For the global military confrontation that may break out soon, Qin Kai is naturally very aware of the situation that China will face, which will be the prelude to the war that will determine the future of the world! What worries him even more is that this will be a war on an unprecedented scale that China is about to fight, in fact, the entire state apparatus has been almost all out to cultivate a huge industrial force in the past ten years, precisely to fight against the United States...... This emerging industrial power across the sea.

Projecting military power across the vast Pacific Ocean, even for the new China with strong sea power, is still a huge war of attrition that requires the strength of the whole country to support, but the firmly controlled Panama Canal makes China have an important fulcrum to challenge the United States, and without the support of the Panama Canal, the United States will face a bad situation where the east and west coasts cannot rush to the aid - this is China's biggest advantage today!

However, at this moment, the situation in the Caribbean Sea, thousands of miles away, is completely beyond the control of Qin Kai, and the combination of land and sea of Tang Qingshan and Cai Ye is undoubtedly a heavy injection from the Ministry of Military Affairs in Panama, and what the country needs to do is to immediately put the national industrial machinery that has been accumulated for more than 20 years into war readiness!

A little later, Qin Kai and Ouyang Qing walked slowly through the front hall, and Zhan Tianyou was a few steps behind with a strange expression, but he heard Qin Kai mention a few strange place names - Galaganda, Balkhash!

Compared with the calm of the morning in Beijing, the Caribbean Sea, which is shrouded in darkness at this moment, has obviously already reached a state of saber rattling. After crossing the island of San Andrés, Vice Admiral Schile had received reports from the surrounding destroyer formations that had spotted at least three Chinese Navy destroyers and more than two Colombian Navy vessels, in addition to the destroyers had also found signs of suspected submarine activity.

Although this news came as a little surprise, it was also expected by Lieutenant General Rai. The submarine forces that the Germans are very active today are not big news for the United States, which has long been involved in the war, and the German submarines are technically said to have assistance from China, let alone a secret, so the Chinese Atlantic Fleet submarine forces. Obviously, it makes sense.

"General, Major General Abbasno sent a telegram, he has just received definite news that the Chinese have already laid mines off the coast of Cologne, so it is recommended that we anchor in the port of Limon, Costa Rica to discuss safe countermeasures!" The telegraph room officer brought bad news that Lieutenant General Schiller had to consider the safety of the night flight.

After all, at the moment the fleet is less than 120 nautical miles from both the ports of Limon and Cologne, at a cruising speed of 16 knots of the fleet. Arriving off the coast of Cologne before dawn, such a night attack could have the desired deterrent effect, but the terrifying mines hidden under the sea were indeed targets that had to be carefully guarded against.

Docking in Costa Rica is obviously a good choice, after all, this Central American country because of its close trade relations with the United States, coupled with the United States investment in the construction of a cross-border railway from Port Limont to the east coast, makes the relationship between the two countries very good, this time the United States Navy into the Caribbean Sea an important fulcrum. It is Puerto Limon, which borders the province of Panama in Colombia.

Finally let William? The news of Lieutenant General Schiller's decision was another half hour later. At 9:55 p.m. that night, an urgent telegram was sent from the Key West naval base to monitor the U.S. warships in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when they discovered that the Fujian, the Chinese flagship stationed there, had suddenly set sail and was inexplicably heading north, accompanied only by a few destroyers.

Even the only battleship to advance. As the newest battleship in the Chinese Navy's sequence, the 30,000-ton battleship has almost the most powerful performance on paper in this era, and what worries Vice Admiral Schiller is even more is the data of the Chinese Navy's warships. It has never been made public in the true sense of the word.

But the powerful 343mm main gun, the undefeated naval tradition for nearly 30 years, and the headache of China's strange tactics all made William? Vice Admiral Schiller realized that the Chinese fleet was definitely not dispatched to Bermuda to enjoy the scenery...... There must be something else going on!

"Report Route Forecast!" Vice Admiral Schile immediately stood in front of the chart, staring at the huge sea surface of the port of Cologne on the map, the U.S. Navy has naturally conducted reconnaissance on this crucial node for a long time, as the mouth of the Panama Canal, the Cologne Bay has more than 4 kilometers of exit and nearly 5 kilometers of depth, which can be described as a natural harbor.

After obtaining authorization from the Colombian side, the Chinese built the breathtaking Sherman Fortress on the hill to the left of the port, and the local Chinese garrison called it the Great Wall of Panama, and the fleet against the fortress - such a confrontation, unless there was a huge disparity in strength, would have long proved difficult to win, and Vice Admiral Schiller was clearly aware of this.

