"Two days ago, the Chinese Navy crushed the US Navy in the Caribbean! Capture and sink 11 U.S. warships! ”

"The East Coast of the United States no longer has the strength to fight overseas!"

"China will initiate diplomatic mediation over the situation in Cuba, and the United Kingdom, Germany, and France have agreed to participate in the ......"

Soon, Colonel Gomez was directly shocked by the flood of information that came to his face...... This really short-circuited Colonel Gomez's head, and to be honest, he really couldn't imagine what the Chinese fleet was fighting on the east coast of the United States for. However, he quickly concluded that the mediation mentioned by Shen Shouchang was obviously a good thing for the independent army, which was now on the defensive due to lack of armament!

Later, the senior officer of the Independence Army mixed his expression with a mixed expression in the ranks of diplomats, and saw a large number of Spanish officials and officers, including the governor of Cuba, Willer, appear on the scene, but what really made the atmosphere completely hot was obviously the huge fleet that had been out of the port for nearly an hour, covering the entire coastline.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Shen Shouchang took Gomez to board the Sirius, which had just anchored, the colonel of the Cuban Independence Army, who had only commanded an army of 5,000 people, was very shocked to ask about the price of this extremely shocking warship, and then said with great emotion that once Cuba became independent, he hoped to get China's assistance in naval construction, which made Liu Hetu, the commander of the 13th Squadron who accompanied him, also smile slightly...... These Cuban natives are really ambitious!

On the 29th, a report on the construction of a naval port in Jamaica was sent to the Prime Minister's Office in Beijing, where he obtained an important supply point in the Atlantic, which was a blue ocean for him. Naturally, I understand the importance of this. But. That place was too far away from the mainland, and after a little consideration, he immediately gave instructions, and these supply ports, which did not seem to be too important at present, were obviously not suitable for directly playing the banner of China.

On the afternoon of the same day, as the news of the overall collapse of the US Navy was gradually revealed, the whole United States was in an uproar, although the inflammatory media such as the New York Times frantically clamored to rebuild a large navy on the West Coast and compete with the Chinese for the Pacific Ocean. However, the impeachment motion, which was jointly sponsored by 21 members of Congress from New York, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina, pointed the finger at President McKinlai's missteps in Cuba policy.

On the 30th, Herman, the Republican Party whip of the US Congress, also announced in a high-profile manner that he would launch an investigation into the filing of the Navy, demanding that the War Department and the War Department be prepared to be questioned by Congress to investigate the unacceptable failures in the Sino-US conflict, and the White House also published President McKinley's explanation of the Sino-US conflict on the 30th.

Military action against Cuba is authorized by Congress, and the White House only refers it to Congress when diplomatic mediation cannot reach an outcome. and finally make a decision to carry out the ...... Of course, for the unjustifiable defeat of the Navy. Secretary of War Russell? Alger, Secretary of the Navy John? Takashi announced on the same day that he had taken all responsibility and resigned.

On 31 July, a motion by the New York Democratic Congressman Pearson proposed to the US Congress a motion to immediately stop the military conflict with China and seek a truce, which once again caused an uproar; the Republican Party was obviously unwilling to lose the upcoming new general election in this matter, and immediately announced that it would move the Navy's $20 million bill on additional military spending, while the Democratic Party went all out to criticize the White House's mistakes in handling the conflict with China, and if it had paid attention to the negotiations mediated by Britain earlier, it would not have suffered a fiasco in the Caribbean.

On 1 April, a new piece of news flooded the front pages of the American newspapers that the Spanish fleet had reappeared on the east coast of the United States, and that the port of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, had been shelled and suffered heavy losses, while the small number of shore defense guns laid there did not pose much threat at all under the fierce offensive of the opposing navy......

For a time, the call for laying mines in the southern ports of the West Coast to prevent a surprise attack by the West Pulling Tooth Fleet, and even the Chinese fleet, completely overshadowed the call to try to expand the war, especially New York, which was close to the coast, was threatened with a possible naval raid, and there was even news that China would launch a naval war from the West Coast, at which time, the West Coast states, which were far less defensive than the East Coast, would be wiped out.

Some people even claim that China may send a large number of troops from the Far East to land on the west coast, occupy the cities there, and burn the war on the land of the United States, although these news are somewhat unbelievable, but anyone who thinks of the amazing human resources that Far East Greater China now possesses, in addition to China itself, many countries in South Asia can be included in the Chinese vassal states, which will be a huge country with a population of nearly one-third of the world.

After the news spread, it immediately set off a series of chain reactions, and the Wall Street stock market in New York suffered a black Waterloo for a week, and the index fell by more than 30%, even after the White House debunked the rumors, the stock market continued to decline......

On 11 April, the British Minister to the United States, Sir Chuckleton, and the German Minister to the United States, Lord Müller, called on President McKinley one after another, and they made very clear the attitude of the two countries, hoping that the US Government would immediately stop military confrontation with China.

At this point, on 12 July, at the White House, Britain and Germany came forward, and Chinese Minister to the United States Huang Zunxian and US Secretary of State Sherman attended the eighth round of diplomatic mediation between the two countries.

On the same day, US Secretary of State Sherman put forward a precondition for the talks, demanding that the Chinese Navy not attack the West Coast of the United States, and Huang Zunxian said very generously that although it was the US Navy that started the war, the Chinese military was willing to take the initiative to stop fighting for a week so that the two sides could hold full and in-depth negotiations on this conflict.

One week...... This was obviously Huang Zunxian's ultimatum to the Yankees, and Sherman reported to President McKinlai immediately after the adjournment, and finally reached a preliminary agreement with Huang Zunxian in the afternoon of the same day, accepting in principle the seven-point framework of agreement, including apologies and reparations, and conducting in-depth negotiations.

On the 17th, the day before Huang Zunxian's ultimatum, China and the United States finally signed an armistice agreement, and Secretary of State Sherman and Huang Zunxian signed a summary of the agreement between the two countries, which will take effect immediately after being approved by the parliaments of the two countries!

On the 22nd, when the news was revealed in the media, at Homestead Army Base in Florida, Theodore, who had earlier resigned from the Deputy Secretary of the Navy to recruit the Volunteers and conduct pre-war training here? Roosevelt, after repeated orders from the War Department, had to disband the army of nearly 6,000 men that had just been assembled and left in disgrace.

On May 25, with the intervention of China, Britain, and Germany, the shadow of war hanging over the east coast of the Americas finally dissipated, and after the signing of the "East Coast Agreement" between China and the United States, the US government obtained an armistice guarantee from China, and on the same day, a Colombian merchant ship loaded with 100,000 rifles transferred from Colombia sailed into the area of Amangio, which was under the control of the Cuban independence armed forces, escorted by a Chinese destroyer.

Just two days earlier, Shen Shouchang had signed an agreement with the Spanish side to sell two captured American cruisers to the Spanish American fleet for $500,000...... Two days later, Britain and Germany also obtained agreements from Spain and authorized Puerto Rico and Jamaica to build military ports.

On June 1, Xu Shoushan summoned the captured American admirals in Jamaica and announced to them the armistice agreement between the two countries, and they would return to Florida on British merchant ships in the concession in accordance with the agreement between the two sides, of course, the other four captured American warships, including three Indiana-class battleships, were towed to the port of Colón, Panama, where a large shipyard was said to be built. (To be continued......)