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Text Chapter 876 China¡¯s War Preparations

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    "Your Excellency, frankly speaking, the current U.S. Navy still does not have enough strength to defeat the Chinese Navy, but we cannot wait any longer. Although the Chinese have not started attacking yet, they have begun to accelerate war preparations.  . Once China is ready, it will be too late and we will not have any chance!" said U.S. Navy Secretary George von Lengelke Meyer.

    "So, what are the specific plans of the Navy Department?" President Taft asked seriously.  The risks involved in actively provoking a war with China are very high.  If we win, everything will be fine.  If it is defeated again, it will be a disaster for this US government.

    "Your Excellency, according to the intelligence we have now, the Chinese are mobilizing merchant ships and transport ships to prepare to transport a large number of troops to Mexico. Obviously, after taking control of most of Mexico, it has been used by the Chinese as an attack on the United States  The main base. In addition, all the capital ships of the Chinese Navy's most powerful home fleet have just entered the shipyard for repairs. They are obviously preparing for war. We must fully seize this opportunity and capture Guadeloupe.  , and attack Santa Cruz Island, severely damaging or even annihilating the main force of the Chinese Navy¡¯s Pacific Fleet!¡± Secretary Meyer said!

    "Attack Guadeloupe and Santa Cruz Island? The former shouldn't be much of a problem. The Chinese only deployed a few destroyers and light cruisers there, and the infantry only had two battalions of more than 2,000 people. But Santa Cruz Island  , it has become the main anchorage of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet. A large number of coastal defenses have been built, and the main battleships of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet are stationed there. It is probably very difficult to annihilate the main force of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop.  !" Secretary of War Jacob = MP Dickinson asked with a frown.

    "Mr. Dickinson, this is our only chance. The main ships of the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet are only one 'Han' class battleship, two 'Qin' class battleships, two 'Zhonghua' class battleships and one 'White'  It¡¯s just the Qi-class battlecruisers, as well as some heavy cruisers and other supporting battleships. If the Navy dispatches all the Wyoming-class battleships, New York-class battleships and Nevada-class battleships, it will be able to defeat the Chinese Navy¡¯s Pacific Fleet, it is still certain!  "Secretary Meyer said.  These three battleships are the most powerful battleships of the U.S. Navy. They are replicas of the British Navy's Orion-class battleships, the King George V-class battleships and the Revenge-class battleships. They are all equipped with 343 mm main guns.  , although not from the Chinese Navy

    The Tang class, the opponent of battleships, is a little worse than the Han class, but these three battleships have four battleships in each of the first two classes, and the Nevada class has six ships in total, fifteen ships in total.  , facing the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet, it has already occupied an absolute advantage!

    "Even if we can defeat the Chinese Navy's Pacific Fleet, we still have no chance of winning when the Chinese Navy's home fleet arrives. By then, we will definitely suffer crazy retaliation from the Chinese!" Secretary of State Philander C. Knox said with some worry  .

    "Your Excellency, Secretary of State, the war between us and the Chinese is inevitable. If we attack first, we can still seize some opportunities. If we wait until the Chinese attack first, then we will have no chance at all!" Meyer  said the minister.

    "Sir Meyer, if the Chinese launch a counterattack, what should we do? It will only take up to twenty days for the Chinese home fleet to arrive on the battlefield." President Taft asked.

    "Your Excellency, when the navy launches an attack, the army can also cooperate with the attack to first eliminate the Chinese army stationed in Mexico. Now, there are only about 100,000 Chinese there, and our army has basically completed mobilization.  It shouldn't be a problem to launch an attack with superior forces, defeat the Chinese, and control the entire Mexico. If the Chinese army can be driven out of North America, it will not be so easy for them to land again. As for the navy, if the Chinese navy's home fleet arrives,  The navy will withdraw to the Atlantic Ocean. If necessary, we can blow up the Panama Canal. In this case, if the Chinese navy wants to attack us, it will have to go around Cape Horn in South America. By then, we will also take Guadeloupe.  , the Chinese will not have a supply base in the Atlantic Ocean. When they reach the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Navy can just wait and attack them.

