Brian, who had just left the hospital bed, immediately faced a severe challenge. He had to hold on to his still-unrecovered body and come out to take charge of the work. Naturally, he first protested to the Caribbean Alliance headquarters in Havana. At the same time, the Navy Department formed a special
An investigation team went to Charleston to conduct an investigation and even used divers. Anyway, the Evans was not very deep underwater, only a few dozen meters.----
In addition, some newspapers controlled by the Democratic Party were used to continue to create peaceful public opinion, especially to let the common people wake up and understand the current international situation, especially to exaggerate the bloody battlefields in Europe. In less than half a year, millions of people were wiped out. The United States
With a total population of only 50 million, does it make sense to go all the way to Europe, which has nothing to do with their own interests, to bleed for the former colonizers?
What should we do if we declare war on Germany? Attack the Germans in the Caribbean? The Caribbean Alliance has long defined a protection zone. Even Britain and Russia would not dare to attack the Germans within this range. If the United States does this, it will be equivalent to threatening the entire Caribbean.
The Maritime Alliance declared war, and then there were more than 300,000 Chinese Army troops west of the Rocky Mountains, and 600,000 Mexican Army troops. The Confederacy has now expanded its army to 300,000, plus Spain and Germany, the total will exceed 300,000, a total of 150,000.
One hundred thousand enemy troops will attack the United States from the west and south in an instant. However, the United States currently only has an army of 600,000 people. How can it withstand almost three times the number of enemies?
What's more, the Caribbean Alliance also has a powerful fleet on the east coast, which can land anywhere on the U.S. coast at any time. The U.S. Navy's strength is only a fraction of that of others, and it has no ability to compete. If the Chinese Navy's huge main fleet launches
Come, then there is no hope. Do you still want to stage the tragedy of burning Washington?
As for playing a protracted war, it's even more of a joke. Even without Germany behind them, the Confederacy alone, the combined population of Spain and Mexico already exceeds that of the United States. What's more, there is China with a population of 450 million.
The population is ten times that of the United States. How can the United States win this war?
Moreover, the Evans incident is full of weirdness. The Caesar Augustus has been off the coast of Charleston for several months and has been getting along well with the Evans. Why they attacked the Evans inexplicably is impossible.
Accidental firing, torpedo attack is not artillery. A drunken soldier fills the shells and pulls the rope to finish. It requires a few sober people to make careful data calculations. It may even require the cooperation of the entire warship.
Isn't it too impulsive to involve an entire country in a war that may lead to national subjugation and allow dozens or even millions of people to die for a conflict that is full of doubts?
It should be said that these analyzes are still very rational, but the problem is that under the financial control of major consortiums, most newspapers and radio stations in the United States are madly exaggerating hatred. The common people are easy to fool, and a large number of people do not want to go home to plant crops.
The younger generation of Americans who are farmers are indeed dissatisfied with the status quo, and they are even more eager to win honors on the battlefield. Therefore, the wave of war in the United States is still surging.
As for the investigation by the Admiralty, there was no good result. The surviving crew members unanimously identified the torpedo fired by the Caesar Augustus. Even the divers who went down to investigate confirmed that it was indeed a torpedo. However, there was something unusual about it.
The power of this torpedo is relatively weak.
Nowadays, those miscellaneous small torpedoes from various countries basically no longer exist. They are all Bofors's 533 heavy-duty steam gas torpedoes. Of course, some are genuine and some are authorized production. But the charge capacity is 200 kilograms of antimony and antimony.
A torpedo hitting a small destroyer of more than a thousand tons is very cruel. It can easily blow up two halves at once. But this one only opened a huge hole on the waterline, which is why most of the crew survived.
, if it really had a charge of 200 kilograms, there would probably be no one left on the ship, which means that this torpedo had a deliberately reduced charge.
But this doubt is of no use in proving who did it.
While Bryan was struggling to deal with the Evans incident, the trial of Mark Hanna for the murder of the president, which was prosecuted by the FBI and held in the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia, was also progressing slowly. This political powerhouse has many high-profile lawyers behind him.
, as long as he does not admit the crime, it will be very difficult to convict him. The FBI only has the assassin's confession and some relevant evidence, but with the efforts of the lawyers, it will be difficult to convict him.
But being unable to convict him is tantamount to giving those behind him room to attack. Under the malicious exaggeration of some newspapers, this matter is becoming a deliberate revenge by the Democratic Party and a political frame-up. Although there is an example from the New York Times
I don’t dare to say directly that it was Bryan himself, but it doesn’t matter if I say the Democratic Party. After all, Mark Hanna was the main culprit for Bryan’s defeat to McKinley.
