Alchemy Greater China

In other words, Benson's change of family this time is just right. As long as the Democratic Party wins in the next presidential election, he will be a great supporter. Who will come to him to settle old scores?

Maybe, the military department wants to curry favor with him in turn...

Various reasons, Prince Aza's promise, Bekanju's analysis, and Benson's reluctance finally led to this result: Colonel Benson, transformed into a righteous vanguard against the earl and the Harrison government!

To be a pioneer, one must naturally have a long spear, a long spear that does not seek to stab people, but absolutely must be frightening!

In order to prepare this 'long spear', Benson naturally needed some time to prepare, and after he sharpened it, the long spear pierced out from the bitter cold, which happened to be the time when Long Hao led his men to counterattack.

On June 1892, 6, Long Hao, who had been missing for many days, appeared in San Francisco. He convened various media and swore to set off to encircle and suppress Xia Bo's troops.

On the same day, Colonel Benson made a public appearance in Seattle and invited many newspapers in a high-profile manner... The instigator of the bombardment crisis was actually not dead, and this alone caused quite a public opinion earthquake.

Then, the western United States began a "two-person turn" centered on these two people. The two protagonists who bombarded the crisis a month ago have now changed their positions, but the sensation they caused is still the same.

On June 6, the "Beidao Volunteer Army" led by Long Hao, at the foot of Enteni Mountain, beat Xia Bo's troops hard, annihilating more than 27 enemies and killing 800 officers above lieutenant. [

On the same day, Colonel Benson announced the establishment of the "Federal West Sea Fleet" and recruited troops from the four states on the west coast of the United States. He also showed a secret message from the military department, which stated that Congress requested Benson to besiege San Francisco Harbor at all costs, and The secret order to capture the Earl of Beihai!

The sensational effect of Benson's announcement completely overshadowed the victory of the Volunteer Army. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a piece of shocking gossip!

It turns out that the bombardment crisis was concocted by the President himself.In vain, before this, we thought that Congress was guilty, and that it was all caused by Benson's wanton actions.

Thinking about it now, without the president's secret orders and the permission of the military department, Benson is just a colonel, how could he have the guts to block the international seaport of a big city?

And it fell into the ears of the group of people in the White House, and they really wanted to fly to Seattle.Catch Benson, peel his skin, and cook it in a frying pan!

What a shame!

I've seen people who are ashamed, but I've never seen such a shameless person who has no bottom line in shame!

"Wolson, how did you review people like Benson? How did you hand over the Federation's Western Navy to him? It's too low-handed. It's fine to take six first-class battleships and fail to deal with the Earl of the North Sea. Now that he has fled back to Seattle, he actually bites us back? Tell me, when did the Congress secretly order him to provoke the Earl of the North Sea? When did the military department allow him to contact the British fleet and blockade the city ports of the Federation? Forged secret messages It's unreasonable to confuse the people, it's so irritating..."

Facing aggressive economic sanctions from Europe.President Harrison has been miserable enough recently, and he was almost about to take the blame and resign. Fortunately, his aides persuaded him to wait a little longer, and maybe he would be able to come back in peace.

Unexpectedly, the good thing didn't come, but Benson's counterattack came!

This blow stabbed the Congress and the military represented by Harrison and Walson to the core.

June 6.The North Island Volunteer Army joined forces from 28 cities east of Los Angeles, and once again defeated the main force of Xia Bo's troops fleeing, annihilating 11 enemies and killing 1300 non-commissioned officers.

Coincidentally, on the same day, Benson released another big news in Seattle: He wanted to reveal the real reason for the failure of the Great Miracle Day naval battle.That is... the Earl of Beihai received special funding and used special ocean warships to sink six of his own battleships!

Similar to the previous news, the version heard by ordinary people is: Wow, special ocean warship!Amazing.It was able to sink the undefeated god of war on the ocean—the iron-clad battleship!The Earl of Beihai is mighty!

