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Chapter 283 San Francisco

Yuan Shikai looked at his Majesty the Emperor as if he were dumbfounded. He knew that the Emperor was very shameless, but to be so shameless was a bit shocking.

"Is it weird? I just went to publicly slap them in the face. You have to understand the reason why the United States is able to stick together. It is not about freedom and democracy, but the ability of a federation to come together and stay warm.

, can provide protection to states that individually cannot protect themselves, but what if Americans know their federal government cannot protect them?

Then they will each find ways to protect themselves, including defecting to the enemy, and I want to make this federation disintegrate step by step. I can use all methods to intimidate, induce, or even cut them apart.

This bell is a symbol, a symbol of America as a whole. If this symbol is stepped on like mud, then what is the meaning of America?" Yang Feng said sinisterly.

As for whether Big Touou understands or not, he doesn't have to worry about it. He carefully installed the Liberty Bell on the Nautilus. He is going to find any of his employees to show off. He just says that he bought it from the Spaniards with money, and then takes it.

If you go to Europe for an exhibition, especially to the UK, Old Lady Victoria will definitely be very happy. After humiliating the Liberty Bell like a street girl, she can then send it back to the Americans in a grand manner in the name of friendship.

Even if the Liberty Bell becomes a street girl, it will still be of great significance to Americans abroad. It will become a symbol that encourages Americans to work hard, but when it is hung in the United States, it will only exude the stench of humiliation.

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"Your Majesty, where do you think our next target will be?" At this time, Little Maoqi came over and asked.

Yang Feng has not thought about the next one. In fact, what he wants to destroy most is New York, but this is not easy to handle. After the last time, the Americans built four forts along the coast of Long Island, and also built one on the other side of the exit of New York Bay.

There are a large number of small torpedo boats, destroyers and the like stationed in New York. The fleet will have to pay a huge price if they want to penetrate. Not to mention that there are two full divisions stationed there, plus a large number of militiamen. It is possible that the city will be destroyed with just 12,000 people.

Not very likely.

Washington is also difficult to fight. It is very difficult to capture at least one division of troops. It is unthinkable to attack Washington without solving the US Navy. However, the fleet led by Mahan is hiding in Norfolk and cannot be taken out by anyone.

They have no choice. The poor author of the theory of sea power is now forced to play with the existence of a fleet. This has to be said to be a kind of tragedy.

"The strength of one division is too small. If we want to launch an attack on New York or Washington, or even attack deeper into the United States, we will need at least three divisions. In other words, without a port, we must have

Only thirty-six landing ships can support our more decisive operations." Xiao Maoqi said.

Yang Feng immediately understood the purpose of his coming here. This guy was thinking about joining the Chinese Navy's landing fleet. Now China has the largest number of landing ships in any country, with a total of eighteen, one of which is here. Germany has twelve

Seven ships are here, Spain has two ships, Russia has two ships, there are also twelve British ships and six French ships.

Xiao Maoqi wants to play a group army to seize the beach, which means to mobilize all the landing ships from the four countries, and the remaining landing ships from China. They are all in Hawaii at the moment. It just happens that he will bring the infantry division with him, and then get the remaining four ships from Germany.

, so there are thirty-four ships, which is enough.

The idea is good, but it is too difficult to implement.

"The distance is too far. From Hawaii around the Drake Passage. The voyage is more than 20,000 kilometers. It will take at least a few months for the landing ship to get here. Instead of waiting for them, it is better to attack the secondary cities directly. For example, Boston is quite

Suitable." Yang Feng quickly found the next unlucky one.

The difficulty of attacking Boston is much smaller than that of Philadelphia. This seaport city has two fortresses, one on Georges Island on the sea, and the other is the famous Fort Independence. As long as these two fortresses are broken open, basically this

The city opened its doors, and the landing ship even blocked the city center directly.

But Yang Feng suddenly had another bad idea.

"Your Majesty Commander, do you think we can adopt a simpler and more humane method?" he said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Xiao Maoqi said doubtfully. The German army will be responsible for the next attack, so he attaches great importance to how to attack to avoid losses.

"How about we send the fleet over and negotiate with the Bostonians, give them some time to think about it, but not too long, and then tell them to let us go ashore and prepare a certain amount of ransom so that we don't destroy their city.

, but they must hand over the two armored cruisers that have just been launched at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, and then we will blow up the shipyard." Yang Feng said with a smile.

