Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"The United States is participating?" Alfonso looked at Trini with some surprise. During this period, the relationship between Spain and the United States has been in a turmoil. Even people around the world know how bad the relationship between the two countries is, but they don't Surprisingly, the United States actually sent ambassador-level officials to attend this time. This cannot be said to be surprising. Could it be that they have other purposes?

"Perhaps there is another purpose?" Trini was also puzzled.

"Forget it. Since people are coming, we will entertain them with delicious food and drinks. Otherwise, people in the world will still say that we are small-minded."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Trini said in agreement.

"Has the military exercise process been properly arranged?"

"I have talked with the Minister of Defense. The specific steps are to conduct a two-day army allied exercise on the mainland, followed by an Imperial Navy exercise in the Mediterranean. The specific exercise parties are our Barcelona fleet and the Portuguese main fleet. And we will We will not conduct exercises in the North Atlantic on the grounds that we will no longer offend the nerves of the British. However, in Africa we will conduct full-scale regular home army joint exercises with Portugal as well as divided-of-labor combined exercises with slave armies. In the Indian Ocean, To show our presence, we have made arrangements for the naval flotilla in Mozambique to travel more than 4,000 nautical miles to Western Australia to join the South Pacific Fleet in New Zealand and the Western Pacific Fleet in Guam to join here for exercises.

During the exercise, we finally established a headquarters in Pas, and then the three fleets crossed the Indian Ocean again from the Somali Basin south to Mozambique, and then came out of the southwest Indian Ocean and passed through the French-controlled Madagascar Island before returning to Pas. After supplies, , heading east to Wellington, New Zealand. After conducting the exercise, our great fleet will move east across the South Pacific to Punta Arenas, our ally in Chile. After resting, we will head north to Santiago, the capital of Chile, where we will join the three South American countries of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador. The respective fleets will be sent there already. At that time, we will start joint military exercises from here, and then go to Lima, the capital of Peru, and Guayaquil, Ecuador. There are also five countries on land that will be held in Abbas, Bolivia. Your Majesty, this is the arrangement for our one-month exercise. "

Alfonso thought about it for a while, but he really couldn't find anything wrong with it. It seemed that these were the routes he proposed at the beginning, and Lexton and Jack Stern also agreed very much at that time. But thinking about it, he seemed to feel something was wrong. So his brows were furrowed.

When Trini saw Alfonso like this, he knew that the other person was thinking about something, so he didn't dare to disturb him, so time passed like this.

"By the way, what's the name of the exercise?" When Trini felt that his bladder was too full because he drank three cups of tea and couldn't help but want to accuse Alfang, who seemed to him to be nothing more than the sound of nature. Suo's words came. However, he was stunned when the question came up. He was a little hesitant and didn't know whether he should say this, but the bladder down there already seemed to be deliberately causing trouble, which made him more and more unbearable.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that this exercise is called Peace Acting 1908?"

Peace 1908 joint exercise? Alfonso felt a huge headache, and at the same time he felt bitter.

"I mean, we can make a special list of exercises in South America. From now on, we will make it a normal annual exercise. We will conduct an exercise every year with our allies, or with countries that are invited by us. We can set up a South American division joint exercise headquarters in Bolivia, and accept applications from other South American countries to join the exercise with restrictions and conditions."

"I understand. Your Majesty wants to use this to attract South American countries to join our ranks. If conditions permit, we can even absorb them as our fifth, sixth or seventh allies." Trini felt He guessed what Alfonso was thinking, so he inadvertently grabbed the conversation and only reacted later. At the same time, I felt frightened and secretly warned myself to pay more attention in the future. I was relieved when I saw that Alfonso didn't care. ….

"You are right. I want to use this method to expand South America's awareness of our presence there, and in this way, we can also increase the confidence deep in the hearts of the citizens of allied countries such as Chile and Peru, from the government down to the citizens. Pride and superiority, in this case, they will follow us more wholeheartedly, and the reason why they can invite or apply is to increase the pressure on other countries, give them more sense of urgency, and make them more The citizens feel a sense of isolation, which in turn pushes them to seek more gregarious ideas. As long as we show our kindness to them, then even some people in their country will be hostile to us. Ignoring it will still cultivate a large number of people who are close to us. And if we give some benefits to those who are close to us to support them, then our territory of influence in South America will expand again. Even if Failure to support it will also prevent U.S. allies there from taking so many pro-U.S. actions.”

