The Americans' guess was correct. On the same day that Yang Feng arrived at Peace Harbor, Spain formally submitted a request to the United States for the return of Florida.
“In 1810, a rebellion broke out in West Florida against the Kingdom of Spain. The Madison government of the United States immediately funded the rebels and sent troops to invade West Florida. In 1812, U.S. Army General George Matthews incited the residents of East Florida to rebel against the Spanish King, and
He led his army to surround St. Augustine, and in 1818, Jackson's army occupied Pensacola. The United States, which claimed to be free and democratic, pressed hard step by step through force until it threatened the Spanish government with bayonets and signed the Treaty of Florida.
Such a treaty is a humiliation to fairness and justice, and this humiliation has been imposed on the Spanish people for eighty years. Today, on behalf of His Majesty the King and the Spanish people, I officially declare the abrogation of the Florida Treaty. The U.S. government must immediately illegally occupy them
"Florida is returned to the Spanish people." Prime Minister Canovas's statement was broadcast to the entire world through the People's Radio.
Regarding this expected statement, except for the public support of Spain's three allies and the firm opposition of the United States, no other countries expressed their opinions. Since the signing of the four-nation Caribbean Mutual Defense Treaty, all countries have known that this statement will come sooner or later.
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In fact, there is no legal right or wrong about the ownership of Florida. Everyone is just grabbing the colony. If we really want to talk about ownership, then Florida belongs to the Indians. There are still Indian reservations that have not been exterminated.
!When Spain lost Florida, it was largely because the local European immigrants hated accepting the rule of the Spanish Kingdom after the British returned Florida to Spain. In addition, those years were when the Spanish colonies in the Americas were becoming independent on a large scale. Spain was in decline.
If you can't control it yourself, then you can't blame the Americans for taking advantage of it. Now that Spain is trying to take it back with the support of someone behind it, it's also the Americans who are unlucky. It's none of other people's business, including Britain, and they have no interest in it.
On the contrary, Britain now hopes that Germany and Russia will have a fight with the United States. Anyway, no matter who loses or wins, Britain will have no loss. Even if Germany and Russia win, it will only help Spain regain Florida. I am afraid that it will have to face the resistance of the Floridians.
, military power must continue to be wasted there. As for the United States losing Florida, Britain also likes it. In this case, just watch the fun.
Besides, Britain has no time to take care of the Americas now. Their Double C plan is in progress in Africa. The Transvaal and Orange stuck in the middle have reached the point where they must be unplugged. Compared with South Africa's gold, everything else is
It doesn't matter, they have no interests in Florida.
Needless to say, the reaction of the Americans was resolute opposition, and they used the treaty of the year to prove their facts and reason. They demonstrated their irrefutable sovereignty over Florida, and even held demonstrations in Florida to let Spain and the world see the people of Florida.
The determination to defend the homeland, of course, these are just tricks, and the real solution must be solved by fighting.
The three battleships USS Chilsarge, USS Kentucky, and USS Alabama, which are being outfitted at the shipyard and have not yet been completely completed, have all been commissioned ahead of schedule. Anyway, there are still some finishing work left that will not affect the operation at all. These three battleships are all American-Spanish battleships.
Construction had begun long before the war. The first two Kirshaji-class ships were 11,000 tons, with a speed of 16 knots, two 330 twin main guns, and two 203 twin secondary guns.
Fifteen single-mounted 127 guns.
The USS Alabama belongs to the Illinois class. However, it was built earlier than the USS Illinois. In addition, the United States worked hard to rush the work after the war, so it was almost completed together with the Killshark class. Except that the firepower was changed to a four-door three-door
Except for zero single-mounted guns and sixteen single-mounted 152 guns, the other data are similar. Anyway, they are all goods that should be eliminated before they are completed.
In fact, the Americans also know that the performance of these three battleships is seriously outdated, but they really have no warships to use. They have to build them first and make do. They can't always rely on the New York to support their appearance, right? If this continues, even those in South America will
It’s time for all countries to ignore the United States. You must know that the follow-up diesel battleships will take at least two years to be completed. We can’t wait forever!
Even if it lags behind, it is still a big mess. No matter if it is built to scare people, not to mention that there are also a large number of battleships of this level among the opponents. The biggest change on these three battleships is that all the maroon gunpowder shells are abandoned.
, have all been replaced by nitrocellulose, they dare not use picric acid, and antimony is actually not used in any country except Yang Feng. It is still a luxury product at present.
