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Volume 3 War in the Far East Chapter 13 Reminiscing about the past

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    Governor's Mansion on the Island of Hawaii.  *1*1*

    "Why hasn't today's patrol report been sent in yet?" Dole said to his bodyguard in the Governor's Mansion with an unhappy look on his face.  Reviewing the inspection report is one of the tasks that Dole must do every day, but until dusk, he did not see the report coming up. Grant, the drunkard, must be lazy again.

    "Dear Governor, I will go find General Grant right now!" the Governor's guard said respectfully.

    Grant was originally a captain in the U.S. Navy. Now he was transferred to Hawaii and became the commander-in-chief of the Hawaii Navy and Army. His military rank was also promoted to major general.

    However, Grant didn't like Hawaii. He felt that the natives here were simply uncivilized savages, as well as the Chinese. Whenever Grant saw these inferior ethnic groups, an unknown fire always rose in his heart for no reason. Why?  Would the president send him here?

    And Governor Dole of Hawaii is simply a big idiot. He can¡¯t figure out why such a mediocre idiot became the governor of Hawaii.

    Grant prefers to stay at home. At least he can drink cold beer in the military club every day and have sex with a blonde girl.

    Although he was only a colonel in China, he was in charge of at least four to five thousand people at that time and had many opportunities for promotion. However, when he arrived in Hawaii, although his military rank was promoted and he was still the nominal commander-in-chief of Hawaii, with the addition of Hawaii  The total number of U.S. troops on several small islands and the navy, which only has a few old warships, is less than 3,000.

    In Grant¡¯s words, after being promoted in military rank, his actual power dropped a lot, and he felt like he was being exiled.

    He doesn¡¯t like the natives and Chinese in Hawaii, and he doesn¡¯t like the weather in Hawaii. Yesterday it rained heavily, but today it¡¯s extremely hot. And he doesn¡¯t even like his nominal commander, Governor Dole of Hawaii.

    Therefore, Granger did not take his work seriously. He was often drunk, and it was not until the sun went down that he reluctantly got up to inspect his troops in Hawaii.

    "Dong dong" Someone suddenly knocked on the door of Glatt's room. After a long knock, Glatt finally woke up from his hangover, opened the door and saw the governor's bodyguard.

    The guard frowned slightly due to the smell of alcohol coming towards him. The guard just looked around slightly and saw the elegant woman lying limply on the bed and sleeping soundly. The empty sheet made the room full of sunshine.

    The guard did not forget the purpose of this trip and quickly withdrew his gaze and said: "General Granger, the Governor would like to ask why the report of today's patrol fleet has not been submitted yet!"

    Grant rubbed his aching temples, trying to wake himself up, and muttered: "What did you say?"

    "General Grant, why haven't today's patrol reports been submitted yet?" the guard raised his voice.

    This time, Grant heard it clearly. Grant shook his head and cursed: "Damn it, they must be lazy again!"

    The guard snorted in his heart. As the commander-in-chief, you live a dissolute life every day. When it comes to laziness, General Grant is the one who is the most lazy.

    Grant rubbed his messy hair irritably and said: "This damn weather in Hawaii, damn it, there are so many mosquitoes that I can't even sleep well, Adjutant, Adjutant!" Glatt shouted to a room next to him.

    After a while, a disheveled adjutant ran to Grant's side, and Grant cursed: "Why haven't you gotten up yet? Didn't you ask them to go on patrol at sea? Did you ask them to go to the sea to have fun and find out why the patrol unit hasn't returned yet?  .¡±

    The adjutant fastened his belt and responded, "Yes, my dear General Grant!"

    After Grat finished giving his instructions, he showed his yellow teeth and said with a smile: "Ask the Governor to wait a little longer, and I will give him a patrol report right away!"

    When Grant was speaking, the guard felt a strong smell of alcohol coming to his nose. He suppressed the urge to vomit, nodded and retreated, preparing to go back and report to Dole.

    As soon as the guard turned around, he heard Grant complaining: "This damn Hawaii will get rusty sooner or later if you stay here. It's better to go to Cuba to suppress the rebels. Damn it, this belly is getting bigger and bigger. It can exceed  President Taft should take some exercise." Then a woman's cry was heard.

    The guard officer smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly.

    The guard returned to the Governor's Mansion and reported the truth to Dole. After Dole heard about it, he couldn't help but became furious: "This lazy Grant, he is derelict of duty! Dereliction of duty! I must report it to the president!"

     Suddenly, a soldier broke into the Governor's Mansion and said hurriedly: "It's not good, it's not good!"

    "What are you so worried about?" Dole was very angry now, and now there was that blind person who came to trouble him.

    The soldier swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "A fleet was spotted on the sea at Pearl Harbor. It was so dark that you couldn't see the edge!"

    "What? A huge fleet?" Dole was shocked, how could a fleet suddenly appear? He didn't know until Pearl Harbor was blocked.

