The reason why the German fleet sent troops to the South China Sea this time to help the South China Sea Fleet jointly resist the British Far East Fleet was because Tang Jian and Kaiser Wilhelm II reached a secret agreement not long ago.
At the beginning, the news that Britain suddenly sent troops did catch Tang Jian off guard. Tang Jian even had the intention of leading his troops to evacuate Hawaii, because under the attack from the east and west by Britain and the United States, China had absolutely no chance of winning, even if Tang Jian Jian single-handedly defeated Russia and Japan.
Tang Jian frowned for a moment. Tang Jian knew that he could no longer resist the British and American armies by relying on his own strength. Even though the two countries had not formally reached a military alliance at this time, the actions of the British had already shown their true determination. To help Americans.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Tang Jian decisively decided to abandon the "non-alignment" policy and immediately find external allies to resist the British and American coalition forces.
The night after the military meeting was held, Tang Jian urgently sent a telegram to Kaiser Wilhelm II expressing his willingness to join the Allies.
Kaiser Wilhelm II and Britain were at odds with each other. The two sides fought for hundreds of years, each with their own victories and defeats. After Britain launched the first industrial revolution, Germany has been at a disadvantage. Although Germany caught up in the second industrial revolution, it has always been in front of Britain, which has become an empire on which the sun never sets and has achieved world hegemony. It's quite a bit different.
It was precisely in order to compete with Britain for land and sea hegemony on the European continent and the Atlantic that Germany, under the leadership of the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck, implemented a joint foreign policy and successively formed military alliances with Italy and other countries in order to confront Britain.
However, since Britain is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, its heritage is naturally extremely rich. Therefore, even after the formation of the Allied Powers led by Germany, there is still a certain gap between the Allied Powers led by Britain and the Entente Powers led by Britain.
In order to make up for this gap, Kaiser Wilhelm II looked around for more military powers to join the Allies, and the rapidly rising China was his first choice.
However, Tang Jian considered that China had just emerged from the civil strife and its comprehensive strength was not yet strong. He did not want to intervene in the disputes between European countries prematurely to avoid causing trouble to the east. Kaiser Wilhelm II strongly invited Tang Jian to join the Allied Powers. At that time, he was immediately flatly rejected by Tang Jian.
This matter has always been the regret of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Even though Tang Jian flatly refused, he still did not give up. After the Sino-Japanese War, Wilhelm II hinted at it more than once, but Tang Jian was unmoved. move.
This time Tang Jian took the initiative to show his goodwill and asked to join the Allies. Wilhelm II, who had always been cunning and cunning, naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity. He decisively agreed to Tang Jian's request and immediately dispatched the German fleet to assist the Chinese South China Sea Fleet.
Although Wilhelm II¡¯s cunning methods were not as cunning as Bismarck¡¯s, he was not an economical lamp either. He naturally knew China¡¯s situation at this time, so he attached several conditions when he agreed to send troops to far away China.
When Tang Jian first saw these conditions, he became extremely angry and cursed that the Germans were taking advantage of the situation. It turned out that Kaiser Wilhelm II actually wanted to use Japan's Sasebo naval port to lose the four northern islands in exchange for sending troops, and German merchant ships When trading with China, it must offer tariff concessions that are half lower than those of other countries. China will also support Germany with 100 aircraft.
Although Tang Jian felt pain in his heart for a long time, this time the battle between China and the United States was related to the fate of China. Tang Jian could only bear the pain and agreed to the above conditions.
Although these conditions are somewhat harsh, Tang Jian also scolded Kaiser Wilhelm II's direct and collateral relatives in his heart. However, judging from the benefits that China is about to gain, this loss is still within the tolerable range. Inside.
After the order for all personnel to prepare for war was issued, Tang Jian went for a walk alone on the beach of the Big Island of Hawaii. The coconut breeze and the salty sea breeze came to his face, the gentle waves hit the shore, and the clouds rolled in the blue sky. , from time to time flocks of seagulls flew past merrily.
At this time, Ye Zugui hurriedly came to Tang Jian's side and said, "President."
Tang Jian put his hands behind his back, nodded slightly, and asked, "How are the preparations going?"
Ye Zugui replied: "Everything is going according to plan, and we can officially go to war in three days."
Tang Jian asked: ¡°Where is the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet now?¡±
Ye Zugui said: "According to intelligence from the CIA, the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet arrived at Los Angeles, another important city on the west coast of the United States yesterday. It should arrive in San Francisco tomorrow. Once the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet arrives in San Francisco, they can get With sufficient supplies, the surprise tactics we deployed before are completely useless, and we can only formulate new tactics."
Tang Jian held his chin with one hand. He originally wanted to take advantage of the long-distance operation of the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet.Rush, and when exhausted, ambush the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet at the equator.
But at this time, the North Atlantic Fleet is about to arrive in San Francisco. In San Francisco, the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet will not only receive timely supplies, but also get adequate rest. The ambush operation at this time is meaningless.
