In a room in the Governor's Palace in Manila, Consul Fidnall, the American consul of Singapore, told George Fernal, commander of the Asian squadron, that he had been in charge of the Asian detachment. The terms of reconciliation proposed by Dewey and Lin Daxin were not excessive.

George? Dewey asked curiously, "What are the requirements of that Far Eastern military strongman?" ”

Fidnall handed George the piece of paper on the terms of the agreement that Lin Daxin gave him? Dewey.

George? Dewey took it and saw that the name of the treaty drawn up by Lin Daxin was called the Sino-US Philippine Agreement, and the first article required the United States to formally apologize to the four northeastern provinces and the Philippines for its attack on the Philippines. The United States recognized the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island as Lin Daxin's legitimate territories.

The second is to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act that discriminates against Chinese in the United States.

The third is the territory of the United States and Lin Daxin, which protects each other's lives and property in each other's territory. In particular, it is noted that the United States must protect one of Lin Daxin's assets in the United States.

The fourth is that the three all-steel battleships captured by the Northeast Navy belong to the Northeast Navy to make up for the losses of the Northeast Navy. At the same time, Lin Daxin will release more than 3,000 captured U.S. Navy officers and men.

Article 5 is that the territory under Lin Daxin's command and the United States enjoy the most favored nation treatment for each other.

George? After reading the treaty drawn up by Lin Daxin, Dewey nodded, indeed as Fidnall said, Lin Daxin did not put forward excessive demands such as reparations in the agreement, although Lin Daxin took the three American all-steel battleships as his own, but according to the current situation, the three American all-steel battleships are already in the hands of the Northeast Navy, and the agreement proposed by Lin Daxin is really not too much at all.

Fidnall and George? After Dewey returned to Lin Daxin's office. Fidnall asked Lin Daxin: "Governor Lin, I think you are very sincere and reasonable in the agreement you have formulated. When I send the content of the agreement back to the United States, I believe that China will accept all your conditions! ”

Fidnal paused for a moment and then said: "In addition, we in the United States are very interested in the Philippines that you bought, and hope to use 1.5 times the purchase price of your purchase to buy the Philippines in your hands, I don't know what Governor Lin wants?" ”

Lin Daxin shook his head and said: "You Americans don't have to worry about the Philippines, not to mention 1.5 times the price, it is 15 times the price." There's no way I'm going to sell the Filipino ones either. The Philippines will be my Lin Daxin's territory in the future, and there are 1.5 million Chinese in the Philippines, since they have now become the people of my territory. I will not let them accept the rule of other countries anymore, I hope you Americans can understand! ”

Fidnall nodded, he from George? Dewey had long expected that Lin Daxin would not give up on the Philippines, and he continued: "Governor Lin. I wonder if we, the United States, can redeem 3 Illinois-class all-steel battleships? ”

Lin Daxin frowned and said, "Mr. Consul." My agreement is written very clearly, I don't want to talk nonsense anymore! ”

Fidnall saw that Lin Daxin was a little impatient, and immediately said: "Governor Lin, I just asked you routinely, and I will immediately send a telegram to the United States!" ”

At this time, Lin Daxin smiled again and said, "I'm waiting for the good news from Mr. Consul!" ”

Then Lin Daxin turned his head to George? Dewey said: "Mr. Major General, it seems that you are about to leave Manila, I am really a little reluctant to Mr. Major General, I hope that Mr. Major General will have time to come to the Philippines as a guest." You can even go to my four northeastern provinces as a guest, and I invite you to eat the special delicacies of the northeast. Pork stewed vermicelli! Hehe! ”

George? Dewey smiled unnaturally in embarrassment, he heard some ridicule in Lin Daxin's words, George? Dewey swore in his heart that he would never come to Asia again in his lifetime, so that he would not have to see Lin Daxin's hateful face.

The next day, on May 18, after obtaining the consent of the United States by telegram, Fidnall fully accepted Lin Daxin's five-point request, and signed an agreement between China and the United States and the Philippines with Lin Daxin in the Manila Governor's Palace.

After that, Lin Daxin generously released more than 3,000 captured US Navy officers and sailors, and these US Navy officers and sailors began to leave Manila and return to the United States in batches on merchant ships in the port of Manila.

Lin Daxin is still quite satisfied with the signing of the Sino-US and Philippine agreement with the United States, and the reason why he is so magnanimous to the United States and does not make excessive demands is because Lin Daxin considered that he bought a large amount of land in Tongguò Jerson in the United States, and under these lands are either large oil fields or famous gold mines, silver mines, copper mines and iron mines in modern time and space, especially the famous East Texas oil fields in modern time and space, which is a golden rooster that can lay golden eggs.

Lin Daxin is worried that he will be too harsh on the United States, and the United States will hack his industries in the United States, then he will be miserable, which is such a big fortune!