    Damn Grant!

    "Which country is it from? Have you shown any hostility?" Dole calmed down. Since he could reach the door of his house quietly and without using any weapons, he was probably just passing by.

    "I don't know about that. They didn't fly the flag of any country. They just surrounded Pearl Harbor. In order to avoid misunderstanding, the ships in the port were stationary!" the soldier replied.

    "Very good, take me to see it!" Dole secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it doesn't lead to a war, maybe some country's fleet is passing by Hawaii and wants to supply supplies, but he has not heard of that country's fleet recently.  Visit in the Pacific region.

    Dole left the Governor's Mansion with doubts in his heart. Before leaving, Dole seemed to have remembered something and said to the guard: "Go find Grant. This damn Grant, if something goes wrong, he is the first one."  One to be held accountable.¡±

    After the explanation, Dole hurried to Pearl Harbor with more than 200 of his guards.

    As soon as he arrived at the sentry post on the coast, Doll was stunned. He saw a variety of ships anchored densely on the sea surface of Pearl Harbor, including nearly ten 10,000-ton battleships.

    This was the first time he saw such a spectacular scene. Even when he was in the United States, when he watched the actual combat drills of the American fleet, it was not so spectacular.

    It is not an exaggeration to describe the fleet formation on the sea of ??Pearl Harbor at this time as being as far as the eye can see.

    And looking at the formation of this fleet, they don¡¯t look like a foreign fleet passing through Hawaii for supplies. When he saw this, Dole suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, something bad was coming!

    Sure enough, at this time, a huge ship on the sea raised a flag, and then other warships of various sizes also raised flags.

    When Dole saw the familiar flag, he couldn't help shouting: "The Yellow Dragon Sword Flag is China's Pacific Fleet! God, why did they suddenly come here?"

    At this time, the sea suddenly fell into a sea of ??flags. There were yellow dragon sword flags flying in the wind everywhere, and the flags were hunting, which was a spectacular sight.

    As soon as the Pacific Fleet revealed its identity, the U.S. military in Hawaii immediately showed strong hostility and pointed their guns and muzzles at the opposite Pacific Fleet.

    Dole was not frightened by the huge fleet that suddenly appeared in front of him. With the current strength of Hawaii and the Pacific Fleet, wouldn't it be courting death?  Even one shot from each warship is enough for him.

    Moreover, the few warships in Hawaii were blocked in the port and became living targets at sea. This battle was impossible to fight.

    Moreover, the Pacific Fleet did not attack. Dole did not want to bear the responsibility of provoking a war without authorization. He quickly scolded his soldiers to put down their weapons to avoid misunderstandings by the Chinese Pacific Fleet. In this situation, it is best to negotiate and clarify the Chinese Pacific Fleet.  What is the purpose of the fleet suddenly appearing in Hawaii?

    After a while, a small boat was hoisted from a battleship and swayed on the sea towards the port, with a white flag hoisted on it.

    Dole breathed a sigh of relief and still had something to talk about.

    Dole hurriedly greeted him personally and waited at the dock for the Chinese boat flying the white flag.

    There were only a dozen people on the boat. One of them, an officer who looked like a captain, stepped ashore and asked directly: "Who is the Governor of Hawaii, His Excellency Dole?"

    Dole politely stepped forward and nodded: "I am the Governor of Hawaii, Dole. What is the purpose of your fleet coming to Hawaii?" Dole did not dare to put on too much airs, but was polite, for fear that the Pacific Fleet would  What misunderstanding occurred.

    The captain smiled and said: "Our president was originally here for exercises in the waters, and he happened to arrive in the Hawaiian waters. Our president said that he was an old acquaintance with the Hawaiian President Dole, so he came over to invite Governor Dole on board the ship to talk about old times."

    Dole¡¯s heart skipped a beat. Did the exercise come to Hawaii?  Tang Jian actually made this excuse well. People practice drills in front of their homes. It would be better for him to just cross the Pacific Ocean.Arrived in Hawaii!

    Are you still reminiscing about the past?  Dole didn't think he had any friendship with Tang Jian, but the situation at this time forced him to agree to this request. How dare he not agree?  If there was a disagreement and Tang Jian ordered the firing, he would still not be able to escape.

    Fortunately, Tang Jian is now assuming a negotiating posture and is not in a hurry to attack. Then he will delay for a little longer and hope that the US fleet in the Pacific can arrive in time.

    "But Dole's bodyguard strongly opposed it. He was afraid that Dole would never come back.

    Dole smiled bitterly. Does he still have a choice now?  He hurriedly told the guard that if something happened to him, Grant would be the supreme commander of Hawaii. Although he was extremely dissatisfied with Glatt, that was all he could do now.

    So Dole boarded the boat and headed to the flagship of the Pacific Fleet to "reminisce about the past" with Tang Jian.

    PS: Today¡¯s first update.
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