The eyes of the whole world were focused on the maritime operation in the North Sea, which could affect the entire European war, but two days later, the news from the Americas shocked the world...... U.S. President William? Taft officially announced on 3 November that, after careful consideration, the United States had decided to carry out a general mobilization and would immediately send five divisions to participate in the war of the Allied Powers in Europe and accept the command of the Allied Joint Command.

The news was transmitted back to Beijing almost as quickly as possible, and Zhou Ruidong's cabinet immediately convened an emergency meeting on the matter, and a little later, the Chinese government took military action in response, and the Seventh and Eighth Armies of the South China Theater stationed in Manila, Luzon, carried out an emergency mobilization, and two days later, on the afternoon of November 5, boarded the ocean-going transport fleet escorted by the battleships Luoyang and the Tiankui, and sailed to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

On the same day, the 2nd and 7th Divisions of the Chinese Marine Corps stationed in Hawaii were ordered to be stationed in the Colombian province of Panama, and on the same day, the Colombian government announced that it welcomed the neutral management of the Panama Canal by the Chinese army......

As soon as the news broke, the U.S. government immediately protested, because a large number of military supplies from the east coast of the United States to Australia were originally planned to be transported through the Panama Canal by the end of the year, and now the Chinese are apparently responding through the Colombian government, and the Chinese army has long been the most effective control of Panama Province.

While putting pressure on Colombia, the U.S. government sent a note to the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Du Ping. He demanded that China abide by the commitment to open the canal in the Sino-British Panama Canal Agreement, but Du Ping immediately rejected it very strongly, citing the interpretation clause in the supplementary bill of the agreement. According to the Sino-British agreement on the free navigation of the Panama Canal, the use of the canal in wartime must not harm China's interests, and Du Pin made it very clear that the United States has violated the agreement between the two sides on the interests of the Pacific Ocean by sending a large-scale additional fleet to the Pacific Ocean.

Du Pin even spoke very frankly to U.S. Secretary of State Ferrand? Knox said that the United States strengthens its naval power in the Pacific, for the United States. This is a complete mistake that will force China to tighten its grip on the Pacific and will directly undermine U.S. influence in the Pacific...... The current problem of navigation of the Panama Canal. is the most direct manifestation, and the American fleet in the Pacific Ocean, should not exist at all!

This very blunt comment seems to have stimulated the nerves of the US government. November 6. U.S. Secretary of War Jacob? Dickinson wrote an article in the New York Times, which takes a more serious stance, and very directly criticizes the Chinese government's position, arguing that China is losing its neutral position as a neutral country, and this will affect the role of the US Navy in the Pacific.

In response to the strong reaction of the U.S. military, the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. actually did not make an official response. Knox visited Du Pin again on the 8th, hoping to know the exact attitude of China in the European war, but he received a reply. Or Du Ping's sincere advice -- the United States should not intervene in the Pacific, and China will not mind the US government getting more involved in wars in the Atlantic or even on the other side!

Just as the U.S. government is bothering to figure out China's intentions. On November 11, just as the German Army surrounded the port of Nantes, an important town in western France, and engaged in fierce battles with the British Expeditionary Force and the remnants of the French Army that were holding here, Spee's fleet, which had disappeared from the Pacific Ocean for more than a month, suddenly appeared quietly on the west coast of the United States......

On the morning of the 11th, Tuhaspo, the only port town on the island of Santa Catalina, 250 kilometers northwest of Santiago, was suddenly shelled by a warship flying an unknown flag.

The 210mm guns and 120mm rapid-fire guns on the Emden light cruiser were a complete one-sided slaughter for the port of Tuhaspo, which was almost entirely filled with fishing boats and cargo ships.

At noon on the same day, the Pacific Squadron stationed at the San Diego military port on the west coast had already received information that a small warship of unknown nationality was infested and shelled one of its own small islands, but the information was not very detailed, and even the naval command in San Diego could not be convinced of the reliability of the news.

As the only military port on the west coast of the United States, the San Diego military port was originally the home of the US Pacific Fleet, but due to the agreement with Britain and the positive attitude of the US Navy towards the Pacific Theater, the main force of the entire Pacific Fleet did not stay here, but all went to Brisbane, Australia.

However, the San Diego military port still retains its considerable strength, and the former dreadnought battleship of the USS Kentucky forms the core of defense, and as many as 10 torpedo boats and destroyers in the military port make full use of the excellent defense system of the military port, which can form a full defense radiation on the entire west coast...... In fact, the closest military force to the west coast of the United States is actually the Chinese Navy stationed in Hawaii, and fighting the Chinese, even if they are fearless before deploying a few ships, is meaningless and has no chance of victory.

As for the rest...... There was no other circumstance, but what was happening now was precisely the unimaginable special circumstance, and soon the commander of the detachment left behind in San Diego, Rear Admiral Fett, made his decision, in addition to raising the port alert level to the maximum, he personally commanded the battleship Kentucky and four more advanced Smith-class destroyers to go to sea in search of this troublemaker.

At the same time, torpedo boats and small destroyers in the direction of Santiago, Long Beach, Ventura, and of course the native defense left the harbor one after another, trying to search for all the news of enemy ships!

However, as soon as Rear Admiral Fitt's flagship sailed out of San Diego, it was seen by a Chinese merchant ship anchored outside the harbor, and two hours later, Admiral Spee had received the news, which made him make a decision immediately!

On the morning of the 12th, Rear Admiral Fit, who had been wandering around the coast of the west coast for a day, was obviously very dissatisfied, and after nearly 20 hours of searching, he did not find any valuable clues at all, and at this moment, the fleet had left the military port of San Diego more than 300 kilometers, which made him have to consider the next plan, which was to continue to search for unknown warships to the north, and then return to wait for the other side to be exposed on the west coast.

At this moment, an accident appeared, and the destroyer Linsen, who was on guard on the left flank, suddenly sent a message that an unknown battleship had been discovered! This immediately kept the Fett detachment busy, and the American general gave the order to pursue with great confidence!

Admiral Spee's original goal was naturally to completely destroy all counterattack forces on the west coast of the United States, so the military port of San Diego, adjacent to the Mexican border, became his first target, and the previous sea maneuver in the Pacific Ocean almost day and night made the German fleet with four powerful capital ships suppress too much will to fight.

Now the Yankees have really been fooled, but they have caused a lot of trouble for Spee, especially the battleship Kentucky...... The battleships of the Yankees, in fact, may not be outstanding in combat power, but they are all famous rear armored iron turtles! To fight the enemy, there is no doubt that it is necessary to rely on the large-caliber naval guns on the two battle cruisers, and as for the 210mm main guns of the Scharnhorst-class heavy cruisers, they cannot gnaw at the turtle shells of the opponent at all!

Therefore, Admiral Spee created a small trap for Rear Admiral Fit, this is the coastline of the Americans, it is very likely that a telegram will appear a lot of American torpedo boats in a short time, that thing, the average port city, will be stationed in a small team, so it is necessary to solve the problem in the battlefield of its own presetting. (To be continued......)