Salt Lake City

During the period when Marshal Li Shuangzhu was in charge of the Northern Federation, he spent 80% of his time in the military city of Salt Lake City, and the remaining 20% ​​of his time to inspect various places. From this point alone, we can see the importance of Salt Lake City, the key city of Rocky Mountain.

The security of Salt Lake City was ensured, and even if the Mid-American army had wings, they could not fly the tall and steep Rocky Mountains. If they wanted to invade the Northern Federation, the only way was to go south from New Mexico, break through the Fuso area occupied by the Fuso people, and from the south to the deserted Gobi Desert along the Colorado Gorge, and break into the territory of the Republic of California.

Then, only by sweeping the Republic of California can we attack the Northern Federation by detour.

The entire marching route is equivalent to running around the Rocky Mountains, with a range of more than 3,400 kilometers. It takes more than two months to march such a long way, so let alone call all the way.

Thinking of the past

In order to build the Central Pacific Railway, almost every kilometer of sleepers was filled with the blood and tears of Chinese workers. They split mountains and opened stones, built bridges and roads, and the project was extremely difficult to advance.

Expeditionary Force Headquarters Building

This is a magnificent building with a 12-story height. At the top of the building is built with a Chinese-style glazed tiled roof and a bronze ridge beast. However, it looks like a golden glazed tiled roof. In fact, it is made of concrete as a whole, and then painted with golden paint.

Because the top of the 12-story building is in autumn and winter, the cold wind whistles through the valley, and there will be strong winds of level 9 to 10 in a short period of time. If you really use traditional glazed tiles, it will be easily lifted, and it is not a fun thing to smash them down from a high place.

In a large office at the top of the building

Marshal Li Shuanzhu was smiling and entertaining the special envoy Viscount Jia Donghe, and his words were very respectful.

Viscount Jia Donghe is a confidant minister of the current emperor. He was one of the first heroes to follow the emperor to conquer the world. He served as Minister of Transportation, Minister of Industry and Director of the Leading Group for In charge of the Engineering Project in previous cabinets. He was one of the famous "Kowang Hongmen".

The second secretariat team trained by His Majesty himself, the current Prime Minister Zhang Li, the deceased Earl Wu Xuewen, and the retired military tycoon Yuchi Shouzhuo are all outstanding among the "Jiulang of the Hongmen", and are all famous figures.

Over the past decades, mutual marriages have weaved a dense network of political and business relations, and penetrated into every corner of the empire's top leaders.

"Congratulations to Lord Lord for his success and successfully won Alaska for the empire. Today, the emperor will be rewarded for his contributions, and it is safe to have an earl title." Marshal Li Shuanzhu made a "please" gesture, and calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip.

When talking about this, Viscount Jia Donghe smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He said with a smile, "Hehe... some small contributions are hard to the eyes of the Duke of the Kingdom. Things are going so smoothly. On the one hand, relying on the current emperor Weiga at home and abroad, and on the other hand, it depends on the Duke of the Kingdom to take charge of Salt Lake City. On the other hand, I just picked up a ready-made bargain."

"Lord is too humble."

The two looked at each other and laughed, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

Viscount Jia Donghe has a secret mission to negotiate the future ownership of Alaska at the invitation of the US side. The two sides negotiated this territorial transfer contract for a price of US$130 million and some tacit understanding.

The reason why it is not made public now is due to the US request. They hope to give Fusang people a big surprise.

The benefits are in hand, and the empire is naturally inseparable.

In that sentence, the war has ended, and the allies that were robbed in groups have dispersed in order to maintain the fair trade order in North and South America, and the benefits they deserve are hidden in their pockets.

Below is everyone going back to their own houses and looking for their own mothers.

The Fusang Kingdom is not a member of the Pacific Security Alliance, and the Ocean Empire has no need to stand up for him. The promised benefits have been given. Whether it can be held is the Fusang people's own business, which has nothing to do with others.

The British did not allow Fuso to step on two ships, so as not to affect the purity of the British-Japanese alliance.

But why can the British do that?

On the one hand, we firmly grasped the Fuso Kingdom to maintain its dominant strategic position in the Far East region. On the other hand, we formed a alliance with the arch-enemy of Fuso Kingdom, Tsarist Russia, and surrounded the three-country alliance led by Germany in Europe to form a strategic pattern of balance of power on the European continent.

On the one hand, it formed an alliance with France, which was to curb the development of the Ocean Empire's power in the Indochina Peninsula and to exclude the existence of the Ocean Empire's capital in the Indian subcontinent.

On the other hand, after fighting the United States, the United Kingdom pretended to be sympathetic and kind, strengthened its penetration and exports to the United States economy, encouraged immigration, and pursued friendly policies.

This is the typical robber logic of "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps". It originates from the powerful strength of the world overlord, and there is no reason to say.

