After more than 40 years of ruling the imperial court, Emperor Richard has been labeled a dictator by the European kingdoms, a notion that is deeply ingrained and almost immutable.

Mainstream European society generally perceives;

His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire was an emperor with a strong desire for control and a penchant for expansion, and he was stoic and calculating, almost invulnerable.

He was a world-class strategist, an authentic leader of Great Huaxiaism, and a cold and ruthless treatment of his enemies.

Although there are many criticisms, no one will deny them;

His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire is the same unborn monarch as Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, a troubled hero who led the rise of the Chinese nation.

The most representative evaluation comes from the British Prime Ministers, who generally believed;

"We are dealing with a monarch with brilliant strategic sensitivity, who is domineering and cold-blooded, and who is on the right track......"

"Although he has been bothering London, we really can't leave the Tang ......"

"I have never met a monarch who has such a deep understanding of the international situation, except Her Majesty the Queen. He's like an experienced steppe wolf king, always very patient and hibernating, knowing that it's time to strike at the right time......"

"There is no doubt that His Majesty Richard, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is wise and sensitive, and he is a natural leader. Words and deeds always have a unique charm that is difficult to refuse, and the British Empire should be glad that he is a friend rather than an adversary......"

"Frankly, he's a tough opponent."

Sitting high on the throne, Emperor Richard personally wrote a reply to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, with a jade seal and a fire-lacquered seal stamped with the imperial coat of arms, in an intricately carved sandalwood box.

The details are known only to Her Majesty.

In 1890, Her Majesty Queen Victoria was 71 years old and at the end of her illustrious reign.

Compared with Victoria's aggressive global colonization movement in the early and mid-Victorian periods, Queen Victoria, who entered the end of her reign, was more conservative, more nostalgic, and more humane, like an old European grandmother.

Over the years

It has become a rule that some princes and grandsons of the royal family of the Tang Empire who went to Europe to study in Europe would always go to Buckingham Palace in London to meet Her Majesty.

Objectively speaking

Maintaining a close relationship between the British and Tang royal families was of great help to the Tang Empire, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria's friendly old feelings for the Tang Dynasty also directly affected the decision-making of Downing Street.

Slowly closing the wooden box, Emperor Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

This time the action in North America is indeed a bit big, but as long as the British are appeased, the backlash of the predominantly white European world will not be too strong, and it is basically within the range of bearing.

The massive military campaigns in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey have touched a sensitive nerve in the white world, and the effects will not fade easily for the next two or three decades.

Dead lips and cold teeth have been the same since ancient times.

At the end of the 19th century

The white world, dominated by European countries, will not care about the Tang Empire's brutal colonial repression of indigenous Indians, black African tribes, the old Spanish colonies in South America, or the Western Pacific Islands, but this does not include the traditional gathering areas of white immigrants in North America.

This is true of all three states, all of which have a history of colonization and development for at least 150 years, forming relatively dense and well-established white communities, and the local white people are inextricably linked to the original host country.

Therefore, after the military operation, the policy of restoring stability should be carried out with great caution, and it is advisable to implement a gradual approach of "boiling frogs in warm water" to slowly digest these important areas on the east coast.

With Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the Tang Empire completely opened up the continental passage connecting the east and west coasts of North America, and obtained the most convenient east coast port for exports to Europe.

Its political, military and economic significance is extraordinary, and it is worth the price.

In the opinion of Emperor Richard

Now that the pattern of North and South America is basically clear, the empire is more perfect than the strategic vision of the early years, and it has reached the final stage.

From the map of the empire

The Tang Empire dominated almost all of the Pacific coastline of North and Central America, and only Chile and Peru shared a small section.

It occupies more than 3,400 kilometers of the 14,400-kilometer-long Pacific coastline in South America, and the rest is in the pocket of the Tang Empire.

On the Atlantic side, the Tang Empire had a strong three-line access to the sea, with ports in the Great Lakes region at the northernmost point, and the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River in British Canada.

One of the most convenient transportation routes in the central part is the transcontinental railroad line, and in the east, the ports of destination for goods are New York, Port Jersey, Boston and Philadelphia, from which the vast Atlantic Ocean is reached.

