Wild North America 1846

Just at the grand opening of the Sao Paulo summit, a very discordant scene came from the coast of Brazil. The unprecedentedly powerful British Royal Fleet came and appeared in the waters off the coast of Brazil to start a drill.

puerto santos
This is the port area of ​​Sao Paulo, about 55 kilometers away from the urban area. Most of the inbound and outbound goods in southern Brazil are transferred through this port. It is the largest international port in Brazil.

In the offshore waters about 3 to 4 kilometers away from the port of Santos, the huge British Royal Fleet, a total of 21 warships, lined up, and the sound of guns was rumbling, and a large-scale actual combat exercise was launched.

The British chose this time to make trouble, obviously venting their long-standing dissatisfaction.

The British Royal Navy task force did not finally obtain permission to stop at the port of Santos for supplies. The explanation given by the Brazilian Empire is;
Since a large number of luxury cruise ships and accompanying ships of foreign governments are docked at the port, it is not convenient to receive the visit of the British fleet. I hope you can understand.

The British Royal Fleet has always been used to being overbearing, and it is impossible to accept this perfunctory evasion, so it simply launched a military exercise outside the port of Santos, threatening the Brazilians with the sound of artillery.

On the rippling blue ocean
The British Royal Fleet consists of two Warrior-class ironclad ships and two "Minotaur" class ironclad ships. The former has a displacement of 9300 tons and the latter has a displacement of 10830 tons. Both are the capital ships of the British home fleet.

Under the leadership of these 4 main warships, a total of 21 warships of the Royal Navy formed a combat formation, fighting against each other, and the rumble of guns showed the mighty power of the Royal Navy.

This is a powerful fleet that is unrivaled on the entire Atlantic coast of the Americas, and it is showing off its might. This is the naked international rule of the jungle.

But in the port of Santos and along the coast, no one can be seen with binoculars, no sailors or workers can be seen, because this area has been imposed a night of silence, on the grounds of maintaining the safety of the heads of state.

This kind of countermeasure almost made the British guy's nose crooked.

The British navy on the other side was practicing naval bombardment tactics with great effort at sea, and there was no one on this side, which was tantamount to winking at the blind man.

The urban area of ​​Sao Paulo is 55 kilometers away from the port of Santos. The relevant summit activities are held in the urban area. The sound of the guns here cannot be transmitted to the urban area at all.
This is the limitation of the Royal Navy's power, and its influence cannot go deep into the hinterland.

Objectively speaking
In this round of fighting, Britain and Tang Guo are evenly divided, and there is no competition.

The British successfully blocked the St. Paul summit. The Tang Empire would not say anything on the surface, but felt very useless inwardly, but there was nothing they could do.

The Tang Empire successfully demonstrated its strong influence throughout the Americas and let the British know;

Without the cooperation of the Tang Empire, it would be difficult for the British to play tricks on this continent, and no one will pay attention to you!
Of course, this is only the message conveyed on the surface.

On the seemingly deserted land, there were many pairs of eyes staring at the drill of the Royal Navy Fleet all the time, showing unwillingness and envy.

The British Royal Navy is undoubtedly powerful. Today, the steam ironclad ship has become the main force of the British Royal Navy's decisive sea battle. The first-class ironclad ship with a displacement of 9000 to 11 tons. The number of local fleets is between 000 and 31 ( Including launching and outfitting a warship).

Since the 19s, the British and French navies have been vigorously developing their own iron-clad ships. Since the Glory, the French Navy has built two Magenta-class and one Korona-class iron-clad ships in 60.

In 1860, the French Navy announced in a high-profile manner that it would build 30 ocean-going ironclads in the next ten years, and in 1861 started construction of as many as 10 Provence-class broadside ironclads.

The aggressive naval development of France forced the British Admiralty to make up its mind to expand the armored fleet on a large scale, thus setting off a round of European shipbuilding competition.

Since 1861, the construction of all wooden sailing warships in the United Kingdom has been cancelled, and the ships under construction will also be converted into ironclad ships.

The British Navy decided to increase the construction of two improved versions of the Defense class and four other large ironclads. The former is the Hector-class ironclad, and the latter is three Achilles-class and three Minotaur-class ironclads.

