Almost the same day, at 17 Wall Street in New York, Jefferson paced down a Chinese-made four-wheeled car with a Havana cigar in his mouth, and he looked triumphantly at the European-style six-story building, the exquisite nameplate of the "West Coast Asset Management Company" in front of the door and several tall white guards at the door, all showing their strength to this prime location of New York's rich wealth.

This is the East Coast where wealth is gathered, and he is a penniless poor boy from Houston on the West Coast, after more than ten years of struggle, he is now a big man on Wall Street, and when he saw the boss coming, several white guards immediately came up with a smile to open the way for Jefferson, and a moment later, in his splendid office, the blonde and blue-eyed female secretary had served him a steaming espresso.

Just as Jefferson was holding the female secretary and preparing to make some small movements, someone knocked on the glass door at an inopportune time, and when Jefferson, who looked dissatisfied, got the envelope sent by the other party, he immediately jumped up, and soon, in the secret room on the third floor, a young Chinese man in a suit whispered to him for nearly half an hour, and then left in a hurry, and Jefferson immediately asked the blonde secretary to cancel all the affairs of the past few days, and then hurried out with a thick leather suitcase.

On March 22, Santiago de Cuba, the military center of the Spanish American colonies, welcomed a special guest, escorted by three huge battleships (at least as the Spaniards thought), the Chinese envoy to the four South American countries, Shen Shouchang, arrived in the war-torn South American town on a Spanish merchant ship.

Spanish Governor Willel and Vice Admiral Seravi, commander of the Spanish American fleet, led the Spanish military and political leaders to the port to greet them solemnly, and now the changes in the situation in the American colonies are largely due to the sudden intervention of the Chinese. on this. The Spaniards know it. Otherwise, the coastline of Cuba would have been surrounded by the United States Navy long ago.

And a few weeks ago, Rear Admiral Sevila, who became famous for his raid on the east coast of the United States, was just promoted to vice admiral a few days ago, and the raid of the navy and the potential escalation of the possible Sino-US conflict have completely changed the situation of the entire Spanish-American war, and the United States, a powerful country in the Americas, has to face the challenge of a powerful Chinese navy. The US Navy was clearly far from being prepared, and this was clearly an outcome that the Spaniards would have preferred to see.

When the Chinese Navy's 16,000-ton Tianluo and Tiankui two battle cruisers sailed into the port, the entire port was completely shocked, you know, the main tonnage of the entire Spanish American fleet did not exceed 16,000 tons, and from the perspective of firepower, it was even more far away, Shen Shouchang was obviously very satisfied with the effect of the navy's appearance in San Diego, and immediately invited the Spaniards to board the battleship to visit.

Governor Willer, who came from the army, had apparently never felt the intimidation of such a powerful warship. After all, the Kingdom of Spain today is already a thing of the past. The largest warship in China has a displacement of only more than 7,000 tons, while the most powerful cruiser of the American Fleet, the Cutimi cruiser, is only more than 6,000 tons, and the thickness of the gun barrel is 108,000 miles.

Later, Shen Shouchang and Liu Hetu had a secret meeting with Governor Willel and Lieutenant General Sevila, the content of which was naturally about the Spanish American colonies, and he brought a message from Beijing that China would not interfere in Spain's rights and interests in the American colonies, and that Beijing only wanted to maintain the balance in the Americas! The news came as a surprise to the Spaniards, but it was a little more worried.

Naturally, it is impossible to give assistance without benefits, and the law of the jungle was originally the basis of colonization, although it was far from the Far East to the east coast of the Americas, but Governor Willel and Lieutenant General Cervila were obviously not convinced of the news brought by Shen Shouchang...... Soon, the highest official in charge of the entire Spanish colony raised his top concerns.

"Ambassador Shen, the United States has been making groundless accusations against us about the Cuban riots and claiming to send an army to attack us, can your country put pressure on the United States?"

Shen Shouchang smiled slightly, he didn't come just to talk to the Spaniards, Premier Qin Kai had already asserted the decline of the Spaniards in the American colonies, but without the direct intervention of the United States, it was not impossible to maintain the balance of power in the Spanish American colonies, but the domestic situation in Spain was already in a mess, and if it wanted to compete with the United States, which was now on the rise rapidly, Spain was obviously too weak to withstand the pressure of external forces.

"Governor Viller, I want you to understand that your country's attitude is the most important thing to solve the Cuban problem, and with your country's current turbulent political situation and military spending, it will be a big problem that will be difficult to control! Regarding military issues...... Shen Shouchang turned his palm sideways and pointed to the Liuhe diagram next to him, "General Liu can share with you some Jianyi from the military!" ”

Hearing this vital information, Governor Willel and Vice Admiral Cerveilla immediately turned sideways and looked at Liuhetu, the two of them were extremely clear about the changes in the previous battle situation, it was obvious that this young general in his thirties was the doing, including formulating a surprise attack plan for Cervela's fleet and a vigilant cruise, and finally achieved the result of having a slight advantage now.

