Charlotte? Draenau? Roosevelt took a deep breath, and then she activated the flying element on the wheelchair.

She then crossed the dome of the spherical hall on Capitol Hill, where the special session was held, under the watchful eyes of members of the Senate and House of Representatives attending the special Congress.

The first joint session of the House of Representatives after the relocation of the U.S. Congress in 1800 was held here, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America was here for nearly half a century, and then it became the venue for joint meetings of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and it was here that Charlotte's uncle Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech as undersecretary of the Navy more than 30 years ago, igniting the smoke of the Spanish-American War.

And now, Charlotte is ready to do the same here.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Charlotte began her speech after a short period of contemplation, "and the entire nation of the United States of America has spent the past month in shock and sorrow when the emerging nation of Japan, despite the kindness of the United States of America being the first to recognize their independence, stretched out its clutches to Emilia the female pilot, explorer, and American citizen who accidentally flew over the Japanese naval fleet that was exercising in the middle of the journey? Earhart. ”

Charlotte recited the speech she had prepared so skillfully, and it seemed that she was really grieving the death of the poor female pilot. But in fact, the National Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy did not find any trace of the female pilot, let alone the bones, and even the casual part of her plane was not caught. The so-called Emilia witnessed the exercises of the Japanese Navy, and it was also a false scam from beginning to end.

It doesn't really matter at all, Theodore Roosevelt also insisted that the explosion of the Maine was done by the Spaniards, but until the end of the day, he did not show the so-called decisive evidence, and no one in the United States, whether it is the public or politicians, cares whether this evidence exists.

The United States needs war, and that reason is enough.

But Charlotte still has to do her job, and she needs to finish this eloquent speech here, and then the MPs below will stand up and applaud Charlotte in unison. A few notoriously emotional congressmen will shout "war," while those who are calm and disobedient will be watching from the vortex of frenzy — because they don't speak, the American public on the radio can't tell how they're reacting, but that's okay, that's what the reporters who are watching the meeting are prepared for. Journalists would write in their reports: "Congressman XXX was unmoved in the face of a frenzied storm, and it was clear from his wise eyes that another caustic satire of the government was brewing." ”

All of this was arranged, and the machine, called "democracy," was working as precisely as usual, step-by-step to turn a contingency into a casus belli needed by the class that took control of the country.

The people will be stirred up, patriotic fervor will be channeled by experienced reporters and editors, and the American army will march into battle with the blessings of the people and bring victory to the United States.

**

Tokyo, Japan.

Inside the Imperial Palace, an emergency imperial council is being held, but the atmosphere of the meeting is almost like a wake.

The Emperor looked back and forth at the neat yellow and navy blue on both sides of the conference table. Normally, the emperor always felt that the navy navy blue dress was more appealing to him than the army's yellow dress, but now, he felt that people who wore both dresses were quite an eyesore.

"Speak." He coldly urged the generals of the Navy and Army, "The Americans are about to hit the door, do you have any good strategies to retreat from the enemy, but let's talk about it!" ”

The generals looked at each other, and finally, the chief of the Naval Command Department, King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo, took the lead in breaking the silence.

"Our naval officers and men will bravely meet the enemy, fight without retreating, and keep the enemy out of the country."

- It's the same as not saying.

The Emperor's lips trembled slightly, and he suppressed his anger and said to King Bogong, "I have seen your courage, and now I am asking what specific plans you have!" ”

Fushimiya was silent, as if he hadn't heard the emperor's words at all—but the beads of sweat that kept pouring out of his forehead betrayed him.

At this time, the naval god Ji Tachibana Qinli, who was sitting at the end of the conference table, spoke: "Your Majesty, the strength of the US Navy is not comparable to that of the Ming Imperial Navy, and for many years the United States has been building a fleet according to the standard of defeating the British Navy, and the total number of its heavy capital ships is far superior to that of the Imperial Navy. ”

"Doesn't the Imperial Navy have a secret weapon that cost a lot of money to build?" The deputy chief of the Army Staff Headquarters interrupted Tachibana Qinli's words, "The secret weapon developed by consuming so much tax money from the empire can finally come in handy, isn't it?" ”

"If it weren't for your army's obstruction, the number of Huitian would have increased to the point where it could easily destroy the American fleet." The commander of the Combined Fleet, Nobu-jeong, Sueji, who had been qualified to participate in the Imperial Council because of the victory on Jeju Island, unceremoniously said to the deputy chief of staff, "It's because you robbed the members of the women's advance team that could have been provided to the Huitian troops to replenish the army's Senhime troops, and now there are not enough Senjie in Huicheon to drive." ”

"You can stuff the battle queens from the battleship into those tin cans." The Army did not hesitate to retort.

When the Huitian unit was first formed, it was regarded as the secret elite of the Japanese Navy, and the people selected into the unit were all experienced and pure-blooded battle queens, but as the true body of Huitian was discovered by the British, this unit also retired from the position of the secret elite.

The Japanese Navy itself also knew that the Huitian troops would definitely suffer heavy casualties in the case of attacking the prepared enemy fleet, so when expanding the Huitian troops, they used rookies who had just been trained by the Advance Team - the girls in the Advance Team were all girls with not very good blood, and it was appropriate to use them as cannon fodder.

