On February 6, 1898, the Ocean Kingdom officially declared war on the Kingdom of Spain, and on February 15, the time when the firecrackers of Citigroup exploded, there were only 9 short days, and the White House was immediately seated.

Will the plan be continued, or will it be rescheduled?

Three days later, on February 9.

President McKinley had just returned to Washington from Portland, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt had broken into the Oval Office of the White House in a hurry.

"Mr. President, we must act immediately, today is December 9th, and now time is of the essence for us, we must act first, please give the order to send the Far Eastern Fleet out immediately."

Roosevelt put his hands on the table with an anxious face, his face was a little red because of excitement, and he did not care that Kahn, the chief of staff of the White House, was by his side, and continued to President McKinley;

"Thank God, Admiral George Dewey of the Far East Fleet has long been prepared, as long as he receives an order from the White House, it will only take two days for the fleet to rush from Hong Kong to Manila at full speed, and it can be the first to blockade Manila Bay and prevent the fleet of the Ocean Kingdom from entering."

"Wait a minute, I understand your feelings, Mr. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, but we have no reason to rush into Luzon now, this is an Asian war."

"The reason is ready, Mr. President, it has been almost three weeks since the arrival of the Maine in Cuba, and the port of Havana has made all the preparations, as long as the telegram is sent, you can see the firecrackers explode tonight."

"With only three days to go, the United States of America is following the Ocean Kingdom against the Spaniards, how will the world view Citigroup? Oh...... No, Europeans will see us as villains who have fallen into a trap, and it will take time to get Parliament to pass the war bill. ”

"No, no, no, we can take the lead in taking action with the bombing of the port of Havana, and after General Dewey leads the Far East Fleet to blockade Manila Bay, we can find an opportunity to destroy those old antiques of the Spaniards, at least to secure the main island of Luzon."

Speaking of which

Roosevelt's face glowed with a perverted glow, he stood up and took two steps in the Oval Office, looked up at the complicated face of Kahn, the chief of staff of the White House, and said in a mocking tone;

"Citi fully understands the solemn position of the Ocean Kingdom and is willing to do its best to help in this regard, regrettably...... The main island of Luzon, which was first occupied by the Citigroup, could not be ceded.

There are more than 7,000 islands in the Philippine archipelago, and they can take everything else, Cebu or Mindanao, they can take any of them, but the main island of Luzon is not, it is a sacred territory belonging to the United States.

As long as we move fast enough, I am ninety percent sure that General George Dewey will bring victory back.

He has been a friend of mine for many years, and I know that General George Dewey is a naval admiral with high moral character and strong executive ability, and has been preparing for more than ten years in order to realize Citigroup's long-term strategy of entering the world island.

The initiative is now in our hands, provided that we act now.

Mr. President, the Admiralty needs your operational authorization. ”

After a long speech, Roosevelt himself was in a surging mood, and his face glowed with excitement in front of the president.

But...... The expected applause did not ring out.

After a brief silence, Chief of Staff Kahn silently handed over a top-secret telegram in his hand, while President McKinley looked at Roosevelt's expression, revealing a full taste of regret.

Roosevelt took the message in a little surprise, looked down and jumped to his feet; "Oh bastard, this is a conspiracy, a naked conspiracy, this is a despicable aggression that has been prepared for a long time, how can they do this?"

Silent...... No one answered him.

Please, can you have a face, others don't know, what Citigroup is going to do next, don't you have a little pressure in your heart?

To say that people are a conspiracy, to say that people are aggression, then what is Citigroup's action?

Needless to say, we are all embarrassed ourselves.

clearly displayed on the message;

On February 6, 1898, after the expiration of the ultimatum to the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of the Ocean, without receiving any official reply, formally declared war on the Kingdom of Spain.

That night, the South China Sea Fleet and the Shangri-La Fleet made a big move, aiming north to the Luzon Islands.

On the morning of February 8, the Kingdom of Spain officially declared war on the Kingdom of the Ocean, and the Western War broke out.

Same day

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of 8 February, the mixed formation of the Ocean Kingdom arrived off the coast of Cebu Island in a majestic manner, and dispatched several ships to implement a complete blockade of Cebu Island while easily sinking a Spanish cruiser and several small destroyers, and damaging and capturing a Spanish cruiser.

