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- The reason why Qin Ge is concerned about the whereabouts of the U.S. fleet is because several battleships have gone to Hawaii to replace their gun barrels. Although the former dreadnoughts are lagging behind, it is still appropriate to fight cruisers. \\
\\If the Americans go crazy like Nicholas II, take advantage of the absence of their battleships, and then harass the coast and destroy some ports and other facilities, then even if they can wipe out the U.S. Navy later, they will still suffer a lot. .
"Who is responsible for receiving the US Navy?" Qin Ge asked.
"It's Major Deng Shichang, the captain of the Honolulu."
"Go, call him!"
"yes!"
After the person who came to report left, Qin Ge sent a telegram to Hawaii. The two beloved wives now had to stay in Hawaii because of some things. Qin Ge felt a little guilty when he thought of the two of them. The telegram mainly said that he had married several more wives, and then expressed his difficulties and asked Ada for forgiveness. As for Qing'er, she wishes Qin Ge could marry more. According to Chinese traditional thinking, the most important thing is to carry on the family line.
Ada and Qing'er have a very good relationship. After receiving Qin Ge's telegram, she complained to Qing'er: "Sister, Tianwu actually married several more concubines!"
Qing'er smiled and said, "This is a good thing!"
Ada covered her forehead with her hands and said, "It's all your fault, sister, for indulging him too much. I really don't know what Chinese women think! If sister were like me, Tianwu would not dare to do such nonsense!"
Qing'er just smiled and continued teasing Xinxin.
"Are you responsible for receiving the US Navy?" Qin Ge waited for three hours, and Deng Shichang finally arrived.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Well. Who is leading the U.S. Navy?"
"It's Rear Admiral George Dewey of the United States Navy." Deng Shichang said.
? George Dewey? Could it be it should be, it is now the end of 97 AD, and the Spanish-American War will break out next year. Judging from the current situation, it is very possible for a war to break out at the end of the year or early next year. Qin Ge knew that the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, but he did not know when the two countries declared war. However, George Dewey went to Hong Kong apparently to prepare for the invasion of the Philippines.
"Did George Dewey tell you where he would go back next? Is it Hong Kong?" Qin Ge asked.
"Uhhow did the emperor know? George Dewey told me that he would go to Hong Kong for repairs and then return to China." Deng Shichang was still surprised by Qin Ge's ability to predict things like a god. Because it's so accurate every time. But I don¡¯t understand why the emperor is so concerned about several American warships. The United States poses little threat to China at this time, and the United States certainly does not dare to provoke China at this time.
The Philippines is a land that makes Qin Ge¡¯s heart beat. The Philippines has large amounts of gold, copper and other metal deposits. Why are there wars in the world? Just to plunder resources and money. If there were no gold or diamond mines in South Africa, would the British have invested hundreds of millions of pounds in fighting the Boers in that backward land? If Cuba were not barren and had no fertile soil for growing sugar cane, would the Americans want to buy Cuba from Spain? Won't. If there were no diamonds and gold in South Africa, the Boers would not go to war with the British; if the interests of American plantation owners in Cuba were not threatened, the United States would not want to buy Cuba. Americans own a large number of sugar cane plantations and sugar mills in Cuba. The profits of these large plantations and sugar mills cannot be ignored. With an investment of US$50 million, the annual trade volume can be as high as US$100 million. But the aging Spain was no longer able to manage the colonies, and uprisings continued in Cuba and the Philippines. The Cuban rebels have formulated a policy that if Americans do not pay protection fees, their property will not be protected. These protection fees are used to financially support the riots and expand propaganda. Spain was unable to eliminate the rebels, so businessmen who were harmed by their interests had no choice but to seek asylum in their motherland.
There are billions of tons of copper mines in the Philippines. Although China's copper mines are not scarce, with the development of society, copper is used in large quantities to make electrical appliances and wires. At that time, it was extremely expensive to use copper to make bullets. Therefore, Qin Ge also had the idea of ??declaring war on Spain and seizing the Philippines on the flagship of the Spanish-American War, but due to Mao Zi's reasons, he really could not mobilize troops now. After withdrawing from Mongolia. I haven't heard any news about Mongolia, and it seems that the Mongols and Maozi are not going to fight as expected. Therefore, heavy troops must be deployed on the northwest border to prevent Mongolian and Maozi raids. In this way, even if Qin Ge wanted to take advantage of the situation, he would not have enough strength.
