Wild North America 1846

Chapter 383 Inferior

July 7, 1862

National Day

When the first ray of morning light dispelled the darkness of night, the majestic and spectacular Chang'an City was revealed. On both sides of the straight and wide streets, tall buildings of different styles stood side by side, extending far to the end of the sight...

The sound of military bugles could be faintly heard in the city. It was the Royal Guards' daily morning exercises. On this National Day of the Tang Empire, which was celebrated by everyone, it aroused people's expectations.

After breakfast, the people in the city attending the National Day celebration freshened up, put on their grand attire, and went out with their families.

On such a big day, who wouldn’t want to witness the majestic military parade of the victorious and triumphant Imperial soldiers?

Countless city residents poured into Danfengmen Street like a confluence of rivers. Along the way, soldiers of the Royal Guards in full uniform could be seen diverting traffic and guiding residents to avoid the core celebration area centered on Danfengmen Square. Ordinary spectators

It can only be extended to the streets on both sides.

On the 37-kilometer-long Danfengmen Street, the 8-kilometer area with Danfengmen Square as the core is the celebration area. Unless people participating in parades or celebration activities, or nobles and squires holding invitation letters, people from all over the world

Noble guests and friends, diplomatic corps and representatives from all walks of life in the military, political and economic circles are inaccessible to ordinary people.

This grand and enthusiastic National Day military parade can only be watched on both sides of Danfengmen Avenue outside the celebration area.

By daylight, around eight o'clock in the morning.

Crowds have gathered on both sides of the 37-kilometer-long Danfengmen Street. More than 600,000 Chang'an residents have gathered on both sides of the road, looking forward to it with great anticipation.

Danfengmen Street, which used to be noisy and bustling with people, is now empty. The flowers placed along the street have merged into a long sea of ​​flowers. Not even a scrap of paper can be found on the clean asphalt road.

Lanterns set off a strong Chinese festival atmosphere.

Whenever the Royal Guards cavalry with bright armors rode through the streets in neat formation, they would attract bursts of cheers from the crowd.

Many people hold the golden double dragon imperial flag in their hands. This is the national flag with the royal emblem printed on it. It is bright yellow. In the center of the imperial flag is a two-headed dragon wearing a crown, which means that one dragon head faces the Pacific Ocean and the other dragon head faces the Atlantic Ocean.

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The dragon has five claws, one claw holds the royal scepter, one claw holds the sword, one claw holds the sword, one claw holds an olive branch and one claw holds heavy golden ears of wheat. It is surrounded by white curtains with golden trim decorations. The golden wheat

The spikes are at the bottom.

The royal emblem looks majestic and extraordinary.

A little after eight o'clock

From the Grape Valley Shanhaiguan Pass, a heavily lined military parade troop came out, causing the onlookers along the way to cheer wildly and wave flags desperately to cheer.

They carried king-style rifles with shining blades on their shoulders. All the officers and soldiers were wearing long leather boots and marching in neat steps. They couldn't hide the fierce murderous aura of returning from hundreds of battles.

After a while

The parade troops walked all the way along Danfengmen Street, and soon approached Fangcaodi. Along the way, there were already more than a dozen infantry squares and artillery squares, with bright armor and uniform steps.

"Crack, click, click..." The sound of leather boots seemed to step on people's hearts, which made the onlookers inexplicably excited and began to wave flags and shout loudly, one wave after another.

The total length from Shanhaiguan to the ceremony site on Danfengmen Street is about 13 kilometers. Except for the 4 kilometers in the core area that are under control, other areas are open to Chang'an residents to watch the ceremony along the street and appreciate the majestic military might of the Tang Empire up close.

More than 850,000 people have poured into both sides of Danfengmen Street. The black crowd can't be seen at a glance. They occupy tall houses on both sides of the street, from windows, balconies, roofs, walls and any place where people can stand.

, waving arms and shouting excitedly.

The warm atmosphere was contagious like a relay, causing many people in the front who had not seen the troops being paraded to start shouting. It seemed that this was the only way to vent their deep sense of pride and patriotic enthusiasm.

At this moment, the strong sense of belonging to the Tang Empire was deeply engraved in everyone's heart.

"This is a festive festival that belongs to the Tang Kingdom, and they are qualified to enjoy such victory and glory. Looking at these crazy crowds, the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom has obviously successfully brainwashed the Chinese immigrants into devout believers who believe in swords, guns and colonial expansion.

It's not a good thing for London, the world will become more crowded and lively."

At the VIP seat on the side of Danfeng Gate

The British envoy, Marquis Franson Bowman, raised his head arrogantly, looked at the empty Danfengmen Street in the north, and commented in a condescending tone.

Next to him were a group of dignitaries from the British mission who stood more arrogant than a rooster. Most of them were representatives of British businessmen living in the Tang Empire and some of their aristocratic family members, especially those white ladies who were dressed like peacocks.

Rear Admiral Richard "Harold" St. Maur, commander of the Royal Navy's fleet in Canada, is a tall and thin typical Englishman. He wears a decent Royal Navy dress and has a particularly conspicuous hooked nose on his face.

His temperament is dark and cold, and he has the air of a schemer.

