Leo's ultimate move made Jack suffer.
Jack was so angry that he flipped the table on the spot when he learned that the Brasilia Dynasty had betrayed him.
"If I don't take revenge for this, I'm not human!"
Jack, who had always been gentle, finally became ferocious. His eyes were red, and he wanted to devour someone.
But after the anger, Jack had to face reality. He knew that the 200,000 troops couldn't come back, which was tantamount to cutting off a piece of flesh from his body.
What was worse was that without reinforcements, Columbia State couldn't be defended.
After ten days of fierce fighting, Panama City was on the verge of collapse under the continuous fierce attacks of the Great Xia army. Both sides were first-class elite troops, and both suffered heavy losses.
In order to take Panama, Han Xin was ruthless.
"Your Majesty, let's withdraw. There's no point in continuing the fight." Franklin suggested, "We can't lose our footing because of the Great Xia. The most important thing now is to take down the Maple Leaf Dynasty as soon as possible."
Once the Maple Leaf Dynasty was taken down, the Dawson Dynasty would dominate the entire North American continent, and they would have the capital to fight against any dynasty. They could even learn from the Great Xia and become the driving force behind the global battlefield.
Hearing this, Jack closed his eyes in pain and clenched his fists so hard that his nails were embedded in his palms.
After a long time, Jack loosened his fists. His palms were already bleeding. Jack wanted to let himself remember the pain at this moment. He said hoarsely, "As you said, I want to be alone."
Seeing this, Franklin saluted and quietly left.
…
On June 6th, the Dawson Dynasty withdrew from Panama City.
Two days later, the entire territory of Columbia was captured by the Great Xia, and it became another overseas territory of the Great Xia.
The Great Xia Imperial Court acted very quickly. The next day, it issued an order to merge Columbia County into the Columbia region and jointly establish the Columbia Province, which was the first province of the Great Xia on the American continent.
The provincial administration was chosen to be in Bogota.
Zhou Haichen, the former governor of Ogua County and a trusted minister of Ouyang Shuo, was promoted to the governor of Columbia and guarded this vital place on behalf of the imperial court.
…
The news of the Great Xia conquering Columbia set off a huge storm around the world.
Although the entire world had descended into chaos, the second direct confrontation between the two giants of the Grand Xia Dynasty and the Dawson Dynasty was still the focus of the entire world.
Last time, the Grand Xia had captured the Hawaiian Islands and defeated the Dawson Dynasty's Freedom Fleet at the same time. They had won a beautiful victory, suppressing the Dawson Dynasty and establishing their prestige on a global scale.
The confrontation this time attracted even more attention.
The results showed that the Grand Xia was like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. They had completely destroyed the Columbia region and taken over the most important territory of the Dawson Dynasty. The significance of this was even more extraordinary.
From this moment onwards, Great Xia officially established its prestige in the world.
The attitude of a global hegemon was gradually being revealed, bursting forth, making people revere it.
On the other hand, the Dawson Dynasty's prestige had suffered another blow. Given that their ally, the Brasilia Dynasty, had betrayed them at the last moment, Jack had lost even more face.
Even the prestige of the Silver Hand had suffered a heavy blow, which made the Azure Badge applaud.
After this battle, the influence of the Dawson Dynasty in South America was suppressed to the freezing point, and the Grand Xia replaced it as the new ruler of South America.
But what was strange was that although the Brasilia Dynasty had betrayed the Dawson Dynasty, they had not announced their allegiance to the Grand Xia, which puzzled the outside world.
Some people suspected that the Brasilia Dynasty had used the Grand Xia's hand to play a trick on the Dawson Dynasty, and now they were playing the same trick on the Grand Xia again.
Only the parties involved knew what the truth was.
… …
The outside world paid attention to the end of the war in Colombia, but they didn't notice a small detail.
June 10th.
Not long after the Grand Xia conquered the entire territory of Colombia, the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Formations of the Atlantic Fleet of the Grand Xia appeared in the ports of Caracas, Georgetown, and Paramaribo respectively.
According to the original plan, after conquering Colombia, the Brave Tiger Army and the Southern American Army, under the escort of the Atlantic Fleet, would go straight to the southeast coast of the Brasilia Dynasty.
This was also the reason why the Atlantic Fleet had disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea.
With the imminent surrender of the Brasilia Dynasty, the war situation had changed, and the three formations of the Atlantic Fleet also had new tasks.