After confirming that George Dewey was preparing to attack the Philippines, Qin Ge came to Qin Erbao to discuss whether he could get some benefits by relying solely on the navy.
"Your Majesty, do you want the Philippines?" Deng Shichang asked.
"Well, what can you do?"
"Is the Emperor sure that George Dewey will attack the Philippines?" Deng Shichang did not??Answered and continued to ask.
"Absolutely!" Now that Roosevelt has become the Deputy Secretary of the Navy, George Dewey is sent to the Far East. The most important thing is
The purpose is to attack the Philippines.
"Your Majesty, the navy alone cannot capture the Philippines, but it can stop George Dewey's attack." Deng Shichang said.
Qin Erbao said: "It doesn't make much sense to just stop the Yankees from attacking. What the young master wants is to get the Philippines during the war between the United States and Spain. Judging from the current balance of power between the United States and Spain, Spain will undoubtedly lose. We are here to stop it. If the Americans are defeated, then after Spain is defeated, it will definitely increase its troops in the Philippines, and it is still unknown whether Mongolia can solve the problem by then. By then, even if the Philippines can be captured, it will still have to pay a high price. Moreover, in this way It will turn against the United States and gain no benefits."
Deng Shichang said: "How about buying it?"
"Buy it?" Qin Ge and Qin Erbao looked at Deng Shichang.
"Yes, buy it! I recently learned about the situation in various parts of Asia. At this time, a large area of ??land in the Philippines has been conquered by the Philippines.
liThe rebels have occupied it. Under such a situation, if we propose to Spain to buy it, Spain should agree. "Deng Shichang said.
"Hmm~~" Qin Ge shook his head and said: "The United States has proposed to Spain to buy Cuba countless times. Cuba also has many rebels, and Spain will not sell it to Cuba. You may not know. Owning colonies is a national strength. A strong performance and few people will sell the colony.¡±
Indeed, owning colonies is also a manifestation of national strength. The German people also generally hope that Germany can obtain more colonies, but if you want colonies, you must have a strong navy. Therefore, the German people are very supportive of Germany's large navy plan. of.
"The problem now is the lack of infantry. As long as there are enough infantry, we can declare war on Spain after the United States declares war on Spain." Qin Erbao said.
"We must also find a reasonable reason for declaring war." Qin Ge said.
"Alas! We don't have enough troops!" Qin Erbao sighed. "Huh? No! Master! I have an idea!"
"What can we do? Say it quickly!"
"We can borrow troops!"
"Borrowing troops? Where to borrow them from?" Qin Ge couldn't figure it out.
"Master, borrow it from the young lady! The Hawaiian army is more able to endure hardships and stand hard work than our troops! I believe that there will be no ambiguity in a war!"
"Ada! That's right! You can ask Ada to get some soldiers and horses! Wait. No, no!" Qin Ge was excited at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not possible.
"Master. What's wrong?" Qin Erbao asked.
"Well~~~Okay, you go back, I will figure out what to do alone."
"Yes! I resign!"
After the two left, Qin Ge said to himself with a sad face: "Oh my God, there is no such person! I just sent a telegram to Ada, and now I have something to ask my wife, and Ada will definitely not agree." Hey, what a great idea! No matter what, I have to get some manpower from Hawaii even though I am so shameless!"
Leaving Nanhu Island, Qin Ge went straight to the wireless telegraph room in the Summer Palace.
¡°Hey. It¡¯s inconvenient not to have a mobile phone! But I don¡¯t know if I¡¯ll see a mobile phone in my lifetime.¡±
After arriving at the telegraph room, Qin Ge asked for a telegraph machine, and then he started sending messages "didi, drip, drip". A total of more than a dozen telegrams were sent and received. In the telegrams, Qin Ge kept pleading and begging for 15,000 troops. Qin Ge did not explain why he borrowed the troops. Ada didn't ask. She thought there was a rebellion in China and Qin Ge didn't have enough troops to solve it, so she borrowed troops from Hawaii.
