1890 King of Southeast Asia

No accidents happened again. When the two Changluo-class warships docked at the port of Honolulu, everything was decided.

In this era, the deterrence of large warships is the same as that of later heavy missiles. Unless you have countermeasures, you will be obedient.

Camel spent billions to buy 35 justice missiles and maintained peace for decades.

"Prime Minister!" On the dock, Lin Anmin looked excitedly at Liu Yiming surrounded by soldiers.

"Thank you for your hard work..." Liu Yiming looked at Lin Anmin in front of him and sighed.

For half a month, he was busy preparing for Hawaii to become a protectorate, and then suddenly, the Americans landed.

Asked Nanhua, distant water cannot quench near thirst, wanted to have both sides, but found that others had completed the alliance.

Liu Yiming's instructions to him were, "Try to prevent the queen or other leaders from signing the contract while ensuring safety."

In half a month, a man in his forties suddenly had white hair and a haggard face, but his clothes were still neat.

"What's the situation now?" Liu Yiming also wanted people to rest, but he had to understand the situation first.

"The Americans sent about one regiment, the Russian soldiers were marines, five cruisers, and their combat effectiveness was unclear."

"We occupied part of the city, but no shots were fired. Both sides are currently restrained. There was a bloodless conflict last night, and people from both sides were captured. There are signs of withdrawal from Germany and France."

"Liliukalani should not have signed the contract yet. My order is that if there are signs of signing the contract, she can be shot."

"There were several gunshots from the direction of the palace before, but there is no report on the details."

Lin Anmin briefly informed Liu Yiming of the development of things, without mentioning any difficulties encountered.

There are no difficulties now, unless there is a full-scale war, but the United States cannot afford this price. The only unclear thing is whether Liliukalani signed the contract and whether she is still alive?

"You have worked hard, go and rest first, and leave the rest to me." Liu Yiming patted Lin Anmin on the shoulder.

Then he looked at a group of white people in the distance, who were stopped by the South China soldiers.

Liu Yiming signaled them to come over who could speak.

"Hello, Prime Minister, I am Constantine, the American Minister to Hawaii." Constantine was unwilling to give up and urged Lauren to sign the contract immediately.

"Dear Prime Minister, hello, I am France (Germany)..."

"Dear Prime Minister, you came too fast, oh! I didn't say you came at the wrong time, I am Andrew, the first secretary of the United Kingdom in Japan."

Others also came forward to greet, obviously the Kingdom of Hawaii is a country recognized by them, but no Hawaiian officials were present.

It should be explained here that Lauren overthrew Liliuokalani, not the Kingdom, and the Kingdom was replaced by the Republic a year later.

"Hello, why are you all gathered here?" Liu Yiming's sunny smile is always very contagious.

"Oh! Let's talk about a business. With the Queen of Hawaii." Constantine pronounced Hawaii very hard.

"That's a coincidence, me too, but I'm talking about acquiring Hawaii." Liu Yiming's smile was still bright.

But what he said was surprising.

"Does the Prime Minister want to directly incorporate Hawaii into the territory?" Andrew was slightly surprised, but soon calmed down.

The British did not want to get involved in this. The two platoons of lobster soldiers were gathered from the office guards, British sailors doing business here, and a few immigrants.

The lobster soldiers' uniforms were because the office stockpiled a batch of them that year. They were well preserved. They smelled a little musty, but they were not bad.

"The purpose of my trip is to discuss this matter with Queen Liliukalani. We have already discussed it before.

South China will incorporate Hawaii into the territory under appropriate conditions and become a sacred and inseparable part of South China forever." Liu Yiming ignored Constantine's increasingly bad face and answered Andrew's question with a smile.

"Let's go, don't stand here. It's just that everyone is here, let's be a witness!" Liu Yiming nodded, and a company of marines acted as guards, escorting Liu Yiming into the city.

"Can we take action?" Constantine asked the head of the navy with some frustration.

The head of the navy rolled his eyes at him, action? What action? A surprise attack?

After entering the port, they aimed their 2-inch cannons at their poor cruiser of only 3,000 tons in the mid-1980s.

"Military action is not advisable. Chang'an only needs one main gun shell to penetrate Chicago, and we don't have any medium-caliber rapid-fire guns, which puts us at an absolute disadvantage."

The person in charge raised his eyebrows.

"If a war breaks out, maybe we can cause them some casualties? Then they will be wiped out, and then the East Coast will lose most of its mobile forces."

"..." Constantine only hopes that Lauren will give some help. The contract has been signed and he ran away with the contract, so that he can still pull it later.