Seeing that Trini was still listening attentively, he took out the pen in his hand to record, and Alfonso expressed his appreciation for the constitution. Although this guy usually acted indifferently in front of himself, he was still very polite in front of others. Proportionate. As a king, Alfonso certainly understands that this is a matter of attitude. If a minister often makes inadvertent intimate gestures in front of his king, it means that the minister identifies with his master deep in his heart. Feeling very deeply. Such people will not be duplicitous when facing you.

"So which countries should we target in the early stage?"

"It seems that we should not let go of what is advantageous to us now." Seeing Trini who still didn't understand, Alfonso said again: "It seems that the United States and Britain now have independent countries in South America that do not welcome them. Does the government exist?”

"It's Colombia and Argentina!" Trini's eyes lit up. Yes, Colombia has had tense relations with the United States over the years because of the Panama issue, but also because of issues of national strength and the fact that the United States has invested too much in their country. They spend a lot of time in frustration. In terms of human psychology, such a country will suddenly turn around very quickly if foreign aid suddenly appears. And now the fact that the four South American countries have formed an alliance with Spain may have caused discussion in Colombia. As for Argentina, after their Malvinas Islands were occupied by the British, they dared not speak out against the British. Therefore, these two It is really the last possibility that this country will become the country that Spain will focus on next.

Alfonso: "The annual regular exercise in South America is called Golden Cobra"

Trini: "Isn't that a good name?"

Alfonso: "Whatever, just be loud."

Trini: "!"

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"President, why do you want to send an ambassador to participate in their military exercises? You know, our current relationship makes people understand the purpose of doing this." Elihu Root feels that today's president seems to be a little different. It felt like there was something more, yes, it seemed like he had more confidence, which could be seen from the calmness on his face.

"Since Spain did not see a single shot at us at Pearl Harbor, then we are not at war. As for the fleet on the South American side, I have notified William to recall them all. Otherwise, we can only give people It feels like I’m just there to help others practice escorting.”

Speaking of this, Theodore Roosevelt frowned unconsciously. To be honest, he didn't want to be transferred back so soon, but since it seems that Spain is determined to protect Ecuador, and coupled with Franklin's previous analysis, he feels that he is really not in trouble with Spain now. The moment of fire. However, necessary actions are still required. ….

"In this case, we will notify William later and move two battleships from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Well, we will put them at Midway Island."

Midway! Root was moved in his heart and looked up at the president. Midway Island, which was built as a naval port in 1903, is not as good as Pearl Harbor, but it is closer to Asia and the Western Pacific. More importantly, Spain now has two battleships outside Pearl Harbor, and the president actually Instead of arranging them to confront each other at Pearl Harbor, they chose Midway Island, which is southeast of Hawaii and northwest of Hawaii, and Midway Island was just north of the route from Guam, the headquarters of Spain's Western Pacific Fleet, to Pearl Harbor. Not too close, not too far, it neither really threatens Guam nor can it radiate there. And looking at the current situation, if they really wanted to threaten Spain to retreat, they could have put them on Wake Island, but they didn't do that. The more they thought about it, the Secretary of State Root became a little confused.

Could it be that he is no longer trusted by the president? This thought surprised him. If this was the case, it would be difficult for him to continue his actions in the future. Just when he was thinking this, Theodore's words dispelled his doubts.

"By the way, remember to come to the White House before 10 o'clock tomorrow. I will prepare with you a long-term road map for the United States' diplomacy and military affairs in Spain. Don't be late then."

"Yes, President" produces a roadmap for relations with Spain? Elihu Root was puzzled but relieved at the same time. Fortunately, the president still trusted him.

Watching Elihu Root leave, Theodore Roosevelt felt tired. Now only fifty years old, he has the feeling that he is ten years older. He can't help but sigh. No wonder everyone says that being president is such a huge task.

Forget it, let’s adjust to the situation. I have to accept an exclusive interview with the world-famous media "Time" magazine later. I don’t know if I need to wear makeup now. It seems that I do, but something feels wrong. Forget it, I’ll ask the makeup artist.

The second update today, I was delayed due to something, and now I’ve finally finished coding. The recommendation is pretty good today, and the collection is hundreds. But it’s still 1,300 short of 5,000, so please keep it in your collection. Finally, there is a serious shortage of votes in Sanjiang. Please go there and vote after reading this. Because when I posted this chapter, I was overtaken by two people and now I have dropped to ninth place. Rush forward, brothers and sisters, and restore everyone’s glory. Finally, I would like to say that the KKK is updated twice a day. The update time is still the same as before, 7:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. Please recommend your votes for Sanjiang this week and continue to leave them to me.

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