His Majesty the King personally led the expedition, which put great pressure on the Novorossiysk frontline, and the preparations for large-scale battles suddenly accelerated.

Steam trains from towns in Queensland to the southern front line carried soldiers and weapons and equipment day and night, and took away a large number of people evacuated inland when they returned.

The closer we get to the front line, the more intense the atmosphere of the war will be.

On the road along the same direction of the railway line, you can often see the army that is beyond your sight moving south. They sing war songs and march in an orderly manner. Along the way, there are a large number of students from the Eagle School forming a propaganda team, and excitedly arouse propaganda.

The B Legion stationed in Wisconsin was ordered to set off. The main Red Division of the Legion occupied two steam locomotives and transported the full tank battalions and artillery regiments to the front line. The remaining armored chariot regiment and two infantry regiments were mixed, making full use of the existing transportation tools at hand to speed up the marching speed.

The armored chariot was not only filled with soldiers, but also the roof was filled with soldiers tied with backpacks. The remaining soldiers were carriages, trains and even walked on foot. It took only two and a half days to arrive, and the entire crew arrived. The movement was very fast.

And at this time

The main force of the B Corps has just passed through Wuyang City, and the vanguard force has not yet arrived in Maoming Town. It is still nearly 90 kilometers away from the front line, and it takes at least three days to reach on foot.

Smelling the danger from the Novorossiysk front, the Southern Union Army also became calm. The fierce battles of all sizes on the long front quickly ceased and became strangely calmed down.

It seems like the tranquility before the storm, which makes people feel depressed and suffocated.

Both the north and the south are ready to prepare for a decisive battle in order to break the current stalemate.

The cruel battles over the past half month have verified the general consensus among the top white conservative leaders of the Southern Federation Army, that is, the combat effectiveness of the white militia is far higher than that of the Chinese militia, which has made their confidence burst again.

If we do not mention the artillery advantages of the Ocean Kingdom and the defense-oriented combat methods of the Ocean Kingdom, the two sides duel like a noble knight, and a white militia can deal with at least two or more Chinese militias.

Therefore, the Southern Federation is full of confidence at this moment and is ready to play a big game.

They are stepping up mobilizing various artillery reinforcements to the front line, and have even sent people to the United States to purchase stocks of old goods on a large scale, with the intention of reversing the disadvantages of artillery equipment.

The world's most advanced hydraulic re-entry artillery technology is in the hands of Blue Weapons. The authorized production of famous companies such as Armstrong, Krupp Steel, and French National Steel are all able to produce rapid-fire field guns with advanced performance. The problem is that the Southern Federation cannot buy them.

There are two factors in this;

First, the Southern Federation is too urgent to ask for goods. These world-renowned weapons manufacturers cannot throw orders from other countries aside. As for producing them for the Southern Federation first, they really don’t have such a big face.

For example, the German Krupp Steel Company is now holding hundreds of artillery orders for the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the Argentina, Chile and the Ottoman Empire. Do you do not do any of them and go to produce them for the Free Federation of South Australia?

Doing so will not only bear the losses of commercial reputation and economic benefits, but will also affect the relationship with the above-mentioned countries, which will not be worth the loss.

The second is to worry about the factors of the Ocean Kingdom. For the sake of caution, these world-renowned companies feel that it is not appropriate to provide new artillery to the Southern Federation. The old artillery needs as much as possible, but new artillery cannot.

Not to mention that patented technology is in the hands of Blue Weapons Company, just considering what artillery is for is known to know that things are not as simple as imagined.

Selling artillery will always kill people. If you form a blood feud, will the Australian market still have to go?

According to the domineering character of Li Fushou, the king of the Ocean Kingdom, who would revenge his grudges, he hoped that he would soon forget his old grudges, which was unreliable no matter how he looked at it.

It’s not that I’m afraid of anyone, but that there’s no need to mix in this mess.

Merchants are all good at calculating and selling dozens of cannons, at best, hundreds of army field cannons, and if they die, they will only have 100,000 or 200,000 pounds of business. It is really not worth fighting.

Most of the Army field guns are small guns, with 40mm caliber, 60mm caliber, 75mm caliber, 95mm caliber or 105mm caliber. The mainstream guns are these, and their technical content and added value are not high.

The expensive ones are naval artillery. A double-mounted 305mm naval gun can cost 20,000 pounds or 30,000 pounds. A armored battleship can be equipped with three dual-mounted main guns. With more than a dozen large-caliber secondary guns and other ancillary facilities, the value of a single order is more than 100,000 pounds.

The Free Federation of South Australia does not have a naval force, so naturally it will not build expensive armored warships. The Ocean Kingdom is different. It has the most powerful naval force in the entire South Pacific region. It is definitely a real-life customer!

Therefore, the Southern Federation was forced to go to Citiland to flip the inventory. After all, during the Civil War, Citiland and the north and south sides equipped more than 80,000 artillery pieces. Even if most of them were re-furnaceed and melted, a little left was left.

In addition, the Southern Federation was desperate to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and in the end the war was still the people who fought for it, they were very confident in this regard.

Is there so many people in the Ocean Kingdom awesome?

There are just more than 10 million farmers who have just put down their hoes, and few of them can really beat them.

