079 Building a Second Power (2)
The Battle of Florida, which had begun between the United States and Spain, has just entered its fifth month.
Now the United States thought Spain would surrender and return to Florida after it had surrendered.
But their thinking was completely wrong.
“Commander! Fleet is coming to the Florida coast!”
“fleet?”
“This is the last Spanish territory in southern Florida that we need to retake!”
“Fleet! Where did such a fleet come from… … .”
“I heard that France was recently engaged in a siege with us in the North. Could it be the fleet sent from there?”
“Damn it!”
“France has the same level of weapons as us anyway. We must strike first!”
James Winters, commander of the Florida Occupation Forces, was deeply troubled.
If James Winters’ forces began to engage France, the confrontation with Spain might be broken.
First, it was an urgent task to find out the size of the enemy.
“What is the exact number of ships?”
“It’s 20 powered ships.”
“… … I’ve been driving a lot. The barrel of the cannon?”
“It’s not a new cannon, but it’s still quite a caliber.”
“Hmm… … . If I had scraped it and brought it back from France, the range would have been quite long.”
The French artillery power was quite decent, even if not for East Stella’s towed artillery with a range of 25 km.
In contrast, James Winters had only 20 small-caliber artillery pieces to fight against France in the north and Mexico in the west.
It was a very harsh environment, but he had to make a decision as a commander.
“… … If you stick with it, you can lose.”
“But that doesn’t mean you can’t give up Florida and retreat to your home country, can you?”
“Shit… … .”
“You fight for your life. Our morale is high and they will be the first troops to land here. We cannot lose.”
“On the other hand, we could all die.”
“I know. But if we step back, we have to give up more land, starting with Florida. Even if we die here, we can never back down.”
The military of the southern United States was relatively strong compared to the army of the North.
Although he had strong white supremacy and was politically conservative, the solidarity of the military was strong enough to be recognized by his opponents.
James Winters finally made a decision.
“… … Okay, so we’ll preempt the enemy first. Let’s prepare a cannon and start firing at the enemy’s side.”
“Oooh!”
The morale of the army was also great.
That evening, James Winters, with his 12,000 men, advanced toward the last bastion of Spanish-occupied southern Florida.
Currently, the Spanish were hiding in a bastion of 600 men off the coast of Florida and adhering to a desperate fight.
James Winters ignored it and instead turned the port to the shore.
“The target is the Black Fleet! Advance to the effective range!”
James Winters begins an artillery firefight with a fleet believed to be the French army.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that their fates depended on God.
However, the guns of the army presumed to be French were more powerful than expected.
“… … Enemy shells are falling from the front!”
“What?! Are you still out of our range?!”
“More cannonballs than I thought! Avoid!”
The number of shells fired from 20 ships is about 400 at a time.
It occurred to me that James Winters could be killed here if he did it wrong.
‘… … Father God, forgive me of my sins!’
***
East Stellar’s main force has finally reached the coast of California.
In the meantime, New Literkirk has grown to a size that encompasses the whole of California, and has recently been steadily advancing north through negotiations with Britain.
This expansion strategy was only possible in New Ritterkirk, which was overflowing with gold.
When we unpacked our bags and started setting up production lines at our factory in New Ritterkirk, it felt like a new life had come to the city.
“We installed all the equipment we brought with us when we moved. Now, as promised with the UK, all we have to do is take Vancouver and build a new outpost.”
“How is the security situation around Vancouver?”
“It’s better than I thought. In the past, Russian expeditions camped here, and it is said that there is a lot of infrastructure around because the US and the UK are fighting here for power. If we cross over to Vancouver and touch the baton with the Governor-General there, we’ll be able to build artillery and build walls right away.”
Recently, Eaststellar has developed a plan to effectively defend against invading enemies by building a fence in front of it by developing a wire fence and destroying the enemy from behind the fence.
Due to the construction of the iron fence, it was possible to save much less money and shorten the time than the construction of a defensive base that had a high fence in the past.
For this purpose, Lee Hwan decided to dispatch a Vancouver manager.
“Let’s go into the seat of the governor-general, which leaves the room, and absorb the surrounding people and infrastructure. For that, I think the department in charge will need to be dispatched.”
“I’d like to send in Adam Rose, one of the frontier’s most accomplished administrative experts, and John Morgan, who has grown New Literkirk to a great extent thanks to his financial acumen.”
“Ah, John Morgan!”
John Morgan came to the settlement and showed great financial acumen, which greatly increased the Dominion’s finances.
If he were to be dispatched to Vancouver, he would probably get some pretty good news.
“good. Send two men to Vancouver, along with additional construction and military experts. Let’s take the number of troops following the movement around 12,000.”
“all right.”