The mixed fleet did not stop and continued to advance to the north.

February 9 at noon

The mixed fleet arrived in Manila Bay and began a complete sweep of the remnants of Spanish ships by the time of this report;

With the roar of artillery in the bay and the sunken and damaged Spanish ships in flames, defeat was inevitable and the countdown to Spanish colonial rule began......

This telegram shattered all Roosevelt's illusions, and he began to chill as if he had fallen into an abyss, and his face turned pale step by step and he fell back into his chair.

He's not stupid and knows it's all over.

It's a beat slower, and you can't even eat hot shit.

Eurasia is known as the World Island, and the wonderful interpretation of human development for more than 3,000 years is almost all concentrated on the World Island, where the clash of civilizations, the development and destruction of civilizations, the change and prosperity of nations, culture, music, history and science all originate from the World Island and carry forward.

Since the independence of Citigroup, the North American continent has only been around for more than 100 years, and it is an emerging country with no historical precipitation and no cultural heritage, and is famous in Europe for its barbarism, rudeness and unculture.

Due to the natural barrier between the two oceans, Citigroup dominates in North America, which brings Citigroup an unparalleled sense of security at the same time, but also brings Citigroup a strong sense of loneliness, and Europeans do not look down on Citigroup at all, are strongly hostile to the democratic system, and are unwilling to play with Citigroup, which is the fundamental reason for the prevalence of the "Monroe Doctrine" in Citigroup.

Every lonely child has his own sorrows, and when Citigroup grows up and becomes stronger and more confident, he tries to reach out and get closer to the world island.

There are thousands of years of human reproduction history, countless national tragedy, singing and crying wars and integration, every change in the national geographic map, will set off a spectacular poem of competition.

For more than 100 years, Citigroup has been too lonely.

Even if it becomes the most industrially powerful and richest country in the world, it is only a solo dance in the form of a human figure, no one appreciates, no one applauds, and no one applauds.

God knows how much a lonely child craves the approval of others!

But before the long-planned strategic plan began, it had been rudely interrupted by the Ocean Kingdom, and then took away a piece of territory that Roosevelt cherished so much...... Luzon.

How can this kind of deep spiritual pain be a tragic word?

At this point, Citigroup's expansion has fallen from a very strategic sense to an intra-American turf grab, even if Cuba and Puerto Rico are included.

Citigroup's territory is already large enough, and adding more than 300,000 square kilometers of colonies is better than nothing, and its influence still cannot rush out of North America.

Comparatively

It is of completely different strategic significance to occupy a solid and reliable stronghold in the South Seas, to cross the tentacles of Citigroup across the vast Pacific Ocean, to penetrate into the arms of the Ocean Kingdom and several East Asian countries, and to participate in the turmoil of the world island nearby.

The vast Pacific Ocean stretches 21,300 kilometers from the coast of Colombia in South America to the Malay Peninsula in Asia.

No matter how loud and distant Citigroup is, how many decibels can it reach the Western Pacific?

How many decibels can be passed across the choppy Atlantic Ocean to Europe?

This is the international status problem that Citigroup has to face today, the Europeans don't take him seriously, the ocean kingdom doesn't take it seriously, and those weak countries take him seriously......

Alas, don't mention it, it's all tears when you mention it!

According to the general law of military operations, after establishing a solid maritime superiority, the next step is to land operations, and considering the Spanish military strength of thousands in the Luzon Islands, a collision with the ocean kingdom is tantamount to an egg hitting a stone, and the result is not at all suspenseful.

Roosevelt hated it so much, but he could not stop it, because the dictator had always been known for his swiftness and rapidity, and the Luzon Islands was like a ripe fruit, and it was a foregone conclusion that it would fall into his hands.

As soon as he thought of his bombastic remarks in front of President McKinley, Roosevelt's face suddenly seemed to be on fire, and he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, and said in embarrassment; "Mr. President, you already know the news?"

"I just saw it, too."

"Oh God, you forgot to remind me?"

So what do you mean...... Is it my fault?

President McKinley glared at Roosevelt with unkind eyes, and saw that his red eyes were looking at him, showing a mixture of humiliation, unwillingness, pain and remorse, like a wounded stubborn boy.