Little Maoqi's eyes lit up, but he soon realized that the Bostonians might not agree. After all, this was too embarrassing, and they owned two fortresses and an entire division of the army. They surrendered without a fight and had to hand over themselves.

It would be a great shame to use his property as a ransom to hand over the warships he was building to blow up the shipyard. If he did this, it is estimated that Bostonians will always bear the name of shame.

"Try it. You won't lose anything if you try it. If they don't agree, let's fight again!" Yang Feng said nonchalantly. If it succeeds, it will set a precedent for surrender in the United States, and it will aggravate the internal conflicts in the United States. After all, it will be

The people of Philadelphia who were destroyed will not accept the betrayal of the Boston people under any circumstances. If Boston is also destroyed, they will feel better psychologically. Human nature is like this. In the future, the Massachusetts Senator and Delaware Senator will probably no matter what

You also have to show off your inconsistency every day.

Since he said this, Little Maoqi had no objection. Just like Emperor Yang said, it wouldn't be a big deal if he tried it, so this guy hurried to deploy the plan to attack Boston.

At this time, the Americans were also carrying out large-scale military mobilization like crazy. Four of the six main divisions originally prepared for the Florida operation were withdrawn, and all second-line divisions in reserve were withdrawn. Emergency supplements were made from North Carolina to Maine.

At the same time, various states have recruited militias on a large scale, especially the northern coastal states. They have sent out all the firearms they can find, forget about rifles, pistols and shotguns, to turn the northeastern coast into an indestructible fortress.

As for the south, Arison is not stupid. From the Spanish arguments, he already understands that the coalition is instigating conflicts between the north and the south of the United States. In this case, they will definitely not attack the southern states. However, Florida is hard to say, so the US military will not attack the southern states except Florida.

Two divisions were left in Florida, except for three divisions on the west coast. All other forces were concentrated on the northern coast. Nearly half a million troops and one million militiamen nervously stared at the long coastline of more than a thousand kilometers.

At this time, the spoils division committee led by Bolawesia had already counted the gains from the Battle of Philadelphia. The results stunned Yang Feng. The Spaniards had plundered a total of 40 million US dollars in cash from major banks in Philadelphia. Of course,

There are not only US dollars, but also pounds, francs, marks, etc., as well as gold, silver and jewelry worth 30 million US dollars. This does not include some other messy property. If added up, the total value will reach 9

Ten million dollars.

"Damn, you're so rich!" Lazov couldn't help but said while rubbing his hands.

However, this money cannot be used for the time being. Twenty million of this money will be used as bonuses for troops participating in the war, including the navy and army. There will be additional rewards for military merit. Another five million will be used as rewards for soldiers who did not participate in the war, so as not to cause a fluctuation in military morale.

, keep the rest that cannot be moved for the time being, and even the harvest in the future will be saved in this way until the end of the war, and then the military expenditures spent by each country will be deducted from it, and the rest will be distributed equally among the four families in proportion.

It should be said that this is fair. Although Spain contributes the most, everyone is here to help them. Although China contributes the least, the identity of Emperor Yang is there. After working out a way to divide the spoils, soldiers from the navy and army of each country took it.

Each and every one of them had a strong fighting spirit and wished they could go out and kill them again. The eyes of those who stayed behind were all blood-red.

Even Emperor Yang was a little jealous. Americans are so rich that they have to bite off such a big piece of fat.

"What do you think about us attacking San Francisco?" the guy suddenly asked Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai took a breath and said, "Your Majesty, isn't this too risky? We only have one division in Hawaii. Although our division is larger, San Francisco is also the largest city in the western United States."

"No, I don't think so. The U.S. Navy only has one USS Baltimore on the west coast and four auxiliary cruisers. These are just serving food in front of our fleet. As for the U.S. Army, which only has one second-line division in San Francisco, its combat effectiveness is estimated to be ours.

One brigade can easily destroy them. Reinforcements from Los Angeles are estimated to take at least three days, and there is only one division in Los Angeles. Even if they add up, they are no match for us. The only thing that needs to be considered is the American militias. Americans in the West are relatively tough.

But there are still a large number of Chinese in San Francisco, and we can arm the Chinese, so that it is even possible to control California," Yang Feng said.

"But what happens after we take control? The Americans will definitely not give up. We can't continue to fight them there for a long time, right?" Yuan Shikai said doubtfully, attacking San Francisco is not the key point, this is the key point.

"They can use the money to redeem California again!" Emperor Yang said with a sly smile.


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