Fox of France

Propaganda for the US-British war had to be carried out not only in America, but also in Europe. Especially recently, the communication tower on Flores Island, which the French bought from the Portuguese, has finally been completed. With the help of this tower and several other towers in transit, Louisiana and Europe can finally communicate directly. Contacted by radio.

This is a matter of great significance. Prior to this, Europe and America were separated by vast oceans, and the speed of news transmission was completely limited by the speed of ships. When something happened in the Americas, it took several months for the news to be transmitted back to Europe, and it took several months for Europe to respond and then transmit the decision back. Knowing what it has become, the decision made by the local people may have been inappropriate for a long time.

In fact, it's not just the European mother states and their colonies that have this problem. In fact, any empire with a vast territory has faced such a problem. Because there is an upper limit to the speed of information dissemination, these countries have encountered this problem in their control of peripheral areas. If you insist on centralization, the entire empire will become a brontosaurus. Considering the speed of nerve conduction, if someone cuts its tail, it will take a long time to know. And the reaction speed of the big empire will be slower than this. Of course, it is much better than knowing that the Chitu Kingdom is a fat man who believes in Marxism-Leninism decades later.

Therefore, just like those too large empires in ancient times, European countries can only entrust the governor to rule over the colonies in America and other places. In addition to not being hereditary, the governor is almost a feudal lord in terms of power. But in this way, the mother country of Europe will have to worry about the governor, whether there will be division and independence, and they will simply create a country by themselves and become their own king. In order to firmly control these colonies, the mother country of Europe must ensure that its power has an overwhelming advantage over the colonies. Even if it only sends a partial division, it must have a conquest that can push the entire colony back The ability to do it all over again. To have such a capability, it is necessary to restrain the development of the colony, especially the development of the colony's industry.

For example, there is actually a reason for Spain's perverse actions in the American colonies. One of the important purposes of this is to restrain the development of these colonies. Only in this way can the mother country's rule over the colonies be guaranteed.

But since the independence of North America, the situation has changed. In the original history, after the independence of the United States, it was surrounded by such weakened colonies, so the United States was able to expand rapidly. Except for Canada, the world's strongest country, which received support from its mother country and survived, no country The colonies can withstand the United States. Even in this time and space, before the French returned to America, the Spaniards were bullied by the Americans in America.

As a result, these European countries are caught in a dilemma. If they continue to suppress the development of the colonies, so that even a single bullet cannot be produced in the colonies, it will be easy to control, but they will definitely be bullied by the United States. Today, five cities will be cut off. Cut off ten cities tomorrow, and then have to sleep overnight, starting to look at the four territories, and the US military is coming.

If the colony is developed so that he has even slightly weaker industrial capabilities than the United States, this will of course make him stronger when facing the United States. But it will lead to another problem, that is, the colonies are likely to simply become independent like the Americans.

Considering that the Americans are calling, if it doesn’t work, you can sell the colonies for money; if the colonies become independent, there will be nothing left. So in the original history, almost everyone's choice was to continue to suppress the development of the colonies. And when Napoleon took Louisiana back and started the development of Louisiana, many Europeans were waiting to see the jokes of the French. They feel that it won't be long before the developed Louisiana colony will probably have a wave of independence, and then maybe there will be another North American War of Independence to watch.

Of course, some people doubt whether Napoleon would want to send his son or a brother over there to be king. For example, Franz next door has always thought so, and has hinted more than once that if Napoleon turns the Louisiana Overseas Province into the Kingdom of Louisiana, they can provide the Kingdom of Louisiana with a queen who can be queen princess.

However, the emergence of wireless communication technology has made it possible to carry out efficient centralized rule in various parts of a vast empire. After this line of communication became unobstructed, the Louisiana Overseas Province really became a larger and farther province.

However, at this time, one of the most direct impacts of the opening of this line was reflected in the news.

With the opening of this line, news from America could appear in European newspapers almost hours later. News from Europe would also appear in the American papers within hours.

This kind of advantage in information dissemination has made the advantages of France's media system, which is already in a clear advantage, become more obvious. For example, in Europe today, reporting on American news is basically monopolized by the French. The media in other countries can only reprint the news. In the Americas, reporting on the situation in Europe has also become the monopoly of the French media. After all, except for the French, everyone else only has old news.

Today, of course, the French newspapers focus on the war. But the war in Europe is not intense now. The Eight-Power Allied Forces still did not land in the UK, and on the Spanish side, they just continued to block the Gibraltar Fortress. However, the British had prepared to some extent before and had stockpiled a lot of supplies, so for the time being, there have been no problems of supplies or lack of food. As for the storm, look at the fortress of Gibraltar, everyone expressed their lack of interest.

So today's war in Europe is almost a sit-down war. This kind of war is really depressing. Speaking of which, at least up to now, the war in Europe has been at a high level, but the intensity is not too high. At least it has not caused much pain to the people on the European continent. On the contrary, because of the impact of the war, the economy has improved a bit. So the guys in Europe not only have no fear of war, but have a lot of feeling of watching a theater. The sit-down wars in Europe these days are simply too much to enjoy. So as soon as the war reports from North America came, it immediately aroused everyone's interest.

