On July 22, the British delegation successfully arrived in New York, USA.
New York was not called this name before, but was called "New Amsterdam", which was a Dutch colony.
After the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the defeated Netherlands was forced to cede New Amsterdam to the United Kingdom. It happened to be the birthday of King Charles II's brother, the Duke of York, so Charles II renamed New Amsterdam New Yorkshire.
As a gift to the Duke of York.
At the beginning of the 20th century, New York was a brand new world for immigrants, with opportunities everywhere. Therefore, New York was also called the "Big Apple", which meant that it was beautiful and delicious, and everyone wanted to take a bite.
In 1920, New York was gradually replacing London as the world's financial center.
Despite the sudden rise of southern Africa, the current United States is still very scary. The United States has a territory of 9.3 million square kilometers, of which 10,000 hectares of arable land account for 13.15% of the world's total arable land. It is the largest arable land area in the world.
s country.
The United States is rich in resources. The total proven reserves of mineral resources rank first in the world. The reserves of coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, potash, phosphates, sulfur and other minerals rank among the top in the world. The forest area is about 4.4 billion acres, with a coverage rate of 33%.
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The United States now has a population of more than 100 million, ranking fourth in the world, and its GDP surpassed the United Kingdom at the end of the last century to become the world's largest.
After the end of the World War, the United States launched a challenge to Britain's maritime supremacy. Britain's largest and most advanced warship is the battlecruiser "HMS Hood" with a displacement of 100,000 tons and eight 15-inch (381 mm) main guns.
Britain originally planned to build three battleships, but due to the financial situation of the British government, only one "Admiral" class battleship was built.
The "Colorado" class battleship, which the United States began building last year, has a full displacement of tons and uses a 16-inch (401 mm) main gun with a larger caliber than the "Hood". The United States plans to build four battleships of this class.
In addition to the "Colorado" class battleship, the United States is also preparing to build a "Lexington" class battlecruiser with a displacement of 100,000 tons. This class of battleship is also equipped with a 16-inch main gun, and the United States plans to build six ships.
Once the United States builds these 10 battleships, the whole world will be shrouded in the shadow of American battleships.
When the British delegation arrived in New York, the Colorado-class lead ship "Colorado" was being built by the New York Shipbuilding Company. After knowing the specific data of the "Colorado"-class battleship and the U.S. shipbuilding plan, members of the British delegation, Alexander.
"The Americans are so crazy. They have ten battleships equipped with 16-inch main guns, and the U.S. government is not afraid of being financially ruined." Viscount Glaston lamented. Originally, Viscount Glaston thought that southern Africa was rich, but now the United States
With such a big deal, southern Africa suddenly pales in comparison.
Compared with the United States, Southern Africa is nothing but a bastard. The United States is the real tycoon, and the tycoon is rich.
"Don't be fooled by the Americans' tricks. If the Americans are really rich, why would they propose to convene a naval meeting?" Rock has already seen through the Americans' tricks. There is only one truth, that is, the United States has no money now, but if it is blown out
I couldn't get back my awesomeness, so I held a naval meeting to find a way out for myself.
Against the background of the economic crisis, the world's largest GDP must tighten its belt.
"Ah, you mean-" Viscount Glaston doesn't know enough about America.
"Same as you thought." Rock sneered.
The virtues of Americans were well known to everyone in another time and place, but they are still very confusing now.
In another time and space, the United States relied on the illusory "Star Wars Project" to drag the SOV to death, and then was not allowed to fabricate facts to launch the Gulf War. Even the US Secretary of State admitted that "we lied, cheated and stole". This is the "glory of the United States"
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"But the threat of the 'Colorado' class battleships to us -" Viscount Glaston was worried. According to the standards of the British Royal Navy, there is no warship in the UK that can compete with the "Colorado" class battleships before the World War.
The UK is unimaginable.
Before the World War, the British Admiralty publicly declared that for every battleship Germany built, Britain would build two battleships to ensure the overwhelming superiority of the German navy in the Royal Navy.
Now the British Admiralty is no longer calling for it. The Admiralty also wants to build bigger and more powerful warships, but it is a pity that Congress has not allocated funds.
"Instead of worrying about the 'Colorado' class battleships, it is better to worry about Japan's 'Nagato' and 'Mutsu'. These two pose a greater threat to us." Rock is always wary of Japan. This country is a typical example of militarism.
Construction of Japan's "Nagato" battleship started on August 28, 1917, and was launched on November 9, 1919. It is now more than half completed and will be delivered to the Navy.
The "Nagato" battleship has a standard displacement of tons, a full load displacement of tons, and is equipped with eight Japan's most advanced 410 mm caliber main guns. Its maximum speed is 26.5 knots. However, when it was made public, the Japanese Navy concealed its speed as 23 knots.
