Zhu Erdian and Hichiki returned to the capital, hurriedly sent a telegram to the country, and the intelligence agencies of the two countries took action and began an investigation into the United States, which they had neglected, and the results surprised them.
The United States has actually expanded its armed forces, and it has been a long time, almost a year, the army has basically taken shape, and now it is conducting tactical research, and at the same time it has a new understanding of the American fleet.
Japan held an imperial meeting, which was already two months after the United States took control of Qingdao, they kept arguing, some people said to fight and some people said to give up, but in the end they gave up, because the military strength of the two sides is not proportional, the army can ignore the law, but the navy can't, a Kongo-class battle cruiser has no chance of winning, especially they don't know the parameters of the main warships of the US Navy.
The German-occupied islands in the Pacific Ocean were all in the hands of the United States, and these could not be returned, and Qingdao, which the United States planned to return after the war, was Wesley's suggestion.
The Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands became the territory of the United States, which made the Japanese very uncomfortable, they were surrounded, but they did not have the slightest way, not to mention the gap in the fleet, Britain alone opposed them to war with the United States, Britain began to send people to the United States after understanding the strength of the United States, hoping to attract the United States to participate in the war, but the effect was not at all, the United States is now completely like a dead money.
After the start of World War I, the first battle of the Marne ended, the long World War began, and the United States began to sell materials on both sides, and a large number of material resources continued to go to Europe, but the domestic factories in the United States did not blindly produce, but adopted a distribution system, with the country to distribute, while the training of the army is still continuing, and at the same time the army of 50 infantry divisions is formed again, and the special arms brigade is still being built.
Wesley officially became a rear admiral brigade commander specializing in training the Marine Corps, again forming four brigades, while the Navy's army began to massively build destroyers and light cruisers, which are currently most needed.
It is planned to build 120 destroyers on the scale and 80 light cruisers, which are planned to be completed in two years.
The Heavy Cruiser plans to build 8 ships and 8 battleships, which will become the main force of the Atlantic Fleet, and there will be no more plans to build them in World War I.
That's two years of mission, and along with a host of auxiliary ships, including troop carriers, hospital ships, landing ships, and landing craft, Wesley's business empire grew straight away, and it became the largest consortium in the United States, and it belonged to only one person.
The eight-hour workday, Sunday rest and child labor were stopped, but the U.S. economy began to grow rapidly, and everyone saw the benefits, especially the big capital groups, who preferred the current model.
Two years was an extremely long time for Europe, with the Great War between the Allies and the Entente going on repeatedly, the death toll on both sides rising directly, and both sides struggling to endure it.
From July 28, 1914 to the end of 1616, in more than two years of war, the United States made a lot of money, and at the same time the goods entered the Chinese market, no matter how chaotic China was, but the American goods still entered, and the high-quality and cheap goods caused a great impact on the Japanese goods, and Japan did not use a single soldier in the First World War, which made Britain very dissatisfied.
Wesley came to Washington again, "Mr.
Major General, we haven't seen each other much in the past two years, but I've been missing you.
Mr.
President said, "The main reason for asking you to come this time is to ask if we need to join in."
"Soon, we can join in next year, but we will get very little, and Britain will inevitably unite with France and Russia to suppress us after the war."
"I know this, but now it seems that we have gained a lot, especially a large number of Pacific islands, and at your suggestion, we are ready to establish some forward bases, but this needs to be done after the war, after all, economic development needs to be sustained."
"Mr.
President's decision is very wise, this is inevitable, the post-war economic transformation is very important, although we have always controlled domestic production, but after the war there will inevitably be some vacancies, but we have opened up the Chinese market, which is also very important, plus domestic construction, I think it will soon be able to maintain stability."
"Then we decided to go to Europe next year, to end this battle as soon as possible, according to your idea, you are going to go to Europe, so when do you want to go," the president asked.
"I want to be the first to go, first look at the form of the front, our soldiers will not be cannon fodder for the British, the French."
"Yes, so I'm going to let you lead the first expeditionary force, what do you think?"
"I'm just a major general, Mr.
President."
"You don't need to worry about this, the first batch is all division commanders and brigade commanders with the rank of major general, and you need a war to prove yourself Wesley."
"Okay, Mr.
President, then I'll take the troops and go" "Fifty divisions, ten heavy artillery brigades, five engineer brigades, what do you think" "I need four more Marine brigades."
"No problem, you pick these troops, if you can use these people to complete this European war, then you will become a lieutenant general."
"Then I'll take my leave."
Wesley left the president's office, and as soon as he went out, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, this matter was unusual, even if Wesley needed to prove himself, then he could go directly with his Marine Brigade, but now he was asked to go directly to the first expeditionary force, then the matter would be a big problem.
First of all, he was a major general at such an age, and commanded fifty divisions, plus nearly twenty brigades, and how many major generals and brigadier generals were willing to obey him Secondly, when it comes to Britain and France, will the generals over there treat themselves as a plate of dishes It seems that some people want to do it to themselves, but they don't dare to come openly, but choose to do it secretly, once Wesley has a problem and the U.S. military has suffered heavy losses, then the military tribunal itself is decided, and it is difficult to say how it will be judged at that time.
Sure enough, they are all white-eyed wolves, they have made the United States develop so well, these guys still have to jump out, it seems that the essence of capitalists is like that, and they will slowly clean you up in the future.
Wesley didn't refuse, he wanted to stand on a higher position and carry out his plan, so he wasn't afraid of that.
Pressed for time, Wesley began to mobilize his troops, and he directly selected the first fifty infantry divisions, which were the ones that had been trained for the longest time, and then let them start to assemble, and at the same time ordered the sale of transport ships, and asked William Benson, who had returned home, to take command of the expeditionary fleet. t1706231537: