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Chapter 221 Military Deployment

Just after the publication of the Chinese Exclusion Act formulated by the Americans and previous Chinese exclusion actions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese People's Army finally responded!

"We have urged the United States to punish the murderers, compensate the Chinese workers for their losses, and solemnly apologize to all the Chinese workers within 10 days for the Chinese People's Army, then the relations between the two sides will return to normal! If the United States rejects these conditions, then the Chinese People's Army will take further military action after the end of the period to express its responsibility and determination to defend the safety of its citizens!" said Foreign Minister Luo Fenglu in the latest issue!

The final condition of the Chinese People's Army can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and has caused a huge sensation in the international community! The Far East, which had just been calm, has made a comeback! At this time, all the major countries in the world that had attracted the attention of the British military campaign against Egypt had divided most of their own strength!

Begin to pay close attention to the new power in the Far East, which had just defeated the Netherlands and Portugal and had already shown its strong military strength, and the new international power that had been oppressed by the British for hundreds of years, because of the successive anti-Chinese riots in the United States and a series of conflicts and even wars that broke out in the Chinese Exclusion Act!

On May 16, 1882, the prime minister or prime minister of every country, as well as the military personnel of each country, marked this special rìzi on their rì calendar plates, even the British, who had already begun to prepare for the war in Egypt! They were curious to know that in the end it was the Americans who compromised and retreated because of the cowardice of their military strength. Or did the Chinese not get the answers they wanted and took drastic military action!

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In 1777, the British navigator James Cook landed on an island in the Pacific Ocean, 2,080 kilometers south of the Hawaiian Islands. Because it was Christmas Eve, it was named Christmas Island. Christmas Island in the Lane Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean is the largest atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1°59'N latitude and 157°30'W longitude. The total area is 600 square kilometers, of which the land area is 363 square kilometers!

Originally, this important island connecting the North Pacific and the South Pacific would have become an overseas colony of the British in 1888, but because of Huo Shan's foresight, it was already two years earlier, when the Huo Jiajun had just defeated the Dutch to occupy Borneo and Sulawesi and other South Sea islands. It has been brought under the control of the Huo Family Army, and after two years of construction, this has become an important naval base of the Huo Family Army Navy in the Pacific Ocean!

Moreover, in order to protect this key point in the Central Pacific, the Huo Jiajun deployed more than 40 coastal defense shore guns of different calibers on this small island, and there was a battalion of marines stationed on this island all year round! In addition, after the naval battles between the Huojia army and the Netherlands and Portugal on Engano Island, a large number of gunboats were captured. For the first time, two converted patrol ships have also been assigned here! Although two patrol ships of six or seven hundred tons cannot meet the territorial patrol requirements of the nearly 2,000-mile sea area of the Lane Islands, it is very good to have two patrol ships compared to the 25 naval bases of the Huo Jiajun!

However, this situation had changed two days ago, when four Seahawk-class frigates with long and narrow hulls and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons sailed into the not wide military harbor on Christmas Island!

"I really envy you! I knew that I had also gone to learn how to command warships!" Looking at the mighty warships floating in the harbor through the window, Liang Hai, the commander of the Christmas Island Naval Base, couldn't help but say with envy on his face!

"What is there to envy. How good is the commander of this base, he looks at the sea every day, blows the wind, and urges those little cubs of the navy to conduct military training when he is fine! How leisurely is the rìzi! It is like we have to float on the sea for at least two-thirds of the 365 days a year. In addition, it is necessary to record the hard training in the cramped cháo wet bed compartment every day. So, Lao Liang, you should be content!" Wang Jun, the captain of the Seahawk No. 1 battleship, said with a smile and a joke on his face! After all the members of the original headquarters of the Seahawk No. 1 frigate were transferred to the two military academies established by the Navy to serve as instructors, Wang Jun, who was originally the captain of the Seahawk No. 2 frigate, became the captain of the Seahawk No. 1 warship! The Seahawk frigates that were also in the back were all one in the front row!

Listening to his loud voice, Liang Hai couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Why don't we change, you will be the commander of this comfortable base, and I will be the captain of the bitter and tired Sea Eagle frigate!"

"Forget it! I'm used to suffering and being tired, and I can't get over too comfortable!" Wang Jun touched his nose in embarrassment, waved his hand and said quickly!

"Hahaha......!"

"Okay, let's stop laughing! Let's talk about some serious things! Lao Liang believes that you have heard about our affairs with the Americans here, right?" After the smile on Cao Zhijie's face, which had become the captain of the Seahawk No. 4, disappeared, he said solemnly!

