Shengton, White House.

"A total of 477 officers and men of the San Diego Army and Navy were killed, 125 were missing, 996 were wounded, more than 1,000 were wounded, 5,000 were homeless, port facilities were seriously damaged, and 18,000 tons of warships and 14,000 tons of merchant ships were lost......"

"Los Angeles Army and Navy officers suffered 198 casualties and more than 1,700 civilian casualties, more than ...... were blown up and burned."

"More than 1,400 civilians killed and wounded in San Francisco, 7,000 homeless ......"

President Wilson angrily waved his cane and interrupted Vice Admiral Sims' report.

"Robbers, bandits! Shooting at civilians with the huge cannons of capital ships is really a barbarian empire like Germany! ”

In November 1914, .=. struck the British coastal cities of Yarmouth and Scarborough area, British towns and towns civilians in the shelling of ** 122 dead, 443 ~ reported, in the neutral country public opinion further strengthened the image of Germany as a "barbaric executioner". This time, of course, Wilson subconsciously ignored the casualties of the soldiers.

"We want to be electrified, we want to report, we want to show the whole world the evil deeds of the Chinese—" the president's righteous messenger's eyes seemed to erupt with God's wrath.

"Your Excellency, compared with the crime of the Chinese massacring civilians, the loss of the prestige of the United States among the South American countries is the most worrying." Secretary of State Lansing rolled his fox-like blue eyes.

Wilson blinked in confusion: "What do you want to say?" ”

"The news that Panama and the West Coast have been attacked and we have been unable to defend ourselves against it is likely that the great prestige that our country has built up in South America since President Monroe, where Germany has always had considerable influence, is likely to collapse. Now that Germany's ally, China, has temporarily taken control of the eastern Pacific, I fear that sooner or later our enemies will emerge on the American continent. ”

"The enemy of the American continent has appeared." Secretary of War Stimson suddenly sneered beside him.

"You're talking about ......"

"Mexico's bandit leaders, Vera and Shabada, have taken over Mexico City. They are the most dangerous revolutionary party and anti-American, and I am almost certain that in order to seize power in the whole country, they will not refuse the aid of the Chinese, and the Chinese will never make a loss-making deal, think about it. On our southern frontier, suddenly there is a hostile nation of 20 million people, which will open military passage to our most dangerous enemy—"

Lansing shook his head and said: "Bandits are bandits, they only know how to destroy the old order, but they are unable to establish a new order, the general trend of the Mexican revolution is unshakable, what we have to do now is to find a revolutionary who is more in line with the interests of the United States, Caransha is our best choice." ”

The Mexican Revolution that Lansing spoke of had advanced into its fifth year in a tortuous and bloody way.

1911 year. After the Mexican people overthrew the dark rule of the great dictator Diaz, Madero, a landowner and bourgeoisie, was elected president of Mexico. Madero's restraint of foreign capital, while stagnating on the question of the agrarian revolution, aroused the hatred of the United States, and the latter aroused the opposition of the Chabata rebels, who represented the interests of the poor peasants. In 1913, the United States single-handedly planned a military coup d'état to overthrow the Droz regime and prop up the reactionary military officer Huerta to power, which directly led to the outbreak of the Mexican Civil War. Send troops to land in Veracruz Bay and directly intervene in the Mexican Revolution. At the end of 1914, as the situation in the Pacific became increasingly serious, American troops withdrew from Mexico. After the joint victory over Huerta, the Peasant Army and the Constitutional Army immediately turned against each other, and the Peasant Army generals Vera and Sabah were defeated in December 14 >+. However, it has received strong support from the middle and upper classes in the country, and the two sides have been at loggerheads for a while.

"Karansha? He is more anti-American than Madero, who just wants to limit our capital, but he wants to get us out of the mines of Mexico. ”

Lansing sent a slightly sarcastic smile: "You guys? Oh, I almost forgot, your family does have a big investment in Mexico—"

Stimson was poked in the soft hole, angry and anxious: "Now is not the time to mention this place!" ”

"Alright, for God's sake, turn your spearhead against the enemy." Wilson is a good old man who is busy standing up and being a peacemaker. "In any case, we can't let the southern frontier face the danger of being invaded when the west coast is tight, and the current situation, either supporting bandits or supporting Karansha, I think Karansha is more promising, what do you think?"

Lansing nodded: "I think that compared to the bandit leaders who lead the army of beggars and hooligans, Caransha, who has the support of the church and the middle class, is a real and stable politician, and only he can lead Mexico out of the chaos of the revolution and complete the reconstruction of the country, and it is in the interests of the United States to have a stable and conservative Mexico." We must draw China and Germany to our side before they have an impact on him. ”

"Give him arms, dollars, fully support him, don't put forward too many strings, as long as he doesn't throw himself to China, everything is easy to say - half a year will do, half a year later, even if Caransha throws to China and Germany, we have the spare strength to kill him, so at this time we can just make a promise."

"I'll leave this to me." Lansing said confidently.

The United States of America has no foreign secretary, and foreign affairs have always been handled by the secretary of state.

"And one more thing is that Germany has announced an unrestricted submarine warfare that will sink any ship within 200 miles of Britain and France without warning," Sims then reported.

"Seeing that we were beaten by the Chinese, the Hans finally couldn't help but stretch out their hands, very good, since they are so expectant, declare war on them, Paris and London should set off fireworks to celebrate." Wilson took off his nose-clipping glasses and squinted at Lansing.

"How's that meeting going?"

"All connected, the day after the end of the 2nd was held as scheduled, the British Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of France, the plenipotentiary representatives of the Russian Emperor and the King of Belgium, as well as the relevant generals and officials - the hotel in Casablanca was fully booked."

"It is good, justice will fight evil, this is God's will. As a party of justice, it is time for everyone to sit down and talk. ”