Chapter 445 Go to South America
@@@@@@In the beautiful port of Guayaquil, two warships with blood-red golden dragon flags and docked side by side are particularly eye-catching. From the end of the Spanish colonial rule to the disintegration of Greater Colombia, Ecuador, a small South American country on the equator, has ushered in the middle [***] ship for the first time.
Next to, a rusty gunboat slowly passed by. Several Ecuadorian soldiers looked at the polished hull with envy and looked at the single L47/130mm naval gun on each of their sterns, and immediately felt how short and ugly the 76mm gun was.
Indeed, as a small country with only a few gunboats supporting the scene and almost no navy, the 1,200-ton Beifeng is already a huge thing, not to mention the 4,880-ton Bohai naval investigation ship next to it.
On the deck, several boring young sailors were waving to the Ecuadorian soldiers. On the other side, more sailors got off the ship in twos and threes, ready to visit this exotic city.
The bay of Guayaquil is very deep and blocked by mountains, so it is one of the most important safe havens in the eastern Pacific. Every year, a large number of ships come here to escape the storm, which also contributes to the local prosperity.
Luo Qing walked down the Bohai Sea in the crowd of people. This is a typical Pacific Free Port. The wharf is still in the style of the 18th century. There are vendors everywhere, most of which are all kinds of jewelry and coffee, and a round porcelain white but hard fruit. The locals call it ivory fruit.
Several hot-dressed Ecuadorian girls surrounded a group of Xinhua sailors. Although the English of both sides was extremely lame, they still had bulging breasts. From time to time, they pretended to sweat and touched a half-breast ball exposed, and threw charming eyes to seduce these dull geese to buy ivory fruit.
The sailors run away all year round, and they have to receive a new education in the army from the beginning of joining the army. It should be said that their vision is much broader than that of ordinary people in China, but these are obviously rookies. They were swayed by those pairs of white ru houses and bought them confusedly.
Luo Qing didn't remind them that there was no need to compete with the girls who sold ivory fruit. After drifting on the sea for a long time, the sailors needed to relieve the boredom. Perhaps looking at the semi-dew ru rooms was more exciting for the sailors than ivory fruit.
After smiling and avoiding several girls who tried to surround him, Luo Qing drilled into an alley in Guayaquil Harbor. The alley was not big, but there were hundreds of Chinese who had wandered here in the early years.
As early as the end of the 18th century, some Chinese came to Guayaquil to settle down. Although the number was small, it was because of the Chinese almost all over South American countries that half of the intelligence department supported the sky.
After pushing away the door with moldy spots, a blacksmith appeared in front of him. Not long after all kinds of swords came into view, a cold and shining sword suddenly rested on his neck.
Luo Qing seemed to see the cold blade of the sword. He smiled and said, "I'm angry and rushed to the crown. At the railing, Xiao Xiao's rain rested."
"Look up, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce." When he had just finished reading, he also remembered the opening sentence of this popular Manjianghong, and then the tip of the sword was also taken back.
Luo Qing turned around with a smile, and two middle-aged men with similar faces appeared in front of him. One of them held a sword in his hand and arched his hand and said with a smile, "In a foreign country, it's inevitable to be nervous. Brother, don't take it to heart."
"Ha ha, it's too late for Luo Qing to admire such vigilance."
"Wu Yu (Wu Sheng), I have met Brother Luo." Wu Yu and his brother laughed, and the three of them gave a hug with a smile.
The ancestors of the Wu family were all blacksmiths and had a good family kung fu. The ancestors went to San Francisco to search for gold. After suffering and escaping, they followed a Spanish ship to here and took root with the craftsmanship of blacksmiths.
After the greeting, the two took Luo Qing to the attic of the blacksmith's shop. There was a radio telegraph and a hand-cranked generator under the skylight in the attic. A thin wire came out of the window. Although it has developed to the third generation of radio in China, the telegraph machines outside are the first generation, but the power is relatively high. It's just big.
The two brothers are both ordinary people. It seems that it takes a lot of effort to play with the radio, because the radio station needs to be translated by a password book, and it is difficult to memorize a password book of thousands of words.
After Wu Yu cleaned up the table, the three of them sat down around the table. Luo Qing immediately asked, "Have you figured it out?"
Although Xinhua and Ecuador have not been able to formally establish diplomatic relations, it does not mean that it is difficult to figure out how difficult the basic situation in Ecuador is. In this country where the coup is commonplace, money is the biggest weapon, so only half a year after receiving the order, the Wu brothers have already figured it out.
So Wu Yu immediately replied, "It has been basically figured out that it was the current President of Lizardo Garcia who made the decision to participate in the transaction. He was a former army colonel. The condition of the British at that time was to help him become president. It is said that in addition to being president, he also received a benefit of 10,000 pounds."
"Ha ha, good condition." Luo Qing couldn't help clapping his hands. A major could become the president of this country with the help of second-hand merchants. It can be seen to the extent of chaos.
"Yes, but he was not very good after he came to power. He increased a lot of taxes and threatened to dissolve the parliament, so at present, all walks of life in Ecuador hate him. Recently, there have been voices that someone wants to assassinate him." Wu Sheng said.
"Assassination of him?" Luo Qing's eyes were cold and he sneered, "He can't die so early!"
