Wild North America 1846

Chapter 186 Traditional Ideas
Li Cha was thinking about his own thoughts, while Lieutenant General Dai Changfu, Chief of Staff, introduced the battle plan at the imperial meeting, and sought opinions from all parties as usual, mainly the cabinet ministers.

Lieutenant General Dai Changfu responded to the questions one by one, including the combat funds that the Minister of Finance is concerned about, the wagons that need to be occupied for combat operations, the transportation plan that needs to be adjusted by the Ministry of Communications, the human resources consumed, and the regional and urban martial law measures that the Ministry of the Interior needs to cooperate with, etc. Wait.

After repeated discussions, the battle plan code-named "Resolution" of the General Staff Headquarters was finally approved, and the king decreed to follow it.

This is a large-scale military operation led by the Army Staff Headquarters, and it is also the most important military operation plan of the year.

It aims to completely eliminate the social instability factors headed by Indian indigenous tribes in the Datang Kingdom, and create a comprehensive, harmonious and peaceful social environment.

Li Cha didn't pay much attention to this, and left everything to the Army Staff Headquarters.

The equipment of the cavalry unit of the Tang Kingdom can be said to be ahead of the world. Every cavalry is equipped with Tang-style sabers, kettles, blankets, leather boots and leather goods. The main weapon is a Colt 1848 lever-type bursting rifle. It is one or two Colt 1846 cavalry-style revolvers. The intensive firepower strike capability can last from 350 yards to 100 yards.

Such first-class cavalry equipment is used to fight many native Indian cavalry without saddles. If there is any mistake, the officers can kill themselves to thank the world.

The imperial meeting ended and it was already noon.

Li Cha entered the maple forest in the backyard of the royal palace as usual, and a few wild wolves and two tigers that were more than half the height of a man ran out to greet him, shaking their heads and wagging their tails. There were also jaguars and two American brown bears weighing over a thousand pounds. Surrounded up from all directions, the momentum was quite astonishing for a while.

Li Cha's figure bullied him like a ghost, his figure tossed and turned under the bite of wild wolves, tigers and jaguars, and often dodged when there was no time to wait, so many beasts could not touch a piece of his clothes.

When the clumsy American brown bear stood up and stood in front of it like a wall, Li Cha stretched out his hand and pulled it like lightning. The horse steps under his feet did not move at all, and he had already thrown the thousand-pound American grizzly from above his head. He went out and hit the ground heavily.

Judging by his relaxed demeanor, he has wrestled with the giant beasts in the forest not once or twice.

Even with the huge stature of the American brown bear, he could only withstand the infinite strange power of Li Cha's body for a short time, and then he was thrown down again and again, roaring in pain.

More than a dozen tigers, jaguars, and wild wolves are known for their vicious bites and nimble movements, but when they were picked by Richard's hand, they fell and fell, and they couldn't last the second round at all.

That is to say, relying on the large number of ferocious beasts, their rough skin and thick flesh, they can barely let Li Cha have a good time playing and move around a little.

A stick of kung fu

Li Cha threw all the ferocious beasts and rolled them all over the ground, especially the two North American brown bears that were as big as a mountain of meat. They had already been thrown fiercely and roared again and again.

These ferocious beasts kept in the maple grove are firstly to guard the house for the palace, and secondly, they are good playmates in their spare time. Whenever their hands are itchy, they have formed a habit of using these poor beasts to practice their hands.

when it is time to leave

Li Cha summoned Lieutenant Colonel Mai Xiaozu, the deputy head of the Royal Guards Cavalry Regiment who was on duty, and ordered;

"The beasts in the woods are still a little less. Find a way to get some big North American brown bears and tigers. Lions are also fine. There are often these beasts in those European circuses. The more violent the temper, the better, and tame them. A sense of accomplishment."

"My minister obeys the order." What else could Lieutenant Colonel Mai Xiaozu say, he could only respectfully accept the order with his fists clasped.

Maple Leaf Palace makes such a fuss every day, whether it’s lions, jaguars, North American brown bears, or those giant wolves, they will be roared and screamed by His Majesty every day, and all the guards have already seen it. Strange.

In everyone's mind, His Majesty is a god, is it strange to bully a few beasts?

After returning to the palace for lunch, Li Cha went to the big study to make a cup of fragrant coffee, lit a cigar and sat on a chair, enjoying the lazy time in the afternoon.

Not long after entering the peace period, Li Cha became bored with the piles of copywriting work, and could not lead an army across the hinterland of North America, traveling thousands of miles to experience the war years of gold and iron horses.

The days were as dull as water, and Li Cha couldn't sit still.

He likes to do challenging things, misses the adventurous war years, and doesn't want to be trapped, but under the strong persuasion of everyone, he has to give up his role as a front-line military commander, so he feels a little depressed.

It is not necessary for Li Cha to go on stage in such a trivial matter as clearing up the Indians. In a short time, the American Civil War will not break out, so count your fingers;
The closest world-scale war was the Crimean War, and that would be two or three years later.

Li Cha is still thinking about moving, and has been planning a round-the-world voyage. For this reason, he will order a 5400-ton steam fast ship at Chang'an Shipyard. This will be a new type of iron ship that has canceled the two side impellers.

He has long been tired of the huge circular impellers on both sides of the steamship. Not only is it noisy, the steam pollution is high, but the machinery is complex and maintainable, and it is often damaged. However, the effect on the speed is small, which is really a burden. .

The steamships of this era not only have huge circular impellers on both sides to assist power, but also retain the mast and sails, which can save fuel when the wind is down.

As a result, all kinds of machinery and equipment and sail ropes are densely packed on the deck of the steamer, which is bloated and heavy, and has little practical effect.

Li Cha couldn't stand it anymore, so he directly intervened in the ship's construction and design, canceling the two huge round impellers on the side and its equipment, as well as the mast and sail, only retaining and strengthening the power of the propeller.

The new 5400-ton steamer uses 4 horizontal steam engines, two of which drive an enlarged propeller, two shafts and two propellers, with a total of 3800 horsepower, which can drive the steamer to run at a speed of 14 knots per hour for a long time.

Today's new ships are being built at Chang'an Shipyard, which has attracted many criticisms from the European shipbuilding industry. The famous French ship designer Rondo DiCaprio publicly declared;

"This ugly ship design is nothing more than the king's new toy, and when the sails are removed, it doesn't look like a ship from any angle, but more like a half-cut bun."

European ship designers, who have fallen into the misunderstanding of traditional thinking for hundreds of years, find it extremely difficult to accept ships or battleships without sails, which is a great challenge to their aesthetics.

In fact, Europeans have persisted for half a century. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the sail design was still retained on the battleships of the British Empire across the oceans of the world, which can be seen.

(End of this chapter)