Salem and Portland, two rival cities, are both famous for their heavy industry development, and the industry is seriously homogeneous, and the competition between them is also very fierce.

Portland has a strong focus on agricultural machinery and ancillary and machine tool manufacturing, while Salem focuses on the steel, petrochemical and fertilizer industries.

In addition, Salem has natural superior seaport conditions, and is a regional transportation hub city, with very developed sea, rail and road transportation, and close connection to Seattle in the north and Sacramento, Chang'an and other major cities in the south.

Therefore, in the competition of cities, it always presses Portland, the provincial capital, which makes Portland always linger.

After entering 1859, in the new round of construction boom promoted by the Tang Kingdom, a number of heavyweight construction projects have settled in Salem, including but not limited to the world's cutting-edge fertilizer factory, the advanced steel base using the open-hearth smelting method, the world's first thermal power station planned to be built, the construction of a new 10,000-ton merchant ship wharf and ore wharf, and dozens of new agricultural machinery factories and supporting factories settled in the city, thus promoting the rapid development of Salem's urban population and urban construction. Everywhere there is a big construction site that is under construction.

The rapid development momentum in the new year has allowed Salem to gradually widen the gap between Salem and Portland in the city competition, leading more and more.

Because of its abundance of cherries, it is known as "Cherry Town".

Although it is in a leading position in the competition of cities, the relative disadvantages are also obvious.

Hundreds of tall chimneys from the outskirts of Salem to the bay are spewing thick black smoke day and night due to heavy industrial pollution, and the black ash wafting from the smoke casts a gray color over the whole city, the streets are gray, the houses are gray, and even the flowers that bloom on the roadside are gray.

Fortunately, this is a coastal city, and depending on the season, strong sea breezes can blow a large amount of industrial smoke inland or into the vast Pacific Ocean, greatly reducing the impact of environmental pollution.

Richard felt choked on the air after living here for a few days, and was no longer in the mood to explore the city, and soon stepped on the train to Portland.

Portland, the capital of the province of Oregon, is located at the mouth of the Willamady River where it joins the Columbia River, and was originally the core town of the British-ruled Oregon region, and the estuary was easily accessible by British sailboats, which contributed to the further prosperity of the area.

With the development of modern shipbuilding, steam iron ships have become larger and deeper, and tens of thousands of tons of ships have been unable to enter the Columbia River, and Portland's maritime center has been replaced by Salem, which is a rather regrettable thing.

In 1847, the newly established Tang Kingdom and the United Kingdom divided the border, and the entire Oregon region and the Vancouver Peninsula in the north were all included in the territory of the Tang Kingdom, which also ushered in a new development opportunity.

Portland's climate has four distinct seasons, with annual rainfall about the same level as Yangzhou's, with an average of 1,100 millimeters per year, and is widely known for its abundance of roses, which can be seen everywhere on the city's streets and in residents' gardens.

Since Portland's economy is more machine-oriented, the environment is much less polluted, and the clear sky allows you to see the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and the lush trees bring more greenery and vitality to the city.

Compared with Salem, Portland's development momentum in the new year is much weaker, and it is predictable that the economy and population will be greatly surpassed, which makes the local provincial government officials very frustrated, and it feels like a dog.

After working hard for more than half a year and spending an unknown amount of effort to lobby the royal government, the peaches were finally picked by Salem, isn't this making wedding clothes for others?

In fact, Portland's development is still remarkable, with the city and its inland townships boasting vast forests and pastures, as well as a well-developed agriculture and pasture, with cattle breeding being the backbone of the state's pastoral industry, with more than 200,000 head of corrals.

Oregon is also an excellent horse breeding land, the number of wild horses in the mountains and jungles is not less than 5~60,000, the number of excellent horses in captivity is about 130,000, and there are hundreds of large and medium-sized horse farms.

After the founding of the country, in order to deal with the imminent American invasion, when Richard was preparing to build the cuirassiers, he imported up to 6~7,000 Suffolk horses from the British Oregon region, thus forming three strong combat cuirassier regiments, which made great contributions to the kingdom through the most dangerous moment.

Now that the army has been massively expanded to form cavalry divisions, the pure-blooded Suffolk horses produced in the Oregon region are the favorite of the cavalry, and there is no one.

There are large areas of undeveloped virgin forest outside Portland, and wild brown bears often come to the city, often turning into a meal.

The owner of the restaurant does not mind shooting a brown bear, bear bile can be sold for at least a few tens of yuan, bear paw is also the favorite high-end food of Chinese customers, bear meat is a game that ordinary customers like to taste, bear skin will not be wasted, all are treasures.

Richard enjoyed the wild environment, and during his stay in Portland, he went out hunting several times, and the Royal Janissary Guard's entourage teamed up with the Special Operations Unit to clear up and stop an assassination plot against His Majesty, capturing 17 people and killing 6 of them.

This is the 26th assassination that Richard has encountered since he was crowned king.

Since the assassins planned to operate in Riverbend, the event was named "Riverbend Assassination".

