The subtitle of this chapter: To Be Honest comes from another writer.

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Sunday, March 6, 1921.

The weather was really good on this day, the sun was shining but not dazzling, and a few white clouds hung lazily on the blue sky. The border between Washington, D.C., and Virginia doesn't have the smoke and dust of New York, and the PM values are certainly much lower.

It's early spring again, and even though it's the hottest afternoon of the day, it's still cool outside. Even those conservative men who are dressed in full formal attire, and those who are conservative ladies who are strangled in breathless corsets, will not feel the heat.

It's really a good day to go out.

The horse farm in Fort Myer is a professional racing arena with a flat ground and green grass. Not to mention a duel, it's no problem to play a professional-level football match.

As the offspring of cowboys, Americans naturally have a soft spot for horses and cavalry. The Fourth Cavalry Battalion is indeed an honor guard unit, although the combat effectiveness of this kind of goods cannot be very high, but it definitely looks decent.

The cavalrymen who rode around to maintain order were dressed in handsome uniforms, and under their seats were tall horses with ornate harnesses, which attracted the ladies and ladies...... There were also a number of gentlemen who swallowed their saliva.

Major Patton, as the commander of the cavalry battalion, really put a lot of thought into this duel.

It's not that he and our Master Yuan hit it off at first sight to help so hard.

Major Patton really thought it was just a private duel, and as an officer with a less peaceful temperament, of course he also wanted to see the excitement, so he agreed,

But when he read the newspaper the next morning, he knew it was all about it. Before he could react, the phone on his desk began to ring non-stop, and the callers were all from Washington's gods, and they all asked about the duel.

In fact, this was what Major Patton had in mind. Don't look at him in World War II, he behaved like a straight boy...... Well, dad, but in real history he ...... At least at this stage, he is a person with a great sense of fame.

He and his wife, Bentrice Banning Ayer, were wealthy men who lived in their native California or New York and specialized in buying property in Washington, D.C. The reason is that he believes that Washington is closer to "God" than anywhere else, and aspirants should go and settle there.

So this carnival-like duel gave Major Patton a chance to curry favor with the big men in Washington.

Who said that foreigners don't understand and don't engage in "face engineering", today's horse farm and these cavalry are the result of Major Patton's careful arrangement. He also cleaned up the viewing platform by the racecourse.

His efforts were not in vain, and now sitting on the podium were the newly released President of the United States, Warren Harding, and his senior cabinet officials.

Wherever the president of the United States in the 21st century goes, he looks like he is facing a great enemy, accompanied by a large number of well-known United States Secret Service, or USSS operatives.

Later generations have always had a bit of a conspiracy theory about this department, because the Secret Service first belonged to the law enforcement department of the Treasury Department to crack down on counterfeit money, so there is a rumor that the assassination of several US presidents was deliberately "secret" by the Secret Service.

In fact, after William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist gunman in 1901, Congress informally demanded that the Secret Service take on the responsibility of protecting the president.

By 1908, Theodore Roosevelt had simply relegated the department to the newly established BOI, and it was the core department.

That is, since then, the Secret Service has been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice. And anyone who knows a little bit of American political knowledge knows that the attorney general is generally the president's confidant. Of course, the prerequisite is that the president has the right person, at least a lawyer.

For example, JFK's attorney general is his younger brother, Robert Kennedy; The FDR's attorney general, Homer Steele-Cummings, is not only a family friend but also a business partner; And Harry M. Doherty, the Minister of Justice of this President Warren Harding, was his great nobleman and old friend.

So there's really not that many conspiracy theories. In the United States, where the vast majority of people can legally own guns, it is very difficult to protect a particular target in public. Of course, the JFK assassination is a bit of a stretch......

In 1921, the protection of the Secret Service was even more amateurish, and President Harding's cadre was separated from the ordinary audience by a railing, and if someone really learned the methods of Yoon Bong-gil, a righteous man from North Korea, maybe he could really reimburse all of Harding's cabinet.

It's really a pity that there are so few entertainment activities these days, and it's rare to encounter such a thing because of the brags, and President Harding, who is already a little frivolous, brought the "Ohio Gang" who smelled like him to witness the duel.

The old man held a telescope in his hand and asked with great interest, "Do you say that these two people used guns or swords in this duel?" ”

Mr. Doherty, the 60-year-old Minister of Justice, said with a smile: "I see that they have all arrived at the horse farm, and I guess they will use knights' spears to duel." ”

Mr. Mellon, the Minister of Finance, nodded: "Really? This time it's going to be an eye-opener! But they didn't wear gothic armor, and they didn't even prepare their horses. ”

President Harding picked up the binoculars and said, "Be quiet, shhh, be quiet." The Japanese is about to start reading out the rules of the round. ”

Nomura Kichizaburo Osa picked up the rule with a bitter face...... Because he had already read through it, his face was so ugly.

He took a deep breath and read it in front of the megaphone:

"With the agreement of the two parties to the duel, Mr. Harold Alexander and Mr. Neo Yuan, the rules of this duel are as follows:"

"First, the two sides are twenty-four steps apart, and at each step there is a bottle of Irish malt whiskey......"

"What nonsense is this Japanese talking about? What do you do with two dozen whiskeys in the dueling arena? Do they compete for the amount of alcohol? ”

"Shhhhh

"Second, after the starting gun was fired, both sides went to the two farthest positions and began to drink."

"FXCK, are they really competing for the amount of alcohol? There's nothing so good about this, I might as well go to the bar! ”

"Well, I don't think it's going to be that simple."

Third, when the bottle is empty, both sides can throw the bottle at each other. Wait until the thrown bottle hits the ground before moving forward to drink the next bottle. ”

"Ah......" The audience was stunned.

"Fourth, each side has one timeout, and each timeout can be rested for 15 minutes."

"Huh...... Hehe...... "The audience inhales.

"Fifth, if one side surrenders voluntarily, or is incapacitated, or cannot continue according to its own judgment, then that side is declared defeated. The duel is over. ”

"Hah...... Ha ha...... Hahaha......" The audience laughed.

Listening to the sound of laughter, Nomura Kichizaburo Osa scolded in his heart Hachige red deer, deer maghachi!

It would be okay to think that such a dignified senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy would preside over the duel, but this duel is in ......

What nonsense!