Wild North America 1846

Chapter 181 Sea Chase in Central America

There are some things that you can't forget if you want to.

The tragic and hellish scene of the Battle of the Missouri River is deeply engraved in the depths of Zachary Taylor's soul, and it has become an indelible trauma for him, and he will never be willing to face it.

Don't look at President Taylor's calm appearance on the surface. Whenever the reporter mentioned the name of the devilish king, he would feel his heart throbbing with fear and subconsciously escaped.

Walking around the Oval Office twice like a trapped animal, President Taylor stopped, raised his head and said firmly;
"Gentlemen, please don't let some journalists and irrelevant people affect our established policy. The current government will devote itself to developing the economy, substantively easing the conflict between the North and the South, easing the tension in North America, and creating a relaxed environment for social development. .”

Speaking of here
President Taylor walked to the white floor-to-ceiling windows of the Oval Office, looking through the glass at the towering white buildings on Capitol Hill and the busy streets outside, with a complicated expression on his face, and continued;

"I hope that the current government's cabinet staff can reach a tacit agreement on several issues, not express their position in any public or private, follow the current government's public and vague position, and speak with one voice.

One is the abolitionist policy, the second is the six northwestern states, the third is the federal debt problem, and the fourth is the situation in North America.In order to avoid any wrong interpretation to the outside world.

Creating and maintaining a peaceful and prosperous social environment is difficult; destroying it is easy.

We have experienced too many disputes and turmoil in these years, too many wars and deaths, it is time to take a break. "

Soldiers who have experienced brutal wars cherish peace more than those politicians and public opinion circles who are keen to stir up conflicts between the North and the South to attract attention. President Taylor is a clear example.

He is tired of war and yearns for peace.

In the Oval Office, Secretary of State Roxy Walters, Secretary of the Treasury Spint Shore, and the new White House chief of staff Stephen Ruth are all bigwigs of the Whig Party and represent the interests of all parties in the party. They looked at each other silently With one glance, he silently nodded in agreement.

That said, there is a consensus on this issue.

The current United States does have a lot of problems. It has just started the process of industrialization, and its industrial capacity and level are far inferior to European powers. It is still a social structure dominated by an agricultural economy.

The United Kingdom, which has a population similar to that of the United States, has an economic aggregate several times that of the United States.

As the first country to step into industrialization, under the strong traction of the steam revolution, Britain is making great strides in the process of industrialization, developing rapidly, and gradually entering the most glorious years of the Victorian era.

In 1848, Britain produced 4400 million tons of coal, 200 million tons of steel, 9400 miles of railways, and exported 17540 million pounds, accounting for 21% of the world's trade volume. Its economic indicators far surpassed that of the United States.

As a federal democratic country, the United States is full of internal contradictions. The southern slave states are agricultural economies dominated by cotton plantations. Cotton exports account for 93% of the exports of the southern slave states, which shows its importance.

American cotton is exported to Europe, mainly the United Kingdom, and is an important source of raw materials for the British cotton textile industry. The corresponding British industrial products sell well in the southern states of the United States, and their economic ties are far closer than those of the northern states.

This has led to the fact that although in one country, the industrial products of the northern states cannot be sold to the southern market. Due to the shortage of labor force, the industrial development has always been tepid, and it is difficult to compete with European industrial products in the market.

The northern industrial states watched the 400 million black laborers in the South covetously. Many civil rights activists who advocated the abolition of slavery secretly established a "freedom road" to help black slaves escape, that is, a channel for smuggling to northern states.

In the eyes of southern white slave owners, this was tantamount to stealing their own wealth.

Therefore, once these civil rights activists and escaped slaves were caught, they would end badly. Private executions were common, but the governments of the southern slave states turned a blind eye to it and did not hear it.

Once the relevant cases are made public, it will inevitably lead to sharp confrontations and quarrels between the North and the South, and become a big trouble lingering on the head of the federal government.

This strange phenomenon has been around for a long time, and it is no longer a social problem that can be solved by compromise.

The practice of the previous US federal governments is to blur their positions, neither supporting the abolition of slavery nor animal slavery, and keeping the mud under cover, so as to avoid the outbreak of conflicts.

The same is true of President Taylor, which is generally the same as the original historical policy.

a sea in central america
On the blue sea, two sailboats, one in front and one behind, are chasing at high speed on the sea surface. The sails on the mast are full of sea wind, pulling the sailboat to cut the waves and gallop all the way. Heavy "babbling" sound.

This is the sailing battleship "King Quan" of the Datang Kingdom chasing a three-masted pirate ship with a displacement of 450 tons at high speed. The King Lie Lie flag fluttering in the wind at the top of the mast shows that it belongs to the Navy of the Datang Kingdom.

Commodore Pan Hengchen, the commander of the navy, stared sharply ahead, standing beside the helmsman with his feet like nails, and issued orders in an orderly manner, adjusting the angle of the sail to achieve the highest speed.

