Chapter 445: Shipping industry 2

The La Plata River entered the estuary, and several warships smoking heavy smoke, hoaring whistle, sailed above the water.
The warships are surrounded by ships of various sizes and types, ranging from small inland river steamers of 30 to 50 tons, to ocean carriers with a total tonnage of more than 3,000 tons, both wooden fishing boats powered by sails, and steam. Powered large ocean trawler.
Several large, armored iron armored warships entered the middle of the fleet, causing some interference to the ships in the surrounding waters. However, when the sailors on the ship saw a row of Chilong flags flying high on the warship, they felt in their hearts. Suddenly, the chaos caused by the warship's invasion into the fleet was quickly restored to normal order under the control of sailors.
The Parana River Basin region includes the three countries of Han and Paraguay. The ships sailing in the ports of La Plata are not only the Han country, but also the warships of Paraguay, the Republic of Brazil and even the British.
In order to resolve the war disputes, after the Second Argentine War in 1879, the three nations of Han, Paraguay, and the Republic of Brazil signed the Agreement on the Free Navigation of the South Parana River with the United Kingdom. The agreement gave the United Kingdom, Paraguay, and the Republic of Brazil three countries in Pakistan. The right to free navigation and business in the Lana River Basin. Correspondingly, Han merchant ships also gained the right to enter Paraguay and the Republic of Brazil to control the free navigation of waters. However, because of the insistence of the Han government, the right to free navigation of the Parana River It is limited to the scope of civilian merchant ships. Warships of other countries do not have the right to enter the Parana River basin unless the Han government agrees.
The persistence of the Han government has gained the understanding of the British side. From the middle of 1879 to the end of 1888, for about ten years, no warship of the British Navy passed through the waters of the Han country and sailed into the inland basin of the Parana River. However, the time entered the end of May 1889. The situation changed drastically. The king of Paraguay, Lopez, died unexpectedly. The situation in Paraguay was out of control. The four-member Regent Committee, the rebel coalition, and various localities were divided by power. This collapse caused ordinary Paraguayan people, businessmen, and even foreign nationals to be attacked and detained by local armed men.
In order to protect its own diaspora, the British government issued a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China on June 3, 1889, demanding that warships be sent across the La Plata River to the sea and into the inland waters of the Parana River, protecting lives and property from a major threat. National diaspora.
The British government's request is reasonable and reasonable. However, considering the importance of the Parana River, the Han government politely rejected the British request.
On June 10, 1889, after seven days of urgent consultations, the British government made some compromises and promised that the Chinese navy would come forward to accept and evacuate the British expatriates stranded in Paraguay, while the British warships were allowed to enter the seaport in La Plata to Parked 20 nautical miles east to accommodate evacuees.
After the Chinese and British parties reached a consensus on the issue of evacuating stranded Paraguayan diasporas, the originally busy Parana River channel became more lively. From day to night, not only a large number of ships carrying foreigners and merchants from foreign countries, Under the of the Chinese navy, they sailed out of the waters of the Parana River, and there were more Paraguayan businessmen and wealthy men who carried all their wealth, and escaped from the Paraguayan control area by transporting ships in the Han, Britain and other countries.
Paraguay had a total population of 520,000 before the war. Except for a small number of upper-level people who depended on Han, a higher proportion of Paraguayan businessmen, landowners and nobles chose to leave the chaotic Paraguay and bring their accumulated wealth in Paraguay to New lives in Canada, Mexico, the United States and even Europe.
The increasing number of evacuated people has increased the transportation pressure in the Parana River Basin. In the past month after June 1889, the number of sailing accidents in the Parana River Basin increased by 10 times than usual because of congested routes, For the first time, more than 40 incidents involving sailor confrontations and brawls caused by the collision occurred.
The water law and order in the Parana River waters was affected by the Paraguayan civil war. The Han River Domestic Fleet has increased the number of gunboats to strengthen the security and management of domestic waterways. Sailors and ordinary fishermen who make a living in the shipping industry have learned the latest After the situation changed, it took a little more thought to increase the emphasis on the safety of water navigation.
