Chapter 238

The first submarine in history to successfully sink an enemy ship in the American Civil War, Hores Lausheng Hanley built the Hanley submarine with a crew of eight and a hand-cranked handle-driven submarine. An explosive pack protrudes from its front end, which explodes upon contact with an enemy ship.

At about 9 p.m. on February 17, 1864, it managed to sink the frigate Hausatonik of the Northern Confederacy, but it itself sank due to the whirlpool created by the explosion.

However, none of the countries paid attention to the development of submarines, except for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Hong Tian is well aware of the potential of submarines, which will become an important branch of the navy in the future and rewrite the history of the navy.

So, as soon as he learned about the merits of submarines in the Civil War, he began to build them.

After several years of continuous experimentation, it was only by this time that a submarine was finally produced that met his requirements.

Hell!

This is Hong Tian's naming of this submarine, he is the crystallization of Chinese wisdom, of course, the reason why he was able to build it so quickly, Hong Tian's advice from the traverser is naturally indispensable.

However, the greatest credit naturally belongs to the Chinese mechanics with extraordinary creativity.

Hong Tian has fully appreciated the creativity of the Chinese people over the years, which is too powerful, and the wisdom of 50,000 people has been fully manifested at this time.

Although Hong Tian does not dare to say that China's technology has surpassed the West, it is definitely better than the West in some fields, and the submarine is obviously one of them.

"Large-scale production, and soon after the war, it will come in handy. "Hong Tiandao.

"Your Majesty, are you really going to go to all-out war with the West?" Xu Shou said.

Hong Tiandao: "What's the matter? Do you think that our Taiping Heavenly Council will lose to these Yi people?"

Xu Shou said: "Of course not, but now that the country is peaceful, I don't want a large-scale war to break out." ”

"The Taiping country must be established, and there is no room for maneuver. Hong Tiandao, "You just need to do what you should do, as for whether there should be war or not, the cabinet will decide." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Xu Shou said.

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After leaving the Shanghai shipyard, Hong Tian directly boarded the train of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and embarked on the journey back to Tianjing.

Hong Tian was very busy, if it weren't for the fact that the submarine was related to the big war in the near future, which was the key to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's reversal of the disadvantage of the navy, he would definitely not have left Tianjing easily.

There were too many things for him to deal with, and he kept receiving urgent things to deal with in Shanghai, and although the cabinet members helped him share a lot of affairs, they still couldn't make him feel easy.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in this era was very powerful, and the affairs increased accordingly, especially for the grasp of the world situation, and no one in the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could compare with Hongtian's senses.

So once it comes to the world situation, Hong Tian will inevitably have to worry about it, and only he has the ability to deal with these things.

Looking at the desperate fighting in the European battlefield, Hong Tian felt anxious, in fact, from the very beginning he hoped to fight with Britain and France and gain South Vietnam and India, not like the outside world thought, wanting to keep peace with Britain and France.

It's just that he thinks that the naval strength is insufficient, otherwise the hot war with Britain and France would have started a long time ago.

Fortunately, Britain and France have been restrained, they hope to delay time so that the European war can be won first, the British and French policy can not be said to be wrong at the time, but obviously now it seems really wrong, because this gave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom enough time to develop and grow, and Britain and France were unable to win the European battlefield for a long time.

"You may not regret it yet, but you will soon feel remorse for your previous decision. Hong Tian muttered.

When the submarine force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was officially established, it was time for Britain, France and the Netherlands to pay the price.

India, when Hong Tian thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little surging in his heart, this is an ancient civilization, a place with a long history and culture, but now it has sunk, and it is ruled by foreign races like China not long ago.

Get it, Hongtian will master the two major civilizations, and the territory will skyrocket, plus the Dutch East Indies, the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will jump to the first place in the world, not to mention the population, nearly half of the world's population will become Hongtian's people, what a terrible number.

Soon, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would become the number one power in the world.

At the beginning of 1868, when the war in Europe was still stalemate, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally intervened.

Jakarta, where the combined fleet of the British, French, and Dutch forces was located, was suddenly attacked by the Taiping Fleet.

The combined fleet of the three countries was completely annihilated!

When the news reached the countries, almost all countries thought it was fake news!

Which country does not know that in order to guard against the increasingly powerful Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Navy, the combined fleet of the three countries has a strong lineup, which is stronger than the combined strength of all the warships of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in order to deter the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and let the Far East continue to maintain a "peaceful" situation.

