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Chapter 126 Retreat (1w)

At that time, the German army mainly had two types of fighter jets - Bf-109 and Bf-110. They were both fighters produced by the Bavarian Aircraft Factory and both were famous aircraft of the generation.

The former is a light fighter with an all-metal structure, a single-wing and a single seat, with a top speed of 575 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 665 kilometers. Its onboard weapons are two 2mm sprints and two 20mm machine guns.

This fighter has excellent horizontal and vertical maneuverability and was the main fighter of the Luftwaffe throughout World War II. Its only shortcomings were its short range and narrow cockpit.

后者为重型战斗机，最高时速为540千米，最大航程为2800千米，机载武器为2门20毫米机炮和6挺7.92毫米机枪。

Because it is a heavy twin-engine fighter, the Bf-110 is bulky, has poor maneuverability, and has average air combat performance.

在轰炸机方面，德军参战的主要有4种型号：Ju-87、Ju-88、He-111和Do-17，这4种轰炸机都存在着自卫火力薄弱、抗攻击能力差的缺点。

In the face of the Royal Air Force's abundant firepower and flexible fighter jets, they usually can only be passively beaten, so they must be dispatched at the same time as the escort fighter jets.

While the Luftwaffe was sharpening its skills, British General Dowding and his fighter force were also ready to face the enemy.

The fighter force has a total of 54 squadrons, including nearly 700 excellent "Hurricane" and "Spitfire" fighter jets. They are divided into 4 air fleets.

The commander of the 10th Air Force is Major General Brand. It has 4 squadrons and 48 fighter jets, and is responsible for protecting the southwestern region of the United Kingdom;

The commander of the 11th Air Force is Major General Parker. It has 22 squadrons and 228 fighter jets. It is responsible for protecting the southeastern region of the United Kingdom;

The commander of the 12th Air Force is Major General Mallory, which has 14 squadrons and 168 fighter jets. It is responsible for protecting the central region of the United Kingdom;

The commander of the 13th Air Force is Major General Saul. It has 14 squadrons and 168 fighter jets. It is responsible for protecting the northern region of the UK.

The entire UK is divided into four major air defense areas, which are divided into four major air forces. Among them, the 4th and 4th Air Forces are the strongest and bear the most arduous responsibilities.

In addition to centralized use of fighter units, General Dowding also established an intelligence command system consisting of radars, air defense surveillance posts, headquarters operations rooms, and intelligence rooms.

Once German aircraft took off from the European continent, the "Home Chain" radar network in southeastern England could detect them at a distance of 200 kilometers, and then transmit the information back to Fighter Command at Bentley Abbey in Southampton as soon as possible.

The intelligence room of the headquarters has a huge battle situation description board. The staff will mark the positions of enemy aircraft and Royal Air Force aircraft on it. The operations room makes decisions based on this and dispatches the nearest fighter squadron to meet the enemy, achieving our own goal. Rational use of combat power.

In addition, the Royal Air Force fighter force has three major advantages:

First of all, they abandoned the dense "V"-shaped formation and began to adopt a brand-new "four-finger" formation, that is, four aircraft are each at a fingertip position, maintaining a reasonable distance, and can support each other in battle. , which is also convenient for defense.

Secondly, the Royal Air Force fighter force operates on local soil. Even if the aircraft is shot down, the pilots can parachute on the soil and receive timely treatment for injuries;

German pilots did not have such good luck. Once they parachuted, they were either escorted to a prisoner of war camp or fell into the English Channel and drowned. The pilots suffered even more serious losses.

Finally, and most importantly, Germany's main fighter Bf-109 has a short range. Even if it takes off from the French airport closest to the UK, it will take 30 minutes to reach the sky over the UK, and it can only fight for 20 minutes.

German ace pilot Adolf Galland once described his own fighter jets as "hounds on a chain", and this is what the Royal Air Force fighter force wants to take advantage of.

In August, the height of the Battle of Britain, RAF fighter pilots had to be alert throughout the day, sometimes taking off 8-3 times a day.

