The 449 Cold War is about to begin?

March 5, 1906. 【 I want: super fast update 】

When the port of Guayaquil had just woken up from its sleep, two battleships of the Chinese Navy, two heavy cruisers and two light cruisers and two Kunlunshan-class supply ships poured into the harbor at the same time, and when six Chilean warships also came together to temporarily refuel, not only the harbor city, but also the whole of Ecuador were stunned

The relationship between Chile and the Chinese Empire is no longer necessary, the news of the Chilean Civil War more than ten years ago that Chinese entered the war has long been known, it is said that the young mad emperor was also there at that time, and the fact that the Chinese Imperial Navy stood on the shoulders of Chile and started has also spread all over the world.

Fear and anxiety began to spread, especially when it began to spread everywhere that the Chinese were here for revenge because that idiot President Lisaldo Garcia made a decision last year to allow Britain to sell two battleships to Russia, which in turn used them to attack China, killing hundreds of soldiers.

This sudden news, not to mention the Ecuadorians, even a French ** ship docked here for coaling left in a hurry, for fear that the outbreak of a major war would affect Yuchi.

Just as everyone looked at the warships that crowded the Gulf of Guayaquil with fear, former President Alfaro suddenly returned to Quito and publicly declared President García a sinner of the country in parliament because of his personal greed, which made a stupid decision

This news immediately made Garcia panic, and quickly fled into a loyal military camp near Quito, but when 300 heavily armed Chinese Marines arrived in Quito, the Ecuadorian military quickly abandoned the president, and the soldiers in the barracks who had sworn to protect him even tied him up and sent him to the Chinese Marines, along with his wife and family, a total of 35 people, and the grease and ointment he looted, as well as the 10,000 pounds he received from the British.

On March 10, Vice Admiral of the Imperial Chinese Navy and Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Ji Weishan, visited Quito and released President Garcia's property and family in front of the parliament and many reporters, but confiscated the 10,000 pounds in benefits, and said that after a detailed understanding, the hostile act of transferring the warship to Russia was only committed by Garcia alone, so no one else should be implicated, and the long-term friendship between China and Ecuador should not be affected.

At the same time, in order to express the panic effect of this sudden arrival on Ecuador, the Chinese Empire was willing to sell the captured Rostislav, Diana and Steviana to the Ecuadorian government at an ultra-low price of 500,000 pounds, and help Ecuador build its own navy to block invasion from the sea.

When this passage and the photo of the restitution of the property were reprinted, the whole of Ecuador breathed a sigh of relief, and handed over three warships to Ecuador in one go, making this small South American country the fourth largest naval power in South America, especially the battleship Rostislav Second Class, with its twin 254mm naval guns, which was a powerful firepower that Ecuador had never seen. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

On March 11, former President Alfaro announced the formation of an interim government in Quito, and at the same time said that in order to thank the Chinese Empire, with the approval of the parliament, he would grant diplomatic immunity to Chinese citizens, and lease the Galapagos Islands to China as a biological research base, with an annual rent of 20,000 US dollars, and use the funds for the purchase of ships to compensate, with a lease period of 99 years.

Although this news made many Ecuadorians not, but in the face of the Chinese imperial fleet outside the port of Guayaquil, everyone chose to keep their mouths shut, as a small country, in this era of the jungle has no say at all, not to mention that compared with neighbor Colombia, the Chinese have done very well, otherwise it is not a problem for people to learn from the United States to deal with Panama and let more than 2,000 people living in the Galapagos Islands directly leave Ecuador and join China.

On March 15, the Sino-Chilean joint fleet withdrew from the port of Guayaquil at the same time, and the harbor was given to three repaired ships, and the Ecuadorian flag was hoisted, and three Russian-made warships were exchanged for the Galapagos Islands.

At the welcoming ceremony, Ji Weishan once again said that the Chinese Empire would not invade and occupy the Galapagos Islands, and would allow other countries and forces to divide Ecuador, and said that the islands would be opened to the Ecuadorian Navy for supervision, and that the Chinese Empire would also send naval officers to help the Ecuadorian sailors get familiar with the warships and provide necessary logistical assistance.

In just half a month, the scene that happened in Ecuador was like a barrel of liquor that had been brewed for a long time and then stirred it violently, and three warships that were not advanced or even began to be outdated made a government change overnight, making a country that could not even afford gunboats leap into a top four, highlighting the weakness of South America.

The first country that couldn't sit still was Peru, the birthplace of Inca civilization, which never lacked gold, and became rich overnight because of guano, and its financial resources were second only to the three great powers in South America, but although they had their eyes on the Poltava, Oslyabia, Ochakov and Parada, they were still a little hesitant to come up with a total of one million pounds at once.

At this time, the Bank of America, which is already the third largest bank on the American continent, suddenly reached out and offered to provide Peru with a five-year loan, which greatly encouraged the Peruvian government and immediately signed the agreement.

This agreement also allowed the throne of the South American Fourth Navy to change hands again, and when the four huge warships that had departed ahead of schedule arrived in Lima, Peru's major newspaper, the Inca Daily, even wrote the following sentence.

"The era of Peru has begun"

The neighbor's house originally only had a few knives, but at this time suddenly placed a few cannons at the door, the Chilean government could not sit still, although the Chilean Navy is far stronger than Peru in terms of experience and strength, but Peru played a role not as a friend in the war between Chile and Bolivia decades ago, but the commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire, who returned to Chile with the Navy to visit, Ji Weishan, made them a little relieved, because the naval commander who held one of the powerful fleets in the Eastern Pacific said, The Chinese Empire will not forget Chile's help in the difficult times of the Empire, so it will do its best to maintain Chile's neutral status.

This news not only reassured Chile, but also made Britain realize for the first time that it was impossible to completely monopolize the saltpeter trade in Chile, and that the only way to seek a wartime naval blockade was to seek it.

Originally, Ji Weishan continued to prepare for the South American naval trip, but an accident forced him to stay in Chile for an extra ten days, because the three oil tankers from the Klut Naval Base in Bactria Province (formerly Micronesia) were delayed due to hurricanes, and the only two Kunlunshan-class oil and water supply ships of the Navy accompanying the fleet's visit and the fleet's own fuel could no longer guarantee that they would arrive in the next Gulf of Mexico, which could be refueled.

Although the tanker arrived ten days later, feeding six warships and two supply ships, the episode also highlighted the difficulty of controlling South America, which was too far from China's nearby bases in Hawaii and Truk, and whose slow pace of the world made it even more difficult to resupply after almost all of them were fueled.

When Ji Weishan set off with the fleet again, he didn't know that after Li Mo got the news, he immediately asked for the construction of a large oil depot on Santa Cruz Island in the newly arrived Colon Islands, and at the same time asked to speed up the design and construction of a generation of supply ships.

Compared with this hugely influential trip, this is just a small episode, and it is the United States that really can't sleep at night

Since the time of President Cleveland, the United States has officially regarded strengthening its penetration and control over South America as a long-term national policy, and William McKinley even did not hesitate to directly threaten South America and demand that they should not block the entry of American goods in any way, and even did not hesitate to launch the Messi War and later the Cuban War.

The current president, Fairbanks, took the throne in a hurry, but he also inherited this path, forcibly divided Colombia, contributed to Panama**, and put Panama in the shadow of the United States by means of force and threat.

At that time, all of these were praised by all walks of life in the United States, and it was even believed that this president would lead the United States into an era and completely bring South America into the orbit of the United States.

But just when the cheers were still lingering over the United States, when the Americans were constantly looking forward to a great America, when the American businessmen were expecting a significant reduction in costs after the opening of the Panama Canal, dumping goods again in South America and even Australia, and fantasizing about a post-monopoly, the news that the Coron Islands (called the Galapagos Islands in the Americas, and later called the Coron Islands) was leased by China was undoubtedly like a group of hooligans suddenly pouring out of the street corner

It's as if the stars of a Broadway theater are singing the American spirit, but someone is stuck in the neck, and they can only let out an ugly duck call.

Anyone who can read a map knows what it means to have a military base in this place, which is located only 1,000 nautical miles from the mouth of the Pacific Ocean of the Panama Canal, if there is a military base of an unknown country

Some people may point to the newspaper and say to friends, "Hey, the Chinese just rented it for biological research." Then his friend would surely have shoved him into the trash and roared, "Idiot, when did that madman, arsonist ever become interested in turtles?" ”

Just when the attention of all circles in the United States was focused on the Colón Islands and tiny Ecuador, the news that Peru had also purchased four capital ships also quietly came, which made the United States fully aware that China was stepping up its penetration into the South American countries on the Pacific coast with a lightning speed, taking advantage of the fact that the Panama Canal was not yet opened, and the United States' position there became precarious.

President Fairbanks, who got the news, almost didn't think about it, and immediately accepted Mahan's suggestion, gritted his teeth and prepared to buy 40% of Thomas's shares at a sky-high price of 80 million, and did everything to speed up the canal construction, and when Bogotá reported that an unknown Chinese company called the Inter-American Development Corporation had obtained the right to dig the Nicaragua Canal for 10 million US dollars.

The United States is completely chaotic

The stock market began to plummet

The government is meeting every day

All servicemen were asked to stop their leave and return to their units immediately, and the Navy was ordered to be on 24-hour alert at the San Diego base, and all five battleships were to depart for the Bay of Panama

On that day, Emperor Li was lying on his desk, looking at the telegram made by the General Staff to temporarily transfer the four capital ships of the Nanyang Fleet to Hawaii to strengthen the defense, and he could not help but think of the scene of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the later generations, and there was only one thought left in his mind.

"The Cold War is about to begin?"