The Parana River is the most important water transportation channel in the Han country. For the Han country, its strategic significance is more important than the strategic significance of the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River.
Parana-La Plata is the second largest river in South America. It is 4,100 kilometers long from its source, Parana Iba. Its tributaries include Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Han, with a basin area of ​​more than 400. 10,000 square kilometers.
Parana-La Plata River is the 13th largest river in the world after the Amazon River in South America. The coastal scenery is pleasant, starting at the confluence of the Grande and Paranaiba rivers, flowing southwest, passing through central and southern Brazil to Guaira, and then passing between Brazil and Paraguay After crossing Corrientes, it entered the Pampas Plain, first flowing southwest and southeast to merge with the Uruguay River, then called La Plata River, and finally poured into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Parana River includes hundreds of tributaries, and the more than 4 million square kilometers of watersheds passing through it are the most fertile areas in South America. The coastline is rich in crops, and various crops such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, and watercourses flourish. Cattle, horses, sheep, alpaca, and Han nationality black pigs, white-haired domestic pigs, and wild boars introduced from the mainland by domestic residents (the types of domestic pigs and wild boars introduced are different according to the different climates in the country. Wild boars, Mongolian wild boars, Yunnan dwarf black pigs, etc.) are numerous.
It can be said that the existence of the Parana River seems to have paved a railway with a total mileage of more than 100,000 kilometers for the Han nationality, creating the most favorable conditions for economic ties and communication throughout Han.
Moreover, because of the wide width of the Parana River (290 km at its widest point and 20 km at its narrowest) and its vast area (the area of ​​the Yangtze River is 1.8 million square kilometers.), 10,000 tons of ocean-going ships can be allowed to sail to inland waters. At a distance of 600 kilometers, for domestic vessels, civilian ships with a tonnage of only a few hundred tons or one to two thousand tons are sailing in the wide inland waters of the Parana River as if they were sailing on the sea. Rarely encounter difficult situations.
The direct and potential strategic functions of the Parana River are far more important than the 100,000 km railway. Because of the Paraguayan Civil War, the shipping industry made a living under the condition that the traffic conditions in the Parana River were hindered. The local people still insist on shipping and fishing.
Li Mingyuan, who is in a high position and controls the overall development of the local area, is even more likely to remain indifferent to the current situation of water law and order in the Parana River.
"Your Majesty, this is the record of the ship's sailing management in the last month of the Parana River estuary, please look over it."
In the cabin of the 3500-ton Vanguard armored cruiser, the director of the Ministry of Railways and Transportation Development, Ruiying Ying, handed a thick logbook, respectfully.
"The contents of the logbook will be reviewed later. Now you will briefly introduce the security management of the Parana River Basin for you."
明 Li Mingyuan set aside the record book and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Ruiying Ying glanced down at several people standing in the cabin and explained: "In June 1889, there were 127 public security incidents of all kinds in the Parana River Basin, of which 81 were local civilian security management incidents and 46 were foreign-related incidents. Security management incident.
Of the 46 foreign law and order management incidents, 23 involved Paraguay, 6 involved British diasporas, 7 involved water policing by foreign nationals from other countries, and 10 incidents involving US fishermen.
Of the 127 water law and order incidents that occurred in June, the water law and order incidents that occurred among local civilians were relatively less harmful, while the foreign water law and order incidents were relatively more harmful. Among them, the illegal fishing by U.S. fishing boats in the offshore waters of the southern part of the country The behavior is the most harmful, and it also has the greatest negative impact on the water law and order of the local inland rivers and offshore waters. "
"Illegal fishing by Americans on their home coasts of the Atlantic has not been effectively controlled?"
明 Li Mingyuan frowned, dissatisfied.
"Illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels in the local offshore waters has always been the responsibility of inland rivers and offshore guard fleets. In 1885, after the cooperation between local fishermen and offshore guard fleets, the illegal fishing of foreign fishing vessels began to be effectively curbed, but 1889 Since the beginning of the year, according to the central government ’s combat readiness order, the main ships of the inland river and offshore police fleet have been transferred to inland waters to perform weapons and ammunition transportation tasks. It also caught up with the Paraguayan civil war, and the number of empty water security management periods for foreign ships in the Parana River Basin has increased. Therefore, the problem of illegal fishing by foreign fishing boats that has been basically resolved in the past has reappeared. "
"Your Transport Management Department and the Coast Guard did not think of a solution?"
"Under the command, the Coast Guard has once reported the problem of illegal fishing by U.S. fishing vessels to the Navy, but after the Department of the Navy's discussions, several countermeasures have been given, and they still have not had a good containment effect."
The Offshore Guard Fleet is part of the Navy ’s establishment to combat the illegal fishing of foreign fishing vessels in the local offshore waters, which is within the Navy ’s purview. Therefore, after Li Mingyuan asked the question, the Chief of the Navy Chen Sen preemptively explained: After the strike, it also learned a lesson. According to the illegal fishing incident reported by the offshore guard fleet, since February 1889, American fishing boats active in Mar del Plata, Blanca Bay, and the offshore coast of Patagonia, the southernmost part of the country, have been active. They are all medium and large ocean-going trawlers equipped with light self-defense weapons. The tonnage of fishing vessels is generally above 2,000 tons. They are generally equipped with old-style breech guns, and some fishing vessels above 3,000 tons are even equipped with Gatling handguns.
The marine police force in the coastal waters of central and southern China is temporarily empty. The offshore police task is mainly undertaken by armed fishing vessels that go out for fishing. However, the tonnage of domestic offshore trawlers is generally below 1,000 tons, and the equipment is also old-fashioned rifle guns that were eliminated early. When armed confrontation with U.S. fishing boats, the local fishing boats not only fell behind in terms of tonnage, speed, etc., but also were inferior to U.S. fishing boats in terms of weapons and equipment (more than 80% of native fishing boats are old-fashioned wooden ships that have been eliminated. Sailing ships, a small part of which are steam ships built in the last decade). "
"The mainland and the United States have basically cut off all economic and trade relations. The US government has always been hostile to the local government. This time, the US fishing boat returned to the offshore waters of the central and southern part of the country. Among them, the United States government's indulgence and encouragement were not uncommon.
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Young and strong fishermen and sailors who engage in fishing and hunting activities in the offshore areas are basically naval reserve militia members. Each time they drive a fishing boat out of the sea, they also have the right to carry some old-style firearms used for self-defense. However, due to different national conditions, local young fishermen The number of guns and ammunition carried in the second trip to the sea has a rated limit. Unlike the US ocean fishing vessels controlled by large shipping companies, they can be equipped with some advanced models of guns, even hand-guns and artillery.
In terms of fishing boat weapons and equipment, American fishing boats that conduct illegal fishing activities have advantages over local fishing boats. After listening to Chen Sen's explanation, Li Mingyuan quickly understood the difficulties of the navy and local fishermen.
"Under the predominance of fishing vessel tonnage, speed, weapons and equipment, etc., it is really difficult to completely curb the illegal fishing activities of American fishing vessels."
Li Mingyuan's tone slowed and partly agreed with Chen Sen's point of view: "However, even if there are objective difficulties, American fishing boats cannot be allowed to arbitrarily run across the offshore waters. The hydrological and geographical conditions of the local offshore waters are state strategic secrets. If Americans use marine fishery operations to perform hydrological measurements on their offshore waters, it will cause major damage to their maritime safety.
This situation is not impossible.
In South America, Americans are second only to the United Kingdom in hostility. Now Americans are busy arguing with the British to seize the dominance of South America, but they ca n’t care about the homeland temporarily. In the homeland, local governments will face far more pressure than ever before.
