In the early morning of November 5, 1914, when the world woke up from its sleep, an astonishing news quickly spread through electromagnetic waves throughout the world, and the German Empire decided to sell all the colonies of the German Far East to China for 200 million marks! The Chinese government decided to accept these territories on the same day. Shortly after this message was issued, the Chinese representatives, who had arrived in German Samoa, immediately made a handover ceremony with the German colonial government, and most of the islands of the Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands were completed. However, not all the islands were handed over so smoothly, and shortly after the announcement was issued, some warships of the Australian Navy seized some of the more remote islands, and the Marshall Islands were temporarily occupied by the British.

"Damn, the Germans actually sold the territories of the Far East to China! This would have been our reward for the United States to enter the war! When Churchill heard the news, he said angrily that now he regretted it, and that he should have supported the government to immediately occupy the German Far East colonies, and then to the United States, when the British government had calculated so well that the demands were too high to cause the Americans to hesitate, and now, most of the area has nominally been taken over by the Chinese government. And neither the United States nor Britain has gained any benefit!

"Can we now have a strong presence in Australia and seize some of the islands before the Chinese navy? After all, we are now at war with Germany. Facing John Jericho, who had just walked into the office, Churchill asked loudly, as if he was afraid that the other party would not understand, and he added: "Although they have completed the ceremonial handover, these places are too widely dispersed." The other side can't really control it in a short period of time, we can form an established fact, and we can even say that we occupied it before the Huade agreement. ”

"I can see what you mean. But what I want to say is, what are you going to do if the Chinese Navy forcibly occupies it? Jericho asked rhetorically. Don't doubt the courage of the Huaxia government and Mr. Xu, since they dare to do this, then they will definitely prepare for the worst, our intelligence network in the Far East has already discovered the large-scale transfer of the Huaxia Navy a few days ago, and now. The powerful Huaxia Fleet will be assembled at Longtai Port in a few days, and compared with the current Huaxia Fleet, our strength in the Far East is fundamentally unmatched. ”

"Mr. Chancellor. Now we can't do anything with China, not only us, but also the United States. The Chinese Navy has added 4 new battleships equipped with 9 15-inch guns, and their performance will not be inferior to our upcoming Queen Elizabeth-class battleships. There were also 2 Longxinggai battleships armed with 8 14-inch guns. 3 fast battleships of the Longtai type armed with 6 14-inch guns, and 3 dreadnoughts. And we have only light cruisers in the Far East. ”

"As for the United States? They have more dreadnoughts than the Chinese, but it is obviously too late to transfer the entire fleet from the mainland at an urgent moment, and I don't think the US Navy can beat the Huaxia Navy, although the Huaxia Navy has not fought for 8 years, but the Americans have not fought for nearly 18 years, and they are fighting at the other side's doorstep, and there is no supply port. Nelson could not win such a war. Jericho said everything he was thinking in one fell swoop.

"But some of the ships of the American fleet have already come. And we can supply the Americans with port supplies. I don't think the current Chinese government has any intention of going to war with the United States. After all, the national strength of the United States is too terrible. Huaxia should be well aware of this. Churchill was right, the last Americans seemed to be really tempted. Before that, they sent a fleet of 3 new New Mexico-class battleships to the Far East, but their first stop will be Sydney Harbour in Australia, and then they will discuss the next move with the British government, but they are still one step slower, the Germans disposed of the colony one step earlier, and China took over!

"Before the conflict between the two sides, the Navy agreed that the Americans would use our ports, but if the Americans still use our ports after the conflict, then this is an act of war, even if the United States is willing to fight with China for these isolated islands overseas, then after this war, even if God is on the side of the Americans and barely gains some advantages, the American fleet will also be hit hard, in this case, the role of the United States to us will be reduced by at least about 3 percent! And if the Chinese Navy wins the battle. Well, it's almost certain, that would mean the collapse of our colonial system in Asia! The Italian and Chinese navies were to crush the Allied navies in a vast area stretching from the Strait of Malacca in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Jericho was taken aback by Churchill's plan and hurriedly stopped.