    In addition, the most important thing is to buy us enough time so that the Pennsylvania-class battleships and the subsequent New Mexico-class battleships can enter service as scheduled.  By that time, we will have the strength to fight the Chinese Navy in a decisive battle!  "Secretary Meyer said. The main purpose of the plan drawn up by the Department of the Navy is to buy time so that the most powerful battleships of the U.S. Navy can be put into service to resist the Chinese Navy's Tang-class battleships! Regarding the plan proposed by the Department of the Navy,  What do you think?" President TaftDao! He personally agrees with it, but he needs everyone's support.  After all, this is an initiative to provoke a war against China. If it fails, no one can bear the responsibility!

    "Your Excellency, I agree. After the Navy's plan begins, the Army will invest at least half a million people to launch an attack from northern Mexico to wipe out the Chinese troops stationed in Mexico!" said Secretary of War Jacob MP Dickinson.

    Others also agreed. Everyone knows that there is no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the United States and China. Although the United States is stronger than China in industrial strength, it is far insufficient in military strength.  Only by taking action first can it be possible to regain its disadvantage and give the United States enough time to take advantage of its industrial strength.  In that case, the United States will have the possibility of defeating China!

    "So, Mr. Meyer, I approved the plan proposed by the Navy Department. When can it be implemented?" President Taft asked.

    "Your Excellency, the Navy Department is ready and can implement it in a week. However, the Army does not know how long it will take to be ready? The Army and Navy must launch attacks at the same time. Otherwise, if the Chinese are prepared,  It¡¯s harder for us to win!¡± Secretary Meyer asked.

    "The army still needs some time to prepare. Our newly recruited troops are still being trained. Various strategic materials also need to be transported to the front line. It is not an easy task to ensure the operation of an army of 500,000 people.

    And, in order to avoid arousing the vigilance of the Chinese people, we must be careful.  If possible, the Army's attack will be scheduled for one month later!  "Secretary of War Jacob MM Dickinson said.

    "Yes, it will take about half a month to a month for the Chinese Navy's mainland fleet to complete the main ship overhaul. It will also take nearly twenty days for them to rush from China to North America. We still have enough time. However,  , the most important thing is that the Chinese cannot be aware of our intentions when we go, otherwise we will fail!" Minister Meyer reminded.

    ??During this meeting, the U.S. government made up its mind to launch a war against China first. After the meeting, the U.S. Army and Navy immediately took action.  However, previous failures have taught the Americans that they are so careful in their war preparations that the Chinese did not notice it at all, or they did not expect that the Americans would have the courage to launch an attack first!

    After the outbreak of the world war, it also had a certain impact on China.  First, China's war preparations have accelerated.  The forty reserve brigades have completed the recruitment of soldiers and begun training.  At the same time, another sixty divisions are also beginning to recruit soldiers, and they are expected to be full within three months.  In other words, China set the time to enter the war in September 1911 or the month of KO, and the army and navy's war preparations were also carried out according to this time.

    Prior to this, various arsenals in the empire had begun working in three shifts, working hard to produce weapons, equipment and ammunition. Other war-related factories also began to shift to a war system.  Everything began to serve the war.  The troops on the border also canceled their vacations and entered the highest state of combat readiness.  The navy's capital ships have also entered the shipyard for inspection and maintenance in preparation for a fierce war.  However, whether it was Wang Yuze or others, perhaps they had the idea of ??underestimating the enemy because of the empire's successive victories.  It is believed that neither the Russians nor the Americans have the guts to attack first.  It was this kind of thinking that caused China to encounter great trouble in the early days of the war.

    The lives of Chinese people have not been affected too much.  Whether the reserve brigade is upgraded to a regular army or a newly formed army, the soldiers will come from former retired soldiers and militiamen, so they will not have much impact on society.  Coupled with China's large population, setting up an army of three to four million people is nothing more than a trivial matter for China, which has a population of more than 500 million and nearly 600 million.

    On September 12, Wang Yuze held an imperial meeting and began to deploy the war.  At this time, on the European battlefield, the Battle of Marne had just ended, and the German attack on Paris ultimately failed. Although they eliminated more British and French forces, they failed to complete their combat goal of occupying Paris.  In this battle, both warring parties invested 500,000 troops and suffered nearly 700,000 casualties.  Among them, the French army lost 350,000 people, of which 181,400 were killed. The British army lost 530,000 people; the German army lost more than 200,000 people.
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