The U.S. Embassy in Yingtian later expressed its protest, claiming that sending armed forces beyond the boundaries of power without notification was an unfriendly sign.
The Foreign Affairs Department of the Ministry of Rites reacted extremely slowly to this. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, without even a formal reply. As the saying goes, "Silence is the greatest contempt." The Ming court's attitude made the entire American embassy feel angry as never before.
Last time, American citizens were maliciously injured and maimed by Ming army soldiers in the Tokyo Concession, and they received a perfunctory apology. This time the incident was more serious in nature, but the result was that they didn't even bother with it?
It was not until the morning of the fourth day that the Department of Foreign Affairs' reply came belatedly, to the effect that:
The resistance forces are a destabilizing factor on the archipelago. The U.S. military has failed to discover, intercept, and clear out the resistance forces that crossed the border in time. It is entirely appropriate for the Ming army to cross the border and eliminate them, thus avoiding greater losses. The reason for not notifying the border crossing in advance is to prevent the leakage of operational information, which is also reasonable from a military perspective.
Such an answer was obviously not acceptable to the Americans, but the subsequent rebuttals and questions all came to nothing, and there was no further news from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
"This is Chinese arrogance! They are so arrogant. Such a contemptuous attitude (will) make any American citizen angry."
At the U.S. Embassy in Yingtian, Minister Williams complained angrily.
In addition to normal business and state affairs exchanges, the two countries also indispensable communication and exchanges during games and battles. In the past, things were fine, but what makes Americans feel depressed in the past two years is that Akito's attitude has become increasingly cold.
Different from the arrogant indifference of the past, the indifference now seems more like being born out of hostility.
This has added a lot of trouble to the diplomatic work of both parties, and the efficiency of communication between Ming and the United States has plummeted.
As minister plenipotentiary, Williams was troubled by this—not only did he have to be urged by Washington, but he also had to deal with being chased and intercepted by reporters, and Mingren here showed a posture of being indifferent.
Public opinion is raging, and those radical guys are the last to see such a thing.
As the largest capitalist country, the United States, which has been devastated by the economic crisis, is still struggling to climb out of the quagmire.
At the beginning, even the much-criticized Hu Datong also took a few measures to directly interfere with the economy, but on the whole he still let it go and placed his hope on the automatic adjustment of the market economy.
At that time, under his leadership, the United States established the Renaissance Finance Corporation to provide loans to banks, businesses, and farms, and to provide relief to states.
The Emergency Relief and Works Act was also passed, expanding public works projects to absorb the unemployed.
But something slightly different from history is that Hu Datong was assassinated at the end of his term. The assassin used a Winchester shotgun with a shortened barrel to fire buckshot, causing him to die of open pneumothorax and excessive blood loss.
At this time, Curtis, as Vice President, immediately took over and immediately continued efforts to stem the still severe Great Depression.
One of the key problems is that the production capacity is extremely strong, but the consumption capacity is seriously insufficient.
The second key problem is that the salary income of workers and farmers lags far behind rising production efficiency.
The main measures that Curtis is working on are all centered on how to improve consumption capacity - increasing exports externally and allowing people to consume more internally.
On the original basis, he led the signing of a trade agreement with Ming Dynasty. In exchange for certain conditions, the latter reduced some tariffs, thereby making U.S. exports more competitive.
At the same time, relief bills and measures to promote public project construction have also been further expanded.
This operation is definitely effective, but it is not comprehensive enough. It can only be said to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. It is like giving painkillers to a seriously ill patient. The short-term effect is considerable, but it can only suppress the symptoms for a moment.
In the subsequent general election, some Republicans tried to pour dirty water on the other party over the assassination of President Hu Datong, and tried to dig up dirt on the other party's candidates.
Given that Curtis's measures did have a certain effect, and were highly publicized and boasted, this deceived some people to a large extent and made them mistakenly believe that the Republican Party is trustworthy.
In the end, although many people had switched to the Democratic Party, Curtis still won the election with a narrow margin.
Soon, this approach of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause reached a bottleneck - the economy stagnated after a slight recovery.
Once the effect of the medicine wears off, the symptoms remain and the pain does not diminish.
Faced with overwhelmingly angry public opinion, Curtis resigned voluntarily just halfway through his new term, becoming the first president to resign in the short history of the United States. It is worth mentioning that he is also the first president of Indian descent.