With soldiers, you also need a reason. Naturally, you have to ask the locals for the reason for declaring war. So Qin Ge sent a telegram to Chen Zheng to ask if there was any better reason to declare war.
Not far outside Oahu, the Hawaiian Queen, Heilongjiang and Taiwan, which had their gun barrels replaced, were undergoing test firings. This was when the communications soldier walked to the command room with a telegram and said: "Commander, this is a telegram from the emperor. .¡±
"Oh? A telegram from the emperor? Bring it quickly."
Chen Zheng looked at the telegram and read: "I want the Philippines, give me a reason to declare war on Spain."
After hearing this, Su Chang asked strangely: "Why does the emperor suddenly want the Philippines?"
"have no idea."
¡°The commander¡¯s family has always lived in the Philippines, right?¡±
"Well, from the fall of the Ming Dynasty to now." Chen Zheng said.
"No wonder the young master wants you to come up with a reason."
"The rationale for declaring war on Spain""" Chen Zheng couldn't think of any reason for declaring war on Spain.
Su Chang said: "Just find a reasonable-sounding reason.
? ?Isn¡¯t this how we declare war? "
"Just find any reasonI have it!"
Chen Zheng¡¯s reason is very simple. The Philippines has always been experiencing constant uprisings. The rebels and the Spaniards have been fighting for at least two hundred years. However, during these two hundred years, the Chinese have always been oppressed. Later, some people began to grow braids in accordance with the Manchu decrees, hoping to be protected by the motherland, but they were disappointed. Now that the emperor wants to take over the Philippines, he only needs to use the reason that the Chinese are being persecuted in the Philippines. However, the main opponents in the Philippines are not the Spaniards, but the rebels.
After receiving the telegram from Chen Zheng, Qin Ge smiled and said: "Okay, okay! Everything is ready now, we just need the east wind! Well! We have to make preparations in advance!" Qin Ge immediately sent electricity and asked several battleships to bring ten thousand soldiers with them. Five thousand soldiers returned to China and were on standby. As long as the United States declared war on Spain, it would immediately declare war on Spain.
December 20
i, Sun Yat-sen rushed to Portugal by boat from London to meet with the Portuguese government
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? been discussed to recover the sovereignty of Macau. Portugal
Fu can only agree to this. Portugal was once glorious, but at that time, now Portugal is the same as Spain and the Netherlands, and it is no longer as prosperous as it was back then. If the Chinese people's request is not agreed to, the Chinese army will definitely move to Macau. Carlos I knew that this big country in the Far East could no longer be shaken by Grape. In fact, Portugal is also facing a crisis now. If the Chinese declared war on Portugal, Carlos I would be the first to be deposed.
December 25
i, Christmas. Sun Yat-sen and Portuguese Foreign Minister Delot signed the "Sino-Portuguese Lisbon Treaty" in Lisbon, and Portugal recognized that it would completely return the sovereignty of Macau to China within next year. The Treaty of Lisbon between China and Portugal is the first equality treaty China has signed with a European country since the Opium War. The treaty allowed China to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, showing the beginning of China's national power
i benefit enhancement.
News of the signing of the Lisbon Treaty between China and Portugal spread back to China. After being published in major newspapers, it naturally aroused the cheers of all knowledgeable people and students, especially Hong Kong. Hong Kong at this time was different from that of later generations. Before Hong Kong returned to China in 1997, many wealthy people in Hong Kong went through immigration procedures. Although the mainland claims that Hong Kong¡¯s system will not change, who believes it? After West Germany annexed East Germany in 1990. Does Germany still have socialism? Therefore, it was very normal for Hong Kong's wealthy people to immigrate. At that time, no country would believe that China could really implement one country, two systems. But things are different now. Although Hong Kong is a free country at this time,
You Hong Kong, but Hong Kong residents still hope that Hong Kong can return to the motherland, especially the current motherland.
Robinson has nothing to do about the student demonstrations in Hong Kong. Recently, these students have often marched, shouting "Long live the Chinese Empire!" "British people, hurry up and get out!".
