Tang Jian looked at Lee Gates with a smile and said, "Gates, I haven't seen you for a long time. Didn't you hear about you going to Europe to open a CIA branch some time ago? Why did you suddenly come to San Francisco and don't notify me if you suddenly come to San Francisco.*.*"

Li Gates said proudly: "The matters of the European branch have been handled long ago. Later, I went to North America for a walk. President, guess what did I find?" Li Gates said in the end that he pretended to be mysterious.

Tang Jian was shocked. He knew Li Gates very well. The more he was careless Li Gates was, the more important this matter was.

Amid the eyes of everyone, Li Gates solemnly took out a document from behind and handed it to Tang Jian's hand. Tang Jian opened it and was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and finally the smile turned into a big laugh. The cheerful and joyful laughter shocked everyone to look at each other.

The generals rarely see Tang Jian laughing so cheerfully on such occasions. When the generals see Tang Jian laughing like this, they ask in their hearts, what kind of information can make the president laugh so happily?

Tang Jian patted Lee Gates on the shoulder heavily and smiled: "Gates, you will be ranked first in terms of your contribution to occupying the White House in the future!"

Lee Gates smiled and corrected: "It should be US President Wilson who deserves the best credit!" Tang Jian paused, and then looked at each other with Lee Gates and laughed.

Seeing this, the generals such as Ye Zugui, Cheng Biguang, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun in the conference room were even more unclear. So, are they two opposites between the White House and US President Wilson? Why are they connected now? And they also said that if they occupy the White House, Wilson made the greatest contribution?

Tang Jian came back from his ecstasy and saw the puzzled expression on the faces of the generals, and announced loudly: "Just just now, the Director of the CIA gave me great news, an intelligence that can attack the East Coast of the United States in a short period of time, or even quickly capture Washington!"

As soon as Tang Jian said this, the generals were in an uproar. Everyone knew that since they captured San Francisco and wiped out the US North Atlantic Fleet, the next step was to discuss where to land, lead the army to officially enter the US mainland, and advance to the US capital Washington.

One of the generals has three views on the landing site. One is to use San Francisco as the landing site. This way, you don’t have to spend a huge amount of money to choose another landing site. You can gather a large number of troops in San Francisco in a short time and advance to Washington by land. But there is a big disadvantage, that is, you must cross the Cordillera Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. This expedition across the North American continent is difficult for hundreds of thousands of troops!

The second point is to land in Tevantepec Bay in Mexico. Here, the land is relatively narrow, and the army can quickly cross the east coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and then head north along Mexico's flat east coast to enter the United States, thus turning to Washington.

Similarly, this also has a disadvantage, that is, it almost spans the entire territory of Mexico. By the time it enters the United States, the domestic military may have been waiting for the elderly. Waiting for a long time is also not conducive to the combat of the Chinese army.

The third point is to detour southern Chile and then enter the Atlantic Ocean. However, this plan has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, it requires a large number of troop transport ships and crosses the two oceans, which is undoubtedly an extremely severe test for China's logistics.

In short, no matter which viewpoint, it takes a lot of time to go on the road, but apart from these three plans, everyone seems to be unable to find any other more effective plans. These three plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, so the generals have different opinions on these three issues and often argue. This military meeting was held to solve the problem of choosing a place to land.

Therefore, after hearing the news announced by Tang Jian, the generals immediately held their breath and waited for Tang Jian to say a new plan that was different from these three plans, that is, they could attack the East Coast of the United States in a short time, or even quickly capture Washington.

Tang Jian glanced at the generals who were full of expectations in the audience and said lightly: "We can lead the fleet and our troop transport ships into the Caribbean Sea through the Panama Canal, and use Cuba as a temporary base to attack the American mainland. After the preparation is complete, we will land on the American mainland with the Cuban people from the Florida Peninsula. At that time, the Chinese Pacific Fleet will enter the east coast of the United States, cooperate with the landing forces to fight and bombard Washington!"

As soon as Tang Jian's words finished, the conference room suddenly became silent, and Ye Zugui and Cheng Biguang were even more surprised. Obviously, the news was beyond everyone's expectations. Although it was like this, the generals were not as happy as they imagined.

Ye Zugui thought for a while and raised his own question: "President, as far as I know, although the United States has obtained the power of excavation and control of Panama from the Panamanians, the Panama Canal was not opened. Even if the United States conducted its first trial voyage on the Panama Canal in 1904, a giant ship of more than 10,000 tons still could not pass through the Panama Canal. Otherwise, Roosevelt would have led the US North Atlantic fleet into the Pacific Ocean, and would not have to go south along the South American continent and bypass the Horn Foot in southern Chile to enter the Pacific Ocean."

Cheng Biguang deeply agreed that if the Panama Canal was really open to navigation with what Tang Jian said, Roosevelt would not have been so troublesome. At the beginning, the Chinese Pacific Fleet captured Hawaii and saw that the US North Atlantic Fleet was too far away and could not support Pearl Harbor, so he sought an opportunity to cooperate with Queen Liliu Kalani, which led to Hawaii**.