Despite physical and mental exhaustion, these pilots persisted in fighting because they knew that if they failed, the consequences would be disastrous.

Beginning on July 1940, 7, the German Air Force launched attacks on British merchant ships in the English Channel, trying to induce the British Air Force to attack and annihilate them in air battles.

General Dowding was aware of the Germans' intentions and only used a small group of aircraft to fight, preventing the Germans from succeeding.

By August 8, the Luftwaffe had lost 12 aircraft and the British Air Force had lost 286 aircraft.

The Germans soon grew tired of this small-scale probing operation, and Göring decided to launch a large-scale air raid on August 8, codenamed "Eagle Day".

However, due to weather reasons, "Eagle Day" was repeatedly postponed and was not officially launched until August 8.

In the early morning of August 8, thick fog enveloped southern England, and visibility in northern France was also poor, so Goering ordered the attack to be rescheduled for the afternoon of that day.

At 3:45 pm, Germany dispatched 1485 fighter jets and bombers to indiscriminately bomb ports, airports and arsenals in southern Britain.

Not to be outdone, the Royal Air Force fighter force urgently dispatched four squadrons of fighter jets to meet the enemy. The skies over southern England were filled with darkness, and the huge fleet was enveloped in the roar of hundreds of machine guns and cannons.

Looking around, almost all the planes were firing at full strength, and long strings of bullets were flying around in people's sight.

In terms of the quality of the pilots, both Britain and Germany sent veterans with actual combat experience, and each had ace pilots to control the battle. The two sides were equally matched.

In terms of numbers, the Germans have an obvious advantage, but they suffer from the limited range and only 20 minutes of stay on the battlefield, so they will inevitably be constrained in a fight.

The Royal Air Force gave full play to its advantages in local operations, first using its "Spitfire" fighter jets to break up the formation of Bf-109 fighter jets, and then using its "Hurricane" to fatally strike the clumsy German bombers.

By the end of the battle, the Royal Air Force fighter force shot down 47 German aircraft and damaged more than 80. Its own losses were only 12 "Hurricane" and 1 "Spitfire", and 7 pilots died.

On August 8, the three air forces of the German Air Force worked together, dispatching a huge fleet of more than 15 sorties, and launched a pincer offensive from the south and north.

General Dowding discovered that there were few German aircraft on the northern front (mainly the German 5th Air Force), so he concentrated 7 fighter jets from 84 squadrons to attack with all their strength, preparing to cut off one of his fingers.

Coincidentally, most of the escort fighters of the 5th Air Force are bulky Bf-110s. They cannot protect themselves in the face of "Hurricane" and "Spitfire". How can they have the ability to escort bombers?

After an air battle, the Germans lost 39 aircraft, with a battle loss ratio as high as 20%. After that, the 5th Air Force withdrew from the Air Battle of Britain.

On the southern battlefield, the Royal Air Force's fighter force dispatched 22 squadrons of nearly 300 aircraft to face the Germans' 975 fighters and 622 bombers.

Due to the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, the Royal Air Force lost 34 aircraft that day, which the British called "Black Thursday."

In the following days, due to too bad weather, the German Air Force mostly launched scattered attacks, and no large-scale air battle broke out between the two sides.

By August 8, the first phase of the Battle of Britain was over. The Royal Air Force had lost a total of 23 aircraft and shot down 183 German aircraft. 367 of our own airports and 12 aircraft manufacturing plants had been severely damaged, with a battle loss ratio of 6:1. , this was achieved when there were only half as many combat aircraft as the opponent.

Seeing that their "Three Axes" failed to defeat the Royal Air Force, the Germans decided to change their combat policy and change their all-out attack to a focused attack, concentrating their efforts on attacking the 11th Air Force defending the southeastern region of England.

Beginning on August 1940, 8, General Dowding discovered that the German tactics suddenly changed:

They divided the fighter force into several waves and tricked Royal Air Force fighters into taking off to fight.

When the British fighter jets ran out of ammunition and had to return to the airport to refuel, the German bombers went straight to the airport and bombed the British aircraft staying at the airport.

