Prince Ruprecht's last sentence clearly touched someone's sore spot, and Roosevelt thought about it, and in many previous talks, the prince did want to bring the relationship between virtue and Germany, and he did his best to make an effort, and there was no falsehood in that.

And at the same time, the prince did give the Americans a lot of very constructive advice, but the United States missed the opportunity again and again because of doubts and hesitation, and if it were not for the American factor, the Japanese would not have received two more Asama-class armored cruisers, then the outcome of this war would have changed directly. And if it weren't for the hesitation of the Americans to hand over Samoa to German trusteeship, then American Samoa would not have become Japanese Samoa now. And this time, if you hesitate any longer, what will happen? Roosevelt didn't know!

The Americans felt that Japan would not forcibly occupy Hawaii because in the eyes of the Americans, Japan was too far away from Hawaii, and Roosevelt agreed with Prince Ruprecht's statement that as long as there was a certain amount of American troops stationed in Hawaii, the Japanese would be able to retreat. Even if the Japanese Navy had the advantage.

But I am not afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case! What if the United States is ready to be broken again this time by the unconventional Japanese? The actions of the Japanese have repeatedly challenged the bottom line of the Americans' cognition, from the beginning of the brazen attack on the Philippines, to the later collapse of the US and Russian fleets in World War I, and then to the later forced occupation of Samoa, the Americans have paid a heavy and irreparable price for their self-confidence every time!

What if, this time, the Japanese go crazy again, and the Americans are not ready? If we lose Hawaii, which took more than ten years to get our hands on, then the US expansionist policy will be dealt a fatal blow, and after seeing the weak nature of the United States, I am afraid that the United States will not even be able to keep South America, its own backyard, and the various powers will certainly extend their hands to the Americas as if they had rediscovered the New World! No, the British have already reached out to the Americas, and their encouragement of Brazil to participate in this daigou is a clear example!

To be honest, Roosevelt was very sympathetic to this idea, but the problem was that he couldn't decide on it, and even if he could, the Germans would need to negotiate it. For the first time, Roosevelt wanted to promote cooperation between virtue and virtue so actively! But this time the risk and effort to take is also the greatest.

People are like this, when something beautiful can be easily obtained, no one cherishes it, when something is not so beautiful, but it needs to pay a greater price to obtain, it will make people go out of their way to fight for it, Roosevelt felt that the current United States and himself are like this!

"If the U.S. and Germany had been closer before the war, it would not have been impossible to share the Philippines with Japan. And now, the Americans have to pay a greater price to protect their original range of strength. Roosevelt couldn't help but sigh as he left.

Roosevelt had no bottom in his heart, and Ruprecht also had no bottom in his heart, not to mention that his position was not enough to affect the diplomacy and strategy of the empire, and simply from the perspective of the risks that the empire took in this action, it was not easy to decide. Although the prince mentioned the matter of "Three Kingdoms Intervention and Liao" again, this operation is completely different from the action in the Qing-Japanese War! It's a lot more complicated!

If it is said that in the Qing-Japanese War, the intervention of the three countries in the Liao Dynasty also had a core basic purpose -- to prevent Japan from gaining too many benefits from the Qing State, and at the same time to share the benefits. So what is the purpose of the three-country intervention this time? The interests of the United States, Russia and Germany are not the same!

What is the purpose of the Americans? The overarching goal is to bring the Philippines under the control of the United States, but it is clear that this idea is not realistic, and Germany and Russia will not agree to it at all, which is too difficult and of limited significance to these two countries.

Take a step back and take Samoa back, it seems impossible, the reason is very simple, it is impossible for Germany and Russia to organize a fleet to Samoa to fight with the Japanese, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Navy at this time is not weak, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest force in the entire Pacific Ocean except for the British Royal Navy!

Then the only possibility is to prevent Hawaii from being occupied by Japan, but even if this is requested, the Russians probably will not do anything, because it has nothing to do with them, and if the prince does not have action that requires the cooperation of the United States, then he will not agree to it!

There was only one original intention that His Royal Highness could make this request for cooperation, and that was that the Americans could stand by themselves when Germany invaded Portugal's colonies in Africa! And so that virtue can be brought closer! If the Americans are willing to agree to this request, His Royal Highness the Prince will do his best to facilitate this cooperation!

But there are two problems here, the first is that it will take at least more than one year to prepare for Germany's move on Portugal. And if the United States is helped to solve the Hawaii problem now, then what if the Americans regret it?

If the United States and Germany join forces, Japan will definitely back down, and after the United States gains Hawaii, will it break the treaty? After all, this plan cannot be signed in a formal way, it can only be a secret agreement, and the biggest feature and the most attractive part of the secret agreement is that either party can break the contract in advance without worrying about being blamed!

Another question is, what if Germany moves in Africa, and the United States has to step in? After all, the prince's goal was to bring two pieces of land with a total of more than 2 million square kilometers into the German colonial system, and it was difficult to say that such a big benefit would not make the Americans blush, and if the Americans made a colonial claim, how would the German government deal with it?

Ruprecht carefully analyzed every possible problem, considering that the Americans had just suffered repeated setbacks in this year's war, so it was unlikely that they would wrestle with Germany in Africa the following year when they took Hawaii, after all, the Americans were very isolated at this time, and no country except Germany had friendly relations with the United States. Americans must think about this issue.

If you have to transfer interests, then the economic interests in Africa can be transferred, such as the right to open mines and set up factories, directly increase the colonies of more than 2 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to doubling the area of Germany's colonies in Africa, although this plane, under the influence of the prince, the German colonial policy has undergone some changes, but now on the whole, it is still a loss of money, if it is doubled, then it means that it will lose more economically.

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