After a long period of association, Jericho could feel Churchill's British Empire and his contempt for other powers. In his eyes, the strength of the British Empire was overestimated, and he also looked at the colonial countries to evaluate the actions of certain powers, which made Jericho feel uneasy, even if China won several foreign wars, but in the eyes of ordinary people and some high-level people, China is still only a foreign power, and only Jericho and other people who have been to China and have stayed for a long time can truly appreciate the difference between China 20 years ago and China 20 years later. Normally Jericho was reluctant to argue with Churchill over these issues, but now, Churchill's idea was too simple! The slightest carelessness can lead to a violent reaction from the Chinese government.

"The government will not agree to your suggestion, you must know that the equipment of the Russian Guards comes from China, and all the materials we support Russia must pass through the territory of China to reach Russia, and the result of your doing so is that Russia will completely lose foreign aid. From the present point of view, although Russia blocked the German attack and entered the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the same time, the army unanimously believed that this was only caused by the fact that the German army was not fully exerted, and that we had pinned down the German forces on the Western Front, and at the same time, the German army had hidden some strength, and perhaps next spring, the situation would change radically. The fighting on land was not as calm as we thought. Jericho sensed that Churchill was still hesitating and immediately added.

The news came quickly, and the British government discussed it very quickly, and at the moment when the war in Europe was tight, the British obviously did not want to, and could not do, break their wrists in the Far East and the Chinese Republic. In this case, it is better to admit the facts, I did not calculate that the Germans would come to such a hand, and even more thought that the Chinese Republic really fought for these islands. But the British gave up, and the Americans still wanted to give it a try.

On the same day, in the White House, President Wilson summoned Benson, the head of operations at the Admiralty, and Magiffin, who still holds the rank of lieutenant general in the U.S. Navy. The president wondered whether the American fleet would be able to get a piece of the pie in the Far East in such a situation. The Americans' desire to expand into the Far East has never stopped, although this idea has been suppressed by the defeat of the Spanish-American War. But it was not broken. And this time, after more than 10 years of preparation, can the Americans take a certain advantage in this contest?

"Now the world is on our side. The Germans and Italians were left to their own devices, Britain, France, and Russia agreed to take over the German colonies in the Pacific, and our warships were now being resupplied in British ports. We have a strong fleet, and our industry can continuously expand our navy. Wilson said as he looked at the two silent generals in front of him.

"Mr. President, I need to remind you that the construction cycle of warships is generally very long, and even if we start building new warships now, it will take at least 2 to 3 years to wait until they enter service. We can't fight a war with the Huaxia Republic in terms of years, right? And we need to cross most of the Pacific Ocean to fight on the other side's doorstep. And although the British are now on our side, they will never get involved in our war with China. Magiffen said.

"Damn. That's what I know. President Wilson cursed in a low voice. Although the president's aides have long said that Majifen will never agree to use force against Huaxia. There was even a bitter sarcasm that Majifen was a Chinese man wearing a U.S. Navy uniform. However, considering that Majifen presided over the construction of the navy for many years, although his views were not welcomed by some. But when it comes to understanding and strategizing the U.S. Navy, there is no equal. He knows best the combat effectiveness of the US Navy, and at the same time, he knows best what this fleet is suitable for!

After experiencing the disastrous defeat in the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy has been hesitating whether to build an ocean-going fleet or a decisive battle fleet. In fact, the U.S. Navy has been at the pinnacle of hit-and-run since the era of sails, when the British Royal Navy beat the French Navy into obedience, came to North America, but suffered a little loss in several battles, and in the Spanish-American War, although the U.S. Navy had 4 battleships, a large number of cruisers also reflected the vacillation of U.S. naval policy.

After the Spanish-American War, the Americans became even more distrustful of their main fleet, so they also built a lot of armored cruisers when building a large number of dreadnought battleships. This policy did not finally end until the Dreadnought period, the United States has strong industrial capacity, but military spending is limited, and the United States cannot grasp both at the same time, and the tone set by Majifen for the American fleet is that even the most powerful navy in the world does not dare to go to war with the United States easily, otherwise it will greatly weaken its superiority. So the Iron Turtle battleships in the history of the US Navy continued. In terms of total size, the current American fleet is already stronger than the Chinese, although there are a large number of former dreadnoughts among them. But the Americans believe that if they can start a decisive battle, then the United States will definitely win.

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