This cunning tactic magnified the RAF's shortage of fighter planes and pilots.

By the end of August, the Royal Air Force had lost 8 fighter jets, but they had shot down only 286 German aircraft, leaving only 380 fighter aircraft available for combat.

What's even more deadly is that 103 of the Royal Air Force's precious fighter pilots have been killed and 128 seriously injured, accounting for almost a quarter of the total number of pilots. The surviving pilots are exhausted due to continuous combat and have almost reached their physiological limits.

In order to preserve his strength to the maximum extent, General Dowding, in addition to retaining a reserve force of 200 aircraft in the northeastern region, also issued a death order to fighter pilots:

"You are not allowed to fight German fighters alone, unless the opponent is a German bomber... I only want a pilot who assesses the situation, not a combat hero who is brave and aggressive."

At this critical moment of life and death, a dramatic event happened.

On August 1940, 8, two stray German bombers dropped bombs on London. Prior to this, Hitler had strictly prohibited bombing London, and the Führer still maintained the illusion of being induced to surrender.

On August 8, the Royal Air Force dispatched 25 twin-engine bombers to carry out retaliatory bombing of Berlin, the capital of Germany.

In terms of results alone, the British air strikes were of little value. Only 11 German civilians died in the air strikes.

However, the fact that British planes were able to fly over Germany made Hitler furious. In order to protect his personal face, this commander, who was often short-circuited, decided to postpone the attack on the Royal Air Force and instead bombed the British capital London in retaliation.

At dusk on September 9, the 7nd Air Force dispatched 2 bombers and 372 fighter jets to fly directly to London. The Royal Air Force did not expect that the Germans suddenly changed their attack targets and failed to take off to intercept them in a hurry.

In more than an hour, German planes dropped more than 300 tons of incendiary bombs and heavy bombs on London. London was completely transformed into a sea of ​​​​fire, and thick smoke still enveloped the city until the next morning.

The roar of fire engines, civilians' cries for help and the cries of the wounded were intertwined. Later statistics proved that there were more than 1800 casualties among London citizens, 1.1 houses were bombed, and even the famous St. Martin's Church and the northern wall of Buckingham Palace were turned into ruins and rubble.

In the following week, the Luftwaffe carried out continuous air raids on London day and night, sometimes reaching more than 60 bombings a day.

However, this barbaric behavior did not scare the British people. Six million London citizens fought in their own way. Some of them joined the fire brigade and the bomb disposal team. Shops were open as usual, and movies were shown as usual. Trafalgar Square There were even concerts.

Although Uncle Hee's whim caused Britain to suffer huge losses of property and personnel, these sacrifices were valuable, and the Royal Air Force fighter force gained a precious respite.

After learning that the Royal Air Force was short of fighter jets and pilots, British people donated their aluminum pots, pots, and basins to aircraft manufacturers. From June to August, British aircraft manufacturers produced more than 6 fighter jets.

Many British youths signed up for accelerated aviation schools (Johnny Johnson, Britain's first ace pilot in World War II, was undergoing flight training at this time). 12 French pilots in exile in the UK spontaneously formed the Churchill Squadron. 135 Polish pilots formed the Polish brigade, and the Royal Air Force fighter force quickly restored its combat effectiveness.

In addition, the Royal Air Force held a timely meeting to summarize the experience and lessons learned from the initial operations. They found that small scattered formations could not compete with dozens of times the number of German aircraft, so they instead used large formations composed of 3 to 6 squadrons to face the enemy.

In order to improve command efficiency, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff Stanmore replaced General Dowding and took full command of the subsequent operations of the fighter force.

At 1940 a.m. on September 9, 15, the German Air Force dispatched 11 fighter jets and 400 bombers to bomb London. The Royal Air Force dispatched an unprecedented 100 fighter squadrons to intercept them head-on over the English Channel. Two of the best aircraft in the propeller-powered era. The fighter jets fought fiercely together.

