276 Japan, is being dismembered

Standing at the window and looking down, on the west lawn of the White House, William McKinley was full of red light, impassioned inaugural speech, and his arms were waved down excitedly from time to time. (Vertex Hand Hit)

In front of him, there were officials, friends and leaders from all walks of life who came to watch the ceremony, and of course, a large number of reporters, and every time the dazzling flash lights were turned on, a puff of white smoke burst out, and the inauguration ceremony of the new US president was recorded, and many people began to expect the new president to lead the United States out of continuous economic troubles and to new heights.

But Roosevelt, who was hiding in an office in the White House, frowned.

The previous president of Cleveland had clearly left a bad hand, especially after the privatization of the country's gold reserves, which put the government in danger of losing its currency rights

In this gold crisis, the performance of the American plutocratic trusts has also made reformers such as William McKinley and Roosevelt deeply hate, and the Jewish group led by Morgan, Rockefeller and Thomas is eating away at the US economy little by little, and the powerful trusts have been able to influence the government's foreign policymaking, which is not a good phenomenon.

The new president downstairs also sensed the danger of the trusts, but the problem was that before he could deal with the trusts, he had to deal with the sluggish state of the country's industrial and economic overruns, which forced him to rely on the trusts for the time being.

Of course, this was not Roosevelt's primary concern, and his main concern at the moment was still Cuba and the windswept Far East.

That Li Mo won again, this time he not only completely defeated the Japanese fleet, which had been expanded with great difficulty and was stronger than the United States, but also displayed several new technologies that no country had ever heard of, and these new technologies would even soon trigger a violent naval **.

Correspondingly, although the United States is full of economic and industrial capacity, it is lagging behind in technological innovation, and it is even inferior to Italy and other countries, not to mention greatly increasing the rate of fire of naval guns, and even the technology of triple guns, naval engineers say that it will take at least a year to come up with a sample gun.

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Roosevelt sighed in his heart, a year later, God knew what Li Mo would come up with that shocked the world, you must know that a few days ago he invited representatives of various countries to visit publicly, and even invited several friendly countries to watch the actual combat performance of the airship.

Although the United States is not among them, judging from the fact that Germany has publicly announced that it will directly purchase five active airships from the other side, and also obtained all the manufacturing technology of the airship at the cost of purchasing 20 sets of parts to be assembled back to China, there is no doubt that the performance of the airship must be perfect.

Otherwise, with the arrogance of Wilhelm II, how could he be willing to buy technology from a yellow-skinned monkey, and now that the Germans have taken the lead in setting an example, the French, who have always been on guard against them, will inevitably follow.

There are also Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries that are considered "good" by Liemer, and they will definitely follow up with the purchase, while Britain and the United States have been excluded from this airship deal because of their previous support for Japan, it is obvious that this is their revenge, but it is a revenge that people have nothing to say.

For the United States, which is located on the American continent, airships may not be too urgent, but for Britain it is undoubtedly the first blow, if France and Germany really build up a large airship force and immediately put them into actual combat, then Britain will face a major threat

This is not a joke, according to diplomats in Lushun, although Li Mo did not open the airship to the United States, he still released some data, it can carry six tons of explosives at a time, fly hundreds of kilometers, and throw it from an altitude of up to 2,500 meters, and no fortress can resist it

Not to mention the United States, which has an obvious technological gap, even the airship level that Europe can reach at the moment can only bring two or three people into the sky to guide the artillerymen.

I really don't know how this guy came up with such a terrible thing, there is no doubt that airships will change the way countries fight.

The Japanese did not lose unjustly, an isolated and arrogant island nation, the last drop of blood has long been exhausted by the reckless use of military force, and except for the somewhat strange loss of the Tokyo Bay waterway, two consecutive naval battles have actually determined the basis for the victory of the Pacific Fleet.

