Lincoln no longer has the energy to pay attention to the backlash brought by strong pressure. Without a large-scale killing, it means there is still room for maneuver. If you suppress the southern rebellion in the future, you can find a way to ease the relationship.

The worst result is nothing more than losing the votes from a state. If the war is lost, the United States will be divided into two parts, and no matter how well it handles the relationship, it will still be out.

President Lincoln, who had just returned to Washington, received bad news, and there was still no movement in Delaware next door.

"What's going on? Why has Delaware not done it for a long time?"

It’s not Lincoln’s fault for being angry. Delaware is just a nominal slave state. In fact, slavery is already dead here in name only.

There are more than 20,000 black people in the state, and less than 1,800 are slaves.

The most prosperous Wilmington and its surrounding areas have been economically integrated with Pennsylvania. The state is very small, with only more than 6,000 square kilometers, so the power of planters is naturally not great.

The Secretary of State, who was responsible for coordinating Delaware, looked as if it was too difficult to solve. Maryland, which was originally difficult to solve, was dealt with by the president. Delaware, who thought the easiest to convince, had no results for a long time.

“Originally Delaware was loyal to the federal government, and we also had an absolute advantage in the state legislative vote in January.

However, the intervention of Britain, France, Olympiad and Western countries made things complicated. The suppressed southern faction became active with their support.

These people could not let Delaware fall to the south, but they put the state's preparations in war stagnation.

In the name of opposing the civil war, they organized public demonstrations and demanded that the state government be neutral. Not long ago, 20,000 people gathered and occupied the state parliament at one point."

Lincoln frowned and asked, "Why not suppress it? I remember the governor of Delaware is loyal to the federal government?"

"Reporters from many European countries appeared in Delaware, and the ministers of Britain, France, Olympiads of the four countries sent a note to the state government and expressed their close attention.

The Delaware government is worried that the forceful suppression may cause unpredictable consequences and trigger intervention from the great powers." The Secretary of State replied with a pale face

This is not the first time that the four countries have interfered in the internal affairs of the United States. Without the intervention of European powers, the southern government would not have won so many states to become independent.

Especially the two populous states in the west, Kentucky and Missouri, were historically pulled over by the northern government, but now they are turning to the southern government.

You should know that among the fourteen states of the Confederate government, Missouri ranks first in the number of white people and Kentucky ranks third in the number of white people.

The number of white people in these two states is more than the six states with the smallest population in the United States, and their participation is undoubtedly a great increase in the strength of the Southern government.

Historically, these two states joined the Northern Government, and 40,000 people still joined the Southern Army. However, after they joined the Southern Government, less than a thousand people are willing to work for the Northern Government.

The reason is very realistic. Planter owners are unwilling to suffer losses and fight for their own interests.

The capitalists were no longer able to do it. After being tempted to the Southern Government, they were at ease with the Confederate Government.

All are the causes of interests. The plantation economy in the south hinders the development of capitalist economy and does not mean that it hinders capitalists from making money.

It has cheap industrial raw materials and a market of more than 10 million people, one-quarter of which have reached the middle class and a good market.

There are very few local capitalists in this market, far less competitive than the big family of the federal government. It is very attractive to capitalists who are not very strong.

It is easier to make money there, so just support that side, capitalists have no guilt on this issue.

Public opinion reversed, and the Southern Government hyped that the Northern Government wanted to turn the South into an economic colony, so the blind followers naturally supported the Southern Government.

The southern government added three states, with a population of more than three million, while the northern government decreased by more than three million. With this increase and decrease, the strength comparison between the two sides changed.

Lincoln naturally didn't know about these changes. He still maintained full confidence in defeating the South, but he had a headache about intervention that might come from European countries.

It hasn't been long since the British burned the White House. Lincoln also came from that era. Now, the three countries of France, Olympiad have been added. How could it be that there is no sense of fear at all?

Lincoln asked with concern: "Mr. Safar, what do the Russians say, are they willing to support us?"

It is very unwise to directly confront Britain, France, Olympiad and Western countries. Before the outbreak of a world war in Europe, the United States would not be able to ignore the joint intervention of European countries.

If there is no ocean barrier, any of these four companies with the strength of the United States can be pressed to the ground and beaten up.

This has been proven in the battle between the British and the White House. It is really hard to reassure the United States's capital if only tens of thousands of British troops have caused the United States to lose its capital.

Foreign Minister Safar replied: "The Tsarist government is willing to support our war of unity, but only diplomatically, their strength in the Americas is limited and they have no way to give us substantial support."

The verbal support is useful, so Britain, France, Olympiad and Western countries almost came to help themselves. Looking for help from the Tsarist government, we naturally wanted the Russians to carry out some activities and restrain one or two great powers.

Now Britain, France and the Austrians are bordering the Russians. Any one of them will be a great diplomatic victory for the federal government.

Lincoln said unwillingly: "Does our support for their expansion in the Far East receive a verbal support?"

Now that we want to bribe the Tsarist government, the federal government has too few bargaining chips. In addition to mutual diplomatic support, the US government can actually provide very limited help to the Tsarist government.

Russians are most short of money now. If the federal government has money, it will spend hundreds of millions of pounds. The Russians can make a big news and at the same time restrain the energy of Britain, France and the Austrians.

Unfortunately, the United States is not the rich American empire, and it can't afford such a huge sum of money at all.

