Chapter 138: The Great White Fleet

After Sun Hao heard Yang Dingtian's words, he understood when he thought about it, Spain in this era had already sunset, and it was no longer the powerful Spanish Empire of the year, but Sun Hao didn't expect that they would rely on cheating the Chinese to sell piglets to the United States. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The western part of the country is very desolate, but it is very rich in minerals, such as gold, aluminum, and copper. These Chinese must have been sold as railroad workers and miners to do some very dangerous work when they were sold piglets to the United States.

The Chinese people are very unfriendly to the Chinese, and the anti-Chinese phenomenon is very serious, but they are unwilling to do those dangerous and dirty jobs, and those mine owners and railway companies can only go to Daqing to cheat the Chinese workers.

It can also be said that the early development of the western region of the United States was indispensable, and the prosperity of the west was built on the bones of countless Chinese, but the remuneration of these Chinese workers was very meager. The most dangerous, onerous, and dirtiest work in the west is basically the preserve of Chinese workers.

Under such an environment, the United States still wants to exclude Chinese, make some anti-Chinese bills, and publicize and scandalize the Chinese.

Sun Hao took out a cigarette, lit it and took a puff, and touched the sparse beard on his chin with his left hand. Western countries are now cloaked in the cloak of civilization, preaching civilized classes everywhere in the Qing Dynasty, and secretly doing some things about men, thieves, women, and prostitutes, and they must unravel the ugly faces of these Western countries.

"Uncle, where did Spain get so many merchant ships?" Sun Hao asked suspiciously, transporting 60,000 people, with the transportation capacity of merchant ships in this era, it will definitely be difficult to complete such a huge transportation task without about 100 ships.

"Spain's own merchant ships, it seems that they are leasing France, Britain, and Kou, and Spain has leased merchant ships from several countries at a high price, and has also leased our 12-bow merchant ships in the Qing Dynasty." Yang Dingtian explained.

Sun Hao heard that Spain had leased so many merchant ships from various countries, it was really a big deal! Sun Hao was not angry because the Yang family leased the merchant ship to Spain, and the merchants traveled all over the country, and these Western powers were not something that the Yang family could offend.

"Uncle, do you know where Spain transported these Chinese prime to the United States?"

Yang Dingtian thought about it for a moment and then said, "Commander Sunzhong, it seems to be the place of Gali. ”

"Is it called California?"

"That's right! Right! It's called California. ”

Sun Hao confirmed that it was California, and immediately understood what was going on, California is not only a state and county with a high gold production in the United States, but also rich in other mineral resources, and it is undoubtedly a good choice to use these cheap Chinese laborers to build railways and open mines.

At this time, Li Yang opened his mouth and said: "The brothers of the Gu Tiandi Society have received news that this time it is not only Chinese workers who are transported, but there may also be many antiques and gold, silver and jewelry. ”

Hearing that there are antiques and gold and silver, Sun Hao is even more angry, foreign devils are very fond of oriental porcelain antiques, and they do everything possible to collect them from the people and then transport them to their own country. The most serious is to encourage those tomb robbers to dig up the graves and steal the burial goods of the dead.

"Team Leader Li, how are the preparations for planning the riot?" Sun Hao looked at Li Yang and asked.

"Commander-in-chief, this matter has been prepared, and it can be implemented immediately when the Third Army of Restoration City arrives."

The First Fleet has gone to Fuming City to transport the Third Army, and now only the Second Fleet is in the South Seas, and if it wants to intercept the transport ships of Spain and the United States, it seems that the only way to speed up is to let them speed up. There are still a lot of antiques and gold and silver in these convoys, and the country will definitely send a fleet to escort them, that's for sure.

"Miao Feng, the First Fleet and the Transport Fleet have arrived at that position now?" Sun Hao looked at Miao Feng and asked.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, it has reached the vicinity of the Aru Islands and is expected to reach the island of Kararon in five days."

"The telegram ordered the First Fleet to speed up, and in six days it must reach the vicinity of Guam, intercept the escort fleet of the United States, and save this group of Chinese."

"Yes!"

"Captain Li, where is the Great White Fleet of the United States?" Sun Hao looked at Li Yang and asked. Sun Hao knew that although the Li family and the Yang family were businessmen on the surface, they both had their own intelligence networks. Huaxia's intelligence network is far from being able to control Nanyang, let alone covering the Qing Dynasty or the United States.

"Commander-in-chief, the Great White Fleet of the United States has arrived in Guam a few days ago."

After Sun Hao heard this, his brows furrowed. The United States has already transferred its most powerful Great White Fleet to Guam, and there must be other meanings in this. Otherwise, it is enough to escort Chinese workers and antiques, and the Pacific Fleet arranged by the United States in the Philippines is enough. Now that even the Great White Fleet is involved, it seems that things are far from being as simple as they seem.

On October 18, 1908, after nearly a year's long journey, the Great White Fleet finally arrived at the most important stop on the journey -- the port of Yokohama in Kouguo.

The United States let the Great White Fleet sail around it completely to show its muscles to the world, and it is also a deterrent to the Kou country. This voyage not only added great glory to the Roosevelt administration, but also allowed the country to establish itself as a maritime power. On the one hand, the countries of the world appreciated and recognized the comprehensive strength of the United States, and on the other hand, it proved the transoceanic combat capability of the United States fleet, thus greatly deterring the British and the unconvinced Kou State at that time.

However, Sun Hao believes that the combat capability of the Great White Fleet of the United States is not strong, and the design of the Great White Fleet is still in the design concept of secondary artillery and main gun. The main battleships of the Great White Fleet have a displacement of about 16,000 tons, and each main battleship only has two main guns.

In terms of the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Great White Fleet, Sun Hao felt that the First Fleet was enough to kill them, the firepower of the main battleships of the Great White Fleet and the main battleships of the First Fleet could not be compared at all, and even the firepower of the First Fleet's battle cruisers was far stronger than that of the main battleships of the Great White Fleet.

Even if the Pacific Fleet and the Great White Fleet of the United States are united, they are not the opponents of the First Fleet, in order to add a double insurance, Sun Hao plans to send a submarine force to lurk on the bottom of the sea, first, to prevent the warships of the Mi Army from escaping, and second, in case of a mistake in the First Fleet, the submarine force can take a helper.

Sun Hao knew that his family was still very weak and could not afford to lose a strong fleet. The First Fleet has not been formed for a long time, and the skill training of the fighters is far from enough, so it is best to use the submarine force to strengthen the insurance.

This time, the First Fleet was sent to battle in order to let them see blood, so that the soldiers of the First Fleet could become real warriors after the baptism of blood.