In January 1893, with the participation of the U.S. Minister to Hawaii and the U.S. Marine Corps, local American immigrants overthrew the Queen of Hawaii, established a new government, and requested to be incorporated into the United States. In February, the Japanese government sent the cruiser Naniwa to Hawaii to rendezvous with the Kongo, which had arrived earlier, to express its dissatisfaction with the United States. In November, the Japanese government again sent the cruiser Naniwa to Hawaii to inform the Japanese consul general in Hawaii that it "does not recognize any possible government." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yi Shui knows this past. The intervention of the Japanese led to the fact that Washington was forced to abandon its plans for the immediate annexation of Hawaii. However, the merger of the United States with Hawaii was not terminated, it was only postponed. The U.S. government is always looking for new opportunities.

So now, is there a new opportunity?

Maybe. Yi Shui was not sure, but the situation was indeed in favor of the United States - because Japan was in a terrible position, and after forcing the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, it was plunged into a sudden crisis.

On the sixth day after the treaty was signed, Germany, France, Russia, and the United States, which had promised Russia to help it gain control of the Liaodong Peninsula, issued a joint circular to the Japanese government, demanding that Japan return the Liaodong Peninsula to China and that it be given a definite reply within 15 days.

Due to Qin Lang's plan, the historical "Three Kingdoms Intervention to Return Liao" became the Four Kingdoms Intervention. This is very bad news for Japan, which has just ended a war.

After all, while the attitude of the United States may not be insignificant, the threat of the three continental European powers is not something to be taken lightly.

But the Japanese government's response has been bizarre. When there were only three countries intervening, it announced on May 5 that it had renounced the Liaodong Peninsula; Now, with four countries intervening, it has been struggling fumbly -- until Mahan's small fleet left San Diego, and the Japanese government still did not accept the demand.

No one knows why, but the result is clear: Germany, France, and Russia are angry and have serious consequences, and they are preparing to send a fleet to the northeast.

Well, if the Japanese government continues to refuse to accept the conditions, the United States can get a wonderful opportunity to annex Hawaii...... But will the Japanese government continue to hold out?

Probably not. Yi Shui believes that the Japanese government is not yet stupid enough to challenge four great power states at once without the support of its allies, so it is unlikely that Washington will find an opportunity in this incident.

So what was the purpose of the Admiralty for the troops to demonstrate in Hawaii? Is it just to show the Japanese government its determination to annex Hawaii? Yi Shui felt that things would not be so simple; Political issues are never simple, they are only more complex.

However, he could not guess Washington's true intentions at all, and Mahan did not tell him - probably the admiral himself did not know - and seemed to have to wait for the answer to come out on his own.

When the fleet arrives in Hawaii......

Thomas walked into the cabin with a rifle on his back, and the otherwise noisy cabin immediately fell silent. Every mercenary, whether he was playing cards, watching someone else play cards, or reading a book, or sleeping in his bed, all looked up at their superiors.

Of course, they also noticed the barrel that came out of his back.

"Gentlemen, I have something to announce." The squad commander shouted, "The fleet will enter the harbor in an hour, and now begin to sort out the equipment." Wen," he gestured to Wen Desi, "take a few people to the squadron headquarters and get our weapons and ammunition back." ”

"Distribute weapons and ammunition, sir?" Not just Wen Desi, everyone in the team had a surprised expression. "We're in trouble?"

Their reactions are normal. In order to prevent anyone from causing disturbances on board, all weapons and ammunition are concentrated in the cargo hold, which is under the unified management of the brigade headquarters and is only distributed to everyone in case of emergency...... Now when weapons and ammunition are distributed, everyone thinks only of this situation.

"Don't be cranky, gentlemen. Weapons and ammunition were given to you only because the Admiralty asked you to go to Hawaii to terrorize the Japanese monkeys there. Thomas explained, "Mr. Yi Shui thinks it would be better for us to be fully armed. ”

Everyone breathed a clear sigh of relief.

"Text, hurry up," Thomas urged, "we only have an hour. Hopefully there will be enough time. ”

"Understood, sir." Although he thought the team would be able to get their equipment in order in an hour anyway, he immediately stood up and walked out of the cabin with the mercenaries he had called by name.

