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Chapter 18 The First Confrontation of the Huamei Fleet

Doer was very surprised at Tang Jian's answer. In his expectation, Tang Jian should have expressed some fear, even if it was a slightest, but Doer could not see any fear or fear in Tang Jian's eyes, but instead was calm and indifferent.

Is this Tang Jian really not afraid of the United States sending troops?

If Tang Jian four years ago, he would never have rashly seized Hawaii, because the United States at that time was a giant in front of China.

However, it is different now. The reason why Tang Jian was so fearless and openly seized Hawaii by force was because he was confident that China now has the ability to resist the former behemoth of the United States.

Tang Jian’s confidence is based on two aspects. One is that after four years of extensive military expansion, China has greatly increased its military strength. In today’s world, no country dares to challenge China alone.

Another and the most important reason is that the European war is about to break out at this time, and the Atlantic situation is about to break out. In order to prevent the war from burning to the east coast of the United States, the United States will inevitably place most of its domestic troops in the Atlantic Ocean, and the military power in the Pacific region will definitely weaken a lot.

Once China and the United States go to war, the United States must mobilize at least half of the country's troops to compete with China. If it wants to defeat China, it must carry the troops of the country to have the power to fight against China. Of course, if the United States and China really have to fight with all their strength, who will win and who will lose? This is unpredictable.

To sum up two reasons, Tang Jian dared to launch a large number of troops to seize Hawaii. Tang Jian was determined that the United States did not dare to go to war with China during this extraordinary period. Once the war began, who will guard the east coast of the United States, the closest to Europe?

Dore was escorted by several soldiers with many doubts. Although Grant was indignant, the situation was in progress, he could only leave the field as sadly as Dore and draft a statement for the next Hawaii**.

After everyone left, Queen Liliukalani and Tang Jian were left in the hall. Queen Liliukalani was in a very complicated mood at this time. Although she was extremely happy to regain her own regime, Dole's words outside the Governor's Mansion kept lingering in her ears.

"Ha, do you really think you have regained your country? Isn't China the second America?" This sentence circled in her heart for a long time and refused to dissipate.

Tang Jian noticed the strangeness of Queen Liliukalani and asked, "Her Majesty, I wonder if you have any questions?"

Queen Liliukalani hesitated for a while. Although Tang Jian had given her an answer to this question once, she still couldn't help but feel the impulse in her heart and asked: "President Tang Jian, what I want to ask is that although the Kingdom of Hawaii has already joined China, will China annex Hawaii like the United States? This is what I am worried about."

Hearing Queen Liliukalani's words, Tang Jian did not feel any displeasure, but said with certainty: "I have said that China will never annex Hawaii. I hereby swear in the name of the Chinese President that not only now, but in the future, will not annex Hawaii!"

Queen Liliukarani immediately felt regretful after saying this question, because Tang Jian had given her a clear answer before, and she was willing to cooperate with Tang Jian based on this condition. Now, this question is not an unnecessary move, and the meaning expressed is distrust of China.

However, when she saw Tang Jian's disregarded expression, Queen Liliukalani breathed a sigh of relief. She knew very well that she was now trying to get a tiger, and this tiger was Tang Jian.

If Tang Jianyi is unhappy, he can easily pinch Queen Liliu Kalani if ​​he just moves his fingers a little, and her so-called dream of restoring the country will also become a bubble.

Queen Liliukarani joked: "I hope President Tang Jian won't be surprised. This person is old, has a poor memory, and has become long-winded, haha."

Tang Jian felt like a mirror in his heart. He could not guess that the scheming Queen Liliukalani wanted to find a way to make up for her mistake just now. Tang Jian went down and smiled and said, "This is human nature! Old age and weak body are natural laws. Oh, by the way, Your Majesty should rest early. You will hold the Restoration Hall in a few days."

"Yeah! Thank you President Tang Jian for your concern!" A stone in Queen Liliukalani's heart finally landed on the ground.

"Then I will go back to the boat first. Some small fleas may come tomorrow. I will ask my subordinates to prepare so that these fleas will not affect the National Restoration Ceremony." Tang Jian laughed.

Queen Liliukarani personally sent Tang Jian to the door of the Governor's Mansion and watched Tang Jian gradually walk towards Pearl Harbor under the escort of the guards.

Hawaii's night is destined to be uneasy.

After clearing the threats from Dole and Grat, Queen Liliukalani ordered her soldiers to capture American soldiers from other small islands of Hawaii and shoot them on the spot if they encounter resistance.

In addition, Queen Liliukalani arrested the pro-American forces in Hawaii overnight, and then informed every Polynesian, telling them that their queen has returned and the Kingdom of Hawaii has returned!

