Chapter 371: The American Stick

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On the one hand, he mobilized a 349th Infantry Wing in Cheonan and the 78th Artillery Wing in Liquan to support in the direction of Suwon and Seoul.

He sent a telegram to Tokyo asking Emperor Meiji to urge the United States to give them military support as soon as possible.

Emperor Meiji saw his anxiety and desperation in Aritomo's behavior in Yamagu, and Meiji was already aware that Japan might lose the Korean Peninsula as a result.

Emperor Meiji said in a telegram from Aritomo Huiyama that peace talks with Hainan might still be in time at this moment, otherwise he might miss the opportunity and lose all of North Korea.

Yama Prefecture Youpeng firmly said that he must defeat the Hainan army on the Korean Peninsula, and he will make a bet for the Japanese Empire!

Emperor Meiji could not have predicted the outcome of this war. The illness seemed to have made him lose his sharp judgment, and he no longer had the sharpness he used to have.

The old ministers around him left him one by one, and Emperor Meiji already felt that he had lost the fearless fighting spirit of his early years, and he was a little tired of playing.

However, Yamaguchi Aritomo is still so full of fighting spirit, the staunchest supporter and executor of Japanese militarism, he still dreams every day that he can enjoy the glory of the East Asian alliance.

Emperor Meiji forced himself to cheer up, and he ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact the American side and ask their Pacific Fleet to help Japan.

In the office of the President of the White House, Theodore Roosevelt was arguing with Vice President and Senate President Charles Fairbanks over Japanese affairs.

"Mr. President, the ambition of the Japanese is well known to the world, and their ambition is to have the whole world," Fairbanks said. The reason why the Japanese wanted to cooperate with us in the United States was because their domestic economy was on the verge of collapse after the war. What the Japanese need is our capital input. If they become strong under the auspices of the United States, sooner or later, he will bite us like a vicious dog. Mr. President, I don't think Japan is our best partner. ”

President Theodore Roosevelt frowned and said, "I especially like this West African proverb: Speak softly, but carry a big stick, and you will succeed." We, the American government, should use force as a backing to force those countries and regions that try to be self-righteous to follow the rules and obey the orders of the United States. The United States will be the master of this world.

In Latin America, we have successfully implemented what they call the 'stick policy' and 'gold-dollar diplomacy', and I want to replicate this theory in Asia.

Japan is a country of great restlessness and is the ideal player for us to choose to implement this policy.

It is precisely because the Japanese are ambitious that they will be used by us. If a country does not have **, our policies will not be very attractive to them. ”

Charles Fairbanks said: "Your Excellency, from my observations of the king of Hainan in the past few years, this man is by no means a thing of the pool, but a Napoleonic figure. He should be a gentleman compared to the Japanese, who are too mean and cunning to get along with. ”

Theodore Roosevelt laughed and said, "My Vice President, what we need is a villain, and only this kind of villain will be moved by interests." If he is a hero who shoulders the rise and fall of the nation and the country, how can he be at our mercy.

For it is only by giving some kind of ambitious person what they want that we will get in exchange for what we are trying to achieve.

We want to give the Japanese what they want North Korea in exchange for a balance of our interests in Asia.

If we do not contain it, Hainan Wang Chen Zhong will eventually become our real opponent. Therefore, we must use the hands of the Japanese to balance the growth of Hainan. ”

"So, Your Excellency, how should we deal more appropriately with the current problems on the Korean Peninsula?"

Theodore Roosevelt pondered for a moment, and said, "I think we should let our Pacific Fleet flex its muscles in the Yellow Sea, and when the King of Hainan sees our mighty fleet, he should be somewhat restrained."

However, for the sake of safety, there is one person who must go to the Pacific Fleet when it enters the Yellow Sea, and that is Rear Admiral Robert. He and Admiral Chen Fangzheng, the commander of the Admiralty of the Hainan Palace, were alumni, and they should have studied at the Royal Naval College in the United Kingdom in the same period. ”

Charles Fairbanks said, "I see, Mr. President, that your wisdom is always respectable, and that you are the pride of our America. Then I will convey to the Admiralty the President's order to Rear Admiral Robley Evans to lead our American Pacific Fleet into the Yellow Sea. ”

Fifty minutes later, cruising in the Pacific Ocean at 147.5 degrees and 20.1 degrees from Tokyo, Rear Admiral Robory Evans, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Far East Fleet, received a telegram from the U.S. Navy Department, ordering their fleet to march into the Yellow Sea to help Japan deter Hainan forces in Korea.

Chen, who was in command of the Battle of Seoul in Incheon, received a telegram from MI7 at the first time.

The cable said that the United States had identified the Pacific Fleet to the Yellow Sea to deter Hainan troops. Admiral Robert of the Admiralty was transferred to the fleet to participate in this operation of the American army, and nothing else was said.

Chen Zhong put down the telegram and carefully considered the meaning of the US government. The United States dispatched the Pacific Fleet only to order it to deter Hainan, but did not explicitly say that it would fight against Hainan, so the Americans were also worried that they would lose the war.

Although the US military has not fought with Hainan in the past, the achievements of the Hainan army in the past two years cannot but make the opponent feel a sense of fear.

This shows that the White House of the United States still has reservations about Japan, and they may not want to go to war with Hainan, or even fear war with Hainan.

In addition to Hainan's frightening achievements, another reason is that the Hainan army is still only a regional military force.

Even if the Americans win, they have nothing to show off! However, if the United States loses this battle, then the US fleet will lose face in the Pacific.

Therefore, when Chen Zhong and Chen Fangzheng discussed the issue of the US Far East Fleet in the Pacific Ocean entering the Yellow Sea region, he believed that the US military only wanted to rely on its powerful military strength to play a deterrent role in the Hainan army.

At present, the US Government is not able to devote all its energy to the Far East, and although the big stick of the United States is constantly waving in the skies over Latin America, the countries and peoples of that region have been constantly causing trouble for them.

Now that we have seen through Theodore Roosevelt's conspiracy, he cannot wield his big stick in front of our Hainan army!