Bang!

Intensive gunfire sounded, and then returned to calm.

"Where did the gunfire come from?" Constantine was startled. Maybe Liu Yiming was attacked, otherwise he might not be able to get away.

"Towards the palace, it's far away, it's okay!" The person in charge pondered for a moment and said uncertainly.

"I'll go and see, you go to assemble the navy." Constantine couldn't stand it anymore.

"Got it! The navy will fight!" The person in charge thought to himself that the surrender would need to be quick.

"No! Don't make unnecessary sacrifices. If something unexpected happens, surrender after one shot. Don't hit them..." Constantine said as he ran.

If Theodore knew that he had sent so many forces in the name of supply training, bypassing the president, and the person in charge completed the comparison of enemy and our forces so easily, he would definitely vomit three liters of blood.

...

On the other side, Liu Yiming's guards were also shocked. Oh, after marching two streets, the guards expanded to four companies.

Lack of a battalion headquarters means a reinforced infantry battalion.

"It should be fine. The direction of the gunfire is the same as our direction of march. Keep moving forward!" Liu Yiming said after a while.

So the South China Army, which was in a defensive formation, quickly assembled and moved forward again.

"They are very good! Tactical movements and discipline are comparable to our country's more elite troops." After personal experience, the German envoy can understand the value of this army.

He also has the surname Feng, a Prussian aristocrat, who grew up with military education and entered the government after retiring. He still has a good eye.

Gunshots rang out, and the soldier closest to Liu Yiming held Liu Yiming down and dragged him into a corner.

Some of the other soldiers sought cover on the spot, while others rushed to the houses on both sides, completing the front and back blockade in a short time, as if everyone understood what to do, and the Germans couldn't do it either.

"Really? Oh." The French envoy didn't think he could stay in this position for long. The prime minister's resignation was foreseeable, and he let himself go.

...

The source of the gunshots was indeed the palace. Laurent thought about it. The reinforcements from Nanhua had arrived. If he didn't take a gamble, his plantations, slaves, shops, and factories would all be taken back by Liliukalani.

Then he would have nothing! How could a qualified capitalist endure this?

"Your Majesty! I'll count to three. If you don't come out, we'll go in!" Laurent raised his revolver and signaled his men to investigate.

Two soldiers quietly approached the window and observed carefully.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"I'm going in!" Laurent signaled the two soldiers to open the door and aim their guns.

"Don't come over!" Liliukalani's voice sounded.

"Your Majesty, the only choice for the signer is that the Musketeers will rebel, and your people will receive harm that they should not receive, all because of you..." Lauren wanted to try his words again.

"You talk too much nonsense." A few dozen meters away, Luo Di raised a Winchester, which was seized.

There will be seizures even if you hit the flesh. This was found in a militia point. Compared with the fragile Winchester, Americans prefer Springfield as a standard weapon.

Seeing that Lauren was about to walk into the gate, Luo Di pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A flower of blood appeared on Lauren's back. The lead bullet hit his spine. The bullet ruptured and caused secondary killing. The spine was broken, and he lost his ability to move in an instant.

"Ah!" Lauren was stunned for a while before he let out a heart-wrenching cry.

He was too lucky. If the broken shrapnel hit an organ, he would almost die. As a result, all the lead bullets were stuck in the spine or in the flesh.

He would not die for the time being, nor did he suffer from severe bleeding, but it would be difficult for him to survive. The lead bullets would cause him heavy metal poisoning, and the fractured spine could not be repaired.

Bang! Bang, bang, bang.

The dense gunfire sounded at the right time, and most of the thirty people brought by Lauren fell on the spot.

Before they could fight back, the powerful burst firepower of the Winchester lever rifle gave them rounds of baptism.

"Stop!" The huge smoke caused by black gunpowder obscured Luo Dian's vision. Throwing away the empty Winchester, Luo Dian picked up the pistol and rushed into the bedroom carefully but quickly.

Bang!

The revolver killed the last two soldiers.

"Come two people, take the queen away, quickly!" After Luo Dian solved the last threat, he urged the troops to speed up.

Dozens of commandos ran out from various corners, bushes, trees, toilets, ditches, etc.

They did not have a single Nanhua weapon on them, they wore ordinary clothes, used American civilian rifles, and the pistols were standard pistols, also made in the United States.

This was arranged by Luo Dian for insurance purposes.

A six-gun mortar company in the distance has been aimed at this place. If there is an accident, such as a large number of troops entering, it will fire.