The top concern is: special funding?Which party funded the Earl of Beihai?What is that special ocean warship?Are there any for sale? [

Although more than 20 days have passed since the Great Miracle Day, the truth of that battle has always troubled the hearts of all high-level officials.

Especially the major powers in Europe: what is the mysterious weapon that can easily defeat battleships?I don't understand, how can our maritime hegemony be maintained?How is the security of our colony guaranteed?

Benson's hesitant remarks tickled the most itchy nerve in their hearts. Three days after the news was released, various forces and representatives from various countries went to Seattle through various channels.

Anyway, they are all in the western United States. It is not too troublesome to leave California, where the war is still burning, and go to Seattle.

The efforts of these representatives have paid off. When jmw came to an end, they already knew that this special funding did not come from some mysterious force, but... the United States!

United States?

When hearing this answer for the first time, the representatives of various forces had the same expressions as the readers. They were shocked at first, and then felt that they had been tricked!

Anyone can support the Earl of the North Sea, but... the United States has the lowest probability!

As we all know, since the discovery of gold mines in Alaska, the White House headed by Harrison can't wait to hoist Long Hao to the Statue of Liberty and whip him. How could it possibly support him?

Besides, the technical strength of the United States is more than a star behind Europe. How can it be possible to build a big killer that can kill battleships?

Even if it is said that the technology originated from Italy, it is much more reliable than the United States!

After all, it is also the birthplace of the Renaissance and the residence of the Pope.

However, when they got further answers from Benson, they were much more relieved.

It turns out that this "America" ​​does not refer to the White House, but the opposition forces: the Democratic Party!

Representatives of various forces are extremely intelligent people, as long as they give some clues and need more explanations, they will automatically make up their minds.

The Democratic Party has always been at odds with the Republican Party. Now that the general election is approaching, it is understandable for them to choose Long Hao as a funding target, which is different from the Republican Party represented by Harrison.

Thinking in the opposite direction, because Long Hao's 'backstage' is the Democratic Party, it is reasonable for the White House to issue a 'secret order' to Benson to kill the Earl of Beihai.

The only thing that is hard to explain is.When did the Democratic Party have a strong military 'research and development force', and the mysterious ocean warships it developed could destroy even battleships?

After relentless insinuations, these representatives finally got reliable gossip: the Democratic Party was secretly supported by many arms tycoons in Europe. The purpose was very simple, preparing to launch the second American Civil War, trying to reverse the results of decades ago!

To know. The result of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 was not in line with the interests of European countries. A democratic, free, and powerful United States is what these old powers do not want to see.

A "big America" ​​headed by big manor owners and big slave owners is what the European powers expect, North America is as big.Haosheng is good as a dumping market and a raw material production base. If people like Lincoln appear less, the blue sky will be bluer and the sea will be greener!

This kind of result made the representatives of all parties 'convinced', and the goal of their guessing became: Which arms tycoon is so stubborn that he can actually research such a big ocean killer.I have to report to the government (emperor) quickly and ask them to be vigilant!

The representatives of all parties were satisfied, but Glover Cleveland, who was a little late, was so angry that he almost smashed his lower die!

Benson, you shit-stirring stick, you actually spread rumors on me? !

As the leader of a party, Cleveland naturally knows that his party has not received funding from any European arms tycoon, let alone sponsoring any secret warships to the Earl of the North Sea!

If you have that thing, you should arm your own navy first, why would you hand it over to a boy from the East?

That would be too irresponsible for the security of the Federation!

But wait until Cleveland thinks of clarification.The Battle of the Mire in June had already ended for several days, and no matter what he said, it would not change the fact that the Democratic Party supported the Earl of Beihai in jmw.

The more he defends, the more people will think that Cleveland is trying to cover up, and there must be some shady business between the Democratic Party and Long Hao!

