Vol 2 Chapter 504: , Soft power

The propaganda of the American-British war must be carried out not only in America, but also in Europe. Especially recently, the communication tower on Flores, which the French bought from the Portuguese, has always been completed. With the help of this tower and several other towers, it is possible to transfer between Louisiana and Europe. Contacted by radio.
This is a significant event. Before that, Europe and America were separated by vast oceans, and the speed of news was completely limited to the speed of ships. One thing happened in the Americas. It took several months for the news to be sent back to Europe, and it took several months for the European side to respond and then pass the decision back. In such a long period of time, the incident would have ceased. Knowing what it has become, the decision made by the local people, I am afraid that it has long been inappropriate.
In fact, it is not just European mother countries and their colonies that have such problems. In fact, any empire with a vast territory has faced such problems. Because there is an upper limit on the speed of information dissemination, these countries have encountered this problem in the control of peripheral areas. If you insist on centralized power, the entire empire will become a thunder dragon. Considering the speed of nerve conduction, if someone cuts a knife on its tail, it will take a long time to know. The reaction speed of the Great Empire will be even slower than this. Of course, it is much better than knowing that the Chitu Kingdom is a fat man who believes in Marxism-Leninism after decades.
So, just like those big empires in ancient times, European countries can only entrust the governor to rule over the colonies in the Americas and other places. In addition to being not hereditary, the governor is almost a feudal lord in power. But in this way, the European mother country will have to worry about the governor, whether it will split or become independent, so it will simply create a country of its own and become its 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 the conquest that can push the entire colony back. The ability to do it again. In order to have this ability, it is necessary to restrain the development of colonies, especially the development of colonial industries.
For example, the set of perverse acts of Spain's colonies in the Americas is actually not without reason. Among them, an important purpose 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 North America became independent, 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 the world’s strongest Britain, Canada, which received support from its mother country and survived, no country was able to survive. Of colonies can withstand the United States. Even in this time and space, before the French returned to the Americas, the Spaniards were bullied by the Americans in America.
As a result, these European countries are in a dilemma. If they continue to suppress the development of the colonies and make the colonies unable to make even a single bullet, it is naturally easy to control, but they will definitely be bullied by the United States. Today, five cities will be cut. Tomorrow, ten cities will be cut, and then you will have to sleep overnight, looking at the four realms, and the U.S. military will come again.
If he develops a colony and allows him to have industrial capabilities even slightly weaker than the United States, this will certainly make him stronger when facing the United States. But it will cause another problem, that is, the colony is likely to be as independent as the Americans.
Considering that the Americans are calling, it is impossible to sell the colony for wealth; if the colony becomes independent, there will be nothing. So in the original history, almost everyone chose to continue suppressing the development of the colony. And when Napoleon took back Louisiana and started the development of Louisiana, many Europeans were waiting to see the French jokes. They think it won’t be long before the developed colony of Louisiana will have an independence trend, and then maybe there will be another North American War of Independence.
Of course, some people doubt that Napoleon would want to send his son or a brother there to be king. For example, Franz next door has always thought this way, and has hinted more than once that if Napoleon turns the overseas province of Louisiana into the Kingdom of Louisiana, they can provide the Kingdom of Louisiana with a queen who can be a queen. Princess.
However, the emergence of radio communication technology has made it possible to carry out efficient centralized rule in all parts of the vast empire. After the communication line was smooth, the province of Louisiana became a bigger and farther province.
However, at this time, one of the most direct impacts after the opening of this line was in the news.
With the opening of this route, news from the Americas can appear in European newspapers almost a few hours later. News from Europe will also appear in American newspapers within a few hours.
The advantage of this kind of information dissemination is that the advantages of the media system that France has already had a clear advantage have become more obvious. For example, in Europe, 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 patent of the French media. After all, except for the French, everyone else has only old news.
Today, the focus of French newspaper reports is of course war. But now the war in Europe is not fierce. The Eight-Power Allied Forces still did not land in the UK, and on the Spanish side, they just continued to block the fortress of Gibraltar. However, the British had made certain preparations and stocked a lot of supplies. Therefore, for the time being, there have been no material difficulties and no food. As for the storm, look at the fortress of Gibraltar, everyone said that they are not interested.
So the war in Europe today is almost a sit-in war. This kind of war really makes people unable to lift their spirits. Speaking of which, at least until now, the war in Europe has been at a high level, but the intensity is not high. At least it did not make people on the European continent feel much pain. On the contrary, because of the impact of the war, the economy has improved a little. So the guys in Europe not only have no fear of war, but have a lot of feelings of watching theater. The sit-in wars in Europe today are simply too addictive. As soon as the war reports from North America came over, it immediately aroused everyone's interest.
Prior to this, French newspapers had reported the British army's burning and killing off the coast of North America, but those were old news a few months ago. And because the channel is not clear, the report is relatively simple. After the new communication channel was opened, "Science Pravda" and "Kommersant" gave detailed descriptions of the war in North America.
