Section 491 Lucky President

Naturally, the Chinese government will give the world an explanation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Pan Xun has already made a detailed record of this, and he stood up for the first time, expressed shock and surprise at the incident, and expressed regret to the Americans, but Pan Xun pretended to say that the presidential palace did not know the specific situation for the time being, but just wanted the outside world to say that the Chinese navy, which clashed with the US military in Hawaii, was an aircraft carrier fleet that was conducting routine training in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and as for why the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet launched an attack on Hawaii, the reason that the presidential office has learned at present is that it is in the course of training. They were attacked by an unidentified plane and pursued the plane to Hawaii, where the unfortunate accident occurred.

Pan Xun's explanation is hardly convincing, because no one is stupid, and everyone knows that this explanation is completely unreliable. However, Pan Xun had a good attitude and said that the Chinese government would continue to investigate, and if the result was an unauthorized action by the Chinese navy, the Chinese government would definitely deal with it seriously in accordance with the law.

After making a low-key statement, Pan Xun immediately expressed a tough attitude, asking the Americans not to exacerbate the tension in Hawaii before China investigates, and not to send any additional military forces to Hawaii, otherwise China has the right to make reciprocal countermeasures, such as sending the Chinese Navy to increase troops in the Pacific region.

Not only did he attack others very ungracefully, but he also continued to put pressure on the other party, obviously Pan Xun is well versed in Chinese power tricks, and does not have the gentlemanly demeanor that a Western politician should have, even if he has studied in the United States for four years, he has not shown mercy to the Americans, and he is black and ruthless.

Pan Xun's statement not only made the Americans even more angry, but they did not have any substantive reaction, and even the US Atlantic Fleet really did not go to Hawaii, but urgently reversed its course to dock at ports such as Jishan and Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States.

The Americans' move is clearly very inconsistent with the cowboy's temper, and there are two reasons why this is so. First, the American people are angry, but the U.S. government and military are panicking, and the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii is no weaker than the Atlantic Fleet, but it has been easily wiped out. This makes the US government have to worry that the Atlantic Fleet is also attacked by the Chinese, and if the Atlantic Fleet is destroyed by the Chinese Navy again, the United States will have no naval power to protect itself; Second, for the United States, protecting the security of its homeland is more important than a military base in the middle of the Pacific. The Chinese can sneak attack Hawaii, who dares to guarantee that they will not frantically sneak attack the West Coast of the United States, and the destruction of the Pacific Fleet has made the Americans understand that there is no military guarantee between their West Coast and China.

To put it simply, the Americans are scared.

In the original history, Japan's sneak attack on the United States made the Americans feel angry and immediately declared war.

However, this time, they maintained restraint, which surprised Yang Chao, who was holding back his strength to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy, destroying the US Navy in one fell swoop, and making the Americans completely withdraw from the stage of world hegemony. However, I did not expect that the Americans did not declare war on China as they did against Japan.

But it's understandable that there are many reasons for this.

First, the United States is facing much more powerful forces than Japan this time, and China's industrial strength is much stronger than that of Japan during World War II, while the strength of the United States is not as strong as it was during World War II.

Obviously, if the United States declares war on China, it will not only have to face China, an unprecedentedly powerful industrial and military power, but also Japan, a former power.

Third, with the collapse of the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, the military strength of the Chinese navy is already twice that of the United States, and once war is declared, the West Coast of the United States may face a joint attack by East Asian countries at any time.

Fourth, in this history, the United States was deeply involved in the First World War, and as a result, they finally lost the lives of millions of American soldiers, and the Americans saw that the war between industrial powers has completely exceeded the previous concept, Britain, the United States, France, and other countries attacked a Germany, and the US military lost one million, and the United States singled out a China, how many lives did it have to pay? What's more, once the war starts, the battlefield is likely to be on the mainland of the United States, and what will be the loss of civilians?

Fifth, the current president of the United States is not a political elite from a political family like Roosevelt, but President Coolidge who does not have much international ambition and ambition.

But despite this, the Americans were not excluded from the war option, but they were not willing to face China alone, they needed allies, and the one who could help them was the British Empire, which was also a naval power.

As long as the British do not nod their heads and do not give guarantees to the United States, the Americans will not dare to plunge into this war without hesitation.

