The sun never sets in America

Chapter 307 United States: Mayflower Project

The United States, also called the United States of America, is the current hegemonic country in the Americas. Of course, we must add Wei Er in front.

Since the end of the Sino-American War in the Four Years of Longwu, the entire Han and American sides, except for some conflicts in previous years, have basically been in a state of peace, just as the American writer George Capone wrote in his golden age road:

"The peace between the United States and Han has promoted the prosperity of the entire America. Han and the United States have become each other's second largest trading country. This is something that no one expected after the war. This is a country that belongs to An era of peace!!”

Yes, peace is so precious that neither China nor the United States is willing to interrupt it. After all, no one can bear the "risk" brought by war.

Han and the United States were like twins born on the American continent. They hated each other, cooperated with each other, and finally had to tolerate each other's existence.

But to the United States, Han Guo is like a child from other people's family, "diligent", "studious" and "achievable". Han Guo's achievements are like flying knives, which are "accurately" shot at the United States. heart, forcing Americans to catch up.

Just like Han's victory over Russia, watching Han expand its power to the world island that the United States "loves", while the United States is still selling cotton on the edge of the civilized world, and is nicknamed "cowboy" by relatives in Europe.

Look at what the Han Dynasty has done in Nanyang. The power of the Han Dynasty in Nanyang can almost rival the Dutch. In West Asia, the Han Dynasty is the most direct supporter of the Ottoman Empire. In Europe, the diplomatic status of the Han Dynasty is also higher than that of the United States. higher.

In the eyes of most Europeans, the Han Dynasty once represented their imagination of America. As for the United States, what country is that? ?

Yes, according to the current population statistics, the population of the United States is 16 million more than that of Han, but so what, Han has expanded to the whole world. All of this makes the United States, which is the "chosen people of God", even more powerful than the United States. The United States is ashamed.

[The current population of Han is about 24 million, and that of the United States is 40 million]

Just like the lament issued by the Washington newspaper on the day the Sino-Russian treaty was signed: "The world of America is there, America has been forgotten in the corner of the world."

Yes, in the eyes of Americans, the United States has been forgotten by the mainstream world. Therefore, doing something to "remind" the world has become inevitable or a "last resort" for Americans.

After three years of planning, it’s finally time to prove it! ! ——

Pensacola is the largest military port established by the United States in Florida. It has the entire Atlantic Fleet, half of the naval strength, and a total of more than fifteen main warships. The tonnage is basically more than 4,000 tons, of which there are at least five. A 5,000-ton former ironclad ship. [Before the ironclad, there was a steam-powered semi-armored ship that borrowed part of the technology from the ironclad. It was very similar to the Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty, but the level of armor was much lower]

In normal times, the entire military port is either preparing to go to sea for training or on patrol. It is basically busy.

In fact, this is not only true for the US military, but also for the entire Han Atlantic Fleet. Since fighting is temporarily unavailable, training and "greetings" have become the most direct means of comparison between the two sides. Every friction is actually a test of strength. .

In recent years, the news about the confrontation between China and the United States at sea has ranged from "tension" and "border of war" at the beginning to "friction", "basic operations" and "basic conduct" today.

It can be seen from this that the people of the two countries actually do not believe that the two countries will go to war again, just as the former US president warned: "Peace is the greatest sleeping pill."

But who will listen to this sentence? ?

Under such strange circumstances, a tense "conspiracy" was taking place throughout the Pensacola Military Port.

Lieutenant General Sutter looked at the chart in front of him and listened to the reports around him. He was in a complicated state. For him, the day he received the report from the White House, he knew the personal significance of this matter to him. .

After the incident broke out, he would definitely be "discussed", but this was his fate, or the fate of the entire U.S. Navy.

And all around, the reports continued:

"General, the Han Atlantic Fleet will be on vacation for the next three days. Although there are still a large number of warships in the port, as long as there is no war, they cannot be full. Even if they are full, they cannot be like now. Once the war breaks out, Han It is difficult for the Chinese navy to effectively interfere with our actions!!"

A U.S. military officer wearing glasses held a document and said to Lieutenant General Sutter. If you look carefully, you will find that there is a small string of Chinese characters on the frame of his glasses, which says "Jinshan Glasses". From the side, it also looks like "Jinshan Glasses". It can be seen that there are frequent economic exchanges between China and the United States.

On the side, another older staff officer followed and said:

"According to the latest intelligence, the Spanish naval strength is basically based on old-fashioned steam sail warships, and the local army is mostly composed of militias. Puerto Rico is worse than Cuba, and there are even local militia groups with less than a thousand people-"

"Although the local fort has been repaired in the past two years, it is basically difficult to hinder us——"

Listening to the "tempting" news around him, Lieutenant General Sartre could only nod "helplessly" and then asked:

"Is the Ocean ready??"

"It's ready. Basically, everything valuable has been dismantled, only the power system is left."

