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Ignoring the frizziness of the young lieutenant, Yang Yonglin snatched the telegram from his hand, opened it quickly, and after reading it as quickly as he could, his face showed a look of sincere excitement. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Immediately send a telegram to all the captains stationed in Curaçao, and ask them to rush back to the headquarters for a meeting as soon as possible! By the way, there are two more Marine Divisions, don't forget to inform them!"

Looking at the young ensign who ran out to give orders, Zhuo Guan said with a smile: "This time it's finally our turn to play!"

"Yes, but the naval strength of the Americans is too poor, more than 50 warships, all of them are old things like sail warships more than 20 years ago, and there is not a single ironclad ship, this time it is estimated that in addition to protecting the landing of the army and providing artillery support, I am afraid that there will be no decent naval battles!" Yang Yonglin said with some pity.

Hearing his words, Zhuo Guanluo also nodded in agreement, although over the years, under the pressure of Huo Jiajun, the size of the US Army has swelled rapidly like blowing up balloons. In addition, according to the statistics of the Huojia Military Intelligence Bureau, if the number of troops is counted in the National Guard, the number of troops has approached three million, which has surpassed the Russian Empire, which originally had the largest army in the world.

The US Navy fleet, which has not updated its naval warships for more than 20 years, is already far behind the times, and the US Navy is still using wooden sail warships to ensure the security of its maritime frontiers when various naval powers in the world are building steel warships one after another, using steam engine power, and their muzzles are getting thicker and thicker. Moreover, after experiencing the previous blows of the Huo Jiajun American Fleet, nearly half of the more than 50 warships that originally belonged to the US Navy have been lost. The rest of them are also cowering under the protection of offshore batteries, and they dare not come out again.

The U.S. Navy is now basically left with an empty shell. The rest of the fleet is not so much a navy, but in terms of combat capability, it is not even comparable to the inland river fleet of the Huo family army on the Mississippi River!

"Well, anyway, the U.S. Navy is better than those pirates, how many pages can make our soldiers feel the atmosphere of war, can't they?" Zhuo Guanluo said with a smile.

"That's right!" said Yang Yonglin, who took out the document that recorded the 'New York Plan' from the safe. Then he picked up the telegram and said, "Let's go, let's go to the conference room! When the meeting is over, it's time to get ready to go!"

"Okay, let's go!"

As the two left, the spacious office fell silent. But. On the other hand, there are increasingly rapid footsteps on the islands in the Caribbean Special Administrative Region where the Huo Jiajun American Fleet is stationed.

As time passes, the dim night begins to gradually envelop Curacao, compared to the quiet of the night. The wide military port was busy, with warships beginning to load with coal and fresh water, and large numbers of soldiers lining up in long lines to board the transport ships that had been prepared for a long time. And the warships that had completed the logistical preparations sailed out of the harbor one by one, forming a neat queue at sea.

Standing on the towering bridge of the flagship "Meng Tian" destroyer, looking at the huge fleet of hedgehogs around him, Yang Yonglin couldn't help but feel a long-lost pride in his heart. Although in order to avoid provoking control of the British Empire Navy in the Atlantic, which was supposed to be strengthened to the American Fleet, the First Squadron of the Coast Guard, with an average displacement of 3,500 tons, did not come. But just to deal with the weak U.S. Navy and protect the safety of Huo's army on the islands in the Caribbean Administrative Region, these warships in his hands are enough!

"Left full rudder. Sail to the northwest!"Yang ordered in a calm tone. At the beginning, in order to distract Britain, the United States and France from the American Fleet, it was also to ensure the smooth implementation of the 'New York Operation'. Of the three detachments under the command of the American Fleet, except for the destroyer Fourth Fleet, which was stationed in Curacao, the remaining frigates, the Third Fleet and the Seventh Fleet, which participated in the operation, were stationed in the Central Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, respectively. So, before the start of Operation New York, he had to go and assemble the fleet!

"Understood, full rudder left. Sail to the northwest!" With one order after another, the huge fleet began to move slowly.

In the early morning of December 28, 1884, the American fleet began to gather northward, and later historians believed that the biggest cause of the defeat of the United States, the 'New York Operation', like a strong bow, was gradually pulled away by the Huo family navy!

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Putting down the document in his hand, William Jurte Gladstone's brows couldn't help but show a hint of joy.

