No wonder Wu Peifu is arrogant, the U.S. Army has always been looked down upon, although the United States sent more than 2 million troops in this world war, but not only did they not prove themselves, but they were once again despised, because although the American GIs are strong and nutritious, and they also have the spirit of a cowboy when they muster up the courage to charge into battle, but trench warfare is really not what they are good at, and their ability to survive in the trenches is not as good as those thin children of the urban poor who grew up in the slums of New York. The sanitary conditions in the trenches are often the first to kill the most formidable looking American farm boys. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Moreover, the willpower of American GIs is really not the grade of soldiers of European nation-states, and it is the US military that is most likely to collapse in the dull trenches, and the real correct combat method of the US military is to push flat with large firepower, which is a combat method with planes in the sky, tanks on the ground, and tens of thousands of artillery in the back, rather than fighting for endurance and willpower in the dirty trenches, so the most American soldiers who come out of the trenches on the battlefield and surrender the most.

Therefore, in this European war, the United States sent a large number of troops over, which exposed the problem of the Americans' combat effectiveness, and this is the reason why Wu Peifu made such an arrogant judgment. Based on the fighting will of the American soldiers, the American nation's spirit of resistance was inferred, and it was determined that as long as the Chinese army entered the continental United States, the Americans would basically not resist, but would sue for peace. So it is really possible to destroy the United States in three months.

Pan Xun was greatly reassured by the optimism of the military leadership, and at the urging of the Japanese, he immediately announced that China would send three cruisers to Hawaii to protect overseas Chinese.

This move made the US government very angry, and while expressing strong protests, it announced that it would not allow Chinese ships to dock, and at the same time used political and diplomatic means to persuade Britain to intervene.

The British also felt that the Chinese's aggressive attitude on this incident was a little strange, but they did not think that the Chinese government was really ready to go to war with the United States, if this is the case, Britain really does not necessarily intervene, they wish for a war between the two competitors of China and the United States, Britain's hegemony is now in danger and is challenged by the United States everywhere, and East Asia is completely excluded by the Chinese, is it not because the British Empire fought a costly war in Europe, The loot has not been digested.

Now, if the two guys who stayed out of the European war and made a lot of war money fought by themselves, the British Empire would not mind doing what these two arms dealers had done, selling arms to make a fortune from the war, and then vigorously developing the large colonies obtained from Germany, and after trying to digest them, the world would still be the world of the British Empire.

But if the Chinese only have a small conflict with the United States, it will not make sense for the British Empire, but we should consider the impact of the turmoil in the international order caused by the Sino-American conflict on the hegemony of the British Empire.

So the British Empire was able to intervene and urgently sent a note to the Chinese government, expressing the attitude of the British Empire.

The British Empire questioned the Chinese Consulate in the United Kingdom, asking the Ambassador to the United Kingdom to explain the purpose of China's armed protection of overseas Chinese, hoping that China would not have ambitions for Hawaiian territory and that Britain would not support any territorial changes in the Pacific region; At the same time, it is hoped that China will exercise restraint and that the US government has the ability to maintain stability in Hawaii and will not affect the property and lives of Chinese nationals.

The Chinese Embassy replied to the British Foreign Office that China has no territorial ambitions for Hawaii, and that the action to protect overseas Chinese is purely out of consideration for the safety of Chinese citizens, especially the safety of life and property.

The three cruisers sailed non-stop to Hawaii and arrived in ten days, and the Americans were very uneasy, but did not overreact, such as transferring the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific region, for fear of causing a fierce reaction from the Chinese, but continued to ask the British to intervene.

At the same time, the suppression of the Japanese ronin in Hawaii was intensified, a large number of American regular troops were transferred to the Hawaii area, and a large number of veterans who participated in World War I were mobilized, with a total of 50,000 people, which was enough to raze the Hawaiian islands, not to mention the hundreds of ronin rebellions, even all 100,000 Japanese expatriates rebelled, and the Americans also had the ability to suppress them.

Japanese diplomats urged China to take action every day, and Japan continued to complain in the League of Nations, and also consulted with Britain, an old ally in the past, hoping that Britain would intervene and resolutely stop the violent repression by the Americans.

The British continued to put pressure on China in the League of Nations, and at the same time reassured the Japanese, saying that the League of Nations would definitely be able to handle the incident well, and hoped that all parties would maintain a restrained attitude, and at the same time respect the views of China and Japan, and demanded that the Americans not rashly take physical measures and that everything should be based on peace negotiations.

The British shouted, the Americans began to suppress it, and both China and Japan expressed their anger.

The three cruisers finally arrived in Hawaii, only to be blocked by the U.S. fleet and unable to enter the harbor, where the two sides faced off in a confrontation that could have misfired at any moment.

