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~~~~~~~~~~~~ as the three new rising powers in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Chinese Empire, the American State and the German Empire, the latter had lost the qualifications for a peaceful rise and was dragged into the abyss of war by the old imperialist countries, and the rise was no longer possible. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗[].

As the world's only two remaining emerging empires, the Chinese Empire and the United States of America were destined to be kicked out in order to dominate the new postwar order. And to decide who of the two will be kicked out, there can only be a war, and the final duel between the two will be the male.

In this regard, both countries are mentally prepared, but the US policymakers believe that the Chinese Empire has never joined the Entente or the Allied Powers, and therefore politically does not have the conditions to go to war with the United States, so they believe that the Chinese Empire will not go to war against the United States unless it abandons its neutrality policy and joins one of the sides.

But they did not know that all this was already in the calculations of the Chinese Empire, which ostensibly did not choose to join either the Entente or the Allies, but took the initiative to mediate to peacefully resolve the issue of world war. In fact, the Chinese Empire has succeeded in stabilizing the European countries through financial blackmail tactics, and if they support the United States, then the Chinese Empire will freeze all their funds in China.

Although this covert tactic is clever, not all high-level American leaders are unaware of it. Lance, a member of Woodrow's think tank, questioned this to the president's office, pointing out to Woodrow and Marshall that the Chinese Empire had absolutely no good intentions to mediate a world war, and that they wanted the West to eat dog. Through two and a half months of mediation and mediation, the European countries did not achieve any constructive progress or results at the negotiating table, but on the contrary, they all took the opportunity of the armistice to transport large amounts of gold and silver reserves to the Chinese Empire in exchange for a large amount of military equipment and strategic materials. This shows that under the pretext of mediation and mediation, the Chinese Empire actually exported arms and materials to Europe on a large scale, squeezing the last gram of gold and silver out of Europe. At the same time, the inflow of large amounts of gold and silver reserves into the Chinese Empire by the European countries was tantamount to being pinched by the pigtails of the Chinese Empire, and if the Chinese Empire joined one of the camps during this period, it would undoubtedly deal a fatal blow to the other camp.

After listening to Lance's report, Woodrow and Marshall thought that what he said was very reasonable and worthy of vigilance. To this end, Woodrow met with the representatives of the Entente powers in the United States, and the representatives of Britain, France, and Italy believed that their White Spoon government had always been tolerant of the Chinese Empire, and actively supported any proposal of the Chinese Empire, if the Chinese Empire did not join the Entente camp, at least not the Central Powers.

It can be said that as long as the Chinese Empire continues to declare its neutrality, both the Entente and the Central Powers will accommodate and tolerate the small actions of the Chinese Empire behind its backs.

But soon, Woodrow informed the countries of America's concerns, and although they also had such concerns, they had already shipped large quantities of gold and silver to the Chinese Empire, ostensibly as a pledge of the hard currency reserves of the treasury for peace, but in fact the gold and silver were used as collateral for the purchase of arms and supplies, and the contracts had been signed with the Chinese Empire and could not be changed. ╔╗

This time, Woodrow knew that the Entente had mortgaged this batch of gold and silver to the Chinese Empire to buy arms, and he also knew how advanced the weapons and equipment that the Chinese Empire was going to sell to other countries. The Entente countries did not seem to be worried about the Chinese Empire's manoeuvre, because they had never thought that the Chinese Empire would go to war with the United States.

But now that the U.S. government knows about the dealings that various countries are secretly dealing with the Chinese Empire, it has to be vigilant.

White House, Office of the President. Woodrow convened an emergency meeting with Foreign Secretary Al Gore, Secretary of the Treasury Rice, Army Commander-in-Chief Admiral Hugh L. Scott, Vice Admiral George Barnett and Secretary of the Navy William Scott. Admiral Benson, Admiral Robert E. Koontz, Secretary of the Naval Command Department, and others attended the meeting to study the U.S. response strategy for the current situation.

