Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

The incident was completely unexpected by the outside media. The United States surprisingly chose not to make any comments. This only increased everyone's imagination: America, are you afraid? Still operating some kind of sudden burst of energy!

In Europe, as the perpetrator of this operation, Spain surprisingly maintained a tacit understanding with the United States and did not issue any statement on this. This even makes people wonder, that is, does it mean that the show will be held on July 1? Has the sun just begun to fall? Why are you here early, and you still do it in one way? Also, it seems that the United States is not participating!

UK, Downing Street.

Downing Street is located in Whitehall, central London, on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and St James's Park, just minutes from the Palace of Westminster. Downing Street was built by Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet from 1632 to 1689, and the street is named after his surname. Downing himself was a soldier and diplomat who served under Oliver Cromwell and then King Charles II. Later, Charles II gave Downing a piece of land close to St. James's Park, which is today's Downing Street.

Downing Street has been home to different officials. In some cases (such as the formation of a coalition government), No. 11 Downing Street is not the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but will be occupied by the Deputy Prime Minister or someone with the status of Deputy Prime Minister. Sometimes officials who live in Downing Street do not actually have Downing Street as their residence, but only appear on official occasions.

Until 1881, when British Prime Minister William Gladstone came to power, it occupied Nos. 10, 11 and 12 Downing Street. The reason is that he concurrently served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time. Therefore, in the nearly thirty years from that time to the present, Downing Street has become the official residence of the British Prime Minister, and the current British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Aspen Quess was no exception and chose this place. .

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think we have been a little too indulgent towards Spain. Judging from this dispute between the United States and Spain, we should probably intervene. After all, the empire's interests in the Western Pacific are so huge. Now, I had the feeling that the empire was being surpassed by Spanish power in the Pacific.”

Churchill was born in 1874. He was a premature baby. Because his father was busy with politics and his mother was busy with socializing among the nobility, he lacked parental care. Therefore, his academic performance was very poor when he was young. In the end, his parents decided to do it in another way in order to change him. Transform him. So at the age of 14, he was sent to Sandhurst Royal Military School. Of course, this is because their family was born into a noble family. The ancestor is John Churchill because he supported William III in the Glorious Revolution. Moreover, he won victory as commander-in-chief in various foreign wars, such as the Spanish War and the French War, and was made a Duke by Queen Anne at the time. As a result, Churchill's family became one of the top ten duke families besides the royal family in the 18th and 19th centuries. His father holds the title of Lord, so as a nobleman, of course he has entered the Royal Academy, which is famous for its noble status.

However, he did not become a lieutenant in the cavalry regiment after graduation like others. However, his restless character destined him to need a different life. As a result, he took advantage of his vacation and friends to go abroad to experience life, especially issues related to the war, including the Spanish people's uprising in Cuba, and his personal experience in fighting with the large army when serving in India. The fighting energy and personal experiences of each battle were written into pieces of writing. Each time, they were published in publishers or newspapers and aroused resonance and enthusiastic response from the British.

He also personally experienced the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa as a reporter, and was even thrown into prison. Finally, he successfully escaped from prison in 1900 and returned to the UK. Because of this, it caused a huge sensation in the UK. After all these years After settling, he finally felt that it was time for him to make a big difference, so he felt that the time was ripe and he seized the opportunity, entered the political arena that year, and was successfully elected as a member of the British Conservative Party. Although he is a Conservative, he is often dissatisfied with many of the policies of the Conservative Party, such as serious military expansion plans, and has repeatedly blocked military expansion proposals, and because he chose to stand on issues of trade freedom and protectionism. On the opposite side of the ruling Conservative Party. He insisted on trade liberalization, so he finally broke with the Conservative Party. A few months later, he became a member of the opposition Liberal Party. ….

By 1906, the Liberal Party finally came to power, and Churchill began to advance in the political arena. In that year he was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonial Affairs, and his most important achievement during his tenure was to promote South Africa's achievement of self-governing status. In 1908, that is the year when Prime Minister Asquith came to power, Churchill was appointed as Secretary of Commerce and officially entered the cabinet. During his tenure, he promoted compulsory unemployment and disability insurance for workers, and blocked the Navy from increasing its budget. What's more, he is still the most important right-hand man and think tank around Asquith.

Now he is in the house of Prime Minister Asquith.

