The war between Wang Chenhao and the United States in jointly robbing Spain was over, but the aftermath was far from achieving the expected goal.

On the US side, the United States sent troops to take over Spanish cities in the Philippines and Cuba. In the Philippines, the US military only allowed the Spanish army to surrender to them. The actions of the US military made the Philippine Revolutionary Army dissatisfied with the Philippines. However, most Philippine Revolutionary Army generals had fantasies about the United States, so they chose to acquiesce to the US military to take over some cities. However, the Philippine Revolutionary Army was not entirely fools, and some generals took the initiative to attack the cities defended by the Spanish army and occupied them.

In the following three months, the US military occupied most of the Philippines Manila and Luzon Island, and other areas fell into the hands of the Philippine Revolutionary Army. The US military had only 15,000 expeditionary troops in the Philippines, while the Philippine Revolutionary Army had hundreds of thousands. After the US military occupied most of the Luzon Island, its troops were too dispersed to effectively deter the Philippine Revolutionary Army. Therefore, in order to paralyze the Philippine Revolutionary Army, the US government agreed to let the Philippine Revolutionary Army organize the Philippine Republic, but secretly the US government continued to mobilize at home and recruited tens of thousands of troops to the Philippines to prepare for the next US-Philippine War.

Similarly, on Cuba, the United States also staged the same methods and tricks. However, treating Cuba is different from treating the Philippines. The Philippines is a yellow race, and Americans are ready to control the Philippines by force. However, in Cuba, there are many European and American immigrants, especially Americans, so the US military chose to support the pro-American regime to manage Cuba. To be on the safe side, the US military and the Cuban Revolutionary Army signed a treaty, concessioning with Pine Tree Island as an army base, and Guantanamo as a naval base. Cuba became a protector or semi-colonial of the United States.

On the Qing Empire, since the Guangxu and the Qing government had only a big victory, they actually didn't care about overseas islands such as Guam, Bo Rico, the Caroline Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. These islands that captured Spain were directly handed over to Wang Chenhao for his own treatment.

For Guam, the Carolina Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands, Wang Chenhao could send people to directly manage military affairs and build large military bases in Guam. However, it is different for BoDo Rico. BoDo Rico has descendants and immigrants from European and American countries. Black people account for two-thirds of the population, and are surrounded by powerful forces from various countries. Forced military affairs are not in line with the image of the country. Therefore, Wang Chenhao followed the United States' method of managing Cuba and asked the Expeditionary Force to find suitable candidates to organize a pro-China government.

This is the management of their vested interests by China and the United States. At the same time, there are still unresolved issues between China and the United States that need to be resolved urgently.

Wake Island is 3.700 kilometers west of Honolulu. It includes 3 coral islands. The total land area is 6.5 square kilometers. The 3 islands unfold in a crescent shape with a leaking lake in the middle. Wake Island is just a small island with an area of ​​only 9 square kilometers. It belongs to the Mariana Islands in the middle of the Pacific. Because it is located between Guam and Hawaii, it is the intermediate station for the Pacific route, and is also known as the "stepping stone" of the Pacific.

Wake Island was first discovered by the Spanish in 1568 and occupied together with the Northern Mariana Islands. Since 1840, the Americans have begun to build coal-gathering stations on Wake Island, intending to take it as their own.

The United States originally planned to take the opportunity to annex Wake Island after winning the Spanish-American War. However, Wang Chenhao sent troops to occupy the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Spaniards deliberately transferred the Northern Mariana Islands to the Qing Empire, which resulted in the sovereignty of Wake Island belonging to the Qing Empire. However, the United States actually occupied Wake Island, which led to a territorial dispute between China and the United States.

For this reason, Wang Chenhao specially made an appointment with Charles, the US ambassador to China.

Regarding the issue of Wake Island, Charles's position was very clear, saying that Wake Island had been occupied by the US military and would not be returned.