He said: "Honorable Lord Franson, although I am not a believer of the former Prime Minister Mr. Temple, I do not want to see this Eastern Empire expand further. As Mr. Temple said, never use

A piece of fat meat to test the moral standards of wild wolves."

"In the eyes of the Royal Navy, is Tang Guo just a hungry wolf?"

"More dangerous than hungry wolves. The Royal Navy carefully evaluated the performance of the Tang Empire's expedition fleet on the east coast of North America. Judging from more than 20 large-scale maritime battles, the performance of the Yankees was a mess. They were just like a man trying to gain control.

She's like a bitch, and she can let the Oriental succeed every time."

"Wow, this is really a very interesting and rude reference, but I like it. Oh... By the way, I heard that the recent remarks made by Count Pan Hengchen, commander of the Datang Empire's expeditionary fleet, made the Royal Navy furious. This

Is the interesting news true?”

"That's right, the Lord of Whitehall Street was so angry that he broke his beloved Falang pencil holder and immediately raised the new naval equipment bill, saying that if it was not passed, the chiefs of the Royal Navy would submit their general resignations."

"Wow, tell me in detail?"

"It's no secret that the United States of America, which was burdened with huge debts, established a special armored battleship bureau during the war and spent huge sums of money to build a huge fleet." Rear Admiral St. Maur's eyes couldn't help but stay on the group of Americans in front of him.

The senior representative of the United States had a gloating smile on his lips and continued;

"By the end of the war, the Northern Navy had grown from nothing to a huge maritime force with more than 600 warships. It was not only equipped with the latest ironclads, torpedoes, mines, early submarines and other new weapons, but also weaved a

The tight blockade of the network creates an unprecedentedly powerful illusion.

And all this

As the Tang Empire's all-steam armored expedition fleet arrived in New Orleans, it was shattered to pieces.

After the war, in order to reduce their heavy debt burden, the Yankees proposed to transfer a batch of cutting-edge iron-clad battleships that had just been built and entered service to the Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, they were flatly rejected.

Earl Pan Hengchen, commander of the expeditionary fleet, said unceremoniously: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, the Royal Navy does not accept rags."

When the news reached London, it happened that the Minister of the Royal Navy was taking delivery of the British battleships at the Royal Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth;

The Minotaur-class "Agincourt" is a powerful sailing steam-powered battleship with a displacement of 10,812 tons. Its main armament is: 4 9-inch 229mm rifled front-loading guns and 24 7-inch 178mm rifled front-loading guns. It has undoubtedly

ocean dominance.

coincidentally;

The "Agincourt" uses a power configuration of both sail and steam, and also uses a front-loading artillery system. This series of Armstrong artillery was exported to the United States and equipped on many warships.

These cutting-edge steam-armored battleships in the United States are imitations of the British, but their displacement is smaller.

After the chief of the Navy heard Count Pan Hengchen's harsh comments, his mentality inevitably exploded.

Therefore, the new proposal of the Admiralty will require a large-scale reduction of the sailing fleet and re-revise the development direction of the Royal Navy ships. This is a headache for the gentlemen in Parliament.

Lord Hunter, the Lord Admiralty of the Royal Navy, said angrily: "The Tang Dynasty's naval fleet does not accept garbage, how can we, the Royal Navy of the British Empire, accept these rags?"

You see... Count Pan Hengchen's harsh comments have already made the chief officers of the Navy furious."

"Congratulations to the Royal Navy, this is indeed an excellent reason to attack." As a veteran who has been involved in London politics for many years, the British special envoy Marquis Franson Bowman sees the problem from a different perspective.

As soon as he said these words, Rear Admiral St. Maur looked over with sharp eyes. The two looked at each other for a moment and then laughed in understanding...

In a slightly lower position in front of the VIP area of ​​the British Mission is the delegation from the United States of America. The current President Marmont, Secretary of State Henry Jones and other top officials are all present, but their faces are not good-looking.

As a defeated country, none of them wanted to see the victorious Tang Empire showing off its military power, but they could not refuse, and they were not qualified to say "no".

At this moment, they can only be used as a qualified background to set off the glorious victory and invincible military power of the Tang Empire. The feelings in my heart can be said to be mixed, with inexplicable sadness and desolation.

It can be seen from the setting of the VIP seats that in the slope-shaped VIP area, the VIP area of ​​the United States of America is one level lower than that of the world powers such as Britain, France, Russia, and Austria. The heads of the guests on the highest level are also under the feet of others.

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Undoubtedly, this is a naked humiliation.

The VIP seats of the United States of America can only be mixed with Guatemala, Dominica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and other small countries in Central and South America, which is obviously a lower level.

On the other side of the VIP viewing platform

As a friend of the Tang Empire, the Confederate States of America were able to sit in the VIP seats on the top floor. The Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, sat in the VIP seats with a glowing face. He looked around loudly and spoke loudly to Frey, the special envoy from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Duke De said hello, and on the other side was the delegation from the Kingdom of Italy, which was personally led by Prince Felipe to watch the ceremony. The diplomatic level was very high.

What I am afraid of is comparison. This is where the gap comes out.

(Reporting a piece of news, the author's Staphylococcus aureus fever has exceeded 38 degrees, and he is likely to be positive. I am not sure whether I can update on time tomorrow. Try your best.)

(End of chapter)