What is that?

Is it a bank robber? Terrorists?

If you were living in the late twentieth century or early twenty-first century, they would have thought so; But it was 1895, and the classic image of a terrorist with a three-hole hood had not yet been born, so the American immigrants on the docks and the Japanese onlookers nearby were all stunned. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a few moments, they came to a near-unanimous conclusion: it was a bunch of heavily armed eccentrics, or madmen.

It can only be explained in this way. Hawaii is in the tropics, and it's summer, so anyone in their right mind wouldn't dress like a mercenary, let alone wrap their head in a hood - don't these guys feel hot?

Either they're all weirdos, or they're all crazy, in short, they're anything but normal.

But no one dared to despise these mercenaries. Although they could not see their expressions, the bayonets on their rifles told all onlookers that their weapons were not toys, and that if anyone dared to offend them, he had better be prepared to have a few holes in his body first.

At least it seems, these militants are indeed ready to send any offender to God.

But actually......

"Hey, look at those guys, they seem to be scared by us." Wen Deji heard a mercenary behind him chuckling triumphantly.

The other mercenary squealed in agreement.

"Scared? Of course, it's a good thing they can't see your face right now, otherwise you wouldn't even be scared of children. Vane sneered, "Guys, you're so unserious. ”

"What does it matter, Vince?" The first mercenary replied nonchalantly, "As long as we're wearing this damn black hood, no one will ever be able to see our faces." Obviously, that's the main purpose of the company giving us this stuff......"

"Be quiet, Mr. Hill." Thomas turned around and sternly interrupted the speaker's attempt to continue, "We're going to disembark." ”

"Yes, sir." He muttered a few more words, and finally fell silent.

The procession continued to move slowly, and one by one the mercenaries made their way up the dock through the narrow gangway - but did not stop, but kept going. No one knew where they were going, maybe a week around the island, but in short, they had to keep moving before they were given the order to stop.

Onward, ongoing, walking in front of the crowd with neat steps, intimidating the damned Japanese monkeys with bayonets and letting them know how strong the United States of America is; Go ahead, keep going.

Mahan looked at the mercenaries expectantly.

"I'm skeptical that this will be a deterrent. Colonel, even with the addition of your marines, we have only two thousand people. Yi Shui whispered next to him, "I've done my best to arrange it, but if I'm unlucky, this demonstration may have the opposite effect." ”

Mahan's face was relaxed. "That's not something we need to worry about...... The military has nothing to do with politics, the only thing we have to do is to carry out the order, and as for what will turn out in the end, whether the Japanese will come to the wrong conclusions, that is a matter of concern to Washington. And ......"

"The purpose of this demonstration is to make the Japanese monkeys understand the determination of the federal government." Finally, he explained to Yi Shui, who was listening carefully, "How many soldiers were sent was only a secondary issue. This is Hawaii, far from Japan and far from the United States -- but closer to the United States, and if American troops occupy it, it will be a difficult problem for the Japanese government to solve. ”

Yi Shui understood what he meant. With Japan's national strength, it does not have the ability to send expeditionary forces, including a large number of land forces, to the eastern Pacific region, and if Hawaii is occupied by the United States, it is impossible for the Japanese navy to cruise around Hawaii for a long time. So as long as the U.S. government is determined to seize Hawaii, even if it only sends 2,000 soldiers, the Japanese government will be helpless.

But only if the U.S. government is determined to take Hawaii at all costs at the risk of war with Japan.

Based on past circumstances, this is not possible.

"So the Admiralty gave us this task," Mahan continued, "and Washington wanted to send a signal to the Japanese that the attitude of the U.S. government was changing and that we were ready to take the plunge." ”

"But the federal government is likely still reluctant to ......"

"It doesn't matter if Washington is willing to take the risk or not. As long as the Japanese believe that Washington will take risks, this is enough. ”

There was silence for a while, and then Yi Shui asked, "Is it said in the order of the Admiralty?" ”

"It's my own inference." "Otherwise there is no reason why the Admiralty would order us to come here to demonstrate to the Japanese diaspora," said the Admiral. ”

Yi Shui raised his eyebrows. He remembered that Mahan had just told him that the military had nothing to do with politics, but that he himself was interested in political issues......

