Shortly after the Great Blast of Zegus, the world's attention turned to the Panama region of Central America.

Since China and France jointly developed the Panama Canal, the United States has begun to actively make trouble in the Panama region in various ways. The United States lobbies the Colombian government, saying that a large number of Chinese people entering the Panama region will cause economic impact on the local Panama population and be unfavorable to the management of the Colombian government. At the same time, the United States instigates local Panama people to make trouble and marches repeatedly, protesting that Chinese workers have snatched their wrists and put pressure on the Colombian government.

During the Sino-Russian War, the Colombian government was not optimistic about the victory of the Chinese Empire, so it followed the US advice and made every effort to make things difficult for the workers and military-quality security guards imported from the Chinese Empire, causing frequent interruptions in the water, electricity, materials, etc. needed for the Panama project, resulting in delays in construction periods.

Seeing that the construction period for the canal was approaching in 1904 formulated by the Colombian government, the French were worried that the construction period would not be completed as scheduled, which would give the Colombian government the excuse of raising prices or interrupting the contract, so the French were preparing to sell their 49% stake.

Americans want to seize this 49% stake, but the Chinese Empire obviously cannot let the Americans succeed, so China and the United States started a game, while France took the opportunity to raise the price and once rose to 5,000.

Ten thousand dollars.

The intention of the US Congress is to raise prices without restrictions and prevent this canal from falling into the hands of the Chinese Empire. The United States must guard the American backyard, and Panama is the gate of the American backyard.

Therefore, the United States has raised its price to $100 million with its wealth and wealth.

However, just when France was happy and was preparing to transfer this 49% of its equity to the United States, the situation in the Far East changed drastically, and the Chinese Empire won the decisive victory over the Russian war. In order not to let the Chinese Empire further weaken Russia, France had to make concessions on certain issues, one of the key points was the Panama Canal issue.

On the issue of canal, the Chinese Empire had the power of great victory, and its naval power became the second highest in the world in the world, forcing the French government to offend the Chinese Empire in both Russia and itself. Therefore, the French government reached an agreement with the Chinese Empire on the issue of equity transfer of the Panama Canal. In the end, the French government transferred it to the Chinese Empire for US$30 million.

The US government was very dissatisfied with this, but the strong military strength of the Chinese Empire caused a huge threat to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet. The US government did not dare to offend the Chinese Empire, so it chose to give in.

After the Colombian government won the war against Russia, it changed its face and did not dare to make things difficult for the Chinese Empire on the issue of canals.

In this way, in the Sino-US game in 1904, the Chinese Empire won the victory and acquired all the shares of the Panama Canal. The United States failed to lose all the rice, not only did it not obtain 5 shares of France, but it also allowed the Chinese Empire to monopolize them.

In the following three years, the United States was afraid that the Chinese Empire's military expansion was at a disadvantage in the game of great powers, so it turned from a direct support for the Panamanians to a underground activity, supporting the local Panamanians to launch a coup in order to create an excuse for the United States to intervene in Panama, and also wanted to destroy the Panama Canal in the war.

In February 1905, the Panama Canal was officially opened, and the service facilities on both sides of the canal will be expanded in the next three years to build large ships. Since when the Panama Canal was designed, only warships with a draft of 7 meters could be passed, but as the Chinese Empire started to build a divine bow-type battleship, the draft of 8 meters will reach a greater draft of the future super divine bow-type battleships. Therefore, the Chinese Empire further drilled the Panama Canal deeper and widened it so that it could pass through the super divine bow-type battleship with a higher draft.

The actions of the Chinese Empire made the United States even more nervous. It was obvious that the Chinese Empire used this canal as a channel to send naval power to the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, which poses too great a threat to the United States. Therefore, the US Congress approved Roosevelt's proposal, secretly supported the Panamanians to launch a coup, took the opportunity to send troops to Panama, and found ways to destroy the Panama Canal.

During this period, the US Navy built a large-scale former Divine Bow battleship, and soon increased the total tonnage of the warship to fourth in the world, suppressing the Imperial Navy in terms of the number of main battleships. Roosevelt's plan for the Navy... gave the US side confidence, so it became even more arrogant on the Panama issue.