In fact, the U.S. Navy has been secretly conducting operational exercises against the Port of Colón and Panama City, and it is obviously not the best strategy to attack them head-on, but the long and gentle east coast of Panama Province obviously gives the Navy enough room for maneuver......

"General, it is expected to arrive at the target sea area at 3:40 a.m." The officer who was lying on the chart was quick to give the information he needed.

"Order the destroyer fleet to step forward and intensify the search, and also tell the British that we will go directly to block the port of Cologne, so that the Chinese can feel the pressure of being blocked!" After a pause, Vice Admiral Schiller made another gesture on the map, and then continued: "No later than 5 o'clock, let the 1st and 2nd fleets form a formation, and order the South Carolina and Michigan formations to escort the supply fleet to Limon Harbor, and rush back to complete the supply no later than 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon!" ”

"Yes ......", "Yes ......", "Yes ......"

After a series of officers answered, Vice Admiral Schiller slammed his fist on the chart, as an American soldier who participated in the conflict in the Florida Strait, he had a lot of feelings about the naval defeat more than ten years ago, the U.S. Navy that had just entered the growth period, was almost completely blinded by the powerful Chinese fleet, but fortunately, the strong American national strength, so that the navy could be reborn, especially with the support of the Allied Britain, in this naval confrontation on the east coast of the Americas, the United States will get an excellent opportunity to expel China's influence.

The tick-tock telegram also quickly transmitted the news back to Washington, and 40 minutes later, President Taft, who was discussing with the Secretary of the Interior, Barringer, was also receiving a message from the War Department, and he immediately signed a secret order......

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Huang Zunxian, the ambassador to the United States who had not slept all night, had already obtained the copy of the "New York Daily" published that day. In addition to strongly condemning China's expansion of sea power for no reason, the Republican president told the people with great certainty that the U.S. government has accumulated enough strength to obtain the rights that should belong to the United States!

Although it is not a declaration of war, the US state apparatus is rapidly entering a state of war against China, and the first confrontation between the two sides is obviously the crucial Panama Canal......

However, at this moment, when the whole of Washington was still asleep, he immediately took up his pen and revised the diplomatic protest that had been prepared long ago, during which the consulate attaché sent telegrams from the Atlantic Fleet and from China, and after reading them carefully, he added a sentence to the protest book - the brutal means of the US government resorting to force will cause turmoil in the entire American region.

At dawn, several officials from the embassy's intelligence room hurried back, and then Major Qian Ping, who was in charge of intelligence, sat at Huang Zunxian's dinner table, munching on pancakes, and reported several lists to him one by one, and then Huang Zunxian circled several of them on the list, and solemnly signed his name, and he immediately went out to the White House to meet US Secretary of State Knox.

At 6:11 a.m., 20 nautical miles northwest of the port of Cologne, Chen Li, wearing a dark blue navy shirt, his dark skin and strong muscles on his bare arms showed his capable military image, and yesterday the naval reconnaissance plane reported the location of the American fleet, so he patrolled nearby early in the morning, preparing to intercept the American fleet at the first time, of course, the order issued by the fleet command this time did not let the Atlantic Fleet dispatch, but let him command the Colombian military ships in the port.

As a large country in South America, Colombia has never been a naval power, not to mention compared with the traditional South American naval powers Chile and Argentina, even the emerging neighboring Brazilian Navy, which was much stronger than Colombia earlier, but all this has undergone fundamental changes after China, according to the agreement reached between the two countries, China donated 10 large surface ships and nearly 40 offshore patrol boats to Colombia, and trained the navy for Colombia in Cologne, for several years, Colombia's navy is already strong enough to control its neighboring waters.

Of course, all this comes at a price, the treaty signed by the two sides to jointly defend the Panama Canal, there is no doubt that this Central American power is tied to the Chinese chariot, although Tang Qingshan, who is in charge of this defense area, is very optimistic about the combat power of the Colombian natives, but it is better than nothing!

Chen Li is the Chinese commander responsible for training Colombian recruits, of course, more than half of the 4 patrol boats are Chinese Navy recruits, but wearing Colombian military uniforms, after a few months of training in this tropics, wearing a unified military uniform, it is actually difficult to distinguish!

"Report, 40 degrees to the left front, American battleship spotted!" Suddenly, a report came from the patrol boat's lookout.

Chen Li, who was holding the telescope, immediately slapped the railing and shouted loudly, "Send a signal to assemble, let's catch up!" Look at what the Yankees have brought! (To be continued.) )