Chapter 82 Time difference
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Port of Tarcavano, Chile.
Gonzalez pushed open the window, looked at the chimney with thick smoke outside, and curled his lips.
Looking from the military headquarters building of the Admiralty, people came and went in the dock in the distance. Unfortunately, this lively scene did not make him excited, but a little disappointed. The six torpedo ships that had gradually appeared in the dock were not built for the Chilean navy, but an order from the Far East.
As a staunch defender of the big navy, he doesn't like this feeling. What he expects is that the Chilean navy can dominate South America, even the Pacific Ocean, and defeat any challenger, but the new president and parliament don't think so, because they think Chile should give up the dream of sea power and change to a neutral country!
"Chell, what are you looking at?" The partner held the coffee leisurely and looked at Gonzalez and asked with a smile.
Neutral country!
Gonzalez hates this word, but he can't change the country's decision! But if the country is ready to be outside the war, why do you still need soldiers? Is it possible that my navy quartermaster keeps buying supplies for those guys for the rest of his life? He sighed and handed the purchase list in his hand to his companion: "Look at this."
"God! The barrel needs to be replaced again!" When the partner saw the list, he put down the coffee and exclaimed, "These damn guys have changed the fourth batch of barrel in half a year. Are they shooting training every day?"
Gonzalez smiled helplessly, but he had an inexplicable envy for the secret fleet stationed on Masti Island. Today, when the Chilean navy is shrinking, those guys can have so much fun every day, and it is said that the two new large cruisers have also gone there! Is this a kind of teasing?!
"It's okay, there are still gun tubes in the warehouse, but I think we should buy from France as soon as possible, otherwise next time they come back, there may be nothing!" The partner smiled and raised the warehouse record: "They are my god of wealth."
Gonzalez smiled, isn't he the God of Wealth? Within a year, I purchased hundreds of sets of large-scale machinery by myself, purchased a large number of shells and materials, and added six lightning ships in the dock. I really don't know where they got the money? Is the Far East really full of gold?!
"Go quickly. They are in a hurry this time and need to complete all the barrel replacements in half a month."
"So urgent? Why? The companion was a little confused.
"I don't know, but..." Gonzalez simply shook his head. Just as he was about to say something, he saw at the corners of his eyes that three familiar warships had slowly entered the military port.
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Looking at the dock in the distance, Master Li is in a better mood than eating ice cream on July! Of course, Master Li didn't expect the ice cream to appear so early that when he saw it a few days ago, he thought he had unconsciously traveled back.
Two Arctic star battleships entered the dispensing stage in the same water. From afar, they are like two huge gnashing sharks, replaced with traditional British Victorian painting, which are much more beautiful and majestic than the big iron pimples in the dock.
The dock was full of onlookers early. Except for the workers and curious people who came to watch the launching ceremony, most of them were nearby residents. Maybe they had been used to this scene for a long time, but the military dock next to the warship was full of Chile and Britain who came to carry out the launching ceremony. [***] Official, the sharp-eyed Li Mo even saw several familiar faces such as Ji Rushan mixed in it.
These guys, in order to hide themselves in the Chilean naval officer corps, were tanned all over, and deliberately had a big beard. The thick hair almost covered most of their faces. In addition, with the help of the makeup artist that Simmons had found from nowhere, they imitated it vividly.
The remaining two tenacious and tenacious determination-class cruisers have also begun sea trials. It is expected to return to Mast Island at the end of the year. Now the core battleship of the fleet has finally been launched!
Wait for another year at most, and you will have a powerful fleet of two battleships, an ironclad ship and four armored cruisers, nearly 20 warships, and a total tonnage of 60,000 tons. Although these data are not worth mentioning in front of the great powers, at this moment, it is second only to the United States in the Pacific Ocean. The two major naval forces, because both the Beiyang and the Japanese capital, which are desperately expanding their troops at this moment, although the total tonnage is almost the same as their own, no warship can pose a threat to the two Arctic star battleships.
Even if the Americans accelerated the construction of three Indiana-class ships under the recent Cuban crisis, the strategic focus of the United States is still in the Atlantic Ocean, so they came to the Pacific Ocean to threaten the young master before 1894! As for the design drawings, it is claimed that four Iowa-class ships will be built, which will wait until 1896!
"At that time, you should have the ability to build your own warships, right?" The curvature of the corners of Master Li's mouth, who could only watch the warship in the crowd for the time being, began to expand rapidly. His trip to Europe can be said to be very smooth. He not only hit Sloh, but also got a talented warship designer. The Italian shipyard has begun to train himself shipbuilders, and Lin Yongxiang's Pacific freight also showed a strong momentum on the Far East to Europe route.
As for Diser, although I don't know if Chen Ping used the young master's trick in the end, he has honestly packed up and boarded the cruise ship to Hawaii with more than 100 other recruits!
The most important thing is that Master Li also got a piece of news about Guam!