The influence of the Democratic Party on the battle situation in the middle and late stages of jmw cannot be underestimated, and the leader of the party is Cleveland.Give speeches in several cities in the west, denouncing the mistakes of Congress in this local war!

His purpose is very simple, that is to force Harrison to step down early, and even throw away his qualifications to run for the next president.

However.After Colonel Benson made such a fuss, others would only think that since the bombardment crisis, Cleveland has been actively planning to take advantage of the war to shoot the deadliest arrow at the White House headed by Harrison!

Therefore, although jmw contributed to the defeat of the Republican Party headed by Harrison, the impression left by the Democratic Party on other "sighted people" is not good.

For the benefit of one party, he sold the "national weapon" to outsiders privately, and caused the most important state in the west of the country to fall into the flames of war. As an excuse, the United States was given a severe economic sanction.

Economic sanctions are of course a double-edged sword, hurting the enemy and ourselves, but for the emerging powers of the United States, which is in the stage of rapid development, the loss is undoubtedly the greatest!

Big enough to make Rockefeller, Morgan, DuPont and other consortiums feel like cutting off a piece of meat.

Therefore, these super consortiums have a very bad impression of the Democratic Party. It can be said that even if Cleveland becomes the next President of the United States, most of these bigwigs will secretly make trouble.

Let’s not talk about the Cleveland classmate’s dumb eating coptis, let’s continue to pay attention to the end of jmw.

On June 6, the Volunteer Army, the Allied Forces of 30 Cities and the Cuban Expeditionary Force joined forces to encircle the remnants of Xia Bo's troops at the junction of California and Arizona, and carried out the final campaign of suppression.

The battle situation was one-sided. After several previous defeats, Xia Bo's troops were dispirited. This time, facing the forces of the three parties, they could be regarded as collapsed at the first touch, and the resistance was almost equal to zero.

Xia Bo, the supreme commander, was captured. Of the nearly 2000 remaining men under his command, one-fifth were killed, one-sixth fled, and the rest laid down their weapons and announced their surrender.

At this point, the Battle of the Mire in June ended, and the 338e elite division of Xia Bo's Department lost its designation and disappeared from the US military's sequence.

Unless someone is kind enough to rebuild it, the shameful number 338e can only be seen in history books.

After the war is over, the next step is the complicated and trivial finishing work, such as identifying prisoners of war, escorting senior officers, liquidating and collecting property, rebuilding war-damaged areas, collecting homeless refugees, etc. These tasks are time-consuming and labor-intensive, not a day It can be done overnight.It's been normal for the past month... However, these are not things that Long Hao's soldiers have to consider.

They carried forward their style and transferred these things that could earn points and not have much risk to the 11-city coalition led by the Democrats. The Volunteer Army withdrew to San Francisco, and the Cuban Expeditionary Force with the Spanish flag was even more obedient. One stitch at a time, one order.Withdrew directly to Mexico.

There is a reason for such a strange thing, because... During the last battle, the Earl of Beihai accidentally fell off his horse and injured his spine, and he is still unconscious to this day!

The news was tightly sealed until July 7th.Only a little bit less wind came out, and this time period happened to be the day when Cleveland students issued a clarification statement, telling the media that the Democratic Party did not fund the Earl of the North Sea.

The Earl of Beihai was injured in World War I?

Is it possible to be bedridden forever?

A generation of young heroes has become a vegetable?

Is it unfortunate?Or conspiracy?

……

Various newspapers rushed to report this shocking news, but Cleveland was a tragedy. He did not believe in the clarification statement he issued in Salem, but it was considered to be a cover-up.Perhaps the strange injury of the Earl of Beihai has a lot to do with him!

Otherwise, how could the Earl of Beihai, the leader of the Volunteer Army, fall off his horse during the great victory?

Is the horse crazy?Or is it human?

Tsk tsk, I guess it's better to kill the donkey and kill the donkey!The Democratic Party of the United States is playing an extremely good knife!