In February 1912, British Admiral Winston Churchill delivered a public speech, provoking the German high seas fleet to be "the emperor's toy" through the strait. The Royal Navy was confident that once the war began, it would destroy this luxury fleet within a few hours.

Winston Churchill's undisguised hostility and provocation stems from his strong strength. Due to his abundant financial resources, the British Royal Navy built more and more powerful warships than in history. In 1912, the local fleet had the capital ship specifications of 74 battleships (including 6 new ships under construction and uninstated).

The powerful 35,000-ton battlecruiser Tiger, Lion, Royal Princess, and Queen Mary belong to the first battlecruiser squadron of the Royal Navy's local fleet. In this fleet, the famous "Hood" is under construction.

Four Iron Duke-class battleships equipped with 434mm caliber main naval guns were launched successively, which further enhanced the confidence of the Royal Navy.

But Admiral Winston Churchill was not satisfied, pointing to three key improvements;

1. All Royal Navy warships should use single fuel kinetic energy to remove coal kinetic energy. Outdated old warships should be eliminated in time to avoid occupying valuable naval organization and financial appropriations.

2. The 343mm caliber artillery of the Super Dreadnought is still small, so it needs to use 381mm large-caliber heavy artillery and develop 406mm large-caliber heavy artillery.

3. Navy construction cannot be stopped. It is necessary to ensure that more than 6 battleships start construction in a year, and maintain an absolute advantage over Germany and the Ocean Empire.

Look, it’s really a powerful and powerful face.

As for why the Ocean Empire is also side by side with Germany in the development strategy of the Royal Navy and vaguely regard it as an enemy?

The official answer from London is that the unilateral actions of the Admiralty do not represent London's approach. The purpose is to strive for a higher fiscal budget. If a German high seas fleet is not enough, then the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire will be very important.

The Royal British Navy fleet must have the strength to suppress the second and third naval powers at one time, which is the so-called "two-strong strategy".

This situation is common in the world where the United States dominates in later generations. The United States not only guards against traditional competitors, but also guards against friends around him. This mentality of prevention is not concealed at all. Anyway, you can't do anything! No matter how uncomfortable it is, you can only pinch your nose and endure it.

The atmosphere in the room was very harmonious. In order to show goodwill to the Duke, Jia Donghe didn't mind revealing some secret transactions in the negotiation in advance. Anyway, the Duke would know sooner or later, and he would also need cooperation from the Expeditionary Force.

"I'm not hiding the Duke of the State. This time, the Americans did not ask for cash for sale in Alaska, but mainly used discounts on supplies, with the purpose of preparing for the battle between the United States and Japan."

"Well, that's not surprising."

Marshal Li Shuanzhu nodded. The Americans lost a lot of miscellaneous equipment in the war. Even the famous Colt weapons factory was packaged and moved to Salt Lake City. The factories in the Great Lakes area that are capable of making artillery are almost all in Salt Lake City. This is a heavy blow to the US military capabilities and cannot be recovered for a while.

The countless weapons seized at the beginning, some of which were all in the warehouse, enough to equip million troops, piled up like a hill, and almost all in the steel mill furnace.

Jia Donghe smiled while twisting his beard and said, "During the negotiations, we promised to pay 80% of the war preparation supplies and 20% of them with weapons, but not tanks. After I return, I will present to the emperor. After the emperor accepts the favor, the marshal will also ask for strong help from the weapon trading part!"

This is an obvious demonstration. If the weapons piled in the warehouse are several times higher and sold back, no matter how they fool more than $26 million of supplies, the expeditionary force will take up a lot of advantages.

Unfortunately, he was destined to be a glare to the blind man in front of a loyal and pure minister like Marshal Li Shuanzhu.

Marshal Li smiled faintly, clasped his fists and said upwards, "As long as your Majesty has the order, we will follow everything."

Marshal Li Shuanzhu has a high position and a powerful person, and is loyal and upright. He is not willing to do any money transactions and cannot be bribed.

After being named Duke, he became more cautious in his words and actions and obeyed the ways of his subjects. It turned out that some of the family's businesses were sold out, and by guarding the fiefdom, he could live a decent life.

He fought throughout his life, in Shangri-La, in Victoria, southern Australia, in the Balavi region of Mozambique, and in the current Northern Federation, there were large fiefs, and there was no food or clothing at all.

When Jia Donghe heard the Marshal's answer, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then smiled awkwardly and said, "The Duke of the State is noble and loyal, and I am ashamed."

"Mr. Jia Gong was joking. Li's glory was given by His Majesty. He was very proud of his ministers and did not dare to step beyond the thunder pool. It was just his duty."

He smiled tolerantly, knowing that if such a big order is not taken advantage of, it is inevitable that others will not take advantage of it. Anyway, no one has the psychological burden to cheat the Americans. As long as the goods sent can be recognized, money is not a problem at all.

Marshal Li Shuanzhu could only manage his expeditionary force, but could not manage the complex interest groups in the local area.

Don’t let others do anything you don’t want.
Chapter completed!