Zhang Yong did not expect that Simon came to him and asked him to become a spy.
Is he born to be a spy? Why is everyone looking for him to be a spy?
His promise to Simon will definitely affect his work here. However, if he refuses, let alone the possibility that he will be put in the shoes of the other party.
Without him, Simon would find someone else, and then he would not be able to participate in the Korean intelligence operation against the Renaissance Army.
Therefore, it is better for him to participate personally.
Now that he is going to become a double spy, the Renaissance Army can use this intelligence operation to do many things.
For example, the news that the Fuxing Army wants to tell the people of the country is conveyed to the people of the country through Zhang Yong's mouth.
Of course, with Zhang Yong’s level, he could not have imagined such a long-term future.
At this time, Simon would not give him so much time to think.
He simply thought that this would be more beneficial. It was probably the intuition he had developed as an intelligence agent in the past few years.
Zhang Yong walked out of Director Simon's room with an expression of joy on his face.
I have to say that this plan by the intelligence agency of the Republic of China was very well designed.
A typical example of using China to control China. Who would have thought that the Koreans would use Chinese as spies to spy on the intelligence of the Renaissance Army?
However, Director Simon did not know the specific plan. He was just a facilitator. All he could tell Zhang Yong was what he was going to do.
More of the content was imagined by Zhang Yong himself.
Soon, Zhang Yong and the people he selected will be taken for specialized training.
Zhang Yong must show a very positive attitude. The Chinese people are used to being arrogant and fall into this very hard.
Those Asan's are lazy and good at eating, and they succeed more than they do. It's because they know how to lick that they securely occupy the position of second-class meritorious citizens in our colony.
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The time has entered August of the sixth year of the Restoration, September 1861 in the Western calendar.
The subcontinent battlefield is still waiting for the arrival of the dry season, so there is no war for the time being. European countries are busy carving up African colonies.
The defeat of the Chinese in the East made other countries realize that the idea of trying to enslave the East was unrealistic.
It is more realistic to colonize Africa.
Many European countries, such as the German Confederation, France, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium...
Countries with some strength began to participate in the carving up of Africa.
At this time, the Great Empire was still trapped in the battlefield of the subcontinent.
This is also the reason why conservatives in Great Britain oppose the continuation of the war.
They were worried about waiting for the Yin Army to fight the Fuxing Army in the east for a long time.
Looking back, Africa has been carved up.
Is it difficult for me to start a war with these European countries when the time comes?
The French were more capable. They not only expanded their colonial empire in Africa.
At the same time, he also set his sights on Moxico, a large country in Central Amelia.
During the Napoleonic Wars, France lost its colony in North Amelia.
So Nathan always wanted to return to the New World of Amelia.
Looking at what he has done since he came to power, it can be seen that he wants to take back what his uncle did not hold on to back then.
Only in this way can he rival his uncle in achievements and become the real Napoleon the Great.
This is an obsession in Nasan's heart.
Now the opportunity has finally come.
Moxican President Benito Juárez stopped paying interest on foreign loans on July 17, 1861.
This was completely within Nasan's expectation, because it didn't happen suddenly.
The Juárez government had already disclosed this idea to the outside world before.
Of course, as Moxico's main creditor countries, France, Spain and Daqi have also made threats long ago.
But in the end, Juárez's government made a decision. As a result, it angered Moxico's largest borrowers: Spain, Brazil and France.
Nathan knew his chance had finally come.
Recently, he is looking for people from China and Spain to discuss organizing an armed force to go to Moxico to collect debts.
He has even planned to support a puppet government in Moxico.
Historically, it was Archduke Maximilian from Austria who was supported as the emperor of the Second Empire of Moxico.
The French plan to indirectly control Moxibus was almost realized.
At this time, Nasan didn't think much about it. He just took a fancy to Moxico's mineral resources.
In the future, France will be able to obtain agricultural raw materials from southern America and minerals from Moxibus. The entire country's economy will be able to develop better.