With the assistance of the American Theater of Operations, they would conquer the Greater and Lesser Antilles around the Caribbean Sea.
Their goal was to control the entire Caribbean Sea for the imperial court.
The Caribbean Sea was located in the tropical Atlantic Ocean of the Western Hemisphere. It was the world's largest inland sea. The Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the Central American countries were in the west and southwest. The Greater Antilles were in the north, the Lesser Antilles were in the east, and South America was in the south.
Because of this geographical location, some people once called it the "American Mediterranean" together with the Gulf of Mexico. In oceanography, it was called the Central American Sea.
If the Panama Canal was the passage connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, then the Caribbean Sea was a barrier that merchant ships couldn't bypass.
To truly control the Panama Canal, they had to control the Caribbean Sea.
Jack was very clear about this. After conquering Panama and other countries and establishing the state of Columbia, he immediately sent out a fleet to encircle the Caribbean Pirates and conquer the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
In order to eliminate the famous Caribbean Pirates, the Dawson Dynasty's navy had suffered a lot. The good thing was that after this battle, the entire Caribbean Sea had almost become the inland sea of the state of Columbia.
Because the Mayan Dynasty in the east had been established late and their navy was underdeveloped, they had no say in the Caribbean Sea at all.
The Great Xia established the province of Columbia naturally to emulate the Dawson Dynasty and completely wipe out the Dawson Dynasty's presence there, truly becoming a "turtledove occupying the magpie's nest".
Otherwise, there would be endless troubles in the future.
This was also very important to raising the Great Xia's future voice in the entire American continent.
It was precisely because of this that Ouyang Shuo would rather delay the war in Europe and force the Atlantic Fleet into South America, opening up the last sea pass for the Empire.
… …
June 12th, Brasilia Dynasty.
Of course, Leo wasn't as stupid as the outside world thought. After offending the Dawson Dynasty, if he still dared to make fun of the Great Xia, wouldn't that be courting death?
The reason why Leo didn't submit to the Great Xia was because he still had to complete a mission given to him by Ouyang Shuo.
Before the formation of the Federation, Brazil was the big brother of South America, but Brazil's geographical and resource advantage was far from being as superior as it seemed.
Apart from the large areas of rainforest in the north that were not suitable for farming, there was also a bottleneck in the south.
Brazil's main cities and ports were concentrated in the southeast coast, which was also the most prosperous area of the country. But the tragedy was that within Brazil, there was not a single large river that led to the southeast coast.
That was awkward.
Without an outlet, it meant that there was no way to connect the inland with the coast, and development was naturally limited.
In the industrial era where sea power completely replaced land power, the geographical foundation often played an important role, specifically in logistics and transportation. Whoever controlled the estuary of the river would control the entire river basin.
Within Brazil, the only large river with an estuary was called the Rio de la Plata, but the estuary of the river was not in Brazil, but in the hands of the Argentines.
The capital of Argentina, Buino, was located here.
Realizing this, Ouyang Shuo naturally didn't plan to just stand by and watch. He immediately instructed Leo to stop the war on the eastern front, turn south, and take down Buino City before he submitted.
While the storm was brewing in South America, the war between the Indian Empire and the Argentine region didn't stop for a moment. After the withdrawal of 50,000 troops, the Spanish army's decline gradually became apparent.
Although Juarez purchased firearms that had been eliminated by the Great Xia, the Indian army had a numerical advantage, and the two sides had reversed the situation.
Following the defeat of the Dawson Dynasty in South America, Casillas no longer had the confidence to protect the Argentine region.
Under such circumstances, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.
This was something that couldn't be helped.
If Buino City fell into the hands of the Indian Empire, the value of the Brasilia Dynasty would be greatly reduced, which would then affect the layout of the Great Xia in the entire South America.
Ouyang Shuo believed in one thing. If he wanted the Indian Empire to have no worries, not to go against the Great Xia or fall out with them, the only way was to make them lose their capital.
Taking control of Buino City was the key step.
Moreover, Buino City was still in the hands of the Spanish, and it was the Brasilia Dynasty that had not submitted yet. Ouyang Shuo didn't directly violate the interests of the Indian Empire.
At least in terms of face, it was still acceptable.
As for whether Juarez would have a knot in his heart because of this, it wasn't something that Ouyang Shuo considered now.
Ouyang Shuo had to do what he had to do.
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