At the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, Emperor Yang, who was admiring the four armored cruisers in front of him that had basically been completed except for the main guns, received the news he had been waiting for. It was already late at night, and the searchlight on the battleship behind him
In the beam of light, these four battleships looked quite impressive.
These are two 8,000-ton Tennessee class ships and two 5,000-ton St. Louis class ships. In addition, major shipyards in New York are still building six destroyers. However, because there are no military diesel engines, four destroyers are used.
Taiwan used civilian merchant ships as an excuse to purchase impulse steam turbines from Sweden. The tonnage was enlarged to 1,000 tons. Although the performance was not very good, it was still a good trophy for Russia and Spain.
"Very well, Your Majesty General, I estimate that you will be able to have an exciting battle with your opponent tomorrow afternoon. I hope you can continue your undefeated glory again." Yang Feng took the hand from Yuan Shikai with a smile.
The telegram was then handed to Cervera.
In fact, he also respects the Spaniard quite a bit. Although his glory is mainly due to his own support, this cannot cover up his own talent. You must know that in the Spanish-American War in history, this guy's performance was comparable.
Although it was an honor to lose, the process of evading the American blockade from Spain and sailing to Cuba was simply a classic, so Emperor Yang had already reached an agreement with the Spanish government to let this guy serve as the honorary principal of the Royal Naval Academy of China for two years after the war.
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"Your Majesty, please rest assured that our fleet will use cannons to tell the Americans who is the master of this sea." Cervera said reservedly, but he also understood that this naval battle would not be easy. After all, the Americans also have
Four battleships, including one with a diesel engine. He had just lost a battleship, and now it was seven to four. Of course, he still had an obvious advantage. The coalition had too many large armored cruisers.
At this time, all the half-finished warships had been pulled out of the berths. An officer respectfully placed a detonator in front of Emperor Yang. Amid the applause from around him, he was like cutting the ribbon for a magnificent office building.
The municipal party committee secretary pressed the detonator with a cheerful expression.
More than two hundred tons of explosives installed throughout the Brooklyn Shipyard were instantly detonated. This prestigious shipyard of the U.S. Navy was instantly reduced to rubble in the flames. Just as he blew up the Brooklyn Shipyard, several other New York shipyards were destroyed.
The shipyard was also destroyed in the explosion, and the huge explosion echoed throughout New York Bay.
In order to destroy the city, Emperor Yang brought a total of 5,000 tons of antimony this time. Together with the local collection of antimony, it was enough for him to blow up all the things that should be blown up. New York's arms industry is not only shipbuilding.
Factory, the main torpedo research base in the United States on Long Island, and the Army Artillery Factory, all of which are within the blasting range.
In fact, up to now, the U.S. military industry has been severely damaged by the coalition forces. In the shipbuilding industry alone, there are Krepp and Sons Shipyard, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Charleston Navy Yard, San Francisco's Union Steel Shipyard, and more.
In addition to the current Brooklyn Navy Yard, more than half of the shipyard with the capacity to build battleships has been destroyed. If the Newport News Shipyard is destroyed again, the Americans will not be able to build again. I am afraid that they cannot expect to return to the pre-war situation within five years.
Shipbuilding capabilities.
In addition, there is the U.S. ammonia industry. DuPont’s oldest ammonia production base is located in Wilmington next to the Delaware River. It was easily destroyed when Philadelphia was attacked. The main ammonia factory in San Francisco was also destroyed.
The U.S. military on the front line had already begun to be restricted by gun production before that.
Although Americans can restore what was destroyed, recovery will take time, and this is enough.
Today is a busy night. Everyone is staring at bloodshot eyes and working nervously for their own destiny. Arison is busy mobilizing troops and generals, and Mahan is busy leading his fleet to meet the upcoming attack.
In the decisive battle, Cervera was busy leading the fleet to defend his honor. Countless American soldiers rumbled north on the night train. Countless coalition soldiers were busy robbing or killing people all night long. Even Emperor Yang was busy. He was busy giving
The expeditionary force that raided Washington was sent off. According to the latest intelligence, the U.S. troops heading north by train had arrived in Philadelphia, which meant that it was time for his motorcade to set off.
On the dock in Jersey City on the west bank of the Hudson River, all nearby residents were expelled from their homes late at night, and then the area within a kilometer of the dock was cleared. Two large roll-off ships quietly docked, and then the side hatches
Opening it, a thousand heavy-duty trucks drove out. Every time one came out, the German soldiers waiting next to it quickly boarded the truck, and then drove to the asphalt highway from New York to Washington that was just opened to traffic not far away last year. On that road
On the road, some German troops riding in trucks brought by landing ships were already waiting. The Americans probably never expected that this much-vaunted road would now become the main culprit in the destruction of Washington and Baltimore.
