After a month of fierce fighting, Honolulu was now an empty city.
The bustling streets of yesterday were now devoid of people, leaving only trash and dirty water on the ground. Broken doors swayed weakly in the wind, making creaking sounds.
Only the faintly discernible sounds of cannon fire could be heard from the top of the city walls in the distance, proving that the city was still alive.
Ouyang Shuo stepped out of the teleportation array and looked at the ruined city in front of him. A trace of emotion flashed in his eyes. As the saying goes, it's easy to build, but hard to destroy. It might take several years to build a city, but it only took a month to destroy it.
It was the right strategy for the empire to keep its territory away from the war.
After a month of fierce fighting, there were less than 30,000 soldiers of the Stalwart Tiger Army left in Honolulu. The rest had either died on the battlefield or were injured and sent to the rear through the teleportation array in advance for treatment.
At about three in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo took one last look at Honolulu before disappearing into the teleportation array with a group of soldiers.
It was unknown when Ouyang Shuo would be able to set foot on this land again.
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In the blink of an eye, it was already the eighth year and third month of Gaia.
The snow and ice gradually melted, and the breath of spring blew in. The situation of the frozen world also became tense as the temperature gradually rose.
The first to launch an attack was the Dawson Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, the Dawson Dynasty did not launch an attack on the South American continent, nor did they have the intention to attack the Congo in Africa. Instead, they chose to start a war on the North American continent.
Their target was the Maple Leaf Dynasty in the north.
Historically, the two North American countries, the United States and Canada, shared weal and woe. Many times, due to geopolitical restrictions, Canada played the role of a vassal.
The United States was Canada's bodyguard.
The game world was completely different.
The Dawson Dynasty was the main force of the Silver Hand faction and was the absolute core, while the Maple Leaf Dynasty was the backbone of the Azure Emblem faction.
The two dynasties were born to oppose each other.
As time entered the eighth year of Gaia, Ouyang Shuo was not the only one who felt the urgency. The two organizations also felt the same.
Just as Zhang Liang had analyzed, the Xia Dynasty was already invulnerable. No matter how hard the two organizations tried, they could not stop the rise of the Xia Dynasty, let alone topple it.
Under such circumstances, it was not surprising that the two organizations would start a war with each other in the last few years to maximize their own benefits.
At the end of the day, the two of them were existences that opposed each other.
It was only because of the appearance of Ouyang Shuo that the two organizations had a honeymoon period.
Right now, the honeymoon period was over.
Jack was the first to shed all pretense of cordiality. Apart from the strategic need, it was also because he saw Great Xia continuously expanding its influence and deterrence in the Asian continent. Jack had the intention to compete with Ouyang Shuo.
The strategic goal of the Dawson Dynasty was very clear. It was to increase its global influence, while at the same time, to unify the North American continent and stabilize its own backyard.
Unifying North America was Jack Gaia's eight-year goal.
The North American continent was divided into three parts. The northernmost part was the Maple Dynasty, the middle part was the Dawson Dynasty, and the northernmost part was the Maya Dynasty, which was also part of the Azure Emblem faction.
The two Azure Badges Dynasties were sandwiched between the Dawson Dynasty.
But in terms of raw power, even if the Dawson Dynasty were to fight one against two, they would still have the upper hand.
From a strategic point of view, the Maya Dynasty was the most threatening to the Dawson Dynasty, not the Maple Dynasty.
The reason was very simple.
The lifeline of the Dawson Dynasty was the Mississippi River Basin. There was a saying that went, "The one who gets the Mississippi River, gets the United States; the one who gets the United States, gets North America."
In history, the United States originated from a colony on the eastern coast. It really rose to become a great power after crossing the Appalachian Mountains and entering the Mississippi River Basin.
From this, one could see the importance of its strategic position.
In the history of the United States, this magnificent westward expansion completely broke the global balance of power. This high-quality continent of resources was developed at an astonishing speed by the Americans, and even destroyed.
Countless Native Americans and bison were slaughtered.
In the words of the Americans, "We slaughter everything that challenges our authority." This was the cowboy spirit, which later became the spirit of the United States.
How ironic!
Compared to China's thousands of years of agriculture, the United States' development of the United States in more than a hundred years was really an astonishing logging movement.
The Mississippi River Basin watered one-third of the land of the Dawson Dynasty.
The convenient inland shipping network allowed the vast interior of the Dawson Dynasty to have an outlet to the sea. Its rich products could be transported to all parts of the country and the world at a very low cost.
The strong agricultural production of the Dawson Dynasty was not only because of its vast territory, but also because of the convenience of transportation.
In comparison, the Siberia under the control of the Romanov Dynasty, although the territory was larger, because it did not have an outlet to the sea and a developed canal system, the value of the land was greatly reduced.
However, the estuary of the Mississippi River was located in the Gulf of Mexico. If the Gulf of Mexico was controlled by the Mayan Dynasty, it would be fatal to the Dawson Dynasty.
Fortunately, Jack was very far-sighted. Before the Mayan Dynasty was established, the Dawson Dynasty's navy had firmly controlled the Gulf of Mexico.
Not only that, Jack had taken one step further and controlled the Panama Canal.
But there were variables.
Once the Mayan Dynasty rose in revolt and started a battle for control of the Gulf of Mexico, it would be a time bomb for the Dawson Dynasty.
Therefore, from a conventional point of view, if the Dawson Dynasty wanted to unify North America, they should first conquer the Mayan Dynasty and completely eliminate this hidden danger.
In comparison, because the Maple Dynasty was vast and sparsely populated, most of the land could not be cultivated. The population and cities of the Maple Dynasty were concentrated in the border area with the Dawson Dynasty, which was not enough to pose too much of a threat to the Dawson Dynasty.
Jack, on the other hand, did the exact opposite.
The logic, in Ouyang Shuo's view, should be confidence.
Jack was confident that he could attack the Maple Dynasty while also resisting the attack of the Mayan Dynasty. In this way, it didn't matter who attacked first.
After taking down the Maple Dynasty, Jack would turn his spear and deal with the Mayan Dynasty.
Among the three dynasties in North America, the Dawson Dynasty had a total of 30 million players, while the Maple Dynasty only had a pitiful 4 million. On the other hand, the Mayan Dynasty had a total of more than 15 million players, which was equivalent to half of the Dawson Dynasty.
Fortunately, the northern part of the Mayan Dynasty was a desert area with the Dawson Dynasty.
If the Mayan Dynasty wanted to ally with the Maple Dynasty, they would probably have to be prepared to pay a huge price. It was just that they didn't know if the Azure Badge had the determination and the ability to mobilize.
In short, in the coming period of time, the North American continent was bound to be filled with smoke.
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