Hearing his words, Liang Haishen nodded calmly! Since the radio stations within the Huo Jiajun had begun to be gradually used, almost every naval base and island with a population of more than 50,000 people had basically built radio receiving and transmitting towers! Even relatively distant islands would have patrol warships between the islands to deliver information! Therefore, such a major matter such as the conflict between China and the United States on the issue of Chinese workers, of course, he as a naval base commander knew very well about such a big matter!

"The order our navy received this time is to cooperate with the 6th Marine Division under the command of the Pacific Military Region to land on the Hawaiian islands after the Americans rejected our ultimatum, overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom established by the natives above, expel all the Americans above, and finally occupy the most important archipelago in the Pacific Ocean and bring it under the rule of our Chinese People's Army!" Cao Zhijie said with a hint of excitement in his eyes!

After listening to his words, Liang Hai nodded clearly, "But we dispatched five Admiral-class destroyers this time, and the eight Sea Eagle frigates are just to escort the army and provide artillery support for their landing operations?"

"Of course, that's not all! Our Navy's ultimate mission this time is to destroy all the warships on the US West Coast, seize all US merchant ships in the Pacific, and blockade the entire US West Coast!" said Choi Seung-so, the captain of the Seahawk 3 frigate, excitedly!

"So you can do it again?" Liang Hai said with some envy on his face!

"Actually, it's not a big deal, the Americans' naval strength is too weak, even the original Portuguese navy can't compare, it's really not interesting to fight their wooden ships!" Although Wang Jun didn't care about what he said in his tone, he couldn't hide the smug look on his face!

"Hehe, you guy!" Liang Hai scolded with a smile!

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New Fujian Islands, Quanzhou City (Rabaul), the headquarters of the Pacific Military District!

"Where has the Sixth Marine Division arrived now?" Wu Guangzong asked in a solemn tone as he looked at the large-scale map of the Pacific Ocean hanging on the wall!

"The two regiments of 601 and 602 and the headquarters of the 6th Marine Division have arrived at the Majuro Naval Base, and the remaining 4,000 men of the 603rd Regiment have arrived at the Christmas Island Naval Base! They are now ready to attack!" Wang Xiangzong, who had just served as chief of staff of the newly established Pacific Military Region, pointed to several islands on the wall and said calmly!

"Now there are less than three days left before the time limit we have given the Americans, and it seems that they have already vetoed the conditions we have proposed! It can be seen that this war is destined to break out!" Retracting his concerned gaze from the map on the wall, Wenming shook his head and said with some sigh in his tone!

"Whether it is the Netherlands, Portugal, or the United States now, these foreigners are all the same virtues, and they don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin! When we really hurt them, they will know that we are fundamentally different from the backward and decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty, who only knew how to compromise and retreat!" Huo Wenguang, deputy commander of the Pacific Military Region, said with mockery in his tone!

"Lao Huo is right, this time we will first take the Pacific Ocean and these islands that the Americans fancie, and then blockade the entire west coast of the United States to see how long the Americans can hold out!" Ren Bangding also agreed!

"It's a pity! This time, the young master will not allow us to land in the United States, otherwise the Americans will be able to understand how big the gap between their military strength and ours is!"

Looking at Wang Xiangzong's face full of pity, Wu Guangzong couldn't help but smile, "Our ultimate goal is to force the Americans to submit and agree to our conditions! If our army really lands on the west coast of the United States, it will really be a fight with the Americans! This is not in our interests!"

"What we are saying is that we are too far from the economic and industrial strength of the Americans, and their war potential is far from being comparable to that of the Dutch and the Portuguese! Therefore, what we need is a local war to take advantage of the weak strength of the Americans in both naval and land armies to force them to submit! Moreover, the first five-year economic plan of our Huo Jiajun has reached a critical stage! What we need now is not a large-scale war, but quiet development! Only when our industrial strength is strengthened and the economy develops can our Chinese people's army be truly strong!" Speaking of this, Wen Wen paused, and after slowly scanning the circle of everyone, he continued: "The foundation of our people's army is in the Far East, and only by overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and truly establishing our own country and laying our own foundation firm! That is when we will truly compete with the Western powers for world hegemony! Now we still need to be patient!"

After listening to his words, Wu Guangzong nodded slowly, "Well! Lao Wen is right! Everyone, now that we are all senior officers of the Pacific Military Region, our eyes should be more focused on the strategic layout of the entire People's Army! Instead of being like the regiment commander and division commander before, we only know how to fight bravely! Everyone, we can't live up to the young master's trust in us!"