"The president is resting, you can't go in." An attendant stopped the state secretary William Jennisbrian, who was about to force his way in, and Benson, the chief of naval operations behind him.

"Young man, what you do will affect the future of the United States, and today is a very big deal. Get out of the way! "Benson, who was born in the military, is already a little impatient, and today's events are too important. Just as he was about to forcibly push his attendant away, President Wilson, with a tired face, walked out and looked at his secretary of state and Benson with some dissatisfaction.

"I thought that after the vice president and Majifen were going to England, no one would come and disturb my rest." Wilson was very polite, but he still signaled that they could come in. Suddenly, when he saw Benson behind him, a bad feeling of something big instantly flooded his brain! Now that the Huaxia Navy is confronting the U.S. Navy, Benson's arrival won't be an accident, right?

"Could it be that the Huaxia Navy has opened fire?" In his office, President Wilson asked as soon as the attendants left the room...... The words were full of nervousness and uneasiness, he was a strong advocate for being tough on Huaxia, but he didn't let the navy really do it, even if he really fought, he couldn't fight now!

"Mr. President, things are more complicated than you think, in Saipan, our transport ship built a submarine attack of unknown nationality and suffered heavy losses ......." Benson then gave a rough idea of what happened. "In the chaotic situation, because of the miscalculation of intelligence, we had an exchange of fire with the Huaxia fleet.". …。

"It looks like the lads in the Navy should have suffered a loss." Wilson thought as he casually responded, thinking in his mind who had the audacity to attack the U.S. Navy!

"Not only did we suffer, but in some ways it was even more humiliating than in the Spanish-American War, at least we paid the price to the Spaniards in the Spanish-American War, and we fought with them at least many times, but this time, our New Mexico was severely damaged by the Dragon-class battleships in just 10 minutes! The power is knocked out in half. The hull of the ship enters the water for 1,000 tons! Just 10 minutes! Benson said bitterly.

"It can't be. This is a battleship of more than 32,000 tons, and he is the most advanced! How so? I attended his inauguration ceremony back then, he was the flagship of the American fleet! President Wilson stood up. How is he now? After a long time, Wilson, who was deeply shocked, asked.

"A telegram saved his life, and we then captured a torpedo, which was supposed to be left behind by the submarine after it was launched, and this torpedo was not used by Huaxia, but the standard torpedo of the British! Someone is behind the scenes to stir up the conflict between our two great powers, and I think this is a very bad thing, and we have to make those behind it pay the price. Therefore, General Sims has reached a preliminary cooperation intention with General Yang Yonglin of the Huaxia Navy. But now. We don't think General Sims is probably up to such a difficult task. The Admiralty thought that General Magifin would be a good choice, both in terms of ability and personally. "I finished the rest of the content in one breath..........

"You can handle the affairs of the navy. I believe that Lieutenant General Majifen will take care of all this. Now let the Vice President come back, and we need to reassess our relations with the Entente. President Wilson said coldly, his tone was already cold!

To be honest, both politically and motively, President Wilson does not believe that the British will find fault at this time! Politically speaking, the United States was simply the logistics base of the Entente, and a large amount of supplies were transported to Europe by American merchant ships and turned into ammunition and weapons against the Central Powers. There is no need for the British to turn around and blame the United States, admittedly, on the issue of the German colonies in the Far East. The British played tricks to let China take advantage. American merchant ships were also transported to the Allies, but they were also detained by the British, but the United States really couldn't believe that the British would attack American merchant ships with torpedoes! Impatient to live? …。

From the point of view of motives, Britain strongly advocated that China and the United States should stop, otherwise the British would not have come to mediate as soon as the two sides mobilized their fleets. But then again. Could this be the suspicion of the British? Using the power of the United States to contain China, which itself has some pro-German tendencies, so that China will not be able to join the Allies in the end? Moreover, no matter how powerful the Chinese Navy is, it cannot threaten the safety of the Atlantic route, and the Americans can still provide supplies to Britain, thus completely tying the United States to the chariot of the British? Moreover, the declaration of war between China and the United States will not necessarily declare war on the Entente, there has always been only one enemy! Suddenly, President Wilson sensed that this was a real possibility. In this way, all the great powers in the world are caught in the war, and China cannot pose a threat to Britain, and the United States must also rely on the Entente to fight against China. …。

"If that's the case, this ploy is too poisonous!" President Wilson, who thought he had found a glimmer of truth, gritted his teeth and said. And then connect with the various tricks of the British in history...... President Wilson increasingly felt justified. At this time, he no longer trusted Britain, although he still maintained a certain hostility towards the Chinese Republic, but he knew that the hostility must not continue now, first of all, the Americans could not be used as guns for the Entente in vain. And on the other hand, through the fight between the Ryumu and the New Mexico, the Americans could no longer have much confidence in their fleet! It takes 10 minutes to let people lie down, which is too!