The Tsarist government is also a master who does not show off his rabbit or eagle. There is no good enough. Why should they help the United States to raise hatred?

Foreign Minister Safar defended: "His Excellency the President, this topic does not make any sense. The Russians are reforming and now they need a stable international environment. It is impossible for them to take millet from our fire."

It’s not that he doesn’t work hard, but that his family’s foundation is too weak. He has tried his best to get the verbal support of the Russians.

The topic ends here and cannot solve the problem. There is no need to continue talking about it.

Minister of War Seymon Kamei hurried in and said anxiously: "His Excellency President, the front line is in urgent need of electricity."

President Lincoln said calmly: "Say it, what bad news is there? I can hold on."

Just after looking at Saim Ka Beauty's face, he knew where he had defeated the war again. It seemed that the northern army had not won since the outbreak of the war.

Minister of War Semon Kamei said with a gloomy face: "On May 1, 1861, the rebels launched an attack on Cincinnati. Our army fought hard for three days and nights, and finally lost because they were outnumbered. Ohio was in a hurry."

Lincoln immediately stood up, grabbed the battle report, and looked at it carefully. The vocabulary of artistic processing was directly omitted, and to summarize it:

Fifty thousand southern troops attacked Cincinnati, and the federal government sent a 12,000 infantry division, plus 32,000 Ohio militia and 21,000 Indiana militia defense, and was finally defeated.

It is indeed outnumbered. After ignoring the militias in the two states, the federal government has only one infantry division, and only one-quarter of the enemy's strength. It is not easy to withstand it for three days.

Lincoln didn't care about the war. He only knew that less than one-third of the infantry divisions sent by the federal government had left, and they were killed in battle or captured several people. The militias in the two states also suffered heavy losses, and the specific data was unknown.

“The Great Lakes above Ohio, and once the rebels occupied it, the federal government was divided into two from land by the enemy.

In any case, the Ministry of War must find a way to save the state. We may lose a lot of losses in military terms, but we do not allow us to lose a state politically."

Lincoln immediately made a judgment based on his military knowledge of half a bucket of water.

Minister of War Seymon Kamei replied bitterly: "Yes, Your Excellency the President. But now we need more reinforcements, and the original plan is no longer appropriate."

This battle directly made the War Department understand that the enemy was not a mob. The original plan was: militias in the surrounding states established an encirclement, and the government recruited 75,000 militias and regular troops and directly crushed them.

Now the encirclement has been torn apart. Once Ohio falls, Pennsylvania next door will become a battlefield, and Pittsburgh, the center of steel in the United States, will be exposed to the military front in the south.

Even if the southern government has limited strength and cannot occupy the place for a long time, as long as they cause major damage, most of the industrial advantages of the northern government will disappear.

There is no way. The Great Lakes region is the core industrial area of ​​the United States, and they really cannot afford to lose. Ohio alone has already suffered heavy losses.

Lincoln replied without hesitation: "I will issue a national recruitment order again to recruit 300,000 militias from various states to serve. However, when this is necessary, you still need to find a way for yourself in a short period of time."

The sequelae of insufficient preparation was exposed. As long as any front fails, the federal government will not have enough troops.

Population advantages and industrial advantages are only war potential. If they cannot be transformed into military strength, then potential will always be potential.

War Minister Saimon Kamei Lion spoke: "The federal government has a limited number of troops and there are too many places to guard. In a short period of time, we can only order militias near the states to rush to reinforce.

Considering that the enemy may attack from all sides and disrupt our troops' deployment, we must have at least one mobile force of 700,000 to destroy this rebellion."

The initial plan was to destroy the rebellion by only a hundred thousand troops. As a result, after a battle, Semon Ka Beauty became conservative.

Lincoln asked in surprise: "Is so many troops needed?"

Minister of War Seymon Kamei explained: "His Excellency the President, according to the enemy's troops deployment, it will take no time for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and other areas to become battlefields.

How a state falls, the political troubles that it brings to us are immeasurable. Without enough troops, it is difficult to counterattack with full defense."

Unlike other countries, the United States is different from other countries. As long as the federal government dares to give up any state, they will not be able to take advantage of it. Maybe the rabbit dies and foxes will be sad, and these state governments will directly surrender to the south.

Lincoln said helplessly: "Okay, you are professional in this regard. I have any other problems that I need to solve, so I can tell you together."

War Minister Saimon Kamei said embarrassingly: "Our officer reserves are insufficient and retired officers must be recruited to return to serve again.

I know I have recruited, but this is not enough. I mean recruiting veterans who have been on the battlefield and serve as grassroots officers, and their age can be relaxed to 55 years old."

He is indeed a veteran. In this era when the average life expectancy of less than 55 years old, Semon Ka Beauty was forced to recruit veterans of this age.

Senior officers can promote new people, but the demand is not high anyway. You can always find it if you look carefully from the Federal Army.

There is nothing to do with the company-level officers with the largest demand. The US Army was originally small, and officers above the seventh floor came from the south. After the civil war broke out, these people left.

Now the army is expanded by more than ten times at once. Even if all active veterans are promoted to officers, Semon Ka Beauty is not enough.

I can only settle for the second best, recruit retired officers over the age and come back to serve.

Lincoln suggested: "Is the situation so serious? We can let the students of the military academy graduate early and enter the army to serve."
Chapter completed!