The reaction of public opinion was fed back to Cleveland's ears, and the leader of the Democratic Party almost collapsed: I, I greet Long Hao, your second uncle.It doesn't hurt sooner or later, why did you get hurt at this time?Still unconscious, unable to speak the kind of serious injury!

Cleveland suspects that Long Hao is a fraud, which is a matter of course, because on July 7, the third day after jmw ended, President Harrison was at the White House in Washington.Submitted his resignation to Congress.

The post of president is temporarily replaced by a vice president, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the vice president's qualifications and prestige are not enough, so he can only be a transitional candidate.And the next president is basically a certainty, who is better than Cleveland?

If Long Hao is not hurt, everything will be easy to handle. Cleveland can ask Long Hao to come forward to clarify the "Benson Rumor", and the Democratic Party can use the merits of appeasing the western states and mobilizing the coalition forces to repel the Xia Bo Department It is not an extravagant hope to bring the party's prestige to the peak and occupy [-]% of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

But Long Hao was injured, and he was still in a vegetable state. Therefore, under the 'dead confrontation', Cleveland's scapegoat must be blamed!

And because of Long Hao's injury, Britain and the Austro-Hungarian Empire reacted the most strongly, demanding that the new US government must thoroughly investigate the matter, otherwise, the economic sanctions imposed by European countries on the US will not be lifted.

As a result, the credit for lifting the economic sanctions for the United States, which originally fell into the pocket, also grew wings and flew away from Cleveland's hands.

The good situation collapsed overnight. Although the presidency still cannot escape, how can Cleveland be calm?

On July 7, he went to San Francisco to visit the seriously injured Long Hao. By the way, he asked Leland Stanford, what happened?

At the San Francisco Hospital, Cleveland saw the comatose Long Hao, and several female relatives beside him who cried pear blossoms and rain, among them was the eldest grandson of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ashley.

This kind of situation cannot be faked, and Cleveland believed that Long Hao did not play tricks, but was too unlucky: According to Stanford, a cannon on the battlefield happened to land on the mountain behind Long Hao that day, causing landslides and mudslides. In the chaos, Long Hao's mount was frightened, and Long Hao was thrown into the torrent of mud and rocks, and was hit on the head by the gravel. It was a blessing to be able to save his life, but unfortunately, he lost consciousness and lay unconscious for a long time.

"Hey, God is jealous of talents, Mr. Earl is not yet twenty? What a pity..."

Cleveland squeezed out a few tears, thinking about it: acting would not make him a vegetative, it seems that the Earl of the North Sea is doomed!

"Your Excellency, let's go out and say, the atmosphere here, hey, it's so sad..."

Obviously, the arrival of Cleveland, the leader of the party, was not very well received. Therefore, Leland Stanford talked about the quasi-president who was not as qualified as himself, but had a higher position than him, and signaled that he had something to say.

"Leland, the general election won't start until the middle of this month. Calling me the president so early will cause misunderstanding if someone overhears you."

Cleveland was elated, but when he stepped out of the ward, he still blamed Leland Stanford seriously.

Let you pretend!

Also, I am older than you, when is it your turn to call me by my real name?

Leland Stanford despised him for a moment, and then said against his will: "Golover, this rebellion in the west has affected the entire country. Besides you, who else can take on this important task as the leader of the Federation? Before the accident happened, the Earl also told me to I fully support your campaign! Although the Earl is unconscious now, many of his industries will provide strong support for our party to compete for seats in the two houses! This point is jointly guaranteed by Princess Austro-Hungary and Princess Xianlu, you can rest assured... ...We must not miss this opportunity!"

Cleveland was overjoyed when he heard the news. The Earl of Beihai's economic strength is obvious to all. The minerals in Azhou, the chemical plant that produces penicillin, the Zhongshan soul that is popular in Europe and North America, and the whitening agent that drives women crazy... Any one of these industries is enough to make people feel happy. Those super chaebols are salivating. (to be continued...)