In addition, the Americans also hastily put four armored cruisers imitating the Soryu class into service. Due to the difference in construction technology, the tonnage of these four ships increased by almost 500 tons, and the speed also dropped to the maximum of 28 knots. In addition,
With the New York and six protected cruisers of over 3,000 tons, and a total of thirty destroyers, the U.S. Navy was barely able to fight.
Of course, it is only the strength of one battle. Compared with their enemies, this fleet is still too weak. If the entire Spanish fleet is included, they will have to face as many as seven battleships, not to mention the number of battleships inside.
There are two of the latest diesel engine battleships, as well as dozens of armored cruisers. Thinking of this number makes people feel a little dizzy, especially when almost half of them are high-speed ships with diesel engines.
In fact, Arison doesn't expect to win at sea. The navy is only used to protect coastal cities. The real battlefield should be on land. Compared with the navy's disadvantages, the U.S. Army is powerful, with a total of half a million soldiers.
The active duty Army has all been replaced with weapons from Raytheon Company, which makes the U.S. government quite happy. They may have seen the depressed eyes of Emperor Yang.
"It doesn't matter, it's not our people who are going into battle. We just need to seize control of the sea. We must seize control of the sea. Then we will bombard all the way along the coast of the United States. I don't believe that the coastal states of the United States are determined to fight with us for the sake of distant Florida."
If we hold on, the United States is a country that values interests. We destroy their ports and blockade their shipping for a year, and those capitalists promise to hand over Florida. If one year is not enough, it will be two years, and see who can play with whom.
Of course, the premise is that we must completely destroy their shipyards, especially the Newport News Shipyard, which must be razed no matter what, as well as the Plec & Sons Shipyard in Philadelphia and the Union Steel in San Francisco.
There are currently four battleships under construction in these three shipyards, all of which are diesel battleships. They must not be retained. If they sink all these warships, the Americans will not be able to recover at sea for at least ten years.
"In the Governor's Palace in the Port of Peace, Emperor Yang, like Zhuge Liang, shook the feather fan made for him with blue macaw feathers, and said to the visiting Haitian Governor Tirpitz with a strategizing expression.
"This is probably going to be a tough battle." Tirpitz gasped. The Newport News Shipyard is not that easy to fight. Next to it is Hampton Roads, the main base of the U.S. Navy. After the Spanish-American War,
, the U.S. government has been building a lot here, and together with the original four forts, and a large number of mines have been laid on the waterway outside, the fleet will not gain any good results if it breaks through.
"That's a problem for you generals. I only know that this shipyard must be razed. In fact, it's not too difficult. It just consumes more artillery shells. The range of the US military's coastal defense guns is not as far as our main guns. I will not
Give you a batch of piercing bombs, incendiary bombs, and poison gas bombs. I don't believe that we can't hit the Norfolk. As for the problem of mines on the waterway, this is not a big deal. When the time comes, we can capture a few more American merchant ships and let them
They just open the way for us in front.
You have to understand that attacking here is not just to destroy the American shipyards, but more importantly, we can attack Washington directly from Newport News." Yang Feng said with a smile, this guy now wants to imitate the British.
Set fire to the White House. I wonder what kind of paint the Americans would paint it with if it burned again.
While he was lying in the Peace Harbor basking in the Caribbean sun, the war of words between the United States and Spain was intensifying. Anyway, both sides had no shortage of words, so they started arguing on the radio. As long as anyone is willing, no one can find this kind of thing.
Can you provide the theoretical support you need?
At the same time as the war of words, Spain's main fleet began to sail to Cuba, including the USS Massachusetts, which did not even change its name, plus the USS Carlos V and the USS Pelayo, which had just entered service last time.
The 7,000-ton armored cruiser named after the sunken Columbus and Oquendo, there are also two Soryu-class cruisers in service at the same time, four large destroyers, and six Viper-class imitations produced by Spain, plus the original
With the Cervera fleet in Cuba, the Spanish navy itself is actually enough to challenge the United States alone.
In addition to the navy, the Spanish government also announced that it will send 100,000 additional troops to Cuba. This army was trained with the help of Germany. The equipment is not Spanish Mauser, but all Bofors rifles, including the Spanish Army in Cuba.
, most of them have now been replaced with this kind of rifle. The difference is that they were all cleared from the hands of the US military and the Cuban Revolutionary Army. The last time the US military retreated from Cuba, they did not retreat with weapons, but left guns and cannons behind.
They were released, otherwise Cervera threatened to sink them all in the Strait of Florida.
With the large-scale increase of Spanish troops, the Second Spanish-American War was about to break out. Not only did the U.S. Army begin to mobilize to the south on a large scale, but even the local residents of Florida began to arm themselves and prepare to fight the invaders at any time.