In an instant, the aerial battlefield turned into an unparalleled war picture:

Thousands of fighter jets compete with each other at high altitudes, medium altitudes, and low altitudes within sight. Just the roar of the engines when changing gears is enough to make people feel dizzy.

In high altitudes with thin oxygen, pilots compete with each other in will and skill;

In the sky where friendly and enemy aircraft criss-crossed the air, the pilots brought their delicate flying skills to the extreme;

In the low altitude close to hills and woods, pilots must not only win with skill, but also maintain good luck...

In the end, well-prepared Royal Air Force fighter units repelled their opponents, and the German bombers dropped their bombs indiscriminately and returned hastily.

At 15:[-] that day, the German Air Force, unwilling to fail, launched its second attack.

This time, the Royal Air Force still had the upper hand. When the first wave of German aircraft arrived over the English Channel, 11 Spitfire fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force's 12th Air Force were already waiting there.

Soon, the second wave of German Air Force formations also arrived in the same airspace and fell into a tight siege by 12 "Hurricane" fighter jets.

The two sides fought from the English Channel to central London. A series of battles brought the air war to its peak on this day.

On that day, the Royal Air Force fighter force shot down 56 German aircraft, and its own losses were only 20 Hurricanes and 6 Spitfires.

Only then did the Germans understand that the Royal Air Force fighter force, which they considered disabled, still existed and was still powerful.

After the war, Britain designated September 9th as Battle of Britain Day to commemorate this glorious victory.

In October 1940, Mr. Xi decided to postpone the "Sea Lion Project" to 10. In fact, he had given up the plan to land on the British mainland. The so-called delay was just a trick to confuse the world to cover up his upcoming attack on the Soviet Union.

From October 1940 to May of the following year, the Luftwaffe changed its day bombing to night bombing, focusing on attacking British cities, industrial centers and ports, and damaging British industrial production.

In order to reduce losses, the Germans adapted the tactics of British fighter jets to focus on attacking German bombers, and attached bombs to Bf-109 fighter jets to conduct sneak attacks.

However, the Royal Air Force quickly became aware of this conspiracy and intercepted all German aircraft. The Bf-109 was unusually bulky after being equipped with bombs, and suffered considerable losses. The Germans had to cancel this tactic.

The most representative battle at this stage was the Luftwaffe's bombing of Coventry on November 11.

The Royal Air Force had originally mastered the German air raid plan by deciphering Germany's top secret, the Enigma machine. However, in order to prevent the Germans from noticing and foreshadowing key battles in the future, the British War Cabinet decided not to Inform the citizens of Coventry and sacrifice in exchange for keeping the secret.

In the end, 449 German aircraft dropped 503 tons of bombs and 881 tons of incendiary bombs on Coventry. More than 5 houses in Coventry were bombed, and more than 1400 citizens were killed and injured.

As the German army changed its bombing targets, the strength of the Royal Air Force fighter force accelerated, and a large number of pilots who had undergone short-term training joined it, while the losses of the Luftwaffe increased.

In January 1941, Uncle Hee ordered to stop all preparations for the invasion of Britain, effectively giving up the "Sea Lion" plan.

In order to cover up the attempt to attack the Soviet Union, the German bombing of British cities continued until May 1941.

On May 1941, 5, the Luftwaffe symbolically bombed Birmingham, finally ending the nine-month strategic bombing of Britain, and the Air War over Britain ended.

Throughout the Battle of Britain, Britain suffered 14.7 casualties and more than 100 million houses were destroyed.

The heroic Royal Air Force fighter force shot down 414 German aircraft at the cost of 915 sacrifices and the loss of 1733 aircraft. The battle loss ratio was 1:2. It almost single-handedly defeated the German plan to land in the UK and saved the entire UK. !

After the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force fighter units successively fought in the Mediterranean, North Africa, France and Germany. They played a decisive role in the Battle of El Alamein, the Storm of Malta, and the Normandy landings.

Those young fighter pilots used their wisdom, courage and lives to defeat enemies many times more powerful than themselves, blocking the arrogant German Air Force from the country, and creating a miracle in British history of air power in defending the homeland.