The commander of the German Far East Fleet, L¨¹mann, is very happy about these situations. Now that Macau has been taken back by China, the only one that still occupies a colony in China is the United Kingdom. Germany originally wanted to conquer the Qing Dynasty
After the war, I got a colony in China. But with Qin Ge's strong return, Germany wisely gave up this idea. If Britain lost Hong Kong the British would not give up Hong Kong easily. The British would fight the Chinese, which would be very beneficial to Germany. of.
Fisher met Tirpitz and Wilhelm II in Germany. But the persuasion was fruitless. Both men believed that Germany must have a powerful navy in order to obtain larger colonies. After returning home, Fisher wrote a report on this, believing that Germany's naval construction plan would seriously weaken Britain's position. Nowadays, Britain's voice in the Far East has gradually decreased, which should be due to the rise of China. But if the German navy rises, Britain's voice in Europe will also decrease. This is absolutely not allowed. Britain must respond to Germany's naval construction plan! Although there is no news out of the UK at this time. But it is already foreseeable that the number of battleships in the British naval construction plan will never be less than 30. Therefore, Germany must find allies. Although China is in the Far East, it is also a good ally. Think about what Britain would be like without India. As for the Yellow Peril theory, it was originally just an excuse to invade China, but now it is just an excuse for the people, and only fools will believe it.
January 18
i, the United States finally declared war on Spain. The case of the Maine lasted for nearly half a year without being resolved. The U.S. Navy prohibited Spanish investigators from conducting investigations on the wreckage of the Maine. This made the Spaniards think that this was a sign of guilty conscience on the part of the Yankees. After some bragging, Some other countries have also begun to view the United States with suspicion. ?However, the U.S. Navy actually dragged the wreckage of the Maine to the Atlantic Ocean and sank it. This made the Spanish even more certain that the Maine incident was an unreasonable act by the United States. But American newspapers all believed that Spain had sunk the Maine and denied it, advocating that war should be used to wake up the Spaniards. The U.S. Congress had long authorized McKinley to use force. On January 18
i, McKinley signed the declaration of war, and the United States officially declared war on Spain.
Less than an hour after the United States declared war on Spain, the Spanish Embassy in China
Ambassador Jing Mohad received the declaration of war from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The reason for declaring war was that the Chinese had been massacred many times in the Philippines, and Mohad numbly went to the telegraph room to spread the news domestically.
The domestic political situation in Spain is in chaos at this time. Although the military and political circles generally believe that there is no hope of victory in fighting the United States, since the United States has declared war, Spain must also declare war on the United States. After receiving the news that China had declared war on itself, Spain suddenly became more chaotic. China has risen in the past two years and has defeated Russia and taken back Macau. China's military strength at this time is stronger than that of the United States. In this To declare war on Spain is undoubtedly to take advantage of the situation! Helpless, Spain could only declare war on China again.
After returning from Hawaii, several battleships have been cruising near Taiwan, and all 15,000 Hawaiian soldiers are ready to go. As soon as the order comes, they can quickly board the ship. After receiving the news that the United States had declared war on Spain, Qin Ge immediately sent a message and ordered the Hawaiian Queen and Heilongjiang to rush to Manila Bay to bombard Manila. This was necessary to launch an attack on the Philippines before George Dewey.
When preparing to enter Manila Bay, two warships stopped.
Su Chang asked: "Why did you order to stop at the mouth of the bay?"
"Manila Bay is full of mines!" Chen Zheng said. Spain had prepared for the worst, especially after several battleships of George Dewey anchored in Hong Kong. Major General Don Patricio Montojo of the Philippines began to lay mines in Manila Bay. Today, Manila Bay is full of mines. They are all mines.
"There are mines everywhere? It won't be like Vladivostok before! How about attacking here? We can hit the volcano over there or the town here." Su Chang said.
Chen Zheng shook his head and said: "Send a signal to the Heilongjiang and don't fire at Manila City for a while!"
"Why is this?" Su Chang asked.
¡°My family is still in the city!¡±
"I almost forgot, your family is in the Philippines. Sohow do we get in? The young master said we must open fire before George Dewey arrives."
"Those battleships with only 18 knots? It will probably take another hour to get here, right?" Chen Zheng said.
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