"We are also paying attention to it. We also secretly arranged a few friends to monitor him, and we were afraid that he would be slaughtered, so we would have no target." Wu Yu rubbed his hands and seemed to be very proud of his method.
"Is there a suitable cooperation goal?" Luo Qing asked again.
"Yes." Wu Yu went to the side and turned out a newspaper and pointed to a middle-aged man on the photo on the front page of the newspaper and said, "His name is Eloy Alfaro. He was president ten years ago. After he lost the election, he became the leader of the parliament. He and Garcia are very unruly. They have always wanted to be in power again, and once threatened to overthrow Garcia's military and political axe."
"Eloy Alfaro." After Luo Qing read the name a few times, his eyes flashed: "Can you contact him?"
"Yes, he happens to be here these days." Wu Sheng said, "I heard from his bodyguard that he is looking for military support, and it is possible to launch a coup in the next few days to regain power."
"How many days?!" Hearing this, Luo Qing slowly stood up. If Ecuador had fought a civil war in the past and didn't care about him, but now he must keep the president in his seat for a few more days. Otherwise, if he loses his excuse, things will be much more complicated!
So he took a few steps back and forth in the room. After looking at the watch, he pointed to the radio station. Can he contact Honolulu?
"Yes, but the distance is too far, and the signal is not very stable."
"That won't work!" Luo Qing shook his head. After thinking about it, he immediately took out a pass from his pocket and handed it to Wu Sheng: "Brother Wu Sheng, take my pass to the dock immediately, find the captain, say what I said, let him contact Honolulu immediately, and say that the situation is urgent, and I hope the fleet can set out immediately."
"Brother Wu Yu, you and I will go to see Alfaro immediately, and we will stop him from the coup anyway."
"That's it?" While Wu Yu admired Luo Qing's decisiveness, he couldn't help but be a little worried. Isn't it too hasty to go like this? Don't worry, I'll send him a big foreign aid. I believe he must have a surname and wait for a few more days!" Luo Qing laughed and took Wu Yu out of the blacksmith's shop--
Although today is Sunday, there are still ships coming and going in the beautiful Pearl Harbor. Although most of the industries here have been withdrawn to China and the population has suddenly dropped a lot, the reputation of the best seaport in the Pacific Ocean is not in vain. The strategic geographical location makes it still attracting much attention, not to mention It is also the base of the Pacific Fleet of the Xinhua Navy.
Although the once busy shipyard still retains three docks, due to the raw materials, the cost of warships produced here is 20% higher than that in China, so there will be no new orders here. However, in order to maintain a certain construction capacity, the necessary facilities are still retained, mainly for the fleet. Provide repair and maintenance services.
Although there is no strong smell of industrial smoke, because this is where Li Mo started, and several imperial concubines and emperors often come here to stay for a few days. In addition, a large number of family members and merchant ships in the fleet make Honolulu still prosperous.
There are no naval orders, not even civil orders, but because it has become a transit point between the United States and South America, the shipyard has received a lot of maintenance work, so it is still very busy.
When the fleets come and go recently pass by here, they can't help but look at it, not because of nostalgia, but because a huge "Russian" fleet has been staying here recently.
Chesarevich 12,900 tons, Poltava 11,500 tons, Grombowi 13,300 tons, Osriabia 13,000 tons, Alexander III 15,200 tons, Bayan 7,000 tons, Ochakov 6,700 tons, Parada 6,700 tons, Dion Na 6,700 tons, Novik 3,200 tons, Rostislav 8,800 tons, Svetlana 2,100 tons.
Except for the four protective cruisers sold to Thailand and North Korea respectively, the remaining captured Russian ships were gathered here. When I first saw them, I thought that Russia had occupied here.
These former national prides are concentrated here for maintenance. In addition to reducing the pressure on the domestic platform, they also make a small profit from the shipyard, but now they are like stripped phoenixes. After being repaired here, almost no one wants to look at it again. The Honolulu people who look at the new generation of the fleet's capital ships every day, except After a sensation for a while when I first came here, I have long looked down on these iron pimples, which makes the more than a dozen Russian [***] ships crowded here look particularly lonely.
Taking advantage of this false name, Ji Rushan, dressed in casual clothes, sat on the grass and appreciated these trophy. At the same time, the process of the naval battle kept coming to his mind, thinking about the gains and losses. Suddenly, a large group of students carrying cameras attracted his attention.
Looking at these students who competed with the guards, Ji Rushan smiled. Recently, only these students who had just come to Honolulu University from China were so interested in taking photos. Looking at these students, he quietly nodded to the defending soldiers from afar, and the guards sent people to follow and send the students to the deck. Take a picture.
Although there are some violations of small regulations, it is harmless, because these warships will not enter the navy for service. The above things should be studied. Even the naval guns have been replaced with Xinhua's naval guns to study the processing level of Russia, so it is not easy to make everyone happy. Xing.
When he got up and walked slowly to the dock, ready to listen to what the students thought of the naval battle, suddenly a jeep came to Ji Rushan.
"Report, emergency power from the military department."
After Ji Rushan quickly read the telegram, a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. After half a year of rest, the Pacific Fleet was finally able to rush out of the harbor and enter the intoxicating deep blue again.
This time, what he wants to do is to set off a steel storm in South America!
(to be continued)