Previously, French newspapers had reported on the burning and killing of the British army along the coast of North America, but that was old news a few months ago. And because the channel is not smooth, the report is relatively brief. After the opening of the new communication channel, both "Scientific Pravda" and "Kommersant" gave detailed descriptions of the situation in North America.

"Science Pravda" first used an entire page to systematically review the situation before France entered the war, including the British occupation of Washington, and the British army's subsequent burning of coastal cities in the United States. In short, at that time, the United States gave the impression that it was vulnerable and was beaten by the British.

This is followed by a description of France's entry into the war. As soon as France joined the war, the whole battle situation changed immediately. The British began to retreat steadily, and the French army continued to win consecutive battles. Although "Scientific Pravda" also pointed out that the French troops participating in the war in North America were mainly militias, and their combat effectiveness was far from comparable to that of the French regular army. The British continued to retreat at this time, more because of logistical difficulties. But the battle reports of continuous victories still make the French people proud.

"Hehe, our French militiamen can beat the British back steadily. I, France, are indeed invincible!" A young man reading a newspaper said proudly.

"Most of the militiamen in the Louisiana Overseas Province are actually German-speaking overseas citizens, and it's true that even they can win such a victory." Another young man couldn't help but said, "If we go here, it's still a good idea." Won't you beat the shit out of the British?"

"Why haven't we landed in the UK yet?" someone else said.

"However, it was also mentioned in the newspaper that our victories are mainly because our navy has cut off their supplies, and our strength is clearly superior, and for some reason, the British are more willing to surrender to us, because We are civilized people."

"Where? Is there such a thing?"

"You turn to the back, it said that some American soldiers refused to accept the surrender of the British, and even lynched the captives. You read this report, and it mentioned that the reporter saw the Americans killing the captives with bayonets. The British Army. Also, here is..." The man simply started to read.

"'...about a company of British troops surrendered to Commander Bock's Cavalry Battalion near Aurora. Commander Bock, anxious to pursue the enemy, handed over the prisoners to a nearby friendly American force—Georgia 3rd A captain named Andrew of the regiment asked them to escort these prisoners to our prisoner-of-war camp at Fuller. Captain Andrew fully agreed and promised to send these prisoners to the prisoner-of-war camp.

But after completing the combat mission, Battalion Commander Bock discovered that there was no record of receiving these prisoners at the prisoner-of-war camp—these prisoners had all disappeared. In order to prove that Battalion Commander Bock did not lie about his military exploits, our army got in touch with the Georgia Third Army and found Captain Andrew who was receiving the prisoners at that time. Captain Andrew testified that he and his infantry battalion had taken ninety-two prisoners from us in the Aurora area. As for the whereabouts of the prisoners, according to Captain Andrew, on the way to escort them to Fuller, these prisoners rebelled and tried to snatch the guns of the American army, and then in self-defense, the Americans killed them all. '

Well, look, do you really believe that a group of unarmed captives who have surrendered their guns will actively attack an armed army that outnumbers them? Brits are no good, but Brits aren't stupid. There is no doubt that these people were massacred by those Yankees. "

"Those Yankees are from Georgia? I remember that their hometown was tormented by the British. Well, the British set up a 'three lights' on their side. It is conceivable that they would do such a thing." one said.

"Isn't it?" said another, "but they have some reasons for doing it, but it's not the way of civilized people. And if they're the ones who capture these Englishmen, then I'll say no more— —Brits are savages anyway, and savages are savages as they please, and savages have no honor anyway. But in this case the British surrendered to us! We promise After they surrender, they can get all the rights guaranteed in the "Joint Declaration of the Holy See and the French Republic." By doing this, aren't they trampling on our honor?"

"Where do savages know that!" said another.

"Damn, but..."

"Yet they are our allies. It is true that the Turks are more civilized and civilized than they are."

In North America, the French newspapers will, in turn, introduce the achievements of European civilization, such as highlighting the "Joint Statement between the Holy See and the French Republic", promoting the spirit of tolerance and generosity, and elevating this to, a country, a The nation is not the point of civilized people.

Of course, explicit or oblique accusations against Americans for various war atrocities are indispensable. And these reports have caused different reactions in different parts of the United States.

In the south, southerners don't care about these preaching at all, whether you are civilized or not, in short, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth are the laws of Moses!

But in the North, the Yankees took relatively more seriously what Europeans thought of them. So the northerners always blame the southerners for going too far, which affects the international image of the United States and drags them down. Of course, the Yankees also know that this can't be said directly. If you say it directly, the slave owners in the south won't be able to fry the pot? So they changed the way, that is to sing the spirit of tolerance together with the Virgin Mary and the White Lotus in France, sing the "Joint Statement between the Holy See and the French Republic", and strongly demand that the United States should also respect the universal spirit and take the initiative to join this statement, so as to truly become a country of civilized people.

Relying on the advancement and strength of France, the universal spirit declared by the French is always particularly good and spiritual. In American folk, especially northern folk is particularly attractive. So in the United States, especially in the northern states, there are many spiritual French people who, although they may not speak French, agree with France in spirit.

As for these people, as soon as the war stopped, they immediately noticed that there were indeed too many "uncivilized" places in the United States. Like slavery in America.