This trick was also used by the British. Before the outbreak of the World War, in order to confuse Germany, when the British announced the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" to the outside world, they also reduced the 15-inch main gun equipped on the "Queen Elizabeth" battleship to 14 inches.
Since the American Revolution, there has been no war between the United States and Britain.
However, this does not mean that the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is okay. Now the United States is eyeing Canada and trying to annex Canada, causing the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom to become increasingly tense.
Britain has extensive interests in Asia. After the World War, Japan regarded Asia as its own confinement and was committed to expanding Japan's influence. If this continues, sooner or later there will be a conflict between Britain and Japan.
"Japan is a bit mysterious. Have they really obtained the 16-inch main gun technology?" Viscount Glaston was very doubtful. He probably thought this was another smoke bomb thrown by Japan.
The information released by various countries on the military field is true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish. Obtaining real intelligence requires the efforts of the secret service.
"Maybe it's true, maybe it's more than 16 inches, it should be 16.14 -" Rock has more information, 16 inches is 406, and 16.14 is 410.
"You have Brad under you, can you get some information?" Viscount Glaston has expectations for Rock. This seems to be a task of the Military Intelligence Agency, and Rock doesn't want to cause any more disputes.
Japan is also a very magical country. Ten years ago, Japanese naval guns still needed to be purchased from other countries. Now they can produce the largest caliber naval guns in the world. It seems that Japan is the one who is cheating.
As he was speaking, the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" sailed into New York Harbor.
This was the first time a British battleship came to the United States after the World War.
Because of the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, there were quite a few people who came to the port to greet the British delegation. Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall and Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby all appeared on the scene and came to the pier to welcome the British delegation.
There are over 3,000 Americans.
Even though the GDP of the United States has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, in fact, the United Kingdom still has a very special status in the minds of Americans. After all, the United Kingdom was once the suzerain country of the United States.
Rock was wearing the uniform of a British field marshal and stood extremely dazzling in the British delegation. This was a coincidence. Among the British delegation, Rock was the only active soldier. The others were all in formal wear. Only Rock was wearing a military uniform, so he was not noticed by anyone.
impossible.
Rock looked at the welcoming crowd on the pier with an expressionless expression. In this era, the United States was still implementing the Chinese Exclusion Act, and its attitude towards the Chinese was extremely repulsive. Rock was now British, but Rock had never forgotten that in his body
What flows is Chinese blood.
As the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" docked, the sailors moved the gangway to the battleship "Queen Elizabeth", and Rock followed Balfour up the gangway.
"Good day, Lord Nyasaland -" Thomas Riley Marshall was all smiles. The power of the Vice President of the United States and the President of the United States are very different. If it were not for the fact that the current President Woodrow Wilson could not handle political affairs, Marshall would not be able to handle government affairs.
Opportunity to greet the British delegation in Wilson's stead.
"Good morning, Mr. President -" Roque was polite and thoughtful. Strictly speaking, the "Chinese Exclusion Act" implemented in the United States has nothing to do with Roque. Roque is now British.
We came to the pier to greet the Japanese delegation who had arrived in the United States in advance and had arrived in New York in advance.
The leader of the Japanese delegation is Baron Tomosaburo Kato, Minister of the Navy. This man is an artillery expert and one of the important figures in the construction of the navy in Japan after Yamamoto Gonbei. He will serve as the Prime Minister of Japan in the future and be awarded the title of Viscount and Grand Marshal.
"Lord Nyasaland, it's a pleasure to meet you. If possible, I hope to have dinner with you." Kato Yusaburo was quite anxious. He probably thought that Roque, as a Chinese, should have more interests in Asia.
In line with the Japanese Empire.
"Good day, Lord -" Roque is really not very enthusiastic. The hatred between the Japanese and the Chinese cannot be resolved at all.
At this time, Rock was surprised to find someone on the pier holding a slogan saying "Yellow people get out of New York".
The offensive nature was somewhat clear, and Rock went directly to Marshall to remind him how vicious the slogan was.
Marshall's face turned pale, and immediately a large group of secret police rushed over and knocked the man holding the sign to the ground.
During the World War, the American Expeditionary Force also had to cooperate with the British Expeditionary Force. Rock was indeed of Chinese descent, but no one dared to treat Rock with the same attitude towards the Chinese.
"Sorry, Lord Nyasaland, this is not what we want to see -" Marshall personally went to Roark to apologize.
Rock smiled politely and said, "MMP, I really want to greet Marshall's eight generations of ancestors. This kind of thing can happen on this occasion. There is something wrong with the organization and discipline of the U.S. government."
That's normal, it's very American.
: Depressed, I followed four people this month, and two more are getting married on November 1, I want to die——
