Chapter 135: Battle for Survival (Second update, please subscribe)
The virtual light screen flickers.
In the square of Nanhua, the newly mobilized troops paraded there and then went to the battlefield.
With the belief of defending their country, young people who grew up in Nanhua joined the army enthusiastically. They were not only defending Nanhua, but also defending the homeland where they grew up.
[On January 1, 1876, in the face of foreign invasion, you, after careful consideration, announced the establishment of the Republic of South China. Defending South China was no longer about defending the "America Company", but about defending the country of all South Chinese people and their homes.]
[In January 1876, Britain, the United States, France, Italy and other countries successively banned the sale of military supplies, including warships, to Nanhua on the grounds of "human rights of European immigrants" and "maintaining the unity of Argentina."]
[On January 17, 1876, Chile's 30,000-man army and navy launched an attack on Linhai City on the Pacific coast. The South China Pacific Squadron defeated the Chilean fleet in a naval battle. The Battle of Linhai began.]
[On February 17, 1876, the South China Navy severely damaged the Argentine fleet in a naval battle.]
[Although the South China Army was better equipped and trained than the Chilean-Argentine coalition at the beginning. In addition, South China had made more thorough preparations, and the solid North River (Colorado River) fortress blocked many attacks by the Argentine army. It also achieved some victories at the beginning of the war, but its opponents were two countries that far surpassed South China in terms of economy and human and material resources. After the outbreak of the war, South China's disadvantages became apparent. With the increasing scarcity of manpower and resources, South China could not cope with the protracted war. In addition, the coalition's naval blockade, especially the embargo by European and American countries, brought disastrous consequences to South China.]
[In May 1876, the United States stated that it would never tolerate "America's attempt to split Argentina" and would provide military assistance to it "to maintain the unity of Argentina." Its Congress issued a ban prohibiting the sale of military supplies to South China.]
[In July 1876, the British banking community provided Argentina and Chile with a long-term loan of 15 million pounds. The export of military supplies including naval guns, steam engines and boilers to South China was prohibited.]
[In September 1876, Britain, France, and Italy sold several of their warships to Argentina and Chile to help them rebuild their navies.]
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【On October 24, 1877, during the Battle of the South Atlantic, the Nanhua Fleet, which had no effective means of replenishment, lost its last warship during the long battle. Nanhua lost control of the sea from then on.】
[In November, the Argentine Navy and Army captured Pingrong and restored its old name, Viedma.]
[On February 13, 1879, this long, bloody war had lasted for four years. Both sides were exhausted. When Argentina and Chile expressed their willingness to negotiate peace, European immigrants in South China launched a rebellion...]
[On February 14, 1879, British and American warships bombarded Nanhua on the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese, and the Nanhua coastal fortress immediately retaliated.]
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The simulation is over.
"Fuck you, you white man!"
Zhu Xianhai cursed angrily, rubbing his head. This simulation made him extremely distressed and angry...
This time, he did not simulate his own death, nor did he simulate the end of the war. There was no ending to the simulation that lasted for twenty years.
But in the twenty-year simulation, every day and every night of the first fifteen years were written with rise and hard work!
In the following five years, every minute and every second, hundreds of thousands of Chinese people were there carefully writing down responsibility and sacrifice.
What Zhu Xianhai couldn't let go of the most was that every stroke was written with blood and life.
If you look carefully, you can be sure that every minute and every second ultimately turned into two words - revenge!
Yes!
It's revenge!
Even on the virtual light screen, Nanhua City was still burning.
Burning with flames.
Never stopped.
This raging flame is the Chinese people burning their own lives. They are illuminating the road to the future with sacrifice and battle.
That is the path that belongs to the Chinese people.
It is also the road of revenge for the Chinese people!
Even though this was just a life simulation, Zhu Xianhai couldn't let it go. The anger in his heart almost ignited him.
Backstabbed by a white man!
In this era of "white supremacy", he was well aware of the unreliability of white people. The last time he was backstabbed, the white bodyguards he hired fled without a fight during the rebellion in Buenos Aires.
And what about this time?
Those white people simply staged a "Texas Rebellion" in South America.
After untold hardships, Zhu Xianhai and hundreds of thousands of Chinese immigrants created such a large foundation in South America. They worked hard and struggled to turn the wilderness into a city step by step. The Chinese immigrants used their own efforts to try to open up their own paradise on this land. But in this era of "white supremacy", those people could not tolerate all this.
