past two years is that the attitude of the Ming people has become more and more cold.

Unlike the arrogant coldness of the past, the coldness of today is more like that born of hostility.

This has added a lot of trouble to the diplomatic work of the two sides, and the efficiency of exchanges between the two sides has plummeted.

As Minister Plenipotentiary, Williams was troubled by this—not only was he urged by Washington, but he also had to deal with the siege and interception of reporters, and the Akira here put on a posture of not being able to enter the oil and salt.

Public opinion is surging, and those radical guys don't see this kind of thing the most.

As the largest capitalist country, the United States, devastated by the economic crisis, is still struggling to climb out of the quagmire.

In the beginning, even the much-criticized Commander Hu also took a small number of measures to directly intervene in the economy, but on the whole he still left it alone and pinned his hopes on the automatic adjustment of the market economy.

Under his leadership, the United States established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to provide loans to banks, businesses, farms, and to the states.

The Emergency Relief and Construction Act was also passed, thereby expanding public works projects to absorb the unemployed.

However, in a slight departure from history, Commander Hu was assassinated at the end of his term when he fired deer bullets from a shortened Winchester shotgun, resulting in his death from open pneumothorax and excessive blood loss.

At this point, Curtis, as vice president, immediately took over and continued his efforts to contain the Great Depression, which was still severe.

One of the key problems is that production capacity is extremely strong, but consumption capacity is severely insufficient.

The second key problem is that the wages of workers and peasants lag far behind rising productivity.

Curtis's main efforts revolve around how to increase spending power – to increase exports abroad and to allow people to consume more internally.

On the original basis, he led the signing of a trade agreement with the Ming Dynasty in exchange for certain conditions, the latter lowering tariffs a little, thereby increasing the competitiveness of American exports.

At the same time, the relief bill and the implementation of public works have been further expanded.

This operation is certainly effective, but it is not comprehensive enough, it can only be said to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, like giving a seriously ill patient painkillers, the short-term effect is considerable, but it can only stop the symptoms for a while.

In the upcoming general election, some Republicans tried to pour dirty water on the assassination of Commander Hu and tried to dig up the black material of the other candidate.

Given that Curtis's move did have some effect, and that he was full of high-profile propaganda and boasting, this largely deceived some of the public into believing that the Republican Party was trustworthy.

In the end, although many people have switched to the Democratic Party, Curtis still narrowly won the election.

Soon, this palliative approach reached a bottleneck – the economy stagnation after a slight recovery.

Once the effect of the drug has passed, the symptoms are still there, and the pain is not reduced.

In the face of raging public opinion, Curtis voluntarily resigned just halfway through his new term, becoming the first president in the short history of the United States to resign. It is worth mentioning that he was also the first president of Indian ancestry.

In the process, the extreme right-wing forces in the United States have grown rapidly, and their influence is far greater than that of the same period in history -- there are as many as 200 factions and organizations, large and small, and the largest "Black Army" and "Justice Alliance" have their own armed forces and bases, and even when they are in conflict with the National Guard, they will not fall behind.

Of course, this has not yet reached the point of subverting the democracy of the United States.

The greater influence is mainly reflected in the fact that this experience has led to a more right-leaning policy in all aspects of the United States, and a greater transformation from a "laissez-faire small government" to a "big government that actively regulates and controls."

After taking over the mess, Democrats not only enacted the National Labor Relations Act to protect people's rights, but also expanded the size and powers of the Federal Reserve.

In addition, in order to reverse the dire situation as soon as possible, the Democrats have taken a quick effect -- continuing to issue huge amounts of public debt and vigorously expanding armaments.

According to the National Security Force Revitalization Act, which was passed by a large vote, the size of the army will be increased by 110 percent, and the army air force will be expanded by 60 percent.

The second Vincennes Act add-on will not only increase the size of the existing naval fleet by 25 percent, but also add an additional $1.4 billion in appropriations; It also brings the total number of combat aircraft in the Navy to 4,000, and the allocation plan for aviation forces is $50 million.

As a result, 2 battleships, 1 aircraft carrier, 23 destroyers, 7 submarines, 4 supply ships, and 2 tugboats were immediately added to the construction plan.

Iron and steel mills, shipyards, machine shops, garment factories...... The major factories with abundant orders have ushered in batch after batch of workers, and the North American continent is in full swing.

The gloom of depression is lifting, but the clouds of war are looming.

On the first day of June, it was a rainy day with dark clouds, lightning and thunder.

"The Ministry of War ordered that the 2nd and 3rd armies in Japan, and the 4th armies, which were about to arrive, should strictly enforce military discipline and put an end to all acts of reprisal. Patrols in non-critical areas may be organized by the Defence Forces themselves. Martial law areas must strictly arrange checkpoint posts, and road guides must be verified from now on. Obey it."

As the main resistance to the hundreds of troops was broken one by one, the resistance movement that was in full swing for a while came to a standstill, and the turbulent Dongying Islands finally calmed down a lot.

In order to avoid the resurgence of the resistance, the imperial court reiterated its demand for an occupation policy, and the rent and tax cuts were well received.

In areas under martial law where there is strong opposition and resistance is still active, the "pass-by-ticket" policy has also been temporarily implemented.

A new garrison was about to arrive, and the Second and Third Armies, which had been here for months, were in full of anger and resentment.

At the same time, the order to force the garrison to stop countering violence with violence was eagerly adopted by the Ministry of War and quickly issued as an order.

Everyone knows what to do, but no one wants to take the initiative.

Officials who openly wrote letters suggesting that military discipline be imposed were besieged in all directions, from public opinion to daily life, without exception. His mansion was stoned and rotten eggs thrown, and his daughter was isolated by her classmates, who ridiculed her for being a born of soft bones.

