“It’s amazingly powerful!”

On the deck of the US Navy's second-class battleship, former Secretary of State and current presidential envoy Daniel Webster exclaimed with a telescope.

They are guests.

This drama of conquering Kagoshima was also performed for them.

In order to attract a big funder who can spend huge amounts of money to build a railway as soon as possible, President John Taylor not only sent a friendly mission to the Ming Dynasty, but also entrusted the Secretary of State who had just resigned as a special envoy. In order to show his solemnity, he also sent a huge fleet of visiting Ming Dynasty, which includes almost one-fifth of the US naval warships, or to exaggerately say that one-half of the US Navy's main ships...

Well, although there are only two warships.

By the way, the US Navy was still very miserable. In the years, they only added a real battleship, the famous Pennsylvania first-class ship. Although after being stimulated by the British, the US Congress ambitiously approved the construction plan of fourteen large battleships, these stingy capitalists soon passed by enthusiastically. Then most battleships were built and left to the dock and left to ignore them. After all, maintaining a fleet is actually more expensive than building a fleet. Few people actually built and served, and even after serving, they were quickly retired and threw them at the dock to fend for themselves. Only when they needed it would be repaired and opened. For example, the Pennsylvania, which was finally built in 1837, was comparable to the stars of Valmí, Victory, and the Trinity of the Holy Trinity, was no longer in service at this time.

However, this 90-cannon Columbus has been running around the oceans to reflect the existence of the United States.

It was originally the one who came to China in history.

The US Navy's active battleship also has a third-class ship, the Delaware, which was originally retired by next year in history. In addition to the powerful, the Pennsylvania, which has 130 guns, was thrown on the dock and was idle or turned into a hulk ship...

This word with the same name as the Hulk has many meanings, including prisons, sailors as dormitories, gunpowder warehouses, and abandoned before they were fully built. In short, it is to throw ships without sailors and sailing cannons on the shore and use waste. In addition to this powerful first-class ship, the US Navy also includes the USS Franklin with ninety guns, the USS Washington with seventy-four guns, Vermont with seventy-four guns, and the New Hampshire with seventy-four guns. Among them, the New York and Virginia have not even served since they made their shells. As for ships such as New Orleans, they were knocked down before they were built.

So the Columbus is one of the two major battleships of the US Navy.

And it's the most powerful.

The other ship that was traveling with it was the more famous Constitution. This shameless warship, which used its second-class hull as a frigate, was a shameless warship, and like several other shameless super-large frigates, is the current main force of the US Navy. They rely on them for ocean-going voyage visits or armed interference.

In fact, there are no more than ten such ships in total.

At this time, most of them were used in Brazil to warn the Uruguay war.

"Obviously our friends are a bit strong, and it is difficult for us to rank a good seat at the banquet. Congress should give us a real navy, not a entourage who needs to be dragged by others to cross the Pacific."

said Brigadier General Bidell, the commander of the fleet.

They were actually Ming warships dragged all the way from the United States, and the two warships were responsible for loading coal for the two Ming warships. The Ming army hoarded enough high-quality coal in coastal ports including Panama City in advance, and then filled four warships in Panama City. Then, without the help of ocean currents and monsoons, they dragged them to Keelung to sail slowly at an average speed of five knots. After replenishing coal in Keelung, they took the Kuroshima directly to Kagoshima to visit the war. Compared with this powerful fleet that was shelling Kagoshima at this moment, the US Navy is undoubtedly like a small supporting role. Their entire navy could not catch up with Yilu's fleet!

Uh, Yilu's first fleet.

"James, we are half the Americas and the entire Pacific Ocean!"

Webster patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

"God General, they invite us to visit their landing war!"

An officer shouted.

"go ahead!"

Brigadier Bidell waved.

At this time, the bombardment of the Ming army's opposite shore defense fortress had ended. The few shore defense artillery of the Shimazu family on the beach were completely destroyed. In fact, even their turrets were bombed into ruins by six-inch shells. After solving these obstacles, the Ming army fleet began to sail forward to the mouth of the Katukawa River. After seeing the brutal artillery fire of the Ming army, the soldiers who were preparing to resist the landing wisely gave up the resistance to landing and then retreated to Kagoshima Castle on the Castle Mountain. Just as the last group of soldiers with flags on their backs entered the city, the landing of the Ming Army's First Marine Brigade also began.

This time, there was only one brigade landing in the battle.

It is completely exaggerating to fight a Satsuma Pharaoh.

In the attention of the American mission members and sailors on the Columbus and the Constitution, soldiers of the First Brigade of Land Wars rowed to the shore, and soon followed a battalion and quickly controlled the dock. The transport ships that had been waiting for a long time landed on the shore and began to unload a cannon and ammunition and medicine supplies. The soldiers who had already landed on the shore quickly completed the assembly, and then the infantry and artillery armies began to march towards the Mount not far away. Just after they arrived at Mount Huoshan and completed the array, the six-inch muzzles on the battleships on the shore slowly raised, and the spectacular flames erupted again, and ninety-pound heavy artillery shells roared through the air, blew up a bunch of terrifying flames on Kagoshima City...

Well, this poor little castle is actually only more than a thousand meters away from the coast.

The explosion of fire instantly devoured Kagoshima Castle.

It is obvious that the defenders who just hid in the city could not defend under such artillery attacks. Although the power of the army's six-inch gunpowder was at most at the level of 105 World War II, theoretically, bombarding a city is not very effective, but the problem is that this Kagoshima Castle is too small. The so-called city in Japan is nothing more than a big house of a landlord. If it is really counted, even a post city may not be able to catch up. China's random small county town is larger than them. How can this small city with such a small city with a pocket city? After only less than five minutes of bombing, the defenders inside rushed out to make a decisive assault. Leaded by a general with an exaggerated and weird helmet on his head, a large group of warriors in armor, plus hundreds of low-level warriors and squads, and even twenty or thirty cavalry rushed out together, holding up various weapons and shouting to launch an attack, and then...