"What is the ultimate goal of the Republican Party?" Minister Yuan asked humbly for advice. He was never very comfortable with the American way of playing.
"It's very simple, gradually draw the water to Bryan himself, and then start the impeachment process in the House of Representatives. Bryan is a person who cherishes feathers. If the House of Representatives really approves the initiation of impeachment proceedings against him, then this person will probably resign.
Wilson, who succeeded him, was far less radical than him in attacking financial groups, and the Democratic Party was not monolithic. Bryan was originally a member of the People's Party, but the People's Party was weak, so it formed an alliance with the Democratic Party. After the original election failure, the People's Party
The disbanded groups were directly merged into the Democratic Party. However, there are also conservatives in the Democratic Party who are close to the financial groups. As long as he is beaten down, the left-leaning radicals led by him will definitely be severely damaged internally, and then the conservatives will regain power, and they will work with them.
The consortium reached a compromise.
Then the U.S. government will use the excuse of declaring war on Germany to let Britain, France, and Russia put pressure on us. It doesn't matter if they give us some benefits, or even throw away Alabama. Anyway, they just want us to lift the sanctions. If we don't lift the sanctions,
Then they will fight us. In short, they will gain a war, and then the industrial capitalists who are about to go bankrupt will turn around by relying on the war.
This is not a big deal to us. Of course, it is best to continue to let Bryan sit down as president. He will definitely not start any war. Even if he makes some concessions to the industrial capitalists, he will not start a war. This
People are very anti-war, but as long as we maintain sanctions and do not stop the dumping of industrial products, any concessions and loosening measures will be meaningless. Industrial capitalists who are driven to a dead end can only resort to some extraordinary measures.
Forget it, let's help him, try not to have a war, let our fleet pay attention to see if it is possible to find the submarine, but I am afraid it is difficult to keep such a thing." Yang Feng said.
In fact, the coalition fleet off the coast of the United States has also launched a search at this time. Of course, the hope is certainly not great. Destroying corpses and eradicating traces is the basic consciousness of doing this job. Unless those who do it have brain problems, they probably will not open the submarine.
To go back, just find a secluded place and sink it directly. It is not a trivial matter for the crew to escape back.
But at this time, Yang Feng suddenly had a thought. It was impossible for this submarine to leave the territorial waters of the United States. Nearly two hundred coalition warships were patrolling outside the territorial waters of the United States. If they sank the submarine and left after leaving the territorial waters, they would most likely be hit by the coalition warships.
These people would not take such a risk. They would most likely find a place offshore where they could swim back to shore after sinking the submarine.
If this is the case, I am afraid that this submarine is not difficult to find, and it is impossible for this submarine to dare to surface. It may even be discovered when it extends its snorkel and sails. The underwater battery will not sail too far, and it will not be too far.
This means that even if the submarine sinks, it can only sink not far from the sea area where the accident occurred.
This is simple. Use active sonar to blast it out, and you can definitely blast it out.
"Send an order to the American fleet to move the two battle cruisers over, use active sonar, and start from the spot where the Evans sank. Bring along U.S. government and naval officials, as well as newspaper reporters, one to the south and one to the south.
North, use active sonar along the U.S. coast." This guy immediately ordered.
Now the Chinese Navy's underwater detection methods are very complete. Passive sonar is equipped on all warships, but active sonar has just begun to be equipped. Only four battleships in the Americas are equipped with it.
After receiving his order, the two Hongwu-class battle cruisers originally performing blockade missions off the coast of New York immediately headed south. At the same time, the Chinese ambassador to the United States also found Bryan and proposed that Chinese warships help search for the possible submarine.
For Brian, it was a timely help. If he really wanted to find such a submarine, all problems would be solved naturally, so he readily agreed.
In fact, the U.S. Navy did not have submarines at this time, and Brian was very honest in this regard. After the Germans pointed out that a submarine attacked the USS Evans, the U.S. government also began to inspect major shipyards and ports in an attempt to find
out of the submarine, but their efforts were obviously in vain. If someone really used a submarine to sink the Evans, they would definitely not sail it back again. Since the Chinese Navy's warships have instruments that can sink the USS Evans from underwater
Finding and locating the submarine is of course a good thing.
The U.S. government immediately announced that it would invite Chinese naval warships to enter U.S. territorial waters to search for the submarine believed to have sunk the USS Evans. At the same time, in order to demonstrate the principle of openness and impartiality, it would invite ministers from various countries to the United States and members of the House and Senate.
Representatives, some celebrities and reporters from major newspapers and radio stations came together to participate in the search operation. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!