Because considering that there is no garrison in Washington now, and only less than 10,000 militiamen are responsible for defense, the scale of two German divisions is a bit too big, so after modification, it was decided to only use one division and one brigade.
One brigade was enough to sack Baltimore, leaving one division for Washington.
The remaining large number of vehicles were used to carry the loot. In fact, this was the main reason for the change of plan. Yang Feng didn't care much about it. It was the German army who went to work anyway, and he didn't care much about Washington's wealth. Attacking Washington
His main purpose is just to slap Americans in the face, just like he wanted to destroy the Statue of Liberty. Currently, he is preparing to find someone to cut off the statue's head with gas and take it away as a trophy. As for the future, it will naturally be the same as the Liberty Bell.
processing method.
"Paul, remember you must be quick. You can use any weapon including poison gas bombs in the battle. I have also equipped you with a batch of white phosphorus incendiary bombs. Your main task is to destroy this city. Among the spoils of war,
I have a list and map here, and there are also a group of guides here who are familiar with the terrain of Washington. Just clean up these places. There is no need to waste time in other places. We have no shortage of loot now." Emperor Yang said this.
When he smiled, he smiled particularly evilly.
The coalition forces had just squeezed out 50 tons of gold from Vanderbilt. Of course, it was not all gold. There were also some pounds, marks, francs, etc. Later, it was not enough, so they made do with a batch of U.S. dollars.
, although this number is not much compared to his family property, but considering that most of these American consortiums actually have fixed assets such as railways, mines and factories, and the hard currency such as gold in their hands is far from comparable to that of European rich people, this
The numbers are already quite high.
In fact, many of the richest people in the United States at this time were legends from later generations, such as Morgan and Rockefeller. In the eyes of established European rich people such as Rothschild, they were actually just a group of little losers. The New York Stock Exchange followed
Any change in stock price can bring them back to their original shape.
Try switching to Rothschild. No matter how much the London Stock Exchange likes to toss, Rothschild will still be Rothschild. Without World War I, these little bastards of the New World would never have a chance to be on an equal footing with the aristocrats of the Old World. Without World War II,
Like Mustache, a guy who doesn't play his cards according to the rules, they will never be able to ride on the heads of the nobles of the Old World.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the next time you go to Washington, you will find that their White House is definitely not as simple as a coat of paint." Major General Hindenburg, the top commander of the assault on Washington, said with a smile.
"Very good, I'm relieved! If William agrees when you come back, I will reward you with a Chinese earl title!" Emperor Yang patted his shoulder with satisfaction and said, this guy is preparing to introduce a few foreigners appropriately.
Granting Chinese knighthoods and showing these people off is very beneficial to eliminating the mystery of China in the eyes of foreigners. For example, Severa is going to give this guy a Chinese count title.
Emperor Yang was very generous in granting titles. So far, he has granted more than 10,000 fifth-class titles, ranging from the army to the officialdom, and even capitalists. Anyway, the land of the Qing Dynasty royal family, as well as the land of the dead princes and nobles.
He also has the land in the Northeast. According to his standards, a baron is nothing more than a hundred acres of land, and this land is not necessarily farmland, it even counts mountains and forests. For example, he can point to any hilltop.
Give the person you want to be knighted, and with this method of knighthood, it is estimated that he will have no problem if he is knighted for hundreds of thousands.
To be honest, no one who has been granted a title cares about this. What they want is the name and the right to elect members of the nobility. You must know that this right is hereditary. There is no reduction in the title of Emperor Yang.
It is hereditary and passed down forever from generation to generation, which means that their descendants can enjoy this right forever. So not only do they not care about the quality of the fiefdom, but they will also spend their own money to build it, especially for those capitalists.
For example, they don't care at all that the emperor seals a poor ravine to them. Instead, they will spend their own money to build the poor ravine beautifully for the sake of face. This is equivalent to the development of the mountainous area.
After receiving Emperor Yang's promise of becoming a knight, Hindenburg, who was a little tired from fighting for a day, immediately changed his mind. He almost knelt down on one knee to salute him, and then gave this guy a very solemn salute.
After giving a military salute, he immediately jumped on the truck next to him and drove the endless motorcade across the bridge over the Hackensack River straight to Washington.