Harrison's Texas militia didn't hold out longer than the Marines.

The tank troops who arrived first joined forces with the defenders in the Chinese stronghold, and made a sandwich cake for the defenders on the west side of the stronghold.

Harrison received the news that his troops to the west had been attacked, and rushed to the rescue with his troops.

But in front of the tank, his troops shattered at the slightest touch.

Huntington's troops still had fortifications to rely on, and the Texas National Guard had nothing.

A tank rushed directly into the pile and began to run over, rampage, invincible.

At the same time, the militias in several other directions won a full-scale counterattack by the Chinese in their strongholds.

They were powerless to stop them, and they all raised the white flag.

The Texas National Guard surrendered en masse, and along with Commander Harrison, became prisoners.

Without the support of the National Guard, the remaining militia at Fort Stockton lost the capital to resist again.

The mayor waved a white flag and walked into the Chinese settlement.

"I want to see your chief." The mayor said to the guards with guns, "We have surrendered, please do not attack us again." ”

"Our chief is not available, he told you to hand over your guns and stay at home honestly." The guard said unceremoniously to the mayor.

At this time, Li Sifu and Lin Sanshan were discussing the next plan under the iron tower.

"I've already reported the situation here to the boss, so let's wait for his instructions." Lin Sanshan said.

Li Sifu nodded.

After a while, Dongsheng trotted over with a telegram and handed it to Li Sifu.

Li Sifu glanced at it and handed the telegram to Lin Sanshan's hand.

There is only one sentence on it:

Don't make a stop, go straight to Austin.

Austin is the capital of Texas and is more than 500 kilometers from Fort Stockton.

Not to mention whether the militia in San Antonio will stab them in the back of the ass, logistics alone may not be able to keep up.

"What do you think?" Lin Sanshan put down the telegram and looked at Li Sifu.

"Our tanks aren't that fast." Li Sifu pondered for a moment.

But then, he figured out what his boss meant.

"No matter, let's rush to Austin first." Li Sifu said to Lin Sanshan.

He turned his head and gave the order to the soldiers behind him:

"Fill up the gas, Target Austin!"

Capitol Hill, Washington.

"The Chinese are rebelling!"

After receiving the news that Chinese troops from New Mexico had broken through the state border and entered Texas, Congressman Cahill was excited.

He hurriedly summoned several "like-minded" anti-China legislators and began to discuss how to make waves in Congress and pass a bill against the Chinese.

"I think the most important thing is to confirm the fact that Chen Jianqiu and his Chinese troops are 'treasonous', and urge the president to take military action immediately to quell the rebellion!"

A congressman from Virginia came up with his own idea.

"In addition, we should let public opinion build momentum and reiterate the threat of the Chinese." Another lawmaker said, "If the threat of the past may not have been perceived by everyone, now it is naked." ”

"I think it is necessary to tie up and lock up the Chinese and Chen Jianqiu, I heard that Chen is still in New York, and he should be arrested as soon as possible!"

Several parliamentarians were gossiping and expressing their opinions.

As the saying goes, three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang.

These people spent the morning in a daze, and came up with a plan of action that seemed relatively complete.

Cahill took the plan of action and went straight to the White House.

He had to find McKinley immediately and put the plan into action.

Today's White House seems to be a little different from usual.

In normal times, Congressman Cahill is free to enter and leave the president's office.

But today is different.

The door to the office was closed, and the entire White House was also under siege by the Secret Service, with two steps and one post.

Cahill waited for a long time in the lounge in the wing before being told he could enter the president's office.

The office was filled with smoke.

McKinley was sitting in his place thinking about something, a cigar in his hand.

Cahill snorted.

He remembered that McKinley didn't seem to be in the habit of smoking.

"Mr. President, the Chinese have launched a rebellion, and our chance has come! We have enough excuses to clean up those Chinese! ”

Cahill said excitedly to McKinley.

However, he didn't notice that McKinley's face was not good.

"Didn't you read the newspaper?" He tossed a newspaper on the table to Cahill.

Cahill opened it and saw that it was the New York World, with a headline on the front page that read:

Fort Stockton under the blood-colored butcher's knife

"The Texas militia surrounded the entire Fort Stockton stronghold to prevent the plague from anyone, but I stayed here for more than half a year, and I didn't see any black deaths except for the first few cases."

