Wang Hongliang then ordered five destroyers and dozens of gunboats to be left behind to protect the convoy, while the First Fleet headed for Guam at full speed. At the same time, two destroyers were also sent to Cannes to meet Sun Hao.

Now there are only the fleets of the United States and the fleets of the Huaxia Kingdom in the South Seas, and Wang Hongliang is not worried about the fleets of other countries coming, so he boldly makes this arrangement.

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In the Philippines, the port of Manila has been under martial law, and there are heavily armed American soldiers everywhere, and rows of Chinese and indigenous Filipinos are carrying wooden boxes to the port. Some of these wooden boxes are very large and heavy, and they have to be carried by several people. A team of soldiers with rifles is watching these hard laborers.

On the dock, Admiral McDoom, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, was looking at hundreds of transport ships parked in the harbor. Admiral McDoom smoked a cigar and stared at the Chinese workers with a sad face.

Next to Admiral McDoom stood a gentleman-looking middle-aged blond man, who was none other than Taft, the Governor of the Philippines.

Admiral McDoom was very worried about this escort operation, which transported more than 200 tons of gold, as well as a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and antiques collected from the Qing Dynasty. With so many valuables, escort is very important.

In 1898, the United States invaded Manila, replacing Spanish rule in the Philippines, and then conquered the nearby Negro tribe, annexing the surrounding towns and regions to Manila, making Manila gradually expand. On July 31, 1901, Manila was established as a special city in the Philippines and became the base for the United States to rule the Philippines. Since then, in the business district on the north bank of the Bashi River, high-rise buildings such as large banks, large companies, and large hotels have sprung up, creating today's prosperous Manila.

Manila is the economic center of the Philippines, which concentrates more than half of the country's industrial enterprises, mainly textile, oil extraction, rice milling, sugar refining, tobacco, hemp rope, metallurgical enterprises, etc., accounting for 60% of the country's output value. Manila is also an important transportation hub and trading port in the Philippines, where 1/3 of the country's exports and 4/5 of the country's imports are concentrated.

Admiral McDoom knew why the wealth obtained from the Philippines was not transported to the United States immediately after the occupation of the Philippines, and the gold and precious metals mined for many years were also transported away in small quantities, and he did not dare to transport them in a big way. The antique jewelry collected by the United States from the Qing Dynasty was also secretly transported to Manila, and then it was trying to find an opportunity to transport it to the United States.

In the East, the fleet of the United States is not capable of dominating the world, as well as the powerful British Empire, France, the rising Kou State, and the old powerhouse Rakshasa State. The fleets of these countries are enough to compete with the Pacific Fleet of the United States, and in a society where interests are paramount, if the United States transports wealth with great fanfare, these countries may come to rob it. Admiral McDoom knew this very well.

Especially the newly rising Kou Kingdom, even the invincible Rakshasa Kingdom was defeated by them, and the emperor of the Kou Kingdom was not only eyeing the territory of the Qing Dynasty, but also the Philippines and the Pacific Ocean. Although Admiral McDoom is not involved in politics, he is well aware of the ambitions of the Kou country through the national intelligence agency.

Admiral McDoom was most worried about the combined fleet of the Kou country, and compared to the strength of the two fleets, the Pacific Fleet was powerless to fight back. With the ambition of the Emperor of Kou, knowing that Mi Guo had such a huge fortune in the Philippines, he would definitely order a combined fleet to come and rob it.

It wasn't until the Great White Fleet of the United States sailed around the world to the East to threaten the Kou Kingdom that Admiral McDoom was no longer worried in his heart, but now another Huaxia Kingdom has emerged, and it has two powerful and invincible fleets. Each fleet was equipped with 15 battleships with a displacement of more than 30000 tons.

This is not to blame Admiral McDoom, McDoom also heard rumors, and he couldn't tell the difference between the battle cruiser and the battleship of Huaxia State, and regarded the battle cruiser as a battleship, because the displacement of the battle cruiser and battleship of Huaxia Country was more than 30,000 tons, and the caliber of the main guns was 380mm, but the battleship had two more main guns.

