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One Man's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 183 The Impact of America's Entry into the War

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    The entry of the United States into the war was not difficult for both the Allies and the Entente to understand at this time.  Since 1916, the United States' attitude toward the Allied Powers has become increasingly obvious. On the Atlantic route, one-third of the ferries that transport supplies to the Allied Powers every day are from the United States.  Countless arms, food, and mountains of industrial raw materials came over from the other side of the Atlantic. Even American-made aircraft and tanks had appeared in the Allied armies on the African front.

    It can be said that the Americans are definitely the biggest contributors behind the Allied Powers' ability to survive until now. This is actually no different from participating in the war, except that they did not actually send troops.

    Naturally, Germany did not sit back and watch. Unrestricted submarine warfare and the German breakup fleet active in the Atlantic were in response to this situation. From 1915 to the end of 1916, in two years, the Germans launched a series of attacks in the Atlantic and even the Indian Ocean.  , attacking other civilian merchant ships traveling with the Allied Powers in the Pacific and other oceans.

    The Americans also lost at least half a million tons, countless lives and material property.  In the "Lusitania" mail ship incident in 1915, a German submarine destroyed the ship without warning, directly killing more than a thousand American citizens. This became the trigger for the bad relations between the United States and the United States. This incident is discussed here.  Under the propaganda of the global telegraph network controlled by the British Empire, everyone knew that in the United States, the dislike of Germany could be said to be growing day by day.

    For this reason, the confrontation between the U.S. Navy's escort fleet and German submarines in order to protect the Atlantic route and even the actual war did not last for a day or two.  Everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before Americans join the war and join the Allied Powers.

    But this time, no one expected it.  The United States would enter the war for such a reason.  The famous Zimmerman incident in the old time and space is in this world.  Finally it happened again, and the process was almost exactly the same.  The tenacious inertia of history.  A heavy lesson was taught to the expeditionary force.

    On January 17, 1917, the British naval intelligence agency at the time intercepted a telegram encrypted with Germany's highest diplomatic code 0075. The encrypted telegram came from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann and was transmitted to the German ambassador in Washington, and then forwarded to Germany.  Ambassador to Mexico, and finally to the President of Mexico.

    The confidential documents were sent from Berlin to Washington via undersea cable, encrypted and forwarded to Mexico.  In the process, the British army intercepted and deciphered the German code system.

    Based on the partially deciphered 0075 code, the content of the secret message was revealed: in order to prevent the United States from entering the war.  Germany suggested that Mexico invade the United States and promised to help Mexico retake the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from the Americans.

    Britain immediately showed a printout of the deciphered message to the U.S. Ambassador in London, Page.  On February 25, Wilson, then President of the United States, learned the contents of the cable.  On March 1, Wilson announced the above news to the outside world, and Americans were outraged.  On April 6, the U.S. Congress successfully passed the war resolution, and the United States officially entered the war.

    In the Zimmerman incident, the Germans' poor diplomatic methods and intelligence capabilities were undoubtedly demonstrated in this incident, and their subsequent response was also hopelessly clumsy.  This fully demonstrates that the newly emerging military powers of the Allied Powers are still lacking in real international strategic confrontation.

    And this time in this time and space.  In addition to announcing their participation in the war, the Americans also dealt a heavy blow to the Germans while declaring war.

    On the second day after the war was declared, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet captured the main force of the German First Atlantic Breaking Fleet near the Canadian islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon in North America.  Three battlecruisers and four armored cruisers were all annihilated under the siege of the Great White Fleet in the Atlantic.  This battle can be described as an ambush.

    The sharing of intelligence between the United States and the United Kingdom created this classic ambush.  It also fully illustrates the importance that Britain and the United States attach to these German break-up fleets active in the Atlantic.

    The result of this battle is out.  The German navy was severely hit, and the number of high-speed ships that could be used to break diplomatic ties was greatly reduced. The Allies' strategy of breaking diplomatic ties was bound to be severely frustrated. Without breaking war, the Allied powers were hiding in their vast colonies.  The power will be exerted more unscrupulously.