Cheng Biguang also said: "President, Marshal Ye is right. At this time, we are fully capable of seizing the Panama Canal from the Americans. However, due to the deep water line, the main warships in the fleet, including aircraft carriers and large troop transport ships cannot pass. If you only use small ships, the lack of troops is still second. The fleet's firepower advantage cannot be reflected. How can you talk about bombarding Washington?"

Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, and Cao Kun also nodded slightly when they heard the opinions of Ye Zugui and Cheng Biguang. Without the support of the main battleship of the fleet, it would be difficult to make the army fight to the US military on the US mainland.

Tang Jian smiled slightly. Indeed, in history, the Panama Canal was officially opened in 1914. In other words, according to the normal trajectory, it would take at least more than a year before the Panama Canal was officially opened.

However, that is calculated according to the normal historical trajectory. Since Tang Jian came to this parallel space-time, the historical trajectory in this parallel space-time has quietly changed. When the founding of China, the United States stepped up its excavation of the Panama Canal in order to prevent China's strength and control the Pacific region as soon as possible.

When Roosevelt took office as the President of the United States, Roosevelt had a fierce vision and had long seen Tang Jian's ambitions. While vigorously developing the US Navy, he even increased his huge budget to dig the Panama Canal, which accelerated the process of digging the Panama Canal.

Even when Roosevelt stepped down and Taft came to power, he did not slow down at all about the excavation of the Panama Canal. After Wilson came to power, he was targeted at China's aggressive stance in the Pacific region. Although Wilson was a pacifist, this did not mean that his defense construction in the United States was lax.

On the one hand, Wilson negotiated with China, and on the other hand, he also increased the budget and stepped up the digging of the Panama Canal, so as to shorten the range between the United States' east and west coasts, so that the military forces in the Pacific and Atlantic regions of the United States can be more closely united.

However, before Wilson could open the Panama Canal, China and the United States officially started war. At this time, it was just around the corner to officially open the Panama Canal. However, the emergency situation above the Pacific Ocean made Wilson unable to wait for the successful excavation of the Panama Canal. He sent troops only after the official navigation was officially opened. So Wilson begged Roosevelt to come out and lead the US North Atlantic Fleet to detour southward to South America and enter the Pacific Ocean.

When the US North Atlantic Fleet and the Chinese Pacific Fleet are about to engage in a military confrontation above the Pacific, Wilson even urged the US officials who digged the Panama Canal to step up the digging of the Panama Canal, hoping that the US North Atlantic Fleet will be able to transport strategic materials and soldiers through the Panama Canal to the West Coast to support when fighting against the Chinese Pacific Fleet.

Just when the Chinese Pacific Fleet besieged San Francisco, the Panama Canal was officially opened. In this case, the official navigation of the Panama Canal was more than a year earlier than in history. Wilson was preparing to inform Roosevelt of the good news and had mobilized a large number of troops to pass through the Panama Canal to enter the Pacific Ocean to assist San Francisco.

However, what made Roosevelt and Wilson not quite the case was that San Francisco fell so quickly that even the North Atlantic Fleet that the United States had worked hard to establish was wiped out. At this time, Wilson felt very bad and hurriedly blocked the news that the Panama Canal had been officially opened.

This is exactly what made Tang Jian laugh. The United States worked hard to dig the Panama Canal, hoping to serve him, but he didn't expect to make a wedding dress for Tang Jian in the end. If Roosevelt knew about this, he would probably vomit blood on the spot.

In the skeptical eyes of the generals, Tang Jian unfolded the information about the Panama Canal that Li Gates tried to collect from North America. When Ye Zugui saw it, he was immediately happy and laughed like Tang Jian just now: "It's great. The Americans are busy with a busy schedule, but they didn't expect that they would be cheaper in the end. In this way, our fleet and troop transport ships can enter the Caribbean Sea without any obstacles. Without the defense of the United States, the East Coast of the United States can only let our Pacific fleet gallop!"

Cheng Biguang grinned and laughed. This information was a timely help for China. The original three offensive plans are now unnecessary to consider.

Tang Jian signaled the generals who were talking to the crowd to calm down and said, "Since we already know this information, we should control the Panama Canal in the shortest time. Otherwise, when the Americans react and use shipwrecks and other measures to block the waterway, they will really regret it."

"Yes, we should send troops immediately to control the Panama Canal! President, I am willing to be the vanguard and lead the army to Panama!" At this time, Duan Qirui suddenly stood up and said.

Tang Jian nodded and announced: "Okay, I'll order you to lead an army of 30,000 to control the Panama Canal in advance, and the subsequent army will arrive later. The next time we have a meeting, it should be in Washington!"

On December 23, 1912, Duan Qirui led an army of 30,000 to capture Panama City under the cover of the Chinese Pacific Fleet. Five days later, Cologne was occupied by the Chinese Army, and the Panama Canal officially fell into the hands of China...
Chapter completed!