When Oahu appeared in his field of vision, and saw the merchant ships coming in and out from the telescope, Li He confirmed that the Americans were not ready for war, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said with great joy, "Before the First Sino-Japanese War, the fortune teller said that Lao Tzu would come and run from time to time, and sure enough, he was not wrong at all!" ”

At this time, although Pearl Harbor had a considerable scale, it was not strictly speaking a complete naval base, there were no forts and batteries, and there was no permanent fleet of the United States Navy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although he is now the president of a country, since the coup d'état, Sanford Doerr's heart has never been steady, because the reason why he was able to control Hawaii was completely because of the United States behind him.

However, the current president of the United States, Cleveland, actually opposed the coup, and even naively wanted to restore the deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliucarani, if it were not for the latter's refusal to pardon the people who participated in the coup at that time, so that the president could not step down, Sanford Dole's efforts would have been in vain. However, the federal government still only recognizes the "Republic of Hawaii" and still does not agree to its incorporation into the United States (that is, the U.S. federal government has no legal responsibility for Hawaii, and if something happens here, it may not be able to wait for American reinforcements). ), to Sanford Dole's heart.

Just when Sanford Dole was secretly cursing President Cleveland for not being re-elected, he saw the office door suddenly bang open, and a second lieutenant burst in in panic and shouted, "President, it's not good! Warship! A warship is coming! ”

"Which? What warship? How many ships? Sanford Dole asked calmly, but he couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, Hawaii is not without Western warships, and there must be something wrong with the second lieutenant making such a gaffe.

The second lieutenant's answer really made Sanford Dole's heart sink, "I don't know the national flag and the military flag, and the shape of the warship is quite strange, but it is very large, very large, at least tens of thousands of tons, a total of four, and it has already entered the port......"

"Four giant ships of tens of thousands of tons? There are not many countries in the world that have them, right? Sanford Dalton fell into an ice cellar, the flags and flags of several traditional European naval powers are impossible to recognize, and in addition, there is only one country in the world that can send four 10,000-ton giant ships......

Sanford Dole couldn't help but cry out hysterically, "How did the Chinese Navy come here?" How dare they come here? ”

In fact, it is not difficult for Sanford Dole to understand why the Chinese Navy came to Hawaii, the intensifying Chinese exclusion movement in the United States and the rampant "Chinese banditry" in Alaska have rapidly increased the hostility between the two countries, and China's acquisition of Western Canada, which was originally a British colony, through the "Treaty of Calcutta", is a direct threat to the security of the United States, and in the context of Sino-US confrontation, Oahu Pearl Harbor, as the only large port in the North Pacific, has naturally become a battleground.

And with China's naval strength, which is far superior to that of the United States, there is nothing to fear of a war against the United States, and they have even beaten the British Royal Navy, so how can they be afraid of the US Navy, whose strength is less than one-tenth of its peak? And Hawaii is not American territory now, how can that damn Cleveland fight a war for her that can't be won at all?

Sanford Doerr repeated those two sentences, but they were nothing more than nonsense he uttered under the control of extreme regret (regretting that he had let his guard down because of his geographical distance) and despair, and the second lieutenant saw that the president was so frightened that the last hope in his heart was dashed, so he sneaked away to the white ghetto while he was not looking, and in times of great calamity, human beings instinctively huddle together to enhance their sense of security.

But what the second lieutenant didn't expect was that Sanford Dole was not an ordinary person after all, and not long after he slipped away, the president of the Republic of Hawaii regained his composure, "No, Hawaii can't be saved, but you can't put your life and family into it......"

It is useless to resist by force alone, even if the enemy does not bring an army, four 10,000-ton giant ships are enough to temporarily form at least one battalion of marines, all of them are elite soldiers, and there is also the strong fire support of naval guns, relying only on the little armament of the white government in Hawaii, there is no chance of victory at all.

As for escape, Oahu is now blocked by the Chinese fleet, and that is simply not feasible. Disguised as ordinary civilians and hiding in residential areas? The Chinese have killed a lot of white civilians in Southeast Asia and India (thanks to the demonizing propaganda of the British government), and Sanford Dole is so famous in Hawaii that at least those white people from the United States basically know him, it is hard to guarantee that no one will be greedy for a bounty or fear of being implicated and give him out, Sanford Dole has little confidence in his compatriots, how many good people can leave North America to come here?

"The Chinese are too arrogant, aren't they afraid of provoking the entire civilized world, and all the great powers will unite against China?" Sanford Dole scolded indignantly, and suddenly his heart moved, "If the Chinese government is not completely ignorant of this, and should at least pay attention to the appearance of food, then the excuse for their attack on Hawaii should be...... Help restore the old royal family? ”

A republic sending troops to help restore a kingdom may sound like a bit of dark humor, but absurdity is absurd, and it can be recognized internationally, at least much better than the reputation of outright annexation. After thinking about this, Sanford Dole immediately grasped the crux of the matter, and must rush to the place where the former Hawaiian queen Liliukarani was imprisoned, as long as the queen was in control, he would have the capital to bargain with the Chinese.

Chen Fang also thought of this, but he had been away from Hawaii for many years, whether it would happen later if the queen was deposed, and how did he know where the queen was imprisoned? In addition, it also takes time for warships to dock and send the marines ashore, and the result is a step too late after all, under the strict "protection" of more than 100 private soldiers of the Dole family, even if the Chinese marines can fight again, it is impossible to snatch the living Liliukalani...... (To be continued.) )