Therefore, for the sake of homeland maritime security, decisive measures must be taken to solve the problem of illegal fishing by American fishing vessels. "
After speaking, Li Mingyuan turned his attention to the Chief of the Navy, Chen Sen. "During the discussion on the purchase of new armored cruisers some time ago, did the Navy reflect the problem of inadequate oceanographic performance of the 1350-ton Yongxing-class light cruiser? Now American fishing boats are in offshore waters. Activities are rampant. The six Yongxing-class light cruisers retained in the naval fleet do not have to wait for the return of the Orlando-class armored cruisers and retire from service. From now on, the six Yongxing-class light cruisers will be transferred from the Navy's main fleet to the Offshore waters carry out tasks of police patrols and combating illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels. "
"All six Yongxing-class light cruisers are transferred from the main fleet?"
不错 "Yes, all six Yongxing-class light cruisers under the name of the First Fleet were transferred from the first-line fleet. The other six Yongxing-class light cruisers distributed in other sea areas are still under the name of the Navy's first-line fleet."
Li Mingyuan nodded and said earnestly: "The six Yongxing-class light cruisers that have been transferred are not all part of the offshore guard fleet. In view of the increasing pressure on the water in the local inland rivers and offshore waters, I intend to learn from the experience of European countries and set up maritime services. The police force is responsible for maritime inspections and public security tasks.
The maritime police force is coordinated and commanded by the Police Department (founded in 1888) and the Naval Reserve Armed Forces Command.
After the six Yongxing-class light cruisers dispatched out of the country carried out illegal fishing activities against foreign fishing vessels, two of them were selected for delivery to the newly formed maritime police commander, and the remaining four were delivered to the offshore police fleet.
The formation of the Marine Police Force is to share the task pressure faced by the offshore police fleet. After the establishment of the Marine Police Force, issues related to inland and offshore water security management, inspections, smuggling investigations, etc. are all covered by the Marine Police Force, while the Marine Police Force is responsible. The main focus is on offshore defense operations and training qualified reserve personnel for the Navy. "
Chen Sen was set up last year and transferred the maritime security duties related to the police to the maritime police force. It was expected by Chen Sen. Therefore, after hearing Li Mingyuan's decision, Chen Sen expressed his support in a timely manner: "Navy The first priority is to guard the safety of the local maritime waters. It is not a long-term solution for the offshore police fleet to perform the maritime security duties. Transferring the maritime security duties to the maritime police forces has great benefits for the regular development of the offshore police fleet ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The navy agrees with the plan to divide maritime security duties. "
"The fisheries resources of the offshore waters of the Southwest Atlantic and the native southern Patagonia are abundant. The number of marine fishery products such as tuna, cod, sailfish, sharks, whales, and king crabs caught by the local community last year exceeded 46,000 tons. The sales and export of fishery products brought nearly 6 million Chinese yuan in fiscal revenue to the central government (equivalent to 3.2 million Kupin silver, which accounted for about 6% of Han's fiscal revenue in 1888.) In his opinion, in order to protect the local offshore The fishery resources in the sea area, especially in the Patagonian fishing grounds, are not affected by illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels, and should be derived from the fiscal taxation of marine fishery products. Part of the funds should be used to order special police vessels and several large shipyards in the country. Large offshore fishing vessels. "
枚 Rui Yingying, director general of the Ministry of Railways and Transportation Development, continued Chen Sen's words and advised.
"The establishment of a maritime police force is imminent, and the fishery resources in the coastal waters of the central and southern parts of the country also need to be protected urgently."
Li Mingyuan paused and continued: "Xinghe Shipyard's first 5,000-ton ocean-going ship has experienced two ocean voyages, and its various technical indicators have met the requirements for carrying out ocean transportation missions. When we arrived at Xinghe Shipyard, we personally inspected the local After a self-built 5,000-ton steamship was proposed to Xinghe Shipyard, the requirements for customizing maritime police ships suitable for local offshore police and large trawlers suitable for fishing in Patagonian waters .... ...
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