It is indeed very bad news, according to the agreement between China and the United States, in peacetime, the submarines of the two countries are not allowed to approach each other's ports, and Japanese ports are also included. It is not certain whether the agreement can be observed, and the Chinese submarine has secretly infiltrated the vicinity of Tokyo Bay many times to obtain information, including the pattern of US warships entering and leaving the port, the local hydrological situation, and so on. The problem is that it has not been detected before, and it is precisely this time that if the Americans raise their alert because of this, it will cause a lot of trouble for sneak attacks.

In fact, on the morning of 28 January, US intelligence personnel stationed in Shanghai received the news that a large number of Chinese warships had disappeared from the Zhoushan and Zhanjiang military ports and immediately reported to the domestic intelligence departments.

However, this very important piece of information was intercepted by a middle-ranking officer in the intelligence department and not reported to a higher level, on the grounds that Sino-US relations were getting closer and closer, and Chinese diplomats were negotiating an agreement with the United States in Washington to sell goods to Europe, which could not be unfavorable to the United States.

On the 28th, diplomats from the Chinese ambassador to Washington had been holding extensive discussions with the US Foreign Ministry, including the military confrontation between the two countries in the Pacific region, the constraints on the number of warships, the spheres of influence of the two sides, and the division of the share of goods sold by European countries. These negotiations were interpreted by President Taft as a détente between the two countries for the sake of Europe's enormous interests, and even the possibility of a non-aggression pact.

The first suspicion was ignored by the Americans themselves, and the process of resolving the second suspicion was even more ridiculous, as the American destroyer on the search mission reported that the submarine had not been found, and the commander of the detachment put it aside, because in the evening he had to go to the officers' club for entertainment, where countless Japanese weak women awaited his strong body.

The third suspicion should have been brought to the attention of the US intelligence agencies as early as June 1909, when there was a huge incident of Chinese returning to China in the United States, and more than 630,000 Chinese left the United States, which had been a foregone conclusion for many years, and returned to China, more than 90 percent of the total number of Chinese in the United States.

Such a large-scale wave of returns was justified by the explanation of the Chinese government and the Chinese, which was that China's domestic economy was thriving, the country was in good order, politically stable, and there were countless job opportunities and better treatment waiting for the Chinese to return to China. The most important thing is that the Chinese have a greater sense of belonging in their own country and their own nation, even if the Chinese Exclusion Act is abolished, even if the Chinese national strength becomes stronger, and even if the Chinese have an organization to protect their rights and interests in the United States, it cannot change the reality of being discriminated against, and there is no law against discrimination, and Americans can unscrupulously bully the Chinese without being blamed by the American police. If it weren't for the blessing of Chinese gangsters, such as Hongmen, life would have been even more difficult.

After the invasion of Western civilization suffered a major setback in the Far East, the oppression of the Chinese by Westerners reached a climax, and since then there have been Chinese returning to settle in China one after another. With the behind-the-scenes instigation and support of the Chinese government, the wave of Chinese returning to China reached its peak in 1909 and spread from the United States to the world.

No one could have imagined that this was a plan made by the Chinese government in advance for the future strategy, but Lu Liang clearly knew how Japanese Americans were treated in the United States after the war between Japan and the United States, and its misery was no less than that of the concentration camps in Poland.

It is a pity that at that time, from the American people to the upper echelons of the government, everyone was cheering for the departure of the Chinese, and finally there were no more hard-working Chinese competing with them for job opportunities, and finally there were no more obstructive Oriental people dangling around. The U.S. intelligence agencies even assisted the Chinese government in transporting returned Chinese, without any suspicion of a deeper reason.

In January 1910, the list of diplomatic personnel of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the United States showed that there were less than 1,000 Chinese in the United States, and most of them were diplomats and businessmen who were returning to China, and there were also some Chinese who could not be contacted. According to the plan, the United States will retain only a small number of diplomatic personnel before the war, and the rest will all return home.

Military strength is reflected in all aspects, and the United States lags behind the times in all aspects, except for naval warships and some military equipment, and the only thing that can be used is its industrial capacity. However, at the beginning of the battle, industrial power could not be translated into military power, nor could it make the U.S. intelligence service elite sensitive.

In fact, the backwardness and sluggishness of the intelligence services cannot be blamed entirely on the fact that when the Combined Fleet sailed to Yokosuka, the whole United States did not notice anything unusual. Politicians are talking with Chinese diplomats, and as the consensus increases, the talks become smoother, and every day the U.S. Foreign Department holds a dinner for Chinese diplomats, and everyone is singing "Sino-American peace" in a happy way!

