Chapter 531: Gold on the face
With a pop, Ito, who had read the telegram, looked at Hirobumi Ito, who was standing in front of him and smiling at him, with a look of disbelief: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, is this true?" β
Three battleships. Four armored cruisers, which for Ito Yuhiro, was not intended to be a relief in disguise. You know, now the combined fleet only has two battleships to prop up the faΓ§ade, as for the rest, they are either in maintenance or busy on the defense line in Vladivostok, not to say that it is an attack, even if it is a defense, it will be difficult.
However, this telegram told himself that now his combined fleet was able to obtain warships, and there were so many warships, that if these warships arrived in Japan and were incorporated into the combined fleet, then his strength would be doubled, and at that time, although the attack was obviously insufficient, it would be more than enough to use the Nagasaki battery for defense.
"Of course it's true, these warships are now anchored in San Francisco's harbor, waiting for us to pick them up at any time."
"Great, with this batch of warships, we have a better chance of winning." Ito said with a smile.
Ito Hirobumi's hand trembled slightly when he saw Ito Yuhiro picking up the telegram now, and he knew that he was excited now, let alone him, when he received this telegram, how could it not be so.
"Your Excellency, the situation is urgent, and our enemies may attack us at any time, so I hope that you will be able to quickly send people to the United States to bring back these warships."
"Don't worry, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I'll go back and arrange it immediately." Ito, who hadn't smiled since the First World War in Vladivostok, once again smiled and reassured himself and walked out of the room.
Japan is now hopeful. Seeing Ito Yuhiro walk out, Ito Hirobumi thought with a smile.
"Why, so soon the Japanese sent their navy to the United States." Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun, who was holding a cup of tea, looked at Zhong Lin standing in front of him with a surprised face, even Zheng Yiqian, who also looked unconvinced, it was less than two days after the United States agreed to this matter, and the Japanese sent someone to the United States to pick up the ship. It's just speed, no, the rockets can't catch up.
"Head, it's true, this morning, the soldiers of the Combined Fleet have all been on board." After Zhong Lin finished speaking, he handed over a telegram from his hand.
Liu Jun didn't pick it up, but Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, took the telegram and looked at it for a while, and then nodded to Liu Jun: "Really." β
Huhu, Liu Jun, who saw Zheng Yiqian talking, did not speak, but opened the lid and blew open the end of the tea, and began to drink tea slowly. "Head, you see if you want Li He to make a move, his ship blew up."
Blown up? Liu Jun raised his head all of a sudden, and hurriedly said, "I can't blow it up." β
Can't be fried. Zhong Lin raised his head suspiciously, it was full of sailors and commanders of small Japan, and it was not a pity not to blow it up.
Zhong Lin still didn't understand what Liu Jun meant, once the merchant ship was blown up, the Japanese on it would be heavenly, but those warships would still have to be anchored in the port, and if it didn't work out, Japan would negotiate with the United States to let the American soldiers send it to Japan, if so, it would be really difficult to attack the Americans at that time.
"What you mean is that once these people can't get to the United States, then Japan is estimated to negotiate with the United States and let the Americans take the knife against Japan, and once that happens, Li He's fleet will not be able to make a move, after all, it is the Americans above.
It turned out that this was the case, Zhong Lin nodded suddenly and said, "Head, since this is the case, then we will wait for them to drive back." β
It will take a few months to drive back, and in a few months, he will have eaten up the combined fleet on the Japanese mainland, and the rest of the time is just for Li He to intercept.
"Putting their affairs aside, is there a telegram from Hawaii?"
Hawaii, Zhong Lin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that Liu Jun was asking about Jiang Chaoying's fleet.
"No, but it is estimated that Jiang Chaoying's fleet will arrive within these two days, and once it arrives, the Ministry of Intelligence will send a telegram back as soon as possible."
nodded slightly; "This Hawaiian power generation is going to make the welcome a little bigger. The newspaper should also be done well, don't let people say that we are going to rob, and let the world know that we are going to liberate Hawaii in Liaodong, and the people of Hawaii are welcome to go, and we are invited to go."
"Alright, don't put gold on your face, who doesn't know how you got it." Zheng Yiqian glared at Liu Jun for a moment, and then shifted her gaze to Zhong Lin: "Don't laugh, and you, you are capable, and you actually let your people threaten the queen's family." Who gave you this immoral trick. β
Zheng Yiqian originally thought that Hawaii's agreement to the Liaodong Navy to lease a military port in Hawaii was really obtained through negotiations, but just a few days ago, he finally knew from Liu Jun when he was drunk, it turned out that there was indeed a matter of helping Hawaii train troops, but this was just Liu Jun's attempt to atone for his sins, after all, at that time, the Hawaiian Queen did not agree to the Liaodong Army to lease the island in Hawaii, and Zhong Lin, who had no choice, could only come to consult Liu Jun, so Liu Jun asked Zhong Lin to kidnap and threaten.
The Queen of Hawaii is a woman, and she can only agree to this, but she also gets the benefit, that is, Liu Jun trains troops for her.
"The head made me do it." For Zheng Yiqian, Zhong Lin was still afraid in his heart, so he betrayed Liu Jun without hesitation.
"Two things for half a pound and eight taels." Throwing down this sentence, Zheng Yiqian turned around and went out, she didn't want to be spoiled by these two people.
"Head, I'm also forced to be helpless, sister-in-law's character you are"
"Get out." In this way, he sold himself. How Liu Jun is not angry.
In the Pacific Ocean, a full moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight is reflected on the sea, shining with a white silver light. On the sea, a long line of warships was heading south. Through the moonlight, I can clearly see that the yellow dragon flag on the mast is fluttering.
This huge fleet was the newly formed Pacific Fleet of Liaodong led by Jiang Chaoying to Hawaii.
On the bridge, Jiang Chaoying, who was in a white naval uniform, was quietly on the bridge, looking at the full moon overhead.
"Commander, we'll be able to reach Hawaii around tomorrow afternoon." The first mate walked up to Jiang Chaoying and said quietly.
Finally about to arrive, Jiang Chaoying took a deep breath, turned around and looked at the first mate beside him, and then thought lightly and said: "Inform the whole army, you must appear in formal clothes tomorrow, use the highest etiquette of the navy, enter Hawaii, I want to let these turtles see the military prestige of our Liaodong Navy." β