Chapter 45 "American Ship in the China Sea"

"American Ship in the China Sea" In 1784, the "Empress of China", the first sailing ship in the United States to travel to and from the Far East, departed from New York Harbor Set sail, ready to cross the Suez Canal to Guangzhou, China.The American War of Independence was now victorious. The ocean-going shipping industry is no longer monopolized by the United Kingdom, so this emerging country that stood up from a colony is in a hurry. In order to challenge the British East India Company, which owns the patent right of shipping in the Far East, it also came to get involved in this route.

Since then, ships of the Stars and Stripes, including warships, have frequently entered and exited Chinese ports. Yankee Ship sin China Seas is written by Daniel Han Deson, he used these American ships entering and leaving Chinese ports as the subject matter, from the first sailing ship to China From the beginning of the ship, until the outbreak of the Pacific War. The author said that this book is all based on historical data, without any fictional elements, if some parts It was too romantic, it was the adventurer's own fantasy at that time, and the author couldn't be responsible for it as a result.because he himself

Said that the book was written based on the letters, diaries, voyage records of the people at that time, and the memoirs of the navigators, Some are still previously undisclosed diplomatic archives. In this little book, the author once told the story of an American adventurer.The man's name is McGuffin, He came from the U.S. Naval Academy and had nothing to do after graduation. It was around the Sino-Japanese War, and Li Hongzhang was In the construction of China's new navy, he actually defected to Li's men, became a consultant, and was sent to Britain to supervise The four ironclad ships under construction at the time.Later, when China and Japan went to war, under the command of Admiral Ding Ruchang, he

He was the captain of a torpedo boat and participated in that Haicheng until the entire Beiyang Navy was wiped out. Ding Ruchang himself Killed, McGuffin was seriously injured and escaped from Lushun on an American warship. The adventurer returned to America agitated and out of sorts.According to his friends, Mike Ke Gefen kept talking to others all day long about his experience in this naval battle in China.He strongly praised China The brave Ding Ruchang of the sailors also knew how to do his duty, but he scolded the Chinese naval officers as worthless. The author Henderson said that the American adventurer who led the torpedo boat to help China fight the Japanese

It is said that it was the first person in the U.S. Navy to fight the Japanese Navy. Because of this victory, the Japanese Navy ignited The presumptuous fantasy later not only challenged Imperial Russia, but also indirectly contributed to the later Pearl Harbor incident. The author defends the open door policy of the United States, saying that since the United States sent the first sailing ship to sail From the coast of China, the policy of the United States has always been that of the peaceful patroller, the guardian of the open door and territorial integrity. Depending on people. At that time, the Korean War and the U.S. Seventh Fleet stationed in the Taiwan Strait hadn’t happened yet, otherwise look at him

How to justify it is very interesting.