Scott snorted coldly and said: "No wonder all countries have handed over gold and silver to the Chinese Empire for safekeeping, it turns out that they all secretly have secret transactions with the Chinese Empire, so this armistice negotiation is all a pretense, each country is called a negotiation, in fact, it is to use these three months to prepare the equipment and materials needed for the next big war." ”

Rice said with a wry smile: "The Chinese Empire is really calculating this time, under the guise of mediation, throwing out a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, luring countries to willingly take the treasury gold and silver to the Chinese Empire as collateral, not only making a huge amount of money, but also squeezing the last drop of effort from European countries, and our white spoon arms and material exports have also been seriously weakened, and the money has been earned by the Chinese Empire." ”

Marshall asked, "Is the loss great?" ”

Rice nodded and said, "Originally, the Entente countries Britain, France, Italy and other countries would purchase a total of $4 billion in aircraft, artillery, combat vehicles and other military equipment from our country, as well as $2 billion in living materials. ╔╗But now the Entente side has only signed a contract with us for 300 million US dollars in arms and 600 million US dollars in living supplies, and all other orders have been cancelled, presumably transferred to the Chinese Empire. ”

"Damn it!" Woodrow slammed the table, visibly upset. Nearly $5 billion in orders were taken away by the Chinese Empire, much to the outrage of everyone present.

Rice continued: "The amount on the side of the Allies is definitely larger, and it is conservatively estimated that the Chinese Empire should have received orders totaling up to $12 billion under the pretext of peace mediation. ”

Marshall added fuel to the fire and said, "I'm afraid it's more than that. In order to keep the throne, the Tsar is said to have reached a secret agreement with the Chinese Empire, and other countries have only mortgaged two-thirds of the reserves of the treasury to the Chinese Empire, while Russia has handed over all the reserves to the Chinese Empire, it is said that 800 tons of gold and 40,000 tons of silver, and the lifeblood of the entire Russia has been held in the hands of the Chinese Empire. ”

Gore added at this time: "There is intelligence that the Chinese Empire is secretly bridging the gap between Russia and the Central Powers, and that Tsar Nicholas II intends to withdraw from the world war." If this is true, then the Entente will lose Russia on the eastern front, and the western front will be under great pressure. ”

Woodrow nodded, "It's very likely that this will happen." ╔╗Because the army near the capital of Tsarist Russia was already under Soviet control at this time, if the tsar wanted to regain power, he had to draw elite troops back from the front. If there is no rapprochement with the Allies, the situation of the Tsar will be even more passive if the Allies suddenly launch an attack while the main forces of the Russian army are pulling back. Therefore, the opportunity for Tsarist Russia to compromise with the Allies is not impossible, but very large. ”

"If Tsarist Russia were to withdraw from the world war, then Britain, France, and Italy would have to choose to end the war, and even the necessary compromises and sacrifices would have agreed," Benson said. ”

"If that's the case, this war will end," Gore said. Do we urgently shift our strategic focus and go back to the Pacific, I always feel that something bad is going to happen in the Pacific. ”

Woodrow asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Gore frowned, sighed, and said, "Recently, I have felt that the various actions of the Chinese Empire seem to be preparing for a big operation. Some experts and scholars in China have reminded us that the actions of the Chinese Empire seem to be brewing a great war. Because the Chinese Empire will make all-round deployments before each war, including political, economic, and military aspects, they will actively launch offensives. At this point, both Russia and Britain suffered a great loss because of their lack of vigilance, and we should now be the number one enemy of the Chinese Empire, so I am worried that the Chinese Empire's actions are prepared to deal with us. ”

The crowd suddenly fell into deep thought. ╔╗

Soon, Marshall suddenly said: "There are indeed signs of this. If you think about it, the Chinese Empire politically mediated the war strikes of European countries, and economically induced the countries to transport most of the reserves of the national treasury to the Chinese Empire, and militarily the Chinese Empire produced a large number of military supplies for various countries, which could be used as military reserves for the Chinese Empire to wage war. ”

Zhongjin suddenly became nervous, and Woodrow hurriedly said: "In this way, it seems that the Chinese Empire is indeed preparing for a large-scale operation. Will they join the Allies and thus freeze the assets of the Entente in China. ”

"It's not out of the question," Gore said. But if the Chinese Empire had done so, the damage from the negative effects would have been far greater than the gains from their seizure of the property of the Entente. I think they will only use this as a threat to threaten the Entente to choose neutrality in the event of a war between China and the United States. ”

Sterling said at this time: "I support Gore's view, the Chinese Empire has always liked to plan ahead, and they must have seen that the European war is coming to an end, and in the next ten years, European countries will lose their dominant position, and the world order will be formulated by the Chinese Empire and the United States." There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and they are ready to take us by surprise now. ”

Benson agreed: "That's right! The Chinese Empire has always liked to repair the plank road in the Ming Dynasty and darken Chen Cang, and it is not the first time that a sneak attack is a habitual tactic. We should immediately be on alert, strengthen our homeland defense, and move our main fleet to the Pacific. ”

