July 1876, Panama, American Empire.

"Comrades! We have to train hard! Train your soldiers! Staunch support for His Majesty the Great Emperor Clint. The wise decision of Lee I! ”

"Practice your skills! Fight bravely! Fight the Spanish invaders to the end! ”

"His Majesty the Great Emperor Clint. Lee I taught us! All reactionaries are paper tigers! The European powers, represented by Spain, are the paper tigers of paper tigers! ”

Panama is an important commercial port, which connects the east and west of the world, and can be said to be an extremely busy place, but now, a place has been drawn here, if nothing else, is military training!

Obviously, this was the training of the Imperial Army specifically to deal with the Spaniards, that is to say it was a preparation for war, but it was not ......

Why Panama?

How nice is Florida?

Generally speaking, it is indeed better to be in Florida, because that place is so close to Cuba, but our Emperor His Majesty Li Mengyang chose the location of this training in Panama, so this thing is ......

"Comrade Company Commander! Why do you think our Emperor wants us to train here? ”

"What do you care about so much? His Majesty the Great Emperor, any order from him, we soldiers only need to carry it out! He must be wise! It must be right! ”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

This question and answer, of course, is more common in the Imperial Army, but it is a little special. This comrade company commander is no ordinary person.

Arthur. MacArthur!

Right. He was the youngest colonel of the former United States of America. He is now a company commander in the Imperial Army of America!

How did he join the Imperial Army? Isn't he very fond of the United States of America?

That's right, he's still an absolute patriot, there's no ambiguity, but now he's a patriot of the American Empire!

To put it simply, the United States is gone, and now only a small part of the remnants remain, none of which are President Andrew. Johnson. It's some of the original senators of the United States, who went to Canada to form a government-in-exile, so it can really be said that it is gone. And this United States is gone, but the Empire is coming!

Now the righteousness of America is represented by the Empire, and Arthur . MacArthur had seen all kinds of things about the American Empire, such as technology, the super battleship, and the great military power. He'd experienced this a long time ago, and now it's still on a large scale. The rapid pace of construction, the progress of the whole country and the whole society, all of this made MacArthur forget about the United States.

Good birds choose trees to perch on, MacArthur has a flame of serving the country in his heart, and he also has great ambitions, how can he let himself live such a mediocre life?

How could the youngest colonel of the United States die of old age in the countryside?

He's so young! I'm only 31 years old this year!

Therefore, he was originally a labor reform, but now that the transformation is done, we absolutely support the American Empire and the American Emperor.

That, you used to be a colonel?

Try it!

This time, don't really say it, MacArthur is really not blown, he is very expected.

The current empire, what is not lacking? What is most lacking is talent.

It's you, be a company commander!

And this time I'm going to Cuba, I'm going to deal with the Spaniards, didn't this guy Li Mengyang take advantage of the remnants of the United States before? Now, he wants to take advantage of the surrender of the former United States!

Why?

It's simple, now that you have represented the righteousness, you are all justifiable, so you guys who originally opposed themselves, give a vote?

really just want to vote for a name, this time Li Mengyang for the expedition to Spain, he directly ordered the general, Joseph. Hook, be the commander-in-chief!

Joseph. Hook, I surrendered before, and my performance has always been good, but in fact, I am in my sixties this year, and I am already in a state of retirement, but now I am back.

Therefore, Li Mengyang's meaning is obvious, you old and young people give a vote, and the whole United States is watching this matter!

Originally, for the choice of commander-in-chief, many people also recommended Robert. Li, because he is also a widow, and his daughter is now the imperial concubine, so naturally he is better than Joseph. Hook is a bit more reliable, but though, Robert. Lee doesn't want to fight now, he wants to teach.

I once thought about letting him go to West Point and go back to be the principal, but though, Robert . Lee politely refused, and he chose the University of Washington, and he also understood what he meant, that is, to stay away from the war.

This god of war level figure may want to do some repentance......

Li Mengyang can't force his father-in-law, so no matter how you look at it, it's Joseph. Hook, but though, just the question the warrior asked.

Why train in Panama?

MacArthur didn't know this question either!

As far as MacArthur's level is concerned, of course, he can't know the specific reason, but in fact, this reason is very simple, that is, Li Mengyang wants the whole world to know that he wants to deal with the Spaniards!

