July 7, 1862

national day

When the first glimmer of morning light dispelled the darkness of the night, the majestic and magnificent Chang'an City was revealed, and on both sides of the straight and wide streets, tall buildings of different styles were lined up one after another, extending far to the end of the sight......

There was a faint sound of military trumpets in the city, which was the daily routine morning exercise of the Royal Praetorian Guard, and in this National Day of the Tang Empire, which was celebrated by the sky, it aroused the expectations in people's hearts.

After breakfast, the people in the city who participated in the National Day Celebration freshened up, changed into solemn dresses and went out with their families.

On such a big day, who wouldn't want to witness the mighty and majestic parade of the victorious imperial soldiers?

Countless city residents flocked to Danfengmen Street, and along the way, you can see the soldiers of the Royal Janissaries in full uniform directing traffic and guiding residents to avoid the core area of the celebration centered on Danfengmen Square, and ordinary people can only extend 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, which is difficult for ordinary people to enter unless they participate in the parade or celebration organization activities, or the noble squires who hold invitation letters, noble guests from all over the world, diplomatic corps, and representatives of military, political and economic circles.

You can only watch this grand and enthusiastic National Day military parade on both sides of Danfengmen Avenue outside the celebration area.

By daylight, it was about eight o'clock in the morning.

More than 600,000 Chang'an residents have gathered on both sides of the 37-kilometer-long Danfengmen Street, full of anticipation.

In the past, the noisy and endless flow of people on Danfengmen Street is now empty, the flowers placed along the street have converged into a long sea of flowers, the asphalt road is clean and not a single piece of shredded paper can be found, and the red lanterns hanging on the kerosene street lamps set off a strong Chinese festival atmosphere.

Every time the brightly armored Royal Guard cavalry marched through the streets in a neat procession, it drew cheers from the crowd.

Many people hold the golden Yellow Dragon Imperial Flag, which is a national flag with the royal emblem, bright yellow, and in the center of the flag is a two-headed dragon wearing a crown, meaning that one dragon head faces the Pacific Ocean and one dragon head faces the Atlantic Ocean.

The dragon has five claws, one holding the royal scepter, one holding a sword, one holding a sword, one holding an olive branch and one claw holding a heavy golden ear of wheat, surrounded by a white curtain with a golden trim decoration, and the golden ears of wheat are spread on the bottom.

The royal coat of arms looks majestic and extraordinary.

Just after eight o'clock

From the Grape Valley Mountain Customs, there was a strict queue of parade troops coming out, causing a frantic cheer from the onlookers along the way, desperately waving flags and cheering.

They carried shiny king-style rifles on their shoulders, and all the officers and soldiers were dressed in long leather boots and walked in neat steps, and the kind of murderous aura that returned from a hundred battles could not be hidden.

It didn't take a while

The parade troops walked out along Danfengmen Avenue and soon approached Fangcaodi, where there were already more than a dozen infantry and artillery phalanxes along the way, with bright armor and neat steps.

The footsteps ......of the leather boots seemed to be stepping on people's hearts, making the onlookers inexplicably excited, and they began to wave the flag loudly, wave after wave.

From Shanhaiguan to the ceremony site of Danfengmen Street, the total length is about 13 kilometers, except for the core area of 4 kilometers under control, other areas are allowed by Chang'an residents to watch the ceremony along the street and appreciate the great military power of the Tang Empire up close.

More than 850,000 people have poured into the entire Danfengmen Avenue on both sides, and the black crowd is invisible, occupying the tall houses on both sides of the street, waving their arms and shouting excitedly from windows, balconies, roofs, walls and all places where people can stand.

The relay of the warm atmosphere caused many people in front of them who did not see the troops under review to shout, as if this was the only way to vent the strong pride and patriotic enthusiasm in their hearts.

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

"This is a festival of celebration belonging to the Tang Kingdom, and they are entitled to enjoy such victory glory. Looking at these crazy crowds, it is clear that the Tang Emperor has successfully brainwashed the Chinese immigrants into devout believers in swords, guns and expansion, which is not a good thing for London, and the world will become more crowded and lively. ”

On the VIP seat on the side of Danfeng Gate

The British envoy, Marquis Françon-Bowman, held his head high with an arrogant expression, looked at the empty Danfengmen Street in the north, and commented in a condescending tone.

Around him was a group of British mission dignitaries standing more arrogant than roosters, most of them were representatives of British merchants living in the Tang Empire and some aristocratic family members, especially those white ladies dressed like peacocks.

Commander of the Royal Navy Fleet in Canada, Richard Brown. Rear Admiral Harold St. Moore was a tall and slender typical Englishman, dressed in a proper Royal Navy dress, and the hooked nose on his face was particularly conspicuous, which made the whole person's temperament appear gloomy and cold, and had the flavor of a conspirator.