Thinking of this, Master Li couldn't help but want to show off the knowledge of future generations in front of Chen Ping and Du Dazhuang. He pointed to the battleship and was about to speak. Suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts!
"Young master, Duan Fei has an urgent telegram, go back to the nest!"
The emergency electricity at this time is not a radio or satellite phone, but the most primitive telegram. It was sent from San Francisco to England, and finally came to Li Mo. I don't know how long it has been!
The content is to return to the nest. Naturally, it is not to let Master Li go home, but the secret words between Li Mo and Duan Fei. These two words represent the most dangerous information!
"There is something wrong in Hawaii!"
The arc on Li Mo's face quickly sank. His pupils seemed to be pricked by a needle and suddenly gathered together, and the smile at the corners of his mouth became cold and hard!
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Soon, Li Mo received a second telegram from the United States, which was different from the first telegram with only two words, and the second telegram brought two tense news.
On October 27, three days before the Arctic star was launched, the U.S. Navy transferred two cruisers from the east coast. Baltimore and Boston will go to San Francisco to enrich the U.S. Navy's Ocean Squadron stationed there.
At the same time, the U.S. Navy sent a delegation to visit Japan. In the delegation, Ma Han, who had a relationship with Li Mo, was on the list, which meant that Roosevelt was likely to tell him about Hawaii through Ma Han's mouth.
Holding the telegram, Li Mo fell into meditation.
Baltimore and Boston are very familiar with each other. These are two protective cruisers, which are equivalent to the two cruisers they bought in Chile. In later generations, they participated in the Spanish-American War, surrounded and annihire the Spanish fleet in the Philippines under the leadership of George Dewey, and shined brilliantly in the battle.
Li Mo didn't see these two cruisers. What he was concerned about was that the Americans suddenly chose to send warships into the Pacific Ocean at this time. What on earth did they want to do? Could it be that the United States found out that he bought warships through Chile?
Are you guarding for yourself? Or, as they themselves said, they smelled the smoke over the Far East and were preparing in advance! Or...
Swallow Hawaii!
Li Mo suddenly stood up. According to historical records, in January 1893, the American sugar merchant interest group imprisoned the Queen of Hawaii and overthrew the Kingdom's political axe in April. He then thought of Roosevelt supporting Dole, monitoring himself, and did not hesitate to use opium to infiltrate. One may quickly occupy the mind!
Although he doesn't know whether the United States has sent warships to help Dole in history, it now seems that these two cruisers are obviously supported by the American sugar merchants led by Dole!
This proves that the overthrow of the political axe of the Kingdom of Hawaii by American businessmen in history was actually dominated by the American political axe, but I don't know why they did not choose to annex it immediately!
Once it is speculated, the question in front of Li Mo now is whether the Americans know their cards on Mast Island. If they know, it is not enough to rely on two cruisers alone. Even if the Arctic star battleships and the last two determination-class heavy cruisers can't catch up with the progress, the two have been trained there. A determination-class armored cruiser is far from comparable to these two American cruisers.
But if you don't know, is this time too coincidental? Unexpectedly, the battleship on his side was just launched, and the two cruisers were at the end of the sea test, and the warships were sent to the Pacific Ocean!
From the bottom of my heart, both Li Mo and Chen Ping tend to be that Americans do not know the existence of the Pacific Fleet, but Hawaii is too important to them. There must be no mistakes and must be considered comprehensively.
"Young master, I think we can inform Long Guozhang to discuss with the Chilean navy, take all seven ships in the name of long voyage training, and station in Hawaii first. At the same time, let Simmons inform the British to speed up the sea test progress of the tenacious and tenacity, and strive to drive back within a month." Chen Ping said quickly after thinking for a while.
"Regone in the name of the Chilean Navy?"
Li Mo shook his head. The original Chilean navy's shipbuilding plan was eye-catching enough. There has been a huge wave in Latin American countries. Fortunately, the civil war has just ended, and the excuse of large-scale replenishment of warships is needed to cover it. If the Chilean navy appears in Hawaii at this time and has a meeting of determination, not only the Americans will be furious, but I'm afraid that even I will be alert, which will make Li Enfu's previous adventures in Cuba completely in vain.
But if you don't send warships back, even if you send Zhao Long and others back immediately, relying only on ground forces to contain the United States, even Li Mo is not sure, because now Hawaii is still a free port, and there is not even a fort. Pearl Harbor, known as the pearl of the kingdom, is like a naked woman, who can do it!
Doll and the two cruisers can be seen as the two fists of the United States, one inside and one outside. When the fists are combined, they will be a full blow! At that time, unless you immediately choose to go to war with the United States, you can only watch the United States swallow the whole of Hawaii!
"But what if you stagger your fist?" Thinking of this, Li Mo's eyes suddenly lit up, and the worry in his heart gradually dissipated: "Maybe... I can hit the United States with a time difference!"
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