Chapter 160: The United States is worried
A day later, the First Fleet arrived in Guam. Since the United States seized Guam from Spain in the Missian War in 1898, the United States has been building a large number www.biquge.info of buildings on Guam, and has also built a military dock.
However, all this is cheaper Sun Hao, although the dock in Guam cannot moor large warships, it is barely enough for now.
Spanish prisoners of war and American prisoners of war were ordered by Sun Hao to all use them to build houses for the convenience of tens of thousands of Chinese.
At the same time, Sun Hao once again bought 100,000 women from Wang Bo of Wuji Continent, bought a lot of food items from Li Gang, and asked those women to form a family with these Chinese compatriots.
Sun Hao also left a battalion of marines to manage the more than 20,000 rice and Spanish prisoners of war, and also asked these marines to recruit Chinese to form a full-fledged division.
A few days later, the First Fleet arrived on Sangi Island and joined the Third Army.
Sangi Island is only a few hundred kilometers away from the Sultan Moro Kingdom on Lao Lanmian Island, and it is completely a bridgehead for attacking the Philippines.
After Long Wenshan, commander of the Third Army, saw Sun Hao, he almost jumped up with excitement. It had been several days since the Third Army arrived on Sangyi Island, and Long Wenshan saw Sun Hao's arrival and knew that he could show his skills.
In the conference room of the First Fleet's flagship Warrior, Sun Hao, the supreme leader of the Huaxia Kingdom, Shen Jun, the chief of staff, Yang Dingtian, the head of the Yang family on Laolanmian Island, Long Wenshan, the commander of the Third Group Army, and Miao Feng, the confidential secretary, were all sitting on chairs with serious faces.
Sun Hao's eyes swept around, then he looked at Miao Feng and said, "Secretary Miao, please give you a detailed description of the deployment of the Mi Army in the Philippines." ”
"Yes!" Miao Feng stood up immediately, saluted, and said loudly. "According to the intelligence of Li Yang Li, the Mi army has arranged an infantry division in Zamboanga on Lao Lanmian Island, about 15,000 people, Bawang Island has 1,000 troops, Naga Island has about 5,000 people, Manila has about 20,000 people, Luzon about 15,000 people, and some scattered islands also have Mi army troops, but there are not many, all of them add up to about 60,000 troops."
With 200,000 well-equipped Third Group to deal with more than 60,000 meters of troops, as well as the First Fleet's naval artillery support, and even more with hundreds of large, medium, and small airships to bomb and support, this war should be no problem as long as you are not a fool.
"Commander-in-chief, is it possible to start Team Leader Li Yang's plan? Anyway, the big white fleet of the United States has been wiped out by us, and it is estimated that many countries already know this news. Shen Jun looked at Sun Hao and said.
"Yes, we can start implementing it."
After that, several people began to discuss the offensive plan, and finally decided that this war would be handed over to Long Wenshan, commander-in-chief of the Third Army, to command, and the chief of staff of the Shen Army would cooperate with Long Wenshan in the battle, including the First Fleet.
The captured warships of the United States and Spain were sent to Cannes for repairs, and the necessary parts and materials were transported from the city of Restoration of Vision.
Although these warships are already outdated, they can still play some role after they are repaired, and there are so many islands in the South China Sea that they can still be used for patrolling.
That night, there was a bloodshed in the ancient city of Manila. Members of the local Heaven and Earth Society, disguised as local natives, attacked the local Mi army patrol, killing and wounding more than 10 Mi soldiers.
When Philippine Governor Taft learned of the news, he ordered the entire city to collect the mob and shot dozens of them dead in a place where the mob was concentrated. These mobs appear to be Chinese on the surface, but they are actually local aborigines and Chinese people of mixed race, and they look like Chinese.
The next day, tens of thousands of Chinese demonstrations broke out in Manila, and it took thousands of army units to disperse the Chinese demonstrators, but the demonstrations did not cause bloodshed.
On the same day, Sun Hao telegraphed the world, severely condemning the atrocities of the Mi army in Manila, and claiming that the Mi country innocently killed dozens of Chinese, and Huaxia Guo would avenge the dead Chinese and send troops to drive the Mi country out of the Philippines.
Originally, the defeat of the Great White Fleet by the First Fleet had caused panic all over the world, but now after Sun Hao announced that he would send troops to the Philippines, the whole world was boiling.
