Chapter 226: too young too simple

"When the army is fighting on the battlefield, politicians and diplomats also use the world as the battlefield, and use interests and negotiation as means to engage in war. For the Spanish-American War, we are very inadequate. The military is like this, politically and diplomatically. It's the same!" William McKinley

  Although the Americans foresaw that the Japanese had thoughts about the Philippines, the day after the United States declared war on Spain, Japan also declared war on Spain and the Philippines was still a war zone that shocked the Americans! It's not that Americans haven't dealt with Japanese. In the past confrontation between the two sides in Hawaii, the Americans were dominant. Neither President McKinley nor Deputy Navy Roosevelt could understand why the Japanese dared to challenge the United States?

  The Americans did not conceal the US-Russian cooperation, nor did they conceal the powerful fleet deployed in the Far East. In addition to self-confidence, more importantly, they wanted to use their strong military power to make the other side retreat. After all, no one wants to fight two enemies at the same time.

  But what surprised the Americans was that the Japanese were quite tough on this issue, and even stated that the Japanese navy and army had already moved towards the Philippines. The response from the Japanese really made the Americans very angry, but at this level, the top Americans were still not prepared for a decisive battle in Japan, neither militarily nor politically.

Imagine that in history, the U.S. Secretary of State John Sherman was forced to resign because he ran against the president on the issue of war with Spain. Even the most radical American politicians never expected or were willing to think about being with someone thousands of miles away from the United States. Fight against regional powers!

"At this stage, our first enemy is Spain. First, we will concentrate our forces to take down the West Indies, and then we will mobilize a huge fleet to cross the Pacific. With the cooperation of the existing Far East fleet, the Japanese will make the right choice, so Our fleet should ensure a military presence in the Philippines and control as many places as possible! Prepare for the next step of deterrence.” When Theodore Roosevelt went to see McKinley, the latter gave Gave a very vague answer.

Because until now, the president of McKinley, who was a lawyer, did not realize the urgency of military struggle. His idea was simple. Brother first concentrated his efforts to take down the West Indies, and then took three months to transfer the fleet. At that time, will the Japanese fleet admit counsel, or will it admit counsel?

  Of course, in order to show the attitude of the Americans, the islands still have to occupy some. Then everyone confronts and waits until their own advantage is large, and then forces the Japanese to give in.

  However, this American president who is full of politics has not considered this issue from a military perspective at all. What is it called? Start first to be strong, then start to suffer. How do you say that there is an idiom? Your soldiers are fast! If the other party intends to play with you, will they wait until you are ready? That must be looking for a time that is beneficial to you!

Generally speaking, the senior Americans do not believe that the Japanese will do it first, and believe that even if they meet, the possibility of the two sides fighting is relatively small. Dewey is not a person who is unclear about the importance of it, and the Japanese should not have the courage. ?

Then at this time, the Morro Bay battle between the United States and the West broke out. The US-Russian fleet easily slapped the Spanish, and when the intelligence was sent back to China, the high-level U.S. government cheered, they found out that The US Navy is so powerful! Easily knock an empire to the ground! Now that all the Spanish whites have lost, the Japanese are even more so!

   So, in the order to the Admiralty, President McKinley added: "If the fleet situation permits, we should take advantage of the situation to advance north, so that the Japanese have no chance!" What does this sentence mean? That is to take the entire Philippines first before Japan does it!

To take down the entire territory of the Philippines, Manila Bay must be taken down, so it is precisely because of this order that Dewey led the fleet to attack Manila Bay, and it is impossible for the Japanese to act. So fast, after the American fleet defeated the Spaniards, Japan has landed in Manila Bay!

  Naturally, Japan’s diplomatic briefing will not say that it has already occupied Manila Bay, because the Japanese already regard the Americans as their enemies and do not plan to negotiate at all. Even if they talk, they have to wait until they have expelled the American fleet. Therefore, it is naturally impossible to send such important information to the Americans.

  Everyone knows what happened. The Americans smashed Manila Bay by mistake. The already tense relationship between the two parties has completely collapsed, and only life is indifferent.

Of course, later the Japanese fleet sought revenge and the violent beating of the US-Russian fleet has not been passed. There is no way. The Germans are busy fishing for the Americans. The Americans are scattered and do not know where they are now. The notification ship sent to contact could not find the fleet that had collapsed, so up to the present position, the Americans still think that they have a great advantage. A has won in the past.

What really found something wrong was that Day, the U.S. Interim Secretary of State. After Sherman stepped down, the old friend of the U.S. President immediately took over the post~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and began to take over the diplomatic work, and at this time, the Navy The Ministry submitted a report stating that in order to increase the navy's strength and to better deter opponents, it should consider purchasing foreign warships.

  Buy foreign warships? It costs money! But these matters were not in the hands of Day. After he forwarded the report to McKinley, he began to help the Navy find out which ships could be bought now.

  The Russians don’t think about it anymore. Now the Far East has a slow battleship to support the facade, and this battleship is not suitable for fighting with the cruiser fleet. So pass directly. There is nothing good in the Baltic Sea. There are some in the Black Sea, but they can't come out. So with a swipe of a pen, Day crossed Russia directly from the candidate list.

The British don’t think about it. Unlike Hay, Day has a certain understanding of the true face of the British, so naturally he does not think that the British will sell warships to the Americans at this time. Thank you for not helping Japan. Thank you heaven.

  Many French warships are being built, but it seems that they are far from being completed. The French and Italian warships have always been known for their long construction time. And the French will not directly sell the warships that the United States has built. Let alone political reasons, the Americans are not satisfied with the performance!

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