Winning is a win, but the post-war Britain is riddled with holes, and it will take at least several decades to return to normal. This is the opportunity that Zhu Chuanren can take advantage of.

There is no better opportunity to buy at the bottom than at this time. His advance layout is all in preparation for buying the British at the bottom after the war.

This is also the second escape route he prepared for himself.

Once he loses everything at home, he will take his family across the ocean and start a new chapter in the British Isles.

That's what business is like. You can't hold on to one-third of an acre of land for your whole life. You have to work hard. Wherever you can make money, you can go wherever you have it. If you have an opportunity, you have to seize it.

As for where his first escape route is, it has to start with him purchasing a large amount of cane sugar.

Due to the need to make candies, lollipops, chocolate pies and other snacks, Want Want Food has a very large demand for sucrose. Blind purchasing, coupled with transportation, has led to higher and higher production costs, squeezing the company's own profits. .

Considering the greater demand for cane sugar during the war, Zhu Chuanren made a bold decision to invest in sugar cane plantations.

Since humans entered agricultural civilization, sugary sweet foods have always been an important part of the food culture.

Sugar is widely used in human activities. It can be eaten, used as medicine, can also be used as a preservative, and is even used in religious and cultural activities.

Before the emergence of sucrose based on sugar cane, honey as the main sweetener played an important role in the social life of ancient China, Asan, Pyramid, Greece and Islamic countries.

Due to the addictive nature of sugar and the unique taste of human tastes for sugar and sweetness, sugarcane cultivation and sucrose production centered on ancient Asan and Huaxia continue to break through regional and national boundaries.

Sugarcane is widely cultivated, eaten and spread throughout many regions of South Asia, East Asia, West Asia and the Mediterranean world.

Sugarcane, which has important commercial value, was the most successful and influential cash crop transplanted from the Old World to the New World during the "Columbian Exchange" in early modern times.

Since the Age of Discovery, driven by Western colonialism, sucrose has become as important a commodity in international trade as spices, tea, coffee, porcelain, cotton, etc. It has had a broad and profound impact on modern Europe and international affairs.

The global spread of sugar cane and sucrose is not only a history of the global spread of sugar cane cultivation technology and a history of civilizational exchanges, but also a global history of sugar cane's transnational, interconnected, and interactive development, as well as a history of consumer society and food culture where sugar and power are intertwined. history, and has effectively promoted the development of modern world history, the rise of capitalism and the rise of British consumer society.

Sugarcane is a crop, an annual or perennial tropical and subtropical herbaceous plant of the genus Sugarcane.

As one of the most commercially valuable cash crops in the world, the main sugarcane producing areas in the world are generally distributed between 33° north latitude and 30° south latitude. The main producing countries are Asan, Brazil, China, Thailand, Pakistan, Mexico, etc. nation.

Looking at sugar crops globally, cane sugar accounts for about 80%, while beet sugar only accounts for about 20%.

As for the origin of sugar cane, there are three main theories.

The first theory is that Assam and Sikkim in the northeastern part of Asan are the origins of Kasumi and Indian species;

The second theory is that Malaysia and Papua New Guinea are the origins of tropical species and large-stemmed wild species;

The third theory is China.

But no matter where the origin is, Zhu Chuanren doesn't care, his goal is Hawaii. Through Smith, we robbed two sugar cane plantations from Xiao Benzi in Hawaii. Of course, they were both planted in the places where Xiao Benzi gathered, and they were planted in the name of Ugly people.

It has been ready for use by factories in the past two years.

In addition to sugar cane plantations, Zhu Chuanren also purchased large areas of land in Hawaii. After the famous battle in Hawaii was over, these lands could be used.

In the next dozen years, the world will be shrouded in war, and it can be said that there is no truly safe place.

What Zhu Chuanren can do is to try to pave as many escape routes for himself and his family as possible.

Today's Hawaii is not yet the vacation destination that people around the world will aspire to in the future.

Even the entire Hawaii is not the territory of white people, but is full of Asian elements.