At this time, there was no concept of overproduction in the country because there were only a few industrialized countries and the demand for goods around the world was still huge.
Even if the market is insufficient, it can be opened through guns.
Therefore, major countries are constantly expanding production.
This is understandable, and the same thing is what Dong Shuheng is doing now, which is constantly adding, copying and pasting.
As for overproduction, Dong Shuheng knows the concept, but he also knows how to solve it.
Now he has established such a huge Chinese business circle, occupying almost half the size of the earth, in order to have a larger buffer space and more means of handling when encountering crises in the future.
The timing of taking action this time was just perfect.
At this time, the French were busy with the war in the East, the Spanish were unstable in internal affairs, and their eyesight was declining. The initiative in this matter naturally fell into the hands of France.
In addition, the civil war between the north and the south in America, located to the north of Moxico, had begun, and it did not have the time and energy to intervene in France's actions.
Moreover, taking three has a deeper meaning.
After taking control of Moxico, they bordered the southern part of Millikin.
At that time, he will be able to intervene in the civil war in Millikin.
Then France will have a stronger say in the southern states of America in the future.
The entire north-central America was completely reduced to France's raw material supply base and market.
I have to say that taking three is quite strategic.
At the same time, the Milicians were fully engaged in the struggle between the north and the south.
The North claimed to be the orthodoxy of the Federation, and Abraham had long issued a statement resolutely opposed to external forces interfering in Millican's internal affairs.
President Davis of the Confederate States had already met with representatives of the Great Empire and the French Empire.
They waved the big stick of orders, and neither Da Ying nor Francie would refuse.
Especially in the past two years, Dayang has launched a war with the Renaissance Army, resulting in huge losses.
In addition to warships, all weapons produced by Dayang during wartime can be sold.
The French are even more generous. No matter what kind of equipment it is, they can provide it on credit even if the South cannot afford cash.
If the southerners want to buy warships, they will directly sell all the warships currently in service.
These are almost all new warships. It's just that they are already outdated as soon as they are produced.
The French took advantage of the opportunity to take action.
The northerners found out, and Abraham protested many times.
But no one paid attention to it. This attitude made the northerners obviously inferior to the southerners in terms of initial weapons.
Abraham has been staying at the presidential palace for several months.
In the past few months, he has been busy with everything.
No president has ever faced such a crisis upon taking office.
First, when he announced his inauguration, the southern states announced their withdrawal from the Union, giving him a big gift when he took office.
Next, they began to use force to take back several federal fortresses in the south.
Abraham suppressed the anger in his heart and made a compromise decision.
But the selfish slaveholders in the South viewed this compromise for the sake of national unity as a sign of weakness.
This is unbearable! Since people in the South do not know good from evil, they can only use iron and blood to witness what is true justice.
In the luxurious office of the Presidential Palace, Abraham was summoning General Scott, the commander-in-chief of the federal army.
Abraham didn't like this kind of luxury. But he didn't ask anyone to adjust it, which meant a waste of resources.
Since he moved in, the cost of the presidential palace has been reduced to the lowest level.
General Scott is a veteran general. He is a hero in the Frontier War and has long held important positions in the federal army.
Abraham's purpose was to use his high moral prestige to enhance the cohesion of the north and boost morale.
General Scott had a habit of going to West Point to participate in the graduates' parade. Grant, Sherman, Hancock, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, etc. had all been reviewed by him.
These same graduates from that year participated in the Mexican War under his command, and they gradually grew up during this war.
But no one thought at that time that these same group of top students in the military academy would meet each other on the battlefield.
And Scott, the teacher, now wants to lead some students to attack other students.
"General Scott, I have said some things before, but I want to say them again now, and please tell them to the generals below."
"We now have 21 states, a population of nearly 19 million, four-fifths of the country's factories, 70% of the railway lines, occupy grain-producing areas, have the support of the people, and have absolute advantages in moral and economic strength.