But after the first battle, the combined fleet of the three countries was destroyed, which was equivalent to annihilating the main naval forces of the three countries in the Indian Ocean and the Taiping Army!

Confused!

The whole world was stunned, when did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Navy become so powerful!

After a closer look, countries quickly learned what was going on.

Submarine!

A large group of submarines, who have gone unpunished in this war.

A new type of ship that all countries did not care about became the weight of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Navy to turn things around in this war, which made all countries shudder.

Britain, France, Turkey, and the Western Four Kingdoms, as well as the Netherlands, which joined the Western Alliance because of this war, a total of five countries that were at war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, all felt a great danger, and the control of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean fell into the hands of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the two colonies of the five countries in the ocean area would become the pockets of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

And Germany and Russia are also extremely vigilant, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is even stronger, it already has an army that is unrivaled by other countries, and now even the navy is so powerful, isn't this the world's first power.

And in their horror and shock, the Taiping army took action in a big way.

The navy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked everywhere to strike at the fleets of the three countries in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the navies of one country overwhelmed the navies of the three countries.

And the army is even more one-sided.

The southern part of Annam was crushed by the Taiping army, and the local French army surrendered.

At the same time, the Taiping armies in Bangladesh, Tibet, Tibet, and Xinjiang also moved into action and broke into India. Revolts broke out again throughout India, and the British suffered a crushing defeat.

Not to mention the Dutch East Indies, the weak Dutch army was easily defeated by the Taiping army, and the natives and Chinese everywhere revolted in response.

Within three months, southern Annam, the Dutch East Indies, British India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives changed hands.

The military strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom shocked the world, and it was the most powerful country in the world!

This name no longer belongs to the British!

All countries know this, and no country can compete with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom alone, not even the British.

The entire Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean were already the domain of the Taiping Navy, and the British Navy could only defend South Africa in southern Africa and the Malvinas Islands in southern South America, blocking the Taiping Navy in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Or to put it another way, the British navy held these two places to the death, preventing the Taiping fleet from entering the Atlantic.

Two of the four oceans, in addition to the cold Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, have been mastered by the Taipings, and Britain's maritime supremacy is gone.

The British Navy is crying, the British are grieving, the world hegemony of the British Empire, is no more!

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom officially became the world's largest country, whether it was population, territory, or strength!

Groups of Taiping troops entered India and the Dutch East Indies, while groups of immigrants were also moving.

Sinicization, which is the name of the large-scale migration of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, crowded all regions with Han people, spread Chinese and Chinese characters there, and eliminated the local language, writing, and even customs.

History proves that Hong Tian's move of sinicization is something that no country can resist at all, not a single one.

East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia all became territories of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The Western Alliance had no resistance at all, and was just a stepping stone to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom won a great victory, the whole country rejoiced, and the prestige of Hongtian rose again, reaching an unprecedented level.

In contrast to the excitement of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the other two countries of the Eastern Alliance were miserable, and they were once again in trouble in Europe.

The Netherlands entered the war, and the Anglo-French forces landed in the Netherlands and attacked the German rear, hoping to defeat Germany and force Germany to withdraw from the war.

Portugal also entered the war, because the Taiping army, after attacking the Dutch East Indies, very casually occupied East Timor, as well as Portuguese India (with only a few islands and towns), which made Portugal determined to fight.

The entry of the Netherlands and Portugal into the war made Germany and Russia quite angry, and the Far Eastern Majesty went too far!

The ambassadors of the two countries challenged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and hoped that Hong Tian would give an explanation.

What a joke!

Hong Tian didn't pay attention to them at all, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom gave them an explanation.

The combined fleet of Britain, France and the Netherlands was formed, and once a war broke out against Britain and France, the Netherlands would naturally inevitably enter the war, and Portugal had always been an ally of Britain, so it was naturally among the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacks.

Didn't you urge the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to attack the Western Alliance? Now that you are attacking, you are not happy, it is really ridiculous.

This made Germany and Russia angry at the championship, but they could not attack, and the other side could not attack Britain and France? By the way, the Netherlands and Portugal, which were united with Britain and France, would they also fight together?

Germany and Russia suffered a dumb loss, although they hated Hongtian in their hearts, but they could really endure it, and now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is more powerful, it is naturally more impossible for them to break with each other, otherwise the Eastern Alliance will be in danger.

In order to deal with the Netherlands, Germany's forces shrank, and the attack on France basically stopped, turning to the defensive, and the direction of attack was naturally the Netherlands.

