"The majesty of the Tang Empire cannot be provoked, and the military must make a resolute and powerful response. Immediately prepare for an expeditionary strike fleet to carry out punitive strikes against the pirates. Richard made a decisive decision, and then said;" That's right...... Don't forget to bring the British together, and then see if the French are interested, how lively are they! ”

His Majesty's words made the ministers under the throne smile knowingly.

Marshal Pan Hengchen, Chief of Staff of the Navy, stood up from the queue, clasped his hands into fists and saluted;

"Your Majesty, the Admiralty obeys the will unconditionally.

It is expected that the two ships "Hurricane" and "Vicious Wind" will be the leading ships, and will be accompanied by a number of "Qiuyue"-class ironclad destroyers with better ocean-going navigation performance to form an expeditionary strike formation.

Once you've prepared accordingly, you'll be ready to go in two weeks.

However, the navy has undertaken the task of desert expedition after the beginning of spring, and if it sends marine troops to the Dongying Islands again, I am afraid that the strength will be tight for a while and a half, and it will be difficult to cope with the simultaneous use of troops from both sides.

With the current strength of the Royal Navy

Only one Marine Corps regiment can be dispatched in the direction of the Dongying Islands, with a total strength of no more than 2,200 people. ”

The Royal Navy is different from the Army, although the Marine Corps under its command has now expanded to more than 26,000 troops, but one of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Marine Divisions (formerly the 104th Red Rock Valley Division) has as many as 15,000 troops, and excluding the Panama Coast Garrison Regiment, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hawaii, New York, Hampton, New Orleans and other important port naval base garrisons, in fact, no more than 2,500 people can be used for mobile operations.

I was able to get 2,200 people out of it, and I really did my best.

When Emperor Richard heard this, he thought it made sense, so he turned his head to look at Marshal Dai Changfu, chief of staff of the army, and Duke Harry Fletsch, only to see these two old men looking at their noses and noses, and bowing their heads and saying nothing as if they were nothing, obviously pretending to be stupid.

Today's Royal Army Staff Headquarters is strong, with a total of five dukes, in addition to the two bigwigs mentioned above

General Chen Chuan, deputy chief of staff of the army and commander of the Northern Military Region, and a first-class Rongguo Gong, has been in Chicago for a long time, responsible for the garrison of the vast areas of the 13 northern provinces.

General Tian Mantun, deputy chief of staff of the army and commander of the Southern Military Region, and commander of the Southern Military Region, has been in Mexico City for a long time, responsible for the garrison of a vast area of the 16 southern provinces.

General Fan Pengju, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of the Command in the United States, and Minister of the United States of America, was in charge of fulfilling the obligations of the victorious powers and imposing military occupation of the United States of America together with Britain until it had fulfilled its war reparation obligations.

Beyond that

General Harry Fledge, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, is also the commander of the Central Military District, which covers nine provinces, including the Northern Province, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Tijuana.

Therefore, the headquarters of the Central Military Region and the army staff headquarters are not far away, and they are also on Danfengmen Street, and the court meeting held by the palace also participated.

The commander of the overseas military region is Lieutenant General Lei Jueshen, who is based in Panama City, covering Panama, Costa Rica, Paradise Island, Alaska, and other places.

After the end of the North American War in early 1861, the army carried out a large-scale downsizing and retirement, and the total strength was directly cut in half from 830,000 at its peak, and now there are only more than 440,000 left, of which half of the troops under the command of the commander in the United States are occupied.

According to the plan

Between 80,000 and 82,000 people will be retired this year, and the total number of troops will be reduced to more than 360,000 (not including the 100,000 Royal Guards), and it will be further reduced next year.

The Royal Government's drastic reduction of troops and budget has increased the allocation of funds for the Royal Navy, which has made the senior generals of the Army General Staff Headquarters extremely unhappy, and they have been holding a grudge in their chests for a long time, but they have been forcibly pressed by His Majesty.

The armament budget is very tight, and the Royal Navy can build one less main ironclad ship, so the army can retain one more Class-A field division.

Seeing that they didn't pick up, Emperor Richard could only name them and said; "Fretch Aiqing, which of the divisions that the War Department plans to reduce in the near future is suitable for the Royal Navy?"

