Chapter 853 Secret Entry

September 12, 1892.

Two mediocre Austro-Hungarian merchant ships docked in the bay of Elelei in a swaggering manner. At this time, all the residents of Elelei had become East Africans.

Infrastructure including ports and other infrastructure were also secretly acquired by East Africa, so the landing of two "merchant ships" did not attract foreign attention.

"Lieutenant Gladstone, welcome to Eleyele."

"Mr. Governor, please take good care of me in the future."

"We have brought a total of one battalion of troops this time, more than 600 people. Is it enough to shoulder the heavy military burden on Kauai?" Battalion Commander Gladstone asked.

"It should be possible! We have more than 6,000 people on Kauai, and there are more than 300 armed personnel. The two combined are more than 1,000 people. And with elites like you, even if the United States sends out the army, it will not belong to us. opponent."

Of course, the more than 300 people under John Crane actually existed in the form of security personnel. After all, it was not uncommon to carry firearms overseas in this era.

The Kingdom of Hawaii cannot restrict countries from bringing weapons to do business in Hawaii. The United Kingdom, France, and the United States all have military forces in Hawaii. Of course, the strongest ones are definitely the Americans. Although the United States has a weaker army, its militia has less combat effectiveness. Barely enough to see.

Battalion Commander Gladstone quite agrees with his immediate superior's words. After all, the United States' combat effectiveness is not very recognized in East Africa. At least compared to the National Defense Force itself, the East African military certainly does not recognize it.

Since the Civil War, the United States has hardly fought many wars, and the East African army has been honed with decades of iron and blood. The East African army in this expedition to Kauai are all East African veterans with more than ten years of combat experience, including Georgian soldiers. Battalion Commander Reston himself, so he still has confidence.

Of course, Gladstone is not blindly arrogant. After all, the United States has the advantage in Hawaii, so East Africa needs to be fully prepared if it wants to seize Kauai from the American population.

"Governor John Crane, I hope to incorporate these more than 300 armed personnel into my army next. After all, we are in a weak position in Hawaii, so it is best to concentrate the available military power." Gladstone traded. .

With the addition of these three hundred people, the available strength of Gladstone's men reached close to one thousand, so that Gladstone could be more confident in occupying Kauai Island.

"What about the various forces on the island?" Gladstone asked.

"The population of Kauai is 30,000, including about 800 Americans, more than 1,000 Chinese and Japanese expatriates, and excluding our East African counterparts, there are less than 20,000 native Hawaiians," John Crane said.

Gladstone nodded and said: "In other words, it is these more than 800 Americans that we need to be wary of."

John Crane said with certainty: "That's right. Don't look at the fact that Americans have the smallest population on Kauai. In fact, they occupy most of the land and industries in the east. In addition, there are American forces present in several southern islands, so their power is Definitely not to be underestimated.”

"In this way, in addition to their own people, the Americans can rely on the Chinese, Japanese and indigenous people who work for them on Kauai. In other words, the total population of East Africa is only close to 7,000 , but between seven thousand and twenty thousand, I feel that we have a better chance of winning. If we can arm the remaining citizens before the war, the entire Kauai Island will be completely ours."

John Crane shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this will be a bit difficult, unless we urgently collect a batch of weapons from the mainland. We have accumulated a batch of weapons on Kauai over the years. Even if we add them all together, we can only arm 800 people."

"In order to increase the cost, we still need to assemble as many other people as possible. If hot weapons cannot keep up, cold weapons can also be arranged, especially in places such as Lihue. We must increase organizational efforts so that our people can be deployed in the first place. Controlling the entire island at once, after all, the 800 Americans cannot all be military armed personnel. In this case, the entire Kauai Island, the Americans cannot have more than 300 armed personnel without defense. , and the number of our troops is close to 1,000, and with the addition of 800 militiamen, the armed force is close to 2,000. With the cooperation of East African citizens from all over the country, it will be easy to capture Kauai. "

Gladstone continued: "At that time, the Navy will definitely have to intervene. I just don't know how many ships and people the Navy will send over, but I predict that they will not be less than five hundred."

At Elaeale, Governor John Crane and Lieutenant Gladstone boldly plotted a plan to seize Kauai.

The East African Defense and Security Agency also began to secretly organize the East African people on the island in the eastern part of Kauai to prepare to cooperate with the actions of the East African government.

Kingdom of Hawaii.

Lihue, Kauai's government seat.

"Yu Delian, our army has secretly stationed in the Eleyele area, so the operation to seize Kauai Island may happen at any time. You must be more vigilant, don't show your flaws, and be prepared to revolt at any time." Luo Ge said to Director Yudelian.

Of course, Yudelian is also an agent of the National Defense Security Agency. Of course, his official identity is a sandalwood merchant. Sandalwood is a specialty of the Hawaiian Islands, so in order to hide his identity, Yudelian opened a sandalwood processing factory here.

Most of the workers in the factory are East African citizens, but most work here as Chinese and Japanese expatriates.

In fact, although these East African citizens look similar to Chinese, they are actually from the mainland and are not temporarily recruited from the Far East.

After all, this is a coup in an independent country. East Africa naturally cannot trust other people, and a large part of the people on the island have served in the East African Army or received systematic militia training.

Yudelian said with some worry: "Stationmaster Rogge, are you sure the kingdom's plan can succeed? After all, Hawaii is a focus area. Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and Japan all have some presence in Hawaii. We want to make a coup here. I'm afraid it will trigger a military conflict."

Rogge knocked him on the head and said, "Do you think the United States has any ambitions for Hawaii?"

Yudelian said uncertainly: "Maybe!"

Rogge smiled sinisterly and said: "This is Sima Zhao's intention. Everyone knows it. After all, the United States is now almost completely controlling the Hawaiian Islands. They control the island's economy, politics, and even have weapons in their hands, so the United States annexed Hawaii. It’s just a matter of time. We just need to follow the instructions of the central government and get a share of the pie when the United States annexes Hawaii, so that the Americans can’t tell us what to do.”

Yudelian said: "How does the central government know the specific time when the Americans will annex the United States? What if the United States annexes Hawaii not this year but ten years later? If so, wouldn't we have wasted ten years there? time."

"Don't worry about it. Anyway, the superior's decision cannot be changed. We just have to act according to the plan."

Rogge continued: "And you may not be able to contact them. When I was in contact with the group of American businessmen, they all had similar ideas. At least the American businessmen were very interested in annexing Hawaii, so our people have to keep an eye on it. Lahaina, once there’s something going on there, that’s when we start taking action.”

Lahaina is a city on the island of Maui, which is also the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii. If any major political changes occur in the Kingdom of Hawaii, it will definitely start from Lahaina, which has always been the main place for intelligence tracking in East Africa.