1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 286 My patience is limited
"We owe Prince Gong a great favor this time. Before returning to Guangzhou, let's pay a visit to Prince Gong to express our gratitude." Pan Shicheng said.

"Compared with other kings, Prince Gong seems to be less against foreigners' things." Wu Yuanhua said.

Meanwhile, Edo, Japan.

After his visit to Edo, Perry returned to the temporary barracks in Kanagawa with a disappointed mood.

As expected by Liang Yao, Perry did not make much progress during this trip.

As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Perry hoped that the expedition could be successfully completed under his own leadership, instead of being reduced to Liang Yao's foil.This was his motivation for visiting Edo, and he did not want to become a transparent person in this operation.

The attitude of the Tokugawa shogunate made Perry realize that it may be difficult to achieve the goal of Japan signing the "Japan-US Treaty of Goodwill" as soon as possible by relying on him alone and relying on the navy.

"Why are there two Japanese kneeling at the gate of the barracks?"

Perry, who had just returned to the Kanagawa military camp, went straight to Liang Yao's military tent.

"Two studious Japanese wanderers." Liang Yao looked at Perry with a bitter face, and knew that Perry's trip to Edo hadn't made much progress this time.

This is also within Liang Yao's expectation. His "Japan-US Treaty of Goodwill" is much harsher than the historical treaty of the same name. It can even be said to be two completely different treaties.

The Tokugawa shogunate will not sign the "Japan-US Treaty of Goodwill" unless it is absolutely necessary.

Not to mention other terms, the huge compensation of 1100 million taels of silver alone is enough to bankrupt the Japanese shogunate.

"The Japanese were very interested in the gifts I brought them. We also played a game of riding a train together. General Tokugawa even asked two fat men to perform wrestling for me. Just talking about the treaty, their attitude was still evasive. said Perry.

"You're right, these Japanese really don't have the sincerity to negotiate, they just want to delay time."

"Since the shogunate cannot make up his mind, let us help him make up his mind."

Liang Yao stood up and looked at the large-scale map of the Edo area behind him.

Since the high-level shogunate insisted on delaying the time, he let the high-level shogunate know that Liang Yao is not a very patient person.

"You want to put pressure on Japan through war?" Perry asked.

"Is there a better way? General Perry." Liang Yao asked Perry back.

Perry fell into silence. After a brief silence, Perry said, "Before I set off, Lord Fillmore told me to try to resolve the dispute with Japan peacefully."

As the top of the navy, Perry knows that the current financial situation of the federal government of the United States is not enough to break out a high-intensity war with a medium-sized country.

Japan did not have a bad impression of the army on Perry. Perry even believed that if Japan could receive military assistance from the British like Mexico, it would definitely be more difficult to deal with than the Mexican army.

"It is easy to start a war, but it is more difficult to end a war than to start a war. The shogunate is not a small Hizen Saga domain." Perry added, "Our military strength is not very abundant."

"It is necessary not to shed blood, but also the Tokugawa shogunate should surrender and sign the contract as soon as possible. General Perry, don't you think your ideas are very contradictory?"

Liang Yao knew what Perry was worried about, and he said in a very firm tone.

"Fillmore gave me instructions that when necessary, the Japanese issue can be resolved by force, and now is the necessary time.

Forcing Japan to establish a country, opening up the Far East market, and projecting the influence of the United States to the Far East region is your strategic vision that has been brewing for many years.Whether your strategic vision can be successfully realized now is all in your mind. "

Perry got up and paced back and forth, and the expedition to Japan was the most important thing in his life.

Perry regards the expedition to Japan as more important than increasing the navy's steam rate, so it is a pity that it has been abandoned halfway.

Perry is not sure whether the politicians in Washington and Fillmore will be satisfied with the current achievements in Japan.

After thinking for a long time, Perry finally made up his mind, and his erratic gaze became firm: "Since the Tokugawa shogunate refuses to sign the contract, let these barbaric Japanese monkeys experience the power of civilization!"

"This is General Perry in my impression!"

Seeing Perry express his attitude, Liang Yao showed his face.

Even without Perry's support, he still has the ability to force the Tokugawa shogunate to bow their heads and sign the contract, but with Perry's support, the process will undoubtedly be easier, and it is better than fighting alone.

"What support does the Army need? The Navy will do its best to give the Army strong support." Perry returned to his seat and sat down.

"The Army needs our Navy brethren to take some of the pressure off of us."

Liang Yao never gave up his plan to use force against the Tokugawa shogunate, he pointed to the map and said.

"As long as the navy's warships can blockade the port of Edo and put pressure on the Tokugawa shogunate, we will leave the rest to our army."

Liang Yao only needed Perry to help him contain part of the shogunate's forces and reduce his pressure on land.For the rest, he believed that the officers and soldiers of the California Infantry and the Arizona Infantry were capable of solving them.

The more than [-] shogunate soldiers stationed around the Kanagawa military camp are undoubtedly the first targets that Liang Yao will solve.

Only by pulling out these shogunate soldiers can Liang Yao's goal of marching into Edo be realized.

As for tactics, there is no need for complex tactics to deal with these medieval armies that are different from themselves in all directions.

Everything in the Kanagawa barracks was as usual, and the U.S. military was still the same as usual, except for drills and rest. The shogunate troops stationed in Kanagawa did not realize that these American troops would soon become their nightmare.

Both the navy and the army attacked the shogunate forces near Kanagawa.

Due to the disparity in sea power between the two sides, the Tokugawa shogunate had actually given up its command of the sea, and only arranged some fire ships around the coastline of Kanagawa, hoping that these fire ships could burn the huge black ships around Kanagawa with a suicide charge.

But this is just wishful thinking of the Tokugawa shogunate.

At the beginning of the war, a considerable number of crude fireships were torn to pieces by naval guns.

The plan of the shogunate's sailors to attack with fire is even more fantasy. These shogunate fireboats didn't even have the chance to get close to the black ships, so they could only watch helplessly as the black ships got farther and farther away from them.

The black ship is traveling against the wind, and the huge paddle wheels on both sides of the black ship can easily travel against the wind under the drive of the steam engine.

The fireboats of the shogunate sailors are basically fishing boats stuffed with firewood, and they rely entirely on wind and manpower to drive.

Even if the shogunate sailors on the ship tried their best, it was difficult to get close to the black ship.

In the waters near Kanagawa, the ignited Japanese fireboats looked like fireflies floating on the sea.

(End of this chapter)