And the Russian advantage in Turkey no longer existed, and after the Portuguese joined, the two sides really fell into a stalemate, and the Russians looked to Constantinople from afar.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom once again profited from this, and its strength was further enhanced, and the navy ravaged the two oceans with majesty.

The Pacific islands continued to fall in the strategy of the Taiping army, and the Taiping army had landed in Australia, but although there were not many British troops in the huge Australia, it would take a long time for such a huge area to be completely attacked.

While the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was expanding, so was the territory that had been occupied, and at the same time a railway from Tianjing to Delhi was being built, to link the old railways between the two countries.

With the combination of China and India, coupled with Southeast Asia, the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached a point where the whole world was terrified, and a regime that threatened the whole world appeared.

As the war in Europe intensified, both Germany and Russia wanted to end the war quickly in order to deal with the threat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the future.

Unfortunately, this could not be done at all, and the British, French, Dutch, Turkish, Spanish, and Portuguese desperately resisted, making their progress extremely slow.

In 1869, the Netherlands fell, and the British, French, and Dutch coalition forces in the Netherlands were destroyed.

The German army moved south again, but was no longer able to launch a strong offensive against France.

Because of the long war, there is instability in Russia.

The countries of the Western Alliance were even more miserable, because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had dealt a heavy blow to them in Asia and Oceania, which had weakened their overall strength, and they were also on the weaker side in Europe, so they were even more embarrassed than Germany and Russia.

And the empire ruled by His Majesty in the Far East is far from that.

Australia had been completely controlled by the Taiping Army, and all the islands of Oceania became the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

At the beginning of 1869, the Taiping army suddenly entered the three major khanates of Central Asia, destroying the Kokand Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, and the Khiva Khanate, and approaching the Aral Sea.

Russia was shaken, and the three major khanates of Central Asia, which had always served as a buffer state between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Russia, were directly destroyed without saying a word from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

This is a naked, naked provocation!

Russia challenged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but was blocked by the other side.

Newspapers in various parts of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom said that the three khanates had been vassal of China since ancient times, and now they are just returning to China.

Russia vomited blood with anger and, fearing that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would go further and launch an attack on Russia's Central Asian region, had to move some of its European forces to Central Asia.

The war in Europe is at a stalemate.

Neither the Western Alliance, nor Germany nor Russia wanted to fight again, because they could not see any hope of victory, and began secret peace talks under the triumph of the Americans, and as for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, to hell with it!

Hong Tian didn't seem to know about the changes in the situation in Europe, and he still went his own way.

In the second half of the year, the troops were divided into three routes, all the way from Central Asia, all the way from Xinjiang, and all the way from India, to flank Afghanistan.

Afghanistan was destroyed.

European countries have stepped up peace talks, but the differences between the two sides are so great that they cannot be negotiated for a while, the main thing is that Germany and Russia are unwilling to withdraw from the land they now occupy, and the Western alliance is not willing to cede so many interests.

On the occasion of the arrival of 1870.

The Taiping army entered Persia, Tehran fell, and the Taiping army reached the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus, and approached the valley of the two rivers.

Under pressure from the Taipings, in the second half of 1870, European countries finally reached a cease-fire agreement.

At this time, the Taiping army entered the territory of Turkey, the two river valleys, Jerusalem, Asia Minor, etc. continued to fall, and the huge Turkey and Ottoman Empire collapsed under the attack of the Taiping army.

The Taiping army passed all the way, and Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and other North African regions became Hongtian's territory.

What frightened Europe the most was that Constantinople became the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Taiping army set foot in the Balkans.

A grand empire spanning Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania has been revealed.

While reprimanding Germany and Russia for reneging on the alliance, Hong Tian announced that he would continue to conquer the Western Alliance, and the army marched south towards southern Africa, constantly destroying the colonies of the Western Alliance countries in Africa and further attacking their trade.

The countries of Europe have long ceased to have ceased civil war, and all of them are on guard against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Hong Tian directly ignored this, and the troops continued to move south, vowing to include the whole of Africa in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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The years from 1871 to 1881 were a decade of peace.

There were basically no wars between Europe and the United States, and they lived in peace, and the countries formed alliances and established the League of Nations to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the world's largest power.

But even so, they all felt terrified, because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was too powerful.

The easternmost territories of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were the Colon Islands in the western part of South America and the Malvinas Islands in the south.