Woodrow asked: "The main fleet was transferred to the Pacific Ocean, so what about the German Navy in the Atlantic?" ”

Benson said: "You have just analyzed, Tsarist Russia will definitely transfer troops back to China to suppress the Soviets, and it will inevitably withdraw from the world war, without the containment of Russia on the Eastern Front, more than 3 million troops of Germany, Austria and Turkey will be transferred to the Western Front in an instant, Britain, France and Italy are exhausted, if they can't prevent it, it will be a fiasco." Obviously, Britain, France and Italy would not wait until then to sue for peace, so they ended the war with the Allies before Germany and Russia reached an agreement. Therefore, we should transfer the main fleet to the Pacific Ocean as soon as possible, once the Chinese Empire suddenly declares war on us, it will inevitably seize the Philippines and Hawaii, once these two bases are lost, the door to the western part of the United States will be opened, the strength of the Chinese Imperial Army is obvious to all, if they are allowed to land on the west coast of the United States easily, the consequences will be catastrophic. ”

Marshall frowned, "But, if your judgment is wrong. The war in Europe continues, and our White Spoon Navy is transferred to the Pacific, then the German Navy will do whatever it wants in the Atlantic, and our White Spoon materials will not be able to be transported to the Entente, and Britain, France, Italy and other countries will soon be defeated due to a shortage of supplies. ”

Gore said: "The Chinese Empire is a very clever move, and it puts us in a dilemma. Whichever choice you make, there's a lot of risk involved. ”

"But we have to make a choice! ”

The crowd then looked at Woodrow, and only the president had to make a decision.

Eventually, Woodrow declared: "The main fleet of the U.S. Navy is temporarily on the Atlantic, the center of gravity of the United States is in the east, and the lifeblood of the Entente is also in the Atlantic." As for the Pacific direction, our decommissioned old warships in the White Spoon can be temporarily transferred to Pearl Harbor. Hawaii is the western gateway to the United States, and the Army and Air Force first mobilized heavy forces to defend Hawaii. Once the Chinese Empire suddenly moves against us, we must ensure that we can hold out for three months to half a year, and win time for reinforcements for our main force of the White Spoon. ”

Zhongjin felt that this strategy was a compromise, so he also agreed with it.

Subsequently, Hawaii, which is a key defense in the direction of the United States, sent 13 decommissioned old battleships, including the USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, USS Oregon, USS Iowa, USS Chilshaji, USS Kentucky, USS Illinois, USS Alabama, USS Wisconsin, USS Maine, USS Missouri, USS Ohio, and USS Utah, as well as 23 old-fashioned armored cruisers, to replenish the US Pacific Fleet.

Thus, the U.S. Western Fleet at Pearl Harbor plus the 21 Sharpbow battleships (USS Virginia, USS Nebraska, USS Georgia, USS New Jersey, USS Rhode Island, USS Connecticut, USS Louisiana, USS Vermont, USS Kansas, USS Minnesota, USS New Hampshire, USS Mississippi, USS Idaho, USS South Carolina, USS Michigan, USS Delaware, USS North Dakota, USS Florida, USS Utah, USS Wyoming, USS Arkansas), As well as four old Sharpbow battlecruisers (USS Montgomery, USS Seattle, USS Phoenix, USS Little Rock), as well as 16 light cruisers and 54 destroyers, and 78 submarines, the number of capital ships of the US Western Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor reached 192, plus 209 auxiliary ships, bringing the total to more than 400.

In addition, the U.S. Army plans to select 500,000 recruits from its millions of recruits to be stationed in Hawaii, of which 200,000 U.S. troops will be sent to the Philippines. The Air Force mobilized 1,000 combat aircraft to be stationed at Pearl Harbor Air Force Base to serve as the Hawaiian regional air defense mission.

Of course, Alaska also had to send troops to defend it, but it was far away from the US mainland, and it was not suitable for stationing large troops, so the US Affairs Committee only stationed 20,000 US troops there.

Although the US side smelled the smell of danger from the Chinese Empire, what they never expected was that the Chinese Empire had taken advantage of this time to complete war preparations, and all aspects of the army, weapons and equipment, logistics supplies, and war funds were prepared. When the United States was preparing to strengthen Hawaii's defenses, the Chinese Empire had already formulated a tactical plan to capture Hawaii in a short period of time, and it had already begun to implement it.

(To be continued)