After packing up, mainly the crown, scepter, and seal, and then carrying the queen, the commandos left.

Leaving Liu Yiming a clean bedroom.

"The gunfire has stopped. It sounds like it is not a rifle equipped by Nanhua. Keep moving forward, everyone." Liu Yiming waved his hand, and the team continued to move forward.

"Mr. Prime Minister, how did you do it?" Andrew asked curiously.

"What? Listen to the gunfire? I have fired every gun equipped by the Nanhua Army, and the gunfire sounds different." Not only did he fire it, but Liu Yiming collected the first sample gun.

"No, I mean, how did you get there so quickly? It was only a dozen days since Minister Lin sent a telegram for help. This is really a miracle." Andrew wanted to see if there was any secret here.

"Thanks to the durability and reliability of British-made warships, we maintained a speed of 20 knots all the way and drove along with the coal carrier." Liu Yiming praised the quality of British goods.

In this era, Britain was unrivaled in warship manufacturing, but the positioning of warships by different countries was different.

Just like cruisers, the combat purpose was to patrol colonies, fight pirates, and counter sabotage.

The reason for the emergence of battlecruisers is that the British hope to have a warship that can crush large cruisers, to protect the route, or as a scout for the battleship fleet, to stick to the enemy's main fleet, etc.

"Thank you for your praise, the warships made in Britain are the best in the world, and I look forward to our cooperation again!" Andrew thought about it and found nothing wrong.

Nanhua's warships were all sold by Britain. The biggest advantage is that they are fast, and then they are tough, but have weak firepower.

"In fact, there are three cruisers lying in the dock of Coconut City. The most technicians invited are British technicians. We have also reached cooperation with several British shipyards to purchase many accessories."

Liu Yiming was speaking to Germany and France, and his meaning was clear, "I lack this, I lack that, I want to make friends, and I want money, just give it to me."

The power system of the new warship was imported from Britain, using a four-cylinder three-expansion reciprocating steam engine, and the horsepower standard is higher than that of the Changluo class.

In addition, there are some missing facilities and equipment.

As for weapons, new naval guns are being developed overtime, the latest armor has begun production, and Krupp's oil steel production has broken through and is produced in the military restricted area.

"It can be sold to the British in a few years, before oil steel appears." Liu Yiming has learned to register.

"Here..." Andrew fell silent as he looked at the palace full of corpses.

Almost everyone at the scene fell silent.

"Is the queen here?" Liu Yiming said softly.

"No, she should have left. The gunshot just now should be here." The soldier replied.

"Oh! God! What happened! Mr. Prime Minister, I need an explanation!" Constantine just caught up, but found a pile of corpses, all of them were American immigrants.

"It has nothing to do with me. If you don't believe me, you can ask them." Liu Yiming pointed to the German and French representatives. The two looked at each other and nodded.

"Enough, let's find out where she went first. Nanhua will take over the protection of the entire Oahu Island. I hope you will cooperate." Liu Yiming saw that Constantine still wanted to speak, and shouted.

Several people looked at each other and nodded to each other. The soldiers began to search the city, looking like they would dig the ground three feet to find the queen.

…

"So, I have been looking for a long time, and the queen is actually in the military camp?" Liu Yiming looked at Luo Dian, speechless.

In order to supervise each other, Liu Yiming pulled the representatives of several countries to the small villa for negotiation and listened to the quarrel between the Germans and the French for a long time.

"Yes, after picking her up in the morning, we came back through the small road and are currently placed in the military camp." Luo Dian answered honestly.

Luo Dian was most impressed by Liu Yiming, because Liu Yiming was the record holder of many special forces camps, such as push-ups, heavy-duty long-distance raids, grenade throwing, and close combat. His instructor was beaten.

"This is a bit difficult..." Locking people up is a bit like teasing them.

Although it can be teased, there must be a limit. It is not to fall out at present, otherwise Germany and France would have slipped away long ago. The discord between them is all pretended.

Of course, when it comes to the country, there is real hatred.

"Let Minister Lin sign the treaty and make it public tonight, that's it." Rather than making people feel fooled, it's better to say that they found Liliuokalani who escaped from the chaos and took the opportunity to sign the contract.

Although it doesn't sound very good, it's better than here.

...

"Recently, the people have been calling for various things, so that various riots have broken out... After careful consideration, the sixth king of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani, decided to apply to join the South China Republic to ensure the safety of life and property of Hawaiian citizens. January 1, 1894..."

A notice appeared in every corner of Hawaii on the evening of January 1, 1894, and was also spread to all directions through the radio...

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