During the 1861 years from 1871 to 10, the United Kingdom launched 3 to 4 large-scale ocean-going ironclad ships into service every year, and at the same time focused on eliminating a large number of old-style sailing warships to achieve an orderly replacement of the fleet size.

The "Hector" class ironclad ships have a displacement of 7100 tons, including the first ship Hector and the second ship Gangyong. The follow-up ships have been improved and their tonnage will increase.

It has a total length of 86 meters and is powered by a two-cylinder horizontal reciprocating connecting rod steam engine with an output power of about 3200-3500 horsepower.

Using steam power, the Hector can reach a maximum speed of 12.5 knots.The Hector class uses a three-masted sailing ship structure, and the flue can be half-shrunk into the ship.

In terms of design, the propellers of the "Hector" class can be hoisted and sailed completely using sail power.

The "Hector" class iron-clad ships are also the main force of this British Royal Task Force, coupled with the more powerful "Minotaur" class and "Warrior" class iron-clad ships, the overall strength crushes the Atlantic Fleet of the Datang Empire , is the well-deserved king of the world's oceans today.

It's a pity that the song is high and few, and no one cares about it.

The second ship of the Minotaur class, "Akinshire", is a powerful ironclad ship with a displacement of 2 tons. The surface layout is also much simpler.

Lord Palmerston, the Governor-General of Canada, and Lieutenant General Daniel Morezer, Commander of the Royal Task Force, stood in the spacious command tower, watching the fleet's drill while scanning the land with binoculars.

after a long time
Lieutenant General Daniel Morese shook his head with a wry smile, and ordered with a sigh;

"The order goes on, the bombardment drill is over, let us save a few shells for the British Empire.

It was an embarrassing performance, one that no one had the desire to show in front of empty stands.

Dear Lord, the Royal Task Force has traveled 6500 miles to come here. The current situation makes me feel like a clown. Could it be that our signal is not clear enough?

This is really puzzling. Does the Tang Dynasty have such a large influence in the whole of America? "

Lord Palmerston, as a well-known "Tang Ren Tong" in British political circles, lived in the Tang Dynasty all the year round during his tenure as the Governor of Canada. He can speak Mandarin fluently, so he is naturally the best person to answer the vice admiral's questions.

He shrugged and replied;
"Oh...poor Vice Admiral Daniel, your powerful fleet may have come at an inappropriate time, and you have undertaken a mission that Tang Guo dislikes, and this may be the reason.

No one wants to host a strong man armed to the teeth who doesn't know what to do and who could mess up your yard or even kill your dog.

If it were you... Lieutenant General Daniel, I'm afraid you would have closed the door too. "

"Your Excellency, do you mean that Brazil is also Tang's courtyard?"

"Maybe not before, but it must be now after the Second South American War. But I prefer to call it the owner's dog. Other South American countries are the same, but the size is different."

"A good metaphor, very vivid and impressive." Lieutenant General Daniel Morese maintained an elegant old-school British aristocratic demeanor, not showing any emotions, turning his head to look at the senior officers in the fleet, with a regretful tone said;

"Let's put our fleet to the end of the show, damn it, and I'm getting more depressed at the thought of sailing another [-] miles to get back to Suriname.

Gentlemen, let's be realistic.

Here we don't get flowers and applause, and we don't have wine and women. Let the boys in the fleet watch the scenery on the shore from a distance.

I don't want to come to this ghost place again in my life. "

The commander's complaints drew good-natured laughter. The Royal Navy is a place where British nobles gather. Even a small gunner or third officer is likely to come from a noble family.

Gentlemanly elegance prevailed in the Royal Navy, and while the officers deeply regretted not being able to go ashore to relax, they showed tolerance.

Lord Palmerston will not be walking with them, but will be representing the UK at the summit event, remember he is the Governor General of Canada.

The Prime Minister of Canada and a group of key government officials are participating in the summit activities in Sao Paulo. As Canada is located in the northern high latitudes, it is a mixed economy of agriculture and fishery.

In such an occasion where heads of state gather, we should also make more friends, open up markets for Canadian products, or at least get acquainted with each other.

According to His Highness Tang-Li Gan, the crown prince of the Tang Empire, said at the opening ceremony, "This will be a historic moment for the unity of the American countries. The main purpose is to talk about cooperation and hope that the entire America can form a unified market..."

