() "Who are they? Give me a general introduction. I'm familiar with them." Liu Fu felt that what David said made sense.
"The tall man with the big beard, his name is Nelson Aldrich. He is a senator from California and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. He is very powerful in Congress, and he doesn't like the president's radical policies very much. He
His son-in-law is Rockefeller Jr., the son of the boss of Mobil Oil who formed a joint venture with Schneider. He is also a rich man himself and has cooperation with our factory." David said while picking up Liu Fu's thermos cup.
, drank some water, and continued:
"That short, fat man is the Ohio Senator, William Howard Taft. His father was once the Secretary of War and the Attorney General of the United States. Although he is not as rich as Nelson, their family is very influential in American politics.
He is actually the closest to you, and you still don’t know?” David stopped again, waiting for Liu Fu to ask himself, David liked this feeling very much.
"You know what the hell, except for a few years ago when I went out for a tour and picked up your father to visit your son, I rarely left Taiwan." Liu Fu was not fooled and took out David's father and son to top the cylinder.
"He is the first governor of the Philippines, you can say he is a neighbor." David said with a smirk.
"Damn...where is he now? Still serving as the Governor of the Philippines?" Liu Fu was a little surprised. If he was still the Governor of the Philippines, this negotiation would be a bit troublesome. After all, Taiwan and the Philippines are very close, and some things cannot be hidden from their neighbors.
.
"He has resigned. President Roosevelt appointed him Secretary of the Army. How about it? I brought all heavyweights." David leaned back on the chair and swayed proudly, especially when Liu Fu heard that the U.S. Secretary of War
Also came the expression later.
"So this meeting is official? Authorized by the President of the United States?" Liu Fu was not surprised to hear the chairman of the Senate. No matter how powerful he is, he is also a senator, but he heard that there was also a U.S. Army
Minister, we have to re-evaluate this meeting.
"If it goes well, it's formal. If it goes badly, it's personal." David replied.
"Where is there another one? Isn't it the Vice President of the United States?" Liu Fu put away his scornful heart and asked the last American negotiator carefully.
"Sigh... you don't understand the United States so well. There is no vice president in the current administration of the United States. The current president is succeeded by the vice president. The last president was assassinated in 2001, and he succeeded him for half a term. Now he is the president.
Re-elected." David continued to despise Liu Fu's knowledge.
"The tall and lanky man is called Albert Beveridge. He is a Texas senator and has a good relationship with Schneider. He is the representative of the Morgan family in Congress. Do you know the Morgan family? They are the masters of banks in the United States." David added.
Start provoking Liu Fu's American knowledge.
"I probably know..." Liu Fu ignored David's provocation and simply answered, then fell into deep thought.
When David saw that Liu Fu was no longer paying attention to him, he searched for all kinds of novel things in the President's Office alone and stopped disturbing Liu Fu's thoughts.
A Minister of the Army and two powerful senators came to Taiwan together, and they were definitely not here to fool him. Although Liu Fu didn't know the details of these three American politicians, he believed that David would not lie to him. Since the United States sent
If the United States has a strong lineup, it will not be able to cope with it. Although the United States has not yet grown into the world's top military power, it is already a world leader in economy and industry.
Since you want to take this meeting seriously, you have to arrange a few capable assistants here. Unfortunately, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no real diplomatic activities to participate in, so it has always been Liu Fu's diplomatic adviser and has not
There are no competent international negotiators, and the intelligence personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are capable of engaging in intelligence infiltration and assassination. But if those tough young men were allowed to negotiate, the two sides would probably start fighting at the negotiating table.
Without help, Liu Fu could only take on the challenge as president. In addition to Liu Fu himself, he also called on several American lawyers who had been with him for more than ten years. After all, in some legal aspects,
Liu Fu is not very clear yet, but with these lawyers, he can check things for himself to prevent Americans from taking advantage of legal loopholes.
After waiting for another two days, Liu Fu asked David and Liu Gui, the vice president of Taiwan, to accompany the American guests around Taipei and Keelung to see the strength of Taiwan's army and navy. Only on July 13th, officially
Met with the American delegation that came for talks this time.
After everyone met in the conference room of the Presidential Palace, David first briefly introduced their respective personnel representatives to both parties, and then after both parties exchanged a few polite words, the talks entered the substantive step.
During this two-day visit, several American guests gained a general understanding of Taiwan from its economy, industrial base, agriculture, military and politics, through the eyes of Taft, the Governor of the Philippines and later the Secretary of War of the United States.
, Taiwan’s army equipment is extremely advanced and luxurious. When he visited a military station stationed in Taipei City,
When he arrived at the camp of the battalion, he discovered a large number of military trucks and motorcycles. He quietly calculated for himself that most of the officers and soldiers of the battalion could ride on the trucks and march, which would be of great benefit during combat.
Increasing the marching speed of the army makes it easier to mobilize and gain the initiative on the ever-changing battlefield.
In addition, he personally tried the rifle equipped by the Taiwan Army. This rifle can actually pull the bolt without firing a shot, and the design precision is very good, and the recoil is smaller than the Springfield rifle used by the US Army.
And a kind of Taiwan Army equipment
The weapon called a light machine gun even surprised Minister Taft. This little guy, which weighs only more than 10 kilograms, has an ammunition capacity of 45 rounds and can fire at the enemy at a speed of 500 rounds per minute.
The flight range has reached more than 700 meters.
"If the U.S. Army encounters the Taiwanese Army equipped with this kind of light machine gun, the situation will probably not be optimistic." Secretary Taft thought to himself.
What surprised the minister most was not Taiwan's cars and small arms, but the 75mm field gun developed by the Taiwan Army itself. After watching the Taiwan Army's artillery drill and seeing the Taiwan Army using a car to pull this obviously light weapon,
When the cannon was running on the road at high speed, Taft felt guilty for having attacked the American government.
fu was pleased to vote against the proposal to join the six-nation coalition to attack Taiwan. If the US Army were to have a head-on confrontation with this army that uses advanced rifles and light machine guns, as well as this kind of artillery with extremely high fire speed and very fast transfer
, the minister felt that even with the support of the German Army, there would be no benefit.
Here in the Army, the U.S. Secretary of the Army only felt some worries. After visiting Taiwan's Navy, the Secretary felt anxious in his heart. The power of the Taiwan Navy's submarines and torpedoes has been known to all countries in the world, but just hearing about it is
It's one thing, but seeing it with your own eyes is another thing. When Taiwan's submarine fired torpedoes from underwater and sank an abandoned cement ship in one fell swoop, the sudden attack, powerful destructive power and nowhere
looking for
The feeling of the enemy deeply shocked all the American guests present. In addition, the newly built heavy cruiser in Taiwan, although the appearance is very strange, and the caliber of the main gun and secondary gun are not very large, but with its 14,000
The multi-ton body can run at a high speed of 35 knots, which also makes Mr. Minister nervous. This shows that Taiwan's technology in the power of warships is very advanced. Not only is it far ahead of the US Navy, even the British Navy does not have this kind of technology.
As the Secretary of War of the United States, Taft knew how urgent the current president was to strengthen the United States' armed forces, especially the Navy. President Theodore Roosevelt worked hard to persuade Congress to increase the Navy's strength.
Budget. But if Taiwan is hostile or even hostile to the United States, the president's naval plan will be seriously hindered. After all, in the Pacific, if the United States wants to gain a foothold in Asia, it cannot be hostile to such a navy, at least for now.