After the publication of the "Eucalyptus in the River Bend", the 17 participants who were captured confessed to the evidence and the evidence was conclusive, and judicial proceedings were soon initiated, and the assassins will be tried in public.

Along with the disclosure of the details of the "Riverbend assassination case", there was a habitual criminal David Wallace who had participated in the planning of the assassination of the king many times before, and he was instructed by Charles, an official of the US Department of Justice, to hire some adventurers and bounty gunmen to plan the assassination of His Majesty the king.

This time, the public opinion of the Tang Kingdom has exploded.

Under the agitation, many Chinese people even committed some irrational behaviors, openly beating and insulting those suspected old white people in the north of the United States on the street, and even dozens of shootings, all of which were aimed at old white people in the north.

At a time when the "Riverbend Assassination" intensified, His Majesty the King was forced to make a public speech in Portland;

He called on the people of the whole country to be calm, and the spearhead of hatred can only be directed at the real northern elders, and not to expand the harm to innocents, nor to harm the white people who live in it legally. They are all an inseparable part of the Tang Kingdom and contribute their wisdom and wisdom to the development of the kingdom......

May 5 at 10 a.m

The military officially released an earth-shattering news, just in the early hours of this morning, the four field divisions under the Central Military Region of the Tang Kingdom waved their troops south, and the troops were divided into three routes to take Tijuana, Mexicali and other cities, and they are currently fighting fiercely.

meanwhile

The Marines landed in La Paz, an important port city in southern Tijuana, and launched a military operation against U.S. forces in the area, which will be eliminated as soon as possible and rule over La Paz will be established.

The above-mentioned military operations

It is a frontal and tough response by the military of the Tang Kingdom to the reckless actions of the US federal government, and the sacred royal power cannot be offended, and those who dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool will be dealt a heavy blow.

After the Tang Kingdom fully occupies Tijuana, it will exercise full rule over it, and after the approval of the Parliament, accept the state as a province in the southern part of the Tang Kingdom.

The military department made it clear;

This is a positive response to the American Federation of Offensive Divine Monarchy, you want war, we will give you war.

Your Majesty has said; Ming Fan Tang Empire, although thousands of miles will be punished!

The military's sonorous and powerful response was really uplifting, and various cities in the Tang Kingdom broke out in a warm atmosphere of parades and lion and dragon dances, and many veterans who had participated in the war wore badges at the front of the parade, shouting;

"The divine kingship is not to be offended, destroy the old Americans, and seize Tijuana."

"Support the king, be loyal to His Majesty, and be loyal to the Tang Kingdom."

"Those who clearly offend the Tang Empire will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away."

"Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

Public opinion and public sentiment were boiling over the war in the South, and with the news of the victory of La Paz, Tijuana, and Mexicali, the country was plunged into a sea of joy.

These inspiring victories greatly boosted the national pride of the people of the Kingdom, strengthened the cohesion and identity of the country, and His Majesty the King and the army were more widely recognized and respected, and their prestige soared......

The successful inclusion of Tijuana was just a small test, and the four field divisions performed quite well in the battle, but also exposed a lot of problems, and the overall score was 80.

This 80 points is based on the ace troops with strong combat effectiveness in the Tang Kingdom, rather than the standard of cannon fodder in the old American Civil War.

In this battle, the 48,000 elite troops of the Tang Kingdom went south, and 5,200 marines landed across the sea, and it took only 4 and a half days to completely annihilate 13,700 local defenders (including more than 7,500 militiamen), crushing the past with thunder, and achieving a crisp and neat victory.

First, it was to deter the enemy, second, it was to test the results of the training of the new troops in actual combat, and third, it was natural to include Tijuana, a ripe fruit, and all three achieved the expected goals.

The whole of Tijuana is like an elongated French bread, and its south is close to California, the most prosperous and developed state of the Tang Kingdom, and only a few dozen kilometers away from Palm Springs.

There are only three important cities in Tijuana, two of which are located not far from the southern border of the Tang Kingdom, namely Tijuana and Mexicali, the capital of the state, which are also the old fortified cities of the United States.

In fact

When the troops of the Tang Kingdom pressed the border, they only experienced less serious resistance to fully occupy these two cities, and as an enclave hanging overseas, Tijuana did not have the will and strength to resist the southward army at all.

The United States always wants to use this enclave to contain and influence the Tang Kingdom, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

The only important town in the south of the state is La Paz, a seaside city bordering the Channel, more than 1,200 kilometers from Tijuana and Mexicali, in the southernmost part of the state.

With no roads connecting the south and north of Tijuana, the distance of more than 1,200 kilometers between the two places is filled with mountains and pristine wilderness.

Therefore, the task of attacking and capturing the coastal city of La Paz fell to the naval fleet.

La Paz has a long history, but it is only a seaside city with a population of more than 16,000 people, with 720 American soldiers and more than 1,500 militiamen.

The whole process was as easy as eating and drinking, and a total of 337 US soldiers were killed and wounded in the battle, 1,771 were taken prisoner, and more than 100 others were missing.

It is estimated that the US soldiers took advantage of the chaos to change into civilian clothes or the white militia and fled back to their homes, which is also a helpless thing.

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