Wild North America 1846

Chapter 220
"Your Majesty, it's late at night. I respectfully ask Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body and return to the palace to rest." Major General Chen Chuan, the head of the royal family's chamberlain, advised with a respectful expression in his neat woolen uniform.

"Oh, let's go back then."

Li Cha pampered the bald eagle's head, and several other bald eagles scrambled up one after another, wanting to be touched by the owner, as obedient as domestic ducklings.

Major General Chen Chuan could only smile wryly after seeing it. These raptors and beasts are extremely cold-blooded and cruel, and only His Majesty can drive them, and no one else can.

Even if the officers and soldiers of the Ten Thousand Beast Battalion of the Guards Corps fed these ferocious beasts on a daily basis, they had to keep them far away to prevent them from being attacked.

If anyone wanted to touch his head, he would peck it up with his backhand. No matter there was a blood hole on his arm or hand, there were also cases of being bitten to death by ferocious beasts.

Many beasts are not raised from their cubs, they are full of wildness and cannot be approached easily.

back to the palace
Li Cha had just sat down and drank a few sips of hot tea, and before he picked up the newspaper in his hand to read, he saw a fragrant wind surging from the door, and three beauties with graceful figures came in one by one.

Different from the youthful girls three years ago, the moist luster of the three Mexican sisters is indeed of mixed race, and their bodies are surprisingly good.

Their towering breasts and perky buttocks shrink sharply when their slender waists are squeezed tightly, full of mature and feminine taste.

The three Mexican sisters wore costumes resembling Egyptian belly dancers, with graceful gauze, emerald green jadeite necklaces on the chest and small golden bells around the waist, and they made a "cracking" sound when they walked.

Li Cha silently put down the newspaper, wanting to see what tricks the three girls would do.

not near
Among the three women, two kneeled limply on the thick woolen carpet, and crawled towards Li Cha along the ground, twisting their soft waists and hips like water snakes.

Ellie, the youngest of the three sisters, shook her waist and danced. From behind the curtain came the rapid sound of drums and bells, playing dance music that seemed to come from the Middle East desert.

see this scene
Even though Li Cha read all over Fanghua, the fire in his heart burned all over his body.

It is too presumptuous and must be severely punished.

Ellie twisted her belly dance rhythmically, her upturned snow-white buttocks were covered by fine veil, shaking back and forth like a small motor, implying the ancient rhythm of Egypt, and dancing closer and closer with the passion of the desert.

Unconsciously

The two charming women crawling along the ground have already climbed up. Next to Li Cha's left and right legs, the two girls showed exactly the same charming face, and crawled beside his legs.

Li Cha, as the dignified king, how can he be so presumptuous?

"Humph……"

But when he heard a heavy cold snort, the corner of Li Cha's mouth curved into a cold arc...

omit a few words...

The next day
The refreshed Li Cha looked back, with a confident smile on his face...

Li Cha was exhausted after only a few hours of sleep, his body was stronger than that of an animal, and his recovery ability was extremely strong.

just use breakfast

In the large study room with bright windows, the royal court secretariat has neatly placed all the reports to be reviewed today on the desk, and divided them into two stacks, about forty or fifty copies.

The small stack is for international memorials, and the large stack is for domestic memorials. Each memorial has a small note, which summarizes the core content of the memorial in 10 to 15 words, and is marked by red A small wiping brush is used to write a ticket.

This is called the "draft imitation right", which is controlled by Gu Yan, the prime minister of the cabinet. When it is submitted to His Majesty the king for review, whether it can express its own opinion or not is biased, and it is condensed in the 10 to 15-character "bill imitation right".

This is the daily government affairs reported by the government cabinet, which is placed on the right side of the imperial case, and the memorials reported by the military are placed in a small pile separately, which is placed on the left side of the desk.

Li Cha sat down and took a look. He habitually read the military's memorials first. Today, the military submitted only three memorials, two from the Army Staff Headquarters, and one from the Navy Department.

After the reorganization of the cabinet, Earl Gu Yan, the former head of the secretariat of the royal court, became the prime minister of the cabinet. The new director of the secretariat of the royal court is Liu Xianjun, who arrived in the United States in 48. , the Zuodu censor and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou were suppressed by the imperial envoy Qiying because they were involved in the peace talks with Russia and Xinjiang.

As a Hanchen who once experienced Lin Zexu's opium sales in Humen and witnessed the disastrous defeat of the first Opium War, Liu Xianjun knew the power of Western strong ships and guns, and completely lost confidence in the corruption of the Manchu Qing court, so he left his hometown to seek revitalization The road of Chinese ethnicity.