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"We must quickly crush the rebels in the south with strong strength and force them to surrender. We must not let the war drag on for too long, otherwise the industrial system we have finally built in America will be brought down."
"In addition, the purpose of our war is to maintain the unity of America. As for the liberation of black slaves, let's not mention it for the time being, otherwise the four slave states of Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, and Maryland that are willing to stay in the Union will have to
It was pushed to the south." Abraham emphasized.
He told General Scott this to unify the army's thinking first.
Recently, many newspapers outside are advocating that this is an abolition war, which has panicked slave states.
But Abraham did not propose the abolition of slavery when he issued his declaration of crusade.
This made the people very confused.
Everyone originally joined the army with enthusiasm to overthrow this evil slavery.
But now Abraham, as the leader, kept silent about this matter.
This makes some people feel betrayed.
General Scott, who was listening to Abraham's words, couldn't help but interjected: "Mr. President, I know you didn't mention the abolition of slavery in order to unite more forces. But I have to remind you that this also cost us a lot.
Help."
"The dissatisfaction of the people has made our recruitment work difficult. Because of their opposition to slavery, the sergeants majors of Irish and German descent in the original army were on our side, which allowed our soldiers to get more than those from the South.
training. But now these people are beginning to become dissatisfied."
Most of the sergeants responsible for training in the former Union Army were of German and Irish descent. This was caused by the poor number of regular troops in the United States.
At that time, most of the German and Irish immigrants in Millenia were supporters of Abraham. Because they were new immigrants who wanted to get land, many of these sergeants were still loyal to the Union.
From this we can also see that this war between the North and the South was a contest between old and new immigrants.
The old settlers felt that the entire New World belonged to them. They deserved a large amount of land.
Their plantation model can be replicated and expanded as long as they own land and slaves.
So as to maintain their luxurious life.
There was once a supporter of slavery who wrote a book called "Mere Savages".
The author believes that "the free society in western Europe is a mistake, and even in the United States it cannot escape the end of collapse. In this regard, the North also expresses its acquiescence."
The author even suggested enslaving white people, giving them new land, and then giving them unemployed white people as serfs.
"A man with one thousand dollars could become the guardian of an ordinary poor white man; whoever had ten thousand dollars could have ten serfs, and a million dollars could have a thousand serfs."
This fully exposed the sinister intentions of slave owners who had the ultimate goal of enslaving everyone except themselves.
Naturally, those new immigrants did not want to be enslaved. They came all the way to the New World in search of a happy life.
However, the living conditions of workers in America are now as difficult as those in Europe.
They want their own land. Only in this way can they achieve freedom in life.
"General Scott, I understand all the things you said, but we have to make a choice, right? Besides, the troops we have now should be able to defeat the southern rebels, right?" Abraham looked at it.
Scott said with his eyes under his gray hair.
This was not what Abraham said himself, but what General Scott had promised before.
"General, I believe that you, with our army, will soon be able to cross the Potomac River and capture Richmond. At that time, I will accept Davis' surrender at the gates of Richmond."
Since Virginia joined the Confederacy soon after the war began, the Potomac River became the border between the North and the South. The front line could be seen from Washington, and Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, was not far away from Washington.
far south.
The capitals of both warring parties were so close, making the Eastern Battlefield the decisive battlefield of the Civil War, and the world's attention was focused on the Eastern Battlefield.
Because the terrain here is narrow and densely covered with important areas that neither side can give up, many of the military operations carried out here are clumsy frontal decisive battles that rely on troops and firepower to determine victory, and there are few large-depth mobile operations.
The battles fought on the vast western battlefield were much more maneuverable, fully reflecting the superb military attainments of the commanders on both sides.
Because of the importance of the east, Lincoln would mention the Potomac River here.
Now that the war has just begun, Abraham, like the generals in the south, has set his sights on the eastern battlefield.