President McKinley never knew that human eyes could reveal such complex emotions, and his heart softened, and he sighed lightly and persuaded him; "At this point, we should accept that the situation in the South Pacific is irreversible and that there is no place for Citi to step in. I'm thinking about whether to postpone the Havana plan ......"

When Roosevelt heard this, he immediately became anxious; "Oh...... No, it can't be postponed, Mr. President, we should pay close attention to the movements of the mixed fleet of the Ocean Kingdom, and launch it on time as originally planned, the Ocean Kingdom has declared war on Spain, if they wait for their free hands, they may get involved in Central America, this is something that the Citi Kingdom absolutely cannot accept, if it really develops to that point, we should consider a dignified war with the Ocean Kingdom, in order to maintain the absolute dominance of the Citi Kingdom in North and South America, and we cannot be sure of victory. ”

When two tigers fight, one will be injured.

Roosevelt saw very clearly at this point, no matter how big the hearts of the people of Citigroup were, they did not dare to let such an aggressive opponent as the Ocean Kingdom come to their doorstep, thinking about the things in the yard of their house all the time, and those days could not pass?

vice versa

From the thirteen states at the beginning of independence to the vast territory today, Citigroup has shown extremely aggressiveness, and the Ocean Kingdom does not dare to put it on its doorstep, it is really impossible to sleep.

The two sides are jealous of each other, but fortunately, Citigroup does not know what it has lost, but its expansion strategy has repeatedly suffered serious setbacks from the Ocean Kingdom, and at the national strategic level, it has attracted great attention.

President McKinley considered it carefully, weighed the pros and cons, and finally nodded; "The Gate plan is carried out as usual, and the George Dewey fleet is ordered to lift the state of emergency, and they have no urgent tasks in the western Pacific for the time being, so as not to cause miscalculation by others."

The "others" in the president's mouth are undoubtedly the hated dictator of the ocean kingdom.

At this moment, Roosevelt's heart was full of mixed feelings, and he replied in a dry voice; "Your Excellency, the Admiralty will carry out your orders without reservation."

"Well, let's focus on Central America, for the foreseeable short term we will not have any established strategic objectives to choose from in the Far East and South Asia, so that the lads of George Dewey's fleet can relax and have a pleasant journey."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Watching Roosevelt leave the Oval Office in a depressed mood, President McKinley turned to Chief of Staff Kahn and said; "Thank you Karn, put all the information here, I'll read it when I have time."

"I'm glad to listen to you, Mr. President." Karn pulled out a thick stack of papers from his leather file bag, organized them and placed them on his desk, then turned to leave, closing the door with him.

President McKinley breathed a long sigh of relief, Roosevelt's manic behavior just now was like a clown, but President McKinley had no intention of accusing him and laughing at him.

The proposed Spanish-American War is a strategic expansion policy to which the current administration is fully engaged, and it is of extremely important and far-reaching significance, and it is also a window for European countries to demonstrate their strong national strength.

It's a pity that he just entered the warm-up stage, and was rudely destroyed by the Ocean Kingdom, stealing the limelight that should have belonged to Citigroup.

This was a major strategic mistake that did not fully take into account the actions of the wise monarch in the South Pacific and ignored the potentially significant risks of advancing into the Philippines.

This seems to be the second time, Citigroup has been deflated in a major expansion strategy, and the first time should be in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

The United States is a democratically elected country with a four-year presidential term.

President McKinley does not have to pay for the mistakes of his predecessors, but he has to face the embarrassing situation of having more than half of the pie snatched up, and he will face a secret questioning from the Senate.

Ordinary people don't know that the Philippines is among Citi's potential targets, but that can't be fooled by members of Congress, and the closed-door hearings in both the House and Senate are inevitable procedures, and he is distraught at the thought of it.

Since the end of the 18th century

In North America, Citigroup rises.

In South America, Argentina rises.

In Europe, the German Empire rose, the Kingdom of Italy rose, the French Republic regrouped, Austria-Hungary continued to be mired in complex internal struggles, Tsarist Russia showed signs of court reform, and the Ottoman Empire continued to sink.

In Asia, the Fusang Kingdom rose and the Qing Dynasty fell.

In the vast South Pacific, oceanic kingdoms arose.