Today's world
In addition to the UK, the Tang Empire is focusing on promoting the process of transparency and opening up of global trade. This is because the UK and the Tang Kingdom are the most industrialized countries in the world, and foreign trade occupies a very important part of the economic composition.

Vigorously promoting world free trade and lowering tariff barriers are the common interests of Britain and Tang Dynasty.

"To be honest, I have a very good life here. I have many friends from the East. I don't want the relationship between Britain and Tang Dynasty to deteriorate." Lord Palmerston and Lieutenant General Daniel Morezer walked side by side on the front deck, walking side by side chatting.

When he came to the 68-pound main gun equipped on the battleship, he reached out and caressed the thick gun barrel, feeling filled with emotion.

A total of 20 such cannons "Akinshire" are equipped, arranged on the left and right sides.

Lord Palmerston patted the cold cannon body, and continued with a dignified expression;
"But this is an extravagant hope after all. Accompanied by the rise of the Great Tang Empire is its ever-increasing ambition, destined to complement the interests of the British Empire, from friction to dispute.

It's like when the child of the family grows up, he wants his own room and life, and he will always have such and such conflicts with his old father, wanting more.

I have served as the Governor General of Canada for more than 13 years. During these years, I can clearly feel the changes in Tang's policies, society and people.

Becoming more aggressive, becoming more aggressive, while London is so caught up in European affairs and colonizing the world that it spends little energy on the other side of the Atlantic.

Unknowingly, he has grown into a towering giant. "

Speaking of here
Lord Palmerston looked at Lieutenant General Daniel Morezer meaningfully, but remained silent.

Lieutenant General Daniel Morese frowned deeply and said;
"Forgive me, I don't know much about this country, and I don't intend to, but I know for sure;
In the next 30 years or even longer, Tang's navy will not be able to grow into a heavyweight player that can compete with the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and the world's oceans are still ours.

The Royal Navy has unparalleled experience, a powerful fleet capable of defeating all enemies, and a professional and gentlemanly officer team, all of which are incomparable advantages to the Orientals.

To be honest, I don't think they can do as good as us, we are the best.

We have played against the Spaniards, the Dutch, and the French, and the final winner is still England. This is God's choice. "

Sure enough, the arrogance of the British comes from the bottom of their hearts.

"I appreciate your professional opinion very much, and I can finally feel at ease." Lord Palmerston replied with a smile.

In any case, he has the blood of Googlo-Saxon nobles flowing in his body, and he will not sit crookedly in terms of fundamental interests.

Without a strong navy, the British Empire cannot be threatened.

At the beginning of the 19th century

During the most glorious period of the French Emperor Napoleon, he once planned to cross the sea to conquer England, but the French fleet was wiped out in the naval battle, and the narrow English Channel became an insurmountable natural moat.

Emperor Napoleon had no choice but to gather an army of 60 to go on an expedition to Tsarist Russia, which eventually led to an unprecedented fiasco...

As long as the Royal Navy remains online, there is nothing to worry about.

Sao Paulo city

The busiest place today is the Imperial Palace of Brazil. It is located in the center of Sao Paulo. A row of national flags are flying on the flagpole at the gate, all of them from North and South American countries. The scene is spectacular.

8 heads of state from South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, 4 heads of state from North America, including Datang, the United States of America, the Confederate States of America and Canada.

A total of 12 heads of state from North and South America gathered together to hold the historic Sao Paulo summit.

at the inaugural summit
The most important topic is to sign the South American Unified Market Treaty, laying a solid foundation for promoting the American Unified Market.

Another important topic is the establishment of the Organization of American Cooperation. The secretariat is planned to be established in Panama, which will lay the foundation for further development into an international organization in the future and play a good warm-up role.

And all this

They were all moving forward in an orderly manner under the strong promotion of the Tang Empire.

A few years later, the opening of the Nicaragua Canal will definitely have a serious impact on the pillar industries of Balama, and the city's decline seems predictable.

In view of this
The secretariat of the Organization of American Cooperation is established in Panama, and this international organization may also be located here in the future. It will develop into a city of leisure tourism, international conferences and business exhibitions, and find new economic growth points.