An officer in charge of the "Ocean Training Ship" followed closely.

After saying this, the people around him were basically waiting for orders to be given.

Lieutenant General Sako turned his head and glanced at the "Stars and Stripes" on the wall on the left, and finally said:

"Start the Mayflower Project!!"

When the plan was launched, the entire command became busy, and even the White House sent several telegrams asking about the "action."

The answer given by the headquarters was:

“Business as usual!!”

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On the sea, an American training ship named Haiyang was sailing at a fast speed, and around it were several escorting American warships. However, these warships were very far away, so it was difficult to see the intention of the escort. Like "passing by".

On the Ocean, Losey, as the captain, commanded everything on the ship in an orderly manner as usual, while the sailors, although half of them were missing, just regarded this voyage as an "accident."

After all, as soldiers, they just have to obey.

Losey looked at the sailors who were still working, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it because he saw something, a flag.

A flag that cost him his life! !

Sailors on the ship are still wiping the deck or dealing with certain "doctrine."

Far away in the ocean, a warship flying the American flag was loading ammunition. It was not a training bomb, but an armor-piercing bomb loaded with high explosives. This kind of bomb was generally used in naval battles.

Normally, loading can only be done after obtaining an "order". Normally, less powerful training bombs are used.

Captain Fox, Lieutenant Colonel Fox, looked at the sailors who were "slowly" loading ammunition as if they were appreciating a piece of art. His eyes were full of "excitement" because according to the plan, the "medal" would arrive in two hours. .

The White House has prepared enough medals and honors to await news of their victory.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant Colonel Fox raised his hand to straighten his military leaders, with a serious face, looking at the rough sea, as if he saw "Glory".

While the Americans were enjoying their "victory", the Cubans, or the Spanish colonists, were still enjoying the "beautiful" summer.

On the beach, Cubans playing football barefoot and those passionate Cuban girls are like "Caribbean roses", constantly blooming their "charm".

Throughout Cuba, dark-skinned African indigenous people are cutting down mature sugar cane in sugar cane gardens, and the sugar cane will be sent to nearby sugar factories to be processed into cane sugar and shipped to Europe for sale.

Relying on Cuban sugar, Spain can receive at least 20 million Chinese dollars in tax every year. If you include the increasingly famous Cuban cigars, the Cuban colonies will bring at least 40 million Chinese dollars to the entire Kingdom of Spain every year. income.

Cuba, as the Spaniards call it "a gift from God", everything here is so beautiful.

The weather is suitable for vacation, the annual area is large enough, the resources are abundant, and the "girls" are enthusiastic. Even in Cuba, riding a bike around the coastline is the best thing to do in Cuba these days.

Cuba is a pearl of the Caribbean, so beautiful that it makes the surrounding countries salivate.

However, due to the constraints between various countries, this beautiful and rich pearl only belongs to one former world hegemon that has declined: the Kingdom of Spain! !

Although the Spaniards left South America, people with Spanish ancestry and Spanish speaking will continue to rule the entire Latin American world. From this point of view, the Kingdom of Spain, or the Spanish, is successful! !

After the independence of South America, the only colonies retained by the Kingdom of Spain were the two island colonies in the Caribbean, Cuba and Puerto Rico.

As for the Pacific region, only the Philippines and some Pacific islands were saved. As for places like Guam, they had long been occupied by Han on the grounds of "discovery".

But there are still three nails in the rotten ship. No matter how much the Kingdom of Spain declines, he is also a former world overlord. Although the colonies in his hands are not too big, they are very valuable. The income from the colonies every year puts a huge dent in the already difficult financial situation of the Kingdom of Spain. , was alleviated.

But now, this "treasure" is being targeted by a "hungry tiger".

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The Port of Havana is the largest port in Cuba and the largest city in Cuba. It is the most important city in Cuba ruled by the Kingdom of Spain.

Several Americans wearing cowboy hats and speaking broken "Spanish" were buying coconuts on the beach.

And their eyes were invariably focused on the Spanish warships in the port. These warships are the backbone of the Spanish Caribbean Fleet and the shield for the Kingdom of Spain to protect its own rights and interests.

At this time, a training ship flying the Stars and Stripes sailed into the harbor. Because this ship came "often" recently, it did not attract anyone's attention.

The Spanish colonial personnel in the port, after receiving the Americans' "renovation" plan, only informed them to treat these American "friends" in the "usual" manner.

On the Ocean, Major Losey looked at the Spaniards in the port and the Cuban girls who were "showing off", his expression became complicated, and finally he issued a "plan".

At three o'clock in the afternoon on August 13, the eighteenth year of Longwu, a historical moment, with a "bang" at the port of Havana, opened the prelude to the chaos in America.

