Chapter 1388 Declaration of war? You don’t want money anymore! (Fourth update, please subscribe)
The U.S. State Department building, also known as the Truman Building, does not exist in this world, at least it has not been built yet.
At that time, the Secretary of State's residence was just an official residence-style building similar to the White House. The Secretary of State lived and worked there. Of course, it was very small, at most equivalent to an ordinary American manor. Every summer, the successive Secretaries of State would hold banquets on the lawn in front of the main residence to entertain envoys from various countries.
Wang Xueli was of course a frequent visitor. When he was still a few hundred meters away from the Secretary of State's residence, he told the driver to stop the car. It was still a little early, and he came early because he was worried about being delayed on the road.
"It should be quick!"
The moment the car drove into the Secretary of State's office, Wang Xueli looked at the green courtyard and couldn't help being a little dazed. It was obvious that it was impossible for him to attend the banquet here today like in previous years.
After the car stopped in front of the official residence, Wang Xueli looked at the time. It was six fifty.
Neither early nor late.
Led by a staff member, Wang Xueli, carrying a briefcase, came to the Secretary of State's office on the left wing of the first floor. Two minutes later, Smith, the Secretary of State's assistant, came out of the office.
"Mr. Ambassador, Mr. Secretary of State has arrived. I hope your intrusion is worth it!"
Smith glanced at the ambassador of the Ming Empire in front of him with some confusion. He was awakened by a phone call from the Imperial Embassy at six in the morning, and then they repeatedly requested a meeting with Secretary of State Gresham. If it were not for the special period, he would certainly refuse such an unreasonable request.
But now... the situation is tense, who knows what will happen?
"Mr. Smith, I believe the Secretary of State would not think so!"
Pushing open the door, Smith walked in.
Wang Xueli followed him into the office and looked at Walter Quentin Gresham, who looked sleepy. The Secretary of State must have not slept well last night.
It's been a troubled time recently.
"Mr. Secretary of State!"
Although he was disturbed in his sleep, Gresham did not show any displeasure, but said with a smile.
"Ambassador Wang, what's the matter with this urgent meeting so early? I guess you haven't had breakfast yet! If you don't mind, I think we can talk while we eat! Well, let's talk about the peace issue in America that we are all very concerned about!"
Once again, Gresham put forward his proposal, the so-called "American Peace", which was a proposal from the United States that the Empire and even the entire America remain neutral in the European conflict.
In other words, the Ming Empire compromised with Britain on the "Kuwait Incident". Although it was difficult, the United States had been trying to mediate. After all, for the United States, compared to going to war with the Ming Dynasty, they were more inclined to make war profits, just like now... the war had just started over there, and the United States had already received orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Britain and Germany.
God bless!
Making money comes first!
As for war...it's better not to fight for now.
Of course, we will have to fight in the future, but for now, let’s make money first!
"Thank you, Mr. Secretary of State, for your kindness!"
While declining the breakfast invitation, Wang Xueli looked at his watch.
It was exactly 6:58 Eastern Time.
Taking a deep breath, he took out a document from his briefcase and handed it over with both hands.
"Mr. Secretary of State, it is now 6:58 a.m., April 21, 2006, Eastern Time. On behalf of the Imperial Government, I officially declare that from this very moment on, the Ming Empire and the United States of America are at war!"
When saying this, Wang Xueli's mood seemed a little complicated...It's finally begun!
For a moment, Gresham had an illusion, he even thought he had heard something wrong.
"What?"
"From now on, the Ming Empire and the United States of America are at war!!"
Wang Xueli repeated it again.
Gresham flipped through the documents in his hand and ignored the diplomatic words in them. There was only one word left in his eyes - state of war!
At this moment, his heart was already filled with turmoil. How could this be possible? The Ming Empire was going to go to war?
They don’t want money anymore?
The French and the Russians ordered a lot of things from them.
Looking up, Gresham's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Mr. Ambassador...are you sure? This...this is a war!"
"It's a pity! I can only obey the orders of the Imperial Government!"
There was regret in his words, but there was no regret on Wang Xueli's face.
Faced with the sudden declaration of war, Gresham did not react until the Ming Empire ambassador left. After a full minute, Gresham grabbed the phone on the desk.
"Take the White House!"
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Flying is similar to sailing on the sea, and the sea of clouds is similar to the sea. Even if you fly in the direction of Hampton, you may deviate from the route unknowingly. At this time, you need to constantly use a sextant and a longitude table to measure and adjust your position.
But even so, there are still some errors. By constantly adjusting the course, the plane always stays on course.
However, the long voyage still made people a little nervous. It was now six fifty and the fleet had taken off for nearly two hours, but when they looked from the air, they still could not see the coastline of the east coast of the United States.
"Did the reconnaissance plane fly over the enemy area? Was their reconnaissance successful?"
With his mind a little confused, Lu Deren couldn't help but stare ahead, as if he wanted to see the clouds ahead and the scenery on the earth.
Just at this moment, the clouds below the plane became thinner and thinner. Through the gaps in the sea of clouds, Lv Deren saw a long white belt - that was the long white belt formed by the waves hitting the coast.
Coastline!
"Look, look down, does it look like a coast?"
Lu Deren pointed forward with some excitement.
"Yes, sir, the coast!"
Sun An quickly unfolded the aerial map of the Hampton area to check the position of the fleet. By comparing the terrain, he quickly determined the location of the fleet.
"Sir, turn left now and follow the coast to the northeast side of the Virginia Peninsula."
According to their past training, they would cut into the anchorage from the Virginia Peninsula. The maritime surveillance of this era was limited to the sea, and there was almost no land direction... This would make it possible to achieve a surprise attack and suddenly rush straight to the anchorage.
"Turn left."
Lü Deren piloted the commander's plane to make a sharp left turn, and the following formation followed suit and turned left. When turning, Lü Deren could clearly see the following formation from the commander's plane. After fixing the joystick, he stood up and began to count the planes in the air.
"Very good. No planes were left behind."
Nodding with satisfaction, Lu Deren thought that long-term training is still very effective.
After sitting back in the cabin, Lu Deren asked Liu An behind him.
"Has the reconnaissance plane reported the situation?"
The commander's aircraft was also equipped with a radio.
"Sir, the reconnaissance plane has not sent back the report yet."
According to the previous agreement, if the reconnaissance plane discovered the situation, it would break the radio silence to notify the raiding group. Since no telegram has been sent back so far, it means that everything is going well.
This is actually a good thing. After hearing the news, Lu Deren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"The reconnaissance plane has not reported any situation yet. It seems that our surprise attack will definitely succeed!"
Sun An, who was observing the ground landmarks from the air, nodded.
"Sir, we will succeed this time."
"Okay! Give the deployment order. The dive bomber squadron will detour from the west wing!"
"yes."
Sun An raised his signal gun and fired a flare out of the plane. A dragon of fire trailing gunpowder smoke broke the blue sky of the Virginia Peninsula.
This was the signal to deploy the troops.
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(End of this chapter)
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