The eyes and ears of the empire.
Everywhere!
Adam never doubted this statement.
Eighteen years ago, Adam was a homeless child on the streets of New York. His parents died of illness one after another, and he became an orphan and lived on the streets. Later, an Oriental man asked him.
"Would you like to go to school?"
Adam nodded, and then he and the man left New York and came to Daming, where they received education and training in a school in Daming.
Eight years later, after graduating from school, he returned to the United States and then to Hawaii.
From then on, Honolulu had a businessman named Adam Hanks. Like many American immigrants, he was also very enthusiastic about the "annexation" issue. It was for this reason that he became a member of the "Annexation Club". Although he was not a member of the "Committee of Twelve", he was also a core member.
However, even as a core member, he only learned the news on the afternoon of July 20.
But... that's enough!
Late at night on July 21, as Adam drove his truck out of the plantation, he looked into the distance and muttered to himself.
"Hopefully, everything goes well!"
"Adam, don't worry, there will be no accidents. When we take action, Mr. Gibson has already taken action!"
Almost at the moment when he finished speaking, gunshots rang out!
There was a burst of gunfire.
The rapid sound of machine gun gunfire echoed in the air. The car that was originally moving was instantly riddled with holes, and dense bullets poured on the car like raindrops.
The Americans on the truck fell in a pool of blood before they even had time to react.
When a truck tried to rush out of the circle of fire, it had not gone far when there was a loud bang and the truck was blown into scrap metal by the explosion on the roadside.
"There's an ambush..."
Amidst screams of fear, Adam rolled off the truck the moment it stopped and ran into the bushes on the side of the road. Behind him, there were sounds of explosions and machine gun fire, as well as many screams.
The battle lasted only a dozen minutes.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting..."
While Zhao Chengtian waved his arms vigorously, he and his comrades stood up. However, they were not wearing military uniforms. Instead, they were dressed as Ming-American laborers. Although they were evacuated, the armed sailors stayed. They lived in the Chinese plantation outside the city. Except for the plantation organization, no one knew of their existence.
Now their task is to eliminate some Americans outside the city, thereby changing the balance of power between the two sides.
"Be careful when cleaning up the battlefield, there are our people inside..."
The same scene happened on several other roads, but only Sanford's main force successfully entered the city of Honolulu. When Sanford Dole led the armed immigrants into the palace and announced the establishment of the Republic, he did not know that another team of armed immigrants in and outside the city was waiting for their action, just like the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.
"Devils, you are all a bunch of devils!"
As King Kalakaua and Queen shouted, gunshots rang out and they fell in a pool of blood.
Even at the same time, several members of the royal family, including his sister Liliuokalani, were killed, and everything was over.
This time, the Americans did not even force King Kalakaua to sign the so-called "Bayonet Constitution" under the threat of bayonets as in the other world, but directly launched an uprising in the name of freedom as for the king.
He had fought hard...
Of course when everything was over, facing the bodies in the yard, Sanford Dole spoke with sentimental words.
"In fact, we don't have any personal grudges at all... This is for the people!"
His words made Laurin Thurston, another important member of the Annexation Club, agree with him.
"Yes, if we don't take precautions in advance, this archipelago will inevitably become the possession of the Ming Empire. It doesn't need to be conquered, it can be taken as its own by just immigration. We are doing this for the freedom of the people! We have to do this!"
Compared to their hypocrisy, said Walter Gibson, the former prime minister.
"Damn it, now is not the time to express your thoughts. Why haven't Phils and the others come yet? Will something happen?"
"Yes, according to the plan, they should have entered the city!"
"But there is no news from them yet."
Walter Gibson said nervously.
"The gunshots and explosions here must have alarmed the Ming people. If they react, we will all die here."
"Oh, Walter."
Laurin said with a smile.
"You don't have to worry. We won't have any problems. General Worden's fleet will arrive in Honolulu soon. When they get here, everything will be over! The Ming people... do they dare to confront the fleet?"
Where is the perfect place for this plan?
The American fleet that left Honolulu would return to Honolulu one day after leaving. Their departure was just to lure the Ming people to leave here.
This was an era that relied on wired telegraphs, but Hawaii still had no access to telegraph lines and was still, to some extent, isolated from the world.
Everyone who made the plan was convinced of one thing - when the Ming Empire learned the news, it was already a month later. By the time their fleet arrived in Hawaii, the Republic had already been recognized by the United States. Whether the Ming Empire was willing or not, they had to deal with the Republic.
Of course, the Republic will guarantee their power, at least in the beginning, but once everything stabilizes, Hawaii will close its doors to Ming Dynasty immigrants, and by then it will be too late even for Ming Dynasty to regret.
God bless, this place is too far from the mainland!
However, when they were making the plan, they did not know that among the secrets of the Ming Dynasty, there was a thing called "radio station". Unfortunately, there was a radio station in the Ming Dynasty's embassy.
More importantly, from the very beginning, their plan was known by the intelligence agents of the Empire, and then reported to Zhongdu through the radio station. In this regard, the Empire's plan was very simple, which was to be the oriole behind the scenes!
Just as the Americans in the annexation club were cheering for the success of the plan, suddenly, gunshots rang out outside the palace.
"Ming people, Ming people are coming..."
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