In this way, a few hours later, Hawaii ushered in a new dawn in the hustle and bustle of a night!

Tang Jian returned to the Pacific Fleet flagship Oriental without rest. Instead, he received several ships from the US Navy in Hawaii overnight, one of which was a relatively new monarch-class battleship. In this way, the Chinese Pacific Fleet had several more battleships without any effort.

At the same time, China's 30,000 troops landed on the pier at Pearl Harbor one after another. After the landing, the army did not take a break, but was immediately dispatched to the Hawaiian Islands. After the US troops stationed in the local area surrendered, they began to take over the defense on the islands and strengthened the shore defense positions at Pearl Harbor, the most important port in Hawaii.

Because, soon, American reinforcements will arrive.

At this time, dawn in Hawaii had arrived. Tang Jian rested in the bridge command room of the Oriental for a while and began to study the terrain of Hawaii.

That night, Tang Jian was also excited because he got the Pearl Harbor he had always dreamed of. Pearl Harbor, located on the Great Island of Hawaii, is an important sea and air transportation location on the Pacific Ocean, and its strategic location is very important.

It can be said that having Hawaii basically controls the entire North Pacific. As long as naval and air force bases are established in Pearl Harbor, this means that China's attack range can almost cover the North Pacific, and the United States is also close, and the attack range of aircraft can reach many cities on the west coast of the United States.

Hawaii will become the first frontier for China to fight against the United States, which is why Tang Jian brought so many main forces of the Army and Pacific Fleet to Hawaii from the beginning.

Tang Jian must defend Hawaii. As long as he defends Hawaii, the United States will not dare to move around! Otherwise, the Chinese Air Force will bring a heavy blow to the cities on the West Coast.

Tang Jian decided that in the near future, a naval base will be expanded at Pearl Harbor first. The domestic fleet will be enough to deal with the situation in the Far East. Russia and Japan, which pose the greatest threat to China, have been crippled. Moreover, even if other countries invade China's coastal areas, the main force of the Pacific Fleet will rush back as soon as possible.

Then, air force bases were built in Pearl Harbor and Midway respectively, which acted as a force deterrent to the United States.

Finally, shore artillery fortifications were built on various islands of Hawaii, and strive to build a powerful comprehensive trinity defense system of sea, land and air in the shortest time.

Just as Tang Jian was thinking about the future development direction of Hawaii, suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded over the Pacific Fleet, which was the alarm of "discovering the enemy".

As soon as Tang Jian got up, Ye Zugui ran from the deck to the bridge and reported: "President, the destroyer patrol fleet has discovered the US fleet!"

"Oh, these little fleas are finally here!" Tang Jian raised his hand and looked at his watch: "It's just past seven o'clock."

"Let's go and meet this US fleet!" Tang Jian said with a smile.

Ten minutes later, the Pacific Fleet, except for non-combat ships, all received orders from the flagship, so the Chinese Pacific Fleet slowly turned around and headed towards the direction where they discovered the US fleet.

Last night, Major General Robbie Evans, the commander of the First Squadron of the US Pacific Fleet, received a telegram from Hawaii that the Chinese fleet invaded Hawaii. At that time, his fleet was carrying out missions on the west coast of the United States, not far from Hawaii.

However, before Evans asked about the specific battle sequence of the Chinese fleet, there was no news there. Without time to ask for instructions from his superiors, and for the sake of safety, he personally led all the main battleships of the US Pacific Fleet to Hawaii in a hurry.

The US Pacific Fleet First Squadron, which traveled to Hawaii this time, has three battleships, namely the USS Connecticut battleship, which is the flagship of the US Pacific Fleet First Squadron, as well as the USS Kansas battleship, the USS Vermont battleship, and other large and small ships.

Evans speculated that China would not dare to openly lead the main fleet to attack Hawaii, at most a small fleet would test the defense situation in Hawaii.

Therefore, Evans believes that with the strength of the First Squadron, he is definitely sure to beat the Chinese fleet that dares to harass Hawaii, so that they can see the powerful strength of the American fleet!

When Evans thought of this, he couldn't help laughing.

However, as soon as his laughter fell, the Mast Lookout sent a message saying that an unknown fleet was discovered!

Evans was happy, raised his telescope and looked at it. He was stunned for a moment. He repeatedly confirmed the flag on the mast of the fleet, the Yellow Dragon Sword Flag, which was indeed the fleet of China!

However, when he discovered the luxurious lineup of the Chinese fleet, he couldn't help but swear on the spot: "oh, ****! How is that possible?"
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