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Chapter 450: The Trader Behind the Scenes

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Dewey gave an order, and the U.S. warships opened fire together, shells whistling and flying towards the Spanish warships. For a while, the sound of cannons rumbled on the sea, and huge jets of water rose and fell from time to time.The Spanish warship also fired back, but due to backward equipment and weak firepower, it did not hit the opponent.But the American fleet came prepared and aggressive. With its own long-range artillery, after a while, several Spanish troops were shot and caught fire.

Before noon, all [-] Spanish warships anchored in Manila Bay were shot and caught fire.The U.S. warship turned its muzzle again, aimed at the fort on the shore, bombed indiscriminately, and then blocked the port of Manila.Considering that he was unable to land and control the situation, Dewey sent a telegram to the highest military authority, requesting to send troops for support. In less than a month, three batches of reinforcements from the U.S. army arrived, with a total strength of more than [-], and quickly occupied Manila.

At that time, the Filipino people had long been fighting to overthrow the Spanish colonial rule.And issued the "Declaration of Independence", declaring the liberation of the Philippines.After the U.S. army occupied Manila, on the one hand, it seized the suburbs of Manila that had been liberated by the Philippines, and on the other hand, it had secret talks with the Spanish governor in the Philippines, and he handed over to the Philippines.Seeing that the general situation was over, the Spanish colonists had to agree to abandon the Philippines, so Dewey ordered the warship to fire a few empty cannons, and occupied the Philippines grandly.

What is even more frightening is that the Filipino rebels are encouraged by the victory of the "friendly army" of the United States.Moreover, the U.S. military sent envoys to encourage it to drive the Spaniards out of the sea regardless of casualties.Of course, Dewey promised a series of benefits. The American army is quite weak. There are only 2.8 troops in the entire country with loose training, and Dewey's Marine Corps has only a few hundred people.From the beginning of the war, the generals of the Pentagon realized sensibly that the battle on land is better to rely on the indigenous rebels than the U.S. Army.

Not to mention the issue of combat effectiveness, the casualties of land battles far exceed those of naval battles, and the pensions will make the country's finances unable to support it.Not only are the number of indigenous people large, but no matter how many nights the casualties are, they will not be included in the statistics of American casualties, and they will not ask the United States for compensation.Just need to issue enough guns and ammunition to them.Then the natives will bravely charge the Spaniards, and in fact, let the elite of the Philippine rebel army be fully consumed.It is one of a series of programs formulated by the US military.Considering that the United States and the United States who colonized the Philippines in the future may encounter resistance like the Spaniards, let the Spaniards use their residual heat to kill more elite indigenous rebels.In this way, after the United States takes over the Spanish heritage in the future, it will reduce some costs when cleaning up the indigenous rebels.

The entire American news began to regard Dewey as the greatest hero, and countless young people fanatically worshiped Dewey.

Various industrial stocks in Wall Street stocks almost started a new round of skyrocketing prices as if they had taken stimulants.Rockefeller, who had been hesitating all the time, and Morgan, who had no clear judgment on the prospects of the war, could only sigh deeply this time. They missed an opportunity to buy military stocks to make a fortune. The main reason was that Rockefeller and Morgan Its investment banks received key monitoring from the Wall Street Stock Exchange. Especially during the war, their every move on stocks would be considered as a speculation on American finance, so they were restricted in many ways.

On the contrary, Wall Street has always adopted an optimistic and positive attitude towards foreign investment banks and small and medium-sized enterprises in the United States, just as President Roosevelt said in a speech in Congress: "The United States welcomes all knowledgeable people from all over the world who are willing to invest in the United States." Scholars are visiting at Uncle Sam's."

However, the shrewd professional managers and security analysts on Wall Street were dazzled by the unexpected rise of the stock market during the war, but they did not notice that an unprecedented financial storm would sweep Wall Street, let alone know that behind this storm The man in front of him will be the emperor of China on the other side of the ocean!
This is a trap carefully designed by Guan Xuqing and Zhao Bingjun, from the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine, to the Frenchman Molo's letter attacking the US President, to the more than 50 small and medium-sized enterprises in the United States controlled by the Imperial Investment Bank, which stirred up Wall Street. The sharp rise in the stock market was all carefully planned and planned. Guan Xuqing made a huge bet this time. He not only wanted to start a war between the United States and Spain, but also set off a war on Wall Street, which is known as the world's financial center. An unprecedented financial storm!
Now this invisible net has been opened, covering the hazy sky over Wall Street, while Guan Xuqing is sitting in the Forbidden City, waiting for the final good news.

At the same time, the Spanish-American War in Cuba also began.The Spanish colonists were unwilling to lose Cuba, a strategic location, so they dispatched a large fleet from the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and sailed into the Bay of Santiago at the eastern end of Cuba to aid the Spanish troops on the island.