"Oh, I'm a little different from the others," said Mahan with a smile, as if sensing his doubts, "and I have to consider politics when I study military theory." Moreover, you are not a real soldier, Mr. Yi Shui, you are a businessman, and politics is something you have to care about. ”

"You're right, Mr. Colonel." Yi Shui hesitated for a few seconds, and finally accepted this explanation. But he added, "But my ability to reason is not enough." ”

"You're still too young and inexperienced. You have to understand that not all young people in their twenties have the same keen and long-term vision as Mr. Qin of your company. After a pause, the admiral said, "Let's go, let's go ashore, Mr. Minister is waiting for us on the dock." ”

"He must have been very surprised to see me."

"There is no doubt that he will." Mahan laughed—at first, he was just as surprised when he heard that a Chinese lieutenant colonel would join the fleet—and they both walked at the same time to the gangway that led to the docks.

At this moment, the Marines, who were the vanguard of the procession, had left the dock and entered the street, and more and more Hawaiian residents saw them and joined the onlookers. American immigrants began to cheer, natives and overseas Chinese with mixed feelings, and the Japanese, naturally, they were not very happy.

But soon, the figure of the mercenary followed the Marines into their sight. Like the crowd on the pier, onlookers on the street were stunned.

"What's that?"

"Fool, that's the American army."

"I think the fool should be you." Although there was indeed a language problem in his words, the Japanese, who were called "fools", did not hesitate to hit back, "Judging by the attire of this team, it should not be the American army." ”

"Only a fool would think that he can tell which country an army belongs to just by its attire." The second Japanese snorted coldly, "That army is behind the American army, and of course it is also the American army." ”

"Only a fool would think that the one who follows the American army must be the American army......"

"You two, shut your mouth for me." Kuroshima glared angrily at the two chattering subordinates. Their senseless quarrels were not only a waste of time, but also made him unable to think normally. "If you really have time, then go and find out the identity of that army." He said sternly.

"I'm so sorry." The two of them bowed to him, and quickly ran away - since Kuroshima had asked them to investigate the background of that army, they had better get to work immediately.

It's definitely not a good thing to make Hitoshi Kuroshima angry. This young intelligence officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a deep family background, and angering him is tantamount to a death sentence for his own future.

But Kuroshima doesn't feel like the kind of villain who likes to communiqué personal vendettas, and although he does sometimes put little shoes on fools who don't like his eyes, that's just an isolated phenomenon. Most of the time, he is very forgiving, and even if someone makes a mistake, he will not necessarily be seriously pursued.

Unless they do make a serious mistake.

Now Kuroshima felt that someone had made a serious mistake, and unfortunately, that person was himself, who had been operating in San Francisco and Los Angeles for some time, without receiving any information about the possibility of the U.S. government sending troops to Hawaii.

This either shows that the Americans have done a very good job of secrecy, or that this is another incident similar to the farce of 1893, or that it is ...... said he was derelict in his duties.

Historically, the latter scenario is more likely.

Of course, there is a good chance of a second scenario, but the main force behind that farce was American immigrants from Hawaii, and this time, ...... What is the origin of those armed men? Hitoshi Kuroshima wants to get an accurate message.

But two of his subordinates did not gather any information that satisfied him.

"Americans in Hawaii don't know who those armed men are, and they've never seen soldiers in similar attire before, even when they're in the United States."

"No one knows what the purpose of this force is in Hawaii, not even the staff of the American Embassy. Perhaps only the American minister himself was aware of the situation. ”

"In charge of commanding this force is a U.S. Navy Colonel named Alfred•Thayer•Mahan, and a Qing ......"

"A Qing countryman?" Hitoshi Kuroshima was confused. A Qing countryman? Commanding the U.S. Army? What a joke is this!

"Yes, a Qing countryman, wearing an American military uniform...... Nakasa. ”

"Stare at him."

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