After the outbreak of the Sino-British War, the Americans felt that the time had come. They did not think that the Chinese Empire could defeat the British Empire, so they decided to create a coup in Panama.

In Panama, the main targets of Americans were the owners of the large estate, the Augustine, Alango and his son, Thomas, Arias, Federico Boyd and others.

In March 1905, when the US Army Secretary followed the president's instructions and sent intelligence personnel to Panama Isthmus to assist pro-American elements in organizing the ** movement, he took a fancy to the Arango and his son, and formed the "Panama Patriot Group" with them. In May, Manuel, who served as the governor of Cologne and worked for a long time in the Panama Railway Company in the United States, joined the "Patriot Group" and became its leader.

On June 14, the US "New York World" published an article advocating that if the Colombian government insists on its own and watches the Chinese Empire immigrate to Panama on a large scale, the Panamanian people should be separated from Colombia in order to defend their own interests.

In July, the Patriots Group began to discuss the specific plans of the ** uprising. In August, Amado met with Cromwell and Varia in New York and received news that the US government would support the ** uprising. Varia said that he had received clear commitments from Presidents Theodore, Ross and Secretary of State Milton High John that the US government would recognize Panama and protect the revolutionaries.

On December 1, 1905, the US State Department handed over the documents and other items needed for the uprising to Varia, including military plans..., secret codes, ** declaration manuscripts, Panama Constitution, national flag, etc. Varia himself prepaid 500,000 francs to Amado as funding for the uprising. On December 20, Amado returned to Cologne. Although he was pleased with the results of the trip, he felt that it was inappropriate to take risks with his destiny, career and even life with the promise of a Frenchman. At the critical moment, Amado's wife Donia and Maria gave him great spiritual support. At this time, after the lobbying of the revolutionaries and the grant of 50,000 US dollars, the commander of the Colombian garrison Este Ouertas decided to join the "Patriot Group", which was undoubtedly a timely help for the uprising.

Soon, Amado bought a Colombian gunboat captain for another $35,000. Things went to this point. The Colombian government finally noticed the abnormal movements of the political situation in Panama. He immediately sent two generals to lead 40 soldiers to Cologne on a gunboat to prevent an extraordinary incident. However, at this time, the American cruiser "Nashville" suddenly drove into Cologne Port and publicly prevented the Colombian army from entering Panama City.

On January 3, 1906, the two generals were arrested by the already rebellious Ueltas as soon as they arrived in Panama City. Amado notified the US Consulate that Panama had officially broken off from Colombia, and the Arango and his son announced the establishment of the Panama Interim Governance Committee in the Cathedral of Panama City in public. The members of the committee included Panama elites and senior staff of the American Railway Company.

That night, the Panama City Council held a special meeting to recognize the new regime. The Colombian government did not dare to say anything in the face of the huge military pressure from the United States and agreed to Panama**.

On January 4, Panama held a public announcement, electing Amado as the first president of the Republic. In his speech at the meeting, Amado shouted: "Long live the Republic of Panama! Long live Roosevelt! Long live the United States!" The slogan has become an interesting story in the history of world diplomacy.

Regarding Panama's **, a US senator wrote: The Panama people stood up like 11 people! Because the Panama Uprising was planned by seven Panama and four Americans with the support of the United States... Gustav Adolf Meliand wrote that "Panama married the United States for the sake of cheapness" is a "mixed country that damages sovereignty". Erik ridiculed the rank of the Panama, and Panama was a "country with atrophy."

After Panama, the United States immediately urged the new government to abolish the construction of the Panama Canal and pay the entire compensation to the United States. Varia was also appointed as the ambassador to the United States by the Panama government, granting him full authority to sign a canal treaty with the United States.

At this time, the Chinese Empire was in a critical period of fighting against Britain and did not want to bring the United States into it. Because Wang Chenhao knew very well that if the United States had not continuously exported strategic materials to Britain, Britain would have to surrender in less than a year under the attack of German submarine warfare. Therefore, the Chinese Empire had to give in to the United States at this time.