Tang Jian has lost an opportunity to seize the initiative in the war, and he must not let it go this time!
Ye Zugui asked: "President, how are we going to fight?"
Tang Jian leaned into Ye Zugui's ear and whispered: "Let's do this firstand thenfinally" At the end of the sentence, Tang Jian clenched his fists tightly, as if he was determined to win.
Ye Zugui frowned slightly and asked in a low voice: "Then we have suffered a lot of losses? And it is a bit risky. If we are not careful, the president's safety will be threatened."
Tang Jian smiled nonchalantly and said: "How can you catch tiger cubs if you don't enter the tiger's den? War is inherently a risky behavior. Don't forget that when the brave meet on a narrow road, the brave will win, and when the brave meet the wise will win! We will be the wise among the brave, and we will definitely do it this time To defeat the North Atlantic Fleet that the United States is proud of!"
"Yes, President, I will notify the generals immediately and let them prepare early!" Ye Zugui replied solemnly. This naval battle is related to the life and death of West China. Only victory is allowed, not defeat!
Tang Jian raised his head, and the beautiful sunlight shone through the dense coconut leaves on the golden beach. The white sunlight made Tang Jian narrow his eyes slightly.
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San Francisco, U.S.
The top masts of the San Francisco Harbor are like a forest, and the steel ships and cannons are neatly arranged among them. The American Stars and Stripes are flapping in the sky. Nearly a hundred warships are neatly anchored in the San Francisco harbor. Countless ferocious cannon muzzles are pointed at the sky, showing The combat effectiveness of this powerful fleet.
This fleet is the North Atlantic Fleet that Americans are proud of!
This time, the North Atlantic Fleet has a total of 16 battleships parked in the port in four fleet groups. Together with the original four battleships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, there are a total of 20 battleships.
The 16 battleships are divided into 4 fleets. The First Squadron is all the most elite "Connecticut" class of the U.S. Navy, including the "Connecticut" (the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet, the flagship of the First Squadron), " Kansas", "Vermont", "Louisiana"; the Second Squadron are all "Virginia" class, including "Virginia", "Georgia" (the flagship of the Second Squadron), "New Jersey", "Rhode Island"; the Third Squadron includes the "Connecticut" class "Minnesota" (Third Squadron Fleet), 3 "Maine" class "Ohio", " Maine", "Missouri", the Fourth Squadron has 2 "Illinois" class "Alabama" (Fourth Squadron flagship), "Illinois" and 2 "Kilsha" It is composed of the "Kentucky" and the "Children's" class "Kentucky".
In addition to the 16 battleships above, there are also several military auxiliary ships, including the supply ship "Kalgau" and "Glacier", the coal ship "Ajax", the repair ship "Leopard", and the destroyer supply ship " "Water God" and the steam-powered sailing ship "Yankerton".
The four battleships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet are the two Dreadnought-class battleships "Newcomer" and "Ares", and the two Sovereign-class battleships "Casmin" and "House". Other attack warships include first-class protected cruisers, high-speed cruisers, light destroyers, torpedo boats, gunboats, etc., totaling more than 90 ships.
These battleships can be said to be the elite of the U.S. Navy, and they are also the capital for Roosevelt and Tang Jian to conduct the main decisive battle.
Roosevelt and other U.S. naval admirals stood on the pier, reviewing this powerful fleet with excitement. Under the winter sunshine in San Francisco Bay, more than a hundred gleaming warships were neatly moored on the pier of the port. Roosevelt was excited. He said to Major General Marshall next to him: "This is the U.S. fleet, the true power of the U.S. Navy!"
This time, Roosevelt personally commanded the fleet to fight against the Chinese Pacific Fleet, with Major General Marshall as his deputy. At this time, the U.S. North Atlantic Fleet had been replenished and everything was ready. It just waited for Roosevelt's order to go to sea to find the main force of the Chinese Pacific Fleet. Have a decisive battle!
Roosevelt and Tang Jian had the same attitude towards the navy. The navy is an offensive service and should take the initiative to seize control of the sea. The navy's defense line should be outside the enemy's port.
Roosevelt clenched his fist slightly, gritted his teeth in his heart and said bitterly: "Tang Jian, here I come!"
"%%, let's go!" Roosevelt waved his hand, and intensive gun salutes immediately sounded from the forts on both sides of San Francisco Harbor. As the whistle sounded, Roosevelt and Marshall boarded the barge that had been waiting for a long time and headed towards the flagship Kangxi. The Nuedigo sailed away.
Not long after, a huge American fleet flying the Stars and Stripes sailed out of the Port of San Francisco and slowly sailed towards the Pacific Ocean
A life-or-death battle between the two fleets, the strongest in the world's naval history in the 20th century, will take place in the vast Pacific Ocean.
This is a great sea battle that will determine the future destiny of China and the United States. It is also a great sea battle that will change the world structure!