The southern part can access the Atlantic Ocean through Houston on the Gulf of Mexico, the Nicaragua Canal, and the ports of New Orleans in the Mississippi Republic, establishing smooth and convenient regular trade and transportation routes.

True

Emperor Richard was very pleased with the present state of America, and the military occupation of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey went exceptionally well, and there was no stubborn resistance in any of them.

Of course, fierce fighting will not be absent, and there will be desperate resistance in a small area, but this is not about the big picture.

Emperor Richard is now accustomed to thinking from a strategic level and looking at problems from a high-level macro perspective. They don't care much about the loss of hundreds or thousands of people in a battle, and they don't pay much attention to the specific policy of governance.

At this point in time, there are only two questions in front of him;

One is how to annex and digest the three continents of North America, so as to raise the strength of the empire to a higher level, and consolidate and strengthen the absolute dominance of each North American region.

One is to consider how to dismember Chile in South America, thoroughly lay the pattern of South American countries, and usher in a period of stable development for a long time.

In the "Guano War" that broke out in May 1887, after two years of rookie pecking at each other, the alliance between Peru and Bolivia was defeated one after another, and the defeat was basically certain.

At this critical time

The Tang Empire brazenly intervened in the name of the "American Alliance" to forcefully mediate the "bird war" between the three South American countries competing for resources, and pressed the pause button, and it has been a year and a half now.

The formal inter-state mediation mechanism of the "United States Alliance" has been activated, and 11 rounds of peace talks have been held in Panama......

Everyone can see the partiality of the Tang Empire, and under the pretext of prohibiting the supply of war materials to belligerents, it imposed a comprehensive material embargo on Chile, which almost pushed this South American country, which is dominated by white Spanish descent, into the abyss from which it will never recover.

The country is heavily indebted, prices are soaring, food is in short supply, and large areas of people are dying of starvation in cities and villages.

Had it not been for the strong iron-fisted rule of the Chilean military junta, it would have collapsed completely.

On the other side

The South American Pacific Railway, which connects Peru and Bolivia, has sent a steady stream of supplies and munitions to the two South American countries.

Help them take advantage of the precious truce to reorganize their social order and army, and load their rich mineral resources on trains in exchange for much-needed money and food.

For almost a year and a half, Peru and Bolivia stabilized the social situation, and many retired officers of the Tang Empire were introduced to rearm and prepare to ignite the war again.

Inside and outside, the gap comes out.

Peru and Bolivia will have to fight the next war, and the imperial side will certainly not intervene, but will only influence the regional situation through financial and economic means, and will also affect the final direction of the war.

The aid of the Tang Empire was not gratuitous, and the huge war loans borrowed needed to be repaid with interest.

After the victory in the war

Peru and Bolivia will pay their debts either by dismembering Chile, by selling mineral resources, or by ceding Chilean territory, and the specifics will be discussed.

It didn't take long for South America to rekindle the flames......

Facing this situation

Britain and Germany, which have been helping Chile, have not been able to reverse the decline, let alone bring substantial help.

The main thing is that the embargo is too powerful and completely incomprehensible.

Chile is geographically located on the Pacific side of South America, and the inability to export copper fines to Europe through the Nicaragua Canal is tantamount to a death sentence for foreign trade.

The copper ore powder exported by itself cannot be transported, the urgently needed European materials cannot be transported in, and the country has been dragged by an economic crisis, and the bones and flesh are trapped, and it is not far from death.

Since the spring famine this year alone, the number of people starving to death in urban and rural areas has reached 5~60,000, and the wave of this great famine is still intensifying.

Although Chile still occupies a large part of the enemy's territory and is in a favorable position militarily, the situation at home is getting worse and worse, which greatly shakes the morale of the military.

General Francisco Antonio Pinto, President of Chile, announced to the nation;

"This year will be the most difficult year ever, and it will also be the most dangerous moment for the country and the nation to be in danger of life and death. The whole country must unite as one, unite as one, tide over the difficulties, and usher in the victory against imperialism......"

During more than three years of war

Chile's total population has dropped from more than 3.3 million before the war to less than 3 million, a large number of newborns have died in the terrible Great Famine, and the number of natural and unnatural deaths has increased several times.

No one is to blame for this, because the three South American countries wanted to settle their disputes with war, and no one was willing to back down.

Again, war is not a dangerous game that anyone can play.