However, even if the Chinese Empire temporarily retreated, it had a purpose. Negotiations with the Panama government continued to delay time. Nama wanted to take back the canal, so the Chinese Empire offered a sky-high price of 2 billion US dollars, thinking that it could scare the Panama government. Unexpectedly, in order to seize the rights of this canal, the Americans actually supported the Panama government's approval.

Faced with this situation, the Chinese Empire government already knew that the United States was bound to win the Panama Canal. In Wang Chenhao's view, the Panama government's acquisition of this canal by 200 million yuan was definitely the Americans who paid for it. After that, the Americans will obtain the canal operation rights, but it will take at least 12 years to recover the cost.

At this time, the Chinese Empire had already formed a certain advantage over Britain, and the Chinese Empire was secretly forming a Group of Eight-Nation. Once the Eight-Nation Alliance's war against Britain was completed, Wang Chenhao could rest assured, because Britain would definitely not be able to defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance, and defeat was inevitable.

Wang Chenhao knew it, but the Americans always opposed the Chinese Empire on the Panama issue. They must teach Americans a hard lesson and make the Americans suffer a big loss to relieve Wang Chenhao's anger.

In April 1906, the Chinese Empire agreed to the Panama government's request and was willing to return the Panama Canal to the Panama government for US$2 billion.

The representative of the Chinese Empire specifically emphasized that it was returned to the Panama government, rather than transferred to the United States. This word was not valued by the Panama government and the United States government. The two sides quickly signed a contract, but the Chinese Empire required that the canal could be transferred to the Panama government after paying the money.

In response, the Panama government and the US government immediately agreed.

In September 1906, the Chinese Empire had achieved a brilliant victory in the war against Britain and signed a armistice contract with Britain, which made the United States feel a huge military threat from the Chinese Empire. However, at this time, the US government believed that the Chinese Empire had signed the contract and naturally could not repent. Therefore, the US government urgently raised $2 billion in funds and asked the Panama government to immediately exchange the contract with the Chinese Empire. However, $2 billion in funds was not so easy to raise. The US government borrowed money from American civilian merchants until the summer of the following year.

On July 13, 1907, the Chinese Empire and the Panama government signed a contract to return the canal rights to the Panama government, and the Panama government transferred the $2 billion it received from the United States to the Chinese Empire government.

According to the contract, after receiving the redemption fee of 2 billion US dollars in Jinyi, the Chinese Empire handed over the canal to the Panama government. Subsequently, the Panama government immediately negotiated with the United States and prepared to sell the canal to the United States. Previously, the United States had already huād 2 billion US dollars and did not want to pay any more, but the Panama government had just been established and urgently needed funds and had to ask the United States for money.

So, the two sides started a war and a stalemate began.

The United States was very dissatisfied with the Panama government and issued a warning and threat to Panama on September 20. The U.S. Navy fleet approached Panama from the Atlantic and Pacific directions respectively, forcing the Panama government to surrender and eventually handed over the canal rights to the United States for $1 million.

However, at this moment, the Panama government parliament did not recognize the status of Chinese in Panama, demanded to expel Chinese, and set a timetable to leave within three months. The total population of Chinese in Panama has reached 500,000, 10 times more than Panama, and has obtained Colombian nationality issued by the Colombian government. After Panama, they naturally converted to Panama nationality. However, the Panama people refused to recognize the legality of the Panama nationality of these 500,000 Chinese.

The Chinese Empire then put pressure on the Panama government and forced the Panama government to agree. Seeing that the Chinese Empire defeated Britain and its military strength ranked first in the world, the Nama government did not dare to force it, so it had to admit it.

In March 1908, in the Panama parliamentary election, the Panamanians refused to allow Chinese to vote, but were strongly protested by Chinese people. The Chinese Empire came forward again and put pressure on the Panama government. The Atlantic Fleet drove outside Cologne and the Pacific Fleet drove outside Panama. Faced with the threat of the giant ships and cannons of the Imperial Navy, the Panama government sought support from the US government, but the US Navy was no match for the Imperial Navy at all. It only sent a few cruisers around the neighborhood and left.

