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Volume 3: War in the Far East Chapter 19: Disagreement in the United States

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    When Evans was observing the Chinese Pacific Fleet, the luxurious lineup of the Chinese Pacific Fleet was already visible to the naked eye. The Chinese Pacific Fleet in the distance seemed to block out the sun, with a forest of masts and flags flying to the sky. Evans's U.S. Pacific Fleet  At this time, the First Squadron was like a mayfly shaking a tree in front of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.  1(1)

    He only has three battleships, and the largest one has a displacement of 19,000 tons. However, the Chinese Pacific Fleet has ten battleships alone, and each of them has a displacement of more than 20,000 tons.  "Artillery" Dreadnought.

    Whether in terms of tonnage, firepower, speed or quantity, the strength gap between the US First Squadron and the Chinese Pacific Fleet is too huge. This is why when Evans first saw the lineup of the Chinese Pacific Fleet,  Directly uttered foul language.

    He originally wanted to teach these Chinese fleets who dared to harass Hawaii a lesson. In layman's terms, he wanted to kill them.

    However, the scene that Evans saw made him suddenly understand that this must be the main fleet of the Chinese Pacific Fleet. The Chinese Pacific Fleet must be out in full force. Now he cannot defeat others, but is very likely to be destroyed by them.  .

    The staff officer beside Evans swallowed hard and asked in a hesitant manner: "Your Excellency, Commander, what should we do now?"

    Without even thinking about it, Evans blurted out: "Run away! If we fight against the Chinese main fleet, isn't that looking for death?"

    So, after seeing the lineup of the Chinese Pacific Fleet, Evans knew that the disparity in strength was too huge, so he decisively ordered a retreat.

    Tang Jian and Ye Zugui stood on the Oriental, silently watching the American fleet in the distance. Ye Zugui smiled and said: "President, look, they turned the bow and prepared to escape."

    Tang Jian sneered: "Then let them escape faster and order all ships to sail at a speed of fifteen knots. The target US fleet is not allowed to fire without my order!"

    Tang Jian now wants to chase the rabbit. Of course, he does not want to provoke the United States prematurely. After all, the casualties in seizing Hawaii will not be large, which is still within the tolerance of the United States. If he accidentally annihilates all the United States in the Pacific,  A main fleet, when the time comes, Tang Jian is not sure whether the United States will send troops immediately.

    Tang Jian is now playing a game on the line of fire. Once the scale of this game exceeds the bottom line of the United States, war will inevitably break out immediately. But if what Tang Jian is doing now is still within the tolerance of the U.S. government,  Guilty, then the U.S. government can still break his teeth and swallow his petty troubles, and choose to endure it!

    However, Evans did not think that the Chinese main fleet did not dare to launch an attack. He was even more panicked as the Chinese main fleet gradually approached. He was convinced that the Chinese main fleet was preparing to completely annihilate his first squadron.

    Rear Admiral Evans ignored his image as a general and roared loudly in the command room of the bridge of the USS Connecticut, giving orders to his subordinates. His order was: "A bunch of idiots, turn around quickly! Do you want to die in this situation?"  Here?"

    Fortunately, Evans discovered that after his first squadron completed its turn, the Chinese main fleet was slightly farther away, and even the main guns on its battleships did not have enough range.

    Rear Admiral Evans felt very fortunate that China's main fleet was not very fast, so he issued a second order: "Go ahead at full speed! Return to San Francisco!"

    In the end, after seeing Tang Jian's huge fleet, Major General Evans didn't even have the intention of fighting, so he fled with his subordinates who had just vowed to teach the Chinese fleet a lesson!

    Later, after far away from the Chinese main fleet, Evans immediately realized that most of the warships in the Chinese main fleet were faster than his warships. As long as the Chinese main fleet wanted to pursue it, it would cost more at most.  It will take a while to catch up with him.

    When he thought of this, Evans immediately realized that he was frightened back like a drowned dog. They didn't want to eliminate him at all. They were just giving him a warning.

    Although Evans felt humiliated, he had no choice but to return home in anger, preparing to inform the president of the situation here.

    After Tang Jian watched Evans leading the US First Squadron to escape in despair, he couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect that the US fleet's escape efforts were not covered by it. There were no cannons fired here, and he didn't even look up.  Hui ran away without any hesitation. It was really boring, I was going to tease them a little bit!"

    Are you ready to tease me?  Ye Zugui couldn't help but smile. He knew he couldn't beat him, but he still didn't run away?  If it were Ye Zugui, in order to preserve his strength, he would choose to escape as soon as possible and would never face a head-on confrontation.

