Chapter 772 Steam God Angel Chariot (Please vote for monthly votes)

"Sleeping another four years?" Lingli frowned when she heard Xianfeng say this, "The Southern Yijin Prince Concubine, the Battle of Vicksburg-St. The Southern Army's vitality was severely damaged. The three steam ironclad ships were useless. Robert Lee's army lost more than 20,000 people in East St. Louis, and your black army retreated westward. What's worse is that the Northern Army's "Eastern" class ironclad ships have begun to serve in large quantities. Now, on average, two or three can be put into service every month. The South's foreign trade will soon be completely cut off by the North. With the current situation, it is hard to say that the South can persist until 1866!"

Xianfeng coughed twice, took the hot tea handed over by Bell, and then took the question that Lingli threw over, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lingli, what you said is wrong. How can the south last until 1868? Yucheng and I, Yucheng, we are the generals who fought to death with the Northern Army on the front line. We understand the most whether the Southern Army can fight and how to fight. Yucheng, tell me, can the Southern Army last another four years?"

"This." Chen Yucheng frowned, "According to what the ministry saw, it is impossible for the Southern Army to defeat the Northern Army, but it is still possible to persist for a few years."

Xianfeng nodded and smiled, "The result of this battle of Vicksburg-St. Louis is that defense is easy but difficult to attack. When we were defending Vicksburg, we relied on the defense line composed of trenches, barbed wire, Mitliusto guns and 12-pound mortars to defend very steadily. One or two thousand people in the Northern Army died without breaking through our first line of defense. Later, when we went to attack their defense line, their Gatling machine guns cut our people down like mowed grass. Isn't this a problem? As long as the South has enough barbed wire, Mitliusto guns and adopts position defense tactics, they can fight a protracted battle with disadvantaged forces."

The clever brow still frowned and couldn't untie: "But there is no industry in the south, so we can't produce much wire mesh, and we can't make a few Mitlius guns!"

"Isn't there Mexico?" Xianfeng smiled and showed his yellow teeth. "The barbed wire mesh is a manual work. Just have hands and feet! There are many people in Mexico and the wages are low, so there is no shortage of steel. If you open a factory and hire tens of thousands of people, what's the difficulty of pulling wire every day? As for the Mitliusto gun, Gatlin is difficult to build. What's the difficulty of tying dozens of gun barrels together and then creating a replaceable bullet nest like a Fran machine cannon gun? With Mexico's industrial foundation, it's not easy to produce a thousand taels? One company is equipped with 2 pieces, one division is 54 pieces, and one thousand taels can be equipped with 20 divisions, 5 divisions guard Vicksburg, 5 divisions guard Baltimore, and 10 divisions can be rotated and rested and served as a reserve team. What's the difficulty of the Southern Army for four or five years?"

Xianfeng said something about "Mexico", but Chen Yucheng and Lingli both understood that he was actually referring to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Just take Mexico to wash the origin and don't let the north catch too obvious handles.

With the current industrial strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is really not difficult to produce large-scale barbed wire and Mitliusto guns. The Mitliusto gun is made of paper shells, so it can be built in the south itself.

Lin Li still frowned: "But how can the blockade of the southern coastline be cracked by the formation of steam iron armored ships and sailing ships of the Northern Army? The materials needed in the South for four years are not just a little wire and one or two thousand rotors! You can't rely on the land route from Mexico to Texas, right? Besides, the republicans in Mexico are pro-North."

Mexico is still fighting now! Before, the conservatives in Mexico were about to be defeated by the republicans, so they invited the "Fada" interfering army to help, and recently they have gained the upper hand and drove the republicans to northern Mexico. So now the border with the southern United States is the progressive Mexican Republicans.

It is no problem to "wash the origin" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's aid, but it is a bit difficult to transport it to the United States by land!

"Then let King Luo and Wu find a way to build a steam fast ship for the south, and the speed is 17 knots and 18 knots is enough?" Xianfeng would send a delegation to directly throw the problem to Luo Yaoguo, who was far away in Tianjing, and let this person find a way to give the "Southern Dynasty of America" ​​two "steam flies".

The bronze chandeliers at the Presidential Palace swayed slightly in the dusk, and the exhausted Lincoln was unconsciously tapping the oak tabletop with his knuckles. When Secretary of State Suward put his bow tie for the third time, the crisp sound of military boots treading on the ground came from the corridor.

"His Excellency the President of the United States of America, His Highness the Crown Prince of North Korea."

The moment the door opened, Lincoln finally cheered up and looked at the door. The boy walking in front was only fourteen or fifteen years old. The nine-clawed dragon on the bright yellow satin robe was about to come out, but a three-foot long sword hanging around his waist. The elder half-step behind him was also wearing a dragon robe, with crystal glasses on his nose and a big gold chain cross hanging around his neck. It was Hong Renji.

