Wild North America 1846

Chapter 274 Chapter 274

1857 year 9 early month
巴拿马

After joining the Datang Kingdom, Panama City and Cologne, as the transshipment center port for Datang Kingdom's exports to Europe, have experienced rapid economic development and rapid population growth.

The original two cities, Panama and Cologne, have a total population of 5.12. Panama is located on the Pacific side, and Cologne is located on the Atlantic side, adjacent to the Caribbean Sea full of adventure legends. These two cities account for more than [-]% of the population of the entire Panama region.

Since Panama became an overseas province of the Tang Kingdom, Panama has opened fixed-point cargo flights to Los Angeles, Chang’an, Seattle, Portland and other places, and its economy has developed by leaps and bounds. 10 people.

Overall
Most of the people who entered Panama were businessmen. They set up shipping companies, freight companies, various commodity agency companies and export companies here, which greatly prospered the local economy.

The major banks of the Tang Kingdom set up branches here, and the long-distance telegraph bureau also laid submarine cables to Panama, closely linking Panama Province with the mainland of the kingdom.

However, the in-depth development and explosive population growth of Panama originated from a year ago. After Paradise Island had a complete transit and supply port capability, the Kingdom officially opened the Central Pacific immigration route, which brought great opportunities for the development of Panama.

From the beginning, more than 1857 people immigrated to the port of Panama every month, and by the end of July 7, 3.742 Chinese immigrants arrived in one month, and the number of immigrants tripled and a half, forming a large-scale immigration wave.

just one year

A total of 23.65 Chinese immigrants arrived in the port of Panama, and nearly half of them voluntarily stayed in Panama. They became the new residents of this hot land in Central America.

In a short period of time, the population of the entire Panama region has doubled, with a total population of more than 20.

In order to repay the immigration loan, these Chinese immigrants will have to serve as bonded workers for three years, while those who choose to go to North America will have to serve for four years before they can get their own resident registration and become free citizens. They will thrive here, buy houses and land, and take root.

Panama is a small place, and it does not enjoy the conditions of preferential land grants for immigrants in Paradise Island (each adult man and woman get 10 acres of land for free). The only possibility to obtain land is to pay for it.

The arrival of a large number of Chinese immigrants has eased the tense situation of the labor force in Panama. Thousands of Chinese workers worked hard on the piers, warehouses, Panama Railways and construction sites around Panama City of the Royal Pacific United Shipping Company. The seaside city is full of vitality.

Numerous buildings have sprung up, the docks by the sea are being expanded, large barracks have been newly built at the naval base and army base, and new shipyards have been established one after another.

Along the Panama railway line, Chinese immigrants opened up large tracts of farmland and built new towns one after another. Large tracts of forests were burned and felled, and replaced by a rural scene of fertile fields with hundreds of miles of ditches.

Wherever Chinese immigrants go, there will be a construction boom.

Panama Naval Base

Lieutenant General Pan Hengchen, chief of naval staff, has just arrived on board the "Hanlu" armored destroyer. battleship.

The "Han Dew" and the No. 7 ship "Han Chao" formed a small fleet. Not long after they arrived at the Panama Naval Base, they were adding coal, water, and hoisting fresh vegetables, canned food, food, and other supplies. The pier was busy.

"My lord, I heard that the army has started large-scale military training in several refugee camps in China. I remember that the last time was 3 years ago. In order to prepare for the serious situation of the Crimean War in Europe, They trained a mercenary unit for the British." Colonel Zheng Shuyu, the commander of the Panama Naval Base, said with a questioning expression in his eyes.

Lieutenant General Pan Hengchen, who was looking out of the window with his hands behind his back, turned around after hearing the words, looked at Colonel Zheng Shuyu with considerate eyes, smiled after a while, and said, "Brother Shuyu is very alert, must have seen something?"

"Ashamed of my humble position, I just think that the Holy One may have a big move, and I'm just speculating in private."

"You don't know the news from the headquarters. It's understandable. The latest news is that on Paradise Island, 5 militiamen will be mobilized to participate in regular military training. This is the latest news I just received before I came here."

"Ah... is this really going to be done?"

"Based on brother Shuyu's opinion, where will the Holy Majesty use his troops?"

"Shu Yu is not talented. I privately guessed that the Kingdom and the South should unite and jointly use troops against the North of the United States. Now that the situation is very clear, it is not difficult to guess."

"That's right..."

Lieutenant General Pan Hengchen simply answered two words without saying anything, then turned around and sighed regretfully, and said, "Unfortunately, there is no room for our kingdom's navy in this battle. Spectators!"