    "There is no doubt that this will mean that the industrial power of the Allied Powers will have a climax of explosive stage for a period of time, and the Allied Powers will be in danger this time.  They need reinforcements.

    "Hi! My dear Mr. Prime Minister! I really hope you can bring me some good news when you come back from Italy this time! How is it, how is the construction plan of the Italian Navy going?"

    The German Prime Minister Theobaden von Bateman Hollweg had just returned from a visit to Italy, and His Majesty Emperor Wilhelm II couldn't wait to summon him to the palace for questioning.

    "This is very bad, my Majesty!" The Prime Minister frownedStill wrinkled tightly, obviously this trip to Italy did not go as smoothly as expected.  ¡°The shipbuilding capabilities of our allies are far from being as powerful as they brag to us. Italy¡¯s shipbuilding industry has deteriorated and is not even as good as ours, which now takes over French shipyards.

    The Hamburg Shipyard alone started construction of seven warships at the same time last year, while Italy, as a whole, only built eight warships last year, which can barely make up for the losses caused to them by the British Mediterranean Fleet last year.  This is after we agreed to give them priority in supplying Ukraine¡¯s steel resources!  "

    "Oh, that's it!" The bad news brought by the Prime Minister obviously made His Majesty William II, who regarded himself as the greatest Caesar, a little unhappy. "What exactly do you want to say, Mr. Prime Minister!" He saw that the Prime Minister was somewhat lustful.  He stopped talking.

    The Prime Minister hesitated for a moment and finally said it again:

    "What I want to say is, Your Majesty! I'm afraid we have to rely on China, have you forgotten? The eight heavy cruisers we ordered in China last year have been completed by calculation, and it is time for us to take them over.  These battleships should be able to make up for our losses in the Atlantic this time! Rebuild a break-up fleet! Although the specifications of China's cruisers are somewhat different from ours, judging from the results of previous wars, China's cruisers also have their unique advantages.

    Of course, in this case, we will have to be tolerant in the confrontation situation in West Asia!  Without reestablishing good relations with the Chinese, it will be difficult to get these warships back.  Moreover, although the participation of Americans in the war is not enough to catch us off guard, starting a war with two world-class groups at the same time is obviously not a good decision!  You must know that China's industrial capacity has now jumped to the third place in the world, second only to the United States and Germany.  "

    If Teoba waited, he would put the facts in front of William II one by one. He knew that whether he could convince this stubborn emperor this time would be the key. With his support, he could contain Germany.  The remarks of the radicals in the staff thus curbed the trend in Germany of instigating war with the Chinese.

    The Chinese are very threatening, but now, Germany still has enemies in front of it!  The participation of the Americans in the war forced Germany to return its focus to the big game of containing the Allies. There were some things that it could no longer care about.

    In fact, Theobaden had some words that he had not yet said in front of William II. According to the young men in the empire's newly emerging navy, they highly admired China's shipbuilding technology, especially the technology of light and heavy cruisers. The Chinese  The design is the most suitable for breaking diplomatic relations. In terms of range, strike power and speed, it is more than one step ahead of the German cruisers.  It's just a pity, hey!

    "Your Majesty! At this time, it is really inappropriate for us to provoke China in Asia. At the very least, we must wait until the decline of our Imperial Navy has been compensated."

    After hearing what the old prime minister said, William II immediately turned around displeased and sat back on his throne with a gloomy expression.

    After enduring it for a long time, I finally burst out:

    "Why? Tell me why, my Excellency, Prime Minister! Why can these low-class yellow people from the East plot against us many times, but we have no ability to counterattack. Seeing them grow up step by step, now they have  It¡¯s hard to contain. If this continues, maybe it¡¯s not the British Empire that¡¯s competing with us for world hegemony, but those yellow-skinned monkeys from the east! Think about it! This is a yellow peril, a yellow peril!¡± (To be continued)
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