The reason is that white people are actually a "minority" in Hawaii's population structure, while Asians are the majority.

And among these Asians, small books account for the majority.

And this history can be traced back several centuries.

It is also a tradition in this country for small books to immigrate abroad. As early as the fifteenth century, there are historical records of small books going to the Philippines, but these are only sporadic cases.

During the Tokugawa shogunate period, in order to strengthen its rule over the daimyo across the country, the shogunate tried to hinder the daimyo's contacts with foreign powers.

On the other hand, both Portugal and Spain at that time sent missionaries to Neon to spread Christianity, allowing Christianity to take root in Neon and become a factor that threatened the shogunate's rule.

In addition, Portugal and Spain were colonial powers at the time, and the shogunate was afraid of their presence in Neon, so they began a seclusion policy in 1633, prohibiting foreigners from preaching in Neon and restricting treaty ports.

The seclusion policy made it impossible for Xiaobenzi to go abroad at that time. When Xiaobenzi really started to go overseas in large numbers, it was after the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

In 1853, the navy of the Ugly Kingdom visited Japan and asked Neon to trade with the Ugly Kingdom.

Forced by the strength of Chou Country, Neon immediately opened the door to the country and ended its isolation.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Neon witnessed the prosperity of Western society and decided to imitate the West and catch up.

Finally, in 1868, Emperor Meiji, who regained real power by overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate, launched the Meiji Restoration Movement in an attempt to quickly turn Neon into a modern country.

However, Meiji at this time was not very supportive of Xiao Benzi going abroad, because they did not yet have enough political ability to protect Xiao Benzi living overseas.

As a country that has just opened its doors, Xiaobenzi’s international status is still very low.

On the other hand, due to the language barrier, it is difficult for Xiao Benzi to find a decent job overseas.

Meiji was very worried that if Xiao Benzi went overseas to engage in unskilled labor, it would damage Neon's international status.

However, taking advantage of Neon's opportunity to reopen the country, the then independent Kingdom of Hawaii persuaded Neon to let him take 148 small-book immigrants to work on Hawaii's sugar cane plantations.

In the 19s, things took a turn for the better.

At this time, Neon encountered economic difficulties.

Because Meiji wanted to realize rapid modernization, it asked the printing press to print large amounts of money to fill the shortage of funds, which caused the problem of inflation.

In order to change the situation, a series of reforms were implemented, but this caused deflation and commodity prices began to fall.

Many farmers have lost their land during this crisis and have become unable to make a living.

In order to relieve domestic pressure, Meiji decided to encourage Xiao Benzi to emigrate abroad, and Hawaii became Meiji's first choice.

In 1885, Neon established an "official immigration program" with the Kingdom of Hawaii, and Neon took the lead in sending a large number of small-book immigrants to Hawaii.

The reason why Xiao Benzi established such an immigration relationship with the Kingdom of Hawaii was due to the local sugar cane industry's demand for cheap labor, and Hawaii's sugar cane industry is also an important part of Hawaii's history.

In 1778, when the British Captain Cook led his fleet to Hawaii, he discovered that the locals were planting sugar cane.

Sugarcane is a plant native to tropical areas of Southeast Asia. Its most suitable growth temperature is about 30 degrees.

During the Middle Ages, Arab merchants brought cane sugar to Europe, and its unique sweetness impressed Europeans who had not yet tasted cane sugar.

Unfortunately, the climate in Europe is not suitable for the growth of sugar cane, so Europeans can only obtain small amounts of sugar cane through imports.

This suddenly made sugar cane sugar a precious luxury product, known as "white gold".

After discovering the New World, European colonists quickly discovered that the climate in the Americas was suitable for growing sugar cane, so they began to establish various plantations in the Americas to produce sugar cane, and made sugar cane and sold it back to their home countries to make a fortune.

Likewise, news of sugar cane in Hawaii spread like wildfire with Captain Cook's discovery.

Its hot climate and high-quality soil are indeed conducive to the growth of sugar cane, which also allows some businessmen to smell business opportunities.