The size of Eaststellar itself will change in the future depending on its performance in Vancouver.
Eventually, Yi Hwan decided to subdue the bandits around the settlement and establish a market for bartering with the natives.
He appointed each person in charge of this operation.
“I will appoint Lucas Lockwood as the subjugation leader, and Illisha Mouser as the barter.”
“Lucas Lockwood is the captain of the guard guarding the outpost, and is a key figure in giving instructions to each unit on the search around them. Are you okay though?”
Lucas Lockwood was the best mercenary Lee Hwan knew.
If he disappeared, there would be a little vacancy right now, but the right talent would always appear to fill the position.
“it’s okay. Go ahead.”
“All right. Then, we will carry out personnel assignments according to the order.”
“Yes, please.”
“Also, we need to complete the staffing of the language interpreter department that will be dispatched by Elisha Mouser.”
“Ah, it was.”
Ilysha Mouser learned the local language almost natively to work as an interpreter in a northern settlement, and recently developed a sense of action through contact with a large number of indigenous peoples.
Lee Hwan thought that such a woman would be a perfect fit for the creation of the barter market.
However, the problem was that there were not enough people who could speak the local language as well as her.
“We brought in talented people from Europe, so finding people locally is like picking stars in the sky.”
“Is this the biggest inconvenience of living in a settlement?”
Lee Hwan will make more settlements in the future and will settle in Suez on the second expedition to the board of directors.
If so, it was said that East Stellar itself would have to conduct education.
“Is there a school in your settlement?”
“There is an institution responsible for basic education.”
“Then let’s set up an additional institution in charge of higher education, create a university, and train our workforce the way we do.”
“Educational personnel within the Dominion will be limited.”
“Then bring it from another country. You can organize an expedition for him.”
It was quite heartbreaking to see that the first university to be established in the Dominion established by Eaststellar.
The problem was that there must be a limit in attracting manpower.
“Importing manpower from abroad is actually a bit of a problem. Would there really be a scholar who would dare to come to the remote areas of this strange land to teach students?”
“Then we have to look for it. The world is full of geeks. If they can’t find a place to go, wouldn’t we be able to accept them?”
“They are geeks.”
Originally, Eaststellar was called a gathering place for geeks.
Hwan Lee tried to bring in the marginalized people of such a society even when he was appointed to the faculty of the university.
Of course, he is a laggard in society now, but his reputation will rise in the future.
Lee Hwan, who had listed the names of the scholars in someone’s memories, handed them to the secretary.
“Take this and go to Europe. And suggest moving to the New World to the people on this list.”
“Hey, where did you get this list from?”
“I just knew something. And put up an announcement that each country is seeking migrant scholars and try to recruit them.”
“all right. We think it will take another two or three years.”
“it’s okay. Just bring it in.”
Once the university is established, the East Stellar Company will probably become a more glamorous elite group.
***
At that time, when the war in North America was in full swing, war was raging in Europe for the first time in almost 10 years after Napoleon.
Austria proposed to Prussia to abolish the North German Confederation and make the German Confederation a multiracial state.
However, Prussia, of course, refused and announced that it would form the sole government of the Commonwealth of Northern Germany.
In response, the Habsburgs raised the theory of German unification, claiming that they would defeat Prussia and embrace Germany as a single state.
The Austrian Empire, who was still thirsty for war, was raging to establish a policy of advancing northward and destroy not only Prussia, but also the forces that sympathized with him.
As a result, the ‘German Federal Reunification Workshop’ began.
Although no full-fledged declaration of war had been made yet, in fact, the enlistment of the German Confederation had become a pre-established fact.
Taken from noblemtl.com
Moreover, as the Netherlands and Britain soon announced that they would join forces with Austria, Prussia was literally under siege from all sides.
Louise, granddaughter of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar Eisenach and granddaughter of King Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia, was to be sent to break through the siege of Britain, the traditional power that had pacified the emerging powers of the Netherlands and Europe.
The Grand Duchy of Saxony offered to send her to Russia.
It was because he thought that with the help of Tsarist Russia, there would be a trick to breaking the powerful Triple Alliance.
Officials of the Grand Duchy of Saxony, as well as Archduke Carl Friedrich, tried to marry her.
“Now the future of our Grand Duchy as well as the Confederation of Northern Germany depends on you.”
“But will Tsarist Russia accept me? I am already a broken contract.”
“If the conversation with the president of East Stellar was disappointing because of the frustration, then it doesn’t have to be. You’ve already been in contact with Russia several times, and they like you too.”
Louise no longer had a choice.
Reluctantly, she decided to go to Moscow, the capital of Tsarist Russia.
If this marriage talk is successful, Russia will participate in this war, which is highly likely to escalate into a world war in name and reality.