Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

So, with everyone in Britain and Europe dumbfounded, the Commonwealth of America actually sent a large army to quickly occupy the northern town of Creston, and on the grounds that the Indian prisoner escaped westward, they followed more than An army of more than ten thousand people pursued them all the way.

In just 10 days, from the small town of Creston in the southeastern part of British Columbia, Canada, to Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, and Kamloops in the middle of the south, the entire province The south was taken.

And continued to advance north. All the Canadian police officers along the way became one of the suspected accomplices. Only after the city of Prince George in central British Columbia was captured, the British and European countries realized that this was not a pursuit of a criminal. Prisoner, this is clearly the American Federation that wants to occupy this province.

God, the United States dared to do this. How could they do this?

On October 8, 1866, after the Confederate States captured Prince George, they captured Queen Charlotte Island that morning. On the same day, Secretary of State Washington held a press conference in person. He stated that the Commonwealth of America had acquired the sovereignty of British Columbia because the leader of the Indiana people in the province led his nation to the Commonwealth of America and they were dissatisfied with the British. Exploitation and invasion, the Confederate States of America did this out of humanitarianism and to maintain peace on the border. Therefore, the Lincoln administration was willing to accept the idea of ​​​​local people who wanted to join the Confederate States of America.

The entire country of the Commonwealth of America cheered for this. Since the Southern Commonwealth of America wanted to stand on its own feet, the military morale in the north has been unstable and the people's morale has been low. Now that we have received such good news, it can be said that it has greatly boosted the country's pride. There are even polls showing that President Lincoln's public opinion is second only to the first president Washington and on par with the third president Thomas Jefferson.

You must know that Thomas Jefferson was America's first Secretary of State and the founder of the Democratic Republican Party (founded in 1893), the predecessor of today's Democratic Party and Republican Party. He led the party to defeat his opponent, the first Secretary of the Treasury Alex The Federalist Party formed by Hamilton the Great even caused the latter to disappear in the 1820s, and eventually his Democratic-Republican Party split into the two current parties.

And you must know that Thomas Jefferson is not just that simple. He is also one of the three founding heroes along with the first president Washington and Benjamin Franklin. He is also the only American president who has served three terms.

Lincoln was able to suppress him, presumably because of the influence of the Civil War and the promulgation of a series of bills such as the Land Act and the Abolition Act in response.

In addition, he resisted the British invasion, negotiated with Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon I of France to buy Louisiana in the Mississippi River area, and Lincoln also took over the Canadian province of British Columbia. This was the beginning of the American Commonwealth in the past ten years. The United States obtained the only new territory, so it is understandable that Lincoln could obtain such public support.

Compared to Milician's excitement, Britain was extremely angry.

On October 10, 1866, British Foreign Secretary Russell personally held a foreign press conference, making a strong condemnation to the Commonwealth of America on behalf of the British government and demanding that the Commonwealth of America annex British Canada.

"Canada is British, every inch of it is. We will not tolerate the encroachment of this British territory. Absolutely not. You should know that Britain has enough tools to do this if the Lincoln government wants to try it." , everyone can wait and see.”

When someone from a British newspaper asked Russell, the British Foreign Secretary, how the United Kingdom was prepared to deal with threats from the Commonwealth of America if the United Kingdom did not withdraw, Russell made it clear that they would respond strongly. As for how to respond, he chose to avoid Yes, I just say that everyone can wait and see.

However, the Commonwealth of America seemed calm and didn't seem to care much. Secretary of State Seward stated on October 12 that 90% of Britain had been captured and would be completed by the 15th.

This further angered London.

Since there are less than 40,000 British troops stationed in Canada, and the Canadian territory north of the Great Lakes needs to beware of the Commonwealth of America in the south, the troops that can support the west are not available. There are too few and there is no effect.

As a result, the British government once again targeted British India.

On October 14, 1866, London announced that it would send 20,000 troops from the British Isles from the Atlantic into southeastern Canada to strengthen defense. At the same time, it would dispatch 20,000 indigenous troops and 10,000 British troops from the Indian Ocean to the British colonial Indian subcontinent. It will cross the Pacific and land on the Pacific coast of western Canada before November 10th, which will effectively block the invaders of the Commonwealth of America.

At the same time, the supply of weapons to the Confederate States will be increased.

The Confederate States seemed to be isolated by the British, so they seemed to launch a counterattack against the Northern Confederacy, changing the defensive state of the past few weeks.

However, this seems to have been expected by the Lincoln administration. Although the South wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the predicament of being suppressed, there was no change in the end.

Of course, this is also because the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of America are currently only talking to each other and not taking action yet, so that the other side still has room to deal with their "provocations."

Not to be outdone, Country G of the American Federation increased its troops at the same time. An unprecedented 70,000 troops were formed in British Columbia, Canada. After taking over the province on October 15, on the 17th, they actually launched an attack on Alber in the east. Tasmania launched an attack.

And this time, not only was it attacking from west to east, the Commonwealth of America also sent troops from the southern state of Montana to the north, attacking Alberta and Saskatchewan respectively.

Britain was simply stunned.

Is the Commonwealth of America going to launch a full-scale war against the British colony?

Are you really not afraid of full-scale British retaliation?

Can the Commonwealth of America withstand it?

So the British Isles recruited another 30,000 soldiers. In addition to the 20,000 people who had already transported ships on the Atlantic, a total of 50,000 people would be dispatched to defend Canada. Plus Canada's 40,000 and 90,000 Canadian troops, Britain was confident This is enough to put a lot of pressure on the United States of America. If India's indigenous troops and the 10,000 British regular troops also land in the west, it will reach an unprecedented 120,000 troops, which is enough to compare with the army of the Kingdom of Denmark, a medium-sized country in Europe.

Many people in the UK once believed that this would cause the federal government of the United States to change its color when they saw the UK's serious attitude. But they were disappointed. The Lincoln administration was even contrary to their expectations.

On October 20, 1866, Minister of the Interior Washburn announced that the Milijian Commonwealth would increase its troops by 100,000. Among them, people of color and blacks who had just returned to freedom could join the army.

For this reason, black people throughout the American Commonwealth are extremely enthusiastic.

Perhaps moved by Lincoln's kindness, the blacks actually completed an army of 50,000 specifically composed of strong blacks in less than a week.

Seeing this, the white people were naturally unwilling to be outdone, so the 50,000-strong army was completed on October 23.

Only at this time did European countries understand that the Commonwealth of America was obviously not prepared to compromise with Britain this time.