Chapter 223 Run away
Don't think about it!
Sherman, Ramsey and others wanted to express their determination, but they did not realize that their mentality had changed a certain extent... Their military literacy told them that the Chinese still sent a powerful force to the east while almost sweeping across the west of the Rocky Mountain and mastering a large number of valuable hostages. They must have wanted to force the US government through war means, just like forcing the governments of the western states to surrender to them, making the US government surrender to pressure and finally agreed to negotiate with them, not only to let them blame them for the past, but even to pay a certain price. But even knowing this, they used the word "no thought". They had unconsciously put the group of vulnerable groups that were not taken seriously by them and even kept clamoring to completely eliminate them to almost the same position...no thought! This may be a expression of determination, but isn't it a manifestation of wavering confidence?
However, Sherman was a famous general who had really experienced the war. Although he did not realize that he had changed his mindset, they still launched an action with the goal of completely eliminating Guo Jinzhang's department. After discovering that the Chinese were digging trenches around Denver on a large scale, they were in a decisive battle with them there, they quickly set their goal in Colorado... However, it seemed that they had discovered their actions, and perhaps because they were worried that their arrangement would be known. Soon, the Chinese cut off the telegram contacts around Denver as usual, which forced the pursuit army to waste more effort when they learned the front-line intelligence, and often only obtained expired intelligence.
However, after analysis, Sherman, Ramsey and others believed that this situation was a manifestation of the Chinese really wanting to fight to the death with them in Denver. Otherwise, since the Chinese launched a counterattack from Seattle, they would not have taken the initiative to cut off the telegram line. The Chinese would only do this when they had firm confidence in victory. If there was no, or lack of confidence, the other party would go the other way.
"Let the follow-up troops speed up!"
After making a judgment, Sherman slowed down the marching speed of his vanguard troops to wait for the main force behind. Since the Chinese want to fight to the decisive battle, there is no need to hurry for a while. Although the people of Denver may suffer longer because of their slowdown, as soon as they think that this is all caused by the people of Denver, and even the riots in the middle world are from Denver, Sherman feels at ease. Furthermore, the Chinese have occupied Denver, and even if they arrive, they will release people? It is better to do it steadily.
Of course, it was said that it was slow, with the strong support of the US government, the speed of the pursuit and suppression army was still not slow. Within a few days, Sherman led his troops through Iowa, seeing that even Nebraska was about to be left behind.
At this moment, they finally got another important news: the Red Corps occupied Cheyenne in Wyoming and completely destroyed the railway line between Cheyenne and Denver.
"Use the same trick again. It's like destroying the railway line from California to Seattle. They want to lengthen our supply line!" The officers of the pursuit and suppression army were a little excited... The Chinese's move was indeed practical, but the distance between Cheyenne and Denver is not as long as that between California and Seattle. With the size of the ranch in the Midwest, they have enough strength to transport Cheyenne's military supplies to Denver in a short time and to the battlefield between them and the Chinese.
"Let the vanguard slow down, advance gradually, and be careful of the Chinese raids!"
Sherman did not take it lightly. The Chinese seem to have only these sets, but for people like him, there is no such thing as to lose their skills in this world. No matter what tricks or how many times they have used, as long as they work, it is a good strategy. Moreover, the cunning degree of the Chinese in front of them is not blown up, it is verified by the blood of countless white Americans. Therefore, in the face of such an enemy, his best way is to use absolute strength to oppress the other party and defeat the other party.
“The United States urgently needs a victory!”
Sherman remembered President Garfield, to be precise, the telegram sent to him by Secretary of State Brian, who made him hate... The United States has not been established for a long time, and it was even less than a hundred years, so there is nothing in this country that this country has to offer. There is only one war of independence that people talk about. As for others, such as snatching so much territory from Mexico, it is nothing at all. After all, Mexico is actually just a weak country, and bullying the weak cannot bring people too much confidence. Originally, it was finally difficult that the territorial expansion and industrial development of the United States brought certain confidence to the people, but it was beaten by a group of migrant workers from China! That was just a group of migrant workers! And it was also from the legend
The migrant workers who are backward and ignorant China can almost break the seemingly powerful United States... This is not a joke. Now many Americans are talking about whether the Chinese have not "stupidly" crossed the Rocky Mountains, but guarded many dangerous passes on the Pacific Railway, then will the west of the Rocky Mountains still be the territory of the United States? The answer is obvious. Although people still firmly believe that the United States will achieve the final victory, in a short period of time, the United States will lose at least three states, or even more! All of this is only the result that the Chinese can achieve without foreign aid. If... the Chinese ask for help from the other side of the Pacific, and the ignorant and backward country on the other side of the Pacific agrees, what will happen?
