There are some things that you can't forget if you want to.

The horrific hellish scene of the Battle of the Missouri River is deeply etched in Zachary Taylor's soul, and has become an indelible wound in his soul that he will never want to face.

Don't look at President Taylor's calm appearance, every time a reporter mentions the name of that demonic king, he will feel his heartstrings throb in fear and subconsciously escape.

Walking around the Oval Office twice, President Taylor stopped, raised his head, and said firmly;

"Gentlemen, please do not let some journalists and irrelevant people influence our established policy, this administration will devote itself to making every effort to develop the economy, substantively ease the contradictions between the North and the South, ease the tension in North America, and create a relaxed environment for social development."

Speaking of which

President Taylor paced to the white floor-to-ceiling windows of the Oval Office, looked through the glass at the towering white buildings and busy streets of Capitol Hill outside, and continued with a complicated look on his face;

"I hope that the cabinet staff of this administration can reach a tacit agreement on several issues, not take any public or private positions, follow the ambiguous position of this government, and speak with one voice.

One is the abolition policy, the second is the six northwestern states, the third is the federal debt problem, and the fourth is the situation in North America. to avoid any misinterpretation to the outside world.

It is difficult to establish and maintain a peaceful and prosperous social environment, but it is simple to destroy it.

We have experienced so much strife and turmoil, too many wars and deaths over the years, and it is time to take a break. ”

Compared with those politicians and public opinion circles who are keen to stir up the contradictions between the North and the South to attract attention, military personnel who have experienced brutal wars cherish peace even more, and President Taylor is a striking example.

He was tired of war and longed for peace.

Secretary of State Roxie Walters in the Oval Office, Treasury Secretary Spin Shore and the new White House chief of staff Stephen Ruth, all Whig bigwigs representing the interests of various factions within the party, looked at each other silently and nodded silently in agreement.

That is, a consensus was reached on this issue.

The current United States does have a lot of problems, it has just started the process of industrialization, its industrial capacity and level are far inferior to those of European powers, and it is still a social structure dominated by an agricultural economy.

The United Kingdom, which has a population about the same size as the United States, has an economy several times larger than that of the United States.

As the first country to enter industrialization, Britain is making great progress in the process of industrialization under the strong traction of the steam revolution, and its development is changing with each passing day, gradually entering the most glorious years of the Victorian era.

In 1848, Britain produced 44 million tons of coal, 2 million tons of steel, 9,400 miles of railroads, and 175.4 million pounds of foreign trade, accounting for 21% of world trade, and various economic indicators far surpassed the United States.

As a federal democracy, the United States is full of internal contradictions, and the southern slave states are an agricultural economy dominated by cotton plantations, and cotton exports account for 93% of the export share of the southern slave states, which shows its importance.

U.S. cotton is exported to Europe, mainly Britain, and is an important source of raw materials for the British cotton textile industry, and the corresponding British industrial products sell well in the southern states of the United States, and the economic ties are far closer than those in the northern states.

As a result, although in one country, the industrial products of the northern states could not be sold to the southern market, and due to the shortage of labor, industrial development was always tepid, and it was difficult to compete with European industrial products in the market.

Seeing the coveted 4 million black laborers in the South, many abolitionist civil rights activists secretly established a "freedom route" to help black slaves escape, that is, a channel to smuggle into the northern states.

In the eyes of white Southern slave owners, this was tantamount to stealing their own wealth.

So when these civil rights activists and runaway slaves were caught, the fate would be miserable, and private executions were common, while the governments of the southern slave-holding states turned a blind eye to this.

Once the relevant case is made public in public opinion, it will inevitably trigger sharp confrontation and quarrels between the North and the South, and become a big trouble that lingers over the head of the federal government.

This strange phenomenon has been around for a long time, and it is no longer a social problem that can be solved by compromise.

The practice of successive US federal governments has been to blur their positions, neither support the abolition of slavery nor animal slavery, and thin the mud, cover the lid, and avoid the general outbreak of contradictions.

The same is true of President Taylor, who is the same as the policy of the original history.

A sea area in Central America

On the clear blue sea, two sailboats, one in front and one behind, are chasing at high speed on the sea, the sails on the mast are full of the sea breeze, pulling the sailboat to chop the waves and gallop all the way, the sail ropes shake like a six-stringed piano under the strong sea breeze, making an overwhelming "babbling" sound.

This is the sail battleship "Wang Quan" of the Tang Kingdom chasing a three-masted pirate ship with a displacement of 450 tons at high speed, and the fierce king flag fluttering in the wind at the top of the mast shows the identity of the navy of the Tang Kingdom.

Commodore Pan Hengchen, the commander of the navy, stared at the front with a sharp expression, stood beside the helmsman with two feet like nails, and issued orders in an orderly manner to adjust the angle of the sail to reach the highest speed.

