Wild North America 1846

Chapter 361 Untitled Chapters

The newly attached 13 states of Mexico and the land of seven Aztec states totaled 20 states. Due to the small geographical territory of each state, the fine division of administrative divisions was not conducive to management. Therefore, after the annexation to the Tang Empire, the administrative divisions were re-merged.

After merging and dividing

The original thirteen states of Mexico were re-divided into 5 provinces, namely Mexico Province, Mexico East Province, Mexico South Province, Mexico Province and Mexico North Province.

The Land of the Seven Aztec States was re-divided into two provinces, Channels and Zhennan.

As a result, the Tang Kingdom originally had 30 provincial divisions, plus these 7 newly attached provinces, and now has a total of 37 provincial divisions. The empire's territory extends from Alaska on the border of the Arctic Ocean to the south of Central America. Panama.

There are only three small countries in Central America, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, and the British Columbia Territory of British Canada.

in court

Li Cha looked at the territory of the Tang Empire with a satisfied expression, his eyes drifted over the British Columbia Province of British Canada, and then looked at the Central American region below the map for a while, and felt that these three small countries were a bit of an eyesore.

It’s uncomfortable to be separated by British Columbia, Canada on the map. How much better it would be if they were connected together?

Both Honduras and Nicaragua are small Central American countries with a population of 30 million. Guatemala is slightly larger, with a population of just over 50.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just signed reciprocal trade agreements with these small countries, laying the foundation for opening the doors of these small Central American countries.

Next Step

It would be better to make these places chaotic. Civil war is the kingly way to take advantage of the fire!
Li Cha feels that it is a long way to go to connect the territory of the Tang Empire, but he has plenty of time now, 10 years if 20 years is not enough, 20 years if 30 years is not enough, use the etiquette of the celestial dynasty to educate the barbarians, and use Chinese immigrants to mix Sand, using economic means to control and infiltrate, is not afraid that they will not obediently present their credentials.

After swallowing Mexico and the Aztec Republic, there is still a large area of ​​fertile central North American plains waiting to be collected. Now we really need to take a breather, and these small countries can be discussed in the future.

But trade infiltration and population immigration can start to take action. This kind of subtle effort will not be effective in a short time.

have to say
With the passage of time, the land colonization and expansion has been successful step by step, and the ambition in Li Cha's heart is also expanding.From the beginning of the founding of the country, only to survive, to the continuous invasion and expansion of the east and south, and to fight against neighboring countries, now you start to pursue the perfection of the map?
As the former US President James Buchanan often lamented; "America is too far from God, but too close to Don."

After July 1861, 7, the population of the Tang Empire has risen to more than 7 million (A total of 2950 million people in Mexico and the Aztecs), and it will break through the 410 million mark in just over two months. The national strength has been significantly improved.

The proportion of the Chinese population in the Tang Kingdom dropped to 83.4%, the proportion of whites accounted for 12.7%, the proportion of Indians accounted for 3.5%, and the population of other ethnic groups in Central America accounted for 0.4%, and the ethnic distribution was further diversified.

15 years since the founding of the country
Step by step, Li Cha developed the Tang Kingdom to its current size, and took over half of the national fortune of the United States with arrogance. He did everything he could to colonize and expand, and finally achieved today's hegemony in North America.

Looking back on the journey along the way, Li Cha is now full of ambition, and a feeling of pride is overflowing in his chest...

on the atlantic
off the coast of virginia
The small iron-clad patrol fleet composed of the iron-clad destroyer "Chunyue" and the iron-clad frigate "Han Bing" and "Han Ye" is the third squadron of the Datang Kingdom Expeditionary Fleet, and it is carrying out missions of patrolling and guarding the sea area.

As mentioned earlier, at the beginning of the Civil War, the United States (Northern) angered London, which was originally neutral, because of the brutal seizure of the southern diplomatic envoy on a British merchant ship, and directly sent a powerful royal squadron and 8000 Marines arrive on Prince Edward Island, British Canada, in a blatant threat of war against the United States of America.

Under strong pressure, the U.S. federal government (North) could only bow its head in humiliation and beg for peace. It not only released the southern diplomatic envoys, but also agreed to many unreasonable demands of the United Kingdom with its nose. This is an old thing.

stimulated by this
The government of the United States of America (Northern) specially set up the Ironclad Shipbuilding Bureau. During the years of the Civil War, a large number of coastal gunboats and ironclad ships were built.

There are also a few ironclad ships with large displacement, but their shapes are weird and varied, and their actual combat capabilities are hard to compliment.

This kind of naval power is enough to deal with the south, but it is far from enough to deal with the Tang Kingdom's ironclad warships with uniform models and unprecedented combat effectiveness.

Among other things, the power of the ship's main guns is far behind!
The world's first iron-clad naval battle broke out in June last year off the coast of Hampton, near Virginia today. The iron-clad ships of the North and the South bombarded each other fiercely for most of the day, and each spent hundreds of shells. Except for the potholes made by the armored ship, it didn't break through at all.