Under pressure from the outside world, the criminal department asked for a transfer in the matter, and it was quickly approved, and then he took his family to Yili (Yili) to take office.

This matter was actually hinted at by the emperor, and was this person who took the initiative to take on this unflattering errand for personal ambition or national righteousness? In the past, after a few years, people forgot about it, and he would return to the capital again, and he could be promoted quickly; After that, at least my heart is calm and calm.

However, none of this matters, what matters is the possibility that Japan's situation will be resolved.

The emperor himself was extremely dissatisfied with this - no one managed to solve the trivial matters, whether it was Xiao Yiyi or Temptation, there were always a few people in the huge court who could talk and do things, but no big man did this, and in the end, he had to take action personally, and it was really embarrassing to say it.

So he has already begun to consider who should be the new prime minister in several candidates, and Zhu Liqi and Zhu Lingjing will inevitably be reprimanded.

"Alright, it's almost time to pack up, Move! Make room for the defending allies. ”

"Yes."

At the regular meeting of the 1st Marine Regiment, Zhou Changfeng announced the order of the preparation squad to the officers, and everyone's expressions were visibly relaxed.

In this special military operation, the 1st Marine Regiment was unlucky and lucky.

The unfortunate thing is that after the initial landing, it was met with the strongest resistance head-on; Fortunately, the officers and men of the 1st Marine Regiment spent most of their time in the Tokyo city being at ease compared to other friendly troops who rushed to pursue the Resistance in the mountains, and it can be said that the officers and men of the 1st Marine Regiment who spent most of their time in the city of Tokyo were too nourishing.

Four days later, the 22nd Infantry Division of the Army, which was organized in Shaozhou Prefecture, went ashore at the wharf, and the 65th Regiment came to take over the defense.

"Hey, Zhou Kexing, Zhou Kexing, fortunately, I really admire the name for a long time."

"Don't dare to be."

The head of the 65th regiment, who spoke with a Cantonese accent, was extremely enthusiastic, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, handing over various matters while eating.

In this way, the officers and men of the 1st Marine Regiment began to line up outside the garrison, preparing to go to the dock to board the ship.

In order to pass the time on the road, Xiao Li bought several newspapers and periodicals.

Zhou Changfeng didn't pay attention at first, and when the fleet was already halfway through, he had the leisure to flip through the Nature and Science journals—he had bought every issue of the year so far in order not to miss it.

Flip through it from beginning to end to see if there are any words you want. Unexpectedly, when he flipped through Nature, he actually saw the words uranium, nuclear, and fission.

Really?! It can't be a blind eye, right?!

Zhou Changfeng only felt that his heart was lifted, and he held his breath and looked at each line word by word. It was difficult to peruse because of the existence of some physics terms, but after reading the first paragraph, he was sure that this was indeed the discovery of nuclear fission, half a year earlier than in history.

The reason for this is uncertain, and there are too many variables – either because of the contributions of the physicists of the Ming Dynasty, or because of the changes in the world line that Liser Meitner was not persecuted and not separated from Otto Hahn.

He breathed a long sigh of relief and looked out the porthole at the vast expanse of the sea, full of thoughts.

The indicator light flashed, the centripetal compressed explosives detonated instantly, the dazzling white light enveloped the heavens and the earth, and the black-red mushroom cloud rose into the sky......

Every minute and every second of the rest of the voyage was tormenting, and more than a day seemed as long as a month.

After the fleet arrived in Haizhou, Zhou Changfeng immediately set off to return to Beijing, seeing that he was so eager, Xie Wancheng and Yao Liangchuan thought that something had happened to his wife.

At about six o'clock that night, the sunset had just touched the horizon, and the small plane carrying him slowly landed on the runway of Takahashi Airport.

He was hesitant to write a letter to the military department first, but in the end he gave up and drove straight to the princess's mansion.

It's dark this day, why are you in such a hurry?

As a family order, Fang Shu personally received Zhou Changfeng and made people serve tea.

He asked suspiciously: "I remember that your ministry is about to return to China, when are you in such a hurry?" ”

The latter gulped a whole glass of water and muttered: "The matter itself is not in a hurry, the main thing is that I am personally more anxious, um... This is a major discovery. ”

"Oh, that's it, wait a minute, Your Highness will be there soon......"

"What a major discovery." A leisurely female voice floated from the side.

Fang Shujun and Zhou Changfeng subconsciously stood up at the same time and turned to the direction where the sound came from.

Zhu Lingjing, who was dressed in a light blue woven gold satin robe, walked slowly, her eyes jumped a few times on Zhou Changfeng's body, and then sat down on the chair beside her.

Although I had thought of the wording and simulated it in my mind many times before, I was still a little incoherent at this time.

Zhou Changfeng pointed to the open volume of the journal "Nature" on the desk and said: "Your Highness, this issue has published an article about nuclear splitting, and heavy atomic nuclei can be split!" ”

I don't know much English, so I can't read it if you point it to me.

Zhu Lingjing, who felt a little inexplicable, glanced at the journal and asked calmly, "Then what?" What do you think of? ”

Zhou Changfeng, whose eyes were full of excitement, took a deep breath and said, "They found that the uranium nucleus splits under the neutron impact and releases new neutrons at the same time, during which there will be a significant mass loss, and this reaction will continue one after another. ”

You can't explain it clearly!

Zhu Lingjing was silent, thinking about what he had just said, and then focused her attention on the words "quality loss".

She took a sip from her teacup, raised her eyes, and said, "Are you thinking that these masses will be converted into energy according to the mass-energy equation?" ”

1. Yesterday, I was thinking about whether to change the follow-up plot, and I was a little entangled, and then I thought about drawing the military flag for a while, but there was no result. That's probably it for the flag, choose one of the three.

2. Push the book.

(End of chapter)