During this process, the far-right forces in the United States have grown rapidly, and their influence is far greater than that of the same period in history. There are more than 200 factions and organizations, and the largest "Black Legion" and "Justice Alliance" have their own armed forces and bases, even when fighting with the National Guard.
Of course, this does not yet reach the point of subverting the democratic system of the United States.
The greater influence is mainly reflected in the fact that this experience has caused all aspects of U.S. policies to become more right-leaning, and the "laissez-faire small government" has shifted more significantly to the "active regulatory big government."
After taking over the mess, the Democrats not only implemented the National Labor Relations Act to protect people's rights, but also worked hard to expand the size and power of the Federal Reserve Board.
In addition, in order to reverse the terrible situation as soon as possible, the Democrats have taken drastic measures with quick results - continuing to issue huge amounts of public debt and vigorously expanding armaments.
According to the National Security Forces Revitalization Act, which was passed with a high vote, the size of the Army will be expanded by 110% and the Army Aviation Force will be expanded by 60%.
The second additional project of the "Vincent Act" will not only increase the size of the existing naval fleet by 25%, but also increase the allocation of an additional US$1.4 billion; and bring the total number of combat aircraft of the Navy to 4,000, which will be used for aviation force allocation. The plan is $50 million.
As a result, 2 battleships, 1 aircraft carrier, 23 destroyers, 7 submarines, 4 supply ships, and 2 tugboats were immediately added to the construction plan.
Steel plants, shipyards, machinery processing plants, garment factories... major factories with abundant orders have welcomed batches of workers, and the North American continent is in full swing.
The haze of depression is dissipating, but the cloud of war is gradually approaching.
The first day of June was a rainy day with dark clouds, thunder and lightning.
"The Ministry of War has ordered that the Second and Third Armies in Japan, as well as the Fourth Army that is about to arrive, must strictly enforce military discipline and stop all retaliatory acts. Patrols in non-key areas can be organized by the National Defense Forces themselves. Checkpoints must be strictly arranged in martial law areas Post, the road guide will be verified from now on. Follow it and don’t violate it.”
As the main resistance force of hundreds of resistance troops were defeated one by one, the resistance movement in full swing came to a standstill for a while, and the restless Japanese islands finally became much calmer.
In order to avoid the resurgence of the resistance, the imperial court reiterated its requirements for the occupation policy, and the reduction of rents and taxes received good feedback.
For areas under martial law where there is strong opposition and where resistance forces are still active, the "pay-to-pass" road guidance policy has also been temporarily implemented.
A new batch of garrison troops are about to arrive, replacing the Second Army and the Third Army, which have been here for several months and are full of hostility and resentment.
At the same time, the memorandum forcing our garrison to stop using violence to control violence was eagerly adopted by the Ministry of War and quickly issued as an order.
Everyone knows in their mind what should be done, but no one wants to take the initiative.
Officials who openly submitted letters suggesting forcibly reining in military discipline were besieged from all directions, from public opinion to daily life, without exception. His house was pelted with stones and rotten eggs, and his daughter was isolated by her classmates, who mocked her as a soft-headed bitch.
Due to pressure from the outside world, the criminal officer asked for a transfer during the incident, and was quickly approved. He immediately took his family to Yili (Ili) and took up his post.
This matter was actually hinted by the emperor. Did this person take the initiative to take on this thankless job for personal ambition or national justice? In the past, after a few years people had forgotten about this matter, he could just return to the capital and be promoted quickly; in the future, at least he felt at ease and calm.
But these are not important anymore. What is important is the possibility of solving Japan's situation.
The emperor himself was extremely dissatisfied with this - no one could solve a trivial matter, whether it was about righteousness or inducement, there were always a few people who could talk and do things in the huge court, but there was no such big shot. He had to do it himself in the end. It would be really embarrassing to tell anyone about it.
So he had already begun to consider among several people who should be selected as the new prime minister. As for Zhu Lizheng and Zhu Lingjing, they were inevitably scolded.
"Okay, it's almost time to pack up and move in! Make room for the friendly troops to take over the defense."
"yes."
At the regular meeting of the First Marine Regiment, Zhou Changfeng announced the order to prepare the squadron to the officers, and everyone's expressions became visibly relaxed.
In this special military operation, the 1st Marine Regiment was both unlucky and lucky.