"Science Pravda" first used an entire page to systematically review the battles before France entered the war, including the British occupation of Washington, and the British army's burning of coastal cities in the United States. In short, at that time the United States gave people the impression that it was vulnerable and beaten by the British.
Then came the description of France after joining the war. As soon as France joined the war, the whole battle situation immediately changed. The British began to retreat steadily, while the French army won successively. Although the "Science Pravda" also pointed out that the French troops participating in the war in North America were mainly militias, their combat effectiveness was far from comparable to that of the French regular army. The British kept retreating at this time, more because of logistical difficulties. But the winning battle reports still make the French people proud.
"Hehe, our French militias can all defeat the British steadily. My France is indeed invincible in the world!" A young man reading the newspaper said triumphantly.
"The militias in the Overseas Province of Louisiana are actually German-speaking overseas citizens. Even they can win such a victory. This is true." Another young man couldn't help but said, "If we go, it will be Don't beat up the British?"
"Why haven't we landed in the UK?" someone said.
"However, it was mentioned in the newspaper that our steadily victorious was mainly because our navy cut off their supplies, coupled with our obvious advantage in military strength, and for some reason, the British were more willing to surrender to us, because We are civilized people."
"Where? Is there such a thing?"
"You turn back and it said that some American soldiers refused to accept the surrender of the British, and even lynched the prisoners. Looking at this report, the reporter mentioned that the reporter saw the Americans kill those captured with bayonets. The British army. Also, there is..." This person simply read.
"'... Near Aurora, about a company of British troops surrendered to Captain Bock’s cavalry battalion. Captain Bock was eager to pursue the enemy, so he gave these prisoners to the nearby American friendly army—Georgia III. A Captain of the Legion named Andrew, asked them to these prisoners to our prisoner of war camp in Fuller. Captain Andrew promised and promised to send these prisoners to the prisoner of war camp.
But after completing the combat mission, Captain Bok discovered that there was no record of receiving these prisoners at the POW camp—these prisoners had disappeared. In order to prove that Battalion Bock did not lie about his military exploits, our army contacted the Georgia 3rd Army and found Captain Andrew, who had taken the captives at the time. Captain Andrew confirmed that he and his infantry battalion had received 92 prisoners from us in the Aurora area. As for the whereabouts of the captives, according to Captain Andrew, while escorting them to Fuller, these captives launched a rebellion, trying to the guns of the American army, and then in self-defense, the Americans killed them all. ’
Well, look at it. Do you really believe that a group of unarmed prisoners who have already surrendered their guns will take the initiative to attack a heavily armed army with more numbers than them? Brits are not good things, but Brits are not stupid hats. These people were undoubtedly slaughtered by the Yankees. "
"That gang of Yankees are from Georgia? I remember that their hometown was tossed by the British. Well, the British made a "three lights" on their side. It is conceivable that they would do such a thing." One person said.
"Isn't it?" said another, "but although they did this for a certain reason, it was not a civilized practice. Moreover, if these British people were captured by them, then I won't say anything— -Britishes are also barbarians anyway, between barbarians and barbarians, whatever they want, barbarians have no honor anyway. But in this matter, the British surrendered to us! We promised After their surrender, they can get all the rights guaranteed in the "Joint Declaration of the Holy See and the French Republic." Isn't they trampling our honor by doing so?"
"Where does the barbarian know this!" said another.
"Damn it, but..."
"However, they are still our allies. It is true that the Turks are more civilized and civilized than them."
In North America, the French newspapers will, in turn, introduce the achievements of European civilization, such as focusing on the "Joint Declaration of the Holy See and the French Republic", promoting the spirit of tolerance and raising this to one country, one country. Whether the nation is civilized.
Of course, there are clear or obscure accusations against the Americans' various war atrocities. And these reports have different responses in different regions of the United States.
In the South, the Southerners don't care about these preaching, regardless of whether you are civilized or uncivilized. In short, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth is the law of Moses!
But in the north ~EbookFREE.me~ the Yankees are relatively more concerned about how Europeans think of them. So the northerners always blame the Southerners for doing too much, which affects the international image of the United States and drags them down. Of course, the Yankee also knows that these words cannot be said directly. If they are said directly, the slave owners in the south can't fry the pan? So they changed a way, that is, to sing the spirit of tolerance with the Virgin of France and the "Joint Declaration of 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 A statement, thus truly becoming a civilized country.
Relying on the advancement and strength of France, the universal spirit declared by the French is always particularly good and energetic. In the United States, people in the North are particularly attractive. So in the United States, especially in the northern states, there have been a lot of French people. Although they may not speak French, they agree with the French spirit very much.
As for these people, as soon as the war stopped, they immediately noticed that there are indeed too many "uncivilized" places in the United States. For example, slavery in the United States.
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