In today's world power game

Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other powers in Europe generally recognized that the entire Americas and the Eastern Pacific region were the sphere of influence of the Tang Empire, a proper backyard.

It is the result of the unremitting efforts of the Tang Empire in domestic and foreign affairs for more than 40 years, and it is also a brilliant achievement that Emperor Richard is most proud of.

Flipping through the folds on the imperial case, Emperor Richard was fascinated by one of them, opened it and read it carefully for a long time, and couldn't help but show a knowing smile on his face.

This is an updated summary of the military situation presented by the Northern Corps, which describes the fighting in several key areas.

Among them, the Detroit Independent 1st Cavalry Tank Brigade, led by Major Lei Xiao, performed well in two battles, sparking a lot of discussion within the Northern Legion about the new ironclad chariot, and was also among the submissions.

In the first battle, the Detroit Infantry Division was in the process of maneuvering towards the York area in Fort Arisburg, and was blocked by a group of about 8,200 white militiamen gathered there.

The Detroit Infantry Division quickly shifted from a marching position to an operational line, and in the process, the enemy lost no time in pressing on the division in an attempt to inflict heavy losses on the division.

At this critical moment

17 chariots of the 1st Separate Cavalry Tank Brigade (Note; Another 7 vehicles broke down for some reason and fell behind the marching queue) quickly moved forward, forming an impassable iron array.

17 cavalry chariots, in front of the Detroit Infantry Division, lined up in a zigzag formation, about 40~50 meters apart from each other, with the Colt Storm heavy machine guns equipped on the cavalry chariots opened fierce fire, in one fell swoop this relatively powerful white militia armed force completely crushed, and achieved a complete victory.

The second battle took place in Allentown, 370 kilometers away.

Six ironclad chariots of the Second Squadron of the 1st Independent Cavalry Tank Brigade (note, 12 ironclad vehicles in one squadron, four lost in battle, and two broken down for repair) were suddenly attacked by more than 370 white cavalry cavalry of the enemy.

At that time, the white cavalry led the horse on foot, and with the cover of the nearby dense forest, it had quietly approached about 1.3 kilometers away, which was a rather dangerous distance.

In the case of a horse charge, it only takes a short minute and a half to get close to the front.

At this critical time

Six cavalry ironclad chariots played the role of the mainstay, turning heavy machine guns to fire fiercely, annihilating more than 240 enemy cavalry in the first battle, capturing more than 100 people, and only less than 20 people fled.

These two outstanding examples show the important role of cavalry ironclad chariots in the modern battlefield, which aroused the great interest of the top brass of the Northern Army.

The commander of the Northern Army went to Allentown to personally investigate the whole process of the battle, and gave it a very high evaluation.

These are all elaborated in detail in the recital.

Close the fold

Emperor Richard couldn't help but smile on his face, he knew that a large part of this was because of the identity of Major Lei Xiao, so that the commander of the Northern Army could not hesitate to praise him, and it was inevitable that there would be some exaggeration.

But it is undeniable that Major Lei Xiao's performance is indeed outstanding.

The fact that he was able to persistently develop the world's first ironclad tank unit shows that he has an almost keen intuition about the development of military weapons, and has the ability to act and execute, which is very rare.

Isn't it gratifying that there is a military genius in the imperial family?

so far

There are a total of 81 princes in the Tang royal family, 76 of whom are over 16 years old and adults, and the youngest prince is more than 4 years old.

Emperor Li sensed that it was enough, and the concubines in the harem no longer kept the dragon species, and also stopped selecting show girls to enter the palace among the people.

Among so many princes, 34 chose to join the army, and now most of them have finished their military careers, either to become vassals, or to go to overseas vassal countries to help the princes with close ties to govern the government, or to work in various government ministries, or simply idle and enjoy.

There are only twelve princes who remain in the army, including His Royal Highness Tang Li Kun, King of Guangnan, and His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin, King of Pingxi, all of whom have a deep love for the military from the bottom of their hearts.

This young emperor's 71st son, Tang Li Yi, successfully aroused the interest of Emperor Richard, he knew that the armor of army weapons was a major trend in the future, and he wanted to cultivate the interest of this prince.

It's not about pulling out the seedlings to help them grow, it's just a matter of doing it.

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