Wild North America 1846

Salem and Portland, a pair of enemy cities, are both well-known throughout the country for developing heavy industries. The homogenization of industries is serious, and the competition between them is also very fierce.

Portland tends to focus on agricultural machinery and supporting and machine tool manufacturing, while Salem focuses on steel, petrochemical and fertilizer industries, each with its own focus.

In addition, Salem has a natural and superior seaport condition, and is a regional transportation hub city, with well-developed sea, railway and road transportation, closely connecting Seattle in the north and Sacramento, Chang'an and other major cities in the south.

Therefore, in the city competition, Portland, the provincial capital, is always on the top, which makes Portland always worry about it.

After entering 1859, in the new round of construction boom promoted by the Tang Kingdom, several heavyweight construction projects settled in Salem, including not limited to the world's top chemical fertilizer plant, advanced steel using the open hearth furnace smelting method The base, the world's first thermal power station planned to be built, the new 1-ton merchant ship wharf and ore wharf construction project, and dozens of new agricultural machinery factories and supporting factories settled in the city, thus promoting Sailor The population and urban construction of the city of Mu are developing rapidly, and there are large construction sites full of hot construction.

The rapid development momentum in the new year has gradually widened the gap between Salem and Portland in the urban competition, leading more and more.

Because it is rich in cherries, it is called "Cherry City".

Although it is in the leading position in the urban competition, the relative disadvantages are also obvious.

Due to heavy industrial pollution, hundreds of tall chimneys in Salem from the suburbs to the bay are puffing out thick black smoke day and night. The black ash flying in the smoke makes the whole city gray, and the streets are gray. The houses and buildings are gray, and even the flowers blooming on the roadside are gray.

Fortunately, this is a seaside city. In different seasons, the strong sea breeze will blow a large amount of industrial smoke to the inland or the vast and boundless Pacific Ocean, which greatly reduces the impact of environmental pollution.

Li Cha lived here for a few days and felt that the air was choking his throat, so he was no longer in the mood to browse the city carefully, and soon set foot on the special train to Portland.

Portland, the capital of Oregon, is located at the mouth of the Willamette River and the Columbia River. It was originally the core town of the British ruled Oregon. prosper.

With the development of the modern shipbuilding industry, steam iron seagoing ships are getting bigger and bigger, and the draft is getting deeper and deeper. Seagoing ships with tens of thousands of tons can no longer enter the Columbia River. The Portland Maritime Center has been replaced by Salem , which is quite a pity.

In 1847, the newly established Datang Kingdom divided the border with the United Kingdom, and the entire Oregon region and the Vancouver Peninsula in the north were all included in the territory of the Datang Kingdom, which also ushered in a new opportunity for development.

Portland has a climate with four distinct seasons. The annual rainfall is about the same as that of Yangzhou, with an annual average of 1100 millimeters. Portland is well known for its abundance of roses. Blooming roses can be seen everywhere on the city streets and in residents' gardens.

Since Portland's economy is more inclined to mechanical processing and manufacturing, the environmental pollution here is significantly less. The clear sky can see the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and the lush trees bring more greenery to the city. and vitality.

Compared with Salem, Portland's development momentum in the new year will be much weaker. It is foreseeable that the economic aggregate and population will be greatly surpassed. This makes the local provincial government officials very frustrated. It feels like a dog.

After working hard for more than half a year and spending countless efforts lobbying the kingdom government, the peaches were finally picked by Salem. Isn’t this making wedding clothes for others?
In fact, the development of Portland is still remarkable. The city and its inland towns have vast forests and pastures, and agriculture and animal husbandry are also quite developed. The cattle industry is the mainstay of the state’s animal husbandry, and the number of corrals is 20. above the head.

Oregon is also an excellent horse breeding land. There are no less than 5 to 6 wild horses in the mountains and jungles, and about 13 high-quality horses in artificial captivity. There are hundreds of large and medium-sized horse farms.

After the founding of the country, in order to deal with the imminent American aggression, when Richard was planning to build the cuirassier team, he imported as many as [-] to [-] Suffolk horses from the British Oregon area, thus forming three cuirassiers with strong combat effectiveness. The cavalry regiment made great contributions to helping the kingdom survive the most dangerous moment.

Now that the army has been expanded on a large scale to form a cavalry division, the purebred Suffolk horse produced in the Oregon region is the favorite of the cavalry, not one of them.

On the outskirts of Portland, there are large tracts of undeveloped primeval forests, where wild brown bears often come and go, and even swagger into the city, and the result is often a meal on the plate.

The owner of the restaurant doesn’t mind shooting a brown bear. Bear bile can be sold for tens of dollars at least. Bear’s paw is also a high-end food that Chinese customers like most. Bear meat is a game that ordinary customers like to taste. Bear skin will not be wasted. They are all treasures.

Richard likes the wild environment here very much. During his stay in Portland, he went out to hunt several times. The accompanying bodyguards of the Royal Guards teamed up with the Special Operations Department to clear up and stop a plot to assassinate His Majesty the King. A total of 17 people were captured. 6 people were killed.

The mastermind behind this murder is still the Yankees. This is the 26th assassination that Richard has encountered since he was crowned king. Unlike the previous practice of concealing the news, this time he chose to announce it with great fanfare, which aroused public opinion. A boil.