So the Panamanian government had to surrender and declared that Panamanian Chinese had the right to vote.

In May 1908, the Chinese in Panama formed the Panama Democratic Party and participated in the Panama Congress elections. Since Panama Chinese are more than five times that of the native Panama, the Democratic Party seized the Senate and House of Representatives in the Panama Congress in one fell swoop, and the leader Wu Yaohua won the President of Panama in one fell swoop.

Wu Yaohua's election as President of Panama immediately made the Panamanians feel extremely sad and angry, and European and American countries were even more surprised.

After Wu Yaohua was elected president, he immediately declared that the United States had obtained the right to operate the Panama Canal because the Panama government bought $2 billion from the Chinese Empire and transferred it to the United States at a low price of $1 million. Wu Yaohua announced an investigation and announced that former President Amado was greedy for tyrants and was required to invest at least $2 billion to obtain the right to the Panama Canal, otherwise it would be reclaimed.

The US government was obviously very angry. Is this clear that it was a cheating US? The US government did not agree to pay the money, so Wu Yaohua announced the revocation of the Panama Canal rights.

On August 3, 1908, the U.S. Congress warned the Panama administration, saying that it was declaring war on the United States.

The next day, Wu Yaohua announced that Panama had established a National Defense Force, recruited 30,000 Chinese to join the army, and at the same time he submitted his sanctions to the Chinese Empire, demanding that the Chinese Empire protect Panama from infringement.

On August 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of China officially accepted the request of the Panama government and designated Panama as one of the vassal states of the Federation of the Empire of China, with status equivalent to that of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Kingdom of Korea and the Kingdom of Myanmar.

This move promptly raised protests from the indigenous people of Panama, and bloody conflicts broke out between the two sides and became increasingly fierce.

On August 10, Amado announced the reorganization of the Panama government and organized an army of 1,000 people.

On August 1998, Wu Yaohua completed the establishment of the National Defense Forces. Since the source of the National Defense Forces was composed of retired soldiers of the Chinese Empire, simple training formed combat effectiveness. In addition, the Atlantic Fleet brought the weapons and equipment they needed, and soon this 30,000-person National Defense Forces became a tiger armed to the teeth.

On August 18, Wu Yaohua ordered the order to suppress the indigenous people. The 30,000 wolves and tigers immediately suppressed the indigenous people of Panama. In less than a day, Amado's rebels were defeated and took the opportunity to expand the range of attacks. A large number of Panama natives were shot dead in the name of "resistance forces".

On August 20, the Panama Wehrmacht seized the Panama Canal and expelled all Americans in Panama.

The US government was extremely angry and the hawks demanded an immediate declaration of war on Panama, but the Roosevelt administration did not dare to declare war because Panama has become one of the federal vassal states of the Chinese Empire. Declaring war on Panama is declaring war on the Chinese Empire. Obviously, the US power cannot compete with the Chinese Empire, and declaring war is asking for trouble.

The US government then tried to use diplomatic channels to solve the Panama Canal issue, proposing that the US $2 billion used by the Panama government to pay the Chinese Empire was paid for by the US government. If the Panama government wanted to recover the canal, it would need to return the huge amount of money from the US.

However, Wu Yaohua firmly refused to admit that there was this incident. He said that it was an illegal contract signed by Amado with the United States, and that the new Panama government had no record of this incident. The Chinese Empire government also stated that the $2 billion was obtained from Amado and had nothing to do with the current new Panama government. Even if the United States returns the fees used to purchase the Panama Canal, the new Panama government only needs to give the United States one million dollars.

The US government did not realize it until this time. No wonder the Chinese Empire gave up the Panama Canal so easily, but it turned out that it had already been planned. This time it really made a big spoil for the United States.

The US government was extremely angry, and American citizens also kept protesting, but the Roosevelt administration still dared not start war on Panama.

It was the US presidential election, and the re-election of Roosevelt was ruined, and the Table Tennis SFF administration was forced to resign collectively...
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