The people of Boston are about to make a difficult decision. They must choose between honor and interests, and they have less than half an hour, but in this time, Tamar does not even have time to convene the city council for a meeting. The German
After the officer read out the ultimatum, he returned to the destroyer and was currently looking at the dock with a half-smile.
The mayor and he looked at each other, and he saw the superior contempt in this guy's eyes. To be honest, he really wanted to say no to the colonists of the Old World like the sages who poured tea leaves into the sea without hesitation.
, but at that time everyone knew that Her Majesty the Queen would not destroy the city because of this, but these people really knew how to do it. They have done this three times now, and they are definitely not just scaring them. Think about your own home.
That textile factory was the work of two generations of his father and his son, and it would probably be destroyed with just one cannonball.
At this moment, the mayor felt like he was going crazy. Why were you forcing him so much? Not only him, but also the surrounding Bostonians felt this way. The bosses of the shipyards and steel plants were all shouting with indignation that they wanted to fight.
After all, most of the people around them responded with blank looks. You can break the rules, but we can do the same as you!
"People of Boston, where is your honor? A hundred years ago, Adams and Hancock led the people of Boston to usher in American independence and freedom. Why are you trembling under the guns of the colonists today? We
There is a fortress, we have an army, and our reinforcements are coming. Show your courage and shoot bullets at our enemies like a real man!" William, commander of the 21st Army Division stationed here,
When Brigadier General Si saw that the situation was not good, he quickly jumped out and waved his pistol and shouted righteously.
"Go away, you Michigan bastard!" Unfortunately, he was answered with a series of curses. Obviously the people of Boston knew the source of his courage very well. The enraged General Williams opened fire, pointed the gun at one of them and cursed the loudest.
shouted: "Whoever dares to surrender to the enemy is a traitor. The U.S. Army will never allow traitors to go unpunished."
Seeing his movements, the American soldiers behind him also raised their rifles. The Boston people opposite were stunned for a moment, but then they reacted. One of them, who looked more influential, shouted at the top of his voice: "
National Guard!”
The surrounding militiamen suddenly woke up, and countless rifles were pointed at the US military. This scene made the German officer who was sitting on the deck of the destroyer smoking a cigar almost laugh.
Brigadier General Williams was dumbfounded. He never expected that the Boston National Guard would point their guns at him.
"Assholes! Do you all want to rebel?" he shouted angrily. Unfortunately, the National Guard members who were home were not inspired by the spirit of patriotism at all.
At this time, the mayor sighed and said with a very desolate expression: "Your Excellency, General, what if the reinforcements arrive? Can the army's infantry artillery protect this city? Even the navy's coastal defense artillery is of no help. They are coming.
What's the use? Using machine guns against battleships? If we don't agree to their request, this city will become the next Philadelphia. A total of 40,000 people died in that city, and 70% of the factories and buildings were destroyed.
It was in ruins, and the resulting losses exceeded 300 million. Compared with this, 50 million US dollars, a few half-finished warships, and a few shipyards are not much. You may think that I am a traitor, but for this city
people, I would rather be this traitor.”
After he said this, General Williams had nothing to say. Indeed, just as the mayor said, what would happen even if reinforcements arrived? Their battleships were in the port, and those terrifying cannons could flatten them at any time.
The arrival of reinforcements in this city will probably increase the death toll at most. Thinking of this, a deep sense of powerlessness came to my heart, and the arm holding the pistol slowly drooped.
Knowing that the people of Boston would accept the conditions offered by the coalition forces, the German officer continued to say arrogantly: "You have made a wise choice. Next, you must send 50 million US dollars here within two hours."
On the destroyer, your army must hand over all weapons and pile them here. The defenders in Fort Independence must withdraw from it. Our landing ship will send a thousand soldiers ashore, and they will be responsible for blasting the factory.
work, and you need to send those warships and merchant ships to the fleet yourself, and these must be completed before dark."
The mayor nodded silently. Since he agreed, he was naturally not qualified to bargain. However, it was a tight time to complete it before dark. Fortunately, under enough pressure, the Americans immediately showed amazing efficiency.
, the money problem is not difficult to solve. All cash, gold and silver in American banks in Boston should be handed over. Those who do not hand over will be sent directly to the National Guard. As for what happens to the money, we will talk about it later. Who is in the mood to discuss this now?