Unfortunately, they encountered the strongest resistance after landing at first; fortunately, they hardly had a turn to maintain security and stability in the following months. Compared with other friendly forces who were running around in the mountains to pursue the resistance, they spent most of their time idle. The officers and soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment living freely in Tokyo can be said to be too nourishing.
Four days later, the 22nd Infantry Division of the Army, which was organized in Shaozhou Prefecture, disembarked at the dock, and the 65th Regiment came to take over the defense.
"Hey, Zhou Changfeng and Zhou Kexing, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm such a famous name that I've admired for a long time."
"Don't dare to take it seriously."
The leader of the 65th Regiment, who spoke with a Cantonese accent, was particularly enthusiastic. The two chatted for a while and handed over various matters while eating.
In this way, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment began to line up outside the station, preparing to go to the dock to board the ship.
In order to pass the time on the road, Xiao Li bought several newspapers and periodicals.
Zhou Changfeng didn't pay attention at first. When the fleet was halfway through the voyage, he had the time to flip through the "Nature" and "Science" journals. In order to avoid missing out, he would buy every issue this year.
Flip through it from beginning to end to see if there are any words you want. Unexpectedly, when he was flipping through "Nature", he actually saw the words uranium, nuclear, and fission.
real or fake? ! Isn't it a mistake? !
Zhou Changfeng felt his heart was lifted. He held his breath and read each line word by word. Due to the presence of some proper terms in physics, it was a little difficult to read carefully, but after reading the first paragraph, he was convinced that this was indeed an article that discovered nuclear fission, half a year earlier than in history.
The reason cannot be determined, there are too many variables - it may be driven by the contributions of Ming physicists, or it may be due to changes in the world line that Lise Meitner was not persecuted and did not interact with Otto Hahn. separate.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and looked out the window at the vast expanse of blue sea with a myriad of thoughts.
The indicator light flashed, the centripetally compressed explosive detonated instantly, a dazzling white light enveloped the world, and a black-red mushroom cloud rose into the sky...
Every minute and every second of the next voyage was torturous, and more than a day seemed as long as a month.
After the fleet arrived in Haizhou, Zhou Changfeng immediately set off back to Beijing. Seeing his eagerness, Xie Wancheng and Yao Liangchuan thought something had happened to his wife.
At around six o'clock that night, the setting sun had just touched the horizon, and the small plane carrying him slowly landed on the runway of Gaoqiao Airport.
He originally hesitated to submit a letter to the Ministry of War first, but in the end he gave up and took a car straight to the Princess Mansion.
It's already dark, why are you so anxious?
As the family leader, Fang Shujun personally received Zhou Changfeng and offered him tea.
He asked doubtfully: "I remember that your subordinates are about to return to the country. Why are you so anxious?"
The latter drank a whole glass of water in one gulp and said in deep thought: "The matter itself is not urgent, mainly because I am impatient personally. Well... this is a major discovery."
"Oh, that's it. Wait a moment, His Highness will be here soon..."
"What a major discovery." A leisurely female voice floated over from the side.
Fang Shujun and Zhou Changfeng subconsciously stood up at the same time and turned to the direction of the source of the sound.
Zhu Lingjing, wearing a light blue gold-woven satin robe, came slowly, her eyes flicked on Zhou Changfeng's body a few times, and then she sat down on a chair beside her.
Although I have thought about the wording and simulated it in my mind many times before, I am still a little incoherent at this time.
Zhou Changfeng pointed to the open volume of "Nature" on the desk and said, "Your Highness, this issue contains an article about nuclear fission. Heavy atomic nuclei can be split!"
I don’t speak English very well, and I can’t understand it even if you point it at me.
Zhu Lingjing, who felt a little baffled, glanced at the journal and asked calmly: "Then what? What did you think of?"
Zhou Changfeng, whose eyes were full of excitement, took a deep breath and said seriously: "They found that the uranium nucleus split under the impact of neutrons, and new neutrons were released at the same time. During this period, there would be an obvious mass loss, and this reaction would continue one after another. Go down."
Can't you speak more clearly?
Zhu Lingjing was silent, thinking about what he just said, and then focused on the four words "quality loss".
She picked up the teacup and took a sip, then raised her eyes and said, "Are you thinking that these masses will be converted into energy according to the mass-energy equation?"
1. Yesterday I was thinking about whether to change the subsequent plot, and I was a little confused. Then I thought about painting the military flag for a while, but there was no result. The national flag is probably like this, choose one from three.
2. Promote books.
(End of chapter)
