Shiraishi Moto's telescope had already seen the coast of Mexico, as well as American destroyers cruising off the coast of Mexico, and the Americans had already spotted them, so at this time there were not only destroyers, but also battleships, and aircraft carriers, a whole fleet of up to 50 ships. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shiraishi Won was the commander of the North Korean fleet, and he saw that the American ships were scattered, basically forming a dense firepower network with three ships in a group, layer by layer, and it was obvious that once his small fleet broke into the US firepower circle, as long as a naval battle broke out, there would be only one result in the total annihilation of the entire army.

North Korea did not have a navy, and Bai Shiwon should be regarded as the first batch of naval veterans, but he was not born in the regular navy, but only in merchant ships, and he was a small thousand-ton merchant ship.

The Bai family is a large Korean family, and their genealogy records that they are the descendants of Bai Juyi, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, who moved to North Korea at the turn of the Song and Yuan dynasties and multiplied for generations. Shiraishi's family settled by the sea and made a living from fishing for generations. After the Japanese occupation of Korea, many technologies of industrial civilization were introduced, including steamships.

Shiraishi Yuan's grandfather began to run boats when he was young, and he worked hard for decades, and by the time of Shiraishi Yuan's father, it was already a solid family, but at that time, Japan invaded Korea and completely annexed Korea through the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.

Shiraishi Yuan's family business continued to grow when he was a child, and he already owned more than a dozen ships, but the largest was only a thousand tons, and after graduating from high school, Shiraishi Yuan went to Japan to learn sailing, and returned to North Korea to intern on one of the largest cargo ships. At this time, the First World War broke out, and Shiraishi Mototo received a Japanese-style education, from elementary school to middle school, in Japanese schools, but Japanese education did not assimilate him, but instead cultivated him into a nationalist, because he was always discriminated against by Japanese students in school, which aggravated his national identity and national feelings.

When Jin Jiu formed the Korean Free Army, and with the Chinese National Defense Force back to Korea, Bai Shiyuan was ecstatic, at first he planned to join the army, but was watched by his family, sent someone to watch him stay on the ship and not get off the ship, to prevent him from secretly running to join the army.

When the Sino-Korean coalition liberated Seoul, Bai Shiyuan persuaded the crew on the ship, launched a steamer to the Han River, and helped the Chinese and North Korean troops cross the river, at that time he met Kim Jiu, and asked to join the Korean army in person, Jin Jiu admired this nationalist youth very much, and immediately agreed to him to join the army, and become a navy, their family's cargo ship, became the first warship of the Korean Navy.

Although he is a veteran, Shiraishi's resume is not prominent, because the North Korean Navy really has no outstanding records, unlike the Chinese Navy, a naval battle in Tokyo Bay washed away their shame and cultivated a military spirit. The best officers of the North Korean Navy are only trained in the Chinese Navy, and they are completely unproductive.

This time facing the US Navy is the first time that the DPRK Navy has faced the navy of a world power, and the first time it has faced the United States, the world's three strongest navies tied with China and Britain.

But the order given to him by Jin Jiu was that the first shot could not be fired, and as long as the Americans did not fire first, they could not take the initiative to attack, and at the same time ordered that they must reach Mexico.

Like thousands of new generations of North Koreans, Baek Seok-won is also a crazy admirer of Kim Koo, and in the eyes of these ethnic elements, Kim Koo is the perfect hero. They don't know about the political struggle at the top, and they don't care about it. But judging from Jin Jiu's personality, he can't find any flaws.

Jin Jiu is a demanding person, who is as others as he is on himself. He only wears a robe made of Korean homespun cloth all the year round, and he will not eat more than three dishes a day, and his annual income of up to 200,000 taels is used to sponsor North Korean students to study in China, in addition to maintaining a simple life.

The perfection of personal morality, coupled with Kuang Guo's exploits to help the world, led the younger generation of North Korea to worship Kim Koo as a national hero like Yi Sunsin.

Jin Jiu's order was unquestionable, and Shiraishi Yuan had no intention of questioning it, so after encountering the American fleet, he could not attack, but also went to Mexico, and he had only one choice, that is, to crash over.

Shiraishi Yuan quickly gave the order to the fleet and went straight to Mexico, where the blocking American battleship collided directly.

The Americans saw the North Korean fleet rushing straight towards their fleet and had warned them, telling them that they were on a blockade mission and that all ships were not allowed to enter Mexican waters without the permission of the United States, otherwise it would be considered an attack on the United States, but the North Koreans still collided with them.

The commander of the U.S. blockade fleet immediately asked Washington to allow them to take military action and use U.S. artillery to teach North Korea this Asian effect to respect the dignity of the United States.

Roosevelt had already held several military meetings, and he consulted with his generals about what would be the right steps to take if the North Koreans forced their way in.

The officers of the U.S. Navy were unanimous and sank it directly.

But Roosevelt was very worried about what happened after that, the relationship between North Korea and China is very close, and the whole of East Asia is a military alliance, although North Korea and other countries are not worried, but the China behind them is not easy to mess with, and the relationship with China has improved in recent years, but the people on both sides are not so good, especially among the Americans, there are a large number of people who hate China.