A member of Congress proposed his own conjecture in Congress, but after this conjecture was exposed in newspapers, it immediately caused great panic among the American people! People realized that their enemies may not be just a group of Chinese workers! As long as the country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean agrees to support it in the near future, then those Chinese workers only need to stay in Nevada for three months at most and will get a strong reserve... How many people does that country have? Almost 400 million! Four hundred million, even if it is only one percent transported, it will be four million! Just tens of thousands of Chinese workers already have such capabilities, four million, and they can definitely kill Rocky Mountain along the Pacific Railway again like now...
Of course, this speculation is a bit whimsical. Not to mention how long it takes to transport millions of people and how many ships are needed, the Chinese government agrees. Can the great powers around them agree? Will the British agree? Although the British will definitely be very happy to see the United States in great trouble, they will not allow China to become stronger... and it is obviously not in line with Britain and the interests of the entire West to establish a Chinese country on the east coast of the Pacific.
"It's really not in the interests of the UK?"
"When... should it?"
The United States needs a victory, a victory to regain the confidence that people are gradually losing, and a victory to make many people with ill-hearted intentions give up their unrealistic ideas, a victory to... Anyway, successive failures have given Americans and putting huge pressure on Washington. In their own country, they were beaten like this by a group of migrant workers, and it is embarrassing to say it out! But, it is really impossible to establish a Chinese country in the western United States?
"If that were true, this Chinese country would definitely become a competitor or even an enemy with the United States... This is definitely in line with the interests of all countries in the world, including European countries.... The United States is unique. When it defeated Mexico, connected the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean with its territory, and built the Pacific Railway to closely connect the east and west of this country, it already has the innate conditions to dominate the world. First of all, this country is vast and sparsely populated, and many countries with a long history or have encountered bottlenecks in development, such as land annexation that has to face is not a problem in this country. As long as you are willing to put in your efforts, you will almost certainly get everything you need in life. The same problem is the "sheep eat people" land enclosure movement in Britain, the Paris Commune in France, and the peasant uprisings again and again in China..."
"Secondly, the United States is an immigrant country dominated by white people, and this country has an innate close connection with Europe. It is undeniable that Europe is the most developed and powerful place in the world at present, and they dominate the current world. Therefore, the innate close connection makes the United States easily obtaining its development from Europe, which is afraid of everything, including talents and science and technology from all walks of life;"
"Third, the country is newly built soon, just like a piece of white paper that has just been painted two or three strokes. It is not as complicated as the social relations and interest entanglements as other countries in the world. They can easily design their own development path by observing and studying the history and development of other countries. This is much more convenient and easy than the reforms or social improvements carried out by any other country;"
"Fourth, the United States is located in North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Canada to the north, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and the sea to facilitate marine transportation and superior geographical conditions;"
"Fifth, the western United States is the Sierra Nevada and Cascades, the central part is the plain, and the southeast is the world's largest alluvial delta, the soil is fertile, and the Mississippi River and the world's largest freshwater lake area, Wudalian Lake, which provides convenient conditions for agricultural production. Also, the United States has a low latitude and most areas have temperate and subtropical climates, with suitable temperatures, abundant precipitation and superior climatic conditions;"
"Sixth, far away from other continents, in North America, there are only some other small countries such as Canada and Mexico. Canada and Mexico are not threatening to the United States. Although South America has several territorial and large population countries, many of them are immigrant countries, and the military and economic power gap is very different from the United States, and it is not bordered by the United States, so it is not threatening. In other words, the United States has two oceans on both sides of the east and west, and there is no threat to the north and south. As long as there is no major happening in the country, like the Civil War, there will be no trouble. And after the Civil War, Americans obviously cannot let the same thing happen in China, and their political system also allows them to change various policies very flexibly and easily avoid various political and economic risks..."
"Seventh, the country has rich resources, although the land is vast and sparse, it still has tens of millions of people. Moreover, the total population continues to grow with the increase of immigration. The domestic market is huge and can continue to develop!"
"To sum up, the strength of the United States of America is simply unstoppable. As strong as the Kingdom of Great Britain, we must also pay attention to the changes in the European continent at any time. What about the countries on the European continent? Because of various relationships, a war will break out every once in a while... Therefore, even if the world today has been divided up by major European powers, the United States can definitely come from it and gain a place from it, and even have the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity when European countries are in a war and have no time to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain greater benefits. And its superior geographical conditions
, After becoming stronger, it will definitely extend its hand to the Americas where it is located. It can be imagined that South America in the future will be the backyard of the United States, and it will definitely not be interfered with by others, just like India's anti-UK! And based in America and interfere in the world, it will inevitably become the policy pursued by the powerful United States... In other words, if there is no restraint in the neighborhood, the United States of America will inevitably become the world's largest power in the future, and even like the current British Empire, the law enforcement world! There is no doubt about this at all!"