Being named by His Majesty, Duke Harry Fletsch could no longer continue to pretend to be stupid, he peeked at Marshal Dai Changfu next to him, and saw that he did not show any expression without moving, so he stood up hard, clasped his fists and saluted;

"Back to Your Majesty's inquiry;

Weichen thought that the 206th Division under the Central Military Region was acceptable, and the division had gone through 10 battles in the North American War, experienced the siege of Kansas, and made many meritorious contributions in the Battle of Baltimore.

The 206th Division was originally a B-level framework division of the Central Military Region, which was supplemented and upgraded during the North American War, and the whole division performed well.

If the Royal Navy is transferred as a whole, this division is more suitable. ”

Admiral Harry Freych's recommendation of the troops under the Central Military Region is also selfish, seeing that the reduction of armaments is the trend of the times, every field division is the meat of the heart that has been painstakingly built, and it is reluctant to give up anyone to fight for the empire in the wind and rain.

Instead of planting it, it is better to leave an incense stick for the Royal Navy.

Emperor Richard is naturally indispensable, he stands at the highest peak of the entire empire, and the perspective of looking at the problem is naturally impossible to be the same as the commanders of the army staff headquarters, even if it is transferred to the Royal Navy, it is also the military force of the Tang Empire.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, no different.

"But, then the War Department and the Admiralty will complete the overall handover procedures as soon as possible, Pan Aiqing, how will the Navy be used after this unit is in hand?" Emperor Richard directly clapped the decision, turned his head and asked again.

Marshal Pan Hengchen was already unable to hide his joy at this moment, and replied with a smile;

"Your Majesty;

When the division is transferred to the Royal Navy, it will be given a formal establishment to the Royal Marine Division 2, with the headquarters of the 2nd Division and a regiment stationed in Oak Bay Harbour to strengthen the garrison in the area.

The 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division is stationed in Seattle, which has been an important northern military port of the Royal Navy, and has always been weakly defended, and the 2nd Regiment needs to be strengthened after the recent completion of the coastal defense battery.

The 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Division was stationed in Tijuana, which served as an important barrier to the Port of Los Angeles and was originally not garrisoned by the Royal Navy, which was now able to fill this gap.

The 4th and 5th regiments of the 2nd Division and the artillery regiment, as a joint mobile combat force, can join the expeditionary strike formation, so that we can use 8,000 troops, which is enough to severely punish the Fuso Islands and publicize the military might of our empire.

Wechen Project;

After this battle, the 4th and 5th regiments of the 2nd Division and the artillery regiment could be stationed on Amami Oshima and Naha Port for a long time, so as to deter the Japanese slaves in the Fuso Islands by force and not rashly infringe on the territorial integrity of the Ryukyu Kingdom. ”

After a moment's thought, Richard nodded in agreement; "But it's a good move."

Generally speaking

The transoceanic expeditions are military operations that cost a lot of money, so it is not appropriate to use force to punish the Fuso Islands in a big way, and it is more appropriate to control the total number of troops below 10,000 people, which not only demonstrates the national prestige, but also controls the cost.

The same is true for the southward expedition to the Kingdom of Patagonia, where the Tang Empire sent a total of about 30,000 troops, which could control the cost of the war to a low degree and not burden the kingdom's finances.

The mobilization of the Volunteer People's Army to participate in the southward conquest was also for the purpose of controlling the total military expenditure. Because the war of conquest and the subsequent activities such as the establishment of settlements and towns, reclamation, colonization, and defense will be a long-term investment, and mobilizing the civil forces to participate in it will save time, effort, and cost.

Of course, it is cost-effective to give away some land rights, because these new colonists always have to pay taxes and always consume, which is equivalent to opening up another piece of overseas wealth for the Tang Empire, and they will not suffer a loss.

This Imperial Council

The discussion focused on several major issues of the desert expedition, one was the establishment of ports and towns, one was the arrangement of the civilian army, one was the response to the anxieties of the Argentine and Chilean governments, and the other was the dispatch of civil officials.

As for the setting up of ports and towns, this is related to the success or failure of this desert expedition.

It is planned to set up more than 10 coastal port towns in three years, which will serve as a springboard for the army and armed forces to penetrate deep into the interior and launch bases for attacks, and will also exist as a logistical transit point, which will have a major impact on the results of the desert expedition.

