June 1, 2758 (1917), Hankyung, Presidential Palace.

"Mr. Wen, the statistical results of the naval battle in the Faroe Islands have come out. Gu Xiaoyuan, the secretary of military affairs, put a copy of the document in front of Wen Desi.

"Okay, I'll see ...... later" Wen Deji nodded, and continued to look at the Wen Jiàn in his hand.

"Oh, Mr. Wen, and this, Sister Xiaolan wants you to sign it......" Gu Xiaoyuan took another copy of the text to him.

"What is it?" Wen Desi took it and looked at it, but it was a form for receiving money - "Special Subsidy for Children's Day".

"Oh, that's it......" Wen Deji signed his name with an embarrassed face, Gu Xiaoyuan put away the form, and took a one-yuan silver coin from a wallet and gave it to him. Of course, Mr. Wen is not a child, but his son is, and this is what was sent to his son. Of course, it is not only his son, but all legal citizens under the age of 14 who have Chinese nationality have it. The money is not much, one dollar per person, and people from all over the country can collect it from their own village committees or neighborhood committees with their household registration books, and those who are too young are collected by their guardians.

This special Children's Day allowance has been paid for three years, and it has been paid since the year the European war broke out, thanks to the European war and the European people! In recent years, China has not only increased its welfare, but also includes items such as medical allowances, education allowances, and non-staple food allowances, which are enjoyed by the whole people, as well as allowances for military dependents, allowances for martyrs' families, allowances for remote and difficult areas, and so on.

Of course, most of these benefits are not worth much. Because Wen did not intend to turn China into a high-welfare state, he believed that it was enough for the government to ensure the basic living conditions of the people and ensure that no one in the country died of hunger and cold. If you want to live a good life, you have to rely on yourself, and you can't let those who are easy and hard work live more nourishing than laborers.

The texts he is reading now are the "New Territory Aboriginal Crime Handling and Prevention Act (Draft)", "New Territory Village Merger and Population Relocation Measures (Draft)", "New Territory Chinese Culture Education and Promotion Measures (Draft)", and "Nanyang Extinct Chinese National Survey Report". These documents were submitted by the "New Territories and Overseas Departments Management Committee". The "New Territories and Overseas Provinces Management Committee", commonly referred to as the "New Management Committee", is mainly responsible for the management, construction and immigration of the new territories, and is chaired by Vice Premier Yuan Shikai.

After reading a few documents, the corners of Mr. Wen's eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but say to himself: "...... This Yuan Datou is really ruthless in stepping on a horse! I can think of such a shameless idea, it's too ruthless. Looks like it's a good fit for him to do this job......"

"Xiaolan, please Vice Premier Yuan of the State Council take the time to come in the afternoon, I want to consult in person about these documents about him......" Wen Desi greeted the secretary's office with a walkie-talk.

Only then did he pick up the statistical letter about the naval battle of the Faroe Islands.

"Shhh...... The Americans were beaten so badly? 150,000 people died in this battle! God, the Faroe Islands were not finally occupied...... "Wen Deji was scorched by the number of American casualties on Wen Jiàn.

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The Battle of the Faroe Islands was a bitter battle in which both sides were defeated. In this battle, Germany lost six dreadnoughts, including the Kaiser, Frederick the Great, Helgoland, Thuringia, Rhineland, and Posen, and six former dreadnoughts, including the Deutschland, Hanover, Silesia, Lorraine, Mecklenburg, and Zaringen. Also lost 12 light cruisers, 33 destroyers and large torpedo boats, 11 submarines, as well as 389 aircraft. In addition, six super-dreadnought battleships, including the Baden and Saxony, as well as 5 light cruisers, 23 destroyers, and 3 submarines were heavily damaged, and almost all surface ships were wounded.

The losses of the United States were even greater, losing fourteen battleships (USS New York, USS Texas, USS Nevada, USS Oklahoma, USS Pennsylvania, USS Arizona, USS Idaho, USS Tennessee, USS Wyoming, USS Arkansas, USS Utah, USS Delaware, USS North Dakota, USS South Carolina), four armored cruisers (USS Memphis, USS Seattle, USS Charlotte, and USS Missoula), and seven temporary aircraft carriers. There were also losses of 18 light cruisers, 49 destroyers, 7 submarines, 67 auxiliary ships and merchant ships, as well as 561 aircraft. In addition, five super-dreadnoughts, 7 light cruisers, and 28 destroyers, including the USS Colorado and USS California, were heavily damaged. All surface ships are colored.

Some of the capital ships lost by both sides were sunk and damaged by torpedoes and aircraft from light ships late in the battle.