In the port, the Spanish were in chaos. They tried to organize manpower to rescue the American sailors, but except for a few who jumped ship, most of the sailors and maintenance personnel who went into the inner cabin to inspect the ship were ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Losey. The Ocean slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

As for Lieutenant Colonel Losey himself, he committed suicide because of "pain". Before his death, he shouted to the fleeing US sailors:

"It's all a Spanish conspiracy, their conspiracy!!"

Yes, everything is a "conspiracy".

At the same time, the Americans, who were waiting for an opportunity in Havana, took advantage of the Spanish's panic plan and sent a telegram to New York via Atlantic telegraph:

"The USS Ocean training ship was attacked by the Spanish and sank in Havana Harbor."

At the same time, news about "Havana", "Cuba", "Spain" and "Ocean" appeared in newspapers across the United States, and soon occupied the front pages of the United States.

In major cities in the United States, crowds of people who opposed the Spanish and wanted to "declare war" on Spain blocked the streets like sardines. James Buchanan, the fifteenth president of the United States, delivered a speech to Congress:

"Our country is being invaded. Navy warships sank in Cuba, along with one hundred and fifty-three sailors, in the Caribbean, and in Havana. Today, we lost one hundred and fifty-three Americans, lost The best young man, but we have to wipe away the tears and prove to them that the United States of America is invincible and the United States of America cannot be provoked!!"

"Now, declare war on the evil Spaniards!!"

After the speech, the United States Congress voted unanimously to declare war against the Kingdom of Spain.

And authorizes the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army to have the absolute right to attack the Spanish mainland! !

On the same day, the United States summoned the Han minister and the British minister to explain the "reasons" to them and hoped to get "support."

Looking at the "extremely shameless" Americans, the Chinese and British were speechless.

Because Americans have really "refreshed" the lower limit of shamelessness this time. We can believe you when you say Spain attacked the United States, and I can believe you when you say Americans are "victims."

But what happened to you less than ten minutes after the Oceanic sank, the telegram just came, and the streets were full of newspapers? Don't tell us that your American printing plant is an "alien technology" that can even edit manuscripts. There are dozens of kinds.

Of course, regardless of whether the Americans were shameless or not, the facts were already doomed. The Spaniards were doomed to lose, because the Americans had just told them that as soon as the incident occurred, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was dispatched in full force to maintain "peace."

Because of the "shamelessness" of the Americans, the domestic telegraph lines of China and the United States have exploded at this moment, and discussions about "Spain", "the United States" and "Cuba" are everywhere.

In Xijing, Han Dynasty, after two hours of rushing to publish, newspapers that had just been printed and still smelled of ink continued to spread on the streets.

(The Havana incident was a complete, self-directed and self-acted conspiracy)

(Xijing Daily: Americans are like hungry people who have had nothing to eat all their lives. They have done the most bottomless things. They have not even concealed their ambitions for Cuba and the Caribbean)

(Jinshan Daily: Our American friends’ rude and obscene practices have lowered the moral level of the entire America for at least ten years)

(Longjiang Business News: The United States and Spain are engaged in bullying without any ripples. The Americans have opened their rancid and thorny mouths, hoping to swallow up the old Spanish cattle)

In the Xijing Palace, Liu Peng learned that the United States had declared war on Spain and said something meaningful:

"Those who jump the gun may not be able to win first place, and they may be disqualified!!"

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Off the coast of Cuba, dozens of warships flying the flags of the United States and Spain are "saying hello" to each other.

Boom boom boom! ! !

The dense shells were like meteor showers, hitting the calm blue Caribbean Sea, setting off waves, wandering in dissipation and gathering.

On the sea, there are countless "unlucky guys" floating on the sea. They are the indigenous people here.

How to evaluate this naval battle? The word "overwhelming" may not be enough to describe it. It is just crushing.

Under the "violent greetings" about the new American warships, the Spaniards were like frightened elk, constantly revealing their flaws in the process of escaping.

Boom boom! !

Several shells penetrated the wooden deck of the Spanish warship. Even if it was covered with a layer of copper, facing the high-explosive shells specially "ingrediented" by the U.S. Navy, it could only fall to the ground like a shot beast, and kept spinning. "convulsions" and finally lost his life.

On the sea, Spanish warships continued to sink, one after another, and a sad atmosphere was spreading within the Spanish Navy. Finally, at 5:20 pm, more than half of the warships of the Spanish Caribbean Fleet surrendered collectively, setting a record for the Kingdom of Spain. The highest record in hundreds of years.

When the U.S. Navy aimed its evil "muzzle" at Havana, it was preparing for revenge.

The Spanish minister in Xijing received an invitation letter from the Han cabinet.

Euphemistically called: "Care about the situation."

But everyone knows that Han, like the United States, is waiting for the disintegration of Spain's overseas colonies.

As the Spanish say:

"This war is a plunder against the Kingdom of Spain. The two bandits in the Americas plundered everything. They were like hungry wolves in the prairie, cruelly staring at everything that could fill their stomachs!!"

　Monthly ticket, rush rush

　　

　

(End of this chapter)