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Cheyenne!
After finally bringing troops, Sherman already had nearly 60,000 troops, and it was still increasing at any time. However, although he did not take the Chinese into damaging the railway, the logistics work of the 60,000 troops was not so easy to do. Sherman had to wait until the logistics department had enough transportation capabilities before continuing to advance. After all, Xia Yan was not far from Denver. But he did not expect that just when he was about to prepare for an attack, there would be such a newspaper.
"They obviously want to use this to encourage other countries to support their country in the west..."
Sherman is a soldier and a politician, otherwise he would not have participated in the Republican presidential candidate election. Therefore, he was very impressed by the purpose of such an article that the Chinese suddenly published in the newspaper. This was simply to allow European countries to interfere in the war between Chinese workers and the US government, and even support Chinese workers in the western United States! It can be said that they are a wolfish ambition.
However, even though he knew the intention of the Chinese, he had no choice... because what the Chinese said in the newspapers were obviously very consistent with the actual situation. The United States of America does have countless advantages, and if such huge advantages are used well, as the Chinese said, it is only a matter of time before it becomes the world's largest power. You must know that the industrial advantages of the United States have also been revealed now. The output of various industrial products is catching up with Europe. How can such a huge production capacity be consumed by the country alone? Their hands have actually begun to extend towards South America, but it is not so obvious, and it has not touched the nerves of European countries. In addition to South America, they are also trying to test the east and Asia... Although European countries have not said it, they are all guarding against them. Now, these restless Chinese workers have suddenly launched a riot. With such an excellent opportunity, those who eat people and don't spit bones will be let go so easily?
"I just received a telegram from Brian, the Qing, Britain, and Spain have expressed dissatisfaction to us through diplomatic channels, believing that it is precisely because of the excessive bullying of the American people and the inaction of the government and judicial organs that the Chinese workers' riots have led to this Chinese workers' riot. They think we should be responsible for this!" Ramsey said in a deep voice.
"This is a temptation!" Sherman looked serious. "If we retreat, or we cannot achieve a decisive victory in this decisive battle with the Chinese, then they will definitely make more demands next, or even intervene directly in mediation!"
"Bryan said the same thing on the telegram." Ramsey also looked calm. "They reacted so quickly this time. It was much faster than the Civil War."
"They wanted to use force directly during the Civil War, so it took a long time to make the final decision. But this time was different. They didn't need to do anything at all. They just needed to watch the Chinese fight with us, and even just sent some ships to transport more Chinese and arms to the west... Of course, this didn't take too much time." Sherman said.
"The Chinese in the west now have sufficient funds, and they may want to make a big profit from it." Ramsey snorted coldly. The Chinese robbed a large amount of cash from the west, and not only used this money to attract a large number of white people from the west to work in Seattle, voluntarily act as hostages, but they can definitely lure Britain, France and other countries... You know, those Chinese are so generous now that they don't make a big profit at this time, are they still British or French? Maybe even those third-rate Spanish guys will try their best to squeeze in.
"Once those countries really use means, even if they don't send troops, just transporting Chinese to the west and sending arms like the member of Congress said, it will definitely put the entire United States into a terrible war, and it is even likely that it will be a 'East-East-World War' that can be compared to the Civil War!" Sherman was full of worries because he knew that his worries were not redundant, and there might even be someone secretly supporting the Chinese. Otherwise, where did the Chinese Armstrong guns come from? Especially those heavy guns...
"That would definitely be a huge disaster." The commander-in-chief of the Federal Army couldn't help but feel chilled all over when he thought of the consequences of the war.
"The logistics preparations are almost done. When will we advance to Denver?" Ramsey suddenly felt that the pressure on his body was very heavy. The heavy pressure made him unable to help but want to fight the Chinese to decide the outcome sooner.
"Let's talk about it when you're fully prepared." Sherman said solemnly: "The more we are, the more we must keep our breath. Because we must win, and we will win!"
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Complete victory!
Sherman knew his strengths and weaknesses well, so he wanted to maximize his strengths and strive to make a decisive battle. However, he was a Westerner after all, and did not understand the Chinese people's ideas. When he finally waited until the logistics preparations were almost done and the temporary gathering of troops was completed and was about to advance to Denver, people came to Colorado, and those people brought him a bad news:
All the Chinese evacuated Denver and headed south along the railway towards New Mexico... In addition, the Chinese destroyed the railway along the way!
Chapter completed!