Just when the Southern Federation was wiping up their sleeves and preparing to do a big fight, the Ocean Kingdom was not idle, and King Li Fushou was on the front line and issued four heavyweight decrees;

Article 1: In the Ocean Kingdom and its overseas territories, special taxes for war will be collected in an all-round way, convenient donation channels will be opened, and wealthy people will be encouraged to contribute money and strongly, and all people will work together to fight the battle to defend their country.

Article 2: Special wartime laws are implemented, and those who hoard goods, raise prices, create chaos, bewitch people's hearts, spread panic information, and arouse the unjust will be punished with utmost and quickness, confiscate family wealth, and punish more than ten years of hard labor.

Article 3: The third phase of recruitment is initiated, with the quota of recruitment of 400,000 people. Anyone who is recruited and unwilling to join the army will confiscate his family's wealth and be sentenced to more than five years of hard labor...

Article 4: From now on, the wartime system will be fully transferred to the wartime system. All materials will be given priority to supply the military needs. The army will be allowed to urgently recruit cars, horses, cattle, sheep, construction and other operations. The emergency recruitment of civilians will be allowed. The losses of the people can be deducted from the taxes paid in previous years.

Once these four murderous heavyweight decrees were promulgated, they pushed the already tense atmosphere of war to a climax. The rear factory was fully operational and did its best to support sufficient supplies on the front line.

Li Fushou has now also seen it. He no longer calculating the little money in the warehouse, nor deliberately controlling the scale of war mobilization. Everything is based on supporting the front line, and everything is based on winning the war. Some money is still spent.

If this war is lost, it will undoubtedly be fatal to the new Ocean Kingdom. It will completely shake the foundation of the kingdom and shake the people's confidence, and will also attract a group of greedy giant hunting crocodiles to come and divide this delicious cake.

Before this imperial command, the news from Europe further strengthened Li Fushou's determination to break the deadlock as soon as possible. This Civil War cannot be delayed for too long, and it will change later!

The news from Europe is good or bad;

The good news is that through hard work, Foreign Minister Tang Zhaoyi mixed into the Royal Autumn Polo Tournament attended by Her Majesty Queen Victoria himself, and presented King Li Fushoumi to Her Majesty Queen, winning a breath of breath for the Australian war.

According to the tradition of British constitutional monarchy, Her Majesty Queen Victoria, as the head of state, did not participate in actual policy formulation, but successive prime ministers regularly visited Buckingham Palace every week.

The British Empire reached its peak during the reign of Queen Victoria, and Her Majesty's influence on Britain's internal affairs and diplomacy is unquestionable.

Although Buckingham Palace did not respond to the secret letter, it was undoubtedly a good thing.

As the saying goes: Good things do not come together, bad things do not go alone, and bad things have two sects;

The first item

There is a saying in London and Europe now, that is, the "Yellow Peril Theory".

This argument first appeared in the Mongolian Western Expedition in the 13th century, and later disappeared in the long history. The old story originated from the Citi Kingdom. After the "Anti-Chinese Act" was issued in 1882, there was even a Saudi-style party in California that specifically harmed Chinese. Its leader, Chinia, claimed that the Orientals were "yellow perils", which had an extremely bad influence.

Now that this bad argument has spread to Europe, 90% of people have contributed to it, this is obviously extremely unfavorable to the Ocean Kingdom and is prone to hostility from the white world.

For this situation

Li Fushou ordered the European-based institutions to immediately strengthen their work influencing the public opinion community, support and buy influential people in the society to openly refute this absurd argument, and minimize the bad influence.

The second item

Earl John Lawrence Barde, currently the deputy government official of the British Foreign Office, jumped up and down, accusing Li Fushou of being an ambitious scourge in public, taking Australia away from the hands of white people, and his intention was to be punished.

This bastard is Li Fushou's biggest enemy in London. When he was the governor of New South Wales, he opposed Li Fushou everywhere. He is one of the backstages of the South Australian Free Federation and a stubborn white conservative.

At this time

Li Fushou's traditional ally, Dukes of Vickers and Dukes of Norfolk, remained silent at the right time and was unwilling to express their opinions on such sensitive issues.

They are waiting for the clear signal from Buckingham Palace, and this is exactly the most uncontrollable thing.

The sooner the current Civil War ends, the less likely the UK will be to intervene on a large scale, because this means the cost of intervention is higher. For the basic British foreign policy, which has always advocated interests, it is enough for London to consider whether the cost of intervention is worthwhile.

After all, the ultimate goal of the Ocean Kingdom is to join the Commonwealth rather than compete with Her Majesty the Queen. Australia is still Australia under the glory of the British Empire, but it has changed from a colonial status to a protectorate status, and that's all, and it is not damaged by the glory of the British Empire.

This situation is not uncommon. Not to mention Canada, nor do we talk about the dozens of native kingdoms in India. Just say that the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic of South Africa are both independent countries of this nature. It is a member of the Commonwealth, and it is nothing more than an oceanic kingdom.

One is the international turmoil that cannot be controlled, and the other is the Australian war process that can be controlled. The two evils are the least, so it is obvious how to choose.

Li Fushou is willing to control his destiny in his own hands rather than placing it on other people's wishes for a better peace, so he decided to push for the deadlock to break as soon as possible to avoid the situation falling in an unpredictable direction, which is even more troublesome.
Chapter completed!