Chapter 1167: Waiting

"Convene a congressional meeting immediately to urgently discuss this incident. The Song People have been plotting this for a long time; I fear we are about to face a total war against Sam Country."

Sullivan gripped the pen in his hand tightly, his gaze cast toward the direction of Hawaii.

The Song People had already defeated their fleet in Hawaii and occupied the place.

In fact, at that moment, the Song People were effectively declaring war on Sam Country.

It was just that, having witnessed the terrifying power of the Great Song Navy, they were unable to effectively counter the threat from the Song People at sea.

Thus, they could only wait in anxiety for the next move from the Song People.

And supporting the Indian Nation to drive all the people of Sam Country out of North America was clearly the next goal of the Song People.

Through these years of rivalry with Great Song, he believed that the Emperor of Great Song would certainly be determined to achieve this goal.

But for the people of Sam Country, this was desperate news.

That's right, regarding the North American continent, they were indeed outsiders; the true masters of this land were the Indians.

Because of their guilty conscience, they even constantly slaughtered Indians to prevent them from competing with the people of Sam Country for dominance over this continent.

Once, they thought that with their strong ships and powerful artillery, they would surely be able to firmly take root on this continent and claim it as their own.

But the rise of Great Song had clearly changed everything.

This world was no longer decided solely by Westerners.

The rising Eastern dynasty was reshaping the world's landscape with its own will.

"God, help your people defeat the demons from the East!" Sullivan closed his eyes and began to pray.

Although he was also a believer, he had never prayed so earnestly before.

He acted as devoutly as everyone else, just to avoid appearing different.

To a qualified politician, religion was merely a tool for governance.

But today, he suddenly longed for the omniscient and omnipotent God of the Westerners to manifest His power.

He could not accept the demands of the Song People.

Then the only thing left was war.

Yet in Tianzhu, the Song People had already demonstrated their formidable military strength, and now with the coordination of the local Indians, he could not imagine the future of Sam Country.

That day, the congressmen of Sam Country all learned the contents of the ultimatum.

The next day, presided over by the Speaker of the House, Steven, an emergency meeting was convened.

In a meeting with almost no debate, the congressmen voted unanimously to declare war on Great Song and the Indian Nation.

Like Sullivan's thinking, they also believed that the demands of the Song People were unacceptable.

These congressmen were either merchants or plantation owners.

The current Sam Country had their factories, farms, and black slaves.

They had long regarded the occupied land as their own property.

Now that the Song People and the remaining Indians wanted to take away everything they had, how could they agree?

At the same time, they also deeply understood one point.

Their war with the Song People was not just a war for Sam Country, but also a continuation of the war between the entire Western world and the Song People.

If they, the Westerners, could not achieve victory in this war against the Song People.

Then next, they, the Westerners, would be thoroughly liquidated for the crimes of aggression committed over the past few hundred years.

"If the Song People want war, then we will give them war. They may have been lucky to achieve victory in Tianzhu, but we will certainly make them suffer a crushing defeat here. Arm every single person in Sam Country, total war!"

The motion to declare war was passed, and Sullivan took the stage to deliver a passionate speech.

He used powerful language and gestures to make every congressman's heart surge, just as he did during his campaign speeches.

After the meeting adjourned, he also prepared to send a delegation to Britain to seek support from the entire Western world.

In this way, even if the industry of Sam Country was smashed by the Song People, they could still obtain a steady stream of supplies from the Western world, thereby dragging the Song People into the quagmire of war.

Given the long shipping route between Great Song and Sam Country, they believed that the Song People would certainly be unable to maintain their supply lines for long.

When they were exhausted, that would be the time for them to reverse the situation.

In the following month, the news that Sam Country had declared war on Great Song and the Indian Nation spread to every corner of the North American colonies through the newspapers of Sam Country.

At the same time, recruitment stations appeared in every colony.

Incited by newspaper articles, the youth of Sam Country joined the army one after another, and the factories of Sam Country also threw themselves into the production of war materials.

The situation within Sam Country naturally could not escape the prying eyes of the personnel of the Silver Fox Plan.

They continuously sent news to the agreed-upon locations on the West Coast, which were then quietly retrieved by warships under the cover of night.

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Hawaii Island.

While Sam Country was mobilizing for national war, Qin Shan and Zhou Yi also received orders from Zhao Xu.

The content of the order was very simple: to have them slow down their offensive operations and wait for the re-equipping of military gear, and to also carry out a reform for the army of the Indian Nation, replacing their front-loading rifled muskets with the Qin-style paper cartridge rifles of Great Song.

As for the reason, it was also very simple: naturally, it was because the Westerners had imitated the breech-loading rifle, although the imitation was quite clumsy.

Meanwhile, the Azure Dragon Army and the Marine Corps would be replaced with brand-new Han-style rifles, pistols, machine guns, and artillery.

"I didn't expect that while we were campaigning abroad, there would be such a big breakthrough in military equipment. Hahaha, the people of Sam Country are in for it this time." Qin Shan held the order in one hand and the introduction document for the new military equipment in the other, revealing two rows of white teeth.

As veteran generals of a hundred battles, they naturally understood the significance of this equipment upgrade.

If they were only a hundred steps ahead of the Westerners when they were in Tianzhu.

Then this time, the comprehensive strength improvement brought by pistols, machine guns, and cannonballs would put them a thousand steps ahead.

"That will certainly be enough for the people of Sam Country to suffer. Hmph, no matter what mobilization they do, this time they will only taste the bitter fruit of failure." Zhou Yi snorted coldly.

Suddenly, he smiled again, "With this re-equipping, the strength of our navy has also been greatly improved. This vast ocean really is the backyard of us Song People."

He meant more than just the fact that the Marine Corps was also among those being re-equipped.

Another very important point is that since the Artillery can use Impact Fuze for their Cannonballs, their Navy's Naval Cannons can naturally use this type of Cannonball as well.

The Cannonball problem faced by the Army is one their Navy has as well.

During naval battles, they need to measure the distance between themselves and the enemy, then calculate the length of the fuse and ignite the Cannonball's fuse.

With the Impact Fuze, they will only need to aim at the enemy Warship from now on, saving many procedures.

The two men rejoiced for a while, then separately issued orders to their respective armies, letting the soldiers continue to rest and wait for the new equipment being transported from Da Song.

Sharpening the knife does not delay the work of chopping wood; once everything is ready, they will give the people of Sam Country a war of total destruction.