Yes, it should be said that there is only this reason, because compared to Florida, the most advantageous place of Panama is its position, which is a hub of maritime transportation, and in terms of information, of course, it is easier to transmit to the world.

To put it bluntly, it's easy to spread to Europe!

In other words, Li Mengyang wants to teach the Spaniards a lesson openly this time!

So, has this goal been achieved?

"Your Majesty Alfonso XII! With regard to the incidents provoked by your country in the Americas, we, the French Third Republic, say that this matter should be reduced to a small ......"

"Your Majesty Alfonso XII! It is difficult for the American Empire to sit idly by as to what happened in Cuba, and now it has been accidentally injured and sunk by your country because of the evacuation ship. This is indeed a tragedy. But if you let the tragedy expand. Wouldn't that be even worse? ……”

When the American Empire and Spain were on the verge of being overpowered, the European countries naturally began to persuade them.

At the beginning, of course, it was the British and French persuasion, mainly the president and the prime minister, because the Cuban incident had a greater impact on the two countries.

You know, although Britain and France did not trade much with Cuba, they did have a share of the trade with the American Empire. A large part of it will go to Panama, and this place is also a shortcut to the East, and if it is fought in the Caribbean.

If the American Empire fights with Spain in Cuba, then the Caribbean will naturally not be safe, and Britain and France will suffer direct losses!

This kind of persuasion is also a handwritten letter written by the head of state, which is quite weighty, but you are not a royal family after all.

By the way, French President McMahon used to be considered an aristocrat, but after all, France is republican. And the current British Prime Minister Gladstone, that's not royalty.

So. The stone has sunk into the sea!

In that case, the royal family will come forward!

"There is a tragedy, and we should make amends, not make the rift bigger! ......" Queen Victoria came out to speak, but her tone was more ......

Actually, it's not that Queen Victoria doesn't want to be tactful, but because Alfonso XII is the king, compared to Victoria, it is simply a little baby, and Alfonso XII is not yet 20 years old, so it is impossible for the queen to say anything soft.

The Queen of England has come out, the royal families of various European countries have come out to persuade them, and even the German emperor has come out to shout, in fact, William I should shut up at this time, he was doing wind and rain in Spain before.

But the European royal family persuaded it, and most of them are similar to Queen Victoria, just like an elder teaching a lesson to a junior, in other words, it was originally the same, Alfonso XII is TOO-YOUTH after all.

But how could Alfonso XII listen to it?

"For the sinking of the Light of Peace, I, Alfonso XII, express our condolences to the victims...... But Cuba is an integral part of my Spanish Empire! ……”

Alfonso XII had a tough attitude!

Later, it was his mother, Isabella II couldn't persuade her, anyway, we decided that we would definitely not give in!

When things have developed to this point, the public opinion of the whole of Europe is very unfavorable to Spain.

The first one, you are colonizers in the first place, and Cuba wants independence, which should be supported!

There are actually very, very many Madonnas in Europe, when Cespedes was in Europe, he was in exile, but he also gained the support of many people.

Second, you Alfonso XII can mourn for a while? That's human life!

Obviously, everyone thinks that you, the little emperor, don't admit mistakes.

The third one, the American Empire is very powerful, we advised you before, it was for the good of your kid!

That's right, this is the European version of the dog biting Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people.

As a result, the major news agencies in Europe, Reuters, and AFP, began to scold this Alfonso XII and condemn Spain for being too inauthentic.

When the telegram came with these news, of course Li Mengyang laughed, his goal was achieved!

You see, this kid has to fight, my American Empire is quite restrained, and if something happens in the future, then we won't be responsible......

Li Mengyang, this guy, in order to get all the conditions for the start of the war, and also to make himself an absolutely righteous party, is really painstaking.

Actually, there is no way to do it, after all, Cuba is a third country, not the American Empire itself, even if there is the Monroe Doctrine, but this thing is just a sentence, not much different from butt wiping paper, you can't beat people because of this sentence, right?

After such a busy circle, don't say it, the effect is good!

So in that case, let's get started!

So, in August 1876, another naval battle was about to take place in the Strait of Florida...... (To be continued......)

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