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Lincoln has no energy to pay attention to the backlash caused by the strong pressure.If there is no killing, it means that there is still room for manoeuvre. In the future, the southern rebellion will be suppressed, and then we can try to ease the relationship.

The worst result is nothing more than a state vote.If the war is lost, the United States will split in two, and even if he manages the relationship well, he will still have to get out.

President Lincoln, who had just returned to Washington, received bad news. The state of Delaware next door was still quiet.

"What's going on, why is Delaware not getting it?"

Not to blame Lincoln for being angry. Delaware is just a nominal state of animal slavery. In fact, slavery is already in existence here.

There are more than 20,000 black people in the state, and less than 1,800 are slaves.

The most prosperous Wilmington and its surrounding areas have become economically integrated with Pennsylvania.The area of ​​this state is very small, only more than 6,000 square kilometers, and the power of plantation owners is naturally small.

The Secretary of State responsible for coordinating Delaware has a sullen complexion, and the state of Maryland, which was otherwise difficult to resolve, has been settled by the president.

"Originally, Delaware was loyal to the Union, and we also had an absolute advantage in the January state parliamentary vote.

But the intervention of the four countries of Anglo-French-Ocean complicates things.The suppressed southernists became active with their support.

These people can't let Delaware fall to the south, but they have put the state's preparations into a standstill.

In the name of opposing the civil war, they organized demonstrations and demanded neutrality from the state government.Not long ago, 20,000 people gathered and once occupied the state parliament."

Lincoln frowned and asked, "Why not suppress it, I remember the Governor of Delaware loyal to the federal government?"

"Reporters from many European countries appeared in Delaware, and the ministers of the four countries of Anglo-French-Ocean issued a note to the state government, expressing close attention.

The Delaware state government fears that the crackdown by force may have unpredictable consequences, triggering power intervention."The Secretary of State's complexion replied

This is not the first time the four countries have interfered in the internal affairs of the United States.Without the intervention of European powers, the southern government could not win so many states together.

In particular, the two population states of Kentucky and Missouri in the west have historically been pulled over by the northern government, but now they have fallen to the southern government.

It is important to know that among the 14 states of the Confederacy government, Missouri has the highest number of whites and Kentucky has the third highest number of whites.

The number of white people in these two states is more than the sum of the six states with the smallest population in the United States. Their joining will undoubtedly greatly increase the strength of the southern government.

Historically, these two states joined the northern government, and still 40,000 people joined the southern army.But after they joined the southern government, now they are willing to kill their lives for the northern government, but there are less than a thousand people.

The reason is very realistic. Plantation owners are not willing to lose their interests and fight for their own benefit.

The capitalists couldn't do it anymore. After being tempted by the Southern government, they were comfortable with the Confederate government.

It is the interests that cause trouble. The plantation economy in the south hinders the development of the capitalist economy, which does not mean that it hinders the capitalists from making a fortune.

With cheap industrial raw materials and a market of more than 10 million people, a quarter of them have reached the middle class and a properly high-quality market.

The number of local capitalists in this market is very small, far from being fiercely competitive in the big family of the federal government, it is very attractive for capitalists who are not very powerful.

It's easier to make money there, just support that side, and the capitalists will not feel guilty in the face of the benefits.

Public opinion has been reversed, and the southern government has vigorously publicized that the northern government wants to turn the south into an economic colony. Naturally, the blindly following people will naturally support the southern government.

The southern government added three states and the population increased by more than three million, while the northern government decreased by more than three million.Under this increase or decrease, the strength comparison between the two sides has changed.

Lincoln naturally did not know these changes. He still maintained full confidence in defeating the South, but he had a headache for interventions that may come from European countries.

It didn't take long for the British to burn the White House. Lincoln also came from that era. Now that the three countries of Faoxi have been added, how can there be no fear at all?

Lincoln asked with concern: "Mr. Safar, what do the Russians say, are they willing to support us?"

It is very unwise to directly confront the four countries of Britain, France, and Océ. Before the outbreak of the World War in Europe, the United States cannot ignore the joint intervention of European countries.

If there is no obstruction by the ocean, with the strength of the United States, any of these four can be beaten on the ground.

This has been proved in the battle of the British burning the White House.The tens of thousands of British troops have made the United States lose its capital, and the army of the federal government is really difficult to reassure.

Foreign Minister Safar replied: "The tsarist government is willing to support our united war, but it is limited to diplomacy. They have limited strength in the Americas and there is no way to give us substantial support."

The verbal support is useful, and the four countries of Anglo-French-Ossi have personally come out to help.Seeking the help of the Tsarist government, it is natural to want the Russians to be able to engage in a little activity and contain one or two powers.

The three countries of Britain, France and Austria now border the Russians, and it is a great diplomatic victory for the federal government to arbitrarily control which one to live with.

Lincoln said reluctantly: "Do we support their expansion in the Far East, is it a verbal support?"

The federal government now has too few chips to buy the tsarist government.In addition to supporting each other diplomatically, the US government can actually provide very limited help to the tsarist government.

Now the Russians are most in need of money.If the federal government has money, it can cost hundreds of millions of pounds, and keeping the Russians can make a big news, and at the same time contain the energy of the three countries.

It is a pity that the United States is not yet a wealthy American empire, and it can't even make such a huge sum of money.

The tsarist government is also the owner who does not see rabbits and eagles. Without sufficient benefits, why should they help the United States to pull hatred?