The United States endured it, Yang Chao was surprised, in fact, Yang Chao was surprised, the whole world was surprised, as early as when the Chinese Navy captured Manila, the two countries were actually in a state of actual war, and any country in Europe would probably declare war on the other side, even if declaring war meant defeat.

But in Manila, the Americans endured, they are not a European country, not a nation-state, the common people do not identify with the country as strongly as the Europeans, and the views and attitudes of various domestic forces are also very inconsistent, for example, many Americans do not want the United States to maintain the colonial rule of the Philippines at all, because the management costs they pay are greater than the benefits.

So when the Chinese navy captured Manila, Coolidge only needed to take a tough stance to quell the grievances, and he did just announce that he wanted to take back the Philippines, but did not break the last layer of window paper to declare war. However, the Chinese Navy soon attacked Hawaii again, causing the U.S. Navy to suffer the biggest blow in history, and this time it is not a simple hardline attitude that can be fooled out, and President Coolidge is really likely to fall without declaring war, but if war is declared, the United States is likely to be destroyed.

Therefore, Coolidge, who was supposed to be a lucky president, had a big head, a big head, and after receiving the news from Hawaii, he lost sleep for three days and three nights.

He should have been lucky, very lucky, he was not the president, just a vice president, but the president died of illness in 21, so Coolidge urgently took over the presidency, before he took power, the United States was a post-war economic crisis, after he took power, the United States happened to come out of the shadow of the economic crisis, the economy adjusted.

Not only that, but the U.S. economy will prosper for 9 years, until Coolidge steps down in 28, he doesn't have to do anything, he can enjoy a boom period, and even this boom is named after him, called the Coolidge boom, and his successor Hoover encountered an unprecedented 29 economic crisis as soon as he came to power.

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in history, and the Coolidge Boom was one of the biggest economic booms in history.

But in this time and space, he was very unlucky, he had only been in power for two years, and suddenly encountered a strong confrontation from the Chinese, triggered by the Hawaii crisis, a violent conflict between China and the United States, and stood on the brink of war.

Fortunately, the British expressed rare friendship at this time, accepted the invitation of the United States, and immediately sent a military delegation to the United States to discuss with the United States how to deal with the situation in the Pacific Ocean.

To be honest, the relationship between Britain and the United States during this period was not so wonderful, first Wilson had been using the stick of war debt to make Britain very uncomfortable, and after Coolidge came to power, he changed his approach to suppressing financiers a little, and actively supported American bankers to open up and close in Europe, which seriously infringed on Britain's economic and political interests, especially on the German issue, Britain and the United States fought for dominance of German affairs, if it weren't for the stupid decision of the French to send troops to invade Germany, Britain and the United States may still play a game over Germany for a long time, and Germany will have to struggle in chaos for a long time.

It can be said that the main focus of the Americans was on Europe, and the focus was on Germany in the middle of Europe, where they made Britain very uncomfortable, but suddenly the backyard of the United States caught fire, and China's powerful navy continued to challenge, which made the United States have to withdraw its attention, not only can not make trouble for Britain, but has to ask for the British Empire.

Since there is a demand for the British Empire, then it is necessary to cede sufficient benefits to the British Empire.

At present, the biggest conflict of interests between Britain and the United States is the struggle for world financial dominance, which is actually a contest between the US dollar and the British pound; The second is the problem of war debts, Britain owes tens of billions of dollars to the United States, and in recent years, not only has it not been reduced, but it has been paid more and more; The third is the great ambition of the United States to actively intervene in European affairs, and it has used war debts as a diplomatic card to constantly interfere in European affairs.

For the first question, it shows that the Americans are trying to rebuild the international financial order and return the world to the gold standard again, so that the United States, which has the most gold reserves, is equivalent to having the dominance of the world currency; The second problem is that the United States has always refused to agree to reduce Britain's debts, nor has it accepted the British and French proposals to link war debts with German reparations. The third problem is the German problem, and the ambition of the United States to try to control Germany is obvious, but with its strong economic power, it is really difficult for the British to squeeze out the United States in soft power.

Now that the Americans have a plea to the British Empire, they must make concessions on these key issues.

But it is not difficult to get the Americans to promise concessions, the point is how much the British Empire is willing to pay? (To be continued.) )