"This is not good, the performance of the Americans is not good!" Prince Yang said to himself while basking in the sun on the deck of the Nautilus. The flowery pants on his body made everyone look at him at the busy Fuzhou dock.
Even with the addition of new weapons, the U.S. military is still holding shaky ground in Matanzas. The opponent's poisonous gas is too powerful. Even with gas masks, the poor soldiers don't have the guts to stick to the trenches. Fortunately, Spain
The man himself did not have a gas mask, otherwise the US military would have been driven back to the sea long ago.
But this result is not in line with Yang Feng's ideals, because if it continues like this, the Americans are very likely to end the war. After all, no one is a fool these days. It would be too stupid to persist in an unwinnable war.
, so he needs the US military to continue to penetrate deeper. It is best to fight directly to the gates of Havana, and then bleed their blood when victory is within reach.
"Why are you so interested in the United States? Is it because they discriminate against Chinese people? You know, the American market contributed a total of four million pounds in profits to us last year." Ye Zi lay on his lap and asked in confusion.
"It's very simple. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there is no room for two hegemons in one Pacific. Our rise is a nightmare for the United States, and the rise of the United States is also a nightmare for us. A powerful United States will be a shadow that we will never get rid of. Compared with us, they
Not only are they one step ahead, but they also have too many advantages. The fact that there are no enemies on land is terrifying. What’s more, they have more resources than us, their industrial strength is stronger than ours, and their people are more educated than us. I won’t try to trick them.
Are their hind legs just watching him ride ahead of us?" Yang Feng said, touching her back.
"Then just create a land enemy for them!" Ye Zi said disdainfully.
"They only have two neighboring countries on land. Canada and they are almost in the same family. Although it is large in area, its population is less than one-tenth of theirs. No matter how stupid they are, they will not serve as our guns. There is also Mexico, four
They defeated them ten years ago, and the current president is a dictator. A dictator who relies on their support will not dig up his own foundation." Yang Feng said with a wry smile. In summary, it is indeed difficult to deal with the United States.
A feeling of having nowhere to eat.
"Dictator? Don't you talk about revolution every day? Let their people rise up and revolutionize to overthrow him, and then replace him with a leader who hates the United States." Ye Zi said.
The words of this little goblin made Yang Feng's eyes light up. The current Mexican President Díaz is a dog of the United States. Although decades of rule have indeed created superficial prosperity, the lives of the lower class people in the country are not even as good as those in the Spanish colonial era.
.The suppressed hatred is surging in this country. To use a jargon, it is indeed a good soil for revolution.
Spain alone will definitely not play too hard with the United States. After all, the goal of both parties is nothing more than Cuba's sugar industry, which is only worth a small amount. No one will really risk their lives for it, but Mexico is different.
There are more than two million square kilometers of land! It is still very feasible to stir up nationalist sentiments and fight a bloody war to the death.
It seems that the issue of the Mexican Revolution must be put on the agenda.
Of course, before that, we have to help the Americans fight to Havana. This problem is not difficult to solve. Just give them a volunteer army, similar to the Rough Cavalry.
"What does our boss want to do?" In the American headquarters of the Yang Group in Austin, Johnson, Catherine's brother and general manager of Umbrella, looked at the telegram in his hand inexplicably. He had just been called from the Wolfsburg training center.
"Who knows! Anyway, we can just carry out the order." Huang Zhenghe, an overseas Chinese who is actually in charge of Yang's consortium in the Americas, shrugged and said. Prince Yang asked Johnson to organize a volunteer army, with the mercenaries from Umbrella as the backbone.
, and recruit some Chinese recruits, with a total strength of no less than 3,000, and then go to Cuba to participate in the war. As for the name, they will be called the Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
This force is easy to organize. Umbrella Company withdrew more than 200 people from the Philippines some time ago. In addition, more than 300 people were withdrawn from Yang Feng's army. Originally, there were still more than 300 people in Wolfsburg. All these can be mobilized.
It is enough to recruit more than 2,000 more war-hardened elites. The weapons can be directly transferred from Raytheon Company. But the problem is that they are volunteers, neither the Army of the federal government nor the National Guard of the state government.
I will pay for them. This kind of loss-making business is not very energetic.
"It's as simple as asking the Texas government to include you in the National Guard. They will be happy with this small thing. Besides, the people of Texas volunteer to fight for the country. This is also something worth publicizing." Huang
Zhenghe said with a smile that this problem is indeed easy to solve. The Yang Consortium is now very powerful in Texas. The vast majority of members of the state assembly and the vast majority of the main government officials are receiving secret salaries from the consortium and asking them to do something.