In this case, it is impossible for the navy to let the battle queens on each capital ship join the Huitian force.

At that time, the Japanese navy's wishful thinking was to use the victory on Jeju Island to frighten the great powers, so that the great powers would be afraid of this unclear Huitian force, so that they would not dare to act rashly. In that case, it was naturally impossible to expand the Huitian force with the girls of the standing team, and the Japanese Navy was also willing to sacrifice some elites in exchange for time to enhance its conventional combat power.

And now the situation is very different from what was originally envisaged.

The Huitian troops, which were built at a great cost, have now become cannon fodder - this has immediately become an excellent excuse for the army to attack the navy and blackmail military spending, if it were not for the navy's meritorious counterinsurgency in the previous mutiny, the idea of the 88th Fleet might have been directly cut into the 55th Fleet.

The last Nobu was about to refute the words of the army general, when the emperor suddenly broke off and shouted, "Enough! ”

The Emperor's drink is still quite deterrent, although in this time and space the Imperial Family is only a symbol of Japan's factional political power, but in the eyes of the people of Yingzhou, the Emperor is undoubtedly the supreme ruler of the country. The factions painstakingly managed the people's loyalty to the emperor, and at this time, in turn, the emperor became a bargaining chip to contain them.

Moreover, after the previous mutiny, various factions in Japan realized the need for a relatively neutral existence to reconcile their contradictions, and the emperor with popular support became the obvious choice.

In this sense, the mutiny actions of the radical wing of the army did strengthen the power of the emperor to a certain extent, and their goals were partially achieved.

Emperor Hirohito glanced at everyone present one by one, and his voice was full of obvious anger: "The Americans are about to hit the eyes!" You're still free to attack each other here! Do you think that the Americans just want to sign a few treaties to open ports and trade after winning the war, as they did with Ming? Don't you see that the United States is planning to annex the archipelago and turn this day into the birthplace of the gods of the United States? ”

"Your Majesty," at this time, Prince Zaihito Kanyuan, who was the chief of staff of the Japanese Army, spoke, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much, the soldiers of the United States are greedy for life and fear death, and they have no spirit of martial arts and bravery, and they can still rely on strong ships and cannons to show temporary power at sea, and they are by no means the opponents of the warriors of the Imperial Army on land." Moreover, the people of the Empire of Japan will be able to defeat the American army in a decisive battle on home soil with one force and one effort to resist the enemy. ”

"Hmph, even Ming's army has fought so hard, you really dare to boast about Haikou." With a disdainful smile on his face, he turned his head to the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, although our naval fleet is smaller than the American fleet in numbers, after intensive training in the moon, fire, water, wood, gold, and gold, our army is far superior to the young master soldiers of the American fleet in terms of combat skills. In a battle at sea, one shot from an artillery shot is far better than a hundred shots from a single shot. Your Majesty, on behalf of the officers and men of the Combined Fleet, I beg you to allow us to fight a decisive battle with the American fleet above the ocean. ”

The so-called moon, moon, fire, water, wood, gold, and gold, in the time and space before Lin Youde traveled through, was a joke in the Japanese Navy. In Japan, Monday is called Tsukiyo Day, Friday is called Kiyo Day, and Saturday and Sunday are the Earth Dawn Day and the Solar Sun respectively. The meaning of Yueyue, Fire, Water, Wood, Jinjin means "there are no Sundays and Saturdays in a week". Since the main potential enemy of the Japanese Navy after the Russo-Japanese War became the American and British navies, in order to cope with the huge numerical superiority of the United States and Britain, the Japanese could only redouble their diligent training and try to make up for the numerical gap with a higher level of combat skills.

As a result, there was a ridicule in the navy about "moon, moon, fire, water, wood, gold, gold", and later this ridicule was written into a naval anthem and widely sung.

And in this time and space, the moon and the moon fire water wood gold gold is used as the training slogan of the Japanese fleet, and the proposer is the last Nobumasa who is sitting here at this time.

The officers of the army looked at Nobumasa's rather smug face, and their expressions were not very good-looking.

As one of the highest representatives of the army at the Imperial Council, Minister of War Hayashi Mijuro coughed lightly and said after exchanging glances with Prince Zairen, chief of staff, and said: "Although the courage of the naval officers and men is commendable, it is too reckless to attack rashly, and in my opinion, the navy should still be transferred to the military ports of the Korean Peninsula and Manchukuo, and make every effort to protect the shipping routes from the peninsula and Manchuria to the main island, and ensure that there are sufficient supplies for the decisive battle on the mainland." The U.S. fleet does not have an advantage in the number of battle queens, and if the naval fleet carries out defensive operations with the assistance of land air battle girls, they will certainly not dare to make a mistake. We, the Imperial Japanese Army, will ...... the rest."

"I'm against it." At this time, Tachibana Chenli, who had just spoken and said that the US fleet was very powerful, stood up, "Your Majesty, although the US fleet is powerful, its strength is distributed in two oceans, and it will take time to mobilize the fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. If we take the initiative to strike before the U.S. Atlantic Fleet reaches the Atlantic through the Panama Canal, we still have a slight chance of winning. By the time the Americans landed on their homeland, it would be too late. ”