Colonel Zheng Shuyu couldn't answer the words of His Excellency the Chief of Naval Staff, so he could only laugh awkwardly, and then tightly closed his mouth.

these months

The situation in North America was turbulent. Since the great southern white slave owners and high-level officials of the states gathered in New Orleans in April, they reached some kind of secret consensus with the Tang Kingdom, and the separatist actions suddenly accelerated.

This time, James Buchanan, the 3th new president of the United States who just took office in March, was caught off guard, passive everywhere, and caught in a dilemma.

The conflict between the North and the South in the United States has a long history. The Kansas Civil War broke out in 1854 and continues to this day. The North launched a massive "Abolition Movement" with a strong attitude and incited the black slaves in the South to continue to riot. The self-esteem of the white slave owners in the south, the anger that had been accumulated for a long time, finally broke out with the secret support of the Tang Kingdom and the United Kingdom.

On June 1857, 6, South Carolina passed a statute declaring the dissolution of the "Union which existed between South Carolina and other states in the name of the United States of America."

In the following six weeks, six southern states withdrew from the Union and began seizing federal assets located within state boundaries, including military installations such as Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens.

On August 8, the southern states established the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as the president. Immediately afterwards, the Confederate States of America and the Tang Kingdom launched intensive alliance consultations and blatantly carried out a series of secessionist actions.

Freighters from the Kingdom of Datang arrived at the ports of the southern states one after another through the Gulf of Mexico, transporting a large amount of weapons and ammunition equipment, logistics supplies, and experienced officers, and began to train soldiers in the southern United States.

On August 8, the Federal Chief Executive Jefferson Davis publicly recruited 29 volunteers and launched a call for full preparation for war. This substantive divisive action has sharply deteriorated the relationship between the North and the South in the United States and has torn apart the superficially maintained Peaceful yarn.

Davis' actions destroyed the internal unity of the US Federal Standing Army. Among the 3780 active-duty officers, 986 resigned or were dismissed and joined the Confederate Army.

The West Point graduates also split. Of the 1424 active-duty students, 377 defected to the United States and joined the Confederate Army. Of the 1710 retired, 892 joined the Union Army, and 818 joined the Confederate Army.

The drastic changes in the situation in North America caused President James Buchanan, who just took office, to lose his voice for a while. Under the current circumstances, the U.S. Congress has been paralyzed, and even the bill to expand military expenditure this year cannot be passed.

President James Buchanan was stunned by this series of rainstorms of fists. His original ambition to make "America great" has become a joke, and he has been unable to postpone a strong response plan.

The Tang Kingdom has now begun to reorganize its armaments. The Chang'an Lecture Hall and the Royal Army Non-commissioned Officer School have all doubled their enrollment.

Veterans, meanwhile, delay retirement.

Through such measures, 7 to 8 frame divisions can be filled quickly, making it a full-staffed main field division.

But the outside world, including people in the United States, only saw the surface, and didn't care much about the mobilization scale of the Tang Kingdom's army. After all, what if there were 2.6 more recruits?

Actually

The Kingdom of Datang began to recruit [-] militiamen on Paradise Island to carry out full-time high-intensity military training. As long as it is needed, it can be transported to North America continuously through large immigrant ships at any time.

on the other hand
In the refugee camps across China, the Army Staff Headquarters has also invested considerable resources and implemented large-scale military training. The number of these rigorously trained Chinese recruits is unknown, and it is said that the scale is much larger than the militia mobilized on Paradise Island.

It is a pity that due to the blockage of news in the current era, the Yankees in the United States did not grasp this latest trend at all, and naturally there were deviations in their assessment of the situation.

End of August 1857
The total population of the northern United States is more than 1760 million, with an annual gross national product of about 15 billion U.S. dollars. The population of the southern United States is more than 910 million. The economy is dominated by agriculture led by cotton, and its strength in all aspects is far superior to that of the north.

This is the real reason why President James Buchanan of the United States has been able to stabilize the Diaoyutai until now. In terms of hard power, the United States does have an overwhelming advantage, with population and economy two to three times that of the South.

From the current point of view, the Datang Kingdom has no obvious signs of intervening in the war. The addition of 2.6 new recruits is nothing.

On August 8, after careful consideration, US President James Buchanan decided to provide supplies to Fort Sumter, which was surrounded by the Confederate Army, and then sent an expeditionary force by sea, and notified South Carolina by telegram state governor.

And such a move undoubtedly angered the southerners, and a fierce war broke out just around the corner...

(End of this chapter)