Although Wilson would love to defeat the Central Powers with the Entente and then get a piece of the pie. But now, Wilson thinks that if it's really the British, then the empire that never sets the sun must be turned into a sunset empire! And now, the only partner he can trust is Huaxia, who was not right before, and even had a fight dozens of hours ago, and was also calculated!

"It's time to let the world know the United States." President Wilson said with some regret. After all, this time the opponent is not the Chinese, but the British. Therefore, the president immediately issued an order, on the one hand, to temporarily suspend all merchant shipping to Europe, and at the same time, through negotiations with the Republic of China, to completely take over the relevant sea area and conduct a thorough investigation of the entire region! Wilson has decided, God blocks and kills God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha! If the British dare to say half a word, they will be killed! …。

And almost at the same time, Xu Jie also took a report and thought, if you want to say that this is something done by the British, Xu Jie will not believe it, after all, people are traversers, and they know more about the British than the current people for more than 100 years, the British dared to detain other people's merchant ships in World War 1, and dared to conceal the intelligence of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2, but to say that in this plane dare to be the two big countries of Yinhuaxia and the United States at the same time, he will not dare to give Lloyd George ten dares, and it is completely unnecessary.

The British were several notches above Germany in foreign affairs. Historically, pulling Japan to fight Russia, then Russia to fight Germany, and finally pulling the United States to fight Germany, and not allowing the Americans to get any benefits at the Paris Peace Conference, has already demonstrated the superiority of British diplomacy and strategy. Now that the Americans are basically on the side of the Entente, the British have no need to take risks at all, and you say that even if the British take risks, what are you doing with Britain's own torpedoes? Isn't this looking for death?

If it weren't for this torpedo, Xu Jie still wondered if the Germans did it. After all, with the camouflage supply ships at sea, German ocean-going submarines can definitely come to the Far East. And for Germany, if this is successful, it will indeed have benefits, first, Germany can use the power of China to smash the British and French colonial system in the Asia-Pacific region, and second, it will cut off the foreign aid of the Russians. Even if the United States joins, the Allies will not be afraid of their opponents. What's more, Kaiser Wilhelm would definitely dare to do this, he would even dare to make the German ambassador to Mexico instigate Mexico to go to war with the United States, so what else could it not do? That is, the Germans are capable and more motivated! …………。

However, the annex to the report allowed Xu Jie to completely rule out the possibility of Germany. The Americans are still very strict in their work, they even determined the specific number of the torpedo through the shape of the torpedo, and also shared the British intelligence that the Americans spied on, and also gave a list of countries that the Americans know about this torpedo, don't be surprised, even allies have dismantled each other and spied on each other, not to mention that they are only quasi-allies now!

Although the Americans are very careful, Xu Jie found after taking a look...... None of these countries have the motive or ability to commit crimes, and small European countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Greece have this thing, but are these countries likely to go to the Far East to find trouble for China? Obviously impossible, the three ABC countries of South America have, but apparently it can be ruled out. This information is almost useless!

Xu Jie threw the report aside with some worry, and then glanced at the world map hanging on the wall, and a country located in the northeast corner of China caught his attention! Japan! This is another capable and motivated country! Originally, in Xu Jie's opinion. Japan has been killed by China, and it can't turn over. But this has a premise, that is, there is no strong external force to intervene. The Japanese know this too! So it is necessary for them to muddy the waters of the Pacific Rim! As for ability? Isn't it just sending a few submarines? Japan has submarines, and it uses British submarines, and there are also British torpedoes!. …。

Although there is no mention in the documents that Japan has such torpedoes. However, Xu Jie believed that the British would definitely sell some relatively advanced weapons to Japan in private, and the so-called intention reached between China and Britain on the issue of arms sales to Japan was actually not binding at all. It is also possible that the British secretly gave some advanced torpedoes to Japan, and it is indeed not easy to check this thing! After all, torpedoes are much smaller than battleships!

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