Once the North Korean warship is sunk, it will inevitably cause a conflict with the East Asian military bloc, and the general conflict is just a small trick played by politicians, and sometimes in order to achieve a certain goal, they can even take the initiative to create conflicts, but conflicts with East Asian countries are not so fun, once the Chinese stand up and go toe-for-tat, it is difficult for Roosevelt to ensure that he has enough confidence to suppress the raging public sentiment in the United States.

If there is really a war with China and the whole of East Asia, it will definitely be a disaster, a disaster for Asia, and a disaster for the United States.

Therefore, Roosevelt was always very hesitant to get assurances that China would not join the war, so Roosevelt did not dare to take action, so during this period he actively negotiated with Chinese diplomats, hoping that China could persuade North Korea not to provoke the United States at this time.

But Chinese diplomats were ambiguous and could not make any promises at all, saying only that they would do their best to persuade North Korea.

But now there is no accurate letter, let Roosevelt be in a dilemma, attack, the consequences are difficult to control, let it go, the face is too ugly, in front of a country like North Korea, the face of the United States is still not wanted, and it is in the Americas, retreating at its own doorstep, which will make the rest of the Americas view the United States.

Now it's just that Mexico has recouped the Americans' investment, and then Venezuela has to reclaim the oil fields, Cubans and Guatemalans have to reclaim the plantations, Brazilians have to reclaim the railroads, and how can the huge U.S. investment in South America be guaranteed?

At this time, it was difficult for Roosevelt to advance and retreat, this was not only a problem given to him by the Asians, but also a problem given to him by the British, the British were the first line of defense, they blocked the Chinese merchant ships and finally let them go, and the United States intercepted the Chinese merchant ships, provoking the Korean fleet, but this time the British Empire let the Korean fleet pass through the Central Pacific Ocean on the grounds that the Australian navy was insufficient to intercept the Korean fleet, approaching the American coast, and threw all this problem to the United States.

What are the plans of the British, to watch the forces on both sides of the Pacific confront each other again, just like the last Hawaiian crisis, and in the end, both sides have turned to the British Empire to expand the power of the British Empire in the Pacific region again?

Or just let China and the United States go to war, and the British Empire will once again return to its pre-World War I position?

Roosevelt thought a lot, assessed the risks, but could not make up his mind until the North Korean warship was already close to Mexico, and he was still hesitating.

"President, give the order, the Navy reports that the North Koreans have broken through their three blockades. Only one last blockade remains, and if it does not attack now, the North Korean fleet will enter the Mexican port waterways. The Mexicans are waiting at the dock to welcome them. ”

Once again, the Navy sent a telegram from the front asking Roosevelt to decide.

But at this time, Secretary of State Hull broke into the conference room where a group of military dignitaries gathered.

Then he whispered a few words in Roosevelt's ear.

Roosevelt immediately frowned.

"Let's relax our boys, just like a couple of little mice slipping by, don't worry too much."

Roosevelt ordered, his tone relaxed, but everyone could see his concern, and he might also be afraid that some of the Navy soldiers would be too stressed and misfired.

"Why?"

Admiral William Daniel Lacey, Chief of Staff of the Navy, asked, puzzled.

Roosevelt smiled bitterly: "Because there is a Chinese on the warship of the North Koreans." ”

Admiral Lesy asked rhetorically: "Even if there is a Chinese, it is impossible to cause a war, this is the DPRK provoking us." ”

Although the Chinese expressed toughness in the era of the Nanyang crisis and did not hesitate to send troops because of the dead, it was to the Netherlands and the United States, and no one would be so frivolous.

Roosevelt sighed: "That's a Chinese who is enough to start a war." ”

As soon as Roosevelt said this, Lacey immediately understood.

Fortunately, he did not give Halsey, the captain of the USS Saratoga, the right to act when he saw the opportunity, otherwise with that guy's style of "shoot first, then reason", I am afraid that he would really cause a war.

Roosevelt walked out of the conference room, out of the conference room with his already healthy legs.

"Is the information reliable?"

On the way, he asked the secretary of state uneasily.

Hull said: "It has been confirmed, and today the Chinese side notified Mexico, and it is conclusive." ”

Roosevelt stopped suddenly: "Did Britain already know?" ”

Roosevelt couldn't help but rejoice, he guessed that the British probably knew about this for a long time, but they did not inform the United States, for fear that they would not be at ease, and wished that China would fight a war with the United States.

"Probably not, the Mexicans only got the news today, even if the British got the news from Mexico like us, it would be today." ”

Roosevelt smiled: "The British have other channels, maybe they got the news from China a long time ago, otherwise why didn't they even dare to intercept the North Korean warships?" ”

When Roosevelt said this, Hull couldn't help but be afraid, saying this, the United States has been being calculated, calculated by Mexico, calculated by the Chinese, and even the British are calculating the United States. (To be continued.) )