During this time, two pieces of good news came from the UK;

One was the British envoy Baron Glanville-Gower, who returned to London to take up his post, and was appointed High Commissioner for North American Affairs at the British Foreign Office, presiding over the British-led peace mediation of the American-Tang War.

This is his own person, and under the diplomatic framework of international foreign aid, he can put more pressure on the US side.

The second is that after the Battle of the Missouri River, Britain greatly increased its attention to the Tang Kingdom, and was originally prepared to throw away a few naval aids that were about to be scrapped and broken, and added two 1160-ton third-class sail battleships.

Although these two 1,160-ton wooden four-masted sail battleships have been in service for thirty or forty years, they are indeed the warships of the British Royal Navy, but they have less displacement, are older, and are in worse condition.

In the British Royal Navy, the first-class sail battleships with a displacement of 3 to 4,000 tons are the real main force in the oceans, and there are a large number of 2 to 3,000 tons of second-class sail battleships as the backbone of the navy's strength, and the 1,000-ton third-class sail battleships are only a useful supplement to maintain a sufficient size of the oceanic fleet.

But it depends on who you compare it to

In North and South America, with two 1,160-ton wooden four-masted sail battleships as capital ships, it is already a first-class naval power, second only to the United States.

This made Yin Shi, the navy of the Tang Kingdom, stand at a very high starting point.

In order to operate these British obsolete naval ships, Richard allocated a special amount of money from his limited funds, which was specially used to hire experienced British captains, first officers, second officers, third officers, boatswain, cable chiefs, helmsmen and other professionals to control the ships, and with Chinese sailors, gunners and sail cables, these naval ships could be put in motion.

Richard developed the naval power of the Tang Kingdom, focusing on the future, and this money could not be saved.

With its own naval forces in Chang'an Bay (San Francisco), Los Angeles Bay, and coastal battery forces, this is an invisible deterrent for the United States, the most powerful naval force in the entire Americas (including North and South America and Central America).

It takes six months for a powerful naval force to depart from the Hampton Naval Base on the east coast of the United States and go around Cape Storm in South America to reach the important port of the Tang Kingdom on the west coast of North America.

During this period, it involved complex naval subjects such as complex logistics and supply, berthing operations at ocean-going ports, and long-distance navigation command of large formations, which have exceeded the capabilities of the current US Navy.

It's not good to say

In the mid-19th century, only two-and-a-half countries in the world had transoceanic strike capabilities capable of projecting a strong enough force from thousands of miles away to demonstrate their strength.

Among them, Britain and France are two old brands, the world's colonial powers are the first and second strategically respectively, and the rest is the Netherlands, known as the "sea coachman", which can only be counted as half due to its weak national strength.

As for the traditional European powers such as Austria-Hungary, Prussia, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, it is okay to manage a land war, not to mention the battle for hegemony at sea.

Precisely because of this

The United States, known as the No. 1 naval power in the Americas, is extremely cautious in the use of naval power, and your family can brag when you sit in the house, but no one is used to you outside.

Through the eagle emissaries soaring in the sky, Richard knew the military preparations of the United States inside and out.

Sum it up

As the US military's military preparations were coming to an end, Richard had a hunch that the US military would launch an all-out offensive in early to mid-May.

This time is predicted to be no more than three days up and down.

Therefore, the military preparations of the Tang Kingdom are also in full swing.

The grain, oil, cowhide and liquor abundant in the Colorado Plateau are being transported to the hinterland of the Tang Kingdom by train, and the plateau population is appropriately evacuated.

Preparations are being made in all respects, and the atmosphere of military struggle is becoming stronger and stronger.

This time has passed

Although Richard temporarily stayed in Taoyuan City, the political, economic and military affairs from the deep hinterland of the Tang Kingdom were constantly summarized, and he was very busy.

There is no way, the current political system of the Tang Kingdom is a monarchical dictatorship, the state power is highly centralized, and the king cannot get around the hurdle of major decisions.

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