The Aleutian Islands, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Islands, the Outer Northeast, Outer Mongolia, the Outer Northwest, Central Asia, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the Danube River are the long borders of the two countries.

Except for the Balkan Peninsula, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not attack any other part of Europe, and it was separated from Europe by the Mediterranean.

In this decade, the Taiping Army swept across the whole of Africa, and Africa was included in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Indian Ocean completely became the inland sea of the Taiping Army.

A country that owns the territories of Africa and Oceania, as well as most of Asia, and part of Africa, and claims Antarctica as its territory (although it is not actually occupied, but has de facto monopolized the fishery resources there), is a worthy world hegemon.

Half of the world's land and resources, two-thirds of the population, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the largest and most powerful empire in history, are under the control of the world.

In ten years, railways were being built, linking the entire empire from the Korean Peninsula in East Asia to Cape Verde in the west, and the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa in the south.

At the beginning of 1882, the last war broke out.

The Taiping army conquered Russia, the long border, 30 million Taiping troops went out at the same time, and Russia collapsed.

The countries of the world declared war on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but Hong Tian was not afraid at all and declared war on the whole world.

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Another decade, in 1892, the world was largely pacified, and the whole world came under the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Hong Tian was called the emperor in this year, and he was known as the Emperor of Heaven in history, and Hong Tian was 43 years old at that time.

In the following two decades, Hong Tian continued to serve as the Emperor of Heaven, and everything was centered on economic construction as the slogan, and the development of the whole world.

Airplanes, computers, and the Internet have appeared one after another, and the world has entered the era of global villages.

In 1912, Hong Tian abolished the throne and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was changed to a republic, and he served as president for a five-year term.

He was re-elected five years later, retired from politics ten years later, and has since lost his voice.

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It's an elementary school classroom, and history lessons are being taken.

"Teacher, you said that His Majesty the Emperor unified the world, was the world divided before?" asked one student.

"That's right! Back then, the world was divided into hundreds of countries, each fighting each other, and there was a war ......every year," the teacher could not finish his sentence when he was interrupted.

"Teacher, what is war?" someone asked.

The teacher was dumbfounded, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Uh! We'll discuss this question later." ”

"Teacher, I don't even know about you. Someone laughed.

The teacher's face turned red and roared, "I don't know, it's surprising, there has been no war in this world for thousands of years, who knows what it is!"

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Yang Yun opened his eyes, his expression was extremely complicated, but he closed them again.

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Next to Chenjia Village, outside Siling Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Guangxi Province, by a small lake, Chen Chong is fishing.

Looking at the sparkling waves, he had a smile on his face, such a day was good, compared to the hard life of his previous life, since he had crossed over, he could be regarded as having a good life.

"Young master, why hasn't this fish been hanged?" muttered a servant next to him.

Chen Chong turned his head to stare at the other party and said, "Shut up, when I hear your voice, the fish have all run away!"

The servant was immediately silenced, although Chen Chong usually treats people kindly, but it is not something that ordinary people can bear, as a domestic servant, if he offends his master, he has no place to reason if he is beaten to death.

Of course, he didn't believe his words, and he would frighten the fish.

Chen Chongcai doesn't care if the other party believes it or not, as long as the other party is obedient, although he is still young, he is twelve years old today, even if he is a virtual age, he is only thirteen, but with his identity as a traverser, he has long had the name of young and precocious wisdom and genius.

If it weren't for the fact that the place was not peaceful in recent years, he would have gone to participate in the imperial examination a long time ago.

He looked up to the north, at this time the Taiping army should have revolted, but the news did not spread here, in recent years, all sides have been uprisings, especially in the Liangguang area, there are many rebel armies from all walks of life, but most of them were wiped out immediately, even if they survived, they were hiding in the barren mountains and mountains, and basically did nothing.

In the early days of the Taiping Rebellion, it was actually not taken seriously, and it was just one of the rebel armies, but it became a big problem later and became famous, and now it is only the beginning, and it is nothing.

Although Chen Chong is the son of the patriarch of the Chen family, he has the name of a genius, and even now he has begun to help his father manage the affairs of the clan, but after all, it is only a village, and the resources are not managed by him, so he is not well-informed about the news from the outside world, that is, the news near Siling Prefecture is still well understood.

Not to mention that it is just a village, there are basically people surnamed Chen in Chen's village, Chen Chong's father is the village chief and patriarch, and the affairs of the village are basically in his hands.