Although he used to be an opponent of foreign expansion, after these years of steady development, he feels that Britain still needs to adhere to this policy occasionally to wake up some things, such as diplomacy and the management of overseas territories. Having managed overseas colonies before, he deeply felt the arrogance of Spain in India and the Pacific. In his view, Spain had threatened Britain's status in those places.

Asquith, as a Prime Minister, of course knew some inside information that others did not know, and besides, it was something that everyone knew. Churchill's attitude towards the United States was friendly, and this was very clear to him, especially since he also Knowing that Churchill's grandfather was also one of the major shareholders of the New York Times, the largest newspaper in the United States, Rui still believed in Churchill.

"If you find that there are several big men around you waiting for a piece of fat beef in your hand, you should organize them into two teams for a duel, and then declare that the winner standing in the end can Get half of the beef, and wait until the last person standing comes to you and asks for beef. That’s when you have the greatest right to give the other party beef. The problem that Britain is facing now is like this big man It is almost too much. As the largest country in the world and the empire with the most colonies, Britain's existence itself is envious of the world and attracts other countries to look at it strangely.

Especially in this era of rapid rise of emerging powers in the world, we need to use special methods to maintain Britain's status. My predecessors have done a good job, and we should inherit this policy. Therefore, since Spain needs to fight the United States in the Pacific, and whether this fight involves Britain's superficial interests, then why not let them fight a duel like those big guys?"

"But Prime Minister, they may be acting!" Churchill has entered middle age, but his character still has a direct and bold side. Otherwise, he would not have dared to escape from prison in South Africa.

"But, we are turning a blind eye!" Churchill was speechless as Asquith looked like he had the wisdom in his clothes. And in fact, he also felt that he seemed to be making a fuss out of a molehill, because he also knew that Spain was evading the pull of European countries to join the two camps, but he still couldn't help but say, who and why Well, even he himself doesn't seem to understand. Is it because he wants to make it difficult for his relationship with the United States? But is this really the case?

On June 30, 1908, artillery fire in Hawaii was still ringing out, but in other places, preparations for a major event were now quiescent, especially a major event involving Spain.

There was originally an alliance military exercise between Spain and Portugal, but due to various reasons, it was postponed again and again and became July 1. Tomorrow is the day of the military exercise.

Changes were always afoot, from Spain and Portugal in early April to a small participation of the German Imperial Army on April 18. Now, this team has new members, and the number is still very large. ….

Spain's new allies, the four South American countries, each sent a team of more than 500 people to Spain this time. Portugal may feel that its weight in the eyes of Spain has declined, so in order to increase its presence, it even displayed more than 2,000 people. Germany will send 100 people, but with such a small number, no one will feel their non-existence. On the contrary, many people are paying attention to the situation of the entire team, because they still deeply remember the reporter’s speech a few months ago. At the meeting, Prime Minister Eugene said that if the performance of the German soldiers satisfied him, Spain would hire them as coaches of the Spanish Army for half a year. At that time, the conflict between Britain and Spain was a big news. Now, although it is not as eye-catching as it was at the beginning, people still pay attention to their existence, especially those countries that are extremely concerned about the combat effectiveness of German soldiers. Among them The most serious ones were the sworn enemies Britain and France and Tsarist Russia.

"Now, we have received responses from more than forty-three countries. They will attend our military exercises tomorrow and participate in our Peace 1908 joint exercises as observer states. This is the list."

Alfonso took it and it turned out to be a dense list of names. Country name, official position, gender, age, names of leaders, etc.

"The United States is also participating?" Alfonso looked at Trini with some surprise.

First update. I overslept again today. I originally insisted on updating around 7 a.m., but fortunately I finally got it done. I originally wanted to write more about the confrontation between Spain and the United States at once, but when I looked back, I suddenly realized that the time was There was a collision on the table, so I could only pull out the exercises that had been scheduled for a long time, but this was also one of the highlights. Churchill is also one of the figures who can be symmetrical with Roosevelt in the next few decades. This book will establish several long-term consequences, but I won’t go into details here. There is another update in the afternoon, around 16:00, so two updates a day have remained unchanged for almost a month. I beg you to vote and collect more. At 14:00 in the afternoon, I officially have to be recommended by Sanjiang. If you have Sanjiang tickets, please support me. Thanks in advance. This paragraph is not the main text!

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