Foreign Minister Safar argued: "Your Excellency, this topic does not make any sense. The Russians are reforming, and now they need a stable international environment, and they can't win for us."

It's not that he didn't work hard, it was really too thin.In exchange for the Russians ’verbal support, he had exhausted his thoughts.

This is the end of the topic, the problem cannot be solved, and it is no longer necessary to talk about it.

The Minister of War, Simon Kamel, hurried in and eagerly said, "His Excellency, the frontline emergency."

President Lincoln said calmly: "Speak, what bad news I can hold."

Just glancing at the face of Simon Caucia, he knew where the battle was to be defeated again. It seemed that the northern army had not won since the outbreak of the war.

The Minister of War, Simon Kamei, sullenly said: "On May 1, 1861, the rebels launched an offensive against Cincinnati. Our army fought hard for three days and nights, and finally defeated because it was outnumbered. Ohio was in a hurry."

Lincoln stood up immediately, grabbed the battle report, and looked carefully.The vocabulary of art processing is directly omitted, and the summary is:

Fifty thousand southern troops attacked Cincinnati, and the federal government sent a 12,000 infantry division, plus 32,000 militias in Ohio and 21,000 militias in Indiana to defend, and was defeated.

It is indeed outnumbered. After ignoring the militia units of the two states, the federal government has an infantry division. Only a quarter of the enemy ’s strength is able to withstand three days. It is very difficult.

Lincoln didn't care about the process of the war. He only knew that the infantry division sent by the federal government had less than one-third of its troops. It died or was captured by several people. The militia in the two states also suffered heavy losses. The specific data is unknown. .

"Ohio is just above the Great Lakes. Once the rebels have occupied it, the federal government has been halved from the land by the enemy.

In any case, the Ministry of War must find a way to keep this state.We may have suffered losses militarily, but politics does not allow us to lose a state."

With his military knowledge of half a barrel of water, Lincoln immediately made a judgment.

The Minister of War, Simon Kamei, replied bitterly: "Yes, Your Excellency. But now we need more reinforcements, and the original plan is out of date."

This battle directly made the Ministry of War understand that the enemy is not a multitude of people. The original plan was: the surrounding states ’militia should establish a circle of encirclement, and the government had recruited 75,000 militia and regular troops to directly roll over.

Now the encirclement has been torn apart. Once Ohio falls, Pennsylvania next door will become a battlefield, and the American steel center Pittsburgh will be exposed to the southern front.

Even if the southern government has limited strength and cannot occupy it for a long time, as long as they engage in a major destruction, the northern government's industrial advantages will disappear by more than half.

There is no way. The Great Lakes region is the core industrial area of ​​the United States. I really cannot afford to lose it.Ohio has become a battlefield, and they have already suffered heavy losses.

Lincoln replied without hesitation: "I will issue a national recruitment order again, recruiting 300,000 militiamen from each state to serve. But this will take time, and you still need to find a way yourself in a short time."

The sequelae of inadequate preparation are exposed. As long as any front is defeated, the federal government does not have enough troops.

Demographic advantages and industrial advantages are just war potential. If it cannot be transformed into military power, then the potential will always be potential.

The Minister of War, Simon Kamei Lion, said: "The federal government has a limited number of troops, and there are too many places to guard. In a short period of time, we can only order the militia in the neighboring states to rush to the reinforcements.

Considering that the enemy may attack from all sides, disrupting our military deployment, we must have at least a mobile force of 700,000 to be able to put out this rebellion."

The original plan required only 100,000 troops to put out the rebellion.After the battle, Simon Kamei became conservative.

Lincoln asked in surprise: "Need so many troops?"

The Minister of War, Simon Kamei, explained: "Your Excellency, according to the enemy's military deployment, it will not take long for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and other regions to become battlefield.

The political troubles caused by the fall of a state are incalculable.If there is not enough troops, it is difficult to counterattack under full defense."

The United States is different from other countries. As long as the federal government dares to give up any state, they will not be able to walk around.Under such circumstances, these state governments surrendered directly to the south.

Lincoln said helplessly: "Well, you are a professional in this respect. What other problems need to be solved by me, you can tell them together."

War Minister Simon Kamei said embarrassingly: "Our officers have insufficient reserves and we must recruit officers who have retired to come back to serve again.

I know I ’ve recruited, but it ’s not enough.I mean recruiting veterans who have gone to the battlefield to serve as grass-roots officers, the age can be relaxed to 55 years old."

It is indeed a veteran. In this age when the average life expectancy is less than 55 years old, recruiting veterans of this age, Simon Kamei is really forced to do nothing.

Senior officers can promote new recruits, but the demand is not high anyway. It is always possible to find them carefully from the Federal Army.

Company platoon officers with the greatest demand have no choice.Originally, the size of the U.S. Army was small, and officers from more than seven floors came from the south. After the civil war broke out, these people left.

Now the army is expanded more than ten times at a time. Even if all the active veterans are promoted to officers, Simon Kamei is not enough.

Can only retreat second, recruit over-age retired officers to come back to serve.

Lincoln suggested: "Is the situation serious enough? We can let the students of the military academy graduate in advance and serve in the military."

War Minister Simon Kamei reminded: "Your Excellency, the first grade students in the military academy are all serving in the military. As for the first grade students, they have only just entered school and have not learned anything."