"In the evening, the militia in the next town took the lead in attacking the stronghold of the Chinese, and the battle was fierce, with casualties on both sides, and the demons of war were awakened"

"The Chinese who were able to pick up guns went to the front, including women and the elderly, and only the children hid in a shelter in the center of the village, terrified"

The National Guard brought in artillery and carried out intensive shelling of the strongholds of the Chinese. The houses where they lived were destroyed, many Chinese were killed in the bombing, and countless others were injured."

"I was also injured, and the local Chinese leaders advised me to hide and have people treat me."

The whole report occupies two full pages.

The author uses a more vivid writing to describe the entire process from the siege of the Chinese stronghold by the Texas National Guard.

The emotion flowing from the text is very rich, more like a kind of documentary literature, accusing the militia of the atrocities of attacking the Chinese strongholds from the first person.

At the same time, the author said that he will continue to report.

There will be photos to back up everything you say.

Cahill was dumbfounded.

"The newspaper in New York the day before yesterday, Hannah brought it to me this morning." McKinley rubbed his brow tiredly.

"Is Pulitzer crazy? How can they leave the facts aside? Cahill said frantically.

McKinley didn't speak, and looked at him coldly.

What is the truth, don't you guys have a little bit of a count in mind?

I just promised to go and besiege the Chinese stronghold at Fort Stockton, so that Chen Jianqiu could send troops to clean up his excuse.

Who told you to really attack?!

Forget about attacking, still take the shelling, forget about the shelling, and not beat it down yet!

"How did they know what was going on inside?" McKinley asked.

Cahill was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted:

"They must have made it up! Just to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion in advance, what a photo, it is really bluffing. ”

He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out how the information came out in the case of being under siege, so he came to this conclusion.

In fact, this report was transmitted by Dongsheng by wireless telegraph.

His hands were running out.

"It's not a problem, Mr. President, we can control and deal with public opinion, it's not a problem."

Cahill put down the newspaper and set it aside.

"As long as Chen Jianqiu's troops cross the state border and exchange fire with the Marines, it is treason! We can characterize him as a rebellion! ”

"We can send troops to destroy him! The Marines are holding their main forces, and the militias of other states act in concert! We will be able to win soon! ”

"Hmm."

McKinley's expression didn't change much, just a slight "um".

He was a little tired of Cahill running into his office and talking nonsense he had known for a long time.

As a president who indirectly commanded the Spanish-American War, he would not be as naïve as these talkative congressmen.

Chen Jianqiu and his Chinese army were not easy to deal with.

McKinley never expected the Marines to hold off Chen's forces along the state border.

He only hoped that the force would delay a little longer.

The president bypassed the Secretary of War a few weeks ago and found the idle Brigadier General Kent.

That's right, it's the Brigadier General Kent who was beaten to the ground for diarrhea in the bloody beach outside San Diego.

He signed a presidential decree for Brigadier General Kent to lead the 2nd Infantry Division, which had not yet been disbanded after returning home, to Texas to provide support.

However, neither McKinley nor Cahill have apparently received news of the defeat in Texas.

Li Sifu and his tank were already on their way to Austin.

McKinley is in no hurry.

He thinks everything is under control.

No matter how strong he Chen Jianqiu is, he can't withstand the blockade of him by the U.S. government; No matter how capable his troops were, they could not withstand the powerful mobilization force of the United States.

At this time, there are other people who are most anxious.

Like, Hannah.

The Republican Party is in charge because they don't want to make a big deal out of it.

According to his judgment, the president was on the opposite side of Chen Jianqiu on the issue of the military-industrial complex.

Chen Jianqiu only expressed his displeasure by pressuring the president in this way.

At this point, Hanna and Chen Jianqiu are in the same boat.

But this does not mean that he agrees with Chen Jianqiu's behavior.

This is reckless.

This behavior gave the president the authority to send troops, not to mention the regular army, and the Texas militia alone was enough for them to drink.

If the army is defeated, Chen Jianqiu's military-industrial empire will also collapse, and Hanna's beautiful vision of fame and fortune will also be frustrated.

Hanna wanted to talk to Chen Jianqiu for the first time.