Admiral McDoom's only concern now is the fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom, some time ago with the mysterious sinking of the three major fleets of the British Empire, with the French fleet arranged in the East being sunk by mysterious forces, and with the East India Fleet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands being sunk by the Huaxia Kingdom, the East is now the world of the Huaxia Kingdom. Even there are the Far East Fleet of the Rakshasa Country, the Eastern Fleet and the Combined Fleet of the Kou Country, the Pacific Fleet of the United Kingdom and the powerful Great White Fleet. But none of these countries' fleets were enough to compete with the two fleets of Huaxia Kingdom.

Admiral McDoom also received a telegram from Professor Edier, an expert in the design of American warships, saying that he had personally experienced the decisive battle between the fleets of the Huaxia Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. From the beginning to the end, the warships of the Kingdom of the Netherlands were only beaten, and they did not have the slightest power to fight back. The warships of the Huaxia Kingdom not only have a displacement far exceeding all the warships in the world, but also a huge number, the main warships of the two fleets have reached 30 together, and the caliber of the main guns has reached an astonishing 380mm. Whether it is the range or the accuracy, the artillery technology of the Chinese Navy is at the forefront of the world.

The telegram also reminded that you must not offend Huaxia, Huaxia may still have advanced and mysterious submarine forces, and the British and French fleets were sunk by what strength, it may be the masterpiece of Huaxia, but the two countries have not yet found evidence.

What's even more terrifying is that the warship design of Huaxia has left all countries in the world far behind, and now the warships of many countries are still in the design concept of secondary guns as the main gun and the main gun as the auxiliary, while the warships of the Huaxia country are mainly based on the main gun and supplemented by the secondary gun. It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of the warships of the Huaxia Kingdom has become unprecedentedly strong.

Admiral McDoom also knew that the British Empire and France in the world had designed warships with main guns as the main guns, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands had also followed in the footsteps of the two countries, but the powerful British Empire warships were all sunk by mysterious forces, and they had never experienced actual combat at all, let alone could not get the test of battle results.

Some time ago, McDoom also suggested that His Excellency Taft, the Governor of the Philippines, liquidate the Tiandihui Chinese organization in Manila, and now he is terrified when he thinks about it. If Sun Hao of Huaxia was angry, he would definitely come to attack the Philippines with a warship.

The Chinese organization Tiandihui is all descendants of the Ming Dynasty, and they always think about opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, most of the Tiandihui organizations are composed of descendants of the Ming people, and Sun Hao is also a descendant of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, Sun Hao and the Heaven and Earth Society are all together.

McDoom knew that Sun Hao was attacking the colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and he might not have the ability to attack the Philippines at present, but he was also worried that Heaven and Earth would find an opportunity to make trouble and let Sun Hao find an excuse to attack the Philippines. What's more, basically no one in the world knows how many hole cards Sun Hao has? Does he have a third fleet? Is there a follow-up army unit? It's all a mystery.

In case at this time, heaven and earth will take the opportunity to make trouble and make some bloody incident make Sun Hao angry and attack the Philippines. The United States may lose the colony of the Philippines, as well as the huge wealth of these escorts. McDoom was not a fool, and knew that if Sun Hao found an excuse to start a war, he would definitely encircle and suppress the fleet escorting this time.

Although McDoom was very eager for the two fleets of the United States to have a decisive battle with Sun Hao, he was not completely sure, two fleets with outdated designs were at war with a fleet with advanced design, and McDoom said that he was not worried that it was fake.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you must send elite soldiers to monitor the members of the Heaven and Earth Society in Manila, and you must not let them cause any bloodshed." McDoom looked at Taft, the Philippine governor beside him, and said worriedly.

Taft is not a fool, how could a person who could be the governor of the Philippines be a simple-minded man? Taft nodded slightly when he heard McDum's words, not angry at McDum's impolite behavior.