And the Spanish navy in the Caribbean is still a poor wooden sailing ship.Despite this, when the Spanish Minister of the Navy still stubbornly asked Admiral Cervera to lead his 4 cruisers and two destroyers to destroy the US naval base, it was hard to beat the US Navy from head to toe.This idea is good, but these Spanish cruisers and destroyers are all warships in the era of sailing and wooden ships.

Cervera said helplessly that destroying the US naval base was an impossible task.Just pulling out a battleship from the U.S. military can annihilate his entire fleet of dilapidated wooden sailboats.Therefore, after some consideration, the Spanish Minister of the Navy asked Cervera to defend Puerto Rico, which is the most important strategic base for guarding Cuba.

The Spanish Admiral Cervera sighed pessimistically on the eve of the expedition: "This trip will either destroy the whole army, or return in a hasty defeat."

Just when the fleet had just set off to Cuba to aid the beleaguered Spanish navy, another explosive news spread rapidly across the United States and even the Americas. No one knew the source of the news, but after investigation by the media, it was finally Confirmed the authenticity of this message.Once this news came out, the war sentiment of the entire American people was aroused to the highest point!

The content of this news is this: This year, the Cuban anti-Spanish revolutionary party Camagui was charged with rebellion and will be sentenced to death.His 16-year-old daughter Sischnilos bravely petitioned the Spanish authorities to commute her father's sentence to life imprisonment. General Weiler, known as the Behemoth, agreed to the girl's request and imprisoned Camacqui in a small town near Cuba. The island, and allowed Sissy Nilos to live on the island in a house close to her father.And Xi Shiniluosi took advantage of this convenience and started the operation to rescue her father.The girl, known for her beauty, invited the commander of the island to her hut, and the commander almost died.Sischnilos was charged with "seducing and attempting to kill the Commandant", was also convicted of treason, and was imprisoned.

The U.S. "Morning News" also sent a reporter, Lapson, to visit Sischniros in prison, and published the full text of the young girl's rescue of her father and her efforts to resist the commander's rape. The shrewd managers of the "Morning News" took advantage of the outbreak of the Spanish-American War to play up this story in the newspaper as an incident of women's protection and Cuban resistance to Spanish atrocities.At the same time, the "Morning News" also drafted a petition letter, asking influential women from all over the United States to sign, in solidarity with the girls imprisoned.Then to the Queen Regent of Spain, Maria.Christina asks for a pardon. "News Morning Post" used 12 columns to publish the names of the women who participated in the signature.Later, the signatures were expanded to include Canada, adding about 20 people.In this case, the Queen of Spain said: Even if a girl has committed a crime, she should not be insulted.

But even so, the United States’ opposition to Spain’s colonial guarantee in Cuba has reached its peak. Feminist groups and religious groups across the United States have taken to the streets to demonstrate, demanding that the Spanish colonialists in Cuba unconditionally release the imprisoned Sischnilos. A private rescue team came out of nowhere, came to Cuba without anyone noticing, bribed the prison guards, rescued Sissy Nilos, and sneaked her to New York disguised as a man.

Afterwards, the Morning News seized the opportunity to boast of the feat.In order to create a more sensational effect, a very grand open-air welcome party was held to let the American people meet the Cuban heroine.

At this welcome meeting, under the pressure of the public, President Roosevelt also came to shake hands with Sischniros.This move made the "Morning News" famous, and at the same time angered Spain. The confrontation between the United States and Spain was completely detonated through this incident.

But many people have not noticed that after the sinking of the USS Maine, inflammatory slogans such as "Revenge for the USS Maine" came from the "Morning News".What's more, no one thought that the actual control of "News Morning Post" was in the hands of the Chinese. In the early years, "China Daily" first controlled an Australian media company, and then this media company invested in and controlled "News Morning Post" .So these news and all the actions of this newspaper have a direct relationship with Beijing, but Uncle Sam has been kept in the dark.

After the incident of the Cuban girl, for the sake of safety, the U.S. Department of the Navy split the fleet that was ready to go into three groups.

The first line, that is, most of the ships, was sent to Key West to deal with the situation in Cuba, under the command of Rear Admiral William.Sampson conducts.

The second route was Commodore Winfield.Led by Schley, with the Hampton anchorage as the anchorage, it is composed of fast warships, called the "Flying Fleet", and its mission is to take care of both the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

The third route consists of the cruiser "San Francisco" and four armed merchant ships. The task is to patrol the sea area north of Cape Delaware, mainly to calm people's hearts.

The American fleet first blocked the narrow channel leading to San Diego Bay, trapped the Spanish fleet in the harbor, and then bombarded it heavily with long-range heavy artillery.The Spanish fleet trapped in the harbor was in a passive situation.On the other hand, [-] U.S. troops forcibly landed about [-] kilometers east of Santiago and rushed straight to Santiago.The Spanish army fortified layer by layer to block the U.S. military.The two sides fought hard for ten days, and the casualties were very heavy.The U.S. military was unable to advance, so it had to temporarily form a confrontation with the opponent.

(End of this chapter)