Two consecutive defeats in the Western Expedition, coupled with the 6,000 cavalry of the Tang Kingdom rushing out of the Colorado Plateau at the beginning of the year, frantically ravaged the northwestern states of the United States, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska were devastated.

The original stable social environment was greatly damaged, and the local people were panicked, which became the soft underbelly of the federal government under strong criticism from the opposition parties and public opinion, which greatly weakened the positive impact of the victory in the Southern War, and the reputation was mixed.

Nowadays, the US federal government is afraid of the Tang Kingdom, especially in Mexico.

The war against the Tang Kingdom has been being prepared, but the sudden "Northwest State War" at the beginning of the year caught the US federal government off guard, causing the rhythm of the entire war preparation to be disrupted.

Now

After the fourth all-out war mobilization, the US Government has once again abundant its troops, and is doing everything possible to allocate materials and step up the production of new weapons and equipment in preparation for the upcoming war.

In terms of weapons, the United States is stepping up the development and production of 20-pound and 30-pound Paltrow cannons as siege weapons against the fortified fortresses of the Tang Kingdom, and will produce sample cannons for testing in the near future.

The plan to develop and produce new weapons for cavalry-style revolvers and heavy machine guns has never been abandoned, and American-style cavalry-style revolvers have been mass-produced and installed, and gratifying progress has been made.

However, the heavy machine gun project is full of difficulties, especially the development of copper-shelled ammunition.

After the disastrous defeat in the "Northwest War in the Northwest State" at the beginning of the year, the third western expedition, which was originally scheduled to be launched in early March, was forced to be postponed to a certain day in August~September.

The war was postponed, not canceled.

The reason why no specific time has been determined is that Lieutenant General Arthur Temple of the General Staff of the US Federal Continental Army considered the strength and difficulty of the Tang Kingdom, and planned to transfer experienced American generals and troops to join the Western Expedition after breaking through Mexico City and ending the war in the south, and mobilize heavy troops and elite soldiers to destroy the Tang Kingdom in one fell swoop.

It can be said that this time the US federal government is really ruthless, and wants to eradicate this stinky and hard little kingdom in the west at any cost.

It is the natural mission of the American Federation to unify the vast American continent, and the 11 presidents of the United States since its founding have all fought for this noble goal.

From the outbreak of the war to the present day

The U.S. federal government is already saddled with a government deficit of $170 million, which is an extremely heavy financial burden for the United States, whose gross national product is only $1 billion.

The reason why President Polk is obsessed with this is that on the surface it is an illusory and divine mission of the United States, but in fact, it has extremely deep practical significance.

War can eliminate internal contradictions to the greatest extent.

President Polk clearly recognized;

If a foreign war is not waged, the internal contradictions in the United States will inevitably tear apart the Union, and the possibility of civil war will increase dramatically.

In today's American society

The white manor owners in the South, who owned a large number of black slaves, dominated the majority of members of Congress and were the mainstream of American political life.

The boom in the cotton trade prompted the southern slave states to urgently expand the slave trade and lower tariffs in order to earn more wealth.

On the above issues

The political forces in the northern states, dominated by factory owners and capitalists, strongly demanded the implementation of a policy of high tariffs to prevent the dumping of products from the developed industrial countries of Europe and sabotage the development of domestic industry.

On the other hand, due to the urgent need for labor shortage, the Northern States called for the "abolition of black slavery".

Such demands have seriously hurt the core interests of the white lord of the South and caused the contradictions between the North and the South to be acute, and have reached an irreconcilable and serious antagonism.

It is impossible for the United States to repeat the "enclosure movement" that took place in Britain, so the capitalists in the north set their sights on the black slaves in the south, not because of the impulse to fight for the human rights of the black slaves, but because of the drive of real interests.

In the original history

After the unprecedented victory of the Northern regime in the Civil War, the abolitionist movement was smoothly implemented, which gave the South a steady stream of black labor, injected new vitality into the economy, and allowed rapid industrial development.

However, black people rejoiced, and the human rights and equality of black people remained on paper until a hundred years later.

on the Colorado Plateau

"Your Majesty opens the sickle!"

A high-pitched and melodious shout came out, causing the mountains to shout like a tsunami, and the endless wheat fields on the plateau were rolling in waves, and the heavy ears of wheat were full and solid, a scene of a bumper harvest.

King Richard harvested a bunch of ears of wheat with a scythe, and he presided over the "opening ceremony" with a joyful smile on his face. The people on the side of the highway cheered loudly, and they went into the wheat fields, raised their sickles, and began to harvest.

The "Sickle Opening Ceremony" is an extremely important ceremony in the Tang Kingdom, and everyone from Denver to the Indian Valley, except for the soldiers who are responsible for guarding the duty, everyone else has to help with the harvest.

More than 100,000 people went into battle together, and the scene was huge.