But the Chinese leader, who is said to be in New York, is nowhere to be found.

The people of the Chen consortium couldn't tell where he had gone.

Hannah couldn't wait, so he immediately boarded the train to Washington.

He tried to reconcile the contradictions between the two.

McKinley's attitude is also unusually tough.

"His actions are rebellion! He's challenging the Federation! I will not accept any compromise with traitors! McKinley replied.

Hannah had no choice but to give up.

No matter how beautiful the vision is, it is only a vision, and it is impossible for him to give up the present, let alone deviate from his most basic position.

Chen Jianqiu, you can do it yourself.

So, where is Chen Jianqiu at this time?

He's fishing.

After giving orders to Li Sifu, who was far away in Fort Stockton, he drove to the old place on the Hudson River to fish.

The Hudson River is calm and sparkling.

Chen Jianqiu smoked the pole leisurely.

Footsteps could be heard behind him.

Chen Jianqiu didn't look back and continued to catch his fish.

"Chen, don't you think you've gone too far this time?"

A man stood behind his side.

It was Roosevelt's voice.

"If it were your people who were fenced up and slaughtered like pigs, you would do the same." Chen Jianqiu said calmly.

"But if you really want to fit in with this society, you shouldn't separate each other, you should try to communicate." Roosevelt said with his anger suppressed.

"However, the fact is that this country is divided into each other." Chen Jianqiu sighed softly.

"But have you ever thought about the consequences of doing so? Your more than 10 years of hard work may come to naught! You will bring the Chinese to the opposite side of this mainstream group of society. Roosevelt said.

"Wow!"

Chen Jianqiu lifted the fishing rod suddenly, and a small sunfish was pulled out of the water.

He took the rod, took the fish off the hook, and put it in the tank next to him.

Chen Jianqiu turned around and looked directly into Roosevelt's eyes.

"Teddy, I've really been working hard for more than ten years, not only me, but also the Chinese here are working hard, and they may be longer."

"It is precisely because of these more than ten years of hard work that we are qualified to stand in front of you and negotiate terms with you."

Chen Jianqiu's tone was very calm, but the coldness in his eyes made it difficult for Roosevelt to look directly.

"Equality? Equality is built on strength! Think of those Indians! Think of those black people! Do you give them the right to talk on an equal footing? ”

"Yes, we are very small compared to you in terms of numbers and strength, and as long as the United States mobilizes a few states, we may not be able to compete."

"Please tell President McKinley that we love peace and want to live in this country, but if he and the people behind him try to repeat what happened decades ago, we will make them pay with blood!"

Roosevelt didn't know what to say for a while.

Chen Jianqiu picked up another pole from his side and handed it to Roosevelt:

"I said this as a Chinese, but as a friend, I now invite you to continue to enjoy the joy of fishing with me."

And in the White House, McKinley's mood has improved a lot after several lawmakers have expressed their support for him.

He even restored Cahill's unhindered power in his office.

The president began to talk and laugh with the congressmen, laughing and laughing.

But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.

The news of the rout of the Marines and the Texas National Guard reached Washington.

Chen Jianqiu's army used a vehicle that had never been heard of before and had never seen before, destroying all the way to Austin.

In addition, there is worse news to come.

Hawaii's quasi-state government was taken over by a black man with the army! The 2nd Separate Cavalry Brigade stationed in Cuba is said to have also moved! A state of emergency has been declared in Oklahoma, and the militia has begun to mobilize! The reason is that the weather is hot and dry, and there is a possibility of wildfires, so prepare for the drill in advance!

The president increasingly felt that the situation was critical.

He didn't care much about it, and handed over the Minister of War Rutter to his office.

"What about Kent? Didn't he take a division of troops to stop that Chinese army? McKinley asked eagerly.

Root was quite dissatisfied with the fact that the president did not pass through him and gave orders directly to the brigadier general.

He didn't want to answer McKinley's question.

But the minister considered that his next words might be a bigger blow to the president, so he said:

"Mr. President, Brigadier General Kent has no choice, and his soldiers refuse to fight those Chinese soldiers, because many of them have fought side by side in Cuba."

The refusal to fight is true, but it is definitely not the whole thing, as for the Commodore Kent who has no choice, or does not want to fight the same, then it is not necessarily.