The problem is, if you don’t have enough, call together the local capitalists. Anyway, if the coalition forces destroy the city, everyone will be unlucky. You can figure it out yourself!
After all, Boston is also the most important industrial city in the United States and the largest port in the Northeast. It can be considered extremely rich. Before it got dark, Boston actually raised 50 million US dollars, of which 20 million were in cash and the rest
They were all precious metals and jewelry. While the Americans were collecting money, the German engineers who got off a landing ship started carrying out large-scale blasting in Boston with truck after truck of antimony. Looking at the
Factories one after another were reduced to rubble in the explosions. Seeing those large machines filled with zha and turned into scrap metal, the people of Boston were filled with grief and indignation.
But even so, they still have to send all the warships and merchant ships they have worked so hard to build to the outside invaders, especially the two Tennessee-class armored cruisers that have begun to be outfitted. This is even more disturbing.
In Bleed, these warships were originally built to protect themselves, but now they can only be handed over to the enemy.
"The construction level of the Americans is pretty good. Although these two warships cannot keep up with the Swedish ones, they are comparable to what we have at home. No wonder Emperor Yang wants to deal with the United States. If they continue to develop like this, within twenty
I'm afraid it will be our turn to be afraid next year, let alone China." Tirpitz said with interest as he looked at the USS Tennessee, which was tied behind a Soryu-class armored cruiser.
"The Spanish torpedoed and sank two unfinished Tennessee-class armored cruisers in Philadelphia, and piled explosives on the keel of the Maine that had not yet been launched at Creppe Shipyard. The future U.S. fleet has been lost so far.
One-third of the capital ships. There are still two Tennessee-class ships and two St. Louis-class ships left at Brooklyn Shipyard. The USS Illinois is being outfitted at Newport News Shipyard. The USS Missouri has not yet been launched. The USS Ohio is being outfitted in San Francisco.
The USS Wisconsin, two St. Louis-class ships, and four St. Louis-class ships at the Washington Naval Shipyard. If these are all solved, the U.S. Navy will not be able to turn around for at least ten years." The adjutant next to him, Major Scheer, gloated.
"But I'm afraid those ships in San Francisco will be difficult to deal with. We can't go around the Pacific to deal with them." He then added.
"Don't forget, His Majesty the Emperor also has a fleet in Hawaii, which is Chinese delicacy. This is a tacit understanding!" Tirpitz said with a shrug.
When he said this, Liu Buchan's fleet had already encountered the Americans. This was an accident, a complete accident. No one expected that the Baltimore would come out with four destroyers to patrol the sea.
In fact, the embassy in Hawaii could not be contacted for many days in a row. The Americans had instinctively guessed something, so they sent the Baltimore to conduct reconnaissance on the waterway from San Francisco to Hawaii. As a result, the two sides met unexpectedly.
With the sudden sound of the battle siren, the two fleets entered the battle state at the same time, leaving the slow-speed ships such as Haiqi to protect the landing fleet. The two latest armored cruisers Hairong and Haichiu immediately greeted them with six destroyers.
Go up there and deal with an enemy of this level, and you don't need the entire fleet to go up...
The poor Baltimore is just a small protected cruiser of 4,000 tons. At this time, the captain is regretting why he chose this route. His four 203 guns look very impressive, but the problem is thirty-five times worse.
diameter. As for the six 152 guns, they are actually thirty times the diameter. It is estimated that even if they are placed within one kilometer, they may not be able to penetrate the armored belts of the two ships.
Such a small ship now has to face two 7,000-ton armored cruisers and sixteen 50-caliber 240 guns. This is simply bullying. As for the four Viper-class destroyers, they are facing each other.
The six real Viper-class ships were also abused goods. This naval battle was nothing exciting at all. It was just a moving target exercise for Chinese warships. In less than twenty minutes, all five American warships sank.
At the bottom of the sea, the U.S. Navy's power in the Pacific was gone.
But this naval battle exposed the position of the Chinese fleet. After the U.S. garrison in San Francisco lost contact with the fifth ship of the USS Baltimore, they immediately realized that they had encountered an enemy. As for who the enemy was, there was no need to guess. Based on their previous reports
Based on the location, course and time, it was easy to deduce the missing location. This sight scared Major General Richard, the commander of the U.S. garrison in San Francisco, into a cold sweat. The enemy was already less than 500 kilometers away from San Francisco.
The whole of San Francisco was instantly in chaos. (To be continued...)