As the chaos of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom intensified, a large number of former Manchu Han officials and educated scholars, after being tormented by the flames of war, brought their families on board the immigrant ship to North America, and came to the Datang Kingdom, which was full of hope for vigorous development.

Liu Xianjun was one of the earlier ones, and he was also a capable minister who was valued by Li Cha.

Since Liu Xianjun had been in the Manchu Qing court for many years, he was originally a fourth-rank official with rich political experience and profound knowledge. He served as the deputy director and director of the inner court secretariat, and he was very quick to handle government affairs.

These few years

In the Great Tang Kingdom, the impact of Western learning was widely accepted. Li Cha often asked court officials to look at problems with an international perspective and a strategic perspective, not limited to the country, and not limited to the temporary gains and losses of a city or a place, so these elite officials grew very fast.

Li Cha first picked up the military memorial and looked at it. A memorial from the Army Staff Headquarters was about the preparation and training of the First Division of the European Expeditionary Force, as well as the planned departure date and related preparations.

The 1st Division of the Expeditionary Army to Europe has a total of 6213 members. Such an army division establishment is based on the general establishment of about 6000 members in Britain, France and other countries, and it can better cooperate in wartime.

The 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force has a cavalry regiment and three infantry regiments, plus a field artillery battalion, equipped with a total of 24 Colt breech-loading artillery.

The cavalry regiment has a total of 1078 members. The weapon configuration is the standard Datang Kingdom style. The fully armed cavalry is equipped with two guns, one long and one short, and a cavalry knife, including Colt 1846 cavalry revolver, Colt 1848 Type lever repeating rifle (short barrel type), with an effective range of 300-350 yards, and its weaponry and combat effectiveness are among the top in the world.

It's just that due to the small size of the cavalry regiment, it is difficult to play a big role on the European battlefield where millions of soldiers are facing each other.

The infantry regiment has about 1400 to 1500 people, equipped with Colt 1848 lever-type repeating rifles (long-barreled), with an effective range of 380 to 420 yards. The weapons are excellent, and their combat effectiveness is not inferior to the first-class European troops.

The field artillery battalion has more than 400 people. In addition to 24 artillery pieces, it is also equipped with a large number of ammunition vehicles and carriages to improve the continuous combat capability.

The recruitment of the whole division was completed at the end of September, and the training has been more than two months so far. It is planned to set off on December 9, go south to Panama, transfer to the Panama Railway, and then go to the Crimean battlefield by boat.

The time to actually arrive and enter the battlefield was at least February 1846.

This was a matter that had been agreed upon a long time ago. Li Cha briefly browsed through it and there was no change, so he took a pen and wrote the word "ke" and circled it, expressing that he would focus on follow-up.

The second report of the Army Staff Headquarters is about the winter defense of North America's Omaha Fort front line. Recently, several small US cavalry units have appeared on the opposite bank, ranging in number from dozens to hundreds.

This aroused the vigilance of Major General Duan Debiao, the commander of the Omaha Defense Fortress, so he sent a request to enter the second level of alert, and added 3 to 4 militia cavalry regiments to participate in patrolling and alerting. We hereby apply.

The Army Staff Headquarters has agreed after deliberation, and it is reported to the imperial court for approval.

It is a big deal to move every soldier in the Datang Kingdom, especially the transfer from the militia to the military's control of combat readiness. It must be reported and asked for instructions at every level, and it can only be implemented after approval.

Otherwise, what do you want to do if you gather three or four thousand cavalry forces at every turn?
Once the rules are violated, it will be a major treason case involving a wide range of people, and it will be a serious incident that will cost a lot of heads.

Li Cha has always controlled the military power very strictly. He would rather let the Americans fight into the territory, and it is impossible to loosen the constraints on the various forces on the top of the military.

Every few years, it has become a system for high-level generals to take turns to serve. The maximum term of office for a fortress commander level is five years, and the normal rotation time is four years.

Once the chief of the garrison exceeds the number of years of service, a large number of people from the Army General Staff Headquarters, from the Military Command to the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff, will be arrested and questioned, which is serious dereliction of duty and conspiracy.

Generally speaking

In peacetime, the garrison commanders and fortress commanders in charge of military power in various places have as few as two to three thousand troops, and as many as seven or eight thousand troops, with a total of no more than [-].

Even for front-line fortresses such as Fort Phoenix and Fort Omaha, the commander of the fortress still has seven or eight thousand fortress infantry, at most two divisions in size.

The cavalry force of two to three thousand belonging to the fortress is in the hands of the deputy commander of the fortress, directly under His Majesty the King. Without His Majesty's personal order, no one can move it, not even the commander of the fortress.

Because the cavalry is a mobile force, this creates an excellent mutual check and balance effect, and no one can even think about making trouble.