He said; "Honorable Lord Franson, although I am not a believer in the former Prime Minister, Mr. Temple, I do not wish to see this Eastern empire swell further. As Mr. Temple said, never test the moral standards of a wild wolf with a piece of fat. ”

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

"Much more dangerous than a hungry wolf, the Royal Navy carefully assessed the performance of the Tang Empire's expeditionary fleet on the east coast of North America, and judging from the more than two dozen large-scale naval battles, the performance of the Northerners is simply a mess, just like a bitch who wants to return the favor, and every time he can let the Orientals succeed."

"Wow, that's a very funny and rude way to put it, but I like it. Oh...... By the way, I heard that the recent statement of Count Pan Hengchen, the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Tang Empire, blew up the Royal Navy, is this interesting news true? ”

"That's right, Lord Whitehall Street was so angry that he smashed his beloved Rou Lang's pencil holder, and immediately introduced a new bill for naval equipment, saying that if it was not passed, the officers of the Royal Admiralty would submit their general resignations."

"Wow, tell me more?"

"It's no secret that the United States of America, burdened with huge debts, set up a special ironclad warship bureau in wartime and spent huge sums of money to build a huge fleet." Rear Admiral St. Moore's gaze involuntarily rested on the group of high-ranking representatives of the United States of America in front of him, and a gloating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and continued;

"Towards the end of the war, the Northern Navy had grown from a poor navy to a vast maritime force with more than 600 warships. Not only is it equipped with the latest ironclad ships, torpedoes, mines, early submarines and other new weapons, but it also weaves a tight network of blockades, creating an illusion of unprecedented power.

And all that

With the arrival of the Tang Empire's all-steam ironclad expeditionary fleet in New Orleans, the shattered body was incomplete.

After the war, in order to alleviate the heavy debt burden on his body, the northern Yankees proposed to send a batch of cutting-edge ironclad warships that had just been built and put into service to the Tang State, but they were categorically refused.

Earl Pan Hengchen, commander of the expeditionary fleet, said unceremoniously; "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but the Royal Navy doesn't collect the rags."

When the news reached London, it happened that the Royal Admiral was receiving British battleships at the Royal Navy Yard in Portsmouth;

The Minotaur-class "Akincourt", a powerful sail-powered battleship with a displacement of 10,812 tons, is mainly armed: 4 9-inch 229mm rifled front-loading guns and 24 7-inch 178mm rifled front-loading guns, with undoubted maritime dominance.

Coincidentally;

The Armstrong guns of this series were exported to the United States and equipped on many warships.

These cutting-edge steam ironclad battleships of the United States were copied from the British, but with a smaller displacement.

After hearing Count Pan Hengchen's caustic evaluation, the admiralty officer inevitably exploded in his mentality.

Therefore, the Admiralty's new proposal to drastically reduce the sail fleet and revise the direction of the Royal Navy's ships should be a headache for the old men of the council.

Lord Huntle, Lord of the Royal Admiralty, said angrily; "The naval fleet of the Tang State does not accept garbage, will my Royal Navy of the British Empire contain these rags?"

You see...... Earl Pan Hengchen's caustic evaluation has already made the commanders of the Admiralty explode. ”

"Congratulations to the Royal Navy, it's really a good reason to strike." As a veteran of London politics for many years, the British envoy, the Marquess Franson Bowman, saw things from a different angle.

As soon as he said this, Rear Admiral St. Moore's eyes looked sharp, and the two paused for a moment when they met each other, and laughed in agreement......

A little lower in front of the VIP area of the British mission was the delegation from the United States of America, where the current President Marmont and Secretary of State Henry Jones were all present, but their faces were not good-looking.

As a defeated country, none of them wanted to see the victorious Tang Empire show off its military might, but they couldn't refuse, and they were not qualified to say "no".

At this moment, they can only be used as a qualified background board, which is used to reflect the glorious victory of the Tang Empire and the invincible military might.

As can be seen from the setting of the VIP seats, in the sloping 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, and the head of the guests on the highest floor is also under the feet of others.

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 significantly lower.

And on the other side of the VIP viewing platform

The Confederate States of America, as a friend of the Tang Empire, were able to sit in the VIP seats on the top floor, and the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis sat in the VIP seats with a red face, looking left and right to greet Duke Fred, the envoy from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and on the other side was the delegation of the Kingdom of Italy, led by Prince Felipe himself, and the diplomatic level was very high.

What is afraid of comparison, this comparison gap will come out.

(Report a news, the author's grapevine fever has exceeded 38 degrees, there is a high probability of yang, whether it can be updated on time tomorrow has no confidence, try to fight for it.) ）

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