Wang Chenhao knew it was difficult to let Americans spit out Wake Island, but Wang Chenhao knew the importance of Wake Island. Wake Island is a transit station in the central Pacific Ocean between Guam and Hawaii. Ships with short-range endurance can be directed to Guam and Ryukyu Islands after adding coal.

Wake Island is crucial to the defense security of Guam and Ryukyu Islands. If the US military makes good use of it, it is very easy to use it as a springboard to raid Guam and Ryukyu, which also increases the defense pressure in Guam and Ryukyu.

Wang Chenhao hopes to get Wake Island from them while the United States does not pay attention to the construction of island bases in the Pacific. Otherwise, if the Sino-US conflict will become the main contradiction in the Pacific in the future, both sides will regard Wake Island as a strategic location, and it will be difficult to get it.

However, no matter what Wang Chenhao said, Charles disagreed with how much money he paid for this Wake Island.

Wang Chenhao couldn't turn against the Americans, so he could only find another way.

Soon, Wang Chenhao found an opportunity.

During the Spanish-American War, more than 3,000 US troops suffered casualties. After that, the US military increased its troops to Cuba, but the US Army was not prepared enough. Tens of thousands of US soldiers were infected with yellow fever and urgently needed treatment.

Yellow fever is an acute infectious disease. It only exists in Central and South America from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, and the Caribbean is the main ward. The US Army lacks the estimate of yellow fever in the Caribbean. When yellow fever spreads on a large scale among the US military, it was too late for the US Department of the Army to mobilize medicines from the country.

At this time, two hospital ships near Cuba were helping the Expeditionary Force soldiers to treat various diseases. Since Wang Chenhao had long anticipated the epidemic of yellow fever in the Caribbean, the two hospital ships carried a large number of medicines to treat and prevent yellow fever.

Of course, there is no special medicine for yellow fever. The two hospital ships carry only drugs that can control the initial and mid-term conditions, but despite this, the two hospital ships are also the only hope of tens of thousands of US troops.

Wang Chenhao then made an effort on this issue, allowing the US Army to choose to give up Wake Island or sacrifice tens of thousands of US troops. In order to put pressure on the US government, Li Guodong issued a secret order to the US intelligence station, asking them to create public opinion. The US Department of Army faced huge public opinion pressure and had to request two Chinese hospital ships to rush to Cuba to treat US soldiers.

The two Chinese hospital ships planned to go to Cuba in five days on the excuse that the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force on Bo Do Rico Island were inseparable from the treatment of local residents.

But it was obvious that the cucumber and vegetables were cold in five days.

As a last resort, the lobbying work naturally fell on Charles' shoulders. Charles had to come over to ask Wang Chenhao for help. Because of the urgency of time, Wang Chenhao deliberately delayed it, and Charles was so anxious that he was furious.

Fortunately, Charles was not too stupid and understood what Wang Chenhao was asking for, so he immediately expressed his willingness to negotiate with Wang Chenhao on the Wake Island issue.

But Wang Chenhao asked to talk about Wake Island first. Charles knew that Wang Chenhao took the opportunity to raise prices, but the lives of the US soldiers were urgent. As a last resort, Charles had to help Wang Chenhao convince the US government to give up Wake Island. Fortunately, the US government did not attach much importance to Wake Island, so the US government finally agreed to hand over Wake Island to Wang Chenhao, but there was a condition. The US government had a coal-added station on Wake Island, so Wang Chenhao had to pay 10,000 US dollars to buy Wake Island. In response, Wang Chenhao nodded immediately to agree.

From negotiation to signing a contract, the faster the two sides sign the treaty.

After the contract was concluded, Wang Chenhao immediately ordered two hospital ships to go to Havana and Santiago, one and two places to treat US soldiers. After a week of intense treatment, the casualties were controlled within three people. For this reason, the US government awarded the Medal of Honor to all the hospital ships of Hua Tuo and Bian Jiu.
Chapter completed!