The pirate ship ahead is the notorious "Black Pharaoh" in Central America. Its status among many pirate ships is equivalent to that of the pirate king. The captain is Rodman, a white American called "Vulture". Known for unscrupulousness, the most obvious feature is a large bald head.

The heinous crimes committed by "Vulture" Rodman were especially the two attacks on Chinese immigrant ships. A total of 829 sailors and Chinese immigrants were killed, and 137 of them were tortured to death and thrown directly into the sea.The rest were sold to remote sugar plantations in Cuba, where they are still alive and dead.

Such vicious piracy incidents happened again and again, which aroused the fury of King Richard. Only then did the Datang Kingdom's navy go south to Panama to wipe out the large-scale operations of pirate ships.

The order is simple; kill without mercy!

After Brigadier General Pan Hengchen led the fleet to Panama, he immediately launched a sweeping operation, captured 11 large and small pirate ships, hanged 263 pirates, and cleared the routes in Central America.

The "Black Pharaoh" escaped several raids at sea, and after more than a month of tracking, Brigadier General Pan Hengchen finally found a hidden fjord and caught the tail of the "Black Pharaoh".

"Report, our ship's speed has reached 14.5 knots, and it is expected to meet the enemy's board in 10 minutes."

"Prepare for boarding battle."

"As ordered, sir."

"Bottom deck artillery ready..."

"As ordered, sir."

"Upper Deck Artillery Ready..."

"As ordered, sir."

"Aim at the bow artillery and hit me hard!"

"As ordered, sir."

Give an order

"Boom...boom..."

The two 20-pound cannons located at the bow fired successively. While bursting out a large cloud of blue and black gunpowder smoke, the fired shells hit the pirate ship in front and fell on the nearby sea surface, splashing high water columns .

From the rear, one could see the ferocious expressions of the pirates, and the sailors nimbly climbed up the tall mast, making wanton provocative movements towards the rear.

I really don't know how to live or die!
The sailing battleship "King Quan" in the rear was full of sea wind with more than a dozen sails, pulling the huge ship and galloping on the sea at high speed, drawing a clear white track, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

The officers and soldiers on the ship were ready for battle, and the soldiers on the gun emplacements set up the stove, put the round iron shells on the stove to bake, and prepared to give the pirate ship a big surprise later.

"These damned Orientals are chasing after their ass like vicious dogs. I curse them all to hell." Rodman, the vicious vulture captain, looked back with a thick cigar in his mouth There was a hint of panic on his face.

Seeing the pursuers getting closer and closer, he knew that he would die if he was caught, so he couldn't care about anything at this time.

Rodman turned around and shouted; "The boat is too heavy to run fast, quickly throw away everything, wine barrels, food, extra sail cables, and those looted things and women, throw them all into the sea go."

"Boss, let the women keep a few, these are all valuable goods!"

"Shit, my life is gone, what woman do I need? Throw them all into the sea."

"Okay, as you wish."

The pirates who heard the order acted immediately, frantically throwing the heavy objects on the ship into the sea, even the crying woman, and the two lifted them up and threw them into the sea.

Sure enough, after all this busy work, the load on the "Black Pharaoh" has been greatly reduced, and the speed of escape has also increased, and it seems that the distance from the rear ships has been gradually opened.

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Brigadier General Pan Hengchen was furious. Although the "King Quan" had a lot of sails, it had a deep draft and a heavy load. The current sailing speed was already extreme.

The battleship "King Quan" is equipped with 62 artillery pieces and 355 sailors. You can't throw the artillery into the sea, right?
"Send my order to put the two small sampans on the ship into the sea, and each small sampan is equipped with 8 people to save people by the way. Remember, the two small sampans must be connected together, and when our ship returns Take it back."

"As ordered, sir."

"In addition, some unnecessary things and sundries will be discarded to reduce the load. Today, the "Black Pharaoh" must not be allowed to escape."

"As ordered, sir."

The soldiers on the sailing battleship "King Quan" also took action immediately, throwing wooden barrels, food and supplies into the sea one after another, and then put down the two small sampans on board, the speed of the ship increased visible to the naked eye, step by step Reduce the distance to the pirate ship ahead.

No matter how he fled left and right, the sailing battleship "King Quan" bit the opponent tightly, narrowing the distance between the two.

12 strands...10 strands...8 strands...5 strands...

When the distance between the two sides was close to 3 chains, the "King Quan" had already bitten the tail of the Black Pharaoh, and a bow shell hit the stern of the "Black Pharaoh" pirate ship, and the sawdust immediately burst. The four pirates were smashed to the ground, their bones broken and tendons broken, and they howled endlessly.

"Oh... hit..."

The bow gun fired for a long time and finally hit, which attracted cheers from the "King Quan" artillery and sailors on board. Everyone was in good spirits, sailing and rope, ready to catch up and show the group of crazy pirates some color.

Some dog things that don't know how to live or die, I'm really tired of living!
(End of this chapter)