Chapter 176: Hawaii Strategy IV

After only three days of training in the King's Guard, someone could not sit still.

In the darkness of the night, the streets were as dead silent, and a figure walked sneakily down the street, came to a luxurious house with lights, and knocked softly on the door.

The door opened a crack, and the figure flashed into the house.

"Hello, Mr. Charles B. Wilson, you're finally here!"

Charles B. Wilson, the Inspector General of Police of the Kingdom of Hawaii, opened his eyes and saw that the house of the lawyer, William Smith's office, was full of people, roughly numbered, at least forty or fifty people, including lawyer William Smith, cabinet secretary William Castoul, home secretary John Colburn, reformist Laurin Thurston, chairman of the Security Council Henry Cooper, Supreme Court Justice Sanfer Doerr, attorney general Arthur P. Peterson, Artillery Colonel Robert William Carani Shapo Wilcox, merchant Sam Norlane, sugar merchant William H. Richard, Minister of the United States to Hawaii John L. Stevens, and others.

As soon as Wilson came in, he shook his head and said: "Hello everyone, King Kalakaua got a sum of money somewhere, the three thousand people who recruited the guards have already been put in place, all armed with rifles, it seems that the king will do it soon!" ”

Cabinet Minister William Kastu stood up and said, "It must have been handed over to him by Hu Zhen, the chief of the Huaxia Guild, who visited the last few days......"

Artillery Colonel Robert William Caranichapo Wilcox interrupted Castou: "We don't have to guess where the funds come from, but how to face the king's attack!" ”

Attorney General Arthur P. Peterson said: "The king has the money and the army to take action to repeal the Constitution, what are we to do?" ”

Henry Cooper, chairman of the Security Committee, exclaimed: "It's time for us to preemptively take decisive action!" ”

John L. Stevens, the minister of the United States in Hawaii, pretended to be curious and asked, "Decisive action?" What kind of action to take? ”

Henry Cooper, the chairman of the Security Council, said fiercely: "With the Honolulu Honolulu rifles and police in our possession, carry out a coup d'Γ©tat by force, disband the King's Guard, imprison the King, declare the end of the kingdom, and establish a republic!" ”

But Home Secretary John Colburn was a little worried: "The four cruisers of the Huaxia Guild are in Hawaii, I wonder if they will intervene in this matter?" It's a bit thin on our own! ”

"This Huaxia Guild fleet has left Hawaii tonight. Today I saw with my own eyes that Hu Zhen, the chief of the Huaxia Guild, came to say goodbye to the king! It is estimated that it will soon leave the waters of Hawaii. "Cabinet Minister William Casstu is still at the king's side in the palace today, and of course knows the whereabouts of the Huaxia Guild fleet.

"I wonder if the time comes, will the government of the United States recognize the republic we founded?"

This was the most crucial sentence, and everyone in the room pricked up their ears. His eyes looked at John L. Stevens, the minister of the United States in Hawaii.

John L. Stevens stood up: "The United States government will support the action of the people's rights, and tonight, the United States fleet will leave for Hawaii to cooperate with everyone's action!" ”

"Well, I propose to start the action tomorrow afternoon and abolish the king. After the establishment of the Republic of Hawaii, it was incorporated into the United States of America and shared the glory of the Star-Spangled Banner! ”

"I agree to act tomorrow morning, and suggest that Henry Cooper command the Honolulu Rifles of 1,500 men and Charles B. Wilson command the police, a total of more than 800 people, will go straight to the palace, and the Marines of the United States will be dispatched to cooperate......"

The people in the house were excited, and not a single one noticed that a few objects the size of flies flew onto the beams of the roof, stuck there, and remained motionless, turning their words and images into electronic signals that were sent to the nuclear submarine, which were then processed and then transmitted to Hu Zhen's TV glasses and headphones.

More than a hundred kilometers away from the big island of Hawaii, the fleet of the Huaxia Guild was hovering at a low speed.

Hu Zhen is on the flagship. Using the time-space equipment of the nuclear submarine, not only did he listen to every word of the opposition of these kings, but he even saw their every move, and smiled happily: "Hahaha, the king's opposition finally can't help but make a move, and now their death time has come!" ”

In the afternoon of the next day, more than 1,500 members of the Honolulu rifle team and more than 800 police officers suddenly appeared outside the palace.

Although there were 3,000 palace guards, when they saw that the other party was menacing, they immediately scattered and fled.

The coup d'Γ©tat was stunned by the fact that the King's Guard was so. But they did not hesitate, and ordered to immediately rush into the palace and hunt for the king.

However, the palace was empty. The king's family did not know where they had gone.

The opposition sent people out to search, but they could not find any trace of the king and his family.

The opposition could not find the king, fearing long nights, immediately summoned all the backbone of the opposition to a convention, and after only an hour of assembly, the "Proclamation of the King's Abdication" and the "Declaration of the Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Hawaii" were read to the crowd outside the palace.

Mended. When the opposition, after reading out two proclamations, was about to announce its annexation to the United States of America, the crowd dispersed.

But the opposition could not disperse in a hurry, and they had to continue to meet in the halls of the Hawaiian parliament under the protection of the rifle corps and the police, to divide the fruits of victory, and to try to reach out to the countries and seek their recognition.

In order to determine who will hold the positions of president, cabinet minister, etc. in the interim government, the opposition, which had seemed to be united, immediately cracked, and everyone blushed over their interests.

Just as the faction was arguing, there was a shout outside: "The king is back!" ”

The opposition had not yet figured out what was going on, and heavy gunfire rang out outside.

When the leaders of the opposition walked out of the door, King Kalakaua himself wore a yellow birdfeather cape and commanded the guards to storm the parliamentary hall where the opposition was gathered.

Contrary to the original situation when the King's Guard collapsed at the touch of a button outside the palace, the King's Guard, which was considered a rabble by the opposition, was now extremely powerful:

The King's Guard soldiers were very accurate in their marksmanship, and as long as the gun rang out, an opposition soldier would inevitably fall to the ground, and the opposition would not be able to find a trace of the King's Guard if they wanted to return fire, because after each shot, the King's Guard, which was advancing in a skirmishing line, would inevitably hide in a hidden position to avoid the opposition's bullets.

"You cowards, gather quickly, gather fire in a neat formation, and crush the king's guard!" Henry Cooper, chairman of the Security Council, shouted and bravely stood up, carrying a banner to personally lead the soldiers in a charge against the King's guards. (To be continued.) )