Compared with the Americas, which are already filled with various plantations, Hawaii is undoubtedly a pure land that still needs to be developed.

In addition, cane sugar was still a precious commodity in the eyes of the colonists, so developing new sugar cane plantations was bound to be profitable.

After that, white people began to immigrate to Hawaii to engage in various trading activities, but at this time the number of immigrants was still only in the thousands.

In 1825, an American businessman took the lead in establishing the first large-scale sugar cane plantation in Hawaii.

In 1848, the Kingdom of Hawaii carried out land reform, allowing foreigners to own land.

This further stimulated the development of sugar cane plantations in Hawaii, and more white businessmen came to Hawaii to open sugar cane plantations.

As Hawaii's sugar cane industry became more and more developed, the United Kingdom, France and the United Kingdom began to covet the sovereignty of Hawaii, hoping to take it as their own to monopolize Hawaii's sugar cane industry and take this precious commodity as their own. have.

Even if the Kingdom of Hawaii is an independent entity at this time, their national power must be far inferior to that of Britain, the United States and France. Therefore, the fate of the Kingdom of Hawaii is actually in the hands of Britain, the United States and France.

With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, sugar from the southern part of the country was prohibited from being shipped to the north.

This resulted in a sudden unsatisfied demand for sugar in mainland China, especially in the north.

The price of sucrose in 1864 was five times what it was before the war in 1861.

This factor has greatly increased the country's dependence on Hawaii's cane sugar and further expanded the scale of Hawaii's cane sugar industry.

In order to import more Hawaiian cane sugar, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Hawaii signed a trade agreement in 1875 and decided to exempt Hawaiian cane sugar from tariffs.

At the same time, the ugly country also gained more economic privileges in Hawaii.

This move not only stimulated the continued development of Hawaii's sugar industry, but also narrowed the distance between the U.S. and Hawaii, paving the way for the U.S. to annex Hawaii in the future.

With the prosperity of the sugar cane industry, the demand for labor in sugar plantations is also increasing.

Therefore, cheap labor has become the most desired resource for sugar plantation owners.

In 1881, the King of Hawaii undertook a global tour, and the purpose of his trip was to find labor for Hawaii's sugar plantations.

Neon was his first destination on this trip, and he later went to China, Thailand, Asan and a series of European countries.

At Neon, he discussed immigration with Emperor Meiji.

Hawaii offered to pay sugar plantation laborers a monthly wage of $9, as well as provide room, board, and medical services.

Emperor Meiji recognized the King of Hawaii's proposal very much, so he signed an "Official Agreement on Immigration" with Hawaii in 1885.

Subsequently, a large number of small-scale farmers who were struggling to make a living chose to leave their hometowns and go to Hawaii to make a living.

By 1900, the number of people living in Hawaii had exceeded 6, while in 1884 the number was only 116.

In addition to the small book, the King of Hawaii also brought many Portuguese and Chinese immigrants to Hawaii during his trip.

However, even though Xiaobenzi accounted for nearly 1910% of the total population in Hawaii in 40, this did not make Xiaobenzi a strong group in Hawaii.

One of the important reasons is that the Kingdom of Hawaii was included in the territory of the Ugly Kingdom.

In 1887, the United States obtained the right to station troops at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by pressuring Hawaii, and it was the only country to enjoy this right.

This move was apparently intended to drive British and French forces out of Hawaii.

In the same year, some cabinet members of the Kingdom of Hawaii decided to launch a coup because they were dissatisfied with the king's rule, deposed the king of Hawaii, and delegated political power to the white people living in Hawaii.

Finally, in 1893, with the intervention of the American government, the Kingdom of Hawaii was successfully overthrown and a new republic was established in Hawaii.

At this time, the Ugly people also knew very well that a weak Hawaii would inevitably be coveted by other forces. In addition, Hawaii was rich in agricultural resources, so the Ugly decided to take advantage of the situation and take Hawaii into its pocket.

In 1898, after discussions in Congress, the U.S. officially annexed Hawaii as U.S. territory.