Just last week, the British Army has captured Giza, an important town in the west of Cairo, and a total of 450,000 troops have already encircled Cairo, Egypt from three directions, east, west and north, as long as the British Empire makes a little more effort, across the last 60 kilometers, it will be able to defeat the last 200,000 troops under the Fatherland Party led by Mohammed Arabi in one fell swoop, and completely end this war that has been in war for two and a half years, has lost more than 100,000 yuan, but still cannot completely defeat the Egyptian army, and make the British Empire lose face in the world!

As for the remaining Egyptian troops south of Cairo, Gladstone was not worried. Although the resistance of the Egyptian army this time was unprecedentedly stubborn, and the weapons and equipment were also very good, he did not think that the southern Egyptian army would be able to continue to resist the attack of the British Empire in the face of the loss of Cairo and the dispersion of the Motherland!

"They should hide like a groundhog, not continue to rebel against the British Empire, and after this war, Egypt will truly become an imperial colony, and the Suez Canal will finally be in the hands of the British Empire!" Gladstone thought to himself.

In fact, if it were not for the control of the Suez Canal, a strategic waterway, Britain would not have spent so much effort to fight this protracted war with nearly 300 million pounds in the face of a serious economic crisis at home.

"Knock knock......!" there was a heavy knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Squeak!" With the hoarse sound of the door opening, an Englishman over half a hundred years old, with gray temples and a tall figure walked in!

"Mr. Viscount, it's rare to see you coming! It seems that the victory of the Imperial Army in Egypt has made Your Excellency very happy, right?" asked Gladstone with a smile.

Hearing his words, Richard Haldane, the third Viscount of Haldane and also the British War Secretary, frowned, and there was a slight expression on his cold face, although as a Conservative, he did not agree with the policy of balancing the American continent that Gladstone, the leader of the Liberal Party, was implementing. But after all, the other party is still the British Prime Minister, and as a nobleman of the British Empire, he must still maintain the courtesy he should have!

"Mr. Prime Minister, despite our series of victories in the war in Egypt, the Muhammad al-Arabi Fatherland Party still has nearly 200,000 troops in its hands, and they still maintain the connection between the south and the outside world, coupled with the complex urban environment of Cairo, I don't think the British Imperial Army will have an easy war in the future!"

Hearing this, Gladstone frowned slightly, although he felt that there was some truth in the other party's words, but the British tradition of emphasizing the navy more than the army made him think in his heart that it was Richard Haldane's exaggeration, and its purpose was just to win more military spending on the army! The dispute between land and sea is an eternal topic, which exists in almost every country, and the British Empire is the same!

Moreover, in recent years, because of the Anglo-Egyptian war and the economic crisis, the British cabinet's annual military expenditure has been reduced by a large part, and more than half of the military expenditure has been invested in the army, while the corresponding British Navy's shipbuilding funds and expenditures have been greatly reduced, which has caused a lot of dissatisfaction within the imperial navy, but because of the Egyptian war, this dissatisfaction has not occurred.

However, at the dawn of victory in the Anglo-Egyptian war, Gladstone and his Prime Minister's Office were no longer prepared to continue to favor this year's military spending towards the army! In addition, the British Empire's new-generation ironclad battleship 'Admiral-class' had been dragging on the slipway for three or four years because of its financial constraints! When the 'Inflecze-White' class battleship had proved to be unusable because of its heavy ironclad, slow speed, and low rate of fire, the British Navy's demand for a new generation of battleships was already very urgent!

Looking at the flash of contempt in Gladstone's eyes, Richard Haldane knew that he had not listened to his words. However, he did not think that the other party could follow his advice, after all, the form of sea strength and land weakness has lasted for hundreds of years in Britain, although he is a British nobleman, it is still difficult to change the other party's deep-rooted views! However, he also believes that although the Egyptian war will not end easily, the British Empire is not far from victory!

"Mr. Prime Minister, this is a telegram just from the United States today, President Alan Arthur has officially declared war on the Chinese People's Army!" said Richard Haldane as he put the telegram in his hand on the desk in front of Gladstone.

Hearing this, Gladstone picked up the telegram on the table, looked at it casually, and then set it aside. For him, the telegram was no more useful than the pit paper in the toilet. In the past two years or so, China and the United States, which have fought many wars to the death, would have already been in a state of war between the two sides, even without this piece of paper! And this piece of paper only shows that the war between the United States and the Chinese People's Army, which has been preparing for two years, is about to break out for hegemony on the American continent!