It was already obvious that the Japanese also had plans to get their hands on the Philippines, and they had the tacit approval and even support of Britain to fight a regional naval power on the other side of the distant ocean, with the most powerful empire in the world standing behind it, and even Roosevelt was a little worried and hesitant. The United States is indeed very strong, and the industrial indicators are very good, especially the indicators linked to quantity, which are simply crushing. The United States relied on its strong national strength to put forward the famous Monroe Doctrine, and all countries in the Americas should look up to the United States. For years, Americans have looked to the Americas as their backyard.

But Roosevelt was still not satisfied, the United States of the future should be the leader of the world! And if you want to lead the world, you must project your power on the largest continent in the world, Eurasia! The powerful European countries are not something that the United States can provoke, and entering Africa will also be suppressed by the joint efforts of the European powers, and the only breakthrough is in the Far East! And the gateway to the Far East is in the Philippines!

If the United States could not take advantage of the weakening of Spain, the door has become gradually decaying, and the new power has not yet risen to kick this door open, this door may be closed for 10 years, 20 years, or even longer! The Americans can't wait! Whether it is Russia's expansion to the Qing Dynasty, or Japan's defeat of Russia to become the hegemon of the Far East, they will build this door firmly, and may even step out of this door and march towards the Americas!

Roosevelt didn't think about waiting two years to talk about it, after all, the competition between Russia and Japan cannot be decided in a short period of time, and it is impossible to fight in the next five years! And this is the opinion of Day and Simpson too! But Roosevelt knew that there was simply no way to wait.

That's right, if you wait a few years, the U.S. fleet will be even larger, but just because you wait doesn't mean that Japan will wait. Regardless of the Americans, looking at the current situation, the Japanese will definitely make a move in 1898. And when the Japanese get the Philippines and operate for a few more years, why should the United States, which lacks bases in the Far East, launch an expedition to collapse the oceans? Samoa from the United States to the Far East, except for one Hawaii that can be used as a base. Is there another place where a large fleet can be supplied? Until now, it is not clear to the Americans how long it will take to transfer a fleet from the east to the west coast! At this level, it's too much to think about crossing the Pacific Ocean to fight Japan, right?

Some people may say that the United States can wait until the outbreak of war between Japan and Russia before acting! But Roosevelt knew that this was simply impossible, for the simple reason that the United States was not facing a separate Japan! Britain and Japan are allies, and if Japan and Russia do it alone, Britain may not intervene, but if a third party dares to do it, Britain will definitely intervene!

Roosevelt would not have thought that the current national power of the Americans could intimidate Britain. No matter how good your American national power is. What is the long-range delivery capability? It's not that the British haven't fought with countries that are stronger than their own! Whether it was Spain in its heyday, or Napoleon, the Great in Europe, did the British cowardly it? No! Therefore, if the United States wants to take action in the event of a war between Japan and Russia, then it will have to consider facing the British Navy.

The Americans' industry is indeed strong, but it is unknown when the US Navy will surpass the British Navy, and even if the United States is willing to build a world's largest fleet, the United States, lacking overseas bases, will not be able to compete with the British, at least in the next 20 years. And even after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. When the United States entered the war, the cost was terrible. How much fleet does the United States need to send to deal with the Japanese? How many land forces? Do those people in Congress have the guts to go to war? It's all unknown!

Judging from Roosevelt's experience, at that time, it was possible for the United States to help Russia behind the scenes, but it would be impossible to get the president and Congress to pass a resolution to go to war against Japan! The risk is too great to scare the vast majority of people! Even now the war against Spain is being waged with the president only acquiescing. If you want to really fight, you need to use some small means!

So, the only chance for the United States is to attack while the Japanese Navy has not yet grown! Take advantage of this confrontation with Spain and take the Philippines together! Anyway, this time the British promised not to intervene, at least for now they can seek help from Russia. The Japanese also needed to defeat both the Spanish and American fleets before they could occupy the Philippines. At least the current Japan is out of a period of weakness, forcibly taking drugs to save up a navy. The overall environment was better than it had been delayed until after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War.

And now the cost of fighting is still relatively low, even if it loses, it is nothing to the national strength of the United States, and even if the 8 cruisers sent to the Far East are all sunk? The Navy made up for it in two years. The Navy started construction of 3 battleships in 96 and 2 in 97! Once stimulated, the US Navy can get more appropriations! So Roosevelt was not worried about failure at all.

Of course, not being afraid of failure does not mean that he is willing to fail, and since Roosevelt dared to insist on bringing the Philippines under the control of the United States of America, it means that he has the ability! It is still possible to defeat the Japanese Navy even if the strength of the paper fleet is weaker than that of Japan!

Roosevelt was a politician, but he was also the second-in-command of the Admiralty, so Roosevelt, who was also a politician in the Navy, knew how to plan this from two sides. If you want to win against Japan, you need to be prepared in two aspects, one is supply, and the other is the fleet! The British have already made it clear that they are not willing to help, so well, the Americans can find someone else!

And after looking for a long time, Roosevelt sadly found that the United States could only rely on Germany at this time! Purely from the location of the Philippines, there are actually three options, namely France's Cam Ranh Bay in Annam, the Dutch East Indies, and Germany's islands in the Pacific, such as Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, Bismarck, the German Solomon Islands and German Samoa.

But in fact, the Netherlands would never dare to offend Britain, so the Netherlands was directly eliminated, and the possibility of France was not high, because the relationship between the United States and France was very average. Why did they risk offending the British and cooperating with the Americans? It doesn't make sense.

But Germany is different! In the Qing-Japanese War, Germany and Japan had a grudge, and now the relationship is still on the basis of buying and selling. If the Japanese can spend money to "buy" back the favor of Germany, then the restoration of relations between Britain and Germany may be relatively long, after all, the British did not admit it afterwards, the Germans were very faceless, and the future emperor of Germany did not like the British either!

And the infrastructure of the Germans is good, in order to allow the Munich class armor domestication to be deployed in the Far East, the Germans have made some preparations, and the French have a few cruisers in the Far East, the tonnage is terrible, and the conditions in Cam Ranh Bay are good, but those are natural conditions, not port conditions!

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