"May Heavenly Father, Brother Tian, ​​and the King of Heaven always accompany you." The young man spoke very fluently in English, and drew a cross on his chest with his right hand, "Gu is the grandson of Heavenly Father, the crown prince of Korea, and the Japanese governor Yang Chengtian."

Lincoln was about to get up and return the favor, but the young man had already sat down directly. A bit of solemnity appeared on his childish face, giving people a feeling of being powerful without anger.

"Mr. President seems a little troubled. Is it because of the fire attack of the Southern Army on the Mississippi River?" Yang Chengtian suddenly spoke, and his words poked into the pain, without caring about diplomatic etiquette at all.

Hong Renyi, who was standing aside, was a little uncomfortable with the abruptness of the "second-generation Eastern King", and quickly coughed twice. But the young prince seemed to have not heard of it, and then asked Lincoln: "Mr. President, do you pray to Heavenly Father, Brother Tian and King when you encounter difficulties? My father once taught me that as long as you sincerely pray to Heavenly Father, Brother Tian and King, and then read the True Covenant, you will definitely find a solution to the problem."

As he spoke, he pulled out a thick book in gold from the sandalwood box held by the servant, with a striking cross of rice ears printed on the cover.

Is this young master coming to the Presidential Palace in the United States to preach?

Lincoln didn't know what to say for a moment, so he had to wink at Secretary of State Suward. Suward said: "Your Highness, most Christians in the world do not think that the King of Heaven is the Son of God. Even if they admit that the King of Heaven is the reincarnation of Jesus' brother."

"This is the seventh edition of the True Covenant, which is specially provided by the Seoul Press Library, and is in the English version." The young prince ignored Suward and turned the pages on his own, "Mr. President, do you know? There is another book hidden in the True Covenant, called "The Theory of Heaven". This is a book compiled by the angel King Wu, his highness, recorded his various experiences in heaven."

Yang Chengtian was talking while flipping through the book, and the paper rustled. Suddenly, the prince of the Yang family stopped on an illustration in the book "True Reply".

Lincoln stared at Yang Chengtian's finger illustration: A giant steel beast spits out steam clouds, the wheat fields where the tracks roll over turned into scorched earth, and a weapon on the turret that seemed to be a machine gun was pouring out fire.

"This is an 'angel chariot', which should be driven by a steam engine. It is called a 'water cabinet' for some reason." The boy's fingertips passed the English word "water cabinet" below the picture. "It is said to be a weapon used to deal with barbed wire and machine guns." He suddenly looked up at Lincoln and Suward who were a little stunned. "You America is the second largest industrial country in the world. You should be able to build some 'angel chariots' driven by a steam engine, right?"

Lincoln and Suward looked at each other. To be honest, they didn't know whether the United States could build steam angel chariots. Although the United States can build many steam locomotives in a year, it can also use steam locomotives to modify armored trains. However, armored trains need rails, and the steam angel chariot in the picture does not require rails, but drives them with a very strange wheel.

Their faces were already taken into view by Yang Chengtian. The young man smiled and said, "Mr. President, why not give it a try. Our North Korean Heaven can spend one-third of the research funding and participate in the research together. Maybe it can be done. As long as it can be done, the United States will win! Even if it can't be done, it won't cost a lot of money."

Lincoln was right to think about it - he didn't know how to break through the defense line composed of the Southern Army's barbed wire fence, so he nodded: "Okay, then give it a try."

Tianjing, Zijinshan Wu Wang Villa, November of the 13th year of Tianli.

Luo Yaoguo leaned on the yellow rosewood couch, gently tapping on the ivory cigarette box that the female grandfather of Alaska brought from Petersburg last year. A guard's notice suddenly came from outside the window: "The female grandfather of Alaska is here."

"Haha, is my little polar bear back?" Luo Yaoguo stood up and smiled and pushed open the window. The woman wearing a mink hat in the courtyard jumped out of the carriage with her skirt. The red fox fur cloak looked like a ball of leaping flames in the dusk. Behind her was a tall and thin man with a Nicholas I-style beard, wearing a gray military uniform.

"He is Victor Veber, the new ambassador of the Russian Empire to Tianjing." Before the female grand duke finished her official accent, she had already rushed into Luo Yaoguo's arms, and her fiery red lips were pressed on Luo Yaoguo's lips: "The winter in St. Petersburg can freeze human bones, which is not like you."

Veber turned his face a little embarrassedly. The relationship between the Russian female grand duke and Alaska grand duke and His Highness the King of Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was really too intimate.

"Your Majesty hopes to mediate the war between your country and the Tang Dynasty." Weiber handed over a gold-plated letter, and the parchment paper was also printed with the lacquer seal of the double-headed eagle, "For the common interests of Russia and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

Luo Yaoguo suddenly burst into laughter, and he hugged the eldest daughter's waist and turned around: "Alexander II wants to mediate the war between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Tang Empire? Don't you think it's a bit funny?"
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