Little things are too simple.
The Texas government quickly solved the problem for them. Johnson turned into the commander of the independent brigade of the Texas National Guard. They even got him a colonel's shoulder insignia to wear, and made a big deal about it.
The publicity made him a star-like figure for a while. In fact, Johnson was already very famous in the United States. The Umbrella Company under this guy's leadership is now the largest security company in the United States, and because he has a large number of mercenaries,
Most of them have practical experience, so they are often invited to suppress strikes by workers, drive out unruly people, and so on. They are also considered to be the number one figures in the American corporate world.
Coupled with the hype from Tomorrow Daily and People's Radio, it has become a symbol of American patriotism, vaguely comparable to Roosevelt who is currently fighting hard in Cuba.
In fact, American public opinion is already discussing the issue of Roosevelt's great ambition and lack of talent. His cavalry was initially highly praised by Tomorrow Daily, which gave the American people a lot of unrealistic expectations for him, but his performance on the battlefield was quite disappointing.
, except for his bravery or lack of clear-headedness, he couldn't see any shining points, and this only advantage also caused his volunteer cavalry brigade to suffer heavy casualties. So far, more than 200 people have been killed in the battle.
After solving the identity problem, the establishment of the Texas Independent Brigade was quickly completed. Eight hundred veterans with rich actual combat experience served as the backbone, a thousand cowboy recruits who were familiar with the use of firearms, and the rest were all Chinese. In recent years, because of Yang Feng,
The Texas government took a series of measures to prohibit discrimination against Chinese, making it the main residence of Chinese in the United States. Although some white residents were very dissatisfied with this, they also knew that Yang Feng would be angry and evacuate all those factories.
They don't even have job opportunities. In recent years, almost all of the Yang's consortium's main companies in the United States have moved to Texas. Even the car factory originally planned to be located in Detroit has been moved to Dallas. The entire consortium employs more than 200,000 people in Texas.
, and it is said that the refining base being negotiated with Standard Oil will also be located in Texas.
Of course, these three thousand people still need to undergo some necessary training, so it is not possible for them to go to Cuba to participate in the war for the time being. But at this moment, a terrible news exploded over the United States like a bolt from the blue.
The Spanish fleet from the Port of San Diego set sail and headed north directly across the Strait of Florida.
As for what they were doing, it goes without saying. The entire west coast of the United States was completely plunged into panic. The fleeing crowds in all ports from south to north spread instantly like the shock wave of an earthquake. The US fleet escorting the Florida Strait was frightened.
They quickly left Cervera and the diesel fleet led by him and pursued the fleet led by Camara like crazy. Unfortunately, Cervera would not let them have this opportunity.
"We can't catch up!" Dewey said frustratedly. He and Schley's fleet had been mixed together. Four battleships, two armored cruisers, ten protected cruisers, and twenty auxiliary cruisers formed a huge fleet.
formation, carefully staring at the Spanish battleships in the distance.
Although Cervera's fleet has also added the restored Tocana, and all sixteen destroyers are here, they still have nowhere to go in the face of the group. Not long ago, three destroyers took the risk to rush up.
Six torpedoes were fired at the Iowa at a distance of seven kilometers, but four were blocked by an auxiliary cruiser that sacrificed its life to protect the ship, and two missed. Instead, a destroyer was hit by a 203mm naval gun during the retreat.
, although it did not sink, it could be said to have been completely scrapped. After withdrawing all the sailors, Cervera reluctantly ordered the gunfire to sink it. This was the first Viper-class destroyer to sink.
The sinking of the destroyer also made him more cautious, but there was no pressure to hold them back by harassment. The two fleets performed a show of navigation skills on the sea. With the high-speed Cervera fleet, they could not stop for a moment.
The land was causing trouble for the U.S. military, and Dewey had to watch the Kamala fleet move north.
"I'm afraid the real trouble will be when we catch up! The Severa fleet alone has already exhausted us. If we add the Kamala fleet, I'm afraid we will have to consider how to escape." New Atlantic Ocean
Fleet Commander Schley stood aside, looking at the Spanish destroyer speeding on the sea with envy and said with a wry smile.
Because Dewey lost his troops and generals, he was appointed as the commander of the mixed fleet. At first, he was still confident and prepared to fight. Unfortunately, after a few days of hard work, he discovered that facing the Spanish, besides waiting in a group like Dewey,