    ? ?However, the U.S. First Squadron fled angrily without firing a single shot. Tang Jian had no choice but to order the Pacific Fleet to return and began to heavily guard Pearl Harbor, deploying patrol boats around the Hawaiian Islands to prevent U.S. attacks. Although Tang Jian  The United States was determined not to raise troops, but for safety reasons, Tang Jian sent additional patrol boats to patrol the waters off the island.

    As soon as Tang Jian returned to Pearl Harbor, he immediately began to build Hawaii's comprehensive sea, land and air defense system. First, he mapped the specific conditions of the Army defenses on each island, and then began to build airports and prepare to build the Huaxia Air Force Base in Hawaii.  , finally, this time all the main forces of the Pacific Fleet stayed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii!

    Tang Jian wants to build a powerful naval base on the Pacific Ocean before the advent of World War I!  At the very least, the United States must be a naval base that cannot be easily shaken.

    At that time, the entire North Pacific will be exposed to the threat of the Chinese Navy. China is well-deserved as the overlord of the North Pacific!

    On the third day after the seizure of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani officially declared the restoration of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and was recognized by the former US Governor Dole in Hawaii. In official documents, Dole, the US Governor in Hawaii, stated the purpose of this coup.  Legality, and apologized to Queen Liliu Kalari on behalf of the US government, expressing deep apology for the conspiracy to commit armed massacre eighteen years ago.

    Of course, except for Queen Liliuokalani¡¯s declaration of restoration, which she wrote herself, Dole¡¯s series of declarations and apologies were all made under duress.

    But Tang Jian doesn't mind, as long as he has a legitimate excuse. Whether there is coercion or other conspiracies is not important anymore. What is important is that Hawaii now has a legal identity, and the rest is  It needs to be recognized by other countries in the world.

    Tang Jian sent a telegram to Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang Shaoyi on the day that Hawaii was restored to its kingdom, and asked him to spread the news of the restoration of the Kingdom of Hawaii to the world, and also to indicate the relationship between the Kingdom of Hawaii and China's tributary state.

    Tang Jian now wants to tell the world through this move that Hawaii now belongs to China, not the United States. If you want to take advantage of Hawaii, you must pass the level of China, the suzerain of the Kingdom of Hawaii!

    On the day the Kingdom of Hawaii was restored, the news that Hawaii had been captured by China had shocked the U.S. government and the public. The subsequent news that the Kingdom of Hawaii had been restored made many people angry, and even roared that they would immediately send troops to teach these ignorant yellow people a lesson.  Skin monkey.

    However, there is a group of people who remain silent. They are Democrats who are preparing to run for president the next year.

    The loudest roarer was the Republican, former US President Roosevelt. Regarding the situation shown by Hawaii, Roosevelt's first reaction was anger and humiliation. An Eastern country that once could only be beaten everywhere now dares to challenge the United States?

    This was unacceptable to Roosevelt, who had always advocated a tough foreign policy. Therefore, as soon as he heard that China dared to openly seize Hawaii, he immediately clamored that the United States should send troops immediately to teach the arrogant Tang Jian a lesson.

    But Roosevelt is not the only voice in the Republican Party. Today's US President Taft does not want to drag the United States into the quagmire of war. He will leave office in a few months. He just wants to live out his life in peace.  Presidential time.

    Some of these presidential Republicans have similar views to those of the Democratic Party. They are all committed to preventing the United States from being involved in war, advocating the use of peace talks to handle diplomatic issues, and insisting that the United States should follow a pacifist line.

    In fact, the development of opinions on handling the Hawaii issue was beyond Roosevelt's expectation. Most people actually chose to tolerate it and advocated asking China to return Hawaii through peace talks.

    Roosevelt could not accept this result. He angrily demanded to meet with Taft. Due to Roosevelt's influence among Republicans, Taft had no choice but to meet with Roosevelt.

    As soon as Roosevelt saw the fat Taft, he said directly: "Hey, man, I heard that you want to go back to Hawaii through peace negotiations?"

    Taft nodded and said: "I don't want to be the sinner who plunged the United States into the quagmire of war. Teddy, you have to know. Europe is on the verge of breaking out. If we act rashly, many of us may also be involved in the European war."

    Roosevelt almost shouted: "Taft, don't you understand the influence of Hawaii on the United States in the Pacific?"

    "Teddy, I know, but I have no choice but to avoid war. I love my people. War is too cruel. Hawaii is indeed very important to the United States, but it is not enough for the United States to go to war with China! Now China's strength is you  It should also be clear, how much do you think it will cost us to defeat China?" Taft asked this stubbornGu's partners really don't understand that sometimes, many things don't necessarily have to be solved by force.

    Roosevelt said: "Of course I know that we must use the whole nation to completely defeat China and let those yellow-skinned monkeys know who is the master of the Pacific!" Roosevelt said, waving his fists.

    PS: Today¡¯s first update.
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