After becoming part of the United States, Hawaii will naturally apply the laws of the United States, which puts many small-book immigrants at a disadvantage.

In the early 20th century, racial discrimination was still commonplace in the United States.

Asians are considered "others" and therefore cannot obtain U.S. nationality.

As part of the ugly country, and because Hawaii has been controlled by white people, the discriminatory behaviors of these ugly countries have also continued in Hawaii.

Therefore, a person living in Hawaii cannot become a citizen of the United States.

When Xiao Benzi first came to Hawaii, he came as a laborer. Even if Hawaii became the territory of the United States, the status of United States citizens would not apply to them.

The result of this is that the little ones in Hawaii are unable to enjoy various rights, are allowed to be bullied, and are considered untouchables.

On the other hand, many young people come to Hawaii to engage in unskilled manual labor, and their economic and social status is not high.

This intensified the discrimination against them by white people.

However, by the 20th century, Hawaii's population growth had leveled off, and the number of immigrants from the mainland dropped sharply.

Because more immigrants choose to go to Brazil.

Since slavery had been abolished in Brazil at that time, many coffee plantations had to look for cheap labor again.

The Brazilians initially focused on Europeans, but these Europeans could not tolerate such meager pay and hard work, so Brazil had to find another way out.

At this time, since the small books had allowed nationals to immigrate, many small books decided to go to Brazil to make a living.

Coupled with the country's restrictions on Asian immigration in the early 20th century, more young people chose to go to Brazil instead of Hawaii.

Although there are fewer immigrants from the Neon mainland, the descendants of these first-generation immigrants in Hawaii have received Western education and are better able to integrate into the white-dominated Hawaiian society.

Many of them also did not go on to work in unskilled jobs as plantation laborers.

Some outstanding small-book immigrants have even succeeded in doing business in Hawaii, and the status of small-book immigrants seems to be on the rise.

However, the good times did not last long, and the outbreak of the second station caused Xiaobenzi's status in Hawaii to fall to the bottom again.

It was also after World War II that the proportion of small notebooks in Hawaii began to decline year by year.

The Japanese army launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and war officially began.

Subsequently, Hawaii officially entered a state of martial law until the end of the second leg.

As the closest territory to Neon, Hawaii faces a huge risk of being invaded.

In mainland China, supervision actions against Japanese Americans also began with the arrival of the war.

Since many Japanese-Americans are proficient in Japanese and have maintained contact with the Neon native land, they are worried that these Japanese-Americans may engage in espionage work.

As a result, a large number of Japanese-Americans in the western part of the country were imprisoned in concentration camps or ordered to move elsewhere. A large number of Japanese-Americans were also interrogated and even deported.

The same thing happened in Hawaii.

About hundreds of Japanese Americans were imprisoned in a concentration camp in Honolulu (the capital of Hawaii).

But even so, there were still about 7000 Japanese Hawaiians who enlisted in the army to show their loyalty to the country and contribute to the country's military exploits on the European battlefield.

Many of them also became Ugly translators and made contributions in the Pacific battlefield.

After the war, these veterans also made outstanding contributions to the improvement of the political status of Japanese Hawaiians.

They firmly believe that their contributions to the ugly country deserve to be rewarded, that is, a more equal treatment.

The results are not bad. Xiaobenzi’s status in Hawaii is much greater than that in other places.

Zhu Chuanren is now investing in Hawaii because of this period of time. It will be more difficult to invest after the war.

Of course, this is just one of the escape routes. If one doesn't work, there is always another. The world is so big that there will be a place for him to settle down.

If that didn't work out, he would go to New Zealand to herd sheep. That place was isolated, had beautiful scenery, and was a good place to live.

As for where he will end up, he has to take it one step at a time. At the moment, his focus is still on the Magic City and China, where he still has a lot of assets that he can't let go of.

No, Lao Chang has been looking for him again recently, for no other reason than that he is jealous when he sees other people's planes flying in the sky, and he also wants to buy a plane.

(End of this chapter)