The incident was named the "River Bend Murders" because the assassins planned to operate in the River Bend.

After the "Hewan Assassination Case" was announced, the 17 captured participants confessed and the evidence was overwhelming. Judicial procedures were soon launched, and the assassins will be tried publicly.

Along with the disclosure of the details of the "Assassination Case at Riverbend", David Wallace, a habitual criminal who had participated in planning the assassination of the king many times before, was instigated by Charles, an official of the US Department of Justice, to hire some adventurers and bounty gunmen Planning to assassinate His Majesty the King.

This time, the public opinion of Datang Kingdom was blown up.

Under the excitement, many Chinese people even made some irrational behaviors, publicly beating and cursing white people who were suspected of being American Yankees on the street, and there were even dozens of shooting cases, all targeting the North Dude white.

His Majesty the King was forced to speak publicly in Portland as the "Bend on the River" intensified;

He called on the people of the whole country to deal with it calmly, and the spearhead of hatred can only be aimed at the real Yankees, and should not be expanded to harm innocent people or white people who live legally.They are all inseparable members of the Tang Kingdom, contributing their ingenuity to the development of the kingdom...

February 5 at 5 am

The military officially released a shocking news. In the early hours of this morning, four field divisions belonging to the central military region of the Tang Kingdom marched southward. The troops divided into three groups and went straight to Tijuana, Mexicali and other cities. They are currently fighting fiercely.

at the same time
The Marine Corps landed in La Paz, an important port city in southern Tijuana, and launched military operations against the U.S. forces in the area. They will eliminate them as soon as possible and establish their rule over La Paz.

the above-mentioned military operations
It is the Tang Kingdom's military's direct and tough counterattack against the US federal government's reckless actions. The sacred kingship cannot be offended, and those who dare to step over the threshold will suffer a heavy blow.

After the Datang Kingdom has fully occupied the Tijuana State, it will exercise full control over it, and after the approval of the parliament, accept the state as a province in the south of the mainland of the Datang Kingdom.

The military clearly stated;

This is a positive response to the Commonwealth of America's offense against the sacred kingship. If you want war, we will give you war.

Your Majesty once said: Ming Fan and the Tang Empire will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away!

The sonorous and forceful response from the military really cheered people up. Enthusiastic parades and lion and dragon dances broke out in various cities of the Tang Kingdom. Many veterans who had participated in the war wore badges at the end of the parade. ahead, shouting;

"The sacred kingship shall not be offended, destroy the Yankees, and take Tijuana."

"Support the king, be loyal to His Majesty the King, and be loyal to the Tang Kingdom."

"Whoever violates the Great Tang Empire will be punished no matter how far away."

"Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

Domestic public opinion and public opinion boiled over because of the southern war, and with the victory of La Paz being conquered, Tijuana being conquered, and Mexicali being conquered, the country fell into a sea of ​​joy.

These exciting news of victory have greatly encouraged the national pride of the people in the kingdom, enhanced the national cohesion and sense of identity, His Majesty the King and the army have gained wider recognition and respect, and their prestige has soared...

Successfully bringing Tijuana into the bag is just a small test. The four field divisions performed very well in the battle, but they also exposed many problems. Overall, they can score 4 points.

The score of 80 is based on the powerful ace troops of the Tang Kingdom, not the cannon fodder of the Yankee Civil War. For the new troops of the four field divisions, the performance is already remarkable, and it can be said to be a good start.

In this battle, 4.8 elite troops of the Tang Kingdom went southward, and 5200 marines landed across the sea. It took only 4 and a half days to completely wipe out 1.37 local defenders (including more than 7500 militiamen). Crush the past, and achieved a clean victory.

The first is to intimidate the enemy, the second is to test the training results of the new troops in actual combat, and the third is to take the already ripe fruit of Tijuana into the bag. All three have achieved the expected goals.

The whole state of Tijuana is like a slender baguette. Its south is adjacent to the most prosperous and developed state of California in the Tang Kingdom, and it is only a few tens of kilometers away from Palm Springs.

There are only three important cities in Tijuana, and two of them are located not far from the southern border of the Tang Kingdom. They are Tijuana and Mexicali, the capital of the state. These two cities are also key defenses of the Yankees.

In fact

When the soldiers of the Tang Kingdom came under pressure, they fully occupied the two cities with only moderate resistance. As an isolated enclave overseas, Tijuana did not have the will and strength to resist the army going south.

The Yankees want to use this enclave to contain and influence the Datang Kingdom, which is tantamount to nonsense.

The only important town in the south of the state is La Paz, a seaside city on the strait, more than 1200 kilometers away from Tijuana and Mexicali, and located in the southernmost part of the state.

Since there are no roads connecting the southern and northern parts of Tijuana, the distance of more than 1200 kilometers between the two places is full of mountains and pristine wilderness, and there are few people.

Therefore, the task of attacking and occupying the coastal city of La Paz fell to the naval fleet.

La Paz has a long history, but it is only a seaside city with a population of more than 1.6. It has 720 American soldiers and more than 1500 militiamen. In less than two hours, the city was fully occupied.

The whole process was as easy as eating and drinking. A total of 337 American soldiers were killed or injured during the battle, 1771 were captured, and more than [-] people were missing.

It is estimated that the American soldiers took advantage of the chaos to change into civilian clothes or the white militiamen fled back home, which is also helpless.