Then they didn't have it.

A brigade's more than 3,000 breech firing rifle was aimed at them!

These brave warriors eventually fell one hundred meters away from the Ming army.

The general was also shot to death.

Then the Ming army lined up and entered the broken Kagoshima Castle with corpses all over the ground. As a dragon holding the sun and moon flag rose on the Castle Mountain, the Satsuma family's vassal city returned to the Ming Dynasty. Including the Satsuma family's vassal lord Shimazu Kiyoshi was also shot dead. In addition, his favorite son Shimazu Tadakami, the most important minister, Hirogo, all died in Kagoshima. However, his other son Shimazu Kiyoshi was not in Kagoshima at this time. The Satsuma family was not just Kagoshima. In fact, the entire southeast corner of Jiuzhou Island was the territory of the Shimazu family. Because the Ming army captured Kagoshima City too fast, the other high-level samurai with fiefs had not arrived yet!

In short, Kagoshima Castle was conquered like this.

"Empress, are you interested in going to Edo together?"

Li Cheng, head of the American Department of the Ming Dynasty, boarded the Columbus and said to Webster with a passionate and sincere smile.

"Maybe your country can also get a treaty."

He then added.

"Why not? As friends, the naval soldiers of the United States of America are very willing to work together with the Ming naval soldiers and jointly punish those who dare not respect His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom, as a gift we offer to His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom."

Webster said with a smile.

This is an invitation to fight against Japan together!

It also means that when negotiating with Japan, the United States can also get a share of the pie. This can be said to be a gift to the door, and they don’t need to do anything at all. They just need to let the Columbus go and fire a few shots, and then the sailors organize a Marine Corps to land with the Ming army. With the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, they don’t need them to really participate in the war. It can be said that they can only win for free. Then the United States can participate during negotiations. Even if they can’t share the pie, they can take this opportunity to force Japan to trade. After all, this is a country with a population of tens of millions. Even if they just follow the Ming Dynasty to get a share of the pie, it is also very exciting for the United States.

By the way, this is a famous golden country!

"Then I'll invite you!"

Li Cheng said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, is this too cheap for Americans?"

At this moment, in a small building built in Cuizhou, Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing, Lin Sheng, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, asked the Emperor in confusion.

At this time, Cuizhou, Xuanwu Lake, had been restored to a forbidden garden, while other continents were turned into parks, allowing the people to visit casually. Because the palace had not been built, the Divine Emperor still lived in Chaotian Palace, but most of the time he lived in Cuizhou. Anyway, he did not have three palaces and six courtyards. He had nothing but dozens of female servants, and there was no need for too big places. Basically, a slightly larger building could solve it. Moreover, those female servants were not always served. They were on shifts like waiters, working 24 hours and three shifts, and they could go home when they were not on duty. There was no forbidden body of the Divine Emperor. In fact, at the age of the Divine Emperor, the issue of this woman was already very weak.

The time and space of the Tang Dynasty were in the period of development, but by the Southern Song Dynasty, the time and space were no longer so serious.

After all, he is over 500 years old.

At this age, he was almost losing interest in women and so on. Moreover, he was able to control his endocrine system by himself to avoid repeating the mistakes of some emperors due to aesthetic fatigue. In short, the Divine Emperor at this time was not very interested in beauties or beautiful boys.

Of course, if he needs it, he just slipped out with his face.

But the God Emperor is not close to women...

Well, it's not close to men's sex.

"No big deal!"

The Emperor said calmly.

Since this is the case, Lin Sheng would not ask much.

Of course he didn't know that this was just because the Emperor of God felt that he was too slow to harm Japan alone and was preparing to turn Japan into a bus. Not only Americans, but in the future he would also guide the French, British and even other European countries to go to the poor Japanese people, turning Japan into the role of our Qing Dynasty in history, and all kinds of jackals and tigers and leopards together. This is also the reason why he has not expanded his vassal states in Southeast Asia until now, as are the small countries, including Myanmar. The small countries covered by the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty must have no right to reach out. After all, the Ming Navy is not something they can provoke.

But those who are not in the Ming Dynasty vassal system, such as Japan, Brunei, Aceh, etc., are different.

We cannot invade the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

But it can strengthen the invasion of these small countries!

Those European and American colonists always have to find some goals to vent their extra energy. They live on colonies. Those who become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty have been clearly labeled as the Ming Dynasty. They must not touch them if they cannot defeat the Ming fleet. However, those who do not belong to the Ming Dynasty will definitely become the fat they compete for. Because of the limited number, they will definitely compete for these territories more fiercely. Also, because of the limited territory, they will also squeeze these places more cruelly, and in the end, these places will live more miserable.

Anyway, Yang Feng was not interested in attacking these places in a short period of time, so it would be no harm to give it to European colonies to destroy them.

What he wanted was nothing more than the population of these places. If he had no time to take action, he would give these European colonists the same. Anyway, the population would be reduced in the end. He led the Americans to open the gate of Japan and forced the Japanese to sign some treaties that were humiliating and humiliating, to tell the European colonists that there was another fat sheep to slaughter. Yang Shenhuang generously invited friends from all walks of life to Japan for a big meal. He also told other colonists that in the East, he was already full, and he lay next to the corpse of a bison like a lion, watching his little brother eat fat, so as to tell the surrounding hyenas that he could already share food with others, he was already a little overeating, and you could eat the rest together.

And for those small countries, it is very simple to obtain the protection of the Ming Dynasty.

Just believe in the God Emperor.
Chapter completed!