This kind of big thing can only be done by the power of the empire, and the colonial ministry has a lot of experience in this field, and the colonization of Paradise Island is a typical example of building a city and a prosperous society from scratch, which is very worthy of reference.

The work of selecting the relevant town site has come to an end, and the advance team sent earlier has already inspected the coast of South America, selected suitable sites for the construction of ports and towns, and only needs to transport a large number of construction materials to start a vigorous construction boom.

Needless to say, the labor is sourced from local sources.

The establishment of the Tang Empire is a history of blood and tears of bloody oppression of indigenous peoples, and with a wealth of experience in this area, almost every qualified colonial official knows what to do.

Without him, only familiar hands.

However, the empire was quite cautious in controlling public opinion, and did not allow the publication of relevant articles and books, nor the recording of relevant colonial repression, nor the leakage of the situation in places such as the labor camps and mines, nor did it have any relevant materials.

Seriously, many of the mines where Aboriginal slave convicts are concentrated don't even have rosters.

How many people came in, how many people died each year because of the hard hard labor, no one can say clearly, it is a completely confused account.

For several years

Due to the sharp reduction of the labor force in the mines, the output of the major mines has been seriously affected, and they have to dig out the hollow to introduce rail mining cars and machinery and equipment to enhance labor efficiency and save labor.

It has been 17 years since the establishment of the empire, and there are very few indigenous slave prisoners who can still be active in the first line of railway construction and mines, all of which add up to less than 75,000~80,000 people, many of whom are still prisoners of the rape section, and none of them belong to half of the indigenous Indians.

In a few years, I am afraid it will be extinct.

"Huh...... Argentina still has time to express anxiety, is the Paraguayan problem they are facing solved? Richard asked, with a faint smile on his lips.

60s of the 19th century

Argentina has a total population of more than 1.5 million, Brazil has a population of more than 10 million, and Paraguay has a population of just over 400,000.

With a total area of 8.51 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America, but due to the corruption of the upper aristocracy, internal contradictions, weak national cohesion, and weak military strength.

Argentina, which is dominated by descendants of white Spanish immigrants, is slightly better, but the internal contradictions between Buenos Aires and other provinces are acute, with one side wanting to establish a central power state, and the other side wanting to establish a joint provincial state with a large degree of autonomy over each province to avoid being seized dominance by the province of Buenos Aires.

Paraguay is the richest and most powerful country in South America, not only has developed agriculture, but also introduced technology from Europe and the Tang Kingdom to establish many factories, armed the army, and the people are generally rich and cohesive, and its military strength should not be underestimated.

Important:

Paraguay has very tense relations with Brazil and Argentina, and as a landlocked country, Paraguay has always wanted to have access to the sea, a desire that has been suppressed by Brazil and Argentina, and the tripartite dispute continues.

Speaking of Argentina's troubles, all the ministers in the room laughed.

Everybody knows

Argentina does not have a good relationship with its neighbors, having just fought a war with Venezuela a few years ago, but fortunately won it, and ceded a large piece of land from Venezuela.

Today, relations with Paraguay to the north and the Mapuche to the south are hostile, and relations with Chile, its neighbor to the west, are tense.

In particular, the Mapuche people are not weak, and if it weren't for the fact that Argentina has more advanced weapons and has a higher overall combat effectiveness, they should be worried about the invasion of the Kingdom of Patagonia.

In the original history

After settling the troubles of their neighbors, the Argentines launched their second desert expedition 15 years later, which completely eliminated the enemy of the Kingdom of Patagonia and extended their southern territory to Tierra del Fuego.

Now, there is definitely no such opportunity.

The Tang Empire doesn't care about the voice of a weak person, oh...... By the way, even if Argentina and Chile are two weak people join forces to speak out, it is also useless.

The rise of the Tang Empire was based on the suppression and destruction of more than a dozen countries, and all the stumbling blocks would be kicked away in the empire's journey to greatness.

If Argentina or Chile can clearly realize this, then there is still salvation.

Otherwise, only after being beaten over and over again can we understand the ironclad truth that the majesty of the Tang Empire cannot be provoked.

For example, the current United States of America is very well-behaved, which shows that such an approach is very effective and deserves further promotion.

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