Seeing that Nanhua was developing rapidly, we never expected that it would end up with a five-year war of resistance.
Even until the end of the simulation, the war of resistance was not over!
How prosperous was Nanhua before the war broke out?
The industrial direction has been determined, the new industrial revolution has beckoned, and talent training has begun to show results...a bright future is beckoning to Nanhua.
Originally, South China could have staged a "rise of a great power", and the Chinese could have shocked and amazed the whole world in South America!
And then...there was nothing else...It's not that there was nothing else, but a war interrupted it all!
What a fucked up outcome this would be?
There is nothing wrong with the theory, the problem is... the times are misleading the country!
"Damn it, those who are not of my race must have different hearts. The words of our ancestors are indeed true! White people can be trusted, and sows can climb trees!"
In fact, this is often the case. We are like pigs before things happen and wise men afterward.
Why did Nanhua introduce European immigrants? To put it bluntly, it was because of the need for technical personnel. As a time traveler, Zhu Xianhai knew too well the importance of industry. While introducing immigrants from China, Nanhua also opened its doors to European immigrants, bringing in a large number of scholars and technicians. Of course, it also attracted many ordinary immigrants.
There is absolutely no way around this.
After all, the Chinese immigrants of this era were basically illiterate. If they wanted to develop industry, they could not do without scientific researchers and technicians. Even running schools could not do without experts and scholars from various European countries.
Nanhua did not have thousands of "Soviet experts" to rely on, nor did it have an ally to trust. If it wanted to develop industry and technology, it could only hire experts, scholars, and engineering and technical personnel from various countries. While spending money to hire them, it also needed to introduce skilled workers by introducing immigrants.
When the war broke out, among South China's population of 860,000, there were 630,000 Chinese, 120,000 indigenous people and 110,000 European immigrants.
Ultimately, it was those European immigrants who stabbed him in the back and nearly destroyed his cause of nation-building.
Even in the end, the long war of resistance defended the freedom of Nanhua and won the right for Nanhua to stand in the world, but what was the price of the war?
A generation of Nanhua youth died on the battlefield!
Nanhua paid the price of a generation in exchange for the right to survive on this land.
The long war has built this country, but it has also overdrawn its future. Those young people should have played a more important role in more important positions. Some of them will become scientists, some will become engineers, and some will become musicians...
But in the end, they all died on the battlefield!
That was the first generation of young people that Nanhua had trained over a period of ten years!
Ten years of hard work destroyed in an instant!
Who is willing to face such a result?
Frowning, Zhu Xianhai started brainstorming, trying to sort out the clues in the simulator.
The life simulator is actually a rehearsal of upcoming events. It is not completely accurate, but the accuracy is more than 90%, especially for major events.
In other words, if the simulated scenario is replicated in reality, Nanhua will definitely face a series of problems.
"First of all, the conflict between South China and Argentina and Chile is inevitable!"
This is obvious. Not only is conflict with them inevitable, but even European and American countries will not tolerate a country composed mainly of Chinese immigrants occupying the most fertile land in South America. In other words, they will never accept the rise of an "inferior race" in their eyes in South America.
This is one of the reasons why they stood firmly on the side of Argentina and Chile in the war.
Even racial reasons are the key. The reason why they support Argentina and Chile is because of their skin color and race!
These days, things are so direct and so naked!
Especially that troublemaker from the UK!
Why were the Argentine and Chilean coalition forces able to hold out for four years? In the North River Fortress alone, facing the Gatling machine guns, barbed wire and heavy artillery in the fortress, the Argentine army lost more than 80,000 people. In the fortress in the Araucanía region, Chile also lost more than 50,000 people. They fought for two years just to capture Linhai Fortress, which was even called the "Fortress that Never Falls" by the world.
Not only did they lose many lives in this war, but they also spent more than 500 million pesos on military expenses and incurred an additional foreign debt of more than 60 million pounds. Most of it was owed to the British. Without the financial support of the British, they would not have been able to hold out for so long. Even in the second year of the war, they could not hold out.
In this war where "the British provided the money and Argentina and Chile provided the men", the British undoubtedly had the last laugh and they made a fortune.
"Secondly, white people's discrimination against Chinese people is deeply rooted. Racial reasons made them stand on opposite sides from the beginning, and then in the end, they were just trying to break the deadlock..."
With his brows furrowed, Zhu Xianhai muttered to himself.
"Taking sides is not scary, the key is the lack of strength! In the final analysis, this world is all about strength! If they were strong, would they dare?"
(End of this chapter)
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