It wasn't until the shells ran out that the two sides had to end the first show of the ironclad ship.

only two months later
The Tang Kingdom's iron-clad expeditionary fleet traveled thousands of miles around South America and arrived at the important southern port city of New Orleans, where it immediately engaged in a fierce naval battle with the fleet led by General Farage of the Northern Army.

that time

With its strong strength, the northern fleet basically blocked dozens of ports in the south, cut off the vital trade routes between the south and Europe, and blocked and detained merchant ships from Europe and southern merchant ships. The situation was extremely unfavorable to the Confederate States.

Datang Kingdom has three armored destroyers as the main expeditionary fleet, plus 6 ships "Cold Tide", "Bitter Winter", "Bing Bing", "Cold Dew", "Cold Night", and "Frost" There are only 9 ironclad warships in total, and the total displacement is only more than 18000 tons.

Compared with the hundreds of sail and iron-clad warships in the Northern Fleet, the displacement is as high as 41 tons, and the strength gap between the two sides is more than 22 times

The results of the naval battle surprised everyone. The 13 main warships led by General Farage of the Northern Army were wiped out in one battle in front of the sharp artillery fire from the ironclad ships of the Tang Kingdom, completely reversing the situation at sea.

Since then, the armored warships of the Tang Empire have attacked everywhere, sank and captured more than 70 warships in the north, and detained nearly a hundred merchant ships belonging to the north. An important trade route to Europe.

Almost with his own power, he completely reversed the situation of the sea battle between the North and the South...

Today
The iron-clad warships of the Tang Empire are world-renowned for their sharp gunfire and solid armored defenses. They made a significant contribution to the history of the world navy in the 19s, representing the development direction of the world's navy today, and ranking among the world's advanced ranks.

Inside the bridge of the armored destroyer "Spring Moon"

Rear Admiral Mo Chengcai, Commander of the Third Squadron of the Expeditionary Force, wearing a dark blue uniform of the Royal Navy, stood at the command position next to the helmsman with a serious expression, scanning the situation of ships on the sea.

Off the coast of Virginia is also the necessary sea area for the District of Columbia in the north to go to Europe. It belongs to the traffic artery at the crossroads of the sea. Also pass through here.

This is the front line where the U.S. North and South navies compete, and the northernmost sea area controlled by the Expeditionary Fleet of the Datang Kingdom is also here, so the situation at sea is very complicated, and fierce battles at sea may occur at any time.

Although the expeditionary fleet of the Datang Kingdom is strong in combat effectiveness, with its small size of 9 armored warships, it is already the limit to be able to maintain the safety of the 5600-kilometer southern sea area, and it has no ability to further expand northward.

In February of this year, the Second Expeditionary Fleet led by three ironclad destroyers "Huayue", "Wanyue" and "Winter Moon" followed up. The formation has a total of 2 ironclad warships. It is said that they are now moored in Argentina for a friendly visit. Stop by Paraguay, Brazil and other countries.

The Second Expeditionary Fleet is traveling slowly on this road, and it has been almost half a year, and it will not arrive in New Orleans until at least late August.

Go north to Hampton, at least until early September.

Major General Mo Chengcai knew; of the remaining 6 "Qiuyue" class armored destroyers in the kingdom, 4 ships have been launched for sea trials, and [-] ships are still under construction on the berth.

The new type of six 6-ton "Wind"-class ironclad destroyers are already under construction at the Los Angeles Shipyard in the South and the Royal Navy Shipyard in Salem in the North. Ship No. 4800 and No. 1 will be launched at the end of this year and early next year.

The Royal Government's pace of promoting the construction of naval ships is very steady, which makes people anxious, but full of confidence.

I am confident that the scale of the Royal Navy has always been growing in a very stable manner, not like the shoddy manufacture in the north, where hundreds of ironclad ships burst out all at once, with all kinds of strange things, but the combat effectiveness is pure scum.

The worry is that the number is too small, only two or three cutting-edge warships are in service in a year, and it takes five or six years for the first-type warships to be fully equipped. This speed is no one.

"There is always no prey to take the bait, and it seems to be another boring and lonely day. In such a fine weather, you should sit with elegant and noble ladies to drink afternoon tea and chat about European current affairs news, such as the newly established Kingdom of Italy."

The atmosphere in the command tower was a bit dull. Commodore Phillips of the British Royal Navy, who had always been arrogant and reticent, yawned involuntarily, and said with a lack of interest.

As a cutting-edge naval force emerging in the Atlantic Ocean, the Royal Navy attaches great importance to this, and dispatched senior officials of the sailing fleet stationed in Canada to act together to closely observe the innovative role of steam ironclad warships in naval warfare in the current era, summarize and summarize their advantages, and serve the British Royal Navy The Navy's armament policy shifted to providing detailed first-hand information.

Major General Mo Chengcai, the commander, cast a glance at him, and said casually, "Surprises are those that appear at unexpected times and places. I still have deep expectations, Your Excellency, Brigadier General."

(End of this chapter)