After a few minutes, they returned with some boxes full of weapons and ammunition.

"Everybody came over and got their gear." He picked up his rifle, pistol, bayonet, and nine ten-round magazines and three quickloaders with good ammunition, and stepped aside. The rest of the squad gathered around and began to search for their weapons in the crates.

Each weapon has a clear owner, and mercenaries mark the weapons they use, which ensures that they don't take the wrong thing - but there are also people who deliberately take someone else's weapon.

Vane was a rifleman, but picked up a Browning automatic rifle in the case - it was still John•Browning's design, and the performance did not change much compared to the historical weapon of the same name, except for the use of .308 rifle cartridges, the other difference being that it looked more like an M14 with a bipod mounted.

This weapon has been around for some time, but it has been at the testing stage and has not been put into full-fledged production. If it weren't for the fact that the troops were going to carry out a mission in China, Qin Lang would never have let the factory produce a batch of pre-production models.

So it's a novelty for mercenaries.

"Wow, look at this thing," Vane boasted to the others, "I've heard that if you pull the trigger and don't let go, it can fire all the bullets out of the magazine in an instant." ”

"You heard it right, it does kill all the bullets in one go." A hand reached out from behind Vane and snatched the automatic rifle from him. "Vince, it's my thing." The owner of the automatic rifle said, "If you want to play, greet me first, don't do it yourself." ”

"I'm sorry." But there was no apology on his face. Vane returned to the box, picked up the last bayonet inside, hung it on his belt, and placed the pistol, loader, and magazine into the holster, pocket, and magazine bag, before finally picking up the rifle and walking back to the automatic rifleman. "So, Jason, what do you think of your new toy?"

Like everyone else, Jason•Warhs had only gotten his new toy a week before his departure and wasn't fully familiar with it yet, so he couldn't say anything worthwhile. "It's a lot of fun," he said, "but it's heavy and hard to control." ”

"So it's not very good?" Vane looked at the other automatic riflemen, "What do you think?" ”

"It's hard to say, Vince." The unanimous opinion among automatic riflemen was, "You can only figure out if it's good or bad until you've used it yourself." ”

So Vane further asked, "Can anyone let me try?" ”

"Wait until you get to China, Mr. Vane." Thomas walked over, "Aren't you going to check your weapons and equipment?" ”

"Of course, I'll check them, sir." He replied.

"Let's start now, then."

"Yes, sir." Vane could only temporarily put aside his interest in the Browning automatic rifle and go back to bed to check his weapons and equipment.

Time passed quickly in the boring inspection work, and an hour passed quickly, and then someone knocked on the door of the cabin. "Everyone lined up in the hallway. Also, put on the head covering. ”

"Did you hear that?" Thomas began to shout, "Gentlemen, put on your hoods, take up your weapons, and stand in the hallway." He paused, then added, "Move fast!" ”

The mercenaries sprang into action, put on their hoods, grabbed their rifles and ran out of the cabin, standing in a long line in the corridor against the bulkhead waiting for new orders. They didn't have to wait long, and the new order soon arrived: "Get on the bayonet." ”

Everyone carried out this order meticulously.

Soon, the order came again. "Take the squad as a unit, advance in a single column, and walk in unison."

The long queue began to move forward.

Outside, on the docks, thousands of informed U.S. residents were preparing to warmly welcome the troops from home — they didn't know what was going on, and although the U.S. minister in Hawaii knew that the mercenary-majority force would only be in Hawaii for a few days, he didn't tell anyone what was going on, only that an American troop was about to arrive, as requested by the State Department.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, this army was sent by Washington to strengthen the American military in Hawaii. Normally, this only means one thing: the U.S. government has decided to annex Hawaii.

This is good news, everyone is excited, elated, and some are even already preparing for a celebration. However, the Americans who gathered on the pier soon discovered that the situation was not as simple as they thought.

At first, they saw heavily armed Marines, but soon they saw mercenaries in black hoods with only eyes and mouths exposed.

The problem is that no one has ever seen the mercenaries of the Umbrella company.

"What's that?" Someone is asking.

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