Richard looked at all this with a relieved expression, the joy of a good harvest surging in his heart, and the smile on his face was irrepressible.

After more than a year of construction, Denver has not only become an outpost of the kingdom's garrison, but also developed into the largest grain base, rich in wheat, oats, sorghum, potatoes, rice, soybeans and various vegetables, and its scale is so large that it can supply the needs of the entire kingdom.

Last September's harvest of potatoes and oats was so large that even though some of the wine was used for winemaking, a lot of grain was still spoiled and had to be discarded because it had been stored for a long time.

However, due to the rapid population growth of San Francisco, Los Angeles and other places, they need to import grain from Central America, and Rio Rancho Fortress and Gallup Fortress do not have basic agricultural production conditions due to their location in the Gobi Desert area, and grain and vegetables also need to be imported from the outside world.

This is exactly the case

At the end of 1846, the Pacific Railway Company of the Tang Kingdom was formally established, and the royal family invested 1.2 million US dollars to occupy 70% of the shares, and the rest of the shares were open to subjects and foreign capital, and soon completed all capital raising.

Among them, British capital accounted for 17% of the shares, and a group of military and political officials and businessmen in the Tang Kingdom ate the remaining share.

The construction of the railway began in early 1847, starting from Los Angeles, passing west through Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Gallup and other towns, and lasted 7 months to arrive at Rio Rancho Town, with a total length of about 1,220 kilometers, and has been fully completed at present.

This section of the railway is called the "Western Railway", and the railway passes through plains and hills, mountains, the Grand Canyon, the desert and the long Gobi, and the roadbed along the way is solid and flat, and it is less difficult to lay the railway.

The Tang Kingdom invested 8,700 Indian slave prisoners and more than 3,500 Chinese laborers to this end, and also set up a railway police regiment of more than 700 people to guard and supervise Indian prisoners.

At its peak

The Railroad Police Corps went out to capture and exterminate scattered Indian tribes, which numbered more than 12,000 Indian slave laborers until the railroad finally built Rio Rancho Fortress, leaving only about 8,700 Indian prisoners.

In addition to the harsh climate and high temperature in the desert and Gobi region along the way, there were also Indian slave convicts who were lazy, did not contribute to their work, and often absconded and were severely punished, resulting in a lot of attrition.

On average, about 6 kilometers of railway lines can be laid every day.

It should be noted that not all of the 15,000 people in the workforce are crammed on the six-kilometer railway line.

All about 15,000 people are distributed along the 1,220-kilometer railway construction, with 200~300 people as a labor camp, a total of 43 labor camps, each labor camp is equipped with more than 20 armed railway police, responsible for supervising labor and food distribution.

The tasks of each labor camp are different, some are responsible for building roadbeds, culverts, and bridges, and the number of people will be larger, while others will only be responsible for building roadbeds, and the number of people will be smaller.

On the entire railway line

Only in the Grand Canyon region is the Grand Canyon region that melts deep in the mountains each spring, bringing a large amount of flash flooding that rushes down and poses a serious threat to the railway line.

So, bridges and culverts need to be built on the beds of these seasonal rivers, more than 70 and 116 across the Grand Canyon alone.

On the floodplain river, the longest bridge needs to be built more than 160 meters, and the small culvert crossing the stream only takes a few meters, and the amount of construction varies greatly.

Most of these works are done by Chinese workers, who are hardworking, work efficiently, and have a heavy sense of responsibility, and are the best builders.

Laying rails is a relatively simple job, with two or three thousand workers working together, more than 20 kilometers of rails can be laid every day, and the maximum is close to 30 kilometers.

presently

The construction of the Western Railroad is already in its second phase, with more than 700 kilometers of rail from Rio Rancho Fortress to Denver.

Because this section of the railway is located in the desert Gobi region, there are only a dozen bridges and culverts, so the laying progress is very fast.

Richard transferred 4,200 people from Denver's hard labor to participate in the second phase of the Western Railroad, which was mainly responsible for the construction of the 280-kilometer section of the railroad from Denver to the south.

It is expected to be by the end of August

The second phase of the Western Railroad from Rio Rancho Fortress to Denver will be fully completed, which means that the nearly 2,000-kilometer-long Western Railroad project will be fully completed and officially put into use.

At that time

Grain, flour, soybeans, rice, liquor and beer, coal, timber, cement, and steel from the Colorado Plateau will continue to be imported into the Tang Kingdom through the railway line.

This will be a powerful revitalization of towns along the railway, maximizing the expansion of its development ceiling.

For example, Rio Rancho Fortress and Gallup Fortress are located in the Gobi Desert, and after solving the problem of food supply and building materials, they are bound to usher in a major development.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Milan, Flagstaff and other cities lacking agricultural and sideline products will usher in abundant supplies from now on, which will effectively guarantee the industrial development of these cities.

The mutual promotion of industry and agriculture is the way to achieve long-term economic stability.

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