1855 United States Tycoon

"I learned that the Spaniards have issued a batch of national debt in Europe. I made a mess, and they didn't sell very well." Morgan said to Scrooge, "So, I guess they can send new people out many."

"Isn't this just right? In this way, the Spaniards will not have the ability to completely conquer the local natives, and they will reach a temporary compromise. And they all know that this compromise is only temporary, so there is something here. We have space for our activities." Scrooge said.

"Well, we need to find an opportunity to create a humiliating incident before we can promote shipbuilding. Well, Scrooge, you have a lot of friends in the army. I don't know if there are any good candidates for the navy."

"One is not bad." Scrooge said, "I have talked with him a few times, and he has a lot of ideas, and he is a good promising guy. He thinks very lively, he is smarter and more importantly, he can see the fundamentals by looking at the problem. superior."

"What's your name?" Morgan asked.

"Alfred Sayamahan." Scrooge replied, "A gunboat captain of the Navy. The rank is not high, but the person is good. I think people are always accurate. I think this person is worthy of our training. , Especially in terms of theory."

It is not difficult to find an opportunity to humiliate the people of United States. The Spaniards are carrying out a blockade mission in the waters near Cuba. If they want to, it is simply too easy to start a little trouble here. A few days later, there was such a news from Florida that a fishing boat that was out fishing was caught in a conflict with the Spaniards fleet. The fishing boat was sunk and only two of the five crew members survived. In this regard, the United States news quoted the survivor's statement and reported it like this:

"This morning, we were fishing about ten to fifteen nautical miles from the coastline. This is our usual activity area. Towards noon, the Spanish warships appeared. They quickly approached us and demanded We stopped the ship for inspection. We heard the story of the Spanish buying and selling at sea. At that time, we just caught a good tuna. This fish is not cheap. It is enough for us to worry about letting the Spanish get on us. Our fish will be forcibly bought by them as a trash fish. At the same time, we consider that our location is very close to our shore, so we did not stop the boat, but put away the fishing line, We drove towards the coastline. The Spaniards chased after us and fired at us. We were even more frightened and dared not stop. Then one of the shells really hit our boat. Our boat was a small fishing boat. , I was immediately sunk to pieces. I fell into the sea, but did not suffer any injuries. The Spaniard fired at us with a rifle. I dived into the water and was considered a disaster. Later, the Spanish warship saw ours. A patrol boat of the anti-smuggling fleet was approaching and left. Shaq and I were killed and returned..."

Of course, such reports have stirred up sentiments in the United States, and many people even demanded that the United States government immediately declare war on Spain. Of course, Spain’s view on this matter is completely different. They first denied that such a thing had happened. The statements in the newspapers were all lies fabricated by people with ulterior motives. Later, faced with more and more evidences, the Spaniards changed their statement. They admitted that their navy sank a ship, but that was not a fishing boat, but a smuggling ship that smuggled arms to Cuba. They also said that this can be seen from the fact that the two so-called survivors are Cuban immigrants.

Such a statement of course made people more angry. The United States government also expressed a strong protest to Spain and immediately put the United States Navy into a state of alert. It felt like a war was about to start. However, at this tense moment, the British policeman on the Atlantic suddenly jumped out and asked the United States and Spain to exercise restraint.

If the British just talked, no one would care too much. But the British did more than just talk, the British also sent a squadron to Bermuda. In this way, no one can ignore the British voice.

In the eyes of the British, United States now shows a very bad tendency, that is, they actually yell that America is an ambitious nonsense such as America of America, and their series of actions are indeed dominated by the United Kingdom. The international order poses a threat. Therefore, the British feel that they should hit United States at the right time to prevent them from doing stupid things like invading Canada.

The United States people do not have the kind of well frogs on a small island in the later generations who were tapped by the United States father, and they also feel very glorious and wonderful psychology. After being deterred by the British with warships, it was naturally extremely uncomfortable, so under the guidance of someone with a heart, the newspapers began to discuss how to build a powerful navy.

The New York Daily Times even opened a column about the Navy, specifically inviting some experts to express their opinions on the construction of the United States Navy. Alfred Sayamahan was also during this period. In this column, he described why the United States must have a sufficiently powerful navy. He told the public that the main sea routes can bring a lot of commercial benefits. Therefore, there must be a strong fleet to ensure dominance of the sea, and enough merchant ships and ports to take advantage of this benefit. At the same time, he also summarized the various adverse effects that United States suffered in the war because it did not have a strong navy since the War of Independence and even the Second American-British War. It is pointed out that if there is a sufficiently powerful navy, it can contain possible invasion attempts, and keep the enemy out of the country, avoiding the destruction of the mainland by war.

Regarding the question of how strong enough is, he also refuted the fallacy that being strong enough is enough to contend with the United Kingdom. In these series of articles, he pointed out that considering the unique geopolitical situation of the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom must At all times, a considerable force is left to ensure the balance of European military power. At the same time, it must maintain a military presence in colonies all over the world. So the naval power it can really use for America is quite limited. "Our navy does not need to be as strong as the United Kingdom. It only needs to be able to make the British navy pay a large enough price in the battle with the British fleet. The price must be so large that the British cannot continue to suppress it after this battle. The navies of European countries. As long as this can be done, the British will never risk losing Europe to fight with us..."

In this situation, Congress began to review the United States' fiscal expenditure plan, and a new shipbuilding plan is almost ready.

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