Chapter 268: Declaring war on the United States
When the Wehrmacht went to the port of Honolulu, Zhang Wei sent a telegram to Premier Chung Do-you, asking him to immediately declare war on the United States. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At about 6 o'clock, after Evans sent a telegram of surrender, all countries in the world, as well as major newspapers and government departments in the United States, and other units with telegraph receivers, all received Evans's telegram, and the world immediately boiled, and the biggest reaction was that Major General Evans was joking or playing a prank.
Diplomats from Britain, France and other countries immediately sent a telegram to the US State Council to inquire what was going on?
The U.S. Secretary of the Navy sent a telegram to Evans at the first opportunity, asking what was going on? However, there was no response from Evans' telegraph machine, and the U.S. government lost contact with Major General Evans.
However, the consuls in Hawaii sent telegrams back to their countries one after another, claiming that the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii had been attacked by unknown forces and had been devastated, and that the port of Honolulu was now in chaos.
When the US Secretary of the Navy was still in doubt, the US President had already sent someone to inform him and ask him to rush to the White House as soon as possible to attend the meeting convened by the President.
In fact, President Theodore Roosevelt already knew that it was the Xia Empire attacking Hawaii, because when he received the telegram of Rear Admiral Evans' surrender, he also received a telegram from the Governor General of the Philippines, claiming that Manila, Luzon, was under fierce attack by the Xia Empire's navy, and the Xia Empire's army had begun to land, and he easily thought of Hawaii being attacked by the Xia Empire.
Just when everyone was still in doubt, the Prime Minister of the Xia Empire issued a clear telegram, the Xia Empire declared war on the United States, in the telegram, the Xia Empire announced that the United States is the world's biggest dangerous element, a-stirring stick that affects world peace and stability, and a wolf in sheep's clothing; Under the guise of freedom, the United States trafficked a large number of Chinese from the Qing Dynasty to the United States to help build the Pacific Railway and develop the western economy. In addition, in the telegram, it was also announced that the Xia Empire's war against Japan was a necessary condition put forward by the United States when it provided $200 million in free aid, and now the United States has provided another $200 million in free aid, on the condition that the Xia Empire is required to launch a war against Britain, France, and Russia, and that the Xia Empire occupy the Indochina Peninsula of LinkedIn and France and the British Indian colonies, as well as occupy Russia's Far East, expel the British, French, and Russian forces from Asia, and severely attack the strength of Britain, France, Russia, and other countries, so that the United States will have the opportunity to compete for world hegemony; The United States also demanded that the Xia Empire implement an open-door policy only to the United States in all occupied areas, making the United States the only commodity dumping country in Asia; In the last part of the telegram, Zheng Daoyou also announced that the Xia Empire was a peace-loving country, the Chinese were a peace-loving nation, and the Chinese never took the initiative to go to war with any country, and all wars were passive and forced; After the United States provided assistance to the Xia Empire, it forced the Xia Empire to launch a war against Britain and France every day, and the Xia Empire had no choice but to strike a severe blow to the arrogance of the United States and contribute to the cause of world peace in order to maintain world peace.
Chung Dao-you's declaration of war was telegraphed to the President of the United States as soon as possible, and it was already 20 o'clock in Washington Daylight Time.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Army, Speaker of Congress, and others gathered in President Theodore Roosevelt's office to urgently discuss U.S. countermeasures against the Xia Empire.
President Theodore Roosevelt first handed over the telegram to everyone for circulation, and when the telegram returned to his possession again, he said slowly: "Everyone already knows that the Xia Empire has occupied Hawaii and launched an attack on the Philippines at the same time. ā
The Secretary of the Navy said: "Your Excellency, my view is that the goal of the Xia Empire is only to occupy the Philippines and Hawaii, you know, the Philippines is too close to the Xia Empire, and it separates their mainland from the Northern Theater, and they have an extreme sense of strategic insecurity, which is their purpose of occupying the Philippines; The occupation of Hawaii was to cut off the Philippines from the mainland of the United States, and without Hawaii as a supply and support port, the Philippines was in the pocket of the Xia Empire; What's more, the Philippines is a Spanish colony that we have robbed, and Hawaii is also a colony that we have robbed, so they naturally have the right to rob it, depending on who is stronger. ā
Secretary of War Taft said: "Your Excellency, I agree with the Admiralty that the Xia Empire will definitely choose a local war this time, taking advantage of their strong naval and land superiority in the Western Pacific to seize our Philippine colonies and Hawaii regions; If the Xia Empire chooses to cross the Pacific Ocean to attack the United States, just logistics will drag them to death, the battle line is too long, sending a small number of troops is not our opponent, and sending too many troops is the biggest obstacle to the Xia Empire. ā
President Roosevelt continued: "So what do you think you should do next?" Are we going to declare war on the Xia Empire? ā
The speaker said: "Your Excellency, I support the declaration of war against the Xia Empire. ā
"Ladies and gentlemen," said the Secretary of the Admiralty, "it will be a few months before the Navy arrives in the Pacific; It is to declare war on the Xia Empire, we do not have naval forces to fight against the Xia Empire, our naval strength is too weak, our most powerful Pacific Fleet surrendered in less than an hour, not to mention the Atlantic Fleet, which went purely to send war merits to the Xia Empire's Navy. ā
"Your Excellency, the Army simply cannot reach the Philippines without a strong naval escort," the Secretary of War said. ā
The Secretary of State said: "Your Excellency the President, now that the Xia Empire has announced the reason for our assistance to the Xia Empire, Britain, France, Russia and other countries will definitely be hostile to the United States, without the support of our allies, it is difficult for us to defeat the Xia Empire alone, their naval strength is too strong, and they occupy a geographical advantage, I suggest that peace talks be conducted, and then actively develop our navy and army, and then seek revenge from the Xia Empire." ā
Seeing that everyone is against declaring war on the Xia Empire, the speaker and the president have no better way, now is to declare war on the Xia Empire, there is no way for everyone to go to the Xia Empire, Hawaii is occupied, and the US Navy is simply unable to take it back in a short time, without the springboard of Hawaii, the US ** team will not be able to fight the Xia Empire head-on no matter what.
President Theodore Roosevelt had no choice but to say: "The Secretary of State will immediately convene a press conference to clarify the misunderstanding with the Xia Empire and the great powers, and explain to them; The War Department should deploy troops along the west coast to prevent the Xia Empire from launching a surprise attack on the US mainland; The Admiralty immediately placed an order with domestic shipyards for the United States to build the most powerful fleet in the world. ā
Although everyone is unwilling to lose the Philippines and Hawaii, the current strength of the United States is too weak to snatch it back, so they can only reluctantly accept this reality. (To be continued.) )