At six o'clock in the morning of January 29, Saturday, the Japanese military port of Yokosuka was still sleeping in silence, and the revelry of the officers and men of the Navy last night had made them very tired, and most of them fell asleep with Japanese chicks in their arms. The officers and men of the navy on duty also lay in hammocks and were reluctant to get up, and only some of the logistics officers and men had to get up early to prepare bread and potatoes for several thousand people.

Six Navy soldiers sat on gondolas painted the side of the battleship Michigan and joked with each other to dispel the tiredness of the early morning. The vast military port is full of U.S. warships, which make the six Navy soldiers ambitious, as can be seen from the jokes they make.

After the signing of the Mutual Assistance Treaty between Japan and the United States, the United States built the port of Yokosuka into the most important naval base in the Pacific, not only mooring most of the warships of the Pacific Fleet here, but also building large docks, and even building 10,000-ton warships, which can also provide repairs and supplies for the Pacific Fleet.

After the war against China, Japan's navy was destroyed, and large shipyards and many shipbuilders were also killed in the large-scale bombardment of China. After the end of the war, Japan could not afford to continue to build or purchase advanced warships, and after the Americans became their masters, the Japanese maritime ambitions were revived. It's just that the Americans don't allow Japan to have a navy, on the grounds that the U.S. Navy is fully capable of protecting the security of Japan's coastal and homeland, and the fundamental reason is that the United States does not want a third sea power to appear in the Pacific region.

The Japanese, who survived under the snort of the Americans, had to accept the pain of losing their navy. After that, all forces were devoted to the reconstruction of the army and the establishment of the air force, and with the support of the United States, the Japanese economy quickly recovered, and the growth rate exceeded the pre-war level. After the establishment of the militarist government, the size of Japan's army and air force expanded rapidly, and the number of troops once again climbed to the 300,000 mark, and there is a tendency to continue to grow. Without the scramble for naval warships, the Army was able to enjoy most of the steel supply, and after technical cooperation with the United States, the tanks produced even surpassed those copied by the British and French, and were recognized as one of the most advanced tanks in the world. In addition, the Japanese Army's once precious heavy artillery is also equipped in large quantities, and the army's equipment level is close to that of France, and if you add the unique resilience of the Oriental people and the Japanese bushido spirit, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army is immeasurable.

In contrast, the Japanese air force was not so conspicuous, mainly constrained by the development of aircraft, the backwardness of aircraft engine technology made Japan and the United States do not have suitable fighters and bombers, they did not even break through the difficulty of firing coordinators, backward biplanes can only be piloted by the machine guns, or carry grenades to throw at enemy positions. In addition, in terms of range, speed, climb, etc., it is completely behind the European level, not to mention compared with the Chinese Air Force.

As for the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, their strength is even stronger, and the US Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet are the only military presence they can handle. After the opening of the Wuyue era, the United States immediately stopped the construction of the other two former Wuyue ships and began the design of new warships.

At the end of 1906, the U.S. Navy's Technical Department produced the design drawings of the first-class Wuyue ship, which was approved by the U.S. Navy and began construction of two ships at shipyards on the East Coast. The first class of the Gotsugaku was the South Carolina class, the battleships USS South Carolina and USS Michigan, which were launched in late 1907. In early 1908, the Americans began construction of four more Gogatake ships, the second class of Goyue ships of the Delaware class, and all four battleships were commissioned in June 1909, namely the Delaware, the North Dakota, the Arkansas, and the Georgia. In order to deal with the threat in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the United States again started construction of four Wuyue ships, the third class of Wuyue ships were Florida-class battleships, namely the Florida, Utah, Connecticut, and Idaho. The fourth Florida-class battleship was to be launched in June 1910, and the remaining three were all in active service.

By the beginning of 1910, the United States had nine Wuyue ships, surpassing Britain, Germany, and China, and becoming the world's first. The Americans' strong industrial strength was initially reflected in the shipbuilding industry, and in addition to the newly built cruisers, destroyers, and other large ships, as well as the 19 former Wuyue ships, the US Navy even claimed that its naval strength had surpassed that of the United Kingdom.

The confident U.S. Navy divided the fleet into two, with the Atlantic Fleet at the center of gravity having 5 Wuyue ships and 10 former Wuyue ships; The Pacific Fleet has 4 Gotsugatake ships and 9 former Gotsugatake ships, but most of the former Gogatake ships are old ships. (To be continued.) )