New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Haha, don't worry, we will definitely mention your country's interests in the Americas when we arrive in Chile."

The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, led the Queen's envoy from the British Expeditionary Fleet to have cordial talks with the Argentine Foreign Minister.

Since independence, Britain has made large loans to Argentina and controlled most of the economy, including railway construction.

This method of economic control is an important way for Britain to control other countries. Not only Argentina, but most countries in South America are controlled by Britain using this method.

In order to compete with Spain for control of the Americas, the British had to sacrifice a lot.

They supported various independence movements and directly disrupted the foundation of Spanish rule in the Americas.

After the collapse of Spain, Daiying took over Spain's influence in the Americas and became the emperor through capital control and other means.

At this time, Argentina not only had interests entangled with Chile, but was also secretly contacting Brazil and Uruguay, preparing to attack Paraguay.

Everyone knows the subsequent history. This war that took place in 1865 ended with Paraguay's defeat. This war caused the death of nearly 200,000 people in Paraguay.

Argentina is not the country that will be famous for its football in the future. This country is now a country that is ruthless and ambitious.

If it hadn't been for Dai Ying to deal with it later, I don't know how big it would have been.

Moreover, Chile and Argentina are at odds over the ownership of the Araucanía region.

However, this is not a problem for Chile, known as South American Prussia, and Chile also wants to annex part of Argentina's territory to realize the concept of a two-ocean country.

At this time, the two countries had not yet begun a naval competition, which would later become the two South American ABCs.

At this time, the number of warships of the two countries is not very large. If they fight, it will be like novices pecking each other.

This situation is because Chile and Argentina have just become independent a few years ago, and Argentina has just ended its period of brutal military rule and the civil war.

And Chile has just started its own path of expansion, so the two countries are evenly matched.

But this situation has completely become Chile's home field in the subsequent arms race. (Prussia in South America is not called it for nothing.)

So at this time, Argentina could only ask for help when its godfather led the British expedition.

It was precisely because of Peru that Daiying's impression of Chile changed drastically.

"To show our sincerity, we can send our warships to help escort your fleet. We in Argentina also hate Easterners!"

The Argentine Foreign Minister is also very wise. He knows that if he wants to get the strong support of his godfather, he must show sincerity.

Therefore, sending the only warship to join the expeditionary force was a way to prove his sincerity to Dai Ying.

"I think you have made a very wise decision. By the way, I think we should have a good discussion about the national debt issue..."

The Queen's Envoy smiled and raised his wine glass and clinked it with the Argentine Foreign Minister, and then the two of them walked towards the banquet room on the second floor.

There are already selected Argentine girls waiting in the room. They will be the lubricant in the negotiations between the two countries.

The commander of the expedition fleet did not attend this banquet. He was discussing matters about the New Ming Empire warships with the spies who came from Peru and Chile.

"The Orientals only have two armored warships. Oh, by the way, there are more than a hundred armored gunboats, right?"

Looking at these spies, the commander of the expedition fleet told all the information he knew.

"You are right, but it is not comprehensive. As far as we know, those armored gunships are very powerful in combat. Their artillery is very powerful and they can fight back against the bombardment of warships!"

The Peruvian spy was the first to add something, and then stopped talking.

As for the naval battle he witnessed in the port of Southern California, which was the beginning of Peru's downfall, the spy had lingering fears about the armored gunboats that could withstand the bombardment of Peruvian naval guns and fight face-to-face.

"Not only that, I heard that the Orientals also have a secret weapon, which is somewhat similar to our ship rockets, but it is very powerful. It once set the fortress of Lima Port on fire at that time!"

This Chilean spy had the honor to watch the "fireworks show" with the Chilean envoy, so he was deeply impressed by the weapon that could make stones burn.

"Then how powerful are their armored battleships?"

The commander was not concerned about those iron-clad gunboats, because as far as he knew, although those gunboats had iron-clad hulls, they only had two small-power cannons.

What's more, the battleships in his fleet are also equipped with secret weapons-Martin molten iron incendiary bombs.

This kind of artillery shell is usually a hollow spherical bullet with a round hole. Before the war, molten iron is poured in through the round hole. After a few minutes, the solidified surface will seal the round hole.

This kind of cannonball exploded when it hit the target after being fired. In tests in 1859, it showed great destructive power on traditional wooden sailing ships, and the flames it caused were difficult to extinguish through traditional fire-extinguishing methods at the time.

When you see this kind of shell, you know that the British ironclad is coming. After all, the ironclad will be equipped with a device called the Anderson furnace.

It’s just that this year we need to welcome the Crown Princess from Denmark, and the Queen of England sends the yacht Victoria there, and orders the Warrior to escort it, so it’s its sister ship the Black Prince.

This device, known as the Anderson furnace, uses coke as fuel and can melt approximately 320kg of pig iron in one hour to fill the Martin molten iron incendiary bomb.

And many battleships in this expedition fleet were equipped with 110-pound and 40-pound breech-loading guns produced by Armstrong Arsenal.

The range and power of this new artillery far exceed that of the current smoothbore guns, but due to financial and other reasons, there has been no large-scale replacement.

But he thought the warships used to deal with the Easterners were enough.

After all, they have already begun to use new artillery shells. The new artillery shells have streamlined warheads and the penetration effect is very objective.

Therefore, he thought those armored gunboats were not worth mentioning, so he placed his main target on the armored warships.

"That kind of ironclad warship is more powerful. Its gun range exceeds the coastal defense guns on the Peruvian fort. It can fire at the fort from outside the range..."

While describing what he saw, the spy from Chile couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

After all, he had witnessed with his own eyes the tragic situation after the forts in the coastal cities of Peru were ravaged.

In order to obtain accurate information about the Oriental warships, he visited many coastal cities in Peru.

But it was discovered that apart from the ruins of the destroyed fort, there were only the evil altars that no one dared to touch.

And those altars made of cement and corpses troubled him with nightmares for a long time.

Nowadays, there are very few people who dare to live in those coastal cities. After all, no one knows whether those Easterners will make another devastating expedition.

Even after Peru announced a high-profile declaration of permanent war on the Xinming Empire, many Peruvians began to protest against this irrational behavior of their own government.

But the Peruvian government, already filled with anger, ignored the voices of the people.

They repeatedly accused the Xin Ming Empire of its crimes in newspapers around the world, and swore that Peru would always place the Xin Ming Empire as a hostile country.

Only the emperor of the Xinming Empire personally apologized to Peru and punished the officers and soldiers who participated in the expedition would be forgiven by Peru.

But Li Mingqi chose not to pay attention to such clown remarks.

If it weren't for the imminent threat of bringing Britain together, Peru might have been wiped out of the world by him and Chile.

However, Li Mingqi did not do nothing. He also announced to the world the crimes that Peru had committed against the Chinese.

And in this way, it is clearly announced to all countries in the world that if anyone continues to treat the Chinese like this in the future, then the New Ming Empire will retaliate in kind.

And it also directly explained what reciprocal retaliation was, that is, the military operations carried out by the Xinming Empire in Peru!