One of the daring German submarines set a record, sinking a battleship and an armored cruiser at the same time, and severely damaging a battleship. The submarine, numbered U-68, did not leave like the other submarines, it quietly stayed to observe the wind. After seeing that the American fleet began to search and rescue people who had fallen into the water, the vigilance was greatly reduced. The submarine found a good position and fired all the torpedoes at several American battleships, although it ran away.

The battleship South Carolina and the armored cruiser USS Missoula were two unlucky boys who each ate two 600-mm oxygen torpedoes, and the USS South Carolina blew up in two and joined the "deep-sea fleet". The Missoula was the most unlucky, originally the U-68 was aimed at the battleship New Mexico, but this guy didn't know what he wanted to do, and he ran over with a preference for death, and as a result, he successfully blocked the mine for his teammates, but he was blown up. The flagship, the USS California, was also unfortunate to be torpedoed twice, but it was much more defensively defended than the older dreadnoughts and cruisers, but it was heavily damaged. The captain of the legendary U-68 submarine is Karl Dönitz, who has just been the captain for more than three months.

In this battle, both sides not only suffered heavy losses in ships, but also suffered very heavy casualties, as of yesterday. More than 12,400 German army and navy troops were killed, nearly 20,000 were wounded, and more than 800 were taken prisoner. However, the United States has killed and lost more than 152,000 people in battle! Ninety percent of them are land forces, and these are basically the results of submarines. In addition, more than 30,000 people were wounded and more than 300 were taken prisoner.

Now the German Ocean Fleet had withdrawn back to China to recuperate, and the American fleet, which had opened up the northern route, had reached Britain, and the British shipyards repaired the scarred fleet.

With the retreat of the most threatening German oceanic fleet, the Faroe Islands were left alone. Yesterday, the U.S. Army, under the cover of British and American naval vessels, landed on the Faroe Islands and was engaged in a fierce battle with the defenders of the island. The Germans did not have many defenders on the island, only one army division and an artillery regiment, plus a number of marines and naval pilots, for a total of less than 2. 50,000 people. The United States, on the other hand, brought up three divisions and auxiliary units in one go, with a total number of more than 90,000. The Americans are also red-eyed at this time, and they are ready to use the overwhelming superiority of forces to fly the two virtues on the island in one go.

After the news reached China, public opinion was in an uproar. Just kidding, since the founding of the United States, it has never killed so many people in a war, not to mention that most of these people died too aggrieved and drowned...... You must know that in the history of the original time and space, the Americans only died 100,000 people in the entire World War I, and this guy was more than half, which made the Americans embarrassed.

Therefore, the Americans were also beaten into anger, and the American people, who were indignant, took to the streets one after another, demanding revenge on Erdezi, and the recruitment points in various places lined up with people, and the broad masses of the people enthusiastically joined the army. The Senate and the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Troop Reinforcement Act and prepared to form another 100 divisions.

Yesterday afternoon, President Wilson announced a nationwide mobilization, and all domestic factories and enterprises switched to a wartime mechanism, and on the one hand, they stepped up the production of weapons and war materials, and on the other hand, placed a large number of orders with China.

President Wilson openly said: "If you fight, you will have a good fight!"

And it is not clear who won this battle of the Faroe Islands, anyway, both sides declared themselves the winners. If you look at the results of both sides, it is definitely the Germans who won. But the Americans have also achieved the goal of opening up the northern route, although they have not yet completely taken the Faroe Islands, but it is only a matter of time. Objectively speaking, Germany won a tactical victory, while the United States won a strategic victory.

Now that three American divisions have successfully reached the British Island, this is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the British, who are struggling to support themselves. The whole of Britain was cheering, because the arrival of the American ** team did not just mean reinforcements, but symbolized the breaking of the German blockade of the British island. This can be called a turning point in the First World War of the original plane.

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In the afternoon, Yuan Shikai, who had received a notice from the presidential secretariat, rushed to Wen Desi's office.

After the two sat down, Wen Deji poured him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Brother Rong'an, I have read all these documents." Very nice and imaginative. However, there is a question, can you elaborate on this method of opening up the gun ban to Chinese immigrants in the new territory?"

"Hehe, Xinghai, that's how we think about it......" Datou smiled and explained: "The purpose of opening the gun ban is to make the new territory stable and let Chinese immigrants have a higher status......"

They have thought it out well enough to allow native immigrants to legally carry guns in the new territories. Yuan Datou and his subordinates believed that the new territory was different from the mainland, and that it was certainly good for the local guns to be more strictly managed. But the new territories are different, especially in the Middle East, Africa, and the South Seas, where many of the natives are fearless and unscrupulous, because there are even cannibals among them. To deal with such barbarians, it is most direct and effective to use "weapon criticism", because they only understand this and only accept this. Having a gun for native immigrants would allow for faster integration and would be very good for the security of the new territory.