Yang Chao is as safe as Mount Tai in the big stone house, in this incident, in addition to fooling the Japanese, basically did not communicate with the Chinese official, mainly Pan Xun did not ask his opinion, obviously Pan Xun wants to make his own decisions, Pan Xun has never been a person who relies on others.

Until now, Pan Xun's approach Yang Chao thinks it is very right, and he will do it himself, but Yang Chao will definitely actively communicate with the British, but Pan Xun is only fooling the British for the time being, and did not invite the British to actively intervene, obviously Pan Xun does not have as much respect for the old overlord of the British Empire as Yang Chao, in other words, he does not have much respect for the international order established by the British.

But this is just a small section, the British will not care, and the British have made an attitude of intervention, but they are very fierce, what resolutely does not recognize the territorial changes in the Pacific region, what resolutely opposes any armed confrontation and so on, but not even a cruiser is sent, obviously shouting, waiting to see a good show, I can't wait for the two challengers of China and the United States to fight.

However, Yang Chao is still a little uneasy, because Pan Xun's attitude towards the Philippines has always been unclear, and even Yang Chao can't see it thoroughly.

But he didn't need to see it through, because soon there was a problem in the Philippines, a Chinese vendor in Manila, because of a conflict with the American police, was then imprisoned by the Americans in the police station, but died mysteriously in the police station, the Americans gave the statement that he committed suicide by taking poison, and there were no injuries on his body.

The sudden death incident made the world calm down instantly, everyone held their breath and waited for China's reaction, last time there were people dead in Batavia, China's South China Sea fleet was all dispatched, last time it was faced with the Dutch who were in the waning mountains, this time people died in Manila, but in the face of the Americans in the sky, the whole world is watching, will the Chinese be like last time, send a fleet to land in Manila without hesitation and forcibly intervene in the investigation.

However, the Chinese government's performance was unexpected, because the U.S. government quickly expressed its stance on the incident, saying that it was willing to take responsibility, arrest those responsible, and immediately conduct an investigation, expressing regret over the death of Chinese nationals, and saying that the United States was willing to compensate for the death of Chinese nationals, regardless of whether the responsibility was on the U.S. side or not.

The Chinese government has not said anything, but has begun to actively engage with American diplomats, and has said that it will recall the three cruisers in Hawaiian waters to prevent the situation from worsening.

The unexpected statement of the Chinese government immediately made the tense situation seem to have room for a turn, but the public opinion of the whole world, especially the public opinion of the United States, appeared a voice of ridicule, believing that the Chinese are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and when they encounter the Dutch, they immediately send warships over, and now when they meet them, the United States still shrinks back like the sick man of East Asia in the past.

Public opinion in China is even more intense, with people showing extreme anger at the government's humiliation, taking to the streets, boycotting classes, waving flags in front of the presidential palace, and radical newspapers have long shouted words such as declaring war and sending troops.

Celebrities from all walks of life have also expressed their opinions, and those who hope for peace but must handle the incident with dignity say that it is incomprehensible to declare war on a big country like the United States just because of a judicial case; Some said that human life is the bottom line, Chinese can lose money, but not life, if the government can't even save its own people's lives, then what use is the government.

At the same time, the newspaper dug deep into the background of the incident and found that the peddler had lived in Manila for more than 20 years, and had lived in Manila for three generations, and was once a famous businessman, but it was only under the pressure of the Americans that he closed down at the hands of his father after these years.

The reason why the Americans suppressed this merchant family was because more than ten years ago the Americans hoped that the merchant family would give up its Chinese nationality, join the Filipino nationality, and become a Filipino from now on, but the family was unwilling to give up its identity as Chinese, rejected the US government, and was hated by the US colonial authorities.

The emotional strokes in the newspaper portrayed this person as a patriotic businessman, but in fact, the vast majority of Filipino expatriates are unwilling to give up their Chinese identity, which really makes the US colonial government not very happy, but the bankruptcy of this overseas Chinese family has the competition of the big American commercial houses, but there is no obvious suppression by the colonial government, and the American commercial houses are not also bankrupt.

In general, although the Chinese were suppressed under the rule of the United States in the Philippines and there was a Chinese Exclusion Act against the Chinese, the living environment was actually much more relaxed than during the Spanish rule in the past, and the Americans refused to allow the Chinese to enter the country, but allowed the children of overseas Chinese with assets to inherit the family business from China to the Philippines, which was much more humane than the policy of the United States.

But newspapers like to write this way because readers like to hear it, and this way of writing caters to the psychology of the emotional Chinese, while at the same time fueling fierce national sentiment.

Ten days later, the Americans urgently investigated the results, they said that the Chinese trader was arrested and put into the police station because of tax evasion, and the reason why he was killed was because he was poisoned in the food he ate, and the poison was made by the Filipino miscellaneous servant in the prison.

It took another two days for the Chinese government to say that it would not accept the results of the investigation by the Americans.

At this time, the three cruisers finally came back from Hawaii and headed straight for Manila. (To be continued.) )