The pirate ship in front of it is the notorious "Black Pharaoh" in Central America, its status among many pirate ships is equivalent to the pirate king, and the captain is Rodman, a white American known as the "vulture", who has always been known for his ferocity and cunning, unscrupulous, and the most obvious feature is a large bald head.

The heinous crimes committed by "vulture" Rodman were especially the most numerous in the two attacks on Chinese migrant boats, in which a total of 829 sailors and Chinese immigrants were killed, of which 137 were abused to death and thrown directly into the sea. The rest was sold to remote sugar plantations in Cuba, where they are still unknown.

Such vicious pirate incidents occurred again and again, which aroused the monstrous anger of King Richard, and this led to the large-scale operation of the navy of the Tang Kingdom to go south to Panama and clear the pirate ships.

The command is simple; No mercy!

After Brigadier General Pan Hengchen led the fleet to Panama, he immediately launched a vigorous and resolute clean-up operation, capturing 11 large and small pirate ships, hanging 263 pirates, and clearing the routes in Central America.

The "Black Pharaoh" evaded several sea clearances and tracked for more than a month, and Brigadier General Pan Hengchen finally touched a hidden fjord and caught the tail of the "Black Pharaoh".

"According to the report, our ship has reached a speed of 14.5 knots, and it is expected that in forty minutes, it will engage the enemy."

"Prepare for the broadside."

"Yes, sir."

"Lower deck artillery ready ......"

"Yes, sir."

"Upper deck artillery ready ......"

"Yes, sir."

"Aim the bow guns, give me a hard shot!"

"Yes, sir."

Order

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The two 20-pounder guns in the bow opened fire one after the other, and as a large cloud of blue-black gunpowder smoke erupted, the discharged cannonballs smashed into the pirate ship in front of them, and landed on the nearby sea, splashing high columns of water.

From the rear, you can see the ferocity of the pirates' stubborn resistance, and the sail rangers nimbly climb the high mast and make wanton provocative movements towards the rear.

I really don't know whether to live or die!

More than a dozen sails of the "King's Power" sail battleship in the rear were full of the sea breeze, pulling the huge ship to gallop at high speed on the sea surface, drawing a clear white track, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

The officers and men on board were ready for battle, and the soldiers on the gun emplacements set up stoves and baked round iron cannonballs on the stove, ready to surprise the pirate ship later.

"These damned Orientals, chasing after their asses like vicious dogs, I curse them all to hell." Rodman, the fierce vulture captain, bites a thick cigar in his mouth and looks behind him with a hint of panic.

Seeing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, he knew that if he was caught, he would definitely die, and he couldn't care about anything at this time.

Rodman turned around and shouted; "The ship is too heavy to run fast, so throw away everything, barrels, food, extra sail lines, and all the looted things and women, and throw them all to me overboard."

"Boss, keep a few women, these are all valuable goods!"

"Shit, my life is gone, what more woman do you need? Throw me all into the sea. ”

"Well, as you wish."

Hearing the order, the pirates immediately took action, frantically throwing the heavy objects on the ship into the sea, even the crying woman, and the two of them lifted up and threw them into the sea.

Sure enough, after this busyness, the load of the "Black Pharaoh" was greatly reduced, and the speed of escape became faster, and it seemed to gradually widen the distance between it and the ships behind.

See this scenario

Brigadier General Pan Hengchen was annoyed in his heart, although the "Wang Quan" had many sails, but the draft was heavy and heavy, and the current sailing speed was already the extreme.

With 62 guns and 355 sailors on board, the battleship "Kingpower" can't leave its guns in the sea, right?

"Pass my order to put the two small sampans on the ship into the sea, and each small sampan is equipped with eight personnel to save people by the way. Remember, the two small sampans are to be attached together and retracted when our ship returns. ”

"Yes, sir."

"In addition, some unwanted things and sundries are all thrown away, and the load is lightened, and the Black Pharaoh must not be allowed to escape today. ”

"Yes, sir."

The soldiers on the sail battleship "Kingpower" also immediately took action, throwing barrels, food and supplies into the sea, and then lowering the two small sampans carried on the ship, the speed of the ship increased visibly, and gradually narrowed the distance between them and the pirate ship in front.

No matter how they swayed left and right to escape, the sail battleship "Kingpower" bit each other to the death, narrowing the distance between the two.

12 Chain ...... 10 chain ...... 8 Chain ...... 5 Chain ......

When the distance between the two sides was close to 3 chains, the "Kingpower" had already bitten the tail of the Black Pharaoh, and a bow shell smashed into the stern of the "Black Pharaoh" pirate ship, and the sawdust immediately broke and smashed the four pirates to the ground, breaking their bones and wailing.

"Oh...... Hit the ......"

The bow guns fought for a long time and finally hit, which attracted a cheer from the guns of the "Kingpower" and the sailors on the ship.

Some dog things that don't know whether they are alive or dead, they are really tired of being alive!

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