As soon as Andrew Jackson's conjecture came out, all the U.S. government ministers in the Oval Office were shocked.
Burning down the white house...I can't say it's impossible!
In 1814, thousands of British soldiers made a surprise attack, and President Madison came to hunt for Virginia. The U.S. capital Washington was captured by the British army, and then burned the White House and the Congress, almost destroying the spirit of the United States of America. All the energy was burned out. Fortunately, General Andrew Jackson (now the President) won a great victory in New Orleans, which helped the American military and civilians regain their confidence, and also made the British give up their attempts to continue fighting with the United States. Finally, everyone sat down and signed. A peace treaty in vain. The Americans boasted that this was the "Second War of Independence"... But then again, it would be a shame for the United States to fight a futile war with the "British Father" of the Western world.
Therefore, in the more than ten years after the war, the United States ushered in a period of rapid growth. European capital and talents began to flow to the United States, because everyone recognized that the United States was the first country in the Americas!
But no one expected that America's status as the first country in the Americas has begun to waver again, and even the white house may suffer a second "fire disaster"!
When Wall Street was bombed before, investors had little confidence in the United States. Thanks to President Andrew Jackson's high-profile declaration of war on Mexico and the sudden occurrence of a republican revolution in France, the situation has stabilized a bit - this is a sure win against Mexico, right? Defeating Mexico will prove that the United States can still do it! And after chaos breaks out on the European continent, not all capital talents will go to the UK, some will definitely come to the United States. Therefore, U.S. stocks, U.S. bonds, and the U.S. dollar have stabilized during this period.
However... Ming Dynasty's support for Mexico seems to be a bit strong now!
This Ming Dynasty is very bad. He will not declare war on the United States, and he will marry the future "British mother" of the United States, as if he wants to be the "stepfather" of the United States. At the same time, they did not take care of the interests of the United States and kept sending Japanese soldiers to Mexico!
This makes it clear that Ming Dynasty is going to use the gun, and Japan and Mexico are going to send people to deal with the American traitors for "British Mother"!
If the Mexican-Japanese coalition forces were to burn Washington again, the United States' throne as the first country in the Americas would probably go to Mexico. By then, all European talent and capital will go to Mexico, and won’t the United States be in decline?
So Andrew Jackson was a little frightened when he saw the news about groups of Japanese troops entering Mexico. Coupled with the "White House Fire Warning" that "British Dad" always issued to him during this period, this American Person No. 1 had a bad feeling - this white house wouldn't go too far, would it?
Thinking of this, the President of the United States turned to look at his Secretary of the Navy, John Branch, "John, if the enemy's new battleship enters the Atlantic Ocean in the photo, can our navy stop it?"
John Branch felt like he was looking at the black-and-white photo of the First Emperor entering the port of Acapulco. The ship in the photo entered the port side by side with a Shu Zhongwang-class aircraft-carrying battlecruiser, so there could be a Comparison - this new type of battleship is a bit larger than the Shu Zhongwang class, and the standard row is probably 25,000 tons!
Although Blanche is only a civilian minister, he still knows that the bigger the ship, the farther back the armor is, and the thicker the gun barrel... The main gun of the Shu Zhongwang class is 300 mm, as shown in the photo The gun barrel of the new ship is probably 330-350 mm!
If the United States level encounters it, I'm afraid it will explode in a few hammer blows!
Moreover, the power systems of the Ming Dynasty battleships are very strong. This large battleship may have a speed of 26 knots or 27 knots. If you encounter it at the 18-knot United States level, you won't be able to run away!
"Mr. President," John Branch shook his head, "if this battleship enters the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Navy will not be a match at all..."
U.S. President Andrew Jackson asked again: "Then if it doesn't enter the Atlantic Ocean, we can deal with the Mexican-Texas Combined Fleet?"
"this......"
This is hard for the U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
The Mexican Emperor Agustin I bought a total of two "anti-American packages" in the past two years! There are two Hero-class battleships, two Hero-class armored cruisers, four Warrior-class cruisers, and six Frigate-class destroyers... These 14 ships alone are enough to give the U.S. Navy a headache.
It can now be determined that there are at least two Shuzhongwang-class aircraft-carrying battleships (actually aircraft-carrying frigates) in the Dezhou Sea, and about 10 old-fashioned Guogong-class ships.
In addition, although the fleet that recently entered the Caribbean did not have large ships, it still had more than a dozen warrior-class and escort-class ships.
Just by putting the above ships together, the current U.S. Navy can no longer maintain sea control on the east coast!
"Mr. President, we are not sure of dealing with the Mexico-Texas combined fleet." John Branch said, "However, the Navy has recently acquired fast destroyers and aircraft carriers purchased from the United Kingdom... It is not without a fight. force."
The United States now has 20 aircraft carriers... The 20 ships together have a gross tonnage of 4,000 tons, and a total of 20 carrier-based aircraft! It is impossible to launch an air attack, but it can already bear the task of fleet air defense.
Therefore, the six United States-class battleships of the United States are ready to go to sea for a battle!
However, being able to go to sea to fight does not mean that you will win if you go to sea.
The Secretary of the Navy thought for a moment and said to the President of the United States: "Mr. President...this is probably a ruse!"
"Plot?" Andrew Jackson glanced at his Secretary of the Navy, "John, you mean their real target is not Washington, but... somewhere else?"
"Yes, Mr. President." John Branch said, "If their target is Washington, then they should keep it secret... Otherwise, even if we can't defeat them with the navy, we can still concentrate enough The army is protecting the capital of the United States. But now the British Embassy in Mexico has heard about it, and this is probably false news they deliberately released."
"Fake news?" Andrew Jackson frowned, "Is Emperor Agustin that cunning? I think this is because his army did a poor job of keeping secrets."
The words of the US president are not unreasonable, because in addition to the 2 million native whites in the Mexican Empire, there are also hundreds of thousands of "high-class European whites".
As for white people, they like to talk about equality the most, but they also like to classify people. Therefore, during the Spanish colonial era, these "European whites" generally had a higher status than "native whites" and were the superiors of the New World. By the time of the Mexican Empire, they were seized and used as "second-class whites". Among them, the "second-class whites" who could go to Europe had already fled with their family property, and the only ones left behind were the "second-class whites" who had no rights and no affairs. "Waiting for whites", most of them are "technical whites"... "European whites" are generally better educated than "native whites" and can do technical work. The "native whites" are all descendants of a group of Spanish colonists who conquered Mexico in the early years. In all likelihood, they are big landowners and cannot be technical backbones.
And because these "native whites" are higher in rank than the "second-class whites", they all occupy high positions and suppress the "second-class whites". However, these "second-class whites" all have their hearts set on Europe, so they can easily be "English fathers". ", "Xi Daddy", "Fa Daddy" people bribed. It is easier for Big Brother in the United States to bribe them... So the secrets of the Mexican Empire cannot be hidden from those "fathers" at all!
"Mr. President," John Branch said, "don't forget that the current commander of the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet is named Zhuge. Chinese people with this surname are the most cunning, insidious and untrustworthy! So! This is most likely false news released by Zhuge, we must be careful."
"Fake news? Then his real purpose is..." The President of the United States frowned, thinking of the long coastline of the United States!
A long coastline also has its disadvantages. Once you lose control of the sea, enemies from the sea can land everywhere.
In addition, there is a battlefield that has been set up over in Texas!
Where will this Mexican-Texan coalition go?