Liu Hetu looked at the two, touched his nose, and then said with a heavy expression: "Governor Willel, Vice Admiral Cervila, according to the intelligence and military strength calculations we have, once we leave, the current three remaining battleships of the US Navy will be enough to blockade the military ports of Havana and San Diego, and the Newport News shipyard in Furnigia will deliver two new battleships to the US Navy next month, and the combat power is even more powerful than the Iowa class...... If there is a war, these two battleships will soon appear in the Florida Strait! ”

Sevela was also taken aback when he heard it, the intelligence of the Spanish Navy is the same as the Spanish battleships, and it is obviously outdated in this era, especially for the US Navy, I don't know that the Yankees have stepped into the fast lane of battleship construction in just three years, a year ago the US Navy only had two more than 6,000 tons of Maine and Texas second-class battleships, and in just one year, it actually entered service at the same time almost at the same time 4 Indian-class battleships, and now there are 2 new battleships added, this speed and efficiency. Spain is completely powerless to fight!

Liu Hetu obviously saw Sevela's weak expression as well. He had no intention of stopping to let the Spaniards breathe. "According to our latest information, no later than September, the Newport News shipyard will deliver another 3 battleships tentatively named the Illinois-class battleships, that is, if the Americans suspend the current offensive, no later than the end of this year, there may be more than 8 battleships across the Florida Strait, in this case. It is almost unimaginable for the Americans to give up the offensive! ”

The two Spaniards were pale, and it was clear if the information provided by Chinese was accurate...... In fact, this is not difficult to verify, the other side even provided a factory for the construction of new warships, and only needs to ask the military attache of the embassy in the United States to investigate...... Armed with complete crushing, it was absolutely impossible for the Americans to sit idly by and watch Spain continue to occupy the colonies in the Americas!

Liu Hetu gushed endlessly, seemingly completely unaware of the Spaniard's expression, "Besides, we just got the news. Just two weeks before the United States declared war on your country, the US Department of the Navy had just placed a new order for the Kripped shipyard. 4 battleships that completely surpass the Illinois class in tonnage and combat power will be delivered within 2 years at the latest......"

Vice Admiral Severa glanced at Governor Willer, who was already stunned on the side, although this governor is from the army, but there is obviously no obstacle to the understanding of armaments, the Chinese said so much information, obviously just to explain one point - the Spanish-American War, there is no need to fight at all, even if there is a temporary truce, the Yankees will form a huge fleet of at least 12 ships in just two or three years with battleships, this thing will definitely not be used to fish in the Florida Strait! Sooner or later, Spain will still be blown up into cannon fodder by the other side!

The two Spaniards muttered a few words in a low voice, and Governor Willer finally relented, and asked very embarrassedly: "Ambassador Shen, this shape is indeed not optimistic......

Saying the word "optimistic", this guy smiled awkwardly, which was completely the beginning of the tragedy...... "I don't know if your country can provide a suitable diplomatic channel to resolve the war dispute between us and the United States, if it is feasible, even if we pay a part of the price, Lieutenant General Sevela and I will fully support your country's decision to the cabinet!" ”

Shen Shouchang nodded, in fact, there is really a feasible way now, but there may not be one, this point he and Liu Hetu have also discussed privately, this land is really far away from the Greater China region, although the Chinese Navy currently completely controls the Pacific Ocean, even so, Liu Hetu can come up with a strategy, but it is only to threaten the West Coast of the United States to achieve a balance on the East Coast.

If you really want to support the Spaniards to fight the Yankees, the price is too great, according to the speed at which the Yankees are building warships now, it is completely dumpling, the current situation, 3 battleships are launched every year, and this is not counting other small surface gunboats, this is really BT, if it is done for a few years, the Yankees' fleet will quickly surpass the Chinese Navy...... Fortunately, listening to Liu Hetu's mention, the Beijing Admiralty has already had a countermeasure!

However, the United States made the first move, but gave itself a greater diplomatic horizon, watching the food and eating by himself, he was afraid that the Spaniard Elm would not be open-minded, he smiled, "Governor Viller, if the battle between your army and the Cuban rebels continues, the Americans will inevitably send the army to intervene directly, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the mainland of your country, which is thousands of miles away, will not be able to support you at all, and there will only be one ...... result."

Willel looked at Severa on the side, and they naturally understood the result, just suppressing the rebels had exhausted hundreds of thousands of Spanish troops in Cuba, and if the Americans landed, this battle would not be fought at all, but those political fools in China would not think so, he thought about it, and then asked suspiciously: "Ambassador Shen, what do you mean?" Is it to negotiate with the rebels! This has been vetoed by Madrid before......"

"The politicians of Madrid are bent on going their own way, and I am afraid that it is you and General Severa who will be buried!" Shen Shouchang immediately interrupted the governor's words, "If both of you are willing to accept the result of defeat, anyway, for us, there will be no loss!" ”

[In addition, Wang Shui Daqu brother told me that I confused the east and west coastlines of the Americas before, and after reading it, it was indeed written backwards, hehe, it will be corrected later! ] Thank you brothers for your correction~~~] (To be continued......)