Li Cha briefly read it, picked up a pen and wrote the word "ke", and then it will be issued by the Royal Court Secretariat to the Army Staff Headquarters to form a military order and hand it over to Fort Omaha for execution.

According to the reported situation
For example, the Fortress Omaha Command took the lead in forming three militia cavalry regiments immediately, following and cooperating with the fortress cavalry to perform guard patrol missions, and when the enemy situation became clearer, another militia cavalry regiment could be mobilized. This is the limit stipulated in the military order, that is, no More than 4400 cavalry.

This kind of military mobilization reported by the report, the mobilized cavalry can enjoy the full-time military subsidy treatment and record it in the record, and can enjoy a series of treatment such as the same military exploits, appraisals, and rewards for military merits. possible.

The premise is that you will be rewarded for your meritorious service, otherwise you can only get the usual salary of a micro-doctoral soldier.

Even so
There are also a lot of folk cavalry who are willing to participate, and they flock to it, desperately wanting to drill in. After all, this provides an opportunity to make contributions. Who doesn't cherish it?
There is really no chance to fight, and the regular field training with the army is not bad. I met a large number of comrades in the slack time, and I have a good memory of serving in the army. Could it be wrong to pay?

Without the official approval issued by the Military Command of the Army Staff Headquarters, the gathering is the rebel army, which has a completely different meaning.

It took only two or three minutes for Li Cha to review the two memorials submitted by the Army Staff Headquarters, and then he picked up the last memorial on the left table, which was presented by the Ministry of the Navy.

Although there is only one copy, it is thicker than the two memorials sent by the Army Staff Headquarters combined.

The cabinet ticket draft reads; "Two types of navy iron-clad frigates plan, I respectfully invite the Holy Judge.", exactly 15 characters.

Generally speaking, for the memorials presented by the military, Gu Yan, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, strictly abides by his duties and will not express opinions that affect His Majesty's holy order.

Since the 580-ton "Fen Yong" armored patrol ship entered service, nine subsequent ships of the same class have been built and launched into service, and have been widely praised in the use of the navy.

The armored patrol ship "Fen Yong" is easy to operate and has powerful firepower. It is a sharp weapon for coastal patrol and protection. The three foreign trade orders of the Kingdom of Sardinia have also been delivered one after another, and they have received quite high evaluations.

The advantages are obvious, but the disadvantages are also prominent.

The disadvantages of the "Fen Yong" armored patrol ship are that the tonnage is too small, the layout is too cramped, the space is crowded, the self-sustaining ability at sea is poor, and the seaworthiness can only be said to be fair.

Due to the small size of the boat, it can only be used for patrolling along the coastline.

Once it is far away from the coastline, it will be over. When the sea is calm and the sea is calm, there will be big waves of 2 to 3 meters, and the wind will be 3 to 4 meters. It is not at all that a small ship like the "Fen Yong" armored patrol ship can withstand the stormy wind and rain.

Because the armored patrol ship "Fen Yong" is only 1 meters high, whether it is a two-meter wave, a three-meter wave, or a larger wave, the small boat can be submerged in the waves.

During the use of the navy, 17 major accidents occurred successively. 22 officers and soldiers were involved in the rough sea by the waves. Only three people were rescued, and the others were buried in the seabed.

there's no way

When sailing, the sea was still calm at the last moment. Once the wind blows, there will be big waves of 2 to 3 meters above. The officers and soldiers who have no time to hide in the cabin can only hold on to the gun positions or nearby railings, struggling in the wind and waves. .

A careless, was involved in the sea.

Therefore, to carry out combat missions in the COSCO Sea, an iron-clad frigate with a larger displacement is needed. The two proposals submitted by the Ministry of the Navy are 1500 tons and 1950 tons respectively.

Judging from the construction plan submitted by the Navy, it has absorbed many advantages such as the simple operation and reliable power configuration of the brave iron-clad patrol ship. Considering that the new-level iron-clad frigate performs daily combat readiness patrol missions in the middle and offshore seas for 1 to 2 weeks, it has greatly improved. The living conditions of officers and soldiers were improved.

This class of iron-clad frigate has a relatively large and towering cabin design, and no longer has to make temporary beds on the deck, and all officers and soldiers will enter the cabin to rest.

Although it was a bit crowded, it finally solved the tragedy of the officers and soldiers on the deck being sucked into the sea when the sea surface suddenly blew up at night.

After 2 to 3 years of use, the armored patrol ship "Fen Yong" has verified the reliability of adopting the propeller as the only power source, thus becoming the standard for the development of ships in the Datang Kingdom. It has been popularized and applied on other ship types.

(End of this chapter)