Of course, there are also happy countries, such as Germany, Kou, Rakshasa and the Great Qing Dynasty. The most worrying countries are the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
The rise of Huaxia is like a hurricane, the world can't stop it at all, especially the navy of Huaxia, both fleets have very large displacement and fierce firepower warships, far more than any country in this era.
From the Congress to the ordinary people, the country gritted its teeth with hatred for Huaxia, but there was nothing they could do. Now that the United States only has the Atlantic Fleet left, it is not the opponent of Huaxia at all, and it is impossible to send troops all the way to support, so it can only look at the ocean and sigh.
On July 12, 1909, the sky was clear, the summer breeze was refreshing, the blue sky was full of white clouds, the summer breeze was blowing, and the wind and sun were beautiful. On the sea next to Sangyi Island, a bow transport ship is full of Chinese soldiers, and hundreds of ships will be divided into several teams after departure, and will go to various islands in the Philippines to attack the Mi army on the islands.
The Moro Kingdom of Sudan is located on the island of Davao and has a total population of about 200,000 people, consisting of Chinese and Moro people, Arabs, indigenous people, etc. With a total strength of about 20,000 troops, the equipment of their army is completely incomparable with that of the Huaxia Army. Most of their armies were armed with weapons such as broadswords and spears, with only a small number of rifles and earthen cannons. The Huaxia Army was all repeating rifles and Huaxia Type 98 machine guns, as well as mortars and heavy artillery. The Sultan Moro did not have a navy sufficient to compete with the Chinese army, because they did not have a navy at all.
From Sangyi Island to Sudan Moro Country, the voyage is almost more than 240 kilometers, in terms of the speed of the fleet, it can be reached in about a day, along the way, Sun Hao is accompanied by Li Ruolan and Wang Yan'er, but he does not feel lonely.
On the bow of the flagship of the Warrior, Sun Hao looked at the sea from afar, and the slight sea breeze blew on his face, which was quite comfortable. The water is blue, the sky is also blue, the place where the water and the sky meet are recombined into a line, and the sea water is like being continuously pushed by a pair of never-ending big hands, forming one wave after another. The waves rolled, like a fairy with a light body, and a white foam swayed. A few flying seagulls fluttered in the wind, showing its graceful dancing, and from time to time there were a few crisp chirps, as if welcoming Sun Hao's guests.
Although Li Ruolan was born in a family family, she has never been to the sea, and she has long been intoxicated by this charming scenery. The two beauties accompanied Sun Hao, sitting on the bow of the boat, enjoying the beautiful view of the sea.
Crash! A sound of waves woke up Sun Hao and the three of them to watch the beautiful scenery, Sun Hao looked into the sea and found that a blue whale of more than 20 meters was spraying water, as if protesting against an uninvited guest entering its territory.
"What a big fish!" Li Ruolan stood up in surprise and said.
Then, Wang Xiaoshan's two brothers also ran over to watch curiously, big fish, both of them had seen it, as for such a big blue whale, the two brothers also saw it for the first time.
"Commander-in-chief, do you want to tell the soldiers to beat it to death and pull it up to eat?" Wang Xiaoshan said humbly.
After Sun Hao heard this, he shook his head slightly, these large marine creatures are about to face an endless fate in the future generations, so it is better to let it go, plus the whale's meat has also eaten itself, there is nothing special.
The whale didn't know if it was scared or something, flicked its tail, and quickly swam into the deep sea.
"Big man, look, you scared that big fish away!" Li Ruolan said jokingly.
Wang Xiaoshan scratched the back of his head, smiled innocently, and he was just talking, how could he scare it away?
Sun Hao couldn't help laughing when he saw Wang Xiaoshan's naïve appearance, and then took out a cigarette and lit it.
Thinking that I have been in this era for more than two years, from scratch, and now my family background is quite rich, more than 600,000 army, more than 30,000 navy, although the navy is not as large as the British Empire, but it is only a matter of time, I believe that in a few years my own navy will definitely be able to crisscross the oceans. not only earned a lot of money, but also got two beautiful wives, which is absolutely unimaginable in the future life.
Wang Yan'er saw Sun Hao thinking about something, and did not disturb him, but buried her head in his broad and solid chest.
This time the dispatch of troops was quite smooth, and there were no strong winds and waves along the way. A voyage of several hundred kilometers is nothing to the officers and men of the Chinese army. But many of the Army were landlubbers, which almost killed them, and many of them were seasick and almost vomited their guts.