After Fidnall and Lin Daxin signed the Sino-US and Philippine agreement, the US top brass could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and finally eliminated the threat of Lin Daxin, and the United States began to attack Cuba and Puerto Rico, the Spanish colonies, with all its might.

Early in the morning of May 20, the U.S. Army had gathered 65,000 troops in the east of the city of San Diego, and under the leadership of Roosevelt, launched an attack on the commanding heights of El Carne and San Juan Hill in the east of the city, and after a day of fighting, the U.S. Army annihilated nearly 2,000 Spanish regular troops and 6,000 Spanish servant troops in El Cane and San Juan Hill at the cost of 2,500 casualties.

On the 21st, the U.S. Army repelled a counteroffensive by the Spanish army.

On the 22nd, nearly 60,000 U.S. Army troops, with the cooperation of the Cuban rebels, began to attack the city of Santiago, but the attack was still not smooth due to the stubborn resistance of the Spanish defenders.

On the 24th, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet outside the port of San Diego was somewhat impatient. The Spaniards planted cobweb-like mines in the harbor of San Diego, leaving the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet helpless against the Spanish fleet in the harbor.

However, the U.S. Navy used a number of small wooden-hulled boats to clear mines from fishing nets every night, and by the 24th, the wooden boats in the port of San Diego had almost cleared the mines. So the commander of the American Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Sampson, on the orders of Rear Admiral Sampson, began to attack the port of San Diego.

The Spanish fleet in the port of Santiago, led by Spanish Admiral Severa and Spanish Rear Admiral Montojo, fought a major naval battle of Santiago with the U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Atlantic Fleet has 3 Indiana-class all-steel battleships, 2 Chishach-class all-steel battleships, and 1 Illinois-class all-steel battleship, for a total of 6 powerful all-steel battleships.

There are also 2 New York-class large armored cruisers and 2 Brooklyn-class large armored cruisers, 4 Olympia-class fast protection cruisers, and 8 torpedo boats. The entire U.S. Atlantic Fleet has 22 warships, all of which are new-style warships.

The Spanish fleet was cobbled together, and although it had 26 warships, it was far inferior to the American fleet.

The Spanish fleet had 1 large armored cruiser, 6 protective cruisers, 4 wooden-hulled cruisers, 6 small gunboats and 9 torpedo boats, most of which were old warships. In addition, in favor of the Spanish fleet, they could also receive shore defense artillery support from the port of Santiago.

The naval battle began at 10 a.m. and continued until 2 p.m. During the 4-hour naval battle, dozens of large and small shore defense guns in the Spanish port of Santiago were destroyed, and the Spanish fleet sank 1 large armored cruiser, 3 protective cruisers, 3 wooden-hulled cruisers, 2 gunboats and 4 torpedo boats. The other 13 Spanish warships surrendered to the Atlantic Fleet of the US Navy.

The Spanish fleet lost 2,200 men, and more than 2,500 Spanish naval officers and men, including Spanish Admiral Severa and Rear Admiral Montojo, were taken prisoner.

The U.S. Atlantic Fleet also paid a considerable price, with 1 large New York-class armored cruiser sunk by shore defense guns, 1 fast-defending cruiser sunk, 3 torpedo boats sunk, and more than 900 U.S. Navy officers and men killed.

After destroying the Spanish fleet, the U.S. Navy and Army began to besiege the city of Santiago, under the bombardment of the U.S. Navy's large-caliber naval guns, the Spanish defenders of Santiago City finally couldn't hold on, and the remaining more than 10,000 Spanish regular troops and more than 40,000 Spanish servants laid down their arms and surrendered to the U.S. ** team.

Soon after, the U.S. Army, with the cooperation of the Navy, captured Havana, the capital of Cuba, and San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico.

Eventually, the United States and Spain signed a treaty in which Spain sold the colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States for $10 million.

The signing of the treaty made the United States very happy, although the Spanish colony of the Philippines allowed Lin Daxin to cut off his beard, but the acquisition of Cuba and Puerto Rico was enough for the United States to digest for a while.

At this time, the Cuban rebels demanded that the United States fulfill its previous promise to allow Cuba to gain independence, but the United States immediately turned its face and ordered the U.S. Army in Cuba to start attacking the Cuban rebels.

Caught off guard, the Cuban rebels fled after being defeated by the U.S. Army and were forced to disperse into many small units throughout Cuba to continue their struggle against the American colonizers. The United States also began a three-year campaign to purge the Cuban rebels in Cuba.

Spain, an aging empire, completely declined in this Spanish-American War, and all its overseas colonies were lost, the Philippines in Asia and Guam and Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean were purchased by Lin Daxin, and Cuba and Puerto Rico in South America were occupied by the United States. (To be continued......)