But what made him angry was that after Japan's defeat, the United States also became the biggest loser because of that loan, except for the fact that 50 tons of gold were taken away by the other side without evidence, and there was no evidence for even the accusation, in fact, Japan, which had been completely isolated from the world by the Pacific Fleet, was no longer able to repay the huge debts owed

How to ensure the recovery of the loan has become a top priority for the US government, so the new president has already sent a special envoy to Lushun before he is sworn in. Originally, he was the best person to serve as the special envoy, but he did not want to leave the United States at this time, because the new president downstairs would officially declare war on Cuba today

The pearl of the Caribbean has already opened half of its doors to the United States, and he has even been ready to go to Cuba in person with some officers to conquer that land

Roosevelt leaned against the window, his fingertips thick Cuban cigar lit little by little, fantasizing about the beauty of Cuba being embraced, and suddenly a rush of footsteps sounded behind him. Turning his head, the new Secretary of State, John Sherman, had already pushed the door open and walked into the room.

Anxious: "Teddy, you should take a look at this"

Sherman handed Roosevelt the Far East telegram he had just received: "The situation is very bad, the German Far East Fleet has begun shelling Sasebo and Kyushu two days ago, and has declared jurisdiction over the entire island of Kyushu. ”

"This ......, how is it possible"

Before Roosevelt could open the telegram, he was stunned by the news that the Germans attacked Sasebo? Also declared to have jurisdiction over the entire island of Kyushu, what happened? Could it be that Li Mo's fleet is working too hard and going back to sleep?

Before he could figure out what kind of deal had been made between Li Mo and Germany, the voice sounded again.

"There is one more important thing" Sherman breathed heavily: "Also two days ago, Limer reached an agreement with Spain to exchange three main Determination-class cruisers and one French-class armored cruiser from Japan for all the land of Spain in the Pacific, including the Philippines"

"At the moment, the warship has been delivered"

"What"

This time, Roosevelt was not only sluggish, but even doubted whether his ears were still valid, and even his fingertip cigars fell to the ground suddenly, if it was not uncommon for Spain and Li Mo to reach a settlement of the Pacific colonies, then at the cost of four capital cruisers, no one expected

He was no stranger to the capital ships of the Pacific Fleet, and he could name almost every warship except for the four new cruisers that had suddenly appeared.

The Determination-class first-class armored cruiser is the four leading cruisers that Li Mo secretly ordered from Britain through Chile when he started his business, which is comparable to George Dewey's flagship cruiser Olympia, and even has a longer gun barrel and stronger firepower. This is evident in their outstanding performance in four successive naval battles against Japan, Russia, and Spain.

Although one ship was injured in an interception off the coast of Micronesia and never returned to several bases, and it is thought that it may have sunk, the remaining three ships are all intact. The captured Japanese French cruiser was a new type of large cruiser that had only been delivered for a few months, and the two twin French guns of 40 times caliber 250 mm on it were not comparable to the United States unless they were battleships

Is it an idiot that four cruisers, which would have been listed as capital ships in any country, were actually sold to Spain in exchange for the colonies they had already occupied, which he had won two days earlier, and had actually taken control of them?

No

No, he was deliberately retaliating against the United States for supporting Japan, because at this time, the whole world knew that a war between the United States and Spain was about to break out

Thinking of this, Roosevelt immediately rushed out, wanting to stop William McKinley's declaration of war downstairs, but before he could take a few steps, he was grabbed by Sheldon and said with a wry smile: "It's too late, five minutes ago, His Excellency the President had already declared war on Spain." ”

Sherman smiled bitterly and shook his head, obviously, the other party had already guessed that the United States would declare war on this day, and cleverly took advantage of the time difference to advance the deal to the new president before he was sworn in, avoiding the treaty of not selling arms to the belligerents, so that the United States could not come up with any countermeasures except for scolding him or declaring war

War?

Perhaps Spain will laugh and cramp, and once the Pacific Fleet and the Spanish fleet join forces, the west coast of the United States will all be under the shadow of naval artillery

"Help me contact George Dewey immediately, I don't care where he is, I must intercept the Spanish fleet with all my might" Roosevelt gritted his teeth, thought for a moment, and then roared out of the room.

"I'm going to contact Sampson at once, and his fleet must set off immediately to attack Cuba with all his might" With Roosevelt's hurried steps, the long-awaited Spanish-American War finally began.

On June 5, 1987, at the inauguration ceremony of the new president of the United States, William McKinley announced that after more than a month of investigation, the United States had obtained evidence that the "Maine" incident was made by the Spanish authorities, and announced that it would avenge the Maine and declare war on Spain.

When the news spread across the United States through telephone lines, fueled by reporters, another explosive news immediately triggered a huge panic in the United States before the people could wave their fists.

On June 3, two days before the United States declared war, the Spanish government exchanged four capital cruisers from the Pacific Fleet for Pacific colonies, including Luzon and Micronesia, and left the Ryukyus on the same day and headed for the west coast of the United States

When the news came, the whole United States was stunned, especially the major cities on the West Coast, and there was an immediate frenzy of retreat to the interior, and in just a few days, the population of cities including San Francisco was reduced by 30%.

On June 6, Spain immediately declared war on the United States after obtaining four capital cruisers and hitting the road, and at the same time the Spanish Navy announced that it would send Shelvera to lead three cruisers and four destroyers to protect Cuba, and seven warships rushed out of Cape Verde at the first time.

Ten days later, the Spanish Navy sent a third fleet again, including the Pelleio, which had been advanced for the sake of the arms race due to the appearance of Young Master Li and had just been launched with the high efficiency of the French, and the Third Fleet of two battleships and two cruisers, including the Carlos V.

This news completely stunned the new industrial countries on the other side of the ocean, and the US Navy, which had been curtailed after the Revolutionary War and had only recently begun to build, was panicked, and it was then that the Americans realized how fragile a powerful economy was under the gun, like a rich man with a lot of money walking into a bandit's den, and it was not worth relying on at all.

The continuous bad news even made everyone forget to continue to scold Li Mo, but aimed all the spearheads at the three Spanish fleets, the rich began to migrate from the coast to the interior, and defending the United States has become the most popular fashion slogan.

Just as the agitation intensified with the flickering movements of the Shelvela fleet and the Spanish Pacific Fleet, another seemingly unrelated piece of news appeared quietly in the corners of the major newspapers, and then drowned out in a flood of slogans and analytical articles.

After ten days of minesweeping and continuous shelling, the German Far East Fleet successfully blasted open the Sasebo gate, and 7,000 German Army soldiers who had been waiting for nearly half a year rushed to Kyushu Island

When the news came out two days later, the news that the army had landed spread to Europe, the whole of Germany was boiling, and Wilhelm II immediately ordered to send an additional 10,000 troops to the Far East again

And this news was not so wonderful for the rest of Europe, especially Britain, Germany finally entered the Far East, and Limer's operation to let go of Kyushu also heralded the emergence of a new alliance

And just when countless people couldn't sleep all night, dizzying at the two wars that broke out in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Li Mo suddenly appeared in Lushun, and in the Xinhua Government Yuan, surrounded by many foreign envoys and reporters, in addition to letting many people see this young leader for the first time, even in Europe and the United States, he also learned another news.

After 10 days of fierce fighting, the Pacific Army, with the concerted efforts of the fleet and the marines, had completely liberated the Ainu and Hokkaido who had been enslaved by Japan, and began to expel more than 400,000 Japanese immigrants there.

Of course, more than 100,000 of these young Japanese men will be incorporated into the four construction corps, which already numbers 200,000, under the threat of bayonets and bullets in the coming months.

"Japan, being dismembered"

A German journalist, smiling and writing the headline, did not know that the dismemberment had just begun