Seventy-seven, I'll wait for you for 15 days!
Mexico City. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)
In the presidential palace, Gu Weijun walked leisurely to the wall, on the wall is an oil painting showing the Mexican war, and the legendary heroes Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Relos led the Mexican people to carry out the ** struggle for more than ten years.
This is a country that does not lack courage and blood, they worship heroes, but during this time, Gu Weijun also understood that the country's flaws are also very serious. With no industrial base, international income is entirely dependent on silver mining, and Mexicans are distracted by nature. Perhaps to outsiders, this is a symbol of freedom, but from his point of view, it is this kind of freedom and casualness that is slowly destroying the country!
In fact, the whole of South America has this flaw, even the three countries that joined the alliance, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, are full of this kind of casualty, which can be seen from the armies they each send, except for logistics and the task of maintaining the theater of operations, they are useless!
The only thing that can be used is that the Mexican people still have a trace of hatred for the land occupied by the United States in the three states, and the fiasco of the American-Mexican War established the hegemony of the United States in North America, but also made Mexico collapse, and even was driven straight by Pershing not long ago, almost repeating the tragedy of cutting the territory again!
For President Carranza, who had just re-ascended to the presidency, Gu Weijun's relaxed and leisurely attitude surprised him a little, it stands to reason that at a critical moment when deciding on the life and death of the two superpowers, no matter which country the representative should be nervous and uneasy, but the person in front of him is still in the mood to look at oil paintings, where does he get his confidence?
Pershing was clearly going to attack Colombia and cut off the Goba passage to encircle hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, while Hua had spent eight months in the rainforest, and the soldiers were exhausted to the extreme. Why is he still so relaxed?
If Panama is remastered by the United States, defeating the United States is just a joke, not to mention that even if Panama is captured, the war of "cutting off the connection between the east and west coasts" is not so easy, why is he so leisurely?!
President Carranza thought again of the telegram that suddenly stirred up the whole world, and the telegram was for him, but it was very strange that it was intercepted and deciphered by the United States, and people could not help but feel a strong smell of conspiracy.
But this conspiracy made him so moved that he couldn't even refuse it immediately!
State of Mexico, Texas, Arizona. It was also sent to Oklama and Louisiana!
Five states, almost 1/7 of the land in the United States!
Not to mention Carranza, even the generals around him are in a daze, for them. Regain your homeland, defeat the United States, and make Mexico a North American power. It is a supreme feat! If they succeed, they will become the legendary heroes of this country, just like the two on the wall!
But is it that simple to become a hero?
In front of Mexico is a gold coin that radiates a brilliant light, with a resurgence of Mexico on the front and endless blood and bones on the back!
Come to think of it. President Carranza raised his glass: "Dear Gu, I heard that you have studied in the United States for two years, and I believe you must know their abilities, why don't you persuade His Majesty Li Mo to end the war here?" Isn't the blood that has been shed enough? β
"The end?" Gu Weijun glanced at Carranza very meaningfully, raised his wine glass and touched it lightly, and said with a smile: "Does the president think it can be stopped now?"
As a peace-loving country that advocates freedom as much as your country, we do not like war, and as our Majesty said when he declared war, we once hoped for peace infinitely, and hoped that there would be no more war. β»β»β»β»β» I β» I β» β»
But. They imposed it on us! Gu Weijun glanced at the several parliamentarians and generals present, and said eloquently: "Just like what your country faced decades ago, they imposed the war on us!" β
"Yes, evil America!"
"They're so despicable!"
"He should be punished."
Gu Weijun's words reminded several generals of the American-Mexican War decades ago, and they echoed their words. But this made Carranza very unhappy in his heart, because he felt that at least for now. Mexico should not be involved in this war.
Of course, "it's not that he doesn't want to regain his homeland, in fact, every politician doesn't want to give up this opportunity to make a name for himself", but there is no gold and silver in the world, and Mexico will pay a great price."
In fact, after receiving the telegram. He immediately called in his confidants to analyze whether this proposal was feasible. The conclusions reached are disappointing.
First of all. Mexico's finances could not afford such a huge war, and although it was the world's largest exporter of silver every year, most of the silver mines were in fact monopolized by domestic capitalists and the United States.
The second is that Mexico lacks a strong army and enough weapons and other military hardware to support the army, and the United States is the only arms supplier on the entire American continent with large-scale manufacturing capabilities, and they can build anything from bullets to battleships, "and Mexico is very difficult to even make ammunition, if it were not for the secret purchase of hundreds of thousands of rifles from China before, perhaps the Pershing invasion would have succeeded not long ago."
The third is whether Hua's and Germany's guarantees are effective; judging from the current situation, Germany's support is almost negligible, although their submarines are rampant in the Atlantic, but submarines are not battleships, and they cannot control the seas, and China's support can be expected. However, it can be seen from the Pershing attack on Colombia that as long as China cannot take Panama for one day, it will not be able to really open up the fast passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, for any Central American country whose border spans two oceans. The East Coast is always a formidable threat.
The thought of the indiscriminate bombardment of hundreds of American warships on the eastern coastline, and perhaps the landing of millions of soldiers, no one could afford to confront them.
Even if you leave these disadvantages out of the above. Even if the lost territory is successfully repaired, accommodating or pacifying the local English-speaking population will be a serious and difficult test, and how to get along with the United States after the war is also a big problem, and Hua can pat himself on the back and go back to Asia. With the strength of their navy, the United States will not be able to threaten them for at least a few decades, but the long land border will make Mexico bear all the hatred and anger of the United States after the war!
Is it worth it?
Looking at President Carranza, who was slow to speak, "Gu Weijun doesn't know how difficult it is to impress Mexico. In fact, Carranza's ability to come to power is inextricably linked to the United States.
After glancing at the few people around, Gu Weijun put down his wine glass, beckoned to take a document from his assistant, and handed it to Carranza: "Your Majesty, here is a list, including 1.5 million rifles, 700 cannons, 2,300 machine guns, 11 tanks, 1,000 aircraft, 2,000 trucks, 100 million rounds of ammunition and 50,000 shells, as well as 3 cruisers, 12 destroyers and 30 patrol ships and torpedo boats of the navy, and ββγ β
"Hissββ!"
Before Gu Weijun finished speaking, a sigh was remembered in the living room, not to mention anything else, this series of numbers alone was enough to make people's eyes red. Not to mention that there are 3
so many warships, including cruisers, almost for nothing to give Mexico a fleet!
"And." Gu Weijun glanced at everyone present. After adding the chips: "A five-year interest-free cash loan worth 300 million yuan!" β
"A five-year interest-free loan of 300 million yuan. And it's cash! β
The large figures of good military aid and equipment did not surprise Carranza too much, because Hua Guang captured more than that from Australia, and if you add the figures captured in the battles of Western Siberia and Mesopotamia, "at least they can help them arm an army of 4 million for free."
But the latter interest-free loan was too unexpected!
The Chinese currency, because of its exquisite oriental dragon huΔ pattern and ocean blue background, is called blue currency by various countries. With the outbreak of the war, "both the original hard currency and the supposedly strong dollar began to depreciate, and no one cared about the franc and the Deutsche mark, but the blue coin was not only not consumed by the war." On the contrary, because of one victory after another. Began to attract more and more international capital.
With the Wall Street Bulk Futures Trading Center facing the danger of bankruptcy, the Shanghai International Bulk Futures Trading Center has become a well-deserved world major exchange, "It is said that the daily turnover exceeds one billion, and has even reached the peak data of Wall Street."
"300 million is not much" is less than one-tenth of the total amount of loans they have provided to other allied countries, which has reached a total of 5 billion, but the word no interest is enough to show China's sincerity, you must know that even Germany. Got a low-interest loan. And not interest-free!
Not to mention such a large amount of weapons. If this can be obtained, then Mexico will become the second most powerful military presence in the Americas overnight!
"What do we have to give?" President Carranza asked in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Gu Weijun also secretly admired this evergreen tree in Mexican politics, and it was indeed outstanding to be able to maintain a minimum of calm in the face of such a big temptation. So he immediately said, "Your Majesty, in the words of a proverb in your country, it is that "there is no silver and gold in vain," so I don't want to lie. β
Gu Weijun's words immediately made everyone's ears pricked up, because everyone wanted to know. What is the bottom line of Hua!
"Weapons, they are provided free of charge! 300 million in cash has arrived in Honolulu! Gu Weijun's gaze swept across the audience. After the hole card was unfolded: "What we want is very simple, join us wholeheartedly, fight side by side with us to defeat the United States, sign a friendship agreement between the two countries, and sign a trade agreement between the two countries at the same time!" β
"Trade agreements?"
This was something that everyone hadn't expected, and even Carranza couldn't help frowning, and one of the councillors next to him immediately asked, "What kind of agreement is it?" β
"It's actually quite simple." Gu Weijun smiled slightly, squinting his eyes like an old woman coaxing a child. Laughing: "The same as before." It's just that because China has completely abandoned the silver standard, and currencies such as the United Kingdom and the United States continue to depreciate, we hope to add a clause to use our currency as the only hard currency settlement unit in future large transactions. β
Hearing this clause, all the Mexican officials present looked at each other, is this also worth writing into a trade agreement? Today, when the dollar has fallen, what is the use of not using blue coins?
President Carranza thought about it, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with this one, not to mention that people provide cash loans, and the only things that can be bought with blue coins are Chinese, so can he use blue coins to purchase in the United States or Europe? It's not possible, so I immediately went back to the previous aid and said, "There's no problem with the trade agreement." We also need your businessmen to invest, but join the alliance and go to war with the United States. β
Before Carranza could finish speaking, Gu Weijun interrupted him and said loudly: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the United States has already known about the telegrams sent to you by our country and Germany, and this is our negligence. I apologize to you, but there is one thing I want you to understand.
The United States has begun to step up the mobilization of troops to your borders. And I can assure you that if your country does not act again, it will not take twenty years. Your country will never be able to regain its lost territory, and the whole of America will be overshadowed by the United States, perhaps.
You'll never be able to turn over again! β
Gu Weijun's words were sonorous and powerful, and they hit the hearts of the people. In this living room, it can be said that a group of capital spokespersons gathered from the best of Mexico, so they are very clear. Not to mention 20 years, even now, if it weren't for Hua's strong rise. The American continent is no longer able to escape the shadow of the United States.
"However, called"
Seeing Carranza, it seemed that he was still hesitating. Gu Weijun couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, he didn't expect this guy to be so cautious, so he simply opened it all and said: "
I know what His Majesty the President and all of you are worried about. I can assure you here that as long as your country joins us, all your team will do is to help us contain some of the American troops, and all the main offensive tasks will be completed by our country, of course, because of the long distance of supplies, your country needs some food and other help.
In addition, after the war, we will force the United States to recognize your rule over the five states, and we will have them pass formal legal documents.
Of course.
I know what you're worried about. Because you all already know that Pershing and the Anglo-American fleet attacking Colombia may have landed on the coastline at this moment. Trying to sever the ties between Panama and Colombia is underway, so you must think that we are going to fail in Panama!
But what I'm going to say is, we might as well make a bet here.
In 15 days, we will take Panama City! Cut off the canal completely! β
"What?"
"Take Panama City in 15 days?"
"Mr. Gu, you're not kidding, your army has been fighting there for 8 months, can it be said that the things of 8 months can be completed in 15 days?"
"yes, isn't that a joke?!"
Faced with the gossip voice, Gu Weijun suddenly turned around, his eyes locked on Carranza, and said confidently with a smile: "15 days!" President Carranza, do you believe it? β
From the bottom of his heart, Carranza believed that it was strange, and after 8 months of fighting, he advanced to a distance of 50 kilometers from Panama, which was an average of less than 2 kilometers per day, and the defenses around Panama City must be tight. It's no joke to take it in 15 days!
But for some reason, seeing Gu Weijun's straight waist and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Carranza had a kind